Chapter 32: Xie Yan, you are so despicable and shameless!
Bai Ruowei gestured to Sun Manying to walk with her to the lotus pond.
At this time of year, there are naturally no lotus flowers blooming in the lotus pond.
The broken stems of the withered lotus leaves leaned against the thinly frozen water surface. Occasionally a sparrow flew by and landed on the broken leaves to peck at the food.
Sun Manying looked at Bai Ruowei, puzzled, "What's going on? You're so mysterious."
Bai Ruowei glanced around again, making sure no one was around before whispering, "I saw Princess Mingyi harassing His Royal Highness Prince Duan!"
Sun Manying frowned upon hearing this, "Is there such a thing?"
"No wonder, the moment I saw Ruan Yunsheng today, I didn't like her. She was dressed so ostentatiously, and it was obvious she wasn't someone who would keep quiet!"
"But are you sure this is true?"
"I saw it with my own eyes." Bai Ruowei said seriously, "If we weren't as close as sisters, I wouldn't reveal a single word of this, as it would offend others if I told you about it."
"Also, just now during the banquet, Ruan Yunsheng kept stealing glances at His Royal Highness Prince Duan. Didn't you notice?"
Sun Manying had indeed not noticed, but she had always trusted Bai Ruowei, and there was no need for Bai Ruowei to lie to her, so she quickly said, "Of course I believe you."
Bai Ruowei continued, "I heard it with my own ears. The princess asked His Royal Highness Prince Duan to divorce Princess Duan and marry her as his principal wife!"
"You also know that Princess Mingyi and His Royal Highness Prince Duan were previously engaged. She disappeared for five years, and when she returned, she found that the prince had married someone else. Naturally, she was unwilling to accept this!"
As the younger sister of Princess Duan, Sun Manying is usually looked up to when she goes out.
Moreover, Prince Duan is very likely to become the crown prince, so in the future, she may even become the queen's sister.
If Prince Duan divorces her sister, wouldn't she, the younger sister, also be embarrassed?
Sun Manying's face turned black with anger. "This Ruan Yunsheng is so shameless! Her engagement with His Royal Highness Prince Duan was cancelled four years ago. How dare she still have the nerve to pester the prince?"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. "No, I'm going to Prince Duan's Mansion right now and telling my sister about this!"
Bai Ruowei quickly grabbed her and said, "This concerns the prince's reputation. For now, it's better not to make a big deal out of it. In my opinion, you should warn the princess privately. If she still doesn't behave herself, it won't be too late to tell the princess."
Sun Manying nodded. "What you said makes sense. Ruan Yunsheng is here today, so I'll go warn her right away!"
Bai Ruowei continued, "Why not... send someone to invite the princess over? You can talk about it privately, so that people who don't know the truth won't overhear and think that the prince still has feelings for her."
Sun Manying quickly said, "My sister and brother-in-law are deeply in love. How could the prince still be interested in Ruan Yunsheng?"
Bai Ruowei curled her lips, "Of course, this is all Ruan Yunsheng's wishful thinking. But for things like this, the fewer people who know about it, the better."
Sun Manying felt that Bai Ruowei's words made sense, and ordered the maids: "You guys, go and ask Princess Mingyi to come over, and tell her that I have something important to discuss with her in person."
Bai Ruowei watched the maids walk away, a gleam of light in her eyes.
That day in Xingshi Tower, she told Prince Duan her plan, which was to make Ruan Yunsheng fall into the water, and then Prince Duan happened to pass by and rescue Ruan Yunsheng.
However, before the talent competition in the afternoon, she pretended to pass by Prince Duan's seat accidentally and put spices that would cause diarrhea in Prince Duan's teacup.
That's why Prince Duan couldn't control himself and ran to the toilet in a hurry.
To be on the safe side, she used a larger amount. Prince Duan will have no chance of coming out of the toilet this afternoon!
Later, she secretly instigated Sun Manying to push Ruan Yunsheng into the water, and then knocked Sun Manying unconscious.
By then, Ruan Yunsheng drowned in the lotus pond, also killed by Sun Manying.
If Prince Duan and the Marquis' Mansion want to blame someone, they can only blame Sun Manying. It has nothing to do with her!
Kill two birds with one stone!
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After Ruan Yunsheng left Yanchi Garden, Xie Yan followed him out.
But he hadn't walked far before he was stopped by Prince Duan in a secluded place.
Prince Duan clutched his stomach and pointed at Xie Yan, saying viciously, "Xie Yan, you are so despicable and shameless! Did you drug me and make me look bad in front of everyone?!"
Prince Duan smelled terrible. Xie Yan frowned, put his slender fingers against his nose and took a few steps back.
"This prince does not understand what Second Brother means."
Prince Duan gnashed his teeth and said, "Stop pretending!"
He lowered his voice and asked, "Did you do anything to me in the Awakening World Building earlier?"
He had recruited several concubines to sleep with him in the past few days, secretly consulted several imperial doctors, and drank countless bowls of medicine, but it still didn't work!
The imperial physician couldn't explain it either. He said that he might have been suffering from a sore throat recently and asked him to recuperate and have a good rest.
It's freezing and snowy, why is he so angry?
After much thought, he felt that the most likely possibility was that when Xie Yan was strangling him on the day at the Awakening World Building, he took the opportunity to poison him!
But Prince Duan did not dare to make this matter public.
What if the emperor and his court officials knew that he was incompetent? Would he still be qualified to compete for the position of crown prince?
Prince Duan lowered his voice and said, "I swear that I will never bother Princess Mingyi again. Hand over the antidote quickly, or don't blame me for disregarding our brotherly love!"
Xie Yan was in a hurry to find Ruan Yunsheng and didn't bother to pay attention to him. "I don't know what you are talking about."
Prince Duan immediately stopped him, "How dare you say it wasn't you who did it? Before I went to the Awakening World Tower, I was fine. After you left..."
This kind of thing concerns a man's dignity. Prince Duan really doesn't want to say it out loud, but he has to.
His tone was difficult. "Not long after you left, I became ill. Do you dare to say it wasn't you who did it?"
Xie Yan didn't want to pay attention to Prince Duan, but he suddenly remembered that day in Xingshi Tower, before Ruan Yunsheng left, he folded his hands and bowed slightly to Prince Duan.
If it were any other woman, there would be no problem with being so polite.
But with Shengsheng's temper, it was a good thing she didn't slap Xie Huaiye in that situation. Why would she bow to him when she left?
He also remembered that when they lived in the Marquis' Mansion, Shengsheng's brothers were always worried that their sister would suffer when she went out.
Therefore, the second son Ruan Yunce always made some small and exquisite hidden weapons for Shengsheng, and the fourth son Ruan Yunzhu would also prepare various poisons for his sister to protect herself.
Xie Yan glanced at Prince Duan meaningfully. It seemed that Shengsheng had done it secretly.
He couldn't help but raise the corner of his lips, secretly proud: It's worthy of being his Shengsheng, she won't suffer any loss!
Upon seeing this, Prince Duan was even more certain that it was Xie Yan who poisoned him!
"Hand over the antidote!"
Xie Yan looked at him calmly and simply admitted it to prevent Prince Duan from suspecting Ruan Yunsheng.
He nodded and said, "Yes, it was indeed me who poisoned you. However, there is no antidote. Second Brother, you should take this opportunity to cultivate your character."
Prince Duan's face changed drastically when he heard this!
He immediately wanted to pull Xie Yan's clothes and force him to hand over the antidote.
But at this moment, his stomach made another strange noise.
"You, you just wait for me! This matter is not over yet!"
Prince Duan was so angry that he was shaking all over. He pointed at Xie Yan fiercely and ran to the toilet impatiently again.
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