Chapter 628 Seeing Xia Linyuan Again
Everyone stared at Yu Huanzhen in shock.
Miss Yu really dares to speak her mind!
This is His Highness the King of Chu, her future husband. How dare she expose the King of Chu's shortcomings in public and embarrass him?
Does she not want her position as Princess Consort of Chu anymore?
The young ladies stared at her in astonishment. Miss Zhao also looked incredulous, but a hint of joy and excitement flickered in her eyes.
"Clap clap clap!"
The familiar sound of slapping rang out again.
Just as the King of Chu was about to erupt in fury, someone still dared to provoke him like this?
Everyone turned to look at the person clapping.
Miss Zhao and her companions naturally did not recognize this person.
But she did recognize Xia Linyuan; she gave him a cold look and said nothing.
Suppressing his anger, the King of Chu frowned and looked at Xia Linyuan. "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Crown Prince Xia. It's all my fault for not disciplining my fiancée properly, which caused her to be so rude in front of others. I'm truly ashamed!"
Xia Linyuan nodded, revealing a row of neat teeth, and said with a smile, "I did smile."
The King of Chu choked.
Xia Linyuan said casually, "It was clearly this young lady who tried to push someone but ended up falling into the pit herself. How come in the King of Chu's mouth, it's Miss Yu who caused trouble and injured someone?"
"Or is it that this young lady is His Highness Prince Chu's beloved, which is why His Highness is showing her favoritism?"
"Otherwise, I cannot understand why His Highness the King of Chu would not protect his fiancée but instead protect a complete stranger."
Everyone looked at Xia Linyuan in surprise. Was this Crown Prince Xia standing up for Miss Yu?
The King of Chu turned pale and then red with anger, but he still insisted, "Crown Prince Xia came with us. How do you know what happened?"
"Even if we assume this young lady was at fault, Miss Yu should be more magnanimous and clear up the misunderstanding. Why push her again?"
"Moreover, she is destined to become the Princess Consort of Chu and the mistress of the Chu Prince's mansion. If she cannot tolerate such a trivial matter, how will she tolerate the women in my harem in the future?"
With that, the King of Chu summoned several young noblemen and said, "You accompany Crown Prince Xia to the flower banquet first. I'll come over once I've settled things here."
The young masters from those aristocratic families naturally dared not disobey, and smiled as they gestured for Xia Linyuan to proceed.
Xia Linyuan showed no intention of leaving, leaning leisurely against a bamboo stalk, looking at Yu Huanzhen with amusement.
After a year apart, how come that little girl who dared to assassinate him back then has now become an ordinary person, getting involved in the boring drama of women in the inner quarters fighting over a man?
Seeing that Xia Linyuan was not leaving, the others did not dare to forcibly pull him away.
The King of Chu frowned, looking at Yu Huanzhen with increasing impatience, and asked in a deep voice, "Aren't you going to apologize?"
He made himself so clear; if she still wanted to be his Queen Consort of Chu, she had to learn to be tolerant. She also needed to learn to consider his feelings and share his burdens.
Now, he just wants her to apologize quickly and calm things down, so that outsiders won't keep laughing at them.
She gave him a cold glance and said, "If anyone should apologize, it should be her apologizing to me! If anyone should apologize, it should be you apologizing to me!"
"What did you say?!" King Chu stared at Yu Huanzhen in disbelief. "You actually want me to apologize to you? On what grounds?"
Yu Zhen looked at the King of Chu as if he were a fool, "Just because you wronged me, just because you, as my fiancé, chose to help outsiders bully me!"
"If you still want to be the crown prince, still want to marry me, and still want to rely on the power of my Yongning Marquis's mansion, I advise you to apologize to me now and make that Zhao fellow tell the truth and apologize to me."
"You..." King Chu stared at Yu Huanzhen with eyes wide with fury. He couldn't believe that Yu Huanzhen dared to threaten him in public.
He's the King of Chu! And her fiancé!
Isn't she afraid that he might really break off the engagement and not marry her?
Everyone looked at Yu Huanzhen as if they had seen a ghost.
They've seen arrogant people before. In fact, they're among those who are habitually arrogant themselves.
However, they had never seen anyone as arrogant as Yu Zhenhuan before.
Seeing the King of Chu trembling with anger but remaining silent, Miss Zhao and the others watched her in horror. Their eyes held shock, astonishment, fear, and a hint of schadenfreude, as if they were waiting to see a good show.
None of them believed that Yu Zhenhuan could have a good ending after saying so many outrageous things to the King of Chu.
They were all waiting to see how Yu Huanzhen would end up!
He yawned, clearly bored, and called to Xiaoyu, "Let's go, I'm so bored!"
Xiaoyu quickly followed.
As soon as Yu Zhenhuan left, Xia Linyuan followed suit. Seeing this, the others looked at Xia Linyuan, who had chased after Yu Zhenhuan, and then at the King of Chu, who was still standing there.
The King of Chu gritted his teeth and glared at Miss Zhao and her companions, "Why are you here?"
This is the route they take to the banquet, but it is not the route the young ladies take, nor is it the place where the young ladies will appear.
This place is quite a distance from the pavilion where the ladies are staying. They had to climb mountains, find their way through winding paths—how did they even get here? And by sheer coincidence did they bump into this group?
“We…” Miss Zhao was frightened by the fierce look in the King of Chu’s eyes.
The King of Chu, who was protecting her just now, suddenly seems like a completely different person.
The others quickly spoke up for her, saying, "Miss Zhao knew that Miss Yu was afraid of water, so she specially brought her here to admire the bamboo. But unexpectedly, Miss Yu actually..."
The King of Chu looked at Miss Zhao with deep, dark eyes, "Didn't you know that Yu Zhen was brought back from Jiangnan?"
Miss Zhao was taken aback and looked at King Chu with confusion.
The King of Chu ignored her and turned to quickly chase after Xia Linyuan with his men.
Watching the King of Chu walk away, Miss Zhao stood there stunned.
Therefore, Yu Zhen is not afraid of water at all!
She didn't even know this, yet she claimed to be Yu Zhenhuan's good friend, and brazenly used Yu Zhenhuan's fear of water as an excuse to "considerately" bring him here...
She turned around in a panic and, sure enough, saw suspicion in the eyes of the people around her.
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When Qiao Yuanyao and Xiao Feng arrived, the King of Chu and his entourage had already appeared.
At that time, Zhen was indeed angrily confronting the King of Chu, so they decided not to appear at that moment and instead hid to the side to observe the situation.
After hiding for a while, they never found a suitable opportunity to appear again. It wasn't until Zhen Huan finished arguing with the person and came this way that Qiao Yuanyao led Xiao Feng and the old woman out.
Upon seeing Qiao Yuanyao, I was genuinely surprised. "What brings you here?"
He glanced at Xiao Feng as he spoke, "Was it this girl who called you here?"
"Thank you for making this trip."
Qiao Yuanyao smiled and waved her hand, "It's good that you're alright. Let's go back to the waterside pavilion."
"good."
Just then, Xia Linyuan called out from behind, "Miss Yu, please wait."
The group turned around at the sound and saw Xia Linyuan quickly catching up.
Qiao Yuanyao didn't know Xia Linyuan, nor was she curious about who Xia Linyuan was. Seeing that she was actually being called over, and after confirming that she could handle the situation, she took her leave and went ahead.
She hadn't forgotten that Qiao Ning was still waiting for her halfway there.
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