Chapter 120 – Beneath the Emperor’s Gaze (1)

Princess Liu Hua didn’t instigate the bet to make money, but rather, she only wanted to humiliate Ye Zhen in front of the people of the capital. She wanted to plant to everyone’s mind that even if the Lu family rose into nobility by helping the emperor claim the dragon throne, they were still merchants and of commoner’s blood.

That is to say, they still couldn’t compare with the real noble families and that, Ye Zhen was no exception. With vulgar determination, she desired to remind everyone that even if Lu Wushuang became the Wang Fei, a noble concubine, she couldn’t change the fact that she is of low birth.

Most of all, she wanted to humiliate Lu Wushuang who won the favor of the emperor over her! If Lu Yaoyao becomes a joke in the Women’s College accounting for her failed examination, wouldn’t it also embarrass Lu Wushuang?

Princess Liu Hua played this abacus very well, but she did not expect that Lu Yaoyao would become so beautiful that people around couldn’t help but feel jealous.

But what crushed her in a fatality was the involvement of the little prince, Mo Rongyi who just had bet 1200 yuan in support to Ye Zhen. Mo Rongyi and her were cousins but she didn’t like him at all nor she cared about not having to do with the Dowager Empress.

All-day long, she was with her noble family in cold doors with her not feeling warmth nor joy. And in all truths, she was not of a close relationship with her family in the capital.

But this was Mo Rongyi who suddenly decided to intervene, and she dared not offend him at all. He was the emperor’s only brother after all.

“Yi, are you kidding?” She endured her displeasure and asked Mo Rongyi with a tight smile. Does he really think Lu Yaoyao can get three A’s?

Mo Rongyi gave Liu Hua an annoyed look, grinned and said, “This prince is not joking. He is betting that Lu Yaoyao will enter the college. I heard that it that you opened the gamble. If that’s right, can you take my bet?”

Tang Zhen agreed and called his eunuch to prepare 500 taels, “This mar