Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower novel Chapter 454

Chapter 454 Empress Dowager Mei’s Side

"Young Commander Long?" Empress Dowager Mei furrowed her eyebrows. If she was not wrong, this was the name of the brat that was close to that smelly emperor. She turned her head to look inside and waved her hand.

"Call him."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, I…" Shangguan Mi quickly stood up, trying to explain herself. However, she felt a pain on her knee and fell down once more. Her eyes turned watery as she tried to make her look pitiful to gain sympathy.

Most of the noble girls who were close to them were already bribed by Shangguan Die covertly. She didn't even give them anything that could be identified as hers, so no one would be able to know that she was the one behind it.

"If you really do like the young commander so much, you should have told your parents about it."

"Ah Die!" Second Madam Shangguan rushed over and hugged her daughter. The way she looked at Shangguan Mi was as if she was willing to destroy Shangguan Mi at this very moment.

"What did you do, you unfilial daughter!" Second Madam Shangguan was very angry. "There are already so many proposals but you kept on rejecting them! Are you trying to latch onto Young Commander Long even though he already has a fiancée?"

Shangguan Die arched her eyebrows when she heard her mother's lashing. She knew very well that her mother didn't know her plan. However, her mother still chose to side with her and even pushed Shangguan Mi deeper into the pit.

Hmm, she was truly her mother's daughter.

"Mother, I didn't…" Shangguan Mi wanted to explain but found no words. It was true that there were already a lot of proposals but she hadn't accepted because she wanted to take the gamble with Long Qian Xing.

To think that her plan would put her in this predicament.

Should she just pick from one of them? But neither one of them was good enough for her to pick. She had worked so hard only to settle for a small official? She was unwilling.

If she only wanted a small official, she wouldn't have tried so hard to cause Shangguan Die's downfall.

"Your Highness, Young Commander Long is here."

Empress Dowager Mei turned her head and saw Long Qian Xing stood firmly at the side, maintaining his distance from the girls. He didn't even spare any glance to the two girls who were on the ground but fixed his eyes straight to Empress Dowager Mei. His dark eyes looked deeply, seemingly able to capture everything within that very moment.

"Long Qian Xing from Long Family greets Empress Dowager Mei," Long Qian Xing cupped his fist and gave his greetings formally.

"There's no need for you to be so formal. Aijia* calls you here because there's a girl who took a fancy on you and seems to be unwilling to get engaged to anyone else."

Long Qian Xing really wanted to say: how is that my business?

However, he knew that his position was lower than Empress Dowager Mei. Lashing out like that would make him be subjected to the crime of disrespecting the Imperial Family, eventually putting him in a more difficult position. Thus, he definitely couldn't do that and had to be patient.

He put on a gentlemanly smile. "Your Highness must be joking. This subject already had a fiancée and naturally will not try to seek other woman out there."

In other words: he would not care for anyone but his fiancée.

Empress Dowager Mei let out a faint laugh. "Wouldn't your words caused so many girls who are willing to cling on to you be sad?"