Marrying a concubine to seduce him and lure him into the game

Chapter 181: A Little Trick of Charm

Outside the door, Xiaoman and Guyu were waiting anxiously. Su Rao gave them a few brief instructions and turned to leave.

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In the mansion of Duke Su, when Su Rao returned home, her mother Zhao Xia was holding the account book in her hands, lost in thought.

"Mom." Su Rao called softly, breaking the silence in the room.

Zhao Xia looked up and saw her daughter. She immediately tried to force a smile to hide her inner worry.

"Rao'er is back. Did you go out so early in the morning?" Zhao Xia asked with concern. Su Rao nodded, walked into the house and closed the door.

Looking at her mother's forced smile, Su Rao felt mixed emotions. She reached out her hand, trying to smooth out the wrinkles between her mother's brows.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Su Rao asked softly.

Zhao Xia was stunned for a moment, then she forced a smile and said, "This account is really hard to sort out."

Su Rao was not fooled by her mother's cover-up and continued to ask: "Mom, it's not just these account books that are troubling you, right?"

Zhao Xia's smile became a little stiff, she knew her daughter's sharpness.

"Mom, the person you are worried about is actually fine." Zhao Xia was stunned by Su Rao's words, and a wave of emotions surged in her heart.

Could the person Rao'er was talking about be Brother Yun?

In that brutal battle, Brother Yun was besieged by numerous Jinyiwei. She saw with her own eyes a sharp sword piercing his chest. How could he still be alive?

Although Zhao Xia longed for a miracle deep in her heart, her reason told her that this was almost impossible.

What's more, how could Rao'er know whether Brother Yun was alive or dead?

Are you just comforting yourself?

Zhao Xia's face looked a little pale, and she forced a smile: "Rao'er, how do you know who Mom is thinking about?"

Su Rao pointed to her cheek and described Yan Wugui's features. He was a man in his forties with a broken eyebrow and a mole on his cheek.

Zhao Xia's expression changed from surprise to shock. Could it be that Rao'er really knew about Brother Yun?

Is Brother Yun really still alive?

"I met him when I came back that day and saved him." Su Rao explained calmly.

Zhao Xia stood there in a daze, unable to digest this sudden news for a moment.

After a moment, an irrepressible joy washed over her.

Brother Yun is still alive, it was Raoer who saved him!

The tiny hope that I almost didn't dare to hope for actually became a reality miraculously.

Zhao Xia's whole body was shaking, and even her voice was trembling with excitement: "Brother Yun, where is he now?"

"We should be leaving the capital soon." Su Rao replied. Zhao Xia breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. As long as they left the capital, this place of trouble, they would at least be safer.

"His identity is very important, Rao'er, you must never tell anyone about this." Zhao Xia warned solemnly. She didn't want her daughter to be involved in this dispute.

Su Rao nodded and agreed, promising not to reveal the secret.

However, she finally mustered up the courage to ask the doubts that had been lingering in her mind for a long time: "Mom, what is my relationship with the Zhao family? Who is my dad?"

A trace of panic flashed across Zhao Xia's face.

Your father, the father you mentioned, is the master of this mansion, a man of both power and honor.

Zhao tried hard to suppress the emotions boiling in her chest. Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke each word slowly, as if each word carried a thousand pounds of weight.

Her eyes flashed with complicated light, and she was unwilling to look directly into her daughter's clear and curious eyes.

The determination in his heart to protect his daughter from troubles is like an indestructible wall, isolating the secrets of the past and the waves of reality.

What kind of delicate bond exists between the mother and the Queen Mother?

Su Rao frowned, the doubts in her heart were like fog, layer upon layer, difficult to dispel.

She couldn't believe it. Was there a mark of the Zhao family's huge bloodline hidden behind her mother's ordinary surname?

However, this fleeting thought was quickly rejected by her.

Although the Queen Mother had extended a helping hand and given warmth to the mother and daughter, she did not seem to pay special attention to the mother. The faint sense of distance seemed to be an insurmountable chasm between them.

Mother... Mother is just an ordinary woman in this mundane world. How could she have any connection with the Queen Mother in the Ninth Heaven?

There was a hint of panic in Zhao's hurried words, her eyes flickered, and her tone was mixed with anxiety and evasion that was difficult to conceal.

Su Rao caught the secret message from her mother's evasive eyes, and a touch of understanding and tolerance quietly rose in her heart.

In this silent air, a decision quietly took shape - she must step into the magnificent palace walls in person, firstly to express her deepest gratitude to the almighty Queen Mother, and secondly to take the opportunity to uncover the mystery that lingered in her heart and spanned two lifetimes.

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As the sun shone obliquely in front of Shoukang Palace, Huo Chengjun straightened her back and spoke in a clear and firm voice, like a proud peacock, announcing her arrival: I want to see the Queen Mother.

As someone who was used to being pampered, she felt a wave of bitterness in her heart when she heard that Su Rao was gradually winning the empress dowager's favor.

What virtue or ability did Su Rao, this unknown woman, have to deserve to be able to take away the grace that should have belonged to her alone?

In Huo Chengjun's world, the Queen Mother's favor is like fruit that can be easily picked without much effort.

Therefore, she had never truly cherished this honor, until now, when an unprecedented sense of threat made her feel uneasy.

Whenever she thought of Su Rao's gentle smile that seemed to have silently taken away her glory, ripples of anger would surge in her heart.

She took a step forward and stepped into the palace gate leading to the center of power, thinking in her heart that she would use sweet flattery, coquettish little tricks, and even malicious slander against Su Rao, so that the little bit of goodwill of the Queen Mother would gradually dissipate like the mist in the morning light under her careful planning.

However, before she could even start her plan, she was blocked outside the hall by an old lady with a stern expression.

The mother said in an unquestionable tone that the Queen Mother was not feeling well and it was not appropriate for her to receive anyone at this time.

How could Huo Chengjun, who was used to being spoiled, stand such a setback? A hint of arrogance flashed in her eyes: "In the past, when the Empress Dowager was ill, she always felt comforted when she saw me, and her condition would get better."

I, Huo Chengjun, am different from other people. If you make me unhappy, don't blame me for making some slanderous remarks in front of the Queen Mother in the future, so that you will suffer the consequences! "

The servants in the palace knew Huo Chengjun's temper very well. She would fly into a rage at the slightest displeasure. Many innocent people were wrongly accused and some were even expelled from Shoukang Palace, which symbolized glory.

The Queen Mother's tolerance became a shield for Huo Chengjun's insolence, causing everyone, although angry in their hearts, to tremble in fear for fear of touching the anger that could erupt at any time.

However, everything seems different today.

Facing Huo Chengjun's provocation, my mother seemed particularly confident. The orders behind her came from the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother seemed to have begun to quietly distance herself from the Wang family.