"Come in, Xiao Lu!"
Xu Jiujiu's voice rang out again. Before Zhu Lu could react, her consciousness took control of her body once more.
Zhu Zhuqing: You can do it!
"..."
Zhu Lu stood rooted to the spot, speechless.
A blush-inducing scent hung in the hall. The moment she looked up, she understood why her teacher had fled.
The princess she so respected was sitting on the dragon throne in flagrant defiance of propriety-no, more precisely, she was lying on it.
Beside her was another face Zhu Lu knew very well.
Jiang Yi...
Zhu Lu pressed her lips together and lowered her head. Catching sight of the naked Jiang Yi out of the corner of her eye left her little feline head buzzing.
Leaving aside when Jiang Yi had arrived, Princess Jiujiu's reason for calling her inside at a time like this went without saying.
In this era, maids who accompanied brides into marriage were all too common.
"Xiao Lu, if you don't want to, you can go back. It's all right. Besides, as for the White Tiger Duke's Mansion..."
Seeing Zhu Lu freeze, Xu Jiujiu assumed she was unwilling. After all, Zhu Lu had once been engaged to Dai Huabin.
After more than a decade of affection between them, perhaps Zhu Lu still hadn't moved on.
But at the mention of Duke White Tiger, Zhu Lu immediately raised her head. A trace of hatred flashed through her beautiful eyes, and she walked over resolutely.
She knelt respectfully on the floor.
"Your Highness, your subordinate is willing!"
Zhu Lu lowered her head without the slightest hesitation.
After what Dai Huabin had done, she naturally had no lingering attachment. Raised from childhood as a tool for a marriage alliance, she had no aversion to such things.
"Then I'm sorry to put