Chapter 376 - Devilish (1/2)
“Cao’er, Royal Prince Yang is here…” As the master and servant talked about the grand carriage procession, a voice of greeting sounded in the front courtyard. Before Madam Liu had finished speaking, a tall figure had already walked into the backyard.
He was dressed in an ice-blue robe inlaid with gold embroidery at the border and looked like a person made of flawless jade. Even without excessive movement, he still gave off a sense of nobility, prominence, and aloofness. His pair of slightly slanted eyes were as clear as a black obsidian immersed in water. His pure pupils and the bewitching shape of his eyes were merged wonderfully into an extremely beautiful style…
“Wow!! Young Miss, it was him. He’s the person who was riding on the tall, black horse in front of the procession!! Could it be that they were heading to our house?” Erya was first stunned by the gorgeous appearance of the man in front of her, and then her mind suddenly cleared up and she started screaming again.
Yu Xiaocao smacked away her finger that was pointing at Royal Prince Yang, and pretended to scold her, “No manners! Aren’t you going to quickly ask the royal prince for forgiveness?”
“Pri… Prince?” In the plays, those who offended a prince would be killed. Erya immediately dropped down on her knees and kowtowed several times, banging her head on the ground. With the strength that she used, her forehead had bruised after kowtowing a few times, “Your Highness, please spare my life! Your Highness, please spare my life!!”
Yu Xiaocao didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry. She put down the basket full of flower petals in her hands and stopped her from kowtowing. She whispered to Zhu Junyang, “Quickly say that you forgive her! This lass is slow-witted. If she continues to kowtow, she will faint.”
Zhu Junyang glanced disdainfully at the ugly girl who was struggling to free herself from her young miss’s grasp to continue kowtowing to him. He pursed his thin lips, which were as pale as water, and said, “Where did you find this dumb girl? If you need more people to serve you, this prince can gift you with a few maidservants! Any random maidservant in our prince’s estate will be more clever than her.”
When Erya heard this, she continued to kowtow with a crying voice, “Don’t drive Erya away. I will take good care of Young Miss. If Young Miss tells me to go to the south, I would never go to the west. If Young Miss tells me to hit a dog, I definitely wouldn’t chase a chicken…”
Yu Xiaocao burst out in laughter and said, “Yeah right! If I told you to hit Little White, would you dare? Even if it was Little Black, I doubt you even have the guts to touch him!”
Erya looked up at Yu Xiaocao and said with a distressed face, “Young Miss, that’s because the two dogs in our family are too fierce, and they’re even bigger than me. Can… Can we replace them with the dogs raised by your eldest granduncle’s family?”
“So you think Eldest Granduncle’s dogs are easy to bully? Why are you provoking Dahuang and the others for no reason at all?” Yu Xiaocao really didn’t know what to do with her. She pondered if Erya could learn something if she handed her to Yingtao.
Zhu Junyang glared at the dumb maidservant and emitted ‘cold air’ at her. Erya couldn’t endure the pressure that Royal Prince Yang gave her, so she dejectedly looked for an excuse and went to the West Courtyard. Older Sister Yingtao had medicine. She needed to treat the bruise on her forehead with ointment for promoting blood circulation and dissolving bruises.
When the eyesore finally left, Zhu Junyang slightly raised his phoenix eyes to look at the graceful young maiden in front of him. After not seeing her for an entire winter, the lass had grown a little taller, and she was appearing more like a teenage girl. Some of the immaturity on her small face, which was as tender as a silky white tofu, had also faded. She wore a pink dress and looked slightly more charming than the peach blossom flowers. The ‘heart disease’ that hadn’t acted up for the whole winter seemed like it might recur.
“Young Royal Prince, did you have any romantic encounters while staying in the capital for several months? Did Princess Consort Jing force you to go on blind dates? Your nominal age is nineteen after the New Year. Many of the noble young masters in the capital, who are around your age, probably have sons who run all over the place, right?”
Yu Xiaocao looked at Zhu Junyang, who looked more and more devilishly handsome the older he was, and wondered what kind of girl was worthy of such a seductively charming face. She also silently mourned for his future wife, ‘To have a husband who’s even more beautiful than herself, that must be so much pressure ah!’
Upon hearing her questions, Zhu Junyang immediately pulled a long face and snorted, “Are you really that eager to see this prince go on blind dates and get married? This prince can’t stand those commonplace women!! I’m warning you, don’t provoke me on purpose. Otherwise, this prince will get someone to flog you.”
In Yu Xiaocao’s eyes, Zhu Junyang’s threat was like Little White baring his teeth at others—they were just putting on a front. However, she could tell that Zhu Junyang didn’t want others to mention this topic. She laughed and said, “It’s a matter of course for people to get married, so what’s there to be embarrassed about?”
“From which eye do you see that this prince is embarrassed?” With a dark expression, Zhu Junyang started emitting ‘cold air’ towards Yu Xiaocao, but, unfortunately, she was immune to it.
Yu Xiaocao shrugged her shoulders. In any case, the important matter of the royal prince’s marriage wasn’t something that a little peasant girl should be concerned about. She inwardly made a silent tribute for his mother, Princess Consort Jing—it must be so tiring for Her Highness to have such a troublesome son.