Ch57 - He. already. has. someone. he. likes? (2/2)
When the heroine arrived, the storm in the capital was just about to arrive. Her arrival made the muddy waters even more chaotic, and when the wind and clouds changed, she lived up to the fate that had been foretold to her upon birth: She was doomed to bring disaster to the three countries.
The body that Xue Ling had taken over did not have much connection with the Princess. He was only a small cannon fodder on the path to the heroine’s rise, and didn’t even qualify to be tripped over. Even if he was thrown into the water, he wouldn’t even make a ripple.
Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.
Wenren Hong was related by blood to the former Emperor, and was the Emperor’s most favored Royal Princess. He was a few years younger than the eldest Princess, but was born as the Emperor’s little sister, and became an existence even nobler than the former Empress.
The year that he was born was the year that the Emperor had been fighting for the throne. He was born to the former Emperor in his latter years, and he had been loved by the Emperor even when he was still in his royal mother’s stomach. If his gender had been exposed, he would inevitably have been knifed by those imperial Princes. So, his mother killed all the people who knew the truth and hid his gender.
Even though the person who came to power later was his full-blooded brother, the Empress Dowager still did not speak of this to anyone. For the sake of her youngest son, she kept the secret and took it with her to the grave.
Wenren Hong was raised as a Princess from birth. Although he was always spoiled because he was the Emperor’s only sister, his temperament was extremely indifferent. In order to keep his secret, he had little contact with others and seldom opened his mouth to speak. The Emperor loved his quiet nature most, and always praised him for being a great lady. When he reached the age of fifteen, the Emperor promised the Royal Princess to the General of the Zhenguo General’s Manor, Zhan Shaoxi.
Zhan Shaoxi was the person that Xue Ling had met just now.
In this world, if a man was tall and good-looking, he would definitely be a protagonist. That meant that this Zhao Shanxi was also one of the protagonists. Thinking of what he had just said about already having a person that he liked, that person should be the female protagonist that had transmigrated over not long ago and was currently still struggling to make a livelihood over at the Gongqin Prince’s Palace.
According to the plot, Zhan Shaoxi was the third male in this story, and took on the role of expanding territory for the female protagonist and leading soldiers to fight for them.
Xue Ling went over the plot again and found that Zhan Shaoxi had something to do with Wenren Hong’s death.
Wenren Hong was a man, and had no way to engage in bedroom activities with Zhan Shaoxi at all. The words that Zhan Shaoxi spoke to him on the wedding night matched his own thoughts, and so he quietly lowered his sense of existence and pretended that he didn’t exist. He hoped that one day he could cast off the General’s Manor and the Imperial family, then leave the country and live like wild stock or floating clouds, go where he wished, and live the life that he wanted.
It was such a simple desire, but it could never be realized.
He thought that nothing would happen to him as long as he obediently stayed in the General’s Manor and did nothing at all, but the phrase ‘disaster will still strike from heaven even if nothing was done at home’ never deceived anyone. Wenren Yingyue herself could even embrace men left and right, but she did not allow any of her men to have another woman. It was unacceptable even if it was someone who they had never touched and was placed at home as a decorative wife.
Therefore, the great Princess purposely made trouble for Wenren Hong several times, but the other party calmly and indifferently ignored it all.
Having suffered a setback, Wenren Yingyue would naturally take her grievances and blame it on Zhan Shaoxi. Zhan Shaoxi was already suffering from the handicap of having a wife of his own when compared to the other suitors, and when he was told off by his beloved, of course he would want to take his temper out on someone. He angrily burst into Wenren Hong’s room and unexpectedly discovered that the Royal Princess was a man.
Everything that came after that was incredible.
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Wenren Hong wanted to have a proper discussion with him to try and see if he could cooperate with him to let him leave under the guise of a fake death. But he had never thought that Zhan Shaoxi would tell the heroine about it when he drank too much. The timing was perfect as His Highness the Crown Prince no longer wanted to wait to ascend the throne. He gave the Emperor a drug that required him to be stimulated in order to be effective. This was a good opportunity, and the heroine exposed this matter.
Wenren Hong did not have time to do anything before he was sent to prison. The Emperor was so angry that he vomited blood, became seriously injured and fell into a coma. The Crown Prince took the opportunity to take power and directly sentenced him to death under the crime of fraud. The Emperor heard the news when he woke up, vomited blood again, and then passed away.
Xue Ling no longer knew how he should criticize this plot by this point.
He rolled his eyes, put aside this disgusting plot, touched his chin and stared at the system. “So, I’m still under age now? And already married?” Why did he always appear on the wedding night? Last time ,His Highness the Prince left before he even reached the bed. This time, his ‘husband’ was kicked out.
Women in ancient times could be married at fifteen. Compared to his previous body that had nearly reached adulthood, right now he was really a little lolita… He casually found a bronze mirror in the room and was quiet for a moment when he looked at the beautiful person reflected within. “So young and tender… if Zhan Shaoxi really dares to make a move, I’ll really have to kill him.”
The system quivered and silently hugged its tail.
“The heroine is set up to go straight to heaven. How do you want me to stop her?” Even if this body’s stats were adjusted to the best possible conditions, he was still only one person, with nobody he could make use of. He even had to hide his identity and pretend to be a ‘General’s wife’.
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If it hadn’t been that based on the plot, Zhan Shaoxi was unlikely to touch him, he probably would’ve picked up a sword and run over to cut his so-called husband in half by now.
“At this time, the heroine has just transmigrated.” The system huddled pitifully in the corner and tried to point out that they had arrived at a good time. “She has just met the Crown Prince and the General, and although she left them with a wonderful impression of her, their relationships have not yet developed into that of lovers. She hasn’t found male puppy number four yet, and the second one doesn’t know her either… Host can take this opportunity to snatch all her men.”
Xue Ling sneered and asked the system, “What did you say?”
The system shook its head and said, “I didn’t say anything, absolutely did not suggest that host should try and use a honey trap!”
Xue Ling snorted coldly. Although he spoke as though he had no way to take down the heroine, it was as the system said. The female protagonist had not yet taken down any of her men yet, and compared to later on when she would be surrounded by people, it was still a simple matter to deal with her now.
He felt a bit of pressure in this world because there were quite a lot of protagonists and he needed to make sure the heroine did not end up in a relationship with any of them in order to change their fates. But with his current identity where he couldn’t even leave the General’s Manor, how could he follow the heroine closely?
Or should he first change his identity by pretending to die?
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“By the way, host…” The system felt that some things should be clarified as soon as possible so that its host’s plans would not become totally ruined when he finds out later. At that point, all his fur would be pulled out QAQ.
“Yes?”
“There’s also news about your man…”
Xue Ling raised his eyebrows. There were many male protagonists in this world, and he felt that his man should be amongst them, but he didn’t know which one. Now that the system was acting like this, did it mean that he now had the ability to detect him?
No, it was just that it wanted to hide every time it encountered him.
“In this world, he is that husband of yours…” The little fox shrank its neck and watched as its great host’s face gradually darkened. It trembled and added, “The Zhenguo General, Zhan Shaoxi.”
The barren room was quiet for a long time, and it wasn’t until the system had almost turned itself into a small round ball that it heard its great host’s laughter.
“Oh, good~ He. already. has. someone. he. likes?” The youth that had his head lowered had a beautiful smile on his face, and his voice was very pleasant, but it made the system absolutely terrified.
Wuwuwu, was its host blackening?!