Chapter 127: I Wasn’t Aware of Your Highness’s Beauty! (2/2)

However, Wang Chong didn’t seem to be as perplexed as everyone thought he would be. Rather, it felt as though he had already expected Consort Taizhen’s reply and prepared an answer in advance.

Walking over to Lu Ting, Wang Chong whispered.

“AH?!!”

Hearing Wang Chong’s words, Lu Ting stared at him, dumbfounded.

“Surely this isn’t a good idea?”

“What’s bad about that? In any case, it isn’t really King Song who is writing the letter, so surely it doesn’t matter?”

Wang Chong laughed heartily. Lu Ting had always been jumping between him and King Song, and this was a rare chance to get back at him.

“Lord Lu, I need to practice my martial arts, so I’ll leave the rest to you.”

After saying those words, Wang Chong left with a delightful chuckle.

Lu Ting was left with a long face in his wake.

“Lord Lu, what did that child say?”

The old butler asked curiously.

“Sigh, I finally know why did that child call me here without informing King Song.”

Lu Ting smiled bitterly as he repeated Wang Chong’s words to the old butler.

After hearing those words, the old butler also burst out laughing. Not only did he not side with Lu Ting, he even spoke in Wang Chong’s defense.

“That child is right, it isn’t appropriate for His Highness to deal with this matter. Academic Lu, you should shoulder some of His Highness’s burden. We will be depending on you on this matter.”

Flinging his sleeves, the old butler left as well, leaving behind Lu Ting alone in the cold main hall.

Lu Ting smiled bitterly.

Silence loomed in the main hall, and after a moment of contemplation, Lu Ting eventually decided to go along with Wang Chong’s plan. Imitating King Song’s handwriting, he wrote a letter.

“Send this letter to Yuzhen Palace.”

…

“To Your Highness:

Your Highness’s beauty is as ravishing as a fairy and as astonishing as a deity, a rare and perfect occurrence in the world. Chengqi’s previous abruptness was due to my unawareness of Your Highness’s elegance, so I plead for your forgiveness.

His Majesty is a legendary emperor while Your Highness is a legendary beauty; such a perfect duo is rarely seen in history. Chengqi believes that given His Majesty’s legendary feats, only Your Highness is worthy of standing beside him.”

“Chengqi’s only wish is for Your Highness to use your talents to assist His Majesty. Only when the dragon and phoenix calls in unison will prosperity be brought to the world.”

“Chengqi had offended Your Highness in the past, and even if Your Highness assigns blame, Chengqi has nothing to say. Chengqi’s only wish is for Your Highness and His Majesty to last to a ripe old age together in the royal palace!”

“With respect, King Song Li Chengqi.”

Reading through the letter King Song sent in Yuzhen Palace, Consort Taizhen was dumbstruck. Even though the previous letter she sent was short, it was dripping with mockery.

Consort Taizhen thought that King Song would surely fly into a rage. She didn’t think that he would reply with such a letter.

“Little sister, what did King Song write?”

Outside the tent, Yang Zhao saw the letter in the flabbergasted Consort Taizhen’s hand, and he felt as though a cat was clawing at his heart. Ever since Her Highness had received the letter, she had been sitting blankly at the same spot, not moving or saying anything.

Yang Zhao was dying to know what King Song had written for his cousin to fall into such a state.

“Take a look for yourself!”

With a jerk on her hands, Consort Taizhen passed King Song’s letter over.

“This, this…”

After reading King Song’s letter, Yang Zhao was dumbfounded.

“Is this really written by King Song?”

“It is!”

Consort Taizhen replied deeply. She recognized King Song’s handwriting, and without a doubt, this letter was written by King Song Li Chengqi.

She wasn’t surprised by her Cousin Yang Zhao’s surprise. Even she herself was astonished after reading through the letter. If the poem before was a compliment, then this letter from King Song was stark flattery.

Upon this letter, Consort Taizhen couldn’t help but wonder if the sudden change in the royal court had occurred due to her appearance.

It was precisely due to the extremely earnest tone of this letter that Consort Taizhen had no choice but to doubt this.

Furthermore, the notion that she had changed the attitude of the entire royal court through her beauty could be considered as a huge compliment for her. After all, men were different from women.

Praising a woman’s beauty was the greatest compliment one could offer. No woman didn’t take pride in her appearance, and Consort Taizhen was no different.

She carried many dissatisfactions with King Song Li Chengqi, but at this moment, she found herself unable to hate the other party anymore.

‘One doesn’t slap a smiling person’. Toward a person who praised her, how could Consort Taizhen continue hating him?

“However, speaking the truth, his words aren’t excessive at all.”

After a moment, Yang Zhao calmed down. Even though there was a clear tone of flattery in King Song’s letter, Yang Zhao didn’t think that King Song’s words were exaggerated.

Her cousin had been a ravishing beauty from young, and it slowly matured along with her age as though a marvelous wine. Even the other members of the Yang Clan couldn’t help but be moved by her appearance.

But ever since the mysterious seer came knocking on their door, all of the Yang Clan members knew that cousin had ‘the life of a phoenix, the disposition of a queen’.

Everyone guarded her well, not allowing her to come into contact with outsiders.

Thus, probably even cousin herself didn’t know about her beauty.

Back then, when he last saw her, she was only twelve to thirteen. But even so, she was already ravishing. After marrying into the King Shou Residence, Yang Zhao had never seen her again. In fact, he didn’t even know what his cousin looked like at this moment.

The tent was like a huge wall, and even Yang Zhao didn’t have the fortune to see her!