Chapter 210.1 - Three gifts
Lou Qingwu didn’t mind at all, her eyes were lowered as if she was a bit embarrassed.
“The striking of the drum at the beginning.”
“En?” Shu Yunyan didn’t hear properly so he froze, it wasn’t what he thought, right?
As to confirm his thoughts, Lou Qingwu’s eyes were bright as she looked at him, clearing her throat and speaking very clearly, “I struck the drum at the beginning.”
Shu Yunyan’s handsome face stiffened.
He originally didn’t think she had participated at all, so he wanted to see her humiliated.
But he didn’t that not only did she participate, she participated in such a … peculiar manner.
After half a moment, he darkly spoke, “Countess of Rende, you’ve really opened up my horizons.”
“You’re too kind. Didn’t prime minister Shu want me to perform? I had no other choice. I only have shallow talent and learning so of course, I can’t beat those talented dancers that have been specifically chosen by your noble country. After all, everyone here is a noble girl of a good standing. Normally, if we even reveal a small hand, we’d be embarrassed. So don’t even mention revealing such a small and pale waist, I really wouldn’t be thick faced enough to do so.” Lou Qingwu’s words completely humiliated Shu Yunyan.
She was clearly praising the dancer for being talented, but really, the most important words were at the back.
She compared Miss Liu Li to be just another seductive dancer girl, disparaging her.
Her usage after all, was to seduce the emperor but Lou Qingwu had wasted so much effort to plant Qiao Mei in so how could she let another vixen into the palace?
Shu Yunyan’s face looked like he was about to choke Lou Qingwu to death.
Luckily, he hadn’t lost all rational thought yet.
His thin lips curled into a smile, “Countess really has the gift of the gab, Yan admits defeat willingly.”
“Ah, did I say something?” Lou Qingwu blinked at him innocently.
She was only speaking the truth.
As her words fell on everyone’s words, they all fell silent.
They were just commenting between themselves about how Liu Li’s looks were much better than her dancing skills, but who would dare to say it out loud?
Lou Qingwu was possibly the only one who would dare to do but this Lou family’s eldest daughter, suddenly made them feel like she wasn't easy to defeat.
Lou Qingwu clearly couldn’t dance, but she still accepted Xiliang country’s ambassador’s provocation.
Then when after displaying a magnificent show, was found out and still broadly admitted to not participating much.
This was a risky move.
If she said she couldn’t dance before the performance, she probably would’ve made Dongyu country made lose face.
A countess that couldn’t even dance, if that was spread around Xiliang country, would make it seem like all of the royal family were without talent and virtue.
But now, after such a stirring and moving performance, who would still care that she couldn’t dance?
Even though the emperor wasn’t happy with Lou Qingwu about how she mentioned Liu Li, he was still happy overall.
This was originally a match that they should’ve lost, so this unexpected win was a pleasant surprise.
This made him feel a bit more lenient towards Lou Qingwu.
His sharp eyes that were originally very heated on Liu Li, calmed down a bit.
Furthermore, Qingwu was right on one point, even though Liu Li was pretty, she wasn’t pretty in a proper manner.
So if he put her into his palace, there’d most likely be rumours around him.
If the history books later painted him in a bad light … suddenly, he seemed to lose interest in her.
Maybe another day, he’d find a reason to push her off to someone else.
Lou Qingwu’s light words crushed Shu Yunyan’s plan of using Liu Li has a honeypot.
Shu Yunyan’s expression grew worse, he didn’t know if it was his misgiving but this Countess of Rende’s performance … seemed to have a deeper meaning.
“Emperor, before the third gift is presented, Yan has something to say.”
“Oh? What does prime minister Shu have to say?”
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TL note:
LQW didn’t even bother with being a tree.
(psst I updated the contents page)
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