Chapter 176 - 33: Nation-Ravishing Princess Consort Jin, False Devotion_3

Qu Sisi didn’t say much about the nitty-gritty, but looking at the sadness in her eyes, you could more or less figure out what was going on.

The Zhao family was a decently well-known noble family within Prince Jin City, so it wasn’t hard to understand why Prince Jin, Yan Ze, wanted to win them over.

Actually.

It wasn’t just Qu Sisi’s friend who got sent over; Prince Jin outright sent a batch of beauties to the Zhao family, and Qu Sisi’s friend was just one of them.

In this day and age.

Even concubines could be handed around at will, let alone maidservants or any other kind of help.

No one ever really cared.

As for reporting it to the authorities?

Heh!

"Who’s standing before the court to accuse me?"

"From the looks of you, I’m guessing you’re not here to seek death, but revenge, right?"

If Qu Sisi really just wanted to die, hanging herself, jumping in the lake—any of those would be much quicker than starving herself.

"..."

Qu Sisi didn’t deny it.

She had honestly thought about revenge, but sadly, the other party was Prince Jin. Qu Sisi couldn’t even imagine how she could ever get payback.

"Enough!"

The gossip had run its course.

Ye Liuyun brushed off his sleeve and stood up right away.

"I’m heading out!"

Qu Sisi looked over in surprise, maybe she hadn’t expected Ye Liuyun to just leave like that.

"You’re quite unique."

"I don’t need you to tell me that."

Ye Liuyun replied, totally unfazed by Qu Sisi’s words.

Someone as outstanding as himself, obviously he was special.

"Ever since I was little I’ve always had terrible luck, but just now, nothing happened at all."

Tripping when I walked, choking on water, even with a perfectly fine table somehow the stool could snap for no reason. No major problems, but little mishaps were constant.

And they happened pretty often, really.

Almost every moment, something would go wrong.

Because of this, Qu Sisi always thought she was a disaster magnet.

But in that time with Ye Liuyun just now, nothing bad happened.

Qu Sisi had no idea why.

But Ye Liuyun understood.

It was because Qu Sisi carried the "beauty brings disaster" Talent Entry—unless someone with extraordinary luck stayed by her side, she’d have misfortune after misfortune.

And Ye Liuyun, who possessed the "Child of Destiny" Talent.

In a way, he was that extraordinary luck-bringer.

"Is it possible that we’re naturally meant for each other?"

Something occurring to him, Ye Liuyun suddenly grinned and turned back to look at Qu Sisi.

Hiss! Kinda greasy, honestly.

Is the "stunning beauty" effect really this wild? Even someone as steadfast as me is acting head-over-heels.

Alright, alright!

It’s getting late, and Ye Liuyun didn’t bother dragging the scene out anymore. He withdrew his gaze and, light-footed, left the spot.

Watching Ye Liuyun’s departing back.

Qu Sisi stared for a long time, not willing to look away.

"Meant for each other?"

For some reason.

Even though Qu Sisi always thought she’d never fall for any man, when she heard those words, her heart moved unexpectedly.

Is there really such a thing as natural soulmates?

...

The next day.

Ye Liuyun had figured he wasn’t in a rush to leave Prince Jin City anyway.

So he planned to wander around nearby a little.

But the moment he stepped out of his room, Si Nan and Shi Sheng showed up.

"Sir!"

Judging by the whole excited and hopeful look Si Nan wore, it was clear something good had happened.

"What’s up?"

"Sir, good news, Prince Jin just summoned us!"

"How is that good news?"

Prince Jin wanted to see them? What good could come of that, what, was he going to gift them treasure or something?

"Hehe!"

Si Nan grinned from ear to ear.

A simple summon shouldn’t be enough to make Si Nan so giddy.

"It’s not just any ordinary summon—I poked around, and Prince Jin is bringing Princess Consort Jin with him."

"Princess Consort Jin?"

Hearing that, Ye Liuyun thought of Qu Sisi from last night.

He’d figured he wouldn’t see her again for some time.

Didn’t expect it would be this soon—and now, on the very next day, they’d meet again.

Pulled back from his thoughts, Ye Liuyun looked at the eager Si Nan and raised an eyebrow.

"It’s just Princess Consort Jin, what’s the big deal?"

"Sir, she’s the most beautiful woman in all Great Qian! Aren’t you even a little curious what she really looks like?"

Si Nan clearly wasn’t plotting anything.

Just purely curious—first beauty of the land, she had to be unimaginably beautiful to earn that title.

"What a pain. I’d rather spend the time practicing martial arts."

Shi Sheng was different.

Shi Sheng looked plain annoyed; if it weren’t for Prince Jin’s rank making it impossible to refuse, Shi Sheng wouldn’t have wanted to go at all. He’d rather train more.

"What do you know!"

Si Nan had stopped expecting anything from someone like Shi Sheng, whose brain only held thoughts of martial arts.

Even when he visited the Imperial Music Bureau, all he did was drink—useless!

"Enough!"

Si Nan was giving him the hopeful eyes again.

Ye Liuyun waved his hand offhandedly.

"If Prince Jin summoned us, we’d better go. Gather the brothers!"

"Yes, sir!"

With Ye Liuyun’s order.

Si Nan grinned happily, and went off to rally the other Embroidered Uniform Guards.

...

Inside the main hall of the palace.

Besides Prince Jin Yan Ze and Princess Consort Jin Qu Sisi, there were guard Jiang Jing and some maidservants.

Looking at the message in his hand.

Prince Jin Yan Ze’s eyes flashed with surprise.

"Innate Perfection level? Since when did the Embroidered Uniform Guard Lord Thousand Households have that kind of strength!"

Yesterday, after seeing Ye Liuyun and the others, Prince Jin Yan Ze had ordered someone to investigate their background.

He’d only meant to get a brief look.

But unexpectedly, this bombshell of a message came back instead.

...