Don't panic, nephew. I will take this pot of evil star.

Is it her? No, the person in the small portrait looks a little older. Does that mean that this fifth sister just happens to look like her?

Mu Lanxun looked at his royal sisters one by one, and it was true that only this fifth royal sister was 70% similar to the woman in the small portrait.

The two of them looked like real sisters. Apart from some differences in body shape and age, their expressions were as if they were cast from the same mold.

I remember that a few years ago, a concubine died of illness in the palace. Emperor Qi Zhao ignored state affairs for several days because of this. I don't know how she recovered later. Is the woman in the small portrait the concubine? He didn't pay much attention to it.

He looked at the paper which said that Emperor Chu intended to arrange marriages for his two daughters, one of whom was the fifth princess. However, she was far less favored than the other daughter, so he estimated that the marriage would not be very good.

If I convey this matter to my mother, just based on the fact that Emperor Qi Zhao hid the small portrait of the girl in his sleeve, I will know that the girl must be the one he loved in his heart, otherwise he would not miss her so much.

Even if he has let go of the past, it is better than the fifth princess being married off casually in the future.

Worth a try!

If it is feasible, and the State of Chu takes the initiative to propose marriage, then the Prime Minister's request can be perfectly achieved!

Mu Lanxun left behind the drawing of the fifth sister, Mu Lingyin, and said, "On New Year's Day, go find Chun Geng and look up the portrait of the imperial concubine who passed away a few years ago."

Just in case, you still have to make sure.

Zuixianglou.

Ever since it was unjustly closed for two hours that day, the business of Zui Xiang Lou has been up and down. It is now dinner time, but there are only three or two kittens eating in the hall, and it is deserted.

There was only one private room upstairs that could accommodate guests. The shopkeeper was afraid that his sad face would affect the reputation of the store, so he secretly ran to the backyard to cry.

There were four women sitting in the only private room on the second floor for guests. It was slightly different from the previous playful scene. The four of them sat on both sides. Luo Yurong and Meng Yao sat on the door side, and Kang Jiuyi and Chu Linxuan sat on the window side.

The four of them seemed to be talking and laughing, but the relaxed and comfortable feeling they had before could not be found anymore.

"Xuanxuan, I heard that you have been going to the Prime Minister's Mansion a lot recently, is that right?" Luo Yurong couldn't help but asked her curiously.

Chu Linxuan raised her eyelids, having nothing to hide. "During the tea banquet earlier, my father invited a distinguished guest, but I didn't expect him to be ridiculed and bullied by such ignorant people."

She took a sip of tea to moisten her throat and continued, "Thanks to the help of Miss Feng from the Xiangfu, I didn't neglect our distinguished guests. My father asked me to walk around more often."

She pinched another cake and took a bite. She didn't say that Feng Xili had left the house recently, nor did she say that she actually had other thoughts.

Thinking of that cold and noble young man, who never invited her out, but also never refused her invitation, this ambiguous feeling made her very uncomfortable, but she couldn't bear to stop contacting him.

When Luo Yurong heard that it was about Feng Xili again, he became furious. Why was this witch everywhere?

Before, she had extorted an entire purse from General Xiao, and now he had been under house arrest for a month, making it impossible for her to see him.

"That Feng Xili is also weird. She's so prominent in someone else's house that people who don't know her would think she's the head of the family. What is she showing off for?" Luo Yurong felt unhappy.

"If the concubine's daughter in our Taifu's mansion was so ostentatious, she would have had her legs broken long ago. Unlike her, she is so ignorant of etiquette that she dares to steal the limelight from our legitimate daughter." She muttered softly. Meng Yao sat next to her and nodded continuously.

Kang Jiuyi endured it for a while, watching the two of them gossiping about others behind their backs, and finally spoke up: "Yurong, Ayao, you shouldn't talk about Miss Feng like that. Although she is a concubine's daughter, she hasn't done anything out of line."

She looked at the two people's disapproving faces and felt powerless, but she still tried to persuade them: "Although Miss Feng's status is slightly lower, she still has a position in the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to mention that she is a student of Ziyun Academy."

When Ziyun Academy said this, Luo Yurong and the others immediately frowned. What was the point of a woman reading so many books? Was she trying to guide His Majesty?

Luo Yurong rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "She's wasting her energy. Will her husband's family give her the position of legitimate wife just because she's well-read? Only small families would be willing to take her in."

"Yu Rong!" Anger flashed in Kang Jiuyi's eyes. When did she become so sarcastic?

A loud shout startled her. She looked at Jiuyi's undisguised anger and felt extremely aggrieved. They had known each other for more than ten years and Jiuyi had never yelled at her. Now he was angry with her for an outsider?

"I'm not wrong. Who made her not a legitimate daughter? Who made her mother so disappointing?"

Chu Linxuan's heart sank as she watched the battle. It turned out that Yu Rong was willing to open up to her because his status was worthy of her?

Kang Jiuyi was so shocked that she was stunned for a long time. She really couldn't believe that the eldest daughter of the Taifu family could say such words?

"Yurong, Ziyun Academy has never admitted women, but they made an exception for Feng Xili. Do you know what this means? Moreover, she is a top-three senior sister in the academy. Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean? Isn't it just that she can read? She knows a little more. What's so great about that?" Luo Yurong said stubbornly, still looking condescending.

Kang Jiuyi was very tired and didn't want to waste any more energy. He was just really confused. Why did Yu Rong suddenly hate Miss Feng so much?

"Has Miss Feng offended you in any way? Why do you look down on her so much?" She was really confused.

Chu Linxuan had just finished a piece of crystal candied date cake and clapped her hands as she stood up. "It wouldn't be considered an offense, it's just that Feng Xili once possessed something Yu Rong had always dreamed of, but she discarded it like a piece of worn-out shoe. She can't forgive that, right?"

After saying that, she walked towards the door without looking back, "I have something else to do, I'm leaving first!"

"Xuanxuan!" Chu Linxuan had never left the table so early before. Luo Yurong stood up in panic and called her, but she really left without looking back.

"Jiuyi..." She turned her head to look at Kang Jiuyi, hoping to get her comfort.

He possessed what Yurong had always dreamed of? And yet he discarded it like a worn-out shoe?

Could it be? Xiao Ze?

"Yurong, are you so disgusted with Miss Feng because she canceled General Xiao's marriage proposal?" Just because of such a trivial matter?

"What do you mean she broke off the engagement? It was clearly General Xiao who cancelled the engagement! She didn't want to be his legitimate wife, she doesn't know how to appreciate the blessing she has!" Yu Rong couldn't bear to see Xiao Ze being broken off the engagement by a man of such low status, and retorted with red eyes.

Kang Jiuyi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Yurong, Miss Feng is a woman, yet the Purple Cloud Academy broke with its century-old tradition and accepted her. She is truly a role model for us women. The fact that she is the first female student in the academy is more than enough to surpass all the legitimate daughters in Ya'an City!"

"There are thousands of legitimate daughters, but she's the only female student at Ziyun Academy! Not to mention, her status as a top-three senior sister is unique in the Shangli Kingdom in the past hundred years!"

Kang Jiuyi's eyes turned red with excitement, and she was extremely disappointed with Luo Yurong. How could she be so confused about right and wrong and confuse black and white?

Luo Yurong didn't wait for comfort, but was frightened by Jiuyi's accusations. She stepped forward and took Jiuyi's hand: "Jiu, Jiuyi, you, don't be like this, I didn't mean that."

"Yurong, I have to prepare my dowry and learn etiquette soon, so I won't be out for the time being. Think about it carefully and take care of yourself."

"Jiuyi! Are you going to treat me like this for Feng Xili? Do you have to choose her?" Seeing Jiuyi break free from her hand, Luo Yurong shouted at her back, really panicked.

Xuanxuan is gone, and Jiuyi is leaving too?

She stood at the door of the box, watching Jiuyi's figure getting farther and farther away, tears dripping down her cheeks like beads from a broken string.

What a great Feng Xili!

I can't stand with you!!