Chapter 601 The Wrath of Marquis Xuanping (Second Update)

The accident happened too fast, like a tornado.

Prince An had been living next door for so long without any trouble in his backyard, but he only went to pay his respects to Liu Yisheng, and suddenly he was in deep trouble.

Jingkong, you really know how to trick me.

While Gu Jiao was pondering how to appease her husband, Xiao Heng was summoned to the palace by Empress Xiao.

"aunt."

Xiao Heng bowed to Empress Xiao.

"There are no outsiders here, so don't stand on ceremony. Come and sit down," Empress Xiao said to Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng sat down next to Empress Xiao as instructed.

Empress Xiao noticed the slight furrow in his brow and asked, "What's wrong, Aheng? You seem unhappy. Are you worried about your mother?"

"My mother?" Xiao Heng had been busy at the Ministry of Justice all night and still didn't know about Princess Xinyang.

Empress Xiao asked, "You didn't know? Your mother fainted at the palace gate yesterday. I called you here to ask how she is."

Although she and Princess Xinyang disliked each other, she was still Xiao Heng's mother.

A hint of worry flashed across Xiao Heng's eyes: "I don't know. I was at the Ministry of Justice yesterday and didn't go to my mother's place. I'll go check on her in a bit."

Empress Xiao grabbed his wrist: "Don't be in such a hurry, I have something else to tell you."

...

Marquis Xuanping did not sleep in today; he got up early and went to Zhuque Avenue.

Several carriages were unexpectedly parked in front of Princess Xinyang's residence.

This is strange, since Princess Xinyang hardly has any visitors besides Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng, and these luxurious carriages obviously don't belong to the young couple.

The coachman brought down the wheelchair: "My lord."

Marquis Xuanping frowned.

The coachman hurriedly said, "It was Doctor Gu who instructed us. She said if you don't take the ride, she will tell Lord Xiao."

Marquis Xuanping sat in his wheelchair with a dark expression.

The moment he sat down, a noisy commotion arose from Princess Xinyang's courtyard.

Immediately after, Yu Jin and several maids from the courtyard came out carrying large and small bags.

As she walked, she turned back as if to say to someone, "You should take these things back. We appreciate the old princess's kindness, but we won't accept the gifts."

A plump old woman, surrounded by several maids and servants, followed them out. She blocked the gifts that Yu Jin was about to return, and said with a smile, "These are all the old princess's kind gesture, specially brought from her fiefdom! How can we refuse them!"

Yu Jin smiled politely: "Granny Gui, we really can't accept it. The princess has just taken office as regent, and Granny Gui understands that the princess has to be careful in her dealings with people now that she has a certain status. She once instructed us that we must never accept any gifts from anyone who comes to our door."

Granny Gui gave her a reproachful look and said, "Can those people compare to the old princess? The old princess watched the princess grow up and has a deep affection for her; she's like family!"

Yu Jin maintained her polite smile: "Granny Gui, please don't make things difficult for us."

Granny Gui's smile faded slightly: "I won't make things difficult for you. Go and inform the princess that the old princess's people have come to see her."

Yu Jin said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Princess has not been feeling well recently, and she didn't sleep a wink last night, only resting close to dawn. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to wake her up."

Granny Gui chuckled and said, "I didn't know when it would be a servant girl's turn to be in charge of Princess Xinyang's affairs."

A maidservant standing nearby said, "Lord Yujin is the Prefect of the Princess's Residence, holding an official title in the imperial court. Please be careful what you say, Granny!"

Granny Gui gave Yu Jin a cold look and raised her chin: "Very well, this old woman will wait here for the princess to wake up!"

"Who's making such a racket?"

Marquis Xuanping sat in a wheelchair and was slowly pushed over by the coachman.

Upon hearing his voice, Yu Jin's eyes lit up, and she turned around and bowed: "My Lord!"

"Lord Marquis?" Granny Gui looked at the handsome man sitting in the wheelchair and was taken aback.

This, this, this is Princess Xinyang's husband?

How come nothing has changed after all these years?

Granny Gui was an old servant of the late Princess Liang and had lived in the capital for many years, so she had naturally met Marquis Xuanping.

But he never expected that time would not age him.

"My lord! This servant is..."

Before Granny Gui could finish speaking, Marquis Xuanping grabbed the bundle from Yu Jin's hand and threw it unceremoniously at Granny Gui's feet.

Granny Gui was taken aback again.

Seeing that the Marquis had taken the lead in throwing them away, the maids straightened their backs and threw the gifts on the ground as well!

snort!

Granny Gui and her group were thrown back several steps.

That's a real slap in the face.

They traveled a long way to deliver gifts to Princess Xinyang, but not only did she refuse them, she threw them away!

Granny Gui immediately retorted angrily, "My lord! We are from the Liang Prince's mansion! I am here on the orders of the late Princess Liang!"

Just how powerful were the identities of the old Prince Liang and his wife? Even the current Empress Dowager had to respectfully address them as "uncle" and "aunt" according to their seniority.

Marquis Xuanping and Princess Xinyang are of the same generation, how dare he!

Marquis Xuanping is truly daring!

He didn't even lift his eyelids when he heard Granny Gui's threat; he just leaned back lazily in his chair.

Even though Granny Gui was standing and he was sitting, he still exuded an aura of being the best in the world.

Marquis Xuanping said arrogantly, "Aren't you leaving yet? Are you waiting for me to kick you out?"

Granny Gui was furious: "You!"

One of her servants said sarcastically, "Forget it, Granny, Marquis Xuanping has been arrogant for a long time! At worst, we'll go back and report to the old Princess Consort of Liang, and let her go before the Emperor to settle this! Let's see if someone is bullying the old Prince Liang just because he's no longer in the capital and has relinquished his official post, so they don't respect our Liang Prince's Mansion!"

This was naturally a threat to Marquis Xuanping. They didn't believe that Marquis Xuanping was not afraid of Princess Liang or the current emperor!

To everyone's surprise, Marquis Xuanping wasn't intimidated at all.

Yu Jin smiled and said to Granny Gui and her group, "My lord has just made a name for himself in battle. Do you think His Majesty will take action against him at this critical juncture? He'll just dismiss a few servants! It's not like he'll dismiss your prince and princess!"

My lord.

This was the first time Yu Jin had addressed Marquis Xuanping in this way.

Marquis Xuanping raised an eyebrow: "Did you hear that? Get out of here now."

Granny Gui gritted her teeth: "You mustn't..."

Whoosh!

Marquis Xuanping drew the long sword from behind his wheelchair.

"Murder!" Granny Gui cried out in terror, covering her head and running away!

The others went straight to their carriages, forgetting to bring their gifts.

Yu Jin directed her maids to throw these unsightly things back onto their carriage, and the group slunk away.

Marquis Xuanping threw the long sword to the coachman and pushed the wheelchair into the courtyard.

He went to Princess Xinyang's room, and unsurprisingly, she wasn't asleep at all; she was sitting on the edge of the bed, her face pale.

The wheelchair can't fit in there.

Marquis Xuanping thought for a moment, stood up, moved the wheelchair over the threshold, and then sat back down.

He came to the bedside, and Princess Xinyang turned her back to him.

This means they are refusing to communicate.

Marquis Xuanping, mindful of her illness, dared not approach too closely. He looked around to make sure the doors and windows were open before speaking to her, "Qin Fengwan..."

"Don't ask," Princess Xinyang said softly.

Marquis Xuanping hesitated, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue: "Fine, I won't ask. I just came to tell you that you are my wife, Xiao Ji's wife, and no one can bully you."

After saying that, he planned to push his wheelchair out.

Unfortunately, the wheelchair driver wasn't very skilled and couldn't turn it around even after pushing it for a long time.

He simply stood up, grabbed the wheelchair with his hands, and turned it around.

He had just placed the wheelchair on the ground when he heard Princess Xinyang murmur almost inaudibly, "I am still a princess."

Marquis Xuanping frowned slightly.

Marquis Xuanping did not stay here for long, fearing that staying too long would make her uncomfortable.

However, Marquis Xuanping did not expect that no sooner had he left than Princess Liang arrived at his door.

This time, she visited in person.

Princess Liang is advanced in years and her health is not as good as before. She has difficulty moving around. Although she can still walk, she mostly sits in a wheelchair.

The doors and windows inside were tightly closed, and the room was dimly lit. Only Princess Xinyang and the old Princess Liang were present.

Princess Xinyang sat on the bed, her face pale, with a quilt covering her legs.

Princess Liang sat in a wheelchair by the bedside, her two old and withered hands tightly holding Princess Xinyang's hand, and choked out, "...Nannan."

Nannan was the childhood name of Princess Xinyang.

Princess Xinyang listened with a pained expression.

Yu Jin dared not go in, but she also dared not eavesdrop openly. She could only approach the crack in the door discreetly and try her best to listen.

She knew she shouldn't do this, but how could she find out the cause of the princess's illness if she didn't?

She heard Princess Xinyang say in a low voice, "Don't call me that, it's disgusting."

nausea?

This reaction—

Yu Jin then heard the old Princess Liang say guiltily, "Nannan, are you still angry with your great-uncle and great-aunt? Do you blame them for not taking good care of you? When you broke your leg at the palace and were trapped in the well all night before being discovered, it was their negligence... They should have been more attentive... And your marriage to Marquis Xuanping... He's unreliable... If only they had known... they should have stopped this marriage no matter what..."

"Enough!"

"Don't be angry. If your aunt has done anything wrong, just tell her. You can yell at her or even hit her, she'll accept it. Your great-uncle and great-aunt had no choice but to go to their fiefdom back then. They originally wanted to take you with them, but you are a princess after all, and you can't stay with us forever. Don't feel like your great-uncle and great-aunt abandoned you..."

Princess Xinyang is about to collapse.

Some truths can never be spoken aloud.

It wasn't that the other party didn't know, but rather that they were taking advantage of her not daring to break the ice.

Princess Liang wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and cried sincerely and apologetically, "You can blame your aunt as you please, but your uncle is old and nearing the end. He wants to see you before he passes away. Your uncle loved you the most. For the sake of how much he loved you, please go and see him one last time."

Princess Xinyang clutched her chest and gagged, "Ugh—"

Her eyes were red, and she glared at her fiercely.

How could this person have the nerve to say such a thing?

Princess Xinyang was so angry that she trembled all over.

Princess Liang, however, did not give up. She pleaded with a sorrowful expression, but her eyes were filled with a woman's jealousy and disdain.

Princess Xinyang was about to collapse. Her body was trembling violently, and large tears were falling down her face. She wanted to escape, but she was as if she were under a spell and had nowhere to run.

A sudden dizziness followed, and the sounds around me became slow and indistinct.

Until she heard the old Princess Liang scream—

"ah--"

A tall, robust figure strode in, his calloused hand grabbing the old Princess Liang's collar and dragging her off her wheelchair.

Like dragging a sack, ignoring Princess Liang's screams, he dragged her all the way in the courtyard and unceremoniously threw her out the gate!

Princess Liang is old; this dragging and falling almost cost her her life.

"princess!"

Granny Gui and her group rushed over, tumbling and crawling.

The old Princess Liang leaned weakly against Granny Gui's chest, panting as she looked at the tyrannical man: "Summon...summon...Marquis Ping..."

Marquis Xuanping looked down at her and said, "I respect the elderly and cherish the young, but I do not respect beasts."

Everyone was shocked.

Has Marquis Xuanping gone mad?! How dare he speak like that!

Granny Gui glared at him, her chest filled with rage: "Marquis Xuanping! How dare you humiliate the old Princess Liang like this! Aren't you afraid of being beheaded?!"

Marquis Xuanping chuckled and kicked them both, sending Princess Liang and Granny Gui sprawling to the ground!

Princess Liang coughed up a mouthful of blood on the spot!

Everyone was stunned!

They thought of the rumors in the capital. Marquis Xuanping had always been a topic of conversation among the people of the capital, but most of the time people talked about him was how romantic and shameless he was. As for his temper, no one really criticized him.

He rarely argues with people; at most, he's shameless.

He always pranks people with a smile.

However, right now, he was shrouded in a layer of frost, like a long sword gleaming with cold light.

(End of this chapter)