Chapter 519

While Chu Yueli was scrutinizing the Duke of Qin, the Duke was doing the same, observing her with keen interest. He had heard from Consort Yu about the matters involving Lu Beimo and Chu Yueli, and he had also listened to Consort Yu and Qin Jianye discuss the history between Chu Yueli and Lu Fengjin. Those tales of romance and scandal meant nothing to him; it mattered little to him who she had once loved. What mattered most was that she was still unmarried and available. Her talent, which even Consort Yu and Qin Jianye praised incessantly, was the only thing he truly valued. "Was it you who proposed the strategy to annihilate the clan of Tuoba Hu?" As far as the Duke was concerned, this was his first time truly seeing Chu Yueli. Perhaps he had crossed paths with her before, but she was just a little girl; he would never have cared enough to take a second look. Any fleeting encounters from the past left no impression; for him, they were as good as never having happened at all.