Chapter 55 (2/2)
Her gaze felt like she was looking at a love rival instead…
Ning Xuemo’s eyes narrowed slightly as she quickly went through all the information in her memories about this princess.
This princess was called Ji Yunyao, but she had not grown up in the Imperial Palace. It was said that when the old emperor went out, he met a common woman by chance. They had a dalliance, resulting in that the woman getting pregnant. When the old emperor returned to the palace, that woman already became ten months pregnant and gave birth to a princess. It was only when the princess turned fifteen that her mother, who laid on her deathbed, told her the truth about her birth origins. Hence, she left for the capital alone to meet her relatives and acknowledge her ancestry…
This type of dramatic backstory was somewhat like Ziwei of ‘My Fair Princess’[1], just that she did not have as much of a hard time as Ziwei in looking for her relatives. On the contrary, it went rather smoothly for Ji Yunyao. She had not stayed in the capital for long before she was crowned as a rightful princess.
The old emperor had fathered many sons but only one princess, hence she became extremely pampered and doted upon.
Furthermore, this princess got along well with her older brothers. Of course, the one she was closest to was the crown prince. Apparently, the crown prince was rather doting towards this little sister of his. Whenever he returned to the capital, she would be like his shadow, staying close to him. The doors of the crown prince’s residence remained open to her at all times…
It seemed like the rumours were true. While other people might not be allowed to trespass into the crown prince’s sleeping quarters, Ji Yunyao could casually enter it.
Naturally, Ning Xuemo could feel that the princess harbored an abnormally strong hostility towards her.
Ning Xuemo’s eyes lowered slightly as the corner of her lips faintly lifted. It seems like the feelings of this princess towards her brother, the crown prince, were not entirely pure siblings’ love…
‘Incest? Haha.’
“What are you, a lowly commoner, laughing at? Your death is near at hand, yet you’re still laughing?!” Ji Yunyao became enraged.
[1] My Fair Princess is a historical TV series, also known as The Return of the Pearl Princess, which starred Vicki Zao as the main lead and Ruby Lin as Ziwei. It’s about a tomboyish orphan girl, Xiaoyangzi, who from various events became a princess without having a drop of royal blood in her. Ziwei is her friend and the illegitimate daughter of the Emperor.