Chapter 603 - Princess Caifengs Face Being Disfigured (2/2)

In Mingguo Manor…

Ling Mingyan stood timidly in You Yuecheng’s study and explained tearfully, “I… I just want to avenge Yue’e. I can’t bear to see that woman bully her like that.”

You Yuecheng’s face darkened and the veins on his forehead twitched. He paced back and forth, then came to Ling Mingyan and said hatefully, “Then, you intentionally collided with Princess Caifeng’s carriage and scratched her face so that she would not have a chance to enter King Yan’s Manor.”

“I… I was helping Yue’e!” Ling Mingyan explained stubbornly. She looked up and felt that she was not wrong at all. However, under You Yuecheng’s fierce glare, she could not help but lower her head and her voice. Tears welled up in her eyes but didn’t drop. She was just being kind to help You Yue’e vent her anger. When she happened to see Princess Caifeng’s carriage coming over, her carriage slightly collided with hers. She did not do anything else to her. Furthermore, she had “fainted” herself. She was hurt more seriously than Princess Caifeng. Why was he scolding her?

“Are you feeling wronged? Do you think that you are helping Yue’e? Yue’e has a high status. If she is really unhappy, won’t she get back at that princess herself? But you just have to be the one who couldn’t bear it. Do you also think that I can’t have another woman since I married you? Ling Mingyan, you are also a n.o.ble lady. Haven’t you read ‘Cla.s.sics for Women’?”

You Yuecheng was furious when he saw that she didn’t regret it at all and couldn’t admit her wrongdoing. He regretted that he didn’t withstand the pressure and refuse to marry her. When he thought that he almost could marry that other woman if not for her, he felt an inexplicable hatred in his heart. He looked at Ling Mingyan with even more disgust in his eyes, and his words were overbearing and merciless.

“I, that’s not what I think. I was just helping Yue’e…” Ling Mingyan almost could not speak when You Yuecheng shot such a nasty look at her.

“Thank you for your help. If you really want to help her, please be really injured now. Don’t let others smell anything fishy.” You Yuecheng took a deep breath and suddenly calmed down. He interrupted Ling Mingyan and walked slowly to her. Looking her up and down, he said coldly, “What did you ask the servants to say when you hit her?”

“Say… say that I was. .h.i.t on the forehead and fainted!” Ling Mingyan took two steps back subconsciously.

You Yuecheng looked at her head and asked, “Hit which part on your forehead?”

“It’s… it’s here.” Ling Mingyan casually pointed at her forehead. She was talking nonsense by then, so she didn’t remember these details. She replied subconsciously. When she saw You Yuecheng approaching a few steps closer, she couldn’t help but step back and ask uneasily, “What, what are you up to?”

“Princess Caifeng is a princess sent by the Southern Barbarian Lands to marry one of those princes. She is disfigured now. What do you think will happen if this matter is brought up to the Emperor?” You Yuecheng uttered coldly.

“His Majesty will not do anything to me. And Aunt Empress will protect me.” Ling Mingyan trembled at his cold look as she still tried to defend herself, but her voice became lower and lower.

“Does the Empress value you or King Yan?” You Yuecheng did not intend to let her off the hook.

Needless to say, conceited as Ling Mingyan was, she knew that King Yan was the only one who could support the Empress. She stuttered, “His Highness King Yan!”

“If she has to choose between you and King Yan, who do you think the Empress will choose?” You Yuecheng put his hands behind his back and walked to his desk. He sat down and picked up a glaze brush washer beside him. Then with a cold expression, he handed it to Ling Mingyan who had just cottoned on. “You’d better do it yourself!”

“I…” Ling Mingyan’s face immediately turned pale and her hands trembled. She felt that her wrist was too heavy to hold up.

“Do you want to force His Majesty to come to our place and involve both Mingguo Manor and Ding General Manor in this? Or do you want to say that King Yan planned to marry Princess Caifeng, but you did this trick after seeing Younger Sister was unhappy? If the two countries start a war because of this, are you going to be the sacrificial offering?” You Yuecheng stuffed the brush washer in Ling Mingyan’s hand coldly.

Ling Mingyan was indeed arrogant and domineering, but there was a prerequisite for that—she knew that others could not do anything to her. However, what about now? Now, for the first time, she felt that the previous protection she had enjoyed could no longer protect her. From You Yuecheng’s words, she realized that she not only recklessly did something terrible, but also ruined King Yan’s plan. She might even lead the trouble to Mingguo Manor.

You Yuecheng stood up and cast a harsh glance at her, as if he didn’t see her pale face. “Hurry up. Maybe His Majesty’s messenger will come soon. If you want to muddle through with a fake injury, it’s a crime of deceiving the Emperor. Mingguo Manor can’t afford it, neither can Ding General Manor,” he urged sinisterly.

Then he turned around and stomped out. No sooner did he reach the door that he heard a heavy thud and then the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground behind him. He turned around and saw Ling Mingyan’s pale and delicate forehead bleeding. She fell down slowly and looked at him pitifully. Then, her look turned painful when he turned around and left in a cold and calm manner…

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