THE REVENGE OF FOX CONSORT
CHAPTER 55. Peacocks and phoenixes
***House of General Li Jin***
At five in the morning, the atmosphere of General Li Jin's residence was already lively, especially in Li Chang Le's bedroom. A few female servants went in and out of the room to help Chang Ru prepare to go to the palace to meet Queen Wen.
The carriage from the palace would arrive at 9am to pick up Chang Le and Ying Ying so that Chang Ru used four hours for her perfect appearance.
Chang Ru took a warm bath with various kinds of fragrant flower petals to keep her body fresh and fragrant throughout the day.
Chang Ru's makeup was very thick combined with a bright red lipstick. Besides Chang Ru was wearing a complete and extremely shiny piece of jewelry.
"I'm definitely prettier than Chang Le!" inner Chang Ru with a satisfied smile stared at the reflection of her face from the mirror.
The three medicine bottles Bai Lu had given him had already been well stored by Chang Ru. Chang Ru had been thinking all night about how to deliver that special medicine to Wei Wu Xian.
Chang Ru was hoping to meet Wei Wu Xian today. Right now Chang Ru was trying to use the powder to cover up the traces of love bites left by the two beggars for fear that Wei Wu Xian would notice them later on, whereas the female servants were already outside the room because Chang Ru did not want them to see that embarrassing trace.
The sound of knocking on the door from outside made Chang Ru upset.
"What's wrong?" asked Chang Ru in a tinge.
"Sorry to interrupt, Miss Chang Ru. The carriage from the palace has arrived. Miss Chang Le was already waiting inside the room!" said A Ling from outside the room.
"What's? Goddamnit! Why did she get dressed so soon? I can't lose to him."
Chang Ru fastened the collar of hanfu, then pecked her face in front of the mirror again to ensure her perfect appearance, before leaving the room.
Bai Lu was already waiting for Chang Ru in the front room.
"Chang Ru is so beautiful! Queen Wen must like you!" puji Bai Lu's.
"of course! Mother, Chang Ru is leaving for the palace now!"
Bai Lu took Chang Ru by the hand and drove her to the front of the horse carriage.
Chang Ru confidently walked into the horse carriage. A Ling followed from behind.
The palace warrior who became the coachman, immediately ran the horse carriage at high speed for fear of being late so Chang Ru and A Ling almost fell down for not sitting properly.
"Be careful brother Chang Ru!"
Chang Ru gave a rude snort and sat right across from Ying Ying. Chang Ru was shocked when she saw Ying Ying's appearance.
Ying Ying was only wearing Chang Le's old hanfu. Ying Ying's makeup is very natural, like the makeup that is usually used everyday in the house. Moreover, Ying Ying only used one gold colored hairpick jewelry, which was one of Ling Qi's marriage dowries.
Li Chang Le's spirit informed Ying Ying that Ling Qi liked that hair pin while alive so much that Ying Ying was deliberately wearing it so that Li Chang Le's spirit could sense Ling Qi's existence upon seeing that hairpin.
"Why do you look like this?" ask Chang Ru.
"Just meet Queen Wen. My appearance is more than enough!" ying Ying replied casually.
"Don't cry when Queen Wen prefers me later!"
Ying Ying only smiled widely in return for Chang Ru's words. After that, the two of them neither spoke nor looked at each other throughout the journey.
Tan Xiang and A Ling also ignored each other, just like their two young ladies.
Actually Ying Ying was indeed deliberately mediocre to meet Queen Wen. Besides because Queen Wen had tried to kill him, it was also because Ying Ying knew that Queen Wen's main purpose was to get information about the assassins and Wei Bu Yi.
Therefore, Ying Ying felt that she did not need to dress up pretty and look luxurious to meet the scheming and cruel Queen Wen.
***the Queen Wen's Palace***
The palace attendees escorted Ying Ying and Chang Ru to the palace garden to meet Queen Wen. Eunuch Ma stood beside Queen Wen to serve all the needs of Queen Wen.
"Chang Ru salutes Queen Wen!"
"Sit down!" queen Wen ordered while pointing at the two empty seats.
"Thank you Queen Wen!"
Chang Ru quickened her footsteps and sat on the chair that was closest to Queen Wen.
Chang Ru's attitude instead helped Ying Ying because Ying Ying was indeed unwilling to sit too close to Queen Wen. Li Chang Le's spirit stood beside Ying Ying, while Tan Xiang and A Ling waited outside.
Queen Wen stared at Chang Ru and Ying Ying's alternating appearances. In Queen Wen's mind, Chang Ru's appearance was like a peacock showing off beautiful feathers on its tail, while Ying Ying's appearance was like a phoenix, graceful and charismatic.
"Chang Le can be a great queen candidate. It's a pity that his illness has only healed now!" inner Queen Wen.
"Chang Ru was very happy to get an invitation to have tea with Queen Wen!"
"After you marry Wu Xian, you can come visit me often!"
"Thank you Queen Wen!" chang Ru said enthusiastically.
Chang Ru did not know that Queen Wen was just making small talk with him so that Chang Ru would not interfere with those words that wasted her precious time.
Queen Wen immediately conveyed the main purpose of inviting Ying Ying and Chang Ru.
"Chang Le's! I heard you and Bu Yi were attacked by a hit man. You must be so scared!"
"Yes, Queen Wen! Those hitmen were extremely ruthless and used black magic. Prince Wei Bu Yi was only focused on fighting them and not protecting me! My clothes are full of blood! I'm so scared!"
Ying Ying acted as if he was in a dangerous situation, according to the fake story made up by him. Spirit Li Chang Le chuckled slightly at Ying Ying's acting.
Ying Ying's pale face and trembling body made Queen Wen and Eunuch Ma believe in all of Ying Ying's words. Even Chang Ru believed it too.
"Did Bu Yi manage to kill all those hitmen?"
"There was one assassin who was captured alive by Prince Wei Bu Yi!"
"What did the killer say?" queen Wen asked spontaneously.
"I only heard there was a word of the Western Wu Kingdom!"
"The killer is alive?"
"I don't know! Prince Wei Bu Yi's secret soldier took the assassin away!"
"It's true mother's guess! Prince Wei Bu Yi must have ordered the secret soldiers to protect Chang Le at home!" inner Chang Ru.
Regarding Wei Bu Yi's secret warrior, Ying Ying did not hide it because Chang Ru and Queen Wen already knew of it so Ying Ying deliberately added in the fake story made up by him.
Queen Wen and Eunuch Ma signaled each other's eyes. The two of them were confident that they would not get any valuable information from Ying Ying's mouth.
If it was true that the surviving assassin was taken away by the secret soldier Wei Bu Yi, then it was most likely that the assassin was already dead at this moment.
Queen Wen suspected that Wei Bu Yi still did not know about her relationship with the Western Wu Kingdom. If the assassin had any mention of his name, Queen Wen was sure Wei Bu Yi would have already reported everything to Emperor Wei.
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