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AURUM took a white dress from her s.p.a.ce ring . It had a wonderful lace work and a baby blue ribbon that could be tied at the waist . She slowly got dressed while happily humming a tune . Once she"s done, she sat in front of the dressing table and started combing her long golden hair . She arranged it in a side braid and tied it with a blue ribbon .

She smiled at the mirror, satisfied with her look . Then she took her sPhone and opened the camera . When she found the right angle, she smiled sweetly and took a picture . Then she posted it on [Jiffy] with a "good morning" greeting . As soon as she did, a barrage of "good morning", "your beautiful", and "my G.o.ddess" immediately filled her comment section . Which was already a common occurance since she had a pretty large following . Especially since it"s been a while since she lasted posted anything .

Done with that, Aurum stood up and stretched . Since her mother"s abduction, she hadn"t been in such a good mood . Maybe she should thank the Empress for providing her with such a good entertainment . Ah, what a great morning .

She heard soft knocking from the room"s window . She walked towards it and opened it . Black"s small head peaked out and he immediately jumped inside the room .

"How was it? Did the Empress bring many people to the fifth prince"s palace? Did they all see what happened?" she excitedly asked .

Earlier, she asked Black to stealthily observe the things that would happen at the fifth prince palace since she couldn"t go there herself . Aurum seriously wanted to personally see the Empress" expression once she discovered her son in that kind of situation . It would probably be hilarious . But to avoid suspicion, she could only send Black there . So he could confirm if her plan did work .

"The Empress brought that princess who hates you and three other extras as well as a lot of palace maids . They all saw what happened . But then, the Empress threw them out . Then the Emperor came . After a few minutes, they both went out," Black reported .

The Emperor found about what happened that fast? How fast could news travel in this place anyway? The Emperor probably had his own people in every palace so he could immediately receive news whenever there"s something happening . "What was their expression when they went out?"

"The Empress looked really angry . The Emperor, on the other hand, looked calm and relax . "

Aurum raised one of her brows . Calm and relax? One of the possible problems she could see when she thought of this plan was the Emperor"s reaction . But then, the fifth prince told her that she didn"t have to worry about that . According to him, something like this wouldn"t anger his father . He might even thank her once he found out that she"s the one behind it . She asked why cause it"s really astonis.h.i.+ng for her . What kind of father would be happy to see his son in such a scandal? The fifth prince just said that it"s a good way to tie the prime minister"s family to the royal family .

Based on Black"s description of the Emperor"s expression, the prince was probably on point with his opinion . Wow . What a good-for-nothing father .
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"When will we go back to Madame Lin"s house?" Black asked . "Black doesn"t like it here . The maids are not that nice . "

"You just say that because the maids in the Zhang household constantly pamper you," she said .

"They couldn"t help it . It"s because Black is lovable," Black said proudly .

Aurum chose to ignore that comment . "We"ll go back after I say goodbye to the Empress . " Because that"s the polite thing to do and well, she just really wanted to see the Empress" constipated expression .

Then the door of the room suddenly opened . They could hear the voices of the people who walked in .

"Why do we have to check this room so early? We both know that girl wouldn"t be here," one voice said .

"We still have to pretend to do our job," the other one answered .

The two immediately stopped speaking when they saw Aurum standing in the room . Their expressions were immediately filled with horror . These two were the two palace maids who brought Aurum and Black here yesterday .

Aurum smiled at the two . "Good morning . "

The two panicked, they didn"t understand how could Lady Aurum be here at this time . And based on the crumpled bedding, it was quite obvious that she slept here . But how could that be? Did the Empress" palace maids not bring her to the fifth prince"s palace? Did something go wrong with the plan? If it did, then they would definitely face the Empress" wrath . They could might as well be finished .

"G-good morning, m-my lady," the two greeted her, completely fl.u.s.tered .

Based on their expression, it"s obvious that they still didn"t know about the situation at the fifth prince"s palace . Now Aurum was even more impressed with the Emperor"s information network . She wouldn"t be surprised if he already knew that she was involved in this situation . It was a good thing that her brother made a back-up plan just in case the Emperor did send someone to follow her . If Argent didn"t, then the Emperor would probably have already known what her brother was up to .

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"No need . I"m planning to leave . Can you lead me to the Empress" quarters so I could say goodbye and express my grat.i.tude as well?"

Before any of the two answered, a voice came from outside calling for Lady Aurum . The two maids opened the door and they immediately bowed their heads when they saw the head eunuch entered .

The eunuch politely bowed to Aurum . "My lady, the Emperor wishes to talk to you in his study . If you would please come with me . "

Aurum somewhat expected something like this to happen so she didn"t have any qualms in going .

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Aurum had no doubt that the reason the Emperor wanted to talk to her was because of the fifth prince situation . She just wondered if he would reprimand her or if her would give her some kind of warning . Either way, it"s best to keep her guards up .

They stopped in front of the study . But they didn"t enter immediately because they could hear the arguments inside . Well, at least Aurum could hear one voice shouting while the other voice seemed to not care at all . She could only a.s.sume that the one shouting was the Empress . After all, she was the only one who could do that in the Emperor"s study without being sent to prison .

"I couldn"t believe you"ll do this to your own son! And for what? Just to widen your political ambition?"

"My dear Empress, stopped being such a hypocrite . Weren"t you also planning to do the same thing?"

Then the door opened and the Empress angrily walked out . Aurum and the servants outside bowed .

Murong Xue halted in her tracks when she saw Aurum Blackbourne . She now fully understood that her youngest son was more than willing to become the male wife of the Left Prime Minister"s eldest son . She had long known about Li Ren"s inclination but she chose to turn a blind eye to it . Thinking that he would still marry and have an heir then just have male lovers on the side . She never thought that he would rather be a wife to someone . If she had known that this would happen, then she would have done everything to correct his s.e.xuality .

What happened today wouldn"t be possible without Li Ren knowing about her plan . And then colluding with this girl so everything would go the way it did . Just thinking about that possibility already made her want to strangle this girl .

"Did you have a good sleep, Lady Aurum?" she asked .

Aurum raised her head and smiled . "Oh yes, Your Majesty . The room you provided me was very wonderful . I slept like a log . "

The Empress gritted her teeth then turned and walked away .

Aurum looked at the Empress" back and sneered . [Stupid woman . ]

Then she walked inside the Emperor"s study and made an elegant bow . "Your Majesty . "

Li Wei stared at the beautiful girl in front of him . He heard a lot of many things about Aurum Blackbourne . But most of it only talked about her beauty . If he didn"t know about her Gift, he would also think that she was just that . A girl with a pretty face but nothing going on inside her head . But after hearing what Li Ren said, she only proved that she was indeed the twin sister of that cheeky Argent Blackbourne .

He still felt quite frustrated that the kid managed to dodge the man he sent to follow him . The brat could only do that if Zhang Lei Feng helped him . Getting the stalwart young general to do that was already a huge feat .

Li Wei already felt that Argent Blackbourne didn"t come here simply to do business . Him avoiding his monitoring only further proved that . What he didn"t know was what exactly the brat was planning . He didn"t do anything about it until now because he felt like the reason why he"s here was not related to Xing"s government . But if the brat ever tried to do something that would affect the country, then he wouldn"t hesitate to kill him himself . The same way could be said to this sister of his .

"Should this Emperor applaud you for concocting such an ingenius plan to have my son marry another man?"

So, he did knew . But Aurum wasn"t nervous because she already expected it . She showed a confused expression, fully utilizing her acting ability . "I don"t understand what you mean, Your Majesty . "

"You don"t have to pretend . Li Ren already told me everything . "

Now that surprised Aurum . That traitorous b.a.s.t.a.r.d . And he said he wouldn"t be stupid enough to tell others about her Gift . Should she punish him? Yes, she definitely should .

"Don"t worry, he didn"t mention anything about your Gift," the Emperor said as if reading her thoughts . "This Emperor already knew about it long before . "

He sent his own people with Li Jun when he went to Albion . One of their job was to gather information about that country . Among the information they brought back was about the Blackbourne girl with SS level Gift who already had her first kill at the age of four . It was one of the reason Li Wei wanted to meet her the moment she arrived here in Xing . To warn her that she could not just arbitrarily used her Gift in this country .

"Why don"t you try to read my thoughts?"

The moment the Emperor said that, a blast of very powerful Mana suddenly filled the room . Aurum"s knees almost buckled when she felt it . Cold sweat ran down her back . She bit her lower lip and tried her best to resist it . She almost turned off her limiter just so she could fight it . But she knew that if she did, then there"s a huge chance that she would go completely out of control . She didn"t want for her brother to return just so she could see her inside a dungeon prison . But if this continued a bit more, then she would definitely faint .

Then the pressure of the Mana disappeared . Aurum finally breath a sigh of relief .

Li Wei felt a bit of admiration for the young girl . Being able to resist his Mana and not even showing fear, it was truly admirable . "Remember that feeling, Lady Aurum . Because you might feel that once more if you ever try to use your Gift in this Emperor"s palace again . Are we clear?"

Aurum gritted her teeth, calmed herself, and took a deep breath before answering . "Yes, Your Majesty . "

"Good . You may now leave . The head eunuch already prepared a carriage for you . "

Aurum bowed and walked out of the study . Her body could still feel the terror of that powerful Mana . She clenched both her fists . Now this just gave her a stronger determination to fully master her Gift . If she could use her Gift at full power, then her body probably wouldn"t feel fear of the Mana of someone with an SS level Gift .

Aurum raised her head and looked at the clear blue sky . Despite that little incident with the Emperor, this was indeed a great morning . Her good mood returned again and she happily followed the head eunuch .