Originally, the Cold-Blooded Group's plan was to have Ye Lang make a high-profile appearance and then take the opportunity to get close to Princess Longji. The best way to get close to Princess Longji was to attend the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration and enter the Imperial Palace.
Even this Cold-Blooded Group couldn't do it. The Imperial Palace has royal guards and royal spies. No one can control this power except the emperor!
This was also a trump card the emperor kept for himself; the safety of his own Imperial Palace was naturally entrusted to himself, not to anyone else!
Therefore, no force can enter the Imperial Palace!
In other words, not only can the Cold-Blooded Group not enter, but Princess Longji's forces are also excluded. Therefore, this is when Princess Longji is at her most vulnerable and is the easiest to deal with.
Therefore, infiltrating the Imperial Palace is the most important task at present, and the Cold-Blooded Group has been making arrangements for this. They will try their best to get Ye Lang into a position where he can contact Princess Longji.
According to the plan, Ye Lang should do something in Dragon City to attract attention. Then the Cold-Blooded Group will find a way to get the Imperial Prince to notice the Puppet Girl. Using her beauty and the power of their Lineage, they can then follow the Imperial Prince into the city.
Of course, the Cold-Blooded Group won't just bet on Ye Lang; they have backup plans, but those would come at a higher price!
The Cold-Blooded Group's hope lies in Ye Lang's success, and with the Puppet Girl's perfect face and figure, they believe the success rate will be over 90%.
"Number 13, how strange, I seem to have a connection with 13 everywhere I go!" Ye Lang got a very early number, simply because it was still a bit early and there wasn't much time before it started, so there weren't many people there yet.
"Because you are Miss Thirteenth, my cousin!" Cold-Blooded Seventh said softly.
"Aren't you guys bored?" Ye Lang asked, ignoring Cold-Blooded Seventh's question.
"No!" Cold-Blooded Fifth shook her head. In any case, whether she was bored or not was the same to her, and she would live her life the same way.
Cold-Blooded Seventh was different. He nodded and said, "I'm bored. I don't understand why you like coming here!"
"Are you bored? Then go out and have some fun. I'll be here all day, so you don't need to come looking for me again!" Ye Lang said with a smile, gesturing for him to leave.
"..." Cold-Blooded Seventh was speechless. So you were waiting for me here, wanting to drive me away.
"Actually, this place is quite fun. You can see a lot of nobles, even royalty... Hmm..." Cold-Blooded Seventh suddenly realized that this auction house was not a good location. He might run into Imperial Prince or princesses here.
Did this little one think of this before coming here?
I don't think that's very likely!
After waiting for a while, more and more people started to arrive, and it seemed like quite a few people were coming. Soon the place was packed, and there were still some people who wanted to come in.
"The Imperial City is the Imperial City, it's different from those small cities." Ye Lang said excitedly upon seeing the lively scene.
With so many people here, the items up for auction must be quite impressive; there will be at least one or two good pieces!
In fact, Ye Lang was unaware that he was also very lucky this time, as he encountered the monthly auction. This was a characteristic of the auction house in Dragon City, where the best items received that month would be auctioned off every month.
Normally, they auction relatively ordinary items, so there are relatively fewer people participating!
However, what was even more fortunate was that there seemed to be something of exceptional quality in the room this time, so there were more people present, and just as Cold-Blooded Seventh had expected, there were even some Imperial Prince and princesses, as well as countless representatives of the royal family.
"Little one, we're really lucky!" Cold-Blooded Seventh said, feeling that they had already succeeded more than halfway when she saw these members of the royal family.
"Yes, very good!" Ye Lang nodded as well.
However, what the two were talking about didn't seem to be the same thing. Cold-Blooded Seventh was talking about getting to know princes Imperial Prince, while Ye Lang was talking about the items being auctioned in the auction house.
"Listen to me later, I'll teach you how to take down those Imperial Prince," Cold-Blooded Seventh said.
"Hmm, I'll get the Imperial Prince. Hmm, what's Imperial Prince? Why haven't I heard of him? Oh well, if you want him, I'll buy him for you!" Ye Lang treated the Imperial Prince like an auction item, and buying an auction item was a regular occurrence for him.
"...Are you even listening to me..." Cold-Blooded Seventh looked at Ye Lang and said somewhat helplessly.
"Yes, I did say I was going to buy the Imperial Prince!" Ye Lang replied.
"..." Cold-Blooded Seventh was certain that the little guy hadn't listened to him at all, and that he and the little guy were talking about two different things.
"Cold-Blooded Seventh, you don't necessarily have to use a puppet to seduce the Imperial Prince. You can do it yourself. Just let the puppet get close later, and it will be the same!" Cold-Blooded Fifth said.
"I know that, but I'm a good girl, so of course I won't do this kind of thing if I can avoid it!" Cold-Blooded Seventh said with a frown, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"Yes, you are a good girl, and all girls in the world are good girls!" Ye Lang nodded. He spoke these words honestly because he believed that bad people were only a minority and could be ignored.
In the eyes of a good person, everyone at this time is a good person; it's all about perspective!
However, these words sounded incredibly harsh to Cold-Blooded Seventh!
Forget it, I shouldn't talk to this little guy anymore. If I keep talking to him, I'll go crazy! Also, forget about expecting him to take the initiative to approach others. I should pave the way for him first.
Cold-Blooded Seventh was very self-aware and took the initiative to find opportunities. Of course, she wouldn't just go and look for them like that, as that would be too deliberate and would annoy others.
She needs to find an opportunity to subtly ingratiate herself, so that people won't notice her, but will still take notice.
Others might not be good at these things, but Cold-Blooded Seventh is very good at them. This is what she does all along. Deceiving people into a trap is all about reading between the lines.
This is her main purpose in coming here: to help Ye Lang enter the royal family's social circle in a short period of time!
In auction houses, and during auctions, there will be many such opportunities. Auctions are like a battle without gunpowder, and as long as there is a battle, there will be opportunities!
As the auction continued, Cold-Blooded Seventh quickly found some opportunities. Among them, she discovered that some princes Imperial Prince were not on good terms and were deliberately driving up the prices.
This is the opportunity. If you can provoke one of them, you can gain the favor of the other. That's for sure. However, under normal circumstances, no one will do it.