Chapter 13 (2/2)
The ancients ht have been old-fashi+oned but they certainly had foresight For exa: ”(Wo)Man is iron / Rice is steel / One meal missed / One mind lost!”
She'd suffered two violations in the course of one day on an e had never realized hoonderful the Rice she'd eaten for twenty-so with Instant Noodles before
[TL/N: Why are the nale; Rice, the sweet, caring childhood friend who is always there for her; Instant Noodles, the wo bad boy that sweeps her off her feet…]
Lu Rui and co were duh the trench table like a ind She finished three days' worth of food in one go
Princess, enius on the part of your houaranteed to eat them out of palace and ho polished off the last bowl of longyan soup, then stuck out her finally restored drum belly and sunk into a royal chair She felt swollen with content a freeloader was the best!
Xia Yuqing recalled so She opened her cat eyes from her nap to asked the closest irl was moved to tears So you've finally reone to the I to receive Prince Rui, so he won't be co over and asks you to take care of yourself The day after to reception for Prince Rui”
”Prince Rui? Reception?” Xia Yuqing knit her brows ”This Prince Rui e his reception?”
”Of course! Milady, you don't know, but Prince Rui is His Majesty's uncle, the late ereat hero who has extraordinaryhis station at the border I hear the triumph this time is for Prince Rui's defeat of the State of Xue's cavalry”
Xia Yuqing was doubtful of her worshi+pful introduction
Prince Rui must be a devoted subject if he's done such awesome shi+z But in all the novels she'd read before, this sort of outstanding official, no matter if he was truly loyal or not, would only have one fate: used up and tossed aside!
Is Se the reception to reward Prince Rui or to control hi,didn't reply She worried she'd accidentally said so was called back fro” She ss like intriguing anyway She'll just take this chance to enjoy herself, heheheh…
”Lu Rui, co closest to
Lu Rui faltered She looked around to confir called before rushi+ng over ”What do you need, s, but she did as ordered The others couldn't hear what Xia Yuqing said but they could see the shi+ft in Lu Rui's expression
”Milady, this sort of thing…it's no good If anyone finds out…”
”Who'll know if it's just between us? Go forth I'll take the bla wore a Mona Lisa smile Lu Rui broke out in a cold sweat, but she had no choice but to go
What happened between them ree In the following days, irls close to Lu Rui would ask about thislike a toave up on the matter
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