Nianyu's blushing face slowly turned pale as she stared at the Second Princess in disbelief.
This is completely different from what she told him before!
You promised that he was the only one in your heart, that he was the most important person to you, and that you only wanted to be with him?
But she refused to marry him?
Hearing Luan Wang's cold and mocking laughter, Nian Yu, already deeply ashamed of being caught red-handed, felt utterly humiliated and wished he could dig a hole in the ground and bury himself. But then he also heard the eldest princess, Xiao Wang, boasting that Luan Wang had personally gone to the palace to request a royal decree to marry Fang Xuan.
He couldn't help but look at the tall man with reddened eyes. He looked like an iron tower, so imposing that he could fill the doorway. He was so vulgar, a world apart from the delicate and elegant young man he was, yet the Prince of Luan treated him so well.
At this moment, Nianyu's heart was filled with jealousy towards Fang Xuan.
He didn't know why, but he just felt that he should have been the one to receive these things.
The one whom the King of Luan admires, pities, and would protect at all costs is Nianyu.
It was as if... this man in front of her had stolen the affection that should have belonged to her.
Thinking of this, even though it was just wishful thinking, Nianyu couldn't help but let out a sob, forgetting even the stammering conversation between the Second Princess and the First Princess.
At this moment, the two older princesses were having a friendly discussion about whether or not to ask the palace for an imperial decree to grant them a marriage. The eldest princess requested the marriage, but the second princess firmly refused. In the end, the eldest princess had to back down and sighed deeply, saying, "Although Nianyu has not had much contact with my husband before, he is still a distant relative. My sister... I should make the decision for him."
She glanced at the Second Princess quietly before slowly saying, "This matter should also not be publicized, otherwise everyone will lose face."
"The fierce tiger teacher. Since my sister doesn't want him to be the principal consort, how about a concubine?"
She seemed to have given way significantly, but Nianyu felt her legs go weak and she collapsed to the ground.
Concubine?
A concubine is a lowly servant, a mistress, a lowly creature. How did he suddenly become a concubine?
Once the Second Princess has a legitimate husband, that will be the rightful heir, and he will be tormented to death by that husband.
"Good, good, good!" the Second Princess said repeatedly, and breathed a sigh of relief.
If the eldest princess really gets hold of this weakness, her image in front of the empress will really suffer a huge blow.
She nodded repeatedly, causing Nianyu's gaze to wander. He even began to doubt whether the Second Princess's vows of eternal love were just empty promises. What about loving only him, what about making him the rightful ruler and sharing the world with him when their grand plans were fulfilled? He used to believe them, but seeing the Second Princess's current indifference, he began to vaguely understand that perhaps she had only been speaking casually to him before.
However, he had given his innocence to the Second Princess, who was also of noble birth. Therefore, although he was in pain, he could not say that he was unwilling.
He has already lost his innocence; if he doesn't become a concubine now, he might not even be able to do so in the future.
The eldest princess chuckled and didn't even glance at Nianyu, who was weeping with her head down.
That ingrate! She got help from her husband, and yet she's still scheming against him.
The eldest princess thought that Nianyu had a beautiful face, but her actions were really disgusting.
She paused, a hint of satisfaction showing at the Second Princess's quick agreement, before saying with a smile, "As for the marriage..."
"A concubine should not be made to be ostentatious; everything should be kept simple." The Second Princess's words were like another knife to Nianyu's throat.
Nianyu looked at the Second Princess in despair.
At a time when he should have been under the protection of the Second Princess, she only cared about herself and easily abandoned him.
She was even relieved that she didn't have to marry him as her husband.
So, how much affection did the Second Princess actually have for him?
Thinking of this, Nianyu felt a sharp pain in his heart, but when he lay on the ground in disheveled clothes, he seemed to be the lowest of the low in the eyes of the First Princess and the Third Princess.
He knew he looked wretched and lowly, and felt utterly ashamed to face anyone. But what he regretted even more was overestimating the Second Princess's feelings for him. He had thought that after what the Second Princess had done, she would surely give him an explanation. Now, the explanation had arrived, but it was only for a concubine. How could that possibly match his handsome appearance?
"Let's leave it at that," Shen Wangshu said, growing increasingly impatient.
Shen Wangshu didn't really care about Nianyu.
He had been having an affair with the Second Princess for a long time. Now that he has been caught red-handed, he is just a man. Do you think that only by relentlessly pursuing him can you show your abilities?
Nianyu is insignificant, but the Second Princess is worth considering. Shen Wangshu smiled, her eyes narrowed, before speaking kindly to the Eldest Princess, "After all, we're sisters. If things get too heated, won't Consort Lin lose face? Consort Lin just received a kick from Mother Empress, and I saw her vomit blood. If she knew how disappointing Second Princess was, I wonder how heartbroken she would be."
"A crisis in the shadows." She sighed softly, her beautiful face filled with sorrow, yet these words caused the Second Princess to look at her in sudden terror.
A kick to the heart?
"Did Mother Empress injure Father?" the Second Princess asked in shock.
Consort Lin was the emperor's favorite concubine for over a decade. The empress always doted on her, so when had she ever been kicked in the heart?
This seemingly casual kick actually revealed to the Empress that Lin Guijun was no longer in a good state of mind.
"That's right, he can't get up from the kick." Shen Wangshu's fabrication skills were at their peak, and she said gently without any guilt, "Royal sister, you should go and see him quickly, otherwise the Noble Consort will be even more heartbroken without anyone close to him." She smiled slightly, with a hint of kindness in her expression.
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