The Hidden Phoenix World
4
Hua Zhu Yu woke up and found herself in a luxurious and elegant room. He knows he's in the palace now. Tao Se, her dowry maid, was waiting for her there. He was confused and saddened that the emperor again suddenly issued a decree, and this time ordered him to marry a crown prince of the Northern Kingdom.
Hua Zhu Yu still felt weak all over her body. Unless helpless, there are no other symptoms of intoxication. It seemed like she was fed tendon weakening powder, perhaps to prevent her from refusing to marry the prince of the Northern Kingdom and causing a commotion.
Hua Zhu Yu asked if she had any news of her father, but Tao Se did not know because in the palace the news was kept strictly.
Outside the room, a young palace maid reported to Hua Zhu Yu that Aunt Qing Luo requested an audience with her and Hua Zhu Yu let Aunt Qing Luo in. Aunt Qing Luo was a palace maid who was not too old, she looked around thirty years old . He was ordered by the emperor to help Hua Zhu Yu dress up since the Northern Kingdom envoy came to pick her up and they were about to leave.
Seeing her appearance, Aunt Qing Luo was a little surprised at first. Hua Zhu Yu was ugly, but Aunt Qing Luo did not say anything and acted normally. Yesterday, Hua Zhu Yu's grandmother had Hua Zhu Yu dress up pretty but on the sedan chair, she secretly painted a black birthmark on the left side of her face. Originally, he planned to use this to play a joke about Ji Feng Li, but now, this fake birthmark that made him look ugly could be used to deceive the emperor, he may have canceled the wedding. Thus, Hua Zhu Yu only allowed Qing Luo's aunt to do her hair alone and do nothing on her face and clothes.
A sedan chair was waiting outside. Tao Se and a few palace attendants helped Hua Zhu Yu to get into the sedan chair. The sedan chair was brought to the front gate of the palace. The emperor, empress, civil and military officials were there. Hua Zhu Yu was helped by Tao Se to get off the sedan chair and bid farewell to the emperor and empress.
Hua Zhu Yu did not dare to act recklessly as he did not get any news about his father. Thus, this event ended peacefully. Tao Se helped him again to get into the carriage prepared by the Northern Kingdom.
The ritual ministry sent 500 soldiers to escort Hua Zhu Yu. Together with the Northern Kingdom envoys, they went west, out of Yu City. In the evening, they arrived at Yuncheng District and spent the night at the largest inn there.
After finishing dinner, Hua Zhu Yu leaned behind the sofa. He did not know what medicine was given to him by Ji Feng Li. The Tendon attenuation powder disappeared after twelve hours. Now, twelve hours had passed but he was still so helpless, not knowing whether this medicine could harm his body or not.
He was about to lie down on the sofa to rest when suddenly there was a sound coming from the window. Someone went into the room. Tao Se was very happy to see that person, Jin Se.
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