Chapter 252 : You Rock, Highgod! 2 (1/2)
The moment Cang Lan exited the palace, he saw a young girl waiting for him outside. She strode over and began to question him anxiously, “Are you really going to marry Princess Qing Guan?”
“En.”
“But…” The girl’s lips moved, but she didn’t know what to say. She felt so anxious that she began to stomp her feet. ‘Qing Guan isn’t supposed to be with Highgod Cang Lan!
But…
Why does the name Qing Guan sound so familiar? I seem to have heard it before…
But from where?’
Cang Lan sidestepped her and walked off. Seeing this, Yue Yao could only suppress her doubts and run after him. ‘Seems like I have to take matters into my own hands.’
……
Shi Sheng met the female lead on the second night of her stay in the palace.
The female lead had used some unknown methods to knock her attendants unconscious and clambered in through her window, dressed from head to toe in dark clothing.
Shi Sheng was sitting cross-legged on her bed in her nightgown, as if she had been awaiting Yue Yao’s arrival.
The moment Yue Yao entered, her gaze met a pair of calm and clear eyes. Even as they met her own Yue Yao could see no change in their still depths.
She patted herself down. ‘I didn’t make myself invisible! What’s with this Princess Qing Guan? Wouldn’t the first reaction of a normal person seeing a stranger enter their room be to call for their guards?’
Yue Yao had already planned on how to stop this princess from yelling for her guards, but the latter didn’t seem like she was planning to call for anyone.
‘She’s not blind, is she?’
Yue Yao tried moving around a bit. The woman’s eyes remained fixated on her.
‘So she’s not blind…’
Yue Yao felt that this woman was really too odd. After all, her reaction—or rather, her lack of reaction—was too strange.
“Why did you come here?” Shi Sheng’s frosty voice interrupted Yue Yao’s musings.
‘I do not wanna know what the FL was thinking about just now…
I(bbb) was waiting for her to speak, but she just fucking stood there without saying anything for ages. Did she come here just to see how good-looking I(bbb) am?’
“Ah?” Yue Yao reacted at last and asked in confusion, “You know me?”
‘The body I’m in shouldn’t have been acquainted with her, so how come she seems to know me?’
“I(bg) asked you: why did you come here?” Shi Sheng repeated herself, though hints of impatience had seeped into her tone and her aura had turned sharp.
“I…” Yue Yao retreated a step, shocked by Shi Sheng’s attitude. She forced herself to speak, “I wanted to talk to you about General Cang Lan.”
Yue Yao’s face was red—whether from the shock she received or from embarrassment, only she knew.
“Oh, I don’t wanna hear it,” Shi Sheng spoke coolly.
‘What could FL-sama possibly have to say about him? Of course she’s going to slander Cang Lan and make me dissolve the engagement. She’s been using this method for all of Cang Lan’s other admirers too…
If that didn’t work, she’d scare them off.’
Yue Yao had a script prepared, but it was now useless thanks to Shi Sheng’s immediate rejection. So for a time, she just stood there staring at her, not knowing what to do.
But upon remembering her purpose behind sneaking into this room, Yue Yao grit her teeth and picked up where she left off, “Princess Qing Guan, look at you. You’re pretty, and with your noble background, you can have any talented young man you want in Nanjin! Why must you be married off to such a distant land? You might not be able to return to Nanjin and see your family for the rest of your life!”