Chapter 26 Unstoppable Recklessness

Passing through the winding corridors, ahead lies the Regent's Palace's famous back garden in the capital.

The closer one gets to the garden, the stronger the scent of grass and trees becomes, but this cannot overpower the suffocating fragrance of lilies emanating from Tang Wan.

"Why haven't we arrived yet?"

Tang Wan, lifting the heavy hem of her pomegranate-red brocade skirt, urged him impatiently.

She would stop every now and then to adjust her elaborate hairpins by the reflection of the water vat by the roadside, afraid that even a single stray hair would affect her image in front of the Regent.

"It's just ahead; it'll be there once you pass through that moon gate."

Tang Li walked ahead, but her steps suddenly became hesitant.

She stopped in front of the moon gate but did not step inside immediately.

Instead, he turned around, his gaze falling on Tang Wan's red dress, which looked as if it were dripping blood, and his eyes revealed a just-right "fear".

"elder sister……"

Tang Li reached out, seemingly wanting to pull Tang Wan's sleeve, but then withdrew it mid-air, her voice trembling as she dissuaded her:

"Shall we... not go in? Or, sister, could you take off that red gauze veil first?"

"Take it off?"

Tang Wan paused in adjusting her hairpin, her eyebrows furrowing as she looked at Tang Li as if she were a fool: "Are you crazy? This is the essence of my outfit! How can I outshine everyone else if I take it off?"

"But..." Tang Li bit her lower lip, looking terrified, and said in a low, hurried voice:

"Sister, you may not know this, but the white-browed tiger 'Da Bai' that the Prince keeps roams freely in this garden. That beast... it hates the color red the most!"

"The Prince once issued a strict order that no blood is allowed in this manor. If Da Bai sees Sister in this red dress, it will go berserk! Then... then it really will bite someone to death!"

Tang Li spoke with such sincerity that she even took a step back, as if the tiger were right in front of her.

However, these words took on a completely different meaning when they reached Tang Wan's ears.

"ha!"

Tang Wan let out an extremely grating sneer, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

She looked Tang Li up and down in her shabby, plain-colored dress, her disdain and jealousy undisguised.

"Bite someone to death? Tang Li, do you take me for a three-year-old?"

Tang Wan took a step forward, and the strong fragrance hit Tang Li's face directly:

"What tigers hate red, what princes have ordered that red must not be seen... I think it's clearly you, you wretched woman, who's jealous of me!"

"You're jealous that I dress better than you, jealous that I get to see the prince, jealous of my status as the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family!"

In her opinion, Tang Li was clearly afraid that she would steal the limelight.

What man doesn't like bright and vibrant colors?

Pei Yunjing is the regent, not a monk, so how could he possibly dislike the color red?

As for tigers?

Hmph, he's nothing but a domesticated beast.

Having lived a life of luxury in this prince's mansion, it has probably long lost its wildness and is at most just a big cat. What danger could it possibly pose?

"No...no, I did it for my sister's sake..." Tang Li was so anxious that tears were about to fall, and she waved her hands desperately, "That tiger is really fierce, it eats raw meat!"

"Enough! Shut up!"

Tang Wan interrupted her impatiently, her eyes filled with malice:

"Don't try to scare me with such a lame excuse. Who am I? I'm the daughter of a high-ranking official! How dare a beast touch me?"

"But you, if you dare utter another word and block my way..."

Tang Wan suddenly reached out and shoved Tang Li's thin shoulder.

"ah!"

Tang Li gasped in surprise, her body staggering back several steps like a kite with a broken string, before finally collapsing weakly onto the grass.

"Hmph, trash."

Tang Wan patted her hand that had just touched Tang Li, as if it had been stained with something dirty.

She straightened her skirt, raised her chin, and like a proud yet foolish red-bellied pheasant, said to Wang Shi behind her:

"Mother, let's go. Don't pay any attention to this bastard who's spouting nonsense. When we see the Prince later, I'll give her a piece of my mind!"

Having said that, she lifted her fiery red dress, strode confidently, and stepped through the moon gate without any hesitation.

step.

Two steps.

That glaring splash of red brazenly barged into the lush green back garden.

Like a moving, intensely fragrant target, it willingly jumped into the hunting ground.

Tangli, who had fallen to the ground, did not rush to get up.

She lowered her head, looking at Tang Wan's arrogant back. Her eyes, which were originally filled with fear and tears, instantly flashed with a cold sneer.

It's hard to reason with a damned devil.

Since you insist on thinking it's jealousy...

Since you insist on provoking the instincts of wild beasts...

Then you should enjoy this last "highlight moment".