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Chapter 4297: 5.0049 Young Master Songfeng

After Officer Zhao glanced at her and left, Qing Xuexue remained tense, clutching Qiao Mu, her eyes defensively glaring at Young Master Songfeng opposite her.

Qiao Mu pulled her sleeve from Qing Xuexue's hand, casually smoothing out the wrinkles, and coldly stared at the elegantly dressed young man smiling at the doorway.

"I wondered why the Seven Flowers of Spring's Delight Pavilion would come here. So it's because Young Master Songfeng is here."

She never expected that a male madam from a courtesan house could now openly enter the residence of the First Princess of the Allure Queendom?

This was truly bizarre; it was hard not to feel suspicious.

"The Crown Prince Consort makes me laugh," Young Master Songfeng smiled, neither humble nor arrogant. "I merely won the competition by good luck."

"According to the custom of the Allure Queendom, anyone who wins the Beauty Pageant, regardless of their origin or past, can be granted a new identity by Her Majesty the Queen."

Qiao Mu gave him a faint glance, nodded, and did not continue the conversation.

Qing Xuexue, however, turned to Qiao Mu with a hint of excitement. "You know him?"

"How about you take him back?"

Qiao Mu pierced her with a dagger-like look, and Crown Prince Mo also slanted a glance at Qing Xuexue.

Qing Xuexue shuddered involuntarily, then swallowed her previous words. "I, I was just kidding. Why, why so serious? I know you have a husband. Your husband is so handsome, you certainly wouldn't look at anyone else."

Qiao Mu felt Qing Xuexue's words sounded a bit off.

What? If her husband wasn't handsome, could she just change husbands whenever?

Grandmaster Qiao didn't want to talk to a beauty-obsessed person.

"Let's go, let's go! Today is my mother's birthday; all the alcohol on the streets is free. I'll take you to drink our Allure Queendom's most famous Daughter Red. And eat the best roasted meat! Let's go!"

Qing Xuexue led Qiao Mu and the others out of the palace gates and towards the busiest street.

Long Xiangyun, following behind them, tugged at Long Hui's arm.

Long Hui looked back at his sister helplessly. "Xiangyun, the fact that Aunt Chuyun and Her Majesty the Queen of the Allure Queendom are good friends is recorded in our family's archives. What's wrong?"

"Don't you think it's strange?" Long Xiangyun glanced at Qing Xuexue ahead. "How can a Princess be so straightforward and unrestrained, seemingly completely ignorant of worldly affairs? And this Queen doesn't just have her as a daughter, you know?"

"It's said that this Princess, from birth, could summon the power of the ocean and was greatly favored. This is the Allure Queendom's internal affair; what does it have to do with us?" Long Hui shook his head. "Xiangyun, why are you bothering with this?"

"I think Qiao Mu might have fallen for a trick," Long Xiangyun pouted. "She looks fierce, but she's just a child, really."

"With just a few words from someone, she's off running around with them. Perhaps that Princess harbors some hidden malice, and Qiao Mu wouldn't even be able to tell."

Long Hui looked at her strangely. "Xiangyun, why are you suddenly worried about her?"

Long Xiangyun glared. "Worried about her? Ha! I'm not worried about her at all."

"It's just that we're traveling together. If something happens to her, it might implicate us, brother and sister," Long Xiangyun rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry. Although my cousin looks young, she's much more astute than you. She won't fall for any tricks."