So when he received the news that his elder brother had taken a liking to Jiang Jingyue, bestowed upon her the title of Consort Jing, and was to enter the palace in three days, Prince Cheng simply could not believe it.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible. How could she possibly be willing to become my brother's concubine? Shouldn't the person she loves be me? What's going on? No, I must go and find out what's going on."
After saying this, King Cheng rushed out, his destination clear: the Jiang residence.
He had never even considered coming to this place before; it was always Jiang Jingyue who came to him directly.
However, she always dismissed him, and he used to think that he didn't like Jiang Jingyue at all.
But in the last few days, he suddenly realized that he must like Jiang Jingyue, otherwise he wouldn't have tolerated Jiang Jingyue following him around all the time.
He's going to find Jiang Jingyue now and explain this to her.
King Cheng thought that if Jiang Jingyue knew that he had fallen in love with her now, she would be very happy.
When the servants of the Jiang family saw Prince Cheng, they were all somewhat surprised, mainly because they all knew that their young lady had always been in love with Prince Cheng.
This was the first time Prince Cheng had visited their home, but the Emperor had just issued an edict today, bestowing the title of Imperial Concubine upon their young lady.
It seems quite inappropriate for King Cheng to come here now.
"Call your young lady out and tell her that I am waiting for her here. She will be very happy to know that I have come."
The servant didn't dare to make the decision on his own, so he went in and told Jiang Jingyue about it as soon as possible.
Jiang Jingyue was still getting ready when she heard that Prince Cheng had arrived. She paused for a moment, and her heart seemed to ache.
Jiang Jingyue knew that the feelings she had now were the same as those of the original owner of the body. It seemed that she still liked this Prince Cheng. So why not meet him and resolve everything?
"You should let them go home!"
Prince Cheng entered quickly, and when he saw Jiang Jingyue, whom he hadn't seen for quite some time, he couldn't help but walk over to her. He reached out to take her hand, but Jiang Jingyue immediately dodged away.
If it were the Jiang Jingyue of the past, she definitely wouldn't have done that, but today it was her, and she seemed to dislike it, immediately avoiding it.
"Xiaoyue, what do you mean by this? Don't you usually love holding my hand? Come here."
Upon hearing her say this, Jiang Jingyue immediately shook her head, "No, Prince Cheng, we must draw a line between us from now on. I am now your sister-in-law, and there will be no future for us."
As soon as Jiang Jingyue finished speaking, Prince Cheng felt a pang of pain in his heart and felt very uncomfortable for some reason.
"Xiao Yue, the person you love is me. I can talk to my brother, the Emperor. For our happiness, he will definitely issue a decree to grant us marriage, as long as you agree."
After King Cheng finished speaking, he grabbed Jiang Jingyue's hand. Jiang Jingyue wanted to shake him off, but she couldn't.
So in the end, she had no choice but to let him pull her along. "King Cheng, I used to follow you around like a shadow, but you never responded. Now I'm tired, and I don't have time to waste with you anymore."
Upon hearing Jiang Jingyue's words, Prince Cheng was stunned. He couldn't believe that Jiang Jingyue would actually reject him.
"Xiaoyue, do you really want to enter the palace as a concubine?"
Jiang Jingyue certainly wanted to enter the palace; her target was the man inside. However, she wouldn't say it directly.
"What does this have to do with you! Whether I enter the palace or not doesn't seem to concern you at all! We're not close, so don't drag me into this."
Jiang Jingyue frowned; she had been trying to shake off Cheng Wang's hand that was holding hers.
The main problem is that it's very uncomfortable to pull like this.
But seeing King Cheng's expression, he showed no intention of letting go.
"Xiaoyue, you've changed. You weren't like this before. Before, if I just tugged at you, you'd be happy all day. But today, I've been holding your hand the whole time, and you haven't moved at all. Don't you really like me anymore?"
When Jiang Jingyue heard him ask that, she nodded without hesitation.
"Yes, I don't like you anymore. Please let go."
Before King Cheng could react, a majestic voice rang in their ears.
"Did you hear that? She told you to let go. Why aren't you letting go? What are you doing holding on like that?"
The two recognized the voice and immediately turned to look.
Sure enough, the man standing not far away was none other than Jiu Gongting.
At this moment, he looked at Jiang Jingyue's hand being held by Prince Cheng with a displeased expression.
This woman already belongs to him, and he doesn't like others touching her inappropriately.
King Cheng was excited when he saw the Nine Palaces, and he immediately went to stand before them.
"Brother, why are you here at this time? But you've come at the right time. Xiaoyue loves me, so please don't try to steal her away."
Jiugongting disliked hearing this. He had already decided that the woman in front of him was his, so there was no question of him stealing her away.
"What do you mean by that? What do you mean by stealing someone else's love? You don't seem to have anything going on with Xiaoyue! Let me tell you, Xiaoyue is now the Imperial Concubine Jing, whom I have personally appointed. She is your sister-in-law. Take your hand off me, or don't blame me for being impolite."
The emperor's words were full of authority. Although Prince Cheng was reluctant to remove his hand, he had no choice and dared not do anything to the emperor in front of him.
And there's nothing he can do about it.
In the end, King Cheng removed his hand and stopped holding Jiang Jingyue's hand. However, when he opened his mouth, he still looked at Jiugongting with a pleading expression.
"Brother, you can't do this. Xiaoyue doesn't like you at all. She likes me. Are you afraid of hurting Xiaoyue by doing this?"
Jiu Gongting was actually quite worried that Jiang Jingyue would get angry. After all, she was the first woman he was interested in, and he didn't know how to coax her if she got angry.
So now he can only try his best not to anger Jiang Jingyue. He looked at Jiang Jingyue, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"Xiaoyue, do you really not want to follow me? If you really don't want to, I won't force you."
However, you cannot follow King Cheng; he is not a good match for you either.
Upon hearing this, King Cheng, who was standing nearby, was instantly displeased. How could he not be a good match?
He didn't know he liked Jiang Jingyue before, which is why he treated her the way he did. Now he's certain that Jiang Jingyue is the one he loves, so as long as she's willing to be with him, he'll definitely treat her well.
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