Harem Daily Life

Chapter 1044 It takes no effort at all

Xianglan stepped forward, expressionless: "Miss Gu, this way please." How could she let this swindler ride in her masters' carriage? It was already an act of kindness to allow her to ride with their servants.

Gu Yuanyuan glanced at the imperial carriages and horses not far away and smiled, "Okay, thank you for your trouble, sister."

Shuang'er was already sitting in the carriage with her sword in her arms. Gu Yuanyuan came up and instantly felt a murderous aura, which made her feel cold all over.

However, she still sat down on the other side of Shuang'er, facing Xianglan who came up behind her.

The carriage was completely silent, and people's senses were amplified instantly. Gu Yuanyuan felt a chill run through her body.

"Ahem. May I ask how you two are addressed?" Thinking that she would probably have to spend the rest of the journey with these two maids, Gu Yuanyuan wanted to establish a good relationship first and try to get some information out of them.

Shuang'er closed her eyes to rest, holding her sword, ignoring her. Xianglan smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes: "I am Xianglan, and this is Shuang'er. We are both Madam's maids."

Gu Yuanyuan nodded: "Then I'll trouble you two to take care of me along the way." After saying that, she didn't say anything more. She had won the first battle today. Her master had instructed her that as long as she got close to His Majesty and stayed by his side, her master would help her take over as Empress in the future.

Previously, she had no idea where her master's confidence came from, but after seeing the Empress today, she knew that the confidence came from her face.

This face was originally prepared specifically for the former Prince of Yan.

At that time, the royal family of Yan Kingdom searched far and wide for beauties, posting their portraits everywhere. Anyone who resembled the person in the portrait could enter the palace and become a person of high status. In order to look like that person, she specially sought out someone who could change bones and sculpted her appearance to resemble that beauty, enduring great suffering for it.

Who could have imagined that before she could grow to a satisfactory age, the Yan Kingdom would be destroyed by the Great Zhou, and her opportunity would be lost? When she couldn't find a way out and didn't want to settle down with an ordinary man, a noble lady found her. Upon seeing her for the first time, she was overjoyed and said that she was the one she had been looking for.

She acknowledged that lady as her master, was supported by her, and served her.

After more than two months of training, she had learned most of the Empress's temperament and demeanor according to the lady's instructions. Until a few months ago, the lady sent her all the way to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, saying that she should stay in the capital and wait for the right opportunity.

Li Mo was an unexpected turn of events. She hadn't expected her money to be stolen, and the person who gave it to her had died unexpectedly. With no money on her, she found herself in the home of the fat, big-eared Li Mo, who was very attentive to her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to support herself.

Fortunately, Li Mo was a fool and was blinded by her beauty. He fulfilled all her requests and promised never to touch her until he lost weight.

She fed Li Mo like a pig every day, so it's no wonder he gained ten pounds. Slow and clumsy as a pig, when she felt threatened by him, she would put a sleeping potion in his food, causing him to collapse. After being threatened with suicide, Li Mo became even more hesitant to act rashly, only thinking of giving her more money so she would willingly submit to him.

Last night, someone in town mentioned that a woman of unparalleled beauty had come to stay overnight. She glanced at her from afar and saw someone who looked remarkably like her. Overjoyed but also wary of the woman's guards, she urged Li Mo to come ahead early this morning.

She was also gambling, betting that the person behind the scenes was sending her to the capital so that she could get close to the imposing man she had met today. If she wasn't mistaken, that man was the current emperor, the old lady was the empress dowager, and the person who resembled her was the empress, the one she would replace in the future.

It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

Unexpectedly, her fate of being stranded here and waiting for a rabbit to run into her trap led to a great stroke of luck!

Thinking about the good days ahead when she would be a person of high status, Gu Yuanyuan couldn't help but smile.

Xianglan, sitting opposite her, couldn't sit still any longer and quietly looked away.

She had just observed her closely, and she really did resemble the Empress! If she hadn't served the Empress for over a decade, she probably would have mistaken her for someone else.

Shuang'er was also in a bad mood. She had already looked closely and realized that the swindler was not disguised.

Hey, they look so alike, it's unbelievable!

Tao Yanyan, after boarding the carriage, frowned and asked, "Who does Your Majesty think this person is after?"

He Linzhang's inner alarm bells rang loudly: "You are the only one in my eyes."

Tao Yanyan glanced at him: "I have no doubt about His Majesty's feelings for me. I am asking His Majesty who this person is after and what his purpose is?"

He Linzhang touched his nose: "Most of the time you're thinking of... substituting one thing for another. But I assure you, in my heart, in my eyes, and by my side, there can only be you."

Tao Yanyan was speechless at how busy he was trying to show his loyalty.

"I don't know who played this prank, and who has such connections to actually find someone who looks exactly like me. I just can't figure out where they found this person, it's like they're a clone."

He Linzhang asked in confusion: "Cloning?"

Tao Yanyan explained: "It means using methods and technology to create an exact replica of something, which can be a person or an animal, and that's called cloning."

"This is... something that could be accomplished in your dynasty?" He Linzhang gained a new understanding of the world that Tao Yanyan once lived in.

Tao Yanyan nodded: "It's possible. However... it's illegal, it can't be done openly, it violates ethics and morals. In our world, besides cloning, you can also shape a person through plastic surgery. There's a country that's famous for its superb plastic surgery techniques. They can make a person with small eyes have big eyes, change bone structure, remove fat, fill in implants, and turn an ordinary person into a great beauty."

He Linzhang was deeply shocked by her words.

"Your Majesty, you said she looks so much like me, could she have also had plastic surgery?" Tao Yanyan still held a sense of awe for this ancient civilization and did not believe that this dynasty was inferior to later generations.

He Linzhang frowned: "There are records of martial arts practitioners being able to change their tendons and marrow, and even reshape broken bones, but I have never actually seen it. If it's like this, they often use human skin masks. Once Shuang'er reports, we'll know whether it's a human skin mask or not."

The carriage traveled for two hours before making a temporary stop in an open field to rest. Shuang'er also went to the Emperor and Empress to report on the matter.

"Heh, it's not a human skin mask after all?" He Linzhang's eyes were unfathomable. It seemed that the person behind this had been plotting for a long time and was very cunning. They really went to great lengths to scheme.

“She has no martial arts skills, nor does she carry any poison,” Shuang’er said. “We haven’t seen her leave any clues for her accomplices along the way. As it stands, there are no flaws.”

He Linzhang sneered: "Daring to impersonate the daughter of the Empress's birth mother is the biggest flaw."

Tao Yanyan also deeply agreed.

It wasn't difficult for this conman to know her birth mother.

Back then, her background had already been acknowledged in front of the entire court as the daughter of Miss Gu from the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion. As for her biological father, the court officials speculated that he was a powerful figure within the Three Kingdoms.

Tao Yanyan did not reveal that her biological father was Mu Yu, so the liar did not know either, only that her biological mother was Miss Gu.

The children were also carefully protected and were not allowed to reveal Mu Yu's true identity.

"So what do we do next?" Tao Yan asked.

He Linzhang curled his lips: "A harmless clown, just take her along. Maybe we can even draw out the mastermind behind her."

He wanted to see who had the audacity to place someone resembling the Empress next to him and sabotage their relationship.