The Cold-blooded Emperor's Vengeful Concubine

Chapter 164 Why do you pretend to be Princess Sang Yuhanyan?

After being carefully dressed, Liu Ruxu looked graceful, swaying her willow waist and walking in lotus steps. With a smile on her face, she slowly walked to the front of the palace and greeted Baili Haoxuan, saying, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you."

Liu Ruxu only bowed and greeted Baili Haoxuan, but did not greet Mo Dan King Mo Tianao. She just glanced at him, thinking he was a subject, and ignored him.

"Get up. My beloved, please come and meet King Mo Dan." Baili Haoxuan was also a little surprised that she didn't even greet Mo Tianao.

"Greetings, King Mo Dan." Liu Ruxu greeted politely and generously, as if they were meeting for the first time.

"Does Princess Sang Yu recognize me?" Mo Tianao asked in a calm voice, hiding the sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.

"Have I ever met King Mo Dan?" Liu Ruxu asked with a little surprise. Her eyebrows raised slightly, and doubt flashed across her eyes. She kept searching for information about King Mo Dan, but found it was all in vain.

"Five years ago, in Xiangxue Tower, I met the princess once. Has the princess forgotten it?" Mo Tianao stared straight at Liu Ruxu with his reddish-brown eyes.

Liu Ruxu felt a little uncomfortable with the inquiring gaze Mo Tianao cast on her, and Mo Tianao's words made her even more at a loss. Did Sang Yuhanyan know him?

"Well, maybe... maybe, it's been a long time, and I don't remember it very well." Liu Ruxu's eyes flickered and her words were a little unsmooth.

"It's only natural that the princess doesn't remember me. After all, we only met once. However, Princess Sang Yu's tea tasting talk was extremely brilliant. I wonder if the princess remembers it?"

"Well, of course... I remember. Thanks to King Mo Dan for his kindness." She hesitated and agreed reluctantly. Her heart was like an ant on the hot pot. She kept glancing at Baili Haoxuan, hoping that he could save her.

However, Baili Haoxuan and Yan Zinuo were both reminiscing about Sang Yuhanyan's remarks while tasting tea in Xiangxue Tower. They could not believe that such a little girl could have such noble insights.

"It's good that Princess Sangyu remembers it. Then, may I be so presumptuous as to ask the princess to let me taste that unique cup of Longjing tea again?" Mo Tianao was polite and did not force her with his status as an emperor.

"But...but..." Liu Ruxu was worried. How could she make tea? She might be able to make a simple tea, but she really knew nothing about the tea ceremony.

"Is Princess Sang Yu in trouble?" Mo Tianao pressed on step by step. Although he appeared humble and polite on the surface, in his heart he was trying to tear off the mask of this hypocritical woman. However, he needed evidence to convince Baili Haoxuan.

King Mo Dan has already said this. If they Xuan Huang refuse, it will not only be petty and coy, but also appear to be disrespecting King Mo Dan.

"My beloved, just follow what King Mo Dan says." Baili Haoxuan nodded and said to Liu Ruxu. "Come on, bring the tea set."

Mo Tianao picked up the wine glass in front of him, covered it with his sleeve and drank it, while also hiding the smile of success.

The tea set was placed on the table. Liu Ruxu had nowhere to turn for help and could only take advantage of the situation. She gritted her teeth and relied on her memory. She had seen the palace maids making tea during the days she had been in the palace.

Liu Ruxu was clumsy, and the order of brewing tea was either missing or too much, Baili Haoxuan looked unhappy, with his eyebrows tightly furrowed. Yan Zinuo's usually calm face also had a bit of doubt, which was completely different from the feeling.

Mo Tianao glanced at Baili Haoxuan, feeling cheerful and smiling. "Sang Yuhanyan, I will be able to vindicate you soon."

By the end of brewing, Liu Ruxu herself was confused. After all, her memory was fuzzy, and she didn't care. She thought the tea was ready, and then she asked the palace maid to serve the tea.

"I may be a little... unfamiliar, please don't mind, King Mo Dan." Liu Ruxu added this sentence out of worry and nervousness, but because of this sentence, Baili Haoxuan's suspicion became stronger, and the same was true for Yan Zinuo.

Mo Tianao symbolically took the tea and reluctantly drank the cup of tea that could not be called tea at all, with the tips of the tea leaves still floating.

But Baili Haoxuan didn't drink at all. He put his weight on the table. His whole body was filled with a familiar cold aura. His blue eyes were full of icy light, staring directly at Liu Ruxu.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ruxu was completely confused and couldn't figure it out.

"What a pity for this tea. It fell into the hands of someone who doesn't understand the tea ceremony." Mo Tianao sighed regretfully while holding the teacup.

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers below were talking to each other in whispers. Everyone knew that King Mo Dan was obsessed with the tea ceremony and had a high appreciation for it, but it was such a leader in the tea ceremony world who said that Liu Ruxu did not understand the tea ceremony, which was enough to judge that Liu Ruxu was a person who did not understand the tea ceremony.

"What do you mean by that?" Hearing the ministers below whispering and casting suspicious and inquiring glances, Liu Ruxu was a little angry. This King Mo Dan actually made her look bad in front of everyone.

Just like her beloved concubine Yun Jingman that day, she will not let it go.

Baili Haoxuan remained silent, as if something in his mind was becoming clearer...

Mo Tianao sneered, put down the tea in his hand, stood up, slowly walked down the steps of the platform, walked in front of Liu Ruxu, and looked at her probingly, without a trace of respect, only contempt and hatred.

"King Mo Dan, please respect yourself." Liu Ruxu was very resistant and displeased with Mo Tianao's gaze.

Mo Tianao raised his hand in disgust and gently lifted Liu Ruxu's chin, sneering and saying: "The same appearance may deceive some ignorant people; but the soul cannot be deceived.. Why do you pretend to be Princess Sang Yu Hanyan!"

Mo Tianao's words shocked not only the substitute Liu Ruxu, but also Yan Zinuo and the person in the high position. Beitang Yuan just regarded everything in the palace as a joke.

"Boom!" His mind seemed to explode, and suddenly it went blank. His blue eyes were filled with thousands of complex emotions. For the time being, there was no word that could describe his current mood...

What right do you have to pretend to be Princess Sang Yuhanyan... Baili Haoxuan kept replaying these words in his mind, and the image of his concubine Yun Jingman kept appearing in his mind, crossing over and over again, causing his brain to ache as if it were bursting...