Hearing this, Yelü Nanxian's lips curled upward slightly. Clearly, her plan had achieved its initial success. After all, catching the interest of an emperor with countless beauties in his harem was the greatest acknowledgment of a woman's looks.
She slowly raised her head. Having dressed herself with great care today, she was truly ravishing beyond compare, enough to make all other flowers pale in comparison. Li Yuanhao stared at her blankly for a moment, forgetting what was supposed to come next.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" the young eunuch beside him hurriedly reminded him in a low voice.
Li Yuanhao finally came back to his senses and laughed aloud. "I heard that Princess Chengan of Liao Country was not only highly skilled in martial arts at a young age, but also the most outstanding beauty on the grasslands. Now that I have seen her today, the rumors were indeed no exaggeration. She is truly beautiful enough to make fish sink and geese fall, to shame the moon and put flowers to blush."
Several Ministry of Rites officials below exchanged glances. If Yelü Nanxian had come to Western Xia as an envoy, the Emperor's praise would have been no issue. But she had come for a marriage alliance—she was to become his daughter-in-law. What father-in-law stared at his future daughter-in-law the moment they met, then lavishly praised her beauty?
Yet Li Yuanhao had always been decisive and ruthless. Moreover, after the Mu Brothers had been killed some time ago, no one knew how many officials had been implicated or how many high-ranking court officials had lost their heads. None of them dared to say anything unnecessary now.
From then on, Li Yuanhao simply kept chatting with Yelü Nanxian about everyday matters. He was practically one step away from taking her hand and