Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 90: Straight to the point?!

In fact, the Crown Prince also received the news; nothing in the palace can escape the notice of the Eastern Palace.

Grand Tutor Gao had been planning this scheme for ten years.

"Is this Mr. Lu the same person who appeared at Minister Nie's house before?" Crown Prince Li Guangqi confirmed again.

The answer was yes.

This person... previously impersonated someone from the palace, impersonated an imperial guard, just to cause trouble for the Third Prince. What is her background?

At present, they are at least not enemies, so there is no need to take the initiative to attack.

"Teacher, what do you think?" Li Guangqi sat at the desk, holding a book hat in his hand, and looked up to ask Gao Yi.

"Hasn't Your Highness already had an idea in mind?" Gao Yi had already seen through the Crown Prince's intention to recruit talented people.

"Indeed, but I would like to hear your opinion, teacher." Li Guangqi was a very humble person, and also someone who was very good at using humility as a mask to test others.

"In my opinion, such charlatans can be bought off with small favors and have some value, but there is no point in recruiting them," Gao Yi said.

Just then, a message came from the doorway: Taiqing, a disciple of the Imperial Preceptor of the Qiling Palace, was requesting an audience with His Highness the Crown Prince at the East Palace gate.

Gao Yi smiled arrogantly: "Besides, we don't lack such henchmen."

“The teacher is right,” the crown prince nodded. “Let him in!”

Lu He was resting in a side hall when she heard voices outside. Curious, she went out to look and saw the maid guarding the door letting a palace maid in.

Judging from the palace maid's attire, she must be a high-ranking palace maid.

And it looked very familiar.

The head palace maid also saw her and walked straight towards her: "Mr. Lu, Her Highness the Princess requests your presence."

Lu He scrutinized her closely: "Hey, weren't you the maid who tried to slap me the other day?"

"Mr. Lu..." The head palace maid immediately felt embarrassed and slightly flustered.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I'm not holding a grudge. I just wanted to confirm that you are indeed the Princess's person." Lu He waved her hand. She had watched a lot of TV dramas before. You can't just go with anyone in the palace. Who knows where they might take you?

Li Cen, you're finally going to see me!

Lu He couldn't wait and was eager to get started; this was a great opportunity to join forces with the Princess.

The head palace maid led Lu He through the palace gardens.

Soon they arrived at the princess's bedroom, where the plaque bore the single character "霁" (Ji).

Lu He was still admiring the calligraphy on the plaque when the head palace maid urged her to go inside quickly.

Seeing that the head palace maid had stopped outside the hall and was no longer leading the way, Lu He had no choice but to go in by herself.

This palace is huge! We had to pass through the courtyard gate to enter the inner hall.

Li Cen was waiting for her in the inner hall.

As Lu He walked along, there wasn't a single servant in the bedchamber, which puzzled him.

"I deliberately dismissed everyone and waited outside the hall," Li Cen explained when he saw her hesitant steps as she entered.

"Is it just the two of us in this palace now?" Lu He raised an eyebrow and asked tentatively.

At that moment, hidden on the beams in the outer courtyard, a sentry was positioned, his silver needles aimed at Lu He's neck through the gaps in the leaves and the angle of the window, though she remained unaware of it.

“Yes, there is no one else here, only the two of us,” Li Cen answered firmly. Of course, she wouldn’t tell Lu He the truth.

“In that case, I’ll get straight to the point,” Lu He said, not intending to beat around the bush. Since there were no outsiders present, she decided to tell them everything.

“I came here to find you!” Lu He said directly, slapping the princess across the face.

Li Cen was taken aback. This directness caught her off guard; she had expected to go through several rounds of questioning.

"Let me put it this way, I'm here to help you become emperor." Lu He's words were even more direct, so direct that he was practically blatantly displaying the heinous crime of exterminating nine generations of one's family to Li Cen.

Seeing that Li Cen remained silent, Lu He became somewhat anxious. She thought that she hadn't explained herself clearly, or that Li Cen hadn't dared to understand what she was saying.

So Lu He immediately launched into a treasonous tirade: "It means I'll help you seize power and usurp the throne, understand? It means killing the Third Prince, killing the Crown Prince, killing the Emperor... um..."

Li Cen rushed over and covered her mouth.

"Shut up!" Li Cen was terrified by Lu He. She had all these ambitions, but to say them so openly was tantamount to courting death! What a madwoman!