强制欢宠：我的温柔暴君

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Zhao Mingyu scrutinized her, “Are you… a palace maid?”

Despite asking, she doubted this. Although Ye Mu wore a simple dress, her eyes shined with the light of a princess. She must have a higher status! Zhao Mingyu didn’t hear about Mo Linyuan having a little sister… Who was this girl?

It didn’t occur to Princess Zhao that Ye Mu could be Mo Linyuan’s woman because she looked so young. What’s more, she heard that his woman was very powerful and she didn’t sense even a hint of internal force from this girl.

Ye Mu mumbled, “I… I am the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager!”

There were many loopholes in her forged identity but it didn’t raise the suspicion of Zhao Mingyu because other countries wouldn’t know about trivial matters such as the Queen Dowager adopting a daughter.

Zhao Minyu became more relaxed as her eyes flashed with a calculative glint.

“Adopted daughter? Then, what are you doing here?”

She thought to herself, this adopted daughter seemed to be living a decent life. Not only did she receive the title of a princess, but she was also fairly young. She felt this girl was favored, but simply asked a question to be sure of her inference.

Ye Mu retreated one step, “I heard that someone came to visit the palace. So, I wanted to secretly come by and see who it is.”

Ye Mu’s statement made Zhao Mingyu more certain that Ye Mu was highly favored because she was able to freely walk wherever she wanted in the palace. In the Zhao Country, Zhao Mingyu didn’t have this privilege. Indeed, even if the Mo Country’s royal family bloodline was dying, there were still advantages to being a member of the family, as the rules were more slack for the remaining members.

Zhao Mingyu mused over this before squatting down to look at Ye Mu, “I’m someone from the Zhao Country. Would you like me to play with you?”

Ye Mu remembered how she was sent by the Zhao Country to marry Mo Linyuan. It upset her, but she also wanted to know more about this person. And so, they both walked to the imperial garden lakeside. Evidently, any maid they walked past would greet them before retreating respectfully. No one dared to question the stranger Ye Mu brought with her.

Zhao Mingyu glanced over at ye Mu… It would seem she was favored way more than she had thought.

As the two of them became more familiar with each other. After sharing about some of Zhao Country’s unique customs, Zhao Mingyu suddenly asked,

“Your highness, I have a question I was hoping you can secretly tell me?”

Ye Mu frowned, “Ask away.”

Zhao Mingyu knew nothing about how crafty Ye Mu was, so she asked directly,

“I heard that His Majesty cares deeply and loves only one person for many years… Do you happen to know what kind of outstanding beauty Miss Ye Mu has?”

Ye Mu glanced over at Zhao Mingyu’s bright and good-natured face… compared to her own lovable and tiny meaty face… she felt dejected, “She isn’t very pretty.”

Zhao Mingyu was confused… Not very pretty? Then how did she receive so many years of favoritism?

She bluntly asked her inner thoughts, “What’s so special about her then?”