Chapter 68 The prince is ugly, is she wronged?

Thinking of this, Xie Zhi felt more and more jealous, and even a little sour.

It was Xie Yao who took her place as Princess Jingbei!

She tried to tell herself: There is nothing to envy about marrying King Jingbei.

"Second sister is so beautiful, and she and Prince Jingbei are truly a match made in heaven." Xie Zhi said, gritting his teeth.

This sentence seemed to open the chatterbox of these noble ladies.

"Miss Zhi has met the King of Jingbei? Oh, yes, the prince went to your Xie family to announce his decree."

"I heard that the King of Jingbei had a green face and fangs and killed people without mercy. When I was a child, my mother even scared me, saying that the King of Jingbei was a cannibal."

"We are all sisters today, Sister Zhi, please tell me, what does the King of Jingbei look like?"

Xie Zhi deliberately showed an expression of pity for Xie Yao.

It was like telling others that King Jingbei was indeed ugly.

She wanted to hold Xie Yao's hand and said earnestly: "Second sister has suffered so much outside, and now that she has returned to Beijing, she has decided on this marriage. I really feel sorry for her."

As Xie Zhi spoke, a look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

She seemed to have seen the miserable state of Xie Yao when she married into the Jingbei Palace.

No matter how powerful King Jingbei is, he is still a cripple.

Now, he can still rely on the merit of supporting the emperor to ascend the throne and serve as a prince safely.

What happens after a long time?

He is no longer able to lead troops to fight, so what use is he to Dayan?

He is a useless man. If Xie Yao marries him, she might not even be able to have children.

Seeing her expression, the other noble ladies looked at Xie Yao with complicated eyes.

"Don't be sad, Second Miss. The prince is the only prince of Dayan after all."

"Alas, God is really jealous of talented people. The prince is so young, yet..."

"Come to think of it, I met the prince last year at the palace banquet held when the eldest princess returned to the capital. He had a face as stern as ice, and was truly frightening."

"Do you know how the prince's leg was broken? I heard that two years ago, the prince was carried back to the palace from Qijiang..."

Some of these noble ladies were comforting Xie Yao, while others mentioned the injury of King Jingbei.

Although they didn't dare to discuss it in detail, they were also curious.

"Ahem," Xie Chengbai suddenly strode over to the women's hall, his back to the screen, "You ladies probably don't know this, but if I may tell you the truth, it's quite disrespectful. The King of Jingbei's broken leg is his own fault."

The noble ladies were all surprised: "What do you mean, Master Xie?"

Even Miss Jiang San looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

"Mr. Xie, do you know any inside information?" someone from the men's hall also asked.

Xie Chengbai felt proud and puffed out his chest.

Anyway, Xie Yao is the Princess of Jingbei, and her family is the in-laws of the Prince of Jingbei. It is common knowledge that the Prince of Jingbei has a broken leg. It is not considered a taboo to tell the truth.

He said, "I once heard from my brother that two years ago, the third prince of the Western Rong led an envoy to Beijing to discuss peace talks, but secretly abducted Your Majesty's Princess Shengyue and held her hostage."

The emperor had been on the throne for only five years and had not yet appointed a queen. His only child was Princess Shengyue, born to Concubine Ying in the palace.

Two years ago, Princess Shengyue was abducted and King Jingbei led his troops in pursuit. After the battle, King Jingbei's legs were disabled.

Everyone has heard of this incident, but no one knows the specific details of the battle.

"In fact, the prince and the Jingji camp were ordered to pursue and quickly rescued the princess. It was the prince himself who was determined to wipe out the enemy completely and underestimated the enemy rashly. He chased them from the capital to Qijiang and was ambushed by the Western Rong people."

Xie Chengbai stared at Xie Yao and spoke loudly on purpose.

"So that's how it is."

"No wonder the court never discusses this matter."

"Dare to offend Great Yan, and we will root out the roots. The prince is indeed cold and cruel... ahem, he is decisive and ruthless."

Some people wanted to say that King Jingbei was cruel and bloodthirsty, but because they were concerned about Xie Yao's presence, they did not dare to say it directly.

Xie Zhi's clenched fists suddenly relaxed a little.

Prince Jingbei is indeed a cold-blooded and ruthless man. Today, the Bo Mansion clearly sent an invitation to the Prince's Mansion, but no one from the Xiao family came.

This shows that King Jingbei doesn't care about the Xie family as his in-laws at all.

He doesn't care about Princess Xie Yao either.

Marrying King Jingbei is a dead end.

Xie Yao picked up the spoon, scooped a dumpling and put it into her mouth, her eyes looking normal.

Two years ago, the Battle of Qijiang took place on the border between Xirong and Yan State. Even though she was the Major General of the Northern Border, she was not clear about the specific situation.

But what she was sure of was that King Jingbei's fighting ability was no less than hers and the general's.

What Xie Chengbai said about underestimating the enemy is impossible to happen.

What's more, she remembered the military report of the Battle of Qijiang clearly.

The soldiers led by King Jingbei consisted of only 800 cavalrymen.

And there were as many as five thousand Western Rong people ambushing in Qijiang!

In this battle, except for the third prince of the Western Rong who escaped with a blind eye and an arm, the rest of the Western Rong people were completely wiped out by the Yan army!

The general once commented that King Jingbei's battle was indeed extremely bloodthirsty and his military tactics were divine.

Xie Chengbai was still talking, but his eyes were fixed on Xie Yao.

He deliberately showed off his knowledge in front of everyone, implying that Xiao Yizi had underestimated his enemy and got injured, just to get Xie Yao to agree with him.

Or, it is said that King Jingbei is cruel and ruthless.

When what happened at the banquet gets out, the prince will know that his newlywed princess actually hates and fears him.

"Alas, in my heart, the God of War of my Great Yan is only the Great General. As for the prince, he is still young after all." He shook his head again.

Xie Yao raised the corners of her lips slightly: "Really?"

Xie Chengbai heard the sarcasm in her tone and snorted coldly.

Xie Zhi stepped forward, as if to smooth things over: "Cousin, please stop saying things that we girls can't understand. You say the prince is not a good person, aren't you deliberately trying to make my second sister sad?"

She bit her lip, her eyes full of pity and concern.

If she didn't know that Xie Yao knew martial arts, she would be afraid of being beaten and she really wanted to hold Xie Yao's hand.

"Second sister, what a pity. You have suffered so much."

"Your wedding is just seven days away. If you have any grievances, you can tell us today."

Xie Yao remained unmoved by Xie Chengbai, so she could only change her words and guide her to say words that expressed her disgust for the prince.

Seeing Xie Yao remained silent, she continued, "Why aren't you talking, second sister? Could it be that I was right, and you're feeling wronged and want to marry a disabled prince?"

Xie Yao looked at her deeply, as if he was looking at a clown.

Didn’t Xie Zhi notice that no one spoke after Xie Chengbai said that the prince was young after all?

The surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet.

"Wronged?"

She finally spoke, looking around at everyone calmly.

"The prince is handsome and powerful. Why would I feel wronged if I married him?"

Xie Chengbai didn't feel anything unusual. Hearing this, he sighed, "How can a woman like you be so shameless as to talk about your husband's appearance?"

Xie Zhi did not hint at the ugly face of Prince Jingbei. Instead, he showed concern: "The prince is very good, but handsomeness cannot be eaten. No matter how good he is, he is still unable to move around easily. Second sister will have to work hard to take care of him in the future."

Xie Yao said: "Who said you can't? It's because your eyesight is not good. When I see the prince's appearance, I can eat two more bowls of rice."

"Seeing you makes me feel a little disgusted."

"Princess, that's really flattering."

Xiao Yizi's voice came from behind the screen.