The layout of the harem of the Yuan State is the same as that of the Qi State, even the location of the Leng Palace is the same.
Zhao Rao didn't know if it was because of the banquet, she was not stopped by anyone along the way, and she was actually allowed to find a place to close Lu Shuang'er, and no one was guarding her, only the faint sound of cursing came from the gloomy palace , Those who didn’t know thought this barren place was haunted.
She could tell that the voice belonged to Lu Shuang'er, otherwise she would have been scared away.
"Lu Shuang'er." Zhao Rao called out in a low voice.
The voice inside the door fell silent.
"Are you in there?" Zhao Rao asked again, this place looks terrible, why did Lu Yaoyao lock Lu Shuang'er here.
"Eldest princess?" Lu Shuang'er's hoarse voice came out, as if she had grabbed a life-saving duckweed, "Is that you? Did the emperor ask you to save me?"
Zhao Rao frowned, it was indeed Lu Shuang'er, "Why are you locked up here?"
"It's Lu Yaoyao, that little slut!" Lu Shuang'er pulled her hands out from the crack of the door. Her fingernails were covered in dirt, some of them were broken off, and her fingertips were covered with coagulated blood. Putting Qi State in her eyes, she wants to declare war on Qi State."
"How on earth did you offend her?" Zhao Rao asked lightly. She didn't like Lu Shuang'er either, so she couldn't feel any sympathy.
Lu Shuang'er shouted, "She just doesn't want me to feel better, why have I ever offended her?"
"If you don't tell the truth, I can't help you." Zhao Rao said indifferently, she doesn't believe in unreasonable hatred, just like she and Concubine De, it's because of her mother's deep blood feud.
For Lu Yaoyao to treat Lu Shuang'er like this, it is not an exaggeration to say that she has blood and deep hatred.
"Where is the emperor? You go and let the emperor come to see me." Lu Shuang'er felt that she and Zhao Rao had no deep relationship, and she would not take the initiative to save her.
"Do you think my father still remembers who you are?" Zhao Rao smiled cruelly, "Now it's the founding banquet, and my father is only in the hall to curry favor with Lu Yaoyao. If he had you in his heart, he would have saved you a long time ago. You, instead of letting people spread the news that you were abducted."
Lu Shuang'er's already pale face turned even more livid, "What did you say?"
"You should understand what I said. Only I know you are here. No one can save you except me." Zhao Rao said lightly.
Although she is not the king of a country like Zhao Yong, her status as the princess of Qi country should not be underestimated. Besides, if she is not Lu Shuang'er, Lu Shuang'er will really have to wait here to die.
"The emperor is really so cruel?" Lu Shuang'er's empty eyes were full of despair, "How could he treat me like this?"
"Isn't that what men are like?" Zhao Rao smiled.
Lu Shuang'er recalled how she felt when she was sent to the Taoist temple by Murong Zhan. At that time, in addition to despair, there was also indescribable pain. She loved Mo Rongzhan so much, but he said he didn't want her.
"Are you willing to help me?" Lu Shuang'er was unwilling to be locked up here like this, she wanted to leave here, she wanted to find her elder brother, now only Lu Lingzhi could help her.
"Who can help you except me?" Zhao Rao asked lightly, "But you have to tell me, what kind of deep hatred do you have with Lu Yaoyao?"
Zhao Rao didn't want to be an enemy of Lu Yaoyao, so he had to consider whether he could exchange terms with Lu Shuang'er.
Lu Shuang'er gritted her teeth and said, "That shameless little hoof, she seduced Mo Rongzhan, but thought I was an eyesore, and my Lu family was ransacked..."
"It seems that you are not telling the truth." Zhao Rao sneered, she also saw people from the Lu family in the hall today, if Lu Yaoyao really harmed the Lu family, would Lu Shiming's family treat her like a daughter
"Why do you ask so many questions?" Lu Shuang'er asked angrily, "You just need to save me, and I won't treat you badly in the future."
"I saved you, I offended Lu Yaoyao, and I was the one to lose." Zhao Rao snorted coldly, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it."
When Zhao Rao was about to turn around and leave, Lu Shuang'er finally gritted her teeth and said, "Morong Zhan's former concubine was Lu Yaoyao's sister. Ye Zhen rescued Murong Zhan when she was a child, and then Murong Zhan treated me as...the one who was a child... Girl, Ye Zhen committed suicide."
"Ye Zhen didn't commit suicide, she was killed by you." Zhao Rao heard the meaning in Lu Shuang'er's words, and it seemed that someone else was at fault, so she understood what the real root cause was. Killing Ye Zhen, otherwise, how could Lu Yaoyao hate her so much and lock her up here to torture her.
Lu Shuang'er said bitterly, "So what if I killed her? Ye Zhen is already dead, and Lu Yaoyao is ungrateful. If it weren't for our Lu family, would she have today?"
Zhao Rao smiled faintly, "Lu Shiming raised her, it has nothing to do with you."
"Are you here to mock me, or to help me?" Lu Shuang'er called out to Zhao Rao in a hoarse voice.
"I can help you." Zhao Rao said in a low voice, "You have to tell me, what is Concubine De's secret in your hands."
Lu Shuang'er suddenly looked at Zhao Rao. Although there was only a crack in the door, she could still see Zhao Rao's indifferent and beautiful face. She used to think that Zhao Rao was a spoiled princess, but now she looked at her with admiration. She and No one else knew the secret between concubines De, how did Zhao Rao know.
"Princess, what did you say? I don't understand." This was her last hope, she could not tell Zhao Rao that if Zhao Yong handed over the throne to the second prince, Concubine De would definitely come to save her for that secret.
Zhao Rao seemed to see through Lu Shuang'er's thoughts, "Do you think you can count on Concubine De? No one will know you are here except me."
"No..." Lu Shuang'er hesitated, she didn't know if she could trust Zhao Rao.
"Lu Shuang'er, I don't have much time." Zhao Rao said quietly.
Lu Shuang'er is aware of her situation, she knows that if no one helps her, Lu Yaoyao will not let her go, "The former queen was killed by Concubine De."
Zhao Rao felt his heart being scratched hard, "How did you kill him?"
"You can check the new concubines who have entered the palace in the past few years, and you will know why none of them are pregnant. The emperor asked us to eat Bizi soup in recent years. I heard that I had never eaten it before, and So many people died...the situation is the same as that of Empress Xian, so I asked my elder brother to check. Concubine De was good at mixing fragrances when she was with Empress Xian. How did she kill Empress Xian? Ask her." Lu Shuang'er said anxiously.
Zhao Rao knew that Concubine De could make incense, but she hadn't seen her do it for many years, and she also suspected that her mother's death had something to do with it, but the imperial doctor checked all the things her mother used back then, and found nothing unusual .
Concubine De... Concubine De... She still underestimated this woman.