Chapter 517 Min Pan'er successfully stays in the Chu Prince's Mansion
Although everything was a carefully orchestrated scheme by her from beginning to end, Min Pan'er was genuinely heartbroken when Jiang Hongling publicly declared that she would abandon her and drive her away. At that moment, she even began to hate Jiang Hongling.
Fortunately, she achieved her goal.
She successfully entered the Chu Prince's residence, even if it was only temporary, it was still a crucial step.
Just as she was plotting how to gain a foothold in the Chu Prince's mansion, then take revenge on Qiao Qinghe, and force Jiang Hongling to come to her side and obey her every command, she suddenly learned of Jiang Hongling's suicide and received a suicide note that Jiang Hongling had sent to her.
At that moment, Min Pan'er felt as if her world had collapsed.
The person who stayed by my side in the desolate mountains and wilderness, saying he would never abandon me.
The only person who was willing to forgive her after she suffered injustice and did something extreme.
The person who clearly doesn't like you, yet stays by your side, comforting and reassuring you.
That person named Jiang Hongling... she's dead.
Jiang Hongling paid for Ajiu's debt with her own life!
Jiang Hongling used her own death to persuade her to let go of her hatred!
However, Jiang Hongling was also using her own death to retaliate against her! To retaliate against her for ignoring advice and for her stubbornness!
It was because she insisted on not letting go of her hatred and the past, and because she insisted on taking revenge on Qiao Qinghe and scheming against Su Rongrong, that Jiang Hongling became disheartened and committed suicide!
Therefore, she was the one who killed Jiang Hongling!
Min Pan'er cried uncontrollably.
She killed the only person in the world who truly cared about her and had any concern for her!
...
But how could she forget the hatred, forget everything she had suffered in Dalu?
She can't forget! She can't let go!
Her only purpose in life was revenge!
Just as Min Pan'er was crying her heart out, the King of Chu, having heard the news, hurriedly returned to his residence.
"Your Highness, Miss Min has been crying for half an hour, and we servants cannot persuade her to stop."
The maids sent to serve Min Pan'er saw the Prince of Chu as if they had seen a lifeline, and hurriedly told him how Min Pan'er fainted on the spot upon learning of Miss Jiang's death, and how she started crying after reading the letter when she woke up.
The King of Chu dismissed the maidservants who were serving him and slowly walked to the bedside.
Looking at Min Pan'er sitting on the bed, clutching the letter and crying sadly, the words of comfort that the King of Chu wanted to say stuck in his throat.
He sat down on the stool by the bed and quietly kept Min Pan'er company.
This girl is just too kind.
Even though Jiang Hongling had already kicked her out of the Jiang family, she not only didn't hate Jiang Hongling, but was now so saddened by Jiang Hongling's death.
Just like the marriage alliance she was forced into in place of Li Sanqi, she suffered an undeserved disaster. Yet, she never uttered a single complaint.
Even when Li Sanqi broke her leg, she silently endured it. When he finally asked her about it, she took the blame, saying that she had accidentally scratched Li Sanqi's face, which was why he had her leg broken.
But can a small, negligible scratch be compared to a leg?
King Chu remained by Min Pan'er's side, lost in his own thoughts. Even after Min Pan'er had cried herself to sleep, he still did not leave.
When Min Pan'er woke up again, it was already dark. The lights in the room were on.
Upon seeing the King of Chu sitting by the bed, Min Pan'er's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
"Has Your Highness been guarding me here all this time?"
"Pan'er has worried Your Highness."
"Actually, Your Highness doesn't need to worry about me. I'm not a likable person to begin with, and even the people I trust and are closest to have abandoned me..."
"Miss Min is referring to the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, isn't she?" King Chu interrupted Min Pan'er. "She's not worth you being so sad for her."
"A person who misunderstands you, betrays you, or even hurts you is not worth your time."
Min Pan'er's eyes were filled with tears, and a bitter smile played on her lips as she looked at the King of Chu with a pitiful, helpless, and sorrowful expression. "But, apart from her, there is no one else in this world who will treat me well. Apart from her, there is no one else who will take me in."
"I was never meant to be alive! I should have died in Da'er! Otherwise, Sister Jiang wouldn't have committed suicide to protect me and the Jiang family!"
"It's all my fault!"
The King of Chu frowned and said with heartache, "Silly girl, it was clearly Jiang Hongling who betrayed you after using you, driving you out of the Jiang family and leaving you to sleep on the streets. Why do you kindly believe that she was protecting you?"
The reason he stepped in to help bring Jiang Huai to the capital was because Min Pan'er came to him for help, saying that Jiang Hongling had taken meticulous care of her and helped her along the way, and she was grateful. So she wanted to repay Jiang Hongling.
But look what happened! The Jiang family has only been in Beijing for a short time, and they've already turned their backs on us!
Upon hearing the King of Chu's resentful words, Min Pan'er hurriedly waved her hands, "No, Your Highness, you've misunderstood."
"Sister Jiang did that really just to protect me! To protect the Jiang family!"
"Because I offended Madam Enping and Madam Qinghe yesterday, Sister Jiang was afraid that they would retaliate against me and the Jiang family afterward, so she did that."
The King of Chu frowned even more deeply. "Expelling you from the manor and severing ties with you, no matter how you look at it, is all to protect the Jiang family from being implicated."
"She has absolutely no intention of protecting you. She clearly just wants to use you to appease the anger of Madam Qinghe and Madam Enping!"
Min Pan'er frantically shook her head in denial: "That's not true, it can't be true..."
"Alas!" King Chu sighed. "Silly girl, haven't you realized yet? Jiang Hongling is only nice to you to use you!"
"How could this be? How could this be?" Min Pan'er looked at the King of Chu in disbelief. "I thought she was the only person in the world who was good to me! I always regarded her as my hope and motivation to live!"
"But it turns out, it was all a lie?"
"Then what's the point of my life?"
"Nobody likes me, nobody cares about me, and nobody expects me to live..."
As she finished speaking, Min Pan'er's voice grew softer and softer, her expression became calmer and calmer, and her eyes gradually darkened, as if she had lost all her vitality.
The King of Chu's heart tightened, and he subconsciously reached out to grab Min Pan'er's shoulder, saying with a tense yet earnest expression, "Miss Min, don't think like that. You can't let a few people dislike you or take advantage of you and become so depressed. You are so kind and beautiful, and many people like you and care about you."
Min Pan'er shook her head blankly. "No one will like me, and no one will care about me. I have no family, no relatives or friends, no reputation, no one to rely on, and I don't even have a clean slate. Who would like me? Who would care about me?"
The King of Chu choked and could not speak.
Min Pan'er broke free from the King of Chu's hand, threw off the covers, and got out of bed in a daze. However, without her cane, she fell to the ground with a thud the moment her feet touched the ground.
In an instant, the King of Chu felt a pang in his heart and bent down to pull the person into his arms.
"Let me go, let me leave... let me die." Min Pan'er gently pushed the King of Chu's arm.
Finally, the King of Chu spoke.
"Miss Min, I love you, I care about you. Please don't try to kill yourself again. Please live for me from now on."
Min Pan'er froze, and after a long while, she slowly raised her small face, looking helplessly at the King of Chu, and cautiously asked, "Is what you said true?"
"Yes." The King of Chu nodded firmly: "As long as you are willing, you will always have a place in the King of Chu's mansion! From now on, the King of Chu's mansion will be your home, and no one will be able to drive you away!"
Upon hearing this, Min Pan'er finally turned around and threw herself into the arms of the King of Chu, bursting into tears.
The King of Chu gently stroked the top of her head, one stroke at a time.
Little did she know, Min Pan'er, who was buried in his arms, already had a victorious smile on her lips.
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