Chapter 86.4 - Handing Over the Power (4)
Chapter 86.4 – Handing Over the Power (4)
Originally, after Lu Jun Qi’s body recovered, she’d planned on returning to her country, but before she was able to set out, she’d learned that Phoenix city was holding the competition. As a member of the imperial academy, Lu Jun Qi already had a place in the dancing competition to begin with, thus she continued staying in Feng Ming, staying in the government inn waiting for the people of Eastern Li to arrive and move into Sui Yuan together with them.
In order to protect his older sister, Lu Jun Wu also stayed behind, staying together with them.
Lu Jun Qi was just looking at Du Xiao Li, when the other party suddenly looked over, having her caught red-handed. She unnaturally had her gaze shifted to another place.
“Ah, that smell is coming from you! You’re really smelly!” The first person to call out leaned into Du Ke Xin and smelled her a few times. Afterwards, they pinched their nose with one hand and pointed at her with the other shouting.
Du Ke Xin, since entering the palace, has kept her distance from the others, precisely for the sake of not letting others discover the smell on her. However, she was unexpectedly discovered by someone and was even pointed out to the crowd. She quickly denied, “No, it’s not coming from me, why would there be a stinky smell coming from me! This miss must be joking!”
“Nonsense, I never lie, it’s precisely coming from you!” That girl unhappily said.
“I said, it’s not coming from me. Don’t take nonsense!” Du Ke Xin glared at that girl.
“What are you glaring at me for, comparing who has bigger eyes?! My eyes are also very big!” That girl, seeing that Du Ke Xin actually glared at her, widened her two eyes, glaring back with her hands at her hips.
“Younger sister!” A man walked over, and disapprovingly looked to that girl.
“Imperial brother, tell this smelly woman, I never lie!” The girl pulled the man and said.
“What? What happened, such ruckus!” Although he didn’t like Du Ke Xin, it was still his daughter after all. Du Yun Han asked as he walked over with Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li stopped at a relatively far distances away from Du Ke Xin, but even standing here, she could still smell that stinky smell from Du Ke Xin.
The one that pointed out the smelly scent on Du Ke Xin was Northern Qi’s youngest princess, Bei Ling Yu. She was the same age as Du Xiao Li, having just passed her thirteenth birthday. Since childhood, she’s been spoiled and pampered by the Northern Qi Emperor growing up, but she didn’t have those arrogant and willful bad temper, instead growing up somewhat innocent and naive, simple and straightforward. From a glance, one could tell she was protected very well.
At first when Du Xiao Li saw her, she truly couldn’t figure out why the eldest elder princess that had married to Northern Qi would end up like that.
The one that criticized Bei Ling Yu was Northern Qi’s seventh prince, Beiling Yi Cheng, currently seventeen years old, and currently still studying at the imperial academy. He was a key candidate in the competition this time.
And Beiling Yu, reportedly, her dance was equally matched with Lu Jun Qi’s. Moreover, she even had a special act. However, what that special act was, everyone all didn’t know.
Lu Jun Qi and Beiling Yu’s dancing skills were both very good. In the other country’s contestant’s eyes, they were the contenders for first place.
“Father.” Du Ke Xin saw Du Yun Han and scooted over to his side, calling out in grievance.
Du Yun Han glanced at Du Ke Xin and asked, “What happened?”
“Prime Minister Du, this is your daughter? Why is she this smelly? And even said I was lying, really is too hateful! The entire Northern Qi all know, I never lie!” Beiling Yu recognized Du Yun Han, but didn’t expect that the person she was arguing with was actually Du Yun Han’s daughter.
“Princess Ling, this one’s daughter……..”
“Princess Ling, my second sister, because fell ill a few days ago, has been taking medicine these last few days. That is the scent of the medicine, it’ll be gone tomorrow. That’s why, this isn’t my second sister’s scent. Anyone can get sick, and when one gets sick, needs to take medicine, no? Asking princess to please not mind.” Du Xiao Li, seeing Du Yun Han with a difficult look, replied with a smile.
She wanted to punish Du Ke Xin, and also wanted to find out through her the person behind the kidnapping incident, but she didn’t expect that the smelly Du Ke Xin would actually come today too. Losing face here was also losing the Du family’s face, she couldn’t just ignore it either.
“Then the smell is still coming from her, why won’t she admit to it? Not the least bit honest!” Beiling Yu said with a pout.
“Because ever since my second sister fell ill, her nose hasn’t been well. That’s why she’s unable to smell the scent in her surrounding. My second mother worries that my second sister would be upset, so didn’t let anyone tell her that she smelled. That’s why she didn’t know there was a smell coming from her. Right, second sister?” Du Xiao Li looked to Du Ke Xin and said.
“Really?” Beiling Yu looked to Du Ke Xin and asked.
“Eh, yes, yes, I recently can’t smell anything.” Although she hated Du Xiao Li very much, since she already gave her the best way out of this situation, she could only pull down her face and admit to it.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier.” Beiling Yu said, then pulled along Beiling Yi Cheng and returned to the Northern Qi’s ranks.
Seeing that there was nothing left to watch, the others also respectively continued admiring flowers and chatting. Du Yun Han was also pulled away by Yuan Lin for a chat. Du Xiao Li came to a pavilion alone and sat down for a rest.
“You did it on purpose!” Du Ke Xin came into the pavilion and viciously looked to Du Xiao Li.
Knowing that Du Ke Xin smelled, everyone all stayed far away from her. At the moment, there was no one near the pavilion, so no one heard her words.
“Second sister, you should thank me. If not for me, you would’ve lost even more face today!” Du Xiao Li smilingly looked to Du Ke Xin.
“Thank you? Keep dreaming! You purposely left behind this smell on my body, precisely for the sake of seeing me make a fool of myself in front of everyone, right?” Du Ke Xin said, very sure of herself.
She just knew, where would there be such an antidote, making one continuously emit a foul stench after eating, and letting her not dare to meet others. This definitely was Du Xiao Li purposefully harming her!
“Second sister, I didn’t do anything to the antidote. This antidote was like this to begin with.” Du Xiao Li said. “If not for my smelly antidote, afraid, you wouldn’t even be alive right now! If you don’t believe me, Imperial Physician Hu’s words, you should at least believe, right?”
“Imperial Physician Hu said this scent will take ten some days to disperse, why did you say it’ll be gone by tomorrow?” Du Ke Xin asked.
“Of course I know. When you go back, let second mother look for some bitter celery wormwood to boil into a medicinal bath for you to sake for an hour, then that smell will be gone. Of course, if you want to keep that smell on you, you can also not soak!” Du Xiao Li shrugged.
“This method will be able to get rid of the smell on me?” Du Ke Xin skeptically asked.
“Believe it or not!” Du Xiao Li said, too lazy to continue bothering with her. She turned her head to look at the fish in the pond.
“If you knew, why didn’t you say so earlier?” Du Ke Xin temporarily believed Du Xiao Li. But recalling that she actually knew a method, yet waited until now to tell her, anger flames rose in her heart again.
Du Xiao Li turned around and looked to Du Ke Xin. Seeing her ‘you shouldn’t be like this’ look, she smiled.