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Meanwhile, after the Crown Princess came out from Zhuque Street, she planned to immediately return to the East Palace. But halfway through the journey, the wheels of the carriage got stuck.
Although it was becoming cooler in the autumn, the sun was still blazing, making the inside of the carriage unbearably stuffy.
"Crown Princess, there"s a tea house over there. Shall we go in and sit for a while?" Chunying suggested.
"That sounds good." The Crown Princess touched her own cheek. The jinchuang ointment from Princess Xinyang had indeed worked wonders. The swelling of her face had already subsided. Even so, she still wore a veil over her face.
Chunying went to the counter and reserved an elegant private room on the second floor.
As the Crown Princess walked with Chunying along the hallway on the second floor, suddenly a hand reached out and pulled her into a certain room!
The Crown Princess"s face turned pale, and she gasped in surprise, nearly letting out a loud cry.
"It"s me."
The person held her waist, his fingertips grazing the veil on her cheek.
The Crown Princess gave him a cold look, pushed him away, and extricated herself from his embrace.
Ning w.a.n.g wasn"t annoyed by her rejection. He smirked, sat down on a chair, and gestured to the chair beside him, saying, "Aren"t you going to sit?"
The Crown Princess turned her head to look at Chunying, but the room"s door had already been closed.
It was obvious who had closed it.
The Crown Princess"s icy gaze fixed on him, "Did you bribe Chunying?"
The first time behind the artificial rockery, he needed to knock out Chunying. Later, she fabricated false testimony for Wenyang"s incident. She had thought he was blackmailing Chunying.
Ning w.a.n.g spread his hands, "This prince didn"t bribe her. She willingly agreed to work for this prince. If you don"t believe it, call her in and ask her face to face."
The Crown Princess chuckled, "Does she have the courage to tell the truth?"
This man was too terrifying. Even she felt fearful in his presence, let alone Chunying, who was just a court lady.
Ning w.a.n.g looked at her playfully, "If you won"t come over, are you waiting for this prince to carry you?"
The Crown Princess"s eyes shimmered with a touch of faint mockery, "What? Wasn"t Ning w.a.n.gfei enough to satisfy you?"
In an instant, Ning w.a.n.g"s expression changed, and an infinite chill flickered across his face, "Let"s not involve her between us."
The Crown Princess"s scalp tingled, and she stubbornly gave him a cold glare before turning her face away.
Ning w.a.n.g released his grip and returned to his seat. He cast a glance at his side, "Come sit here."
With an expression devoid of emotion, the Crown Princess walked over and took a seat.
Ning w.a.n.g"s gaze swept over the wrist revealed beneath her wide sleeve, "Are you hurt?"
The Crown Princess remained silent.
Ning w.a.n.g gently took her wrist, cradling it carefully and affectionately in his palm. Seeing that she had applied ointment, he asked, "How did this happen?"
The Crown Princess"s anger was instantly ignited, and she turned her body to face him. With eyes blazing like torches, she glared at him, "How did it happen? Do you really want to know how? Fine, I"ll tell you. It was done by the daughter of the Marquis Ding"an Estate! That’s right, it’s Physician Gu, that girl from the countryside who repeatedly embarra.s.sed me, the one favored by the Empress Dowager! She suspected that Xiao Heng"s disappearance had something to do with me! So she hit me! Not only is my wrist hurt, my entire body is injured! Since you have the courage to ask, do you have the courage to avenge me?"
Ning w.a.n.g fell silent for a moment and then suddenly laughed softly, "Why are you getting worked up over a child?"
The Crown Princess furrowed her brows, "Child?"
Ning w.a.n.g smiled, "She"s still young, inevitably lacking understanding. I"ll clear your name for you, so she won"t suspect you anymore."
The Crown Princess"s frustration turned to anger, "It’s not me in the first place! It’s you!"
Ning w.a.n.g chuckled, gently ma.s.saging her wrist, "Alright, alright, it’s me. I"ve implicated you."
The Crown Princess pulled her hand back angrily, "If you want to make me happy, go and kill her!"
Ning w.a.n.g once again took hold of her hand, "Are you speaking in anger again? Ning w.a.n.gfei needs her, and so does the Empress Dowager."
The Crown Princess bit her lip, "Right, you all need her. None of you need me! Then why did you come looking for me? Just go back to being Ning w.a.n.g, and I"ll go back to being the Crown Princess. Let"s not interfere with each other"s lives anymore! Let"s go our separate ways until death!"
"Are you truly this upset?" Ning w.a.n.g held her wrist with one hand and gently caressed her neck with the other, "Besides harming her, tell me what you want. This prince will comply with your wishes."
The Crown Princess furrowed her brows, unsure if she was repulsed by his touch or his words, "Hasn’t your treasury been emptied? Haven"t you considered that it might be her doing?"
The incident of Ning w.a.n.g"s treasury being emptied wasn"t widely publicized, but a few people did know about it.
Ning w.a.n.g responded, "It was her. It’s also me who offended her first by burning down her workshop. We"re even now."
The Crown Princess sneered, "To use an entire treasury of Ning w.a.n.g Residence to compensate for a mere workshop, how generous of you!"
Ning w.a.n.g smiled, amused, "So sarcastic. It"s just a small treasury, nothing significant."
That’s right, she was just an insignificant Marquis Estate"s daughter. So why did she care so much?
She was the Crown Princess, and in the future, she would be the Empress of the State of Zhao. She was a paragon of virtue and held a n.o.ble status. She shouldn"t be bothered by a mere little girl.
But why was it that she, who was usually so composed, couldn"t maintain that calm now?
Taking a deep breath, the Crown Princess said, "Now that you touched her husband, don’t think you can settle things peacefully. She will come after you!"
Ning w.a.n.g said confidently, "She can"t touch me."
The Crown Princess looked at Ning w.a.n.g and retorted, "Is that why you"ve been tolerating her all this time?"
Ning w.a.n.g lifted her veil and gently touched her cheek with his fingertip, "Linlang, stop being deliberately provocative."
The Crown Princess turned her head away, avoiding his touch, and said irritably, "I"m not being deliberately provocative."
Ning w.a.n.g"s smile faded, and he held her chin firmly, forcing her to look at him. The gentleness in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a stern and harsh gaze, "Alright, then. Do you want to kill her because she offended you, or because she married Xiao Heng?"
The Crown Princess stiffened.
……
Returning to the East Palace, the Crown Princess was met by a worried Crown Prince. "Linlang, where did you go? Huh? What happened to your face?"
The Crown Princess"s face had actually been fine for a while, but the Crown Prince still sensed something amiss. Perhaps only this man in the world cared so much about her.
Before the Crown Princess could answer, the Crown Prince rolled up her sleeve and exclaimed, "Your hand!"
The Crown Princess calmly said, "I accidentally tripped."
"Where did you fall?" The Crown Prince asked anxiously.
The Crown Princess smiled, "In Princess Xinyang"s courtyard."
"You went to visit aunt?" The Crown Prince muttered, "Why did you go to aunt"s place again? Weren"t you told to rest in the East Palace? Does it hurt?"
Princess Xinyang was the Emperor"s sister. Before she got married, the Crown Prince used to call her "aunt." (“gugu”, paternal aunt)
Later, she married Marquis Xuanping, who happened to be the Crown Prince"s maternal uncle. Thus, the Crown Prince changed his address to "aunt".(“jiumu”, maternal uncle"s wife)
[T/N: I just want to clear the difference, but I will be using just aunt.]Raz P."s Thoughts
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