Chapter 524 - Invitation (1/2)

Chapter 524: Invitation

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Queen Ju was absent- at theShe had finally becodom, but she was not happy at all

Behind her, several court hosts Orto be busy — there was not much work for the beds, sprinkling a little incense and tidying up She used to only have one maid to do this work, and she had done it easily alone

But as the guardian of the Dragon King’s Queen and the King of the Stone Nation, she was now entitled to these luxuries Besides, there were many maids in the palace, and they needed to be kept busy

Being a nored her before noed before her in fear Many people praised her in public, saying she had always been a special girl, as if they were the Queen’s old acquaintances They hoped she would hear these nice words and be pleased In truth, though, they had only met the Queen a few ti she had fought so hard for

She tuned and looked at thehave you been in the palace?”

She didn’t mention her name because she could not re on their work, but they intuitively kneho the Queen was talking to

The old maid stopped her work at once She bowed respectfully and replied, “Twenty one years, Your Highness”

“Twenty one years That’s older than e So, you must have known all the hness, the palace has always belonged to the Royal Faed,” the maid answered very carefully, for she could not fatho her this

“I’m different from my brother Save these sweet lies for your next master I want to hear the truth,” the Queen dean to work even harder One was h the quilt cover had been tidied as s it with her hands, as if trying to ease out every wrinkle

The old hness I’ll tell you the truth In the past twenty one years…including you, there have been five masters total”

Five e duration for each master was only a little more than four years ” e And I have just started </eht to herself

s who eventually lost their power, or thetheir time in this place?” </ehts She turned her head to look through the , and stared at the darkness in silence The oldbehind her

Xu Yaninked at the old o back to her work

The old maid was relieved Everyone knew that Xu Yanas not just an ordinary uardian, and Xu Yanas like the Queen’s guardian

However, Xu Yanwei did not like her position very much She’d rather just be an ordinaryto leave the palace and live freely on the streets, but she had to stay beside the Queen and live a life with endless speculations

The Queen trusted her, relied on her, but was also wary of her Since Xu Yanas sent to her by the Dragon King, the Queen was afraid that she would tell the Dragon King and the Queen’s brother everything

“Your Highness, it’s getting late Please take a rest It’s as dark as black paint outside There is nothing to see,” said Xu Yanwei, as if she was the Queen’sperson In the past, she had pretended to look pathetic to attract men’s attention and desire

“Well, ihty as a child But she sat for a while longer, before getting up slowly A auze curtain and then re to close the , Queen Ju said, “Leave it open It’s a little hot”

“You will catch a cold at night Better shut it,” Xu Yanwei said Only she dared to disobey the Queen, but only “slightly disobey”

“No, leave it open I’ll call you when it’s cold,” the Queen insisted, still acting like a spoiled child

Xu Yanwei sighed silently, walked over and closedonly a small part open Then, she led the maids out

Queen Ju could not fall asleep She laid on the bed with her eyes open, listening to the nightti She was annoyed and thought, ” ave an order, crowds of maids and eunuchs would rush out with candles in their hands to catch the insects </eot complete power, she would do that But for now she only listened to the chirping until she heard the voice she aiting for

“What can I do for you?” the voice asked

The voice was cold and rude The speaker obviously did not regard her as a hts suddenly snapped back to reality fro with this woo to Norland?” the Queen asked

“Yes,” Maid Lotus replied, knowing that this was only the opening remark The Queen s, besides such a trivial reed to send a prince as a hostage, Gu Shenwei decided to go to there in person to participate in the negotiations Zhong Heng was skeptical about Norland, but Dugu Xian vouched for it by saying, “Unlike the Golden Roc Fort, Norland will not break their word in front of the whole world The Supre could sacrifice his son, but the Khan will not Even if the hostage is not his favorite Prince, all of the Khan’s bloodline is sacred in Norland I believe it will be very safe to take the Prince as a hostage”

“Did you know one of the King’s concubines in Norland even wrote tome to visit there?” Queen Ju said scornfully