Chapter 430 Beating Up the Crown Princess (Second Update)
The Crown Princess recognized him.
The bodyguard who would rather give the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum to Gu Jiao than to her.
The Crown Princess still remembers that humiliation.
If such disobedient guards were in the Eastern Palace, they would have been expelled by the Crown Prince long ago.
The Crown Princess maintained basic politeness on the surface: "Please inform the princess that I wish to see her."
Long Yi didn't move.
The Crown Princess hesitated for a moment: "I've never met you, and I don't think I've done anything to displease you. Is there some misunderstanding between us?"
Long Yi remained unmoved.
The Crown Princess had never met the Dragon Shadow Guards, nor did she know that Long Yi was one of them. She simply assumed that this man was deliberately trying to antagonize her.
She reasoned that if Princess Xinyang had truly woken up, she should have heard the commotion at the door; since she hadn't come out, she must not have woken up.
Forget it, why should she argue with a bodyguard? It would be beneath her dignity.
The Crown Princess turned to leave, and just as she stepped out of the courtyard, she unexpectedly ran into Gu Jiao, who had come from Bishui Hutong.
The Crown Princess was startled: "It's you? What are you doing here? You are..." She looked at Gu Jiao, then turned back to look at the house behind her, and asked uncertainly, "Here?"
Gu Jiao looked her up and down, clearly wanting to know why the Crown Princess had come here.
The Crown Princess said calmly, "I have a question for you."
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and said, "You think I have to answer your questions?"
The Crown Princess was already furious after being rebuffed by Long Yi, and now she was being ridiculed by Gu Jiao, which made her even more angry: "Miss Gu, it is true that you have the Empress Dowager and His Majesty's favor, but how long will this favor last? After the Crown Prince ascends the throne, I will be the Empress. I have no intention of making things difficult for you, but don't leave yourself no way out."
That familiar tone, that identical word choice and sentence structure.
Where did I hear that?
ah.
Prince Ning.
So, where in this world can a secret be kept hidden? Where can you hide fire with paper?
When one person has an ambiguous relationship with another, their words and actions will unconsciously permeate each other's habits.
Yu Jin's appearance timely broke the tense stalemate.
"Doctor Gu has arrived. Please come inside and have a seat." She smiled and said to the Crown Princess, "Doctor Gu is the doctor I invited from the clinic to treat the princess."
"I see." The Crown Princess withdrew her gaze from Gu Jiao's face. "Then I will come to see the princess again when she wakes up."
Having said that, the Crown Princess stepped across the threshold.
As they brushed past each other, Gu Jiao instinctively asked, "Does Xiao Liulang's disappearance have anything to do with you?"
Gu Jiao had only asked the question casually.
Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess felt guilty and her body stiffened.
Gu Jiao keenly noticed her unusual behavior, grabbed her arm, and pulled her back: "Explain yourself clearly!"
The Crown Princess's back slammed against the wall, causing her a sharp pain. What was worse, she felt offended by the position and said coldly, "How dare you!"
The guilty conscience in her eyes did not escape Gu Jiao's notice.
Gu Jiao grabbed her collar and shoved her against the wall without any politeness, looking at her coldly: "I don't care if you are the Crown Princess or the Empress, don't force me to take action."
"You dare—"
Snap!
Gu Jiao slapped her across the face, sending her sprawling to the ground!
Yu Jin gasped!
The accompanying palace guards rushed in, but Gu Jiao kicked them out!
Gu Jiao grabbed the Crown Princess from the ground: "Who did this? Was it you, or did you have an accomplice?"
The Crown Princess gritted her teeth and said, "I didn't do anything! Let me go!"
Princess Xinyang was startled out by the loud commotion.
"stop!"
Princess Xinyang had her long hair loose, indicating that she had just gotten out of bed and hadn't had time to dress up.
Gu Jiao wouldn't stop. This wasn't just a minor incident like scaring her husband with a cat; it almost cost him his life.
She's furious! The consequences will be severe!
Gu Jiao grabbed the Crown Princess and slammed her to the ground!
Princess Xinyang never dreamed that Xiao Heng would marry such a domineering woman. She gasped, "Didn't you hear me tell you to stop?! If you keep this up, I won't be polite to you!"
Gu Jiao was also angry.
snort!
Whatever!
This girl's ability to drive people crazy is just like Long Yi's!
Princess Xinyang clenched her fists and shouted, "Long Yi! Pull those two apart!"
Since Princess Xinyang had given the order, Long Yi had no choice but to come out.
To prevent Long Yi from twisting the meaning again, Princess Xinyang changed her original intention of saying "Long Yi made a move" to saying that she separated the two of them.
Otherwise, she felt that Long Yi might take action against the Crown Princess.
Long Yi darted out; his orders were to separate the two of them, so he had no choice but to step forward and separate them.
He went to Gu Jiao's side first.
When he grabbed Gu Jiao, he did it like this: he carefully held Gu Jiao's wrist, patted the back of Gu Jiao's little hand like he was coaxing a child, and gently removed Gu Jiao's hand, afraid of hurting her in the slightest.
When it was the Crown Princess's turn, his style suddenly changed, and his entire mask seemed to be screaming "MMP!"
Then, Gu Jiao saw Long Yi swing the Crown Princess away like a pheasant!
Gu Jiao: "..."
Princess Xinyang: "..."
Long Yi did indeed fulfill his mission by separating the people, but Princess Xinyang did not specify whether he separated them gently or roughly.
Princess Xinyang was so angry that her liver hurt.
Long Yi wasn't like this before. When he first came to Princess Xinyang's hands, he was a dutiful Dragon Shadow Guard. It was all because he followed Xiao Heng and was corrupted by the three-year-old Xiao Heng!
Princess Xinyang was on the verge of exploding. Long Yi looked at Princess Xinyang, then at Gu Jiao, paused for a few seconds with a serious expression, suddenly grabbed Gu Jiao, and disappeared in an instant!
Every time Xiao Heng made a mistake, Long Yi would do this: wait until Princess Xinyang calmed down before bringing Xiao Heng back.
This has all come with experience; they're incredibly quick and efficient.
Princess Xinyang: She felt that she might become the first mistress in history to be angered to death by the Dragon Shadow Guard.
The Crown Princess was slapped across the face by Gu Jiao, her face swollen up, and then she was thrown to the ground, her arms covered in bruises and abrasions.
Princess Xinyang glanced at her, sighed, and said, "Come in, let Yujin apply some medicine for you."
With Yu Jin's help, the Crown Princess re-entered the courtyard.
The Crown Princess's status was actually very high, second only to the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Crown Prince. Even a legitimate princess might not be as noble as her, so Princess Xinyang was a princess with real power.
Her husband was the renowned Marquis Xuanping, and who in the world did not fear her?
The Crown Princess followed behind Princess Xinyang, expecting to be led into Princess Xinyang's bedroom, but unexpectedly Princess Xinyang turned around and entered another room.
The three of them sat down in the chairs.
A young maidservant came to help Princess Xinyang with her hair and makeup, but Princess Xinyang waved her hand dismissively and said, "Go and get the wound medicine."
"Yes." The maid went to Princess Xinyang's bedroom and brought back a bottle of top-quality wound medicine.
Yu Jin first washed her hands, then took a clean handkerchief, dipped it in the wound medicine, and began to apply it to the Crown Princess's swollen cheeks.
This wound medicine was also purchased from a pharmacist in the Yan Kingdom. It has excellent pain-relieving and swelling-reducing effects. When applied, it feels cool and refreshing, and the pain stops immediately.
A young maidservant served tea and snacks.
There is chestnut cake, which is a favorite of the Crown Princess.
Strangely enough, Xiao Heng doesn't like this, but it happens to be the Crown Princess's favorite.
When the Crown Princess saw that Princess Xinyang had prepared her favorite snacks, her frustration lessened somewhat.
Princess Xinyang picked up her teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Why did Doctor Gu become violent with you? Is there some grudge between you?"
Most people either don't ask at all, or if they do, they'll ask, "Is there some misunderstanding between you two?"
This is actually a clever way to put it. If you ask them if there is a misunderstanding, you would say that it was Gu Jiao who took the action, and that Gu Jiao misunderstood the Crown Princess, thus subtly placing the blame on Gu Jiao.
But if you ask them if they have a grudge against each other, it's not a question of which side is at fault.
The Crown Princess was slightly taken aback. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "Her husband has gone missing, and she misunderstands that this matter is related to me."
She paused, then continued, "My aunt probably doesn't know that her husband looks a lot like Aheng. He's the top scholar in this year's imperial examination and now works in the Hanlin Academy. His Majesty has appointed him to lecture the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince has complained to me many times that Lord Xiao is too strict with him. The Crown Prince has even openly contradicted Lord Xiao a few times. I wonder if she heard about this and thinks that the Crown Prince and I hold a grudge against Lord Xiao and deliberately did something to him."
Her words were reasonable, well-founded, and logical, providing a full explanation for Gu Jiao's suspicions. The remark that "her husband looks like Aheng" seemed to be just a casual remark and not the focus of the Crown Princess's words.
Princess Xinyang paused in her tea-drinking motion.
The Crown Princess hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned Aheng..."
Princess Xinyang's mood seemed to drop instantly, and she was clearly in no mood to talk about these things with her anymore: "You should go back first, I still have some things to take care of."
The Crown Princess said softly, "Then I will visit my aunt another day."
Once outside the courtyard, the Crown Princess breathed a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the princess didn't press the matter further; otherwise, she couldn't guarantee she could keep it a secret any longer.
She didn't mean to cause trouble for Xiao Liulang, and she didn't expect that Xiao Liulang would be defeated by Prince Ning. Princess Xinyang had already returned, so how could anyone still hurt Xiao Heng?
Princess Xinyang shouldn't have been careless a second time, having been careless once four years ago.
Could it be that I've made a mistake, and Xiao Liulang isn't Xiao Heng?
But she clearly heard Xiao Heng call the old chief priest "teacher".
Under heaven, only two people can address the old chief priest in this way: one is the old chief priest's eldest disciple, Li Xu, who has resigned from his post and left the capital; the other is Xiao Heng.
It can't be that the old chief priest took Xiao Liulang as his disciple again. The old chief priest clearly said back then that Xiao Heng was his last disciple.
But if Xiao Liulang is Xiao Heng, why didn't he receive Princess Xinyang's protection? Princess Xinyang has been back in the capital for so long, hasn't he recognized her yet?
She could understand why he didn't acknowledge Xuanping Hou as his father, since the father and son had a somewhat distant relationship before, and he inevitably harbored resentment.
Princess Xinyang was very close to him. He once said that the person he cared about most in his life was his mother.
Moreover, when she mentioned Xiao Heng just now, Princess Xinyang's expression didn't seem like she had already recovered her son.
(End of this chapter)
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