Chapter 261 My heart aches for her.
Gu Shuyan was unwilling to explain further about Li Yingxue's matter, and she was even less willing to mention Chunxiang.
"Perhaps Mother is overthinking it."
Gu Shuyan didn't want to talk about it, so Ji Shi naturally wouldn't make things difficult for her. However, Ji Shi still had some doubts about what happened today.
After Chunxiang was released from the woodshed, she did not go straight back to her own courtyard, but waited outside the small courtyard she had just been in.
After comforting Li Yingxue, the Crown Prince immediately saw Chunxiang, who had a calm expression.
"Yan'er, why didn't you go back?"
The Crown Prince knew that he had misunderstood Chunxiang, so his tone naturally became gentler.
"I have come to bid farewell to Your Highness."
As Chunxiang spoke, she knelt on the ground, her expression showing not a trace of grievance but rather a hint of determination.
The crown prince panicked and hurriedly asked, "Taking leave? Where are you going?"
"Go where I belong! I am eternally grateful for Your Highness's rescue of me, but living here, I fear I wouldn't even know how I died. So Your Highness, please let me leave!"
As Chunxiang spoke, she kowtowed to the Crown Prince. Upon seeing this, the Crown Prince quickly helped her up and held her in his arms, saying, "I will not allow you to leave."
Chunxiang looked reluctant, letting the Crown Prince hug her for a moment, but still painfully pushed him away.
"I am just a commoner, and I am already grateful to have your favor for so long. But I can hardly survive in this life of intrigue and scheming. Please do not make things difficult for me."
As Chunxiang spoke, she turned her head and began to wipe away tears.
When the Crown Prince saw this, he felt even more heartbroken. Thinking that he had been misled by the Crown Princess and almost harmed the lovely woman in front of him, he felt a bit more resentful towards the Crown Princess.
"My darling! How could I bear to see you die? Today I was blinded and wronged you. From now on in the Crown Prince's residence, how about you be treated the same as a concubine?"
"You know that's not what I want!"
Even when faced with such a promise from the Crown Prince, Chunxiang remained unmoved, which only made the Crown Prince favor her even more.
Everyone knows that the women who are with him are all after his status, but Yan'er is the only one he met when he was down on his luck. At that time, she didn't know his identity, so naturally her feelings for him were different.
In the Crown Prince's heart, Chunhyang was the only one who loved him, little did he know that their very first encounter was a scheme orchestrated by someone else.
In the end, Chunxiang stayed after the Crown Prince's strong persuasion. When Li Yingxue learned that she had suffered for someone else's sake, she was furious.
"Miss, do you think the Crown Princess and Li Yingxue will be so angry that they'll vomit blood when they find out they were tricked by you?"
Pearl chuckled as she combed Gu Shuyan's hair.
I don't know if I'll vomit blood, but I'll definitely be incredibly depressed!
Upon hearing this, Mingyu added from the side, "It's all because they're so greedy and scheming against others, especially the Crown Princess. Miss has no grudge against her, yet she still wants to ruin Miss's reputation. It's utterly despicable."
Why the Crown Princess would frame her was something that not only Pearl and Mingyu couldn't understand, but even Gu Shuyan herself couldn't understand.
If the other party insists on labeling her as someone who brings bad luck to her husband, then she really has nothing to say.
"Miss, can you handle Chunxiang?"
Although Chunxiang was quite reliable today and did exactly as Gu Shuyan instructed, no one can guarantee that she will be so obedient in the future.
"Don't worry! With Brother Xu there, the girl will definitely behave herself."
Mingyu answered, but felt inexplicably irritated.
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