Chapter 602 (First Update)
Princess Consort Liang was accompanied by guards, but everyone was intimidated by Marquis Xuanping's imposing presence, and no one dared to rush forward and fight him head-on.
Marquis Xuanping was a military general who had been on the battlefield. He had killed far more than a thousand or eight hundred enemies. How could these inexperienced guards compare to him?
Princess Liang was momentarily stunned by the aura of Marquis Xuanping. Most people in the world are bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong, but as the saying goes, the strong fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear the reckless.
Marquis Xuanping was the one who didn't care about his life.
Granny Gui's face turned pale as she said, "You...you...you...you've gone too far! If His Majesty knew how you treated my Princess...he would definitely kill you! Kill you!"
"roll!"
With a stern shout from Marquis Xuanping, Granny Gui, who had been shouting earlier, scrambled over to help her mistress up, dragged her onto the carriage, and slunk away.
Having come to Zhuque Street twice in one day and been humiliated both times, he will probably harbor resentment towards Marquis Xuanping for the rest of his life.
After Princess Liang and her entourage left, the coachman hurriedly pushed the wheelchair over, saying, "My lord!"
Marquis Xuanping sat down in his wheelchair as if nothing had happened.
Yu Jin stepped forward with a complicated expression, glanced at the departing carriage, and said with concern, "My lord, you hit the old Princess Liang."
Marquis Xuanping appeared suddenly. Without saying a word, he burst through the door and dragged out the old Princess Liang. Yu Jin seriously suspected that he had no idea who was inside.
To everyone's surprise, Marquis Xuanping simply replied, "Your lord knows."
Yu Jin: Your lord? Does anyone address themselves like that?
Marquis Xuanping was a decisive man. He acted swiftly and decisively, never dragging things out. He rarely hesitated, but he was hesitant at this moment.
Should we go or not?
He frowned slightly, but ultimately pushed the wheelchair inside.
Princess Xinyang remained seated on the edge of the bed, her hands gripping the blanket tightly, her eyes glazed over.
Marquis Xuanping knocked on the open door. Princess Xinyang's eyelashes fluttered, and she came to her senses. Only then did Marquis Xuanping stand up and carry the wheelchair inside.
He came to the bedside and realized that he had acted too quickly, only dragging the old woman out but not throwing her wheelchair out.
"Yu Jin," he called out.
Yu Jin entered the room, glanced at the empty wheelchair to the side, nodded knowingly, and pushed the old Princess Liang's wheelchair out.
Princess Xinyang raised her hand and calmly wiped away the tears on her face. She didn't look at Marquis Xuanping, but instead looked at the other end of the bed and said indifferently, "What did you find out?"
She asked what she found out, not what she heard.
Indeed, no one who heard Princess Liang's earnest words just now would think that she had done anything wrong.
Marquis Xuanping frankly said, “I have a steward named Liu Zhao who used to work at the Liang Prince’s Mansion in the capital. He said you seemed unhappy at the Liang Prince’s Mansion, but everyone, including him, thought you were very well loved by the old Liang Prince and his wife.”
Princess Xinyang was slightly surprised: "That's all?"
Marquis Xuanping spread his hands and said, "Well, that's all."
Princess Xinyang murmured in disbelief, "Then why did you treat Princess Liang like that?"
Marquis Xuanping looked at her with a bewildered expression: "Qin Fengwan, do you need those cold, hard pieces of evidence to know if you're doing well or not? If even one word she said were believable, would you have gone to such lengths? Are you crazy, or am I blind? Can't I even tell if you're happy or not?"
Princess Xinyang stared at him blankly: "Is it really that simple?"
Marquis Xuanping met her gaze: "How difficult is it?"
Princess Xinyang gave a self-deprecating laugh: "Yes, how difficult is it?"
"Mother! Can I skip seeing Uncle Jiu later?"
"What's wrong? Your Ninth Uncle and Ninth Aunt came here especially to see you. They bought your favorite snacks. Don't you like your Ninth Uncle and Ninth Aunt very much?"
"I……"
"Alright, stop being stubborn. Your mother knows you're still angry about the punishment I gave you for copying, but it's all for your own good. Your father has so many children, and I don't have a son. If you don't live up to his expectations, we'll really have a hard time getting by. Your ninth uncle comes to see you every time he enters the palace, and your father values you much more. He's also visiting my palace more often now. Before long, I'll be able to give you a younger brother, and then we'll have someone to rely on in the harem."
"Does Consort Yu know?" Marquis Xuanping interrupted Princess Xinyang's thoughts.
Princess Xinyang gripped the blanket tighter and said in a normal tone, "What do you know? Nothing happened."
Marquis Xuanping gave her a deep look and said, "The old Prince Liang was highly respected by the late emperor, but he suddenly resigned from all his posts in the capital and took his family to his fiefdom, becoming a prince without any official position. He only returned to the capital to pay his respects after the late emperor passed away."
"Xiao Qi, what nonsense are you talking about? You can't just say things without evidence, you know?"
"Father..."
"Xiao Qi is the most intelligent and clever princess of Zhao Kingdom. Your studies are the best among all the princesses. It's a pity you are not born a boy. Your father has high hopes for you. Xiao Qi, do not disappoint your father."
But Father, I'm so scared...
Princess Xinyang's knuckles were faintly tinged with white.
If even a father can't protect his daughter, then who can?
She had long since lost all faith.
She stands in an abyss where she cannot cry out, and no one will ever hear her.
Marquis Xuanping spoke up: "Those whom the late emperor could not kill, I will kill."
Princess Xinyang's eyes flickered, and she turned to look at Marquis Xuanping.
Marquis Xuanping stood up and stared at her intently: "Qin Fengwan, I will kill this person."
Princess Xinyang opened her mouth, her eyes slightly red: "You...are you crazy?"
Marquis Xuanping did not speak again, but turned around with a dignified expression.
Princess Xinyang stopped him: "You don't like me, so why are you doing this?"
There was no affection between them as husband and wife; their only connection was probably their son, Xiao Heng.
How much affection did Marquis Xuanping have for Qin Fengwan? He did indeed marry her with great anticipation at the beginning.
He once thought to himself with delight that he would cherish such a beautiful wife for the rest of his life.
Who would have thought that Qin Fengwan would want a relationship with him in name only? He wasn't one to be shameless, and even the strongest feelings of affection faded.
But fate played a cruel trick on him, and he ended up having a child with Qin Fengwan.
Whether I like you or not, you are my wife, Xiao Ji's wife, and the mother of my son.
He finished speaking casually, as if he hadn't been hurt at all, and strode out.
The coachman rushed to the door, too flustered to go in, and could only say to Yu Jin outside, "My master's wheelchair..."
Yu Jin pushed the wheelchair out.
The coachman took it and ran outside, shouting, "My lord! My lord! Your wheelchair!"
Marquis Xuanping whistled into the empty alley, and a proud, tall, and majestic steed galloped in with imposing grandeur—it was Marquis Xuanping's mount.
Marquis Xuanping mounted his horse.
Just then, Xiao Heng arrived from the palace to visit Princess Xinyang. He had just gotten off his carriage when he almost collided with Marquis Xuanping's horse.
Marquis Xuanping tightened the reins and turned the horse in a different direction.
Seeing his hurried appearance, Xiao Heng didn't pay much attention to him, but still said, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, you can't ride a horse."
Listen to your son, but not now.
Princess Liang said that the old man was not long for this world, and he was afraid that if he didn't hurry, the old man would die peacefully on his sickbed.
He doesn't deserve to die so easily.
Marquis Xuanping, mounted on his horse, said to his son, "You are a man now. Take good care of your mother and don't let any shady people bully her."
Xiao Heng was taken aback.
Of course he will take good care of his mother; he doesn't need to tell her anything.
But why would he say that? Hasn't he always treated him like a three-year-old?
"Your mother is in a bad mood, so be good and don't upset her these next few days."
This is the kind of thing he would say.
Marquis Xuanping was too preoccupied to care about the turmoil in his son's heart, or perhaps he himself was unaware of the change in his attitude towards his son. He still treated him like a child, but in the face of important matters, his son had already shown himself to be a pillar of strength.
Marquis Xuanping rode ahead at breakneck speed, heading swiftly towards the east of the city.
The fiefdom of the Prince of Liang was located a hundred miles east of the city.
Inside the house, Yu Jin and Princess Xinyang could clearly hear the sound of horses' hooves gradually fading away.
Yu Jin only had a vague understanding, but she could roughly guess what Marquis Xuanping had gone to do. She looked worriedly in the direction of the door and said, "Princess, the Marquis, he..."
Princess Xinyang lowered her eyes and whispered, "Fool."
(End of this chapter)
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