Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 240 - 55: Princess Jingyue’s Jealousy! Arrival at the Border
So upon returning.
The palace maid exaggerated in front of Yan Huilan, repeating the words Ye Liuyun had just said.
"Damn it!"
One is an outsider, and the other is her personal palace maid. Naturally, Yan Huilan believed her own personal palace maid.
"If it had been me ascending the throne, who would dare speak to me like this now!"
When she was in the palace, Yan Huilan was not one to keep to herself.
When the old emperor was on the throne, Yan Huilan often played tricks to gain more of his attention.
Everything was going well initially.
Until Yan Shuzhu took the throne.
The jealousy in Yan Huilan’s heart was completely ignited at once.
It was fine when no one had a chance.
But now that there’s a chance, why couldn’t it be me sitting on the throne?
Why not!
If a prince had succeeded to the throne, Yan Huilan wouldn’t have said anything. But Yan Shuzhu is a woman, and so is she. Why did Yan Shuzhu ascend the throne, and not her?
Clearly, she considers herself smarter and more capable than Yan Shuzhu.
Previously in the palace, Yan Shuzhu was always invisible, garnering little attention, and then suddenly ended up above her.
This change was intolerable for Yan Huilan.
Yan Huilan secretly gloating over Yan Shuzhu’s political setbacks was not uncommon.
Thinking that if she were on the throne, she could surely do better than Yan Shuzhu.
But alas, there’s only one throne, and saying otherwise is just empty talk.
Until she heard about the diplomatic marriage with Xihe, which made Yan Huilan see an opportunity, and she proactively asked to be given the opportunity.
"Your Highness!"
Seeing Yan Huilan like this, the palace maid in front of her hurriedly said comfortingly.
"Your Highness need not be so angry, as long as Your Highness becomes Empress of Xihe, even if this Ye Liuyun is called the young Grandmaster, won’t she have to bow before Your Highness then?"
"That’s right!"
Sure enough, after hearing the palace maid say this,
Yan Huilan’s expression relaxed immediately.
As if she were imagining such a scene.
Her entire demeanor turned smug.
"If I can’t be an emperor, then I might as well be an empress. Xihe is a dynasty no weaker than Great Qian, so being the Xihe Empress is no worse than the Great Qian Emperor!"
Yan Huilan doesn’t harbor much sense of belonging to Great Qian.
What Yan Huilan pursues is high honor and the feeling of being admired by others.
As long as she can achieve this, then it doesn’t really matter to Yan Huilan where she is.
"Your Highness will surely succeed!"
Seeing Yan Huilan like this, the palace maid beside her earnestly offered her blessings.
Thinking internally, if Yan Huilan became the Empress of the Xihe Dynasty,
then as Yan Huilan’s personal palace maid, her status would naturally elevate too. Once in the Xihe Dynasty’s palace, the eunuchs and palace maids there would surely have to look at her face to act.
Thinking about this,
the palace maid couldn’t help but feel smug.
It must be said.
There really are the kind of masters that have the kind of servants.
Yan Huilan is a vain person, and likewise, as her accompanying palace maid, so is she.
"Enough!"
Yan Huilan was not excessively carried away.
After all, she hadn’t arrived in Xihe yet, and along the way, she still needed Ye Liuyun’s protection.
Thinking of this, after waving her hand, she directly ordered the palace maid.
"For the time being, bear with it until we reach Xihe. Everything will wait until then!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The palace maid still had a mind to retaliate against Ye Liuyun.
But since her Highness had already said so, regardless of her thoughts, she could only nod obediently at this time.
"Hmm!"
Only then did Yan Huilan wave her hand.
And motioned for the maid to prepare some food for her.
...
Half an hour quickly passed.
The entourage set off again.
Such a large group, moving with much fanfare, couldn’t be very fast. Ye Liuyun estimated that they wouldn’t cover much distance by nightfall.
Meanwhile.
On Si Nan’s side, he had almost completed the task Ye Liuyun assigned him.
Just out of boredom, Ye Liuyun listened to it as gossip.
After Si Nan shared everything he knew, Ye Liuyun’s expression, although somewhat realized, was more of confusion.
"So, Princess Jingyue Yan Huilan heard that Xihe has no Empress yet, which is why she volunteered for the marriage alliance?"
"Yes, my lord!"
Next to him, Si Nan nodded in agreement and began to explain.
"I heard that the princess originally meant to be sent to Xihe for marriage had just reached a suitable age for marriage. This Princess Jingyue had long surpassed the age, but because she volunteered and was very insistent, His Majesty had no choice but to agree!"
In reality,
the primary purpose of the marriage alliance is the alliance itself, so it doesn’t really matter which princess is sent.
Although Yan Huilan is not of unrivaled beauty, she is still fine, with no physical defects, so there is no issue for a marriage alliance.
"Sounds like this Princess Jingyue is not simple!"
Before Ye Liuyun could speak,
Shi Sheng on their side nodded in deep agreement.
"People move higher, water flows lower, nothing surprising!"
Jiang Jing shrugged indifferently,
seemingly finding nothing strange about it.
