Chapter 39 Xiao Zirui's hair stood on end
Yun Qingqing looked seriously at the person who was emitting cold air, and said gently and coaxingly:
"Your Highness, we were just a deal from the beginning. A marriage without a foundation of love will never be happy."
"You're so young and handsome, and you're the God of War of Liang. You're the hero in the eyes of so many noble ladies. Once your leg heals, you can just wave your hand and find any woman you want. Isn't that right?"
Xiao Changheng looked at her quietly for a while.
Just when she thought he was going to remain silent forever, the man spoke in a calm voice:
"Just because of this?"
Yun Qingqing spread her hands without comment.
Xiao Changheng closed his eyes, and the coldness around him dissipated a little.
"Okay, as long as you don't regret it."
"How could that be! It's such a pleasure to work with someone as straightforward as the prince. Well, you should have a good rest. I'm leaving now!"
Regret is impossible~, she just wants to quickly recover her cultivation and cut off the cause and effect, marriage and other things are just clouds.
Yun Qingqing resolved a worry and left with satisfaction.
Xiao Changheng looked at the heartless back of the little girl, and his dark eyes blinked with turbulent undercurrents.
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While everything was calm at the Prince Regent's Palace, the scene at the Prince's Palace, where he was getting married on the same day, was quite different.
The day before yesterday, after Xiao Zirui returned to the palace, he went straight to Yun Bailian's courtyard. After all, she was Tianfeng and the main wife, and he had to coax her well.
"Crown Prince, you're back!" Yun Bailian came up to him shyly. "Bai Lian will help Crown Prince go to bed."
Xiao Zirui felt that this sweet voice made his bones soften, and he couldn't wait to go forward and hold the beauty in his arms.
However, just as he approached Yun Bailian, his expression suddenly changed and he stopped where he was.
"You...what's wrong with your face?"
Yun Bailian's heart tightened, she covered her face with shame and ran to look at the makeup mirror, saying delicately:
"Is my makeup smudged? Prince, don't look at me yet. I'll be right...ah!"
She saw herself in the mirror and suddenly screamed.
"My face...how did it become like this!?"
I saw that pustules had appeared on her face at some point, and they were red and swollen and kept popping up!
Yun Bailian was anxious and scared, and she screamed and rushed towards Xiao Zirui:
"How could this happen? Prince, save me! I don't want to be disfigured!"
"You, don't come over here!" Xiao Zirui hurriedly stepped back. "We don't know if your rash is contagious. I'll call a doctor to see you right away! Get some rest tonight. I'll come see you another day!"
As he said this, he fled amid Yun Bailian's fear and crying.
When he thought of the face he had just seen, he felt nauseous. Xiao Zirui hurriedly sent someone to call a doctor and ran to Su Yuruo's yard.
However, as soon as he opened the door, a teapot flew towards him, along with Su Yurou's crying and cursing:
"It's clearly me who should be the Crown Princess! If it weren't for that little bitch Yun Bailian, how could I, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family, end up spending my wedding night alone? Sooner or later, I will make sure she dies a miserable death!"
Xiao Zirui dodged with a start, but the teapot hit the door and splashed water all over him. He looked at Su Yurou's ferocious face in surprise.
Is this still his gentle and considerate Rouer?
Su Yurou had heard that he had gone to the queen's courtyard, but she didn't expect him to come over. She was stunned when she saw him appear.
"Prince brother..."
She froze for a moment, then immediately suppressed her anger and wiped away her tears pitifully.
Xiao Zirui rubbed his brows and walked over with irritability:
"Rou'er, I've already said that I have no choice but to marry Yun Bailian because she will be helpful to my cause. Otherwise, how can I fight against the Regent?"
Su Yurou wiped her tears and said sadly:
"If it were just that, it would be fine, but today the dowry that the Crown Prince prepared for me was overturned, and many boxes were empty. Rou'er is so embarrassed!"
"If Prince Brother is reluctant to part with the money, just say so. Why are you humiliating Rou'er like this?"
Xiao Zirui had never expected that such a thing would happen. He had originally wanted to fool around with the matter of the empty box, and then give some sweet treats to coax the two concubines when he returned home, but he didn't expect that it would be exposed in the street!
He coughed awkwardly a few times and tried to make amends:
"What? There's such a thing! Someone must have tampered with the box during transportation! Don't worry, I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Su Yurou continued to sob:
"Then the prince must find out the whereabouts of the dowry and have them return it without missing a cent!"
"Of course." Xiao Zirui was in a dilemma and could only nod perfunctorily.
Su Yurou finally burst into laughter, wiped away her tears and threw herself into Xiao Zirui's arms, looking up and showing a sweet smile:
"Rou'er knows that the Crown Prince is the one who truly loves her."
When she looked up, she thought she looked like a tearful pear blossom, worthy of sympathy, but she didn't realize that she was wearing a different kind of heavy makeup today than usual, and her face had become clown-like from all the crying and making a fuss just now.
This smile was even more like a ghost, which frightened Xiao Zirui.
"Brother Crown Prince, it's getting late. Let Rou'er take you to bed."
Su Yu is gentle and kind.
Xiao Zirui's hair stood on end.
Especially when he saw this face, he recalled the scene when he saw Yun Bailian just now, and immediately felt nauseous and lost all interest.
He pushed Su Yurou away and stammered back, saying:
"Well, well, I just came to see Rou'er first. But after all, we just got married today and I'm leaving the principal wife out. If this gets out, I'm afraid people will criticize me. I can't let Rou'er get criticized. You should rest first. I'll come to see you tomorrow."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Su Yurou stared blankly at him as he left without hesitation, and started smashing things again in anger.
On Yun Bailian's side, Xiao Zirui did not appear again.
She looked at herself in the mirror for a long time, shocked, frightened and sad. The doctor finally arrived but could not find the cause.
In the end, he just said that she might have been bitten by a poisonous insect, and that the herpes was caused by excessive heart fire. He prescribed some fire-clearing and detoxifying medicine and left.
Yun Bailian was anxious and angry, and suddenly remembered what Yun Qingqing said at the wedding.
——Since the Face-Eating Powder didn’t work on me, guess who it will backfire on?
She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly screamed "Ah".
"No! No! I don't want to be disfigured!!!"
"Yun Qingqing, you bitch! How dare you try to trick me! I can't stand with you—"
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The prince did not sleep well that night. The ghostly faces of his two concubines and the stunningly beautiful face of Yun Qingqing at the wedding kept appearing in his mind.
She actually became more beautiful than before.
If he had known that she could recover her appearance, he shouldn't have ignored her...
But it doesn't matter. Now that he has Tian Feng's help, once he kills the regent and takes the throne, Yun Qingqing will be in his pocket sooner or later. Why should he be afraid that she will run away!
Early the next morning, the prince went out with dark circles under his eyes.
Wuan General’s Mansion and training ground.
Chang Zongyan looked at the uninvited guest and unexpectedly bowed his hands in a common greeting:
"I wonder what brings you here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
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