Chapter 223: Encountering an Affair
...I just thought this maid was strange. She kept following me around like I was guarding against thieves. So it was you, Princess, who ordered this."
Under the other party's series of questioning, the princess was speechless. Looking at the box in Chen Chen's hand, which was indeed filled with Shenshui incense, she also realized that she might have overthought it. She immediately reached out to pull Chen Chen.
But before he could pull it, Shen Chen took a step back and said, "Since the princess is worried about me, I'll just leave."
After saying that, he walked out of the princess's mansion without looking back.
The princess' chest heaved with anger. She turned and glared at the kneeling maid with a look of resentment. "You're more trouble than help. You can't even keep an eye on anyone, and now you've made the Prince Consort angry, and now you're taking it out on me! Drag her away and sell her off."
The maid was so frightened that she was shaking all over and her words were incoherent. "Princess...Princess, please don't sell me. I know I was wrong. I will serve you well in the future. Please don't sell me."
Seeing her pleading, the princess not only did not get angry or show pity, but kicked her hard.
"waste."
The maid was kicked directly in the heart, and she curled up in pain like a shrimp.
Everyone around looked at her with pity, and some simply turned their heads away. The maid was quickly dragged away, and from a distance, she could still hear her shrill cries, which continued non-stop.
After the princess rested, a servant came to report to her that the prince consort had left.
Yes, I left.
"What!" She was so angry that she pushed everything around her to the ground, and the teacups were broken all over the floor.
"Princess, please calm down... The Prince Consort said there's no point in staying here, so he left first."
The person who answered lowered his head and dared not look. The fate of the maid just now was still vivid in his mind. Now no one dared to offend the princess, who was like a big Buddha, for fear of bringing about fatal disaster.
"Never mind, let's go back." The princess waved her hand somewhat disinterestedly. She was tired. Her attempts to please her husband were met with rebuff, which was enough to make her feel bad. Since she felt bad, she naturally needed something else to make up for it.
"Go, call the opera troupe to come to the mansion and tell them that I'm in a bad mood and want to listen to some music."
"yes."
When Shen Chen was halfway there, he suddenly realized that something was missing from his waist. He looked down with an ugly expression, and frantically searched for a while before he saw that his purse was missing.
"It's just a purse, why are you so anxious?" asked the servant in confusion.
Chen Chen glared at him fiercely, "This is something Mei'er embroidered for me personally. It's not just an ordinary purse. Forget it, let's go back to the princess's mansion. I want to find the purse myself."
Naturally, other people had no objections.
In the princess's mansion, three rounds of wine were served.
The eldest princess's cheeks were flushed. She was actually quite pretty and had been a very charming woman when she was young. However, due to her cruel temper, her beautiful features were diminished by three points.
"Why are you frowning, Princess?" The leading actress of the opera troupe, dressed in white, with no gaudy makeup on her face and her black hair loose, slowly walked to the side of the princess, raised her hand and gently touched her forehead. The two of them were so intimate, as if they were even closer than an ordinary couple.
"Why?" The princess smiled. "Seeing you is good. Baiye, you must have missed me."
The young man called Baiye has picturesque eyebrows and eyes, but he has a feminine appearance and a bit of femininity. His delicate facial features are so charming that anyone can only look at him.
His voice was pleasant, like the sound of jade. "Princess, I don't deserve your words. Your status is so high that I dare not even dream of it."
His words aroused the princess's dissatisfaction. She raised her hand, grabbed Bai Ye's hand, and then leaned it against her chest.
"Listen, I have a heartbeat too, and I am also an ordinary woman." Her eyes were misty, as if covered with fog, and her lips were slightly open, as if inviting people to come and taste her.
Bai Ye's expression remained unchanged. He smiled faintly and let her hold his hand and do whatever she wanted, but his eyes were clear.
"Princess, are you treating me like an ordinary woman? I dare not."
"Bai Ye, I miss you."
At this point, the people around him lowered their heads in thought, and some even simply retreated.
Bai Ye's visit to the Princess's residence was already a common occurrence, but the Princess had forbidden her subordinates to mention this matter. A wise person would say the less they knew, the better. Besides, the Princess's moods were unpredictable, and who knew when she might lose her life.
Baiye stretched out his hand to pinch the princess' waist, and said seductively, "Princess, since I have invited you, Baiye will obey. But..."
He didn't continue. The princess's eyelashes trembled, as if she was dissatisfied with his stopping. She stretched out a finger and poked his chest, "But what? Tell me, what else can't you say?"
"Business has been bad for the Baixi Troupe recently. The owner said if things continue like this, they'll disband. Bai Ye couldn't bear to see his fellow troupes end up living on the streets."
Smart people don't need to say everything. The princess suddenly chuckled, "What's so difficult about this? I'll have someone send some money later to temporarily relieve your worries. As long as you're by my side, Baiye, I'll guarantee the prosperity and wealth of the Baixi Opera Troupe for the rest of their lives."
Bai Ye didn't say much, just leaned over and gave her a kiss.
"Thank you, Princess."
They separated at the first touch, and the princess's face was full of greed as she reached out to pull them apart.
The door was kicked open with a bang.
"Okay, Princess, I left as soon as you dared to send someone to the mansion for a secret meeting! What do you think of my Shen family?"
Chen Chen's furious voice came from outside. The princess's hand that was reaching out to peel Bai Ye's clothes froze, and she looked towards the door in disbelief. Bai Ye's eyes were slightly cold, and he reached out to pull up his clothes and looked at them together.
"You, you left, didn't you?"
Chen Chen laughed in anger, "If I hadn't left something behind, I wouldn't have seen what you two dogs and bitches are up to! Since the princess has someone she likes, and she brought him to the princess's mansion, why don't I ask the emperor to allow us to divorce? I don't mind who the princess chooses to be with in the future."
"You, you misunderstood! How could I like an actor? I just invited them to perform to entertain me."
The princess pushed aside the blinds, a hint of reluctance flashed in her eyes, but she still coldly distanced herself from the matter.
"Just an actor?" Chen Chen obviously didn't believe it. Just now when he pushed open the door, the princess was leaning against the actor. She said there was nothing between them. Did she think he was a blind bastard?
"Since you said it has nothing to do with him and he's just an actor, then I will kill him with one sword! To prove the princess's innocence!" After Shen Chen finished speaking, with a "clang" sound, the sharp blade was unsheathed, and the long sword flashed with a cold color.
Chen Chen took a few steps forward and immediately placed the sword on Bai Ye's neck. As the blade penetrated the flesh, blood soon flowed down the wound.
Bai Ye smiled with a calm expression, as if he was not the one injured. Instead, he stretched his neck forward.
"You, what are you doing!" The princess didn't expect everything to change so quickly. Seeing that Chen Chen actually wanted to kill Bai Ye, she immediately panicked.
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