"Oh my girls, hurry up and get ready, if you keep the officers at the military camp waiting too long, you’ll be the ones to suffer!"
Inside a tent at the outskirts of the military camp, an old procuress, flamboyantly dressed, was anxiously urging the courtesans who were getting dolled up.
The procuress was about to urge them again when she heard someone calling outside the tent and quickly went out.
By this time, it was already dark. Daohua and others, disguised in soldiers’ uniforms, took advantage of the patrolling soldiers’ inattention and sneaked into the camp.
Daohua knew that Jiang Wanying’s presence here was definitely not well-intentioned. She had planned to go straight to Xiao Yeyang, but after only a few steps, she saw a group of people escorting an extraordinarily beautiful person passing by not far away.
"Yiyi, why are you here instead of waiting in the tent for Xiao? Why have you come this way?"
Hearing this, Daohua immediately changed direction and quickly followed behind the group.
"Xiao wants to see me dance, I’m going to change into a dance costume."
Soon, the group entered another tent.
"Yiyi, you’ve been staying in Xiao’s tent these days. Does he like you very much?"
"Yiyi, Xiao likes you so much, when he leaves Jianzhou Guard, will he take you back to Ganzhou City?"
"I heard Xiao only has one wife back home. Once Yiyi goes to the Xiao Residence, you will surely be taken as a concubine."
"I’m just worried that Madam Xiao is not an easy person to deal with."
"What’s there to be afraid of? With Xiao’s favor, even Madam Xiao wouldn’t dare to go against him. Yiyi, just wait until you get to the Xiao Residence where you’ll be living the high life."
Outside the tent, Daohua and Mei Lan and Mei Ju hid in a concealed spot, listening to the courtesans’ gossip in the tent, and Daohua frowned tightly.
Mei Lan, seeing Daohua’s serious expression, whispered, "The Crown Prince could never fancy these lowly dancers."
Mei Ju hurriedly added, "Especially since the woman is from Xiliao."
Silent, Daohua didn’t say a word; in fact, she wasn’t really angry.
That Xiliao dancer was indeed beautiful, charming without being gaudy; even as a woman, she couldn’t help but praise her as a rare beauty.
But she didn’t believe Xiao Yeyang was really taken with her. If he were, with his character, why would he still let her perform dances?
But then again, Xiao Yeyang was a normal man, faced with such a pretty beauty throwing herself at him... Could he really resist?
Very soon, the noise inside the tent subsided, and after a while, the procuress came to fetch the other dancers leaving only Yiyi behind in the tent.
The procuress waited for everyone to leave before turning back into the tent.
"This is the poison given by Madam Peony!"
Yiyi took the black pill from the procuress’s hand without any hesitation and swallowed it directly.
The procuress said, "Yiyi, Madam Peony asked again just now, have you really been serving Xiao these days?"
Yiyi, looking somewhat embarrassed, responded to the procuress, "Why are you asking about this again? If I hadn’t served Xiao, why would he have kept me in his tent overnight?"
The procuress looked at Yiyi’s expression and quickly put on a smile: "I’m happy for you, Xiao is the Princely Heir, you’ll have good days ahead."
Yiyi sighed, "Xiao has not said he would take me back to the residence, I guess he’s considering that wife at the Residence, I’ve heard they’re very close."
The procuress scoffed, "What does it matter if they’re close? Men always love to stray; as long as you serve Xiao well, make him unable to leave you, Madam Xiao cannot stop you from entering the Residence."
The faces of Daohua and the others changed at the sound, and they glanced at Yiyi, who lay unconscious on the ground.
In her eagerness to prevent Yiyi from spewing filth, Mei Lan hadn’t thought about the consequences of knocking her out.
"Don’t come in yet, mother, I haven’t changed yet!"
Daohua hurriedly spoke up, stopping the madam from entering.
Standing at the entrance, the madam chuckled, "Oh, suddenly shy, are we?" Considering Yiyi’s current favor with Master Xiao, she decided not to insist on entering.
Inside the tent, Mei Lan and Mei Ju were taken aback when they saw Daohua picking up the dance costume, ready to change, "Madam, what are you doing?"
Daohua: "Help me put it on quickly. I want to see just how much Xiao Yeyang likes a dancing girl!" Seeing Mei Lan and Mei Ju stand still, she hurried them, "Don’t dawdle, don’t let the person outside notice."
With a hum, she continued, "If Xiao Yeyang really has some plans or schemes while staying here, we can’t ruin it for him."
Upon hearing this, Mei Lan and Mei Ju began to help Daohua get dressed.
"But Madam, do you know how to dance?"
Daohua shook her head decisively: "No, but since Xiao Yeyang is so fond of a dancing girl, I’ll just go out there and make a few moves before coming down; no one will refuse to show me some respect, I presume."
Mei Lan and Mei Ju still looked worried and wanted to say something, but the madam outside was urging them on again.
"Hurry up and style my hair like those dancers before."
The hands of Mei Lan and Mei Ju were swift, and in no time, they had styled Daohua’s hair.
Daohua then picked up the veil and the beaded curtain from the dressing table, put them on, and walked out of the tent.
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