1368. Chapter 1368 Save Me

Sure enough, the layout of the harem of the Yuan Kingdom was the same as that of the Qi Kingdom, and even the location of the cold palace was the same.

Zhao Rao didn't know if it was because of the banquet, but no one stopped her along the way. She was actually allowed to find the place where Lu Shuang'er was locked up, and no one was watching. Only faint curses came from the gloomy palace. , those who didn’t know thought this deserted 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 voices inside the door quieted down.

"Are you in there?" Zhao Rao asked again, this place looked too scary, why did Lu Yaoyao lock Lu Shuang'er here.

"Princess?" Lu Shuang'er's hoarse voice came out. She seemed to have grabbed a life-saving duckweed. "Is it you? Did the emperor ask you to save me?"

Zhao Rao frowned, it turned out to be Lu Shuang'er, "Why are you locked up here?"

"It's Lu Yaoyao, that little bitch!" Lu Shuang'er dug her hands out from the crack of the door. Her fingernails were covered with dirt, some of them were broken, and her fingertips were covered with solidified blood. "She didn't do anything at all. Taking Qi State seriously, she wants to declare war with Qi State."

"How did you offend her?" Zhao Rao asked lightly. She didn't like Lu Shuang'er either, so she couldn't sympathize with her.

Lu Shuang'er shouted, "She just doesn't want me to feel better. I have never offended her."

"If you don't tell the truth, I can't help you." Zhao Rao said lightly. She didn't believe in unprovoked hatred, just like she and De Fei, it was because of the blood feud between her mother and the queen.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Lu Yaoyao treated Lu Shuang'er like this because of a blood feud.

"Where is the Emperor? Go and ask the Emperor to come see me." Lu Shuang'er felt that she and Zhao Rao did not have a deep relationship in the first place, and she would not take the initiative to save her.

"Who do you think my father still remembers you?" Zhao Rao smiled a little cruelly, "Now is the founding banquet, and my father is only in the hall to please Lu Yaoyao. If he had you in his heart, he would have saved you long ago. 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'm saying. 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 eldest princess of Qi cannot be underestimated. What's more, if she is not Lu Shuang'er, Lu Shuang'er will really have no choice but to wait here to die.

"The emperor is really so cruel?" Lu Shuang'er's empty eyes were filled with despair, "How could he do this to me?"

"Isn't that what men are like?" Zhao Rao smiled.

Lu Shuang'er remembered her feelings when she was sent to the Taoist temple by Mo Rongzhan. 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 anymore.

"Are you willing to help me?" Lu Shuang'er was unwilling to be locked up here like this. She wanted to leave here and go find her elder brother. Now only Lu Lingzhi could help her.

"Who else can help you except me?" Zhao Rao asked calmly, "But you have to tell me, what kind of hatred do you and Lu Yaoyao have?"

Zhao Rao didn't want to be Lu Yaoyao's enemy, so he had to first consider whether he could exchange terms with Lu Shuang'er.

Lu Shuang'er gritted her teeth and said, "That shameless little hooves, she seduced Mo Rongzhan, but she thought I was an eyesore, and my Lu family was ransacked..."

"It seems you are not telling the truth." Zhao Rao sneered. She had also seen people from the Lu family in the hall today. If Lu Yaoyao really harmed the Lu family, would Lu Shiming's family treat her as their daughter?

"Why are you asking so much?" Lu Shuang'er asked angrily, "You only need to rescue me, and I will never treat you badly in the future."

"Rescuing you, I offended Lu Yaoyao, it's me who is in trouble." 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 his teeth and said, "Murong Zhan's former princess was Lu Yaoyao's biological sister. Ye Zhen saved Murong Zhan when she was a child. Later, Murong Zhan regarded me as... her childhood friend." That girl, Ye Zhen, committed suicide."

"Ye Zhen didn't commit suicide, she was killed by you, right?" Zhao Rao heard the meaning of Lu Shuang'er's words, and it seemed that someone else was at fault. She then understood what the real root cause was. She was trying to get Mo Rongzhan. She killed 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 was the one who killed her? Ye Zhen is already dead. Lu Yaoyao is ungrateful. If it weren't for our Lu family, would she be here today?"

Zhao Rao smiled lightly, "Lu Shiming raised her, it has nothing to do with you."

"Are you here to ridicule me, or are you trying to help me?" Lu Shuang'er shouted to Zhao Rao in a hoarse voice.

"I can help you." Zhao Rao said in a low voice, "You have to tell me what leverage you have on Concubine De."

Lu Shuang'er suddenly looked at Zhao Rao. Although there was only a crack in the door, she could still see Zhao Rao's cold and beautiful face. She used to only think that Zhao Rao was a spoiled princess, but now she looked at her with admiration. She and she No one else knew the secret between the concubines. How did Zhao Rao know about it?

"Princess, what are you talking about? I don't understand." This was her last hope. She couldn't tell Zhao Rao. 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 have read through Lu Shuang'er's thoughts, "Do you still 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 whether she could trust Zhao Rao.

"Lu Shuang'er, I don't have much time." Zhao Rao said quietly.

Lu Shuang'er knew her situation well. She knew that Lu Yaoyao would not let her go if no one helped her. "Back then, the queen was killed by Concubine De."

Zhao Rao felt his heart being scratched hard, "How did you get killed?"

"You will know why none of the concubines who have entered the palace in the past few years are pregnant with children. It is only in recent years that the emperor has allowed us to eat Bizi soup. I have heard that we have never eaten it before, and So many people died... They were all in the same situation as the first empress, so I asked my eldest brother to check. Concubine De was good at mixing perfume when she was with the first empress. How did she kill the first empress? You yourself Go ask her." Lu Shuang'er said urgently.

Zhao Rao knew that Concubine De knew how to make incense, but she had not done so for many years. She also suspected that the queen's death was related to this, but the imperial doctor checked the things that the queen used and found nothing unusual. .

Concubine De... Concubine De... She still underestimated this woman.