Chapter 7: Let her be dead
While Madam Cui was muttering to herself, Xiao Tianheng, who had just reached the gate of the Princess's residence, suddenly stopped, turned around, and with a smile on his face, spoke to the kneeling crowd in a nonchalant tone.
"By the way, I heard that you have upset my most beloved sister. If my sister is unhappy, I am unhappy. So, go and suffer in the Ministry of Justice prison."
"Xiao Yelan, you take care of this matter."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Xiao Yelan bowed, paid his respects, and accepted the order.
Wei Tianheng glanced sharply at the kneeling crowd, then turned and walked straight into the princess's residence.
Xiao Yelan turned around, looked at the people kneeling on the ground, revealed a cruel smile, and spoke in a chilling voice.
"Take them all."
Everyone panicked instantly and got up, trying to escape.
Going to the Ministry of Justice's prison wasn't about suffering; it was clearly about taking their lives.
If only they had known, they wouldn't have come to the Princess's residence with Madam Cui.
It's all Madam Cui's fault!
It's all Madam Cui's fault!
At this moment, it wasn't just one or two people who thought this way, but a whole group of them. They rushed towards Madam Cui, complaining and accusing her.
"Madam Cui, it's all your fault! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been sent to the Ministry of Justice prison to suffer."
"Now we're in trouble. We've offended not only the princess but also His Majesty. It's hard to say whether we can save our lives."
“Madam Cui, I told you long ago, Your Highness, we can’t afford to offend you, we can’t afford to offend you, but you wouldn’t listen. Now look what’s happened, we’re all finished.”
Madam Cui was completely stunned. All the sounds around her automatically went silent, and only her brain was racing.
How could things have come to this? Your Majesty... why would Your Majesty suddenly come to the Princess's residence?
His Majesty... doesn't he like princesses?
He didn't even attend the princess's wedding.
After the princess got married, he never visited her residence again.
That's why she felt that His Majesty didn't like the princess at all.
As for the rumors circulating that the princess was His Majesty's most beloved younger sister, she thought it was just a tactic the princess used to avoid losing power.
Was she just being presumptuous?
Could it be true that the princess is His Majesty's most beloved younger sister, as rumored throughout the land?
But if the princess is His Majesty's most beloved younger sister, why didn't His Majesty even attend the princess's wedding?
Madam Cui frowned, her mind racing, but she couldn't figure it out no matter what.
...
The inner courtyard of the princess's residence.
Wei Tianheng stood outside the door of Tianyao's bedroom, feeling hesitant.
She was inside, but he didn't dare to push the door open.
He was afraid to see her cold and indifferent face, afraid to hear her merciless rejection.
He felt that in front of her, he was like a fish with its belly cut open, its heart, liver, lungs, and everything else laid bare before her eyes, without a single secret.
In her presence, all his actions, words, and behaviors were distorted; his kindness, honesty, and even humility towards her were not his true self.
His true nature is terrifying, insane, hysterical, uncontrollable, and without any bottom line.
Thinking of this, Wei Tianheng quickly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slammed the brakes on his thoughts. He couldn't think any further; if he did, he would really go crazy.
He mustered his courage, pushed open the door, and carefully stepped over the threshold into the room.
This was the first time he had come to her bedroom after her marriage.
He looked around curiously. Her bedroom was very tidy, with some ornaments as beautiful as her, but none of them had anything to do with him.
Thinking of this, Wei Tianheng clenched his fists at his sides, the veins on the back of his hands bulging, and his lips pressed tightly together.
He didn't want to be jealous, didn't want his heart to feel so bitter, but he couldn't control himself.
He looked away from the ornaments, stood at the doorway of the inner room, and pushed the door open.
A sweet aroma wafted out from the inner room.
It's her pheromones!
He had smelled it many times before, but each time it was very, very faint. This time, however, it was much stronger than ever before.
She just released pheromones!
Wei Tianheng's dark eyes widened suddenly. He flashed into the inner room and slammed the door shut.
Yao Yao's pheromones must not be smelled by other people!
At this moment, he only had this one thought in his mind, completely forgetting that Tianyao was in the room.
"What brings you here?"
Hearing the door close, Tianyao turned to look at the doorway, saw Tianheng, frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing Tianyao's voice, Tianheng finally realized what was happening.
He stood frozen at the doorway, like a child who had done something wrong, biting his lower lip, hesitant and uncertain, before turning back.
"I heard that Madam Cui brought a group of people to the gate of the Princess's residence, and I am somewhat worried, so..."
Tianheng didn't say what came next, but Tianyao understood.
"So, you sent people to monitor me?"
Tianyao sat on the edge of the bed, holding Yunzhou's right hand in both, turned her head, stared at Tianheng, and asked, her voice devoid of any warmth, only coldness.
"...It's not surveillance, it's protection!"
Tianheng was a little annoyed. Why did she always think so badly of him?
"Alright, even if it was for protection, now that you've seen it, I'm safe and sound, please go back."
Tianyao didn't want to argue with him; she just wanted to see the guest off as soon as possible.
Tianheng could no longer hold back. He took a step and quickly walked to Tianyao's side. His gaze fell on Tianyao's hands, which were holding Yunzhou's hand. His eyes stung, and he growled, questioning her.
"What is it about him that makes you treat him so well?"
"What did I do wrong to make you hate me so much?!"
Tianyao stared at him coldly, ignoring his questions.
Tianheng felt as if his heart was about to break. He bit his lower lip tightly, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Tianyao's hands.
Yunzhou's right hand, which Tianyao had been holding, dangled by the bedside like a kite without a string, swaying lightly and aimlessly.
"Yaoyao, have you forgotten that I am also a human being, with emotions and desires... I beg you... I beg you, please don't be so cold to me, okay?"
Even if we don't become... we're still family, aren't we?
Tianheng gripped Tianyao's hands tightly, his eyes bloodshot, his voice low and pleading.
Yunzhou's fingers, which were hanging by the bedside, twitched slightly.
What did Your Majesty mean by that?
Even if they don't amount to anything?
That said, although he had known for a long time that His Majesty was a sister-complex, wasn't this sister-complex a bit too severe, bordering on pathological?
If he didn't know that His Majesty and Yao'er were biological siblings, he would have mistakenly thought that His Majesty liked Yao'er based on what he just heard His Majesty said to Yao'er.
Looking at the crazed yet humble Tianheng, Tianyao felt a touch deep within her heart. She sighed softly, stood up, walked to Tianheng, gently pulled her hands out of his grasp, and gently embraced him.
Resting her head on Tianheng's chest, she tilted her head slightly, looking directly into his sincere eyes, and whispered, "Your Majesty, Yaoyao knows you are in pain and suffering, but..."
"But no matter how painful or difficult it is, life must go on. Forget it, you'll forget it someday."
"From now on, Your Majesty should no longer summon Yao Yao to the palace, nor should you visit Yao Yao at the Princess's residence. Just consider it..."
"Let's just pretend Yao Yao is dead, okay?"
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