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Chapter 37 The Artificial First Wife in Classical Chinese Texts 8

"Young Madam's skin is so beautiful, it's like mutton fat jade."

"Indeed, she's slender and graceful, a true beauty."

"It's such a pity we didn't have a chance to see the young mistress before..."

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A group of young ladies were chattering incessantly around Qingyu, each of them able to say a few words of praise for her.

Even though Qingyu thought she had seen this kind of scene before, she couldn't help but blush.

A rosy blush, like the sunset, adorned the beauty's face, making her smile even brighter. The smugness in her eyes made them sparkle, causing the young ladies to feel their hearts flutter even more, and they just wanted to rush to Qingyu's side.

When Li Mingbao, who arrived late, saw this scene, a barely perceptible hint of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

She bit her lip, but ultimately didn't dare to go forward, just gazing longingly from afar.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very harmonious. Although Qingyu was the center of attention, she was also paying attention to others, especially Li Mingbao, who was keeping his head down in the distance.

"System, look, she might be plotting against me right now~" Qingyu chuckled, then suddenly added, "Or... she's already bewitched by me?"

The system, its face blank, asked, "So now you understand just how much influence you have?"

Qingyu tilted her head back slightly with a haughty air, "Of course I know."

The more Qingyu knew, the happier she became. Even the female lead would fall in love with her, so she was sure she wouldn't have any hard times in the future!

Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the east. Everyone instinctively looked over, but Li Mingbao stood up abruptly and stared intently in that direction.

A moment later, a maid rushed to Princess Chaoyang's ear and whispered something. The princess's expression changed slightly. She calmed herself down and then carefully said to everyone, "An assassin broke into the East Courtyard. General Xu just led his troops to arrest him. The matter is not over yet. Don't panic, everyone. There are people in the mansion protecting us."

Qingyu's heart stirred slightly, but she didn't show it on her face. She looked at the princess with concern and said, "Princess, you must be careful."

Princess Chaoyang smiled gently, "Thank you for your concern, young mistress. It was just a minor disturbance, and we have already sent people to handle it."

Despite this, many of the noble ladies present were somewhat frightened and made excuses to leave.

He also persuaded Qingyu to leave together.

Seeing this, Qingyu knew that Li Mingbao's time to scheme had come. She had originally planned to watch the show, and now there was no way she would leave. Instead, she looked in Li Mingbao's direction—

Tsk, there's no one there anymore.

A mischievous smile crept into Qingyu's eyes. Just as she was about to offer a word of warning, she felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and her body involuntarily slumped to the ground.

The maid beside her quickly supported her and asked anxiously, "Young Madam, what's wrong?"

The other young ladies also crowded around, anxiously asking questions.

Qingyu tried hard to keep her mind clear, and with a slight twitch of her nose, she immediately detected something amiss...

Considering that the assassin wasn't caught for a long time in the original story, and that the story only mentioned that a few young ladies were frightened...

Qingyu quickly looked up at the others and saw that several other young ladies had also collapsed limply to the ground!

Sure enough! The assassin actually came to the front yard to drug her! Qingyu was too smug just now and didn't notice in time!

Thinking of this, Qingyu gritted her teeth, trying to stand up, when she saw that Li Mingbao, who had disappeared earlier, had returned at some point and walked over, pretending to be concerned, saying, "Miss Gu, were you frightened? Why don't you rest in the side room for a while?"

As she spoke, she looked at Princess Chaoyang, who was also feeling a bit dizzy. Upon hearing this, she quickly nodded and instructed everyone to go to the side room to rest.

Only Qingyu stared at Li Mingbao, her mind racing with thoughts, wondering if the assassin might appear at any moment...

Furthermore, did Li Mingbao take the antidote beforehand? Or is she just too healthy? Otherwise, why does she seem perfectly fine?

Her unwillingness was evident in her eyes, which softened Li Mingbao's heart. Ignoring the maid's objections, he helped Qingyu up and headed towards the east wing.

As they walked, Li Mingbao surprisingly spoke up to explain, though his voice wasn't loud: "I don't want to hurt you. You won't be among them. Be good."

She followed Qingyu's gaze downwards, seeing her fair and delicate profile, her pert little nose, and her rosy, alluring lips...

Every glance he gave inadvertently revealed Li Mingbao's complex emotions.

Qingyu wasn't very scared. In fact, she already believed Li Mingbao after hearing him say that.

Qingyu is trying so hard to stay sober now just so she can see how the female lead schemes against the male lead.

However, when Qingyu arrived at the room, she still couldn't see Xu Yushu.

Li Mingbao gently helped the person to lie down on the bed, his deep and mysterious gaze fixed on her like a wild beast. He didn't resemble the strong female lead who was obsessed with love at all; instead, he had a more gloomy air about him.

After a long time, just when Qingyu was about to rely on the system's external power to recover her strength, she saw Li Mingbao get up without saying a word and walk out with a determined look in his eyes.

Qingyu secretly thought to herself, "This is bad! I'm not going to get to eat this melon!"

I hurriedly opened the system monitoring view and saw Li Mingbao go straight to the room next to the next room...

There, on the simple bed, Li Mingbao strode in and began to slowly remove his outer clothes...

When their undergarments were completely removed, revealing glimpses of their skin, Xu Yushu suddenly burst in alone, brandishing a sharp blade, his imposing manner startling Li Mingbao, who screamed, "Ahhh! Someone come here! This is indecent assault!"

The next second, Xu Yushu covered her mouth. It was an instinctive action for Xu Yushu. When she realized the softness in her hand, she panicked and hurriedly explained, "Miss, I didn't mean to, there was a reason... How come it was you?!"

Xu Yushu couldn't see the people in the room clearly at first, but when he finally saw them, even he, a veteran of many battles, was somewhat surprised.

He couldn't help but wonder if the woman in front of him was plotting against him.

All his speculations vanished in Li Mingbao's tears. Having never been so close to a woman before, Xu Yushu's face was terribly pale. He instinctively snapped, "Stop crying!"

Li Mingbao paused, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, his face growing even more aggrieved. "What's wrong with you? Didn't you refuse to agree to my request before? Now I'm changing clothes in my room, and you barge in... Are you deliberately trying to ruin my reputation? Are you deliberately trying to humiliate me?!"

Change clothes?

Xu Yushu glanced at the clothes on the bed without making a sound...

It was indeed mostly wet, including my undershirt...

His doubts lessened slightly. He lowered his eyes and apologized with a straight face, "I'm sorry, I came to search for the assassin and didn't know you were in the room... No one else knows about this, and I swear I will never tell anyone, or may I be struck by lightning!"

Li Mingbao: "..." How come it's not what she expected?

Qingyu was laughing so hard she couldn't sit still in another room, "This Xu Yushu is quite something, isn't he? Everyone else makes vows of eternal love, but he swears to keep his mouth shut..."

"However, Li Mingbao is not someone to be trifled with, and he certainly won't let him off the hook."

Qingyu was absolutely right, because the next moment Li Mingbao bit his lip in frustration, his eyes welled up with tears, and he glared at Xu Yushu hatefully, "What do you mean? You despise me that much? If that's the case, I might as well just die!"

Then they started to stage a scene of someone crashing into a wall, and the realism of it made Qingyu's eyes light up.

Unexpectedly, the female lead is quite the drama queen.