Chapter 249 She was liked by a better man when she was in Rongcheng
The girl stood under a peach tree. The sudden spring breeze blew off the fluttering petals, and the wind was filled with a deep, sweet and unique fragrance. She just stood there quietly, with no expression on her face, but she was like a bright pearl shrouded in clouds and moonlight, making people suspect that she was not an ordinary woman in this world.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
There are many beauties in Kyoto, but none of them have ever seen such a beauty.
Xie Xiang came back to his senses, anger flashing across his face, "Catch her for me!"
Wen Xingluo didn't let the palace servants touch her.
She slowly walked up to Xie Xiang and bowed slightly, "Greetings, Third Princess."
Xie Xiang sneered as he played with the dagger and said sarcastically, "What a stunning beauty! You relied on this face to seduce He Yu? No wonder your mother, at her age and having given birth to several children, still dared to seduce my father. You really have some capital."
"Thank you for the compliment, Princess." Wen Xingluo's expression was indifferent. "Mother admires the Emperor and expressed her feelings regardless of age. I also think that mother is very brave."
"You—" Xie Xiang was furious. "You're full of sweet talk and shameless! Catch her now, I'm going to scratch her face and see how she can still act so arrogantly!"
Seeing the palace maids gathering around, Wen Xingluo said calmly, "Your Majesty often says that I look most like my mother. If the princess scratched my face today and word reached Your Majesty tomorrow, I'm afraid he would mistakenly think that the Imperial Concubine was jealous of my mother's beauty and secretly instructed the princess to take her anger out on me. Your Majesty is a dignified and elegant princess, and it's not worth it for her to develop a reputation for jealousy and cruelty by treating me harshly."
Xie Xiang laughed in anger, "Who do you think you are? How dare you threaten me?! My mother is the Imperial Concubine. Even if I develop a bad reputation, she will help me put an end to those rumors!"
She said this, but because she was worried that her reckless actions would arouse her father's suspicion and leave her mother with the impression of being jealous, she did not dare to touch Wen Xingluo's face again.
Wen Yueyin knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
She dressed up beautifully today and came to the banquet happily. She thought she would make a group of good friends of noble status, but she didn't expect to be beaten and humiliated!
In her two lifetimes, she had never suffered such a great humiliation!
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a group of princes and nobles passing by in the corridor not far away. Suddenly, she sobbed pitifully, "You have a mother, but don't my younger sister and I have any? Your Highness, the Princess, is going too far!"
Xie Xiang was furious again. "I am a princess, and you are just wild girls brought back from outside the palace by Wei Si. You are not even worthy of being my slaves. What's wrong with me bullying you?!"
"Speaking of slavery," Wen Yueyin pinched her handkerchief and coughed weakly a few times. "I heard that the Imperial Concubine was a slave to my mother when she was young. Now the Imperial Concubine has not only snatched away my father, who originally belonged to me and my younger sister, but you have also allowed you to bully us in every way... If I had known that the people in the palace were treacherous and that former slaves could bully them, my mother would not have entered the palace! Wuuuuu!"
She looked towards the imperial study again with a fragile look, holding her heart and tears streaming down her face. "Father, please let my mother go! Since you already have the Imperial Concubine in your heart, why did you imprison my mother in the deep palace and force her to love you?! Please forget my mother. Forcing a melon will only bear bitter fruit!"
After these words were spoken, not only Xie Xiang was stunned, but even Wen Xingluo was stunned on the spot.
Can you just say these words casually?
Wen Yueyin is risking his life!
As expected, Xie Xiang flew into a rage and slapped Wen Yueyin twice. "Bitch! Who are you calling father?! Whose mother are you calling a slave?! Back then, my mother and father were in love, but it was your mother who was shameless and took advantage of her status to snatch their engagement!"
"My mother is a concubine in the palace, so why can't I call him father? My father is deeply in love with my mother, and it was the imperial concubine who interfered, which led to their separation for many years!"
Wen Yueyin tried her best to defend herself with her face flushed red.
She is obviously delicate and pitiful, unable to control herself, but she is also like a tough little white flower trembling in the wind, stubbornly resisting Xie Xiang.
Xie Xiang was furious when he saw her like this, "Throw her into the Taihua Pond!"
Seeing Wen Yueyin being thrown into the water, Wen Xingluo was about to leave immediately, but unexpectedly, Wen Yueyin struggled and subconsciously reached out her hand to grope at the shore of the lake, and actually grabbed her skirt tightly, pulling her into the water!
Wen Xingluo: “…”
She should stay away from Wen Yueyin!
It was early spring, and the water in the pond was icy cold.
Just as Xie Xiang was about to order the palace servants to hit them on the head with bamboo poles to prevent them from floating ashore, He Yu and the group of princes and nobles came over.
He Yu frowned, "What are you doing, Princess?"
Xie Xiang was startled, "Cousin He..."
He Yu ignored her and ordered the palace maids to rescue Wen Xingluo and Wen Yue, and then sent someone to bring cloaks to wrap them up.
Xie Xiang was dissatisfied, pointing at Wen Xingluo and yelling, "It was fine that Cousin He ignored me before, I just thought he treated every woman the same way. But this bitch has only been in the capital for a few days, and you're willing to stand up for her, even at the expense of my dignity! Everyone says Cousin He is a handsome man, could it be that you're also someone who gets tempted by beauty?!"
Wen Yueyin's face was pale and his breathing was rapid.
She thought the visitor was the crown prince, so she deliberately showed weakness in front of Xie Xiang, hoping to arouse his sympathy and care.
Unexpectedly, the person who came was He Yu.
Although He Yu's birth was also noble, it was far inferior to that of the crown prince.
She was angry that He Yu had told her to recognize the wrong person and that she had suffered so much in vain. So she rolled her eyes in disdain, "What a joke! Only an ignorant woman like you would treasure a man like He Yu! My little sister doesn't like him. She was liked by better men when she was in Rongcheng!"
Xie Xiang was stunned.
Wen Xingluo gathered his cloak and looked at Wen Yueyin in the same astonishment.
He Yu's bright and clear face inevitably revealed a hint of embarrassment, but he tried his best to maintain his composure, "I'll send someone to take you back."
"Who asked you to send me off?" Wen Yueyin said angrily, "Men and women shouldn't touch each other. Master He should stay away from us sisters to avoid misunderstandings."
If the news gets out and the Crown Prince misunderstands that she and He Yu have something going on, it will hinder her from becoming the Queen.
She raised her head and walked away.
Wen Xingluo also left.
He Yu watched Wen Xingluo's back disappear at the end of the flower path.
He grew up to be a man of both talent and good looks, and came from a wealthy family. From childhood to adulthood, he was always called "the child of other people's family" by his elders, and there were countless noble ladies and rich girls in Kyoto who liked him.
Unexpectedly, this girl from the southwestern Shu area did not take him seriously.
Her sister said that she was liked by a better man when she was in Chengdu.
But He Yu didn't believe that there was a man better than him in the world.
I guess these two sisters are just showing off their skills. They don't want to be inferior to Xie Xiang.
He laughed at the girl's little thoughts, thinking of Wen Xingluo's composure in the face of danger and her scheming to stand up for her mother at the flower-viewing banquet. Besides being amused, he also became a little curious about this girl.
The capital city is prosperous and full of beauties, but there is no girl like her.
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