Chapter 88 Weird
As for why Zi Su only realized that the Ninth Prince loved her until her death, it was entirely due to the Ninth Prince's own reasons.
Because the Ninth Prince is too mean
"What are you doing there? All you do is talk every day. Why don't you talk to me? Come here and serve me." The ninth prince looked jealous, but refused to say a good word.
I don’t know who the Ninth Prince learned this duplicity from.
Wen Yingxue and Nie Chubai saluted the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince nodded, then said to Nie Chubai, "Why are you here? You've already given her to me, don't even think about taking her back."
"You think too much." Nie Chubai said.
Zi Su pouted and secretly approached Nie Chubai and said, "Master, let's make a deal. Take me back! He is the most annoying person. He has a vicious mouth. I want to strangle him to death every day."
Nie Chubai said: "No, he is the prince. Killing him means exterminating all nine clans, and I am also one of them."
"Master!" Zi Su's eyes were filled with tears.
"Do you think I don't exist? I heard everything you said." Then Zi Su was pulled away by the Ninth Prince.
"I told you to come over, and you still say that. Don't you take me seriously? You are not allowed to eat later." The Ninth Prince's face became even more sour.
Zi Su looked at Wen Yingxue and Nie Chubai, hoping that they could save her, but unfortunately no one tried to keep her in the end.
"I don't know what's wrong with the Ninth Prince's mouth. No wonder Zi Su doesn't think the Ninth Prince likes her at all." Wen Yingxue said to Nie Chubai.
Nie Chubai held her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry about Zi Su for now. The show is about to begin. Take care of yourself."
Wen Yingxue turned around and saw that the fifth prince, the seventh princess, the eighth prince and others had all arrived.
The current emperor has six sons and four daughters. Except for the eldest princess who has married far away, all the other princes and princesses have arrived.
Wen Yingxue saw that the second and third princes were almost thirty years old, while the fourth princess and the fifth prince were only around twenty years old.
I heard that the emperor had been depressed since the death of the late queen, and it was not until ten years later that princes and princesses were born in the palace.
The second prince had no ambition to be emperor and only wanted to be a leisurely prince. The third prince loved books the most and being emperor did not meet his requirements.
Therefore, among the adult princes, only the fifth prince, the sixth prince and the eighth prince were competing for the throne.
The fifth prince is proficient in both civil and military affairs, and the eighth prince is good at networking and has a good reputation.
As for the Sixth Prince, he was a typical example of a strong-limbed but simple-minded person. He had incredible martial arts skills, but not much in the way of intelligence. He was unfit to be an emperor.
As for the ninth prince, he is a peculiar one. He loves money and started doing business when he was eight or nine years old. Now his private treasury has so much money that it can fill two national treasuries.
But he is very stingy. No one can get a copper coin from him. He also likes to haggle over every penny, so people nicknamed him the miser.
Therefore, the fifth prince and the sixth prince both liked to deal with the ninth prince, hoping to get financial help from him after they ascended the throne.
The eighth prince stayed away from the ninth prince because he had no money.
"Oh, all the brothers and sisters are here? Come in, come in. Have you brought the gifts? Don't try to get rid of me with something worthless." The first thing the Ninth Prince said when he saw people was to ask for gifts.
But seeing how calm the princes were in the face of the crisis, it seems this is not the first time.
"Ninth brother, you still love money like your life as before." The Tenth Princess, the emperor's youngest daughter said contemptuously.
"Well, wealth is my life. Hurry up and give me your life. If you have it, I will let you in. If you don't have it, please leave." The ninth prince said without any politeness.
The Tenth Princess curled her lips, pinched her waist and walked to the Ninth Prince, raised her chin, and immediately someone handed her a sword made of pure gold, which was covered with gems.
"Oh! The things sent by my tenth sister are very good. Please come in, please come in. Someone please serve the wine and food quickly and treat us well. If you neglect my tenth sister, I will definitely skin you alive." The ninth prince's face changed immediately. He picked up the golden sword and looked at it up and down with great love.
The rapid change of expression left Wen Yingxue dumbfounded.
The Ninth Prince stood at the door like a protection fee collector, while the princes and princesses paid the protection fees one by one.
Wen Yingxue pulled Nie Chubai and asked, "Is the Ninth Prince always like this?"
Nie Chubai nodded.
It was really eye-opening. Wen Yingxue had always thought that the Ninth Prince described in the book was already very weird, but she didn't expect that after seeing him in person, she would find that he was even weirder.
Finally, the protection fee was collected. The Ninth Prince ran over happily and sat in the seat at the head.
"Thank you all for coming to my birthday party. Enjoy your meal and don't be polite to me." The Ninth Prince said to everyone with a grin that showed his teeth.
While they were eating, the Fifth Prince suddenly said, "I suppose this must be General Nie's wife?"
As soon as the Fifth Prince finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Nie Chubai and Wen Yingxue.
Wen Yingxue stood up, bowed and nodded in response.
The Fifth Prince sized up Wen Yingxue with his eagle eyes. He then sneered and said to Nie Chubai, "Nie Chubai, after all your careful selection, you chose such a vicious woman as your wife?"
Nie Chubai looked at the Fifth Prince coldly and said, "I don't know what you are talking about, Fifth Prince. My wife is the most respectful to the elderly and loving to the young. She is beautiful and kind-hearted."
These words, coming from Nie Chubai's mouth, made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"She respects the old and loves the young? She is beautiful and kind-hearted? Nie Chubai, are you blind? A few days ago, Lord Zhang submitted a memorial to my father, saying that she killed her biological mother. Is this respecting the old and loving the young? She is beautiful and kind-hearted?" The fifth prince pretended to be surprised.
"Fifth Prince, I think you don't know yet, but my wife has already left the Wen family with my mother-in-law. That Zhang is not her legal mother."
"Then killing is wrong."
Wen Yingxue suddenly sat down on a chair, tears welling up in her eyes, as if she had been severely bullied. She cried, "Fifth Prince, you are so wise and brave, how could you listen to rumors from outsiders?
That Zhang has been mean to us sisters since we were young. Some time ago, in order to curry favor with the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, she even wanted to send me to be a concubine.
The emperor arranged a marriage between me and the general. Zhang was not satisfied with my good marriage and even designed a scheme to clear my name. In the end, it was my general who saved me from danger.
Because the general took such good care of me, Zhang Shi couldn't stand me even more. He even colluded with bandits to kill me and my mother while we were watching the dragon boat race on the Dragon Boat Festival.
If my general had not sent people to protect me early in the morning, my aunt and I would have had very tall graves.
After I married the general, Zhang began to torture my mother, not letting her eat or drink enough, and even poisoned him.
Fifth Prince, why can't I kill Zhang? Should I let her live in this world and harm me again and again? "
Many people came to celebrate the Ninth Prince's birthday, including officials from the court and most of the important people.
After hearing Wen Yingxue's words, everyone's eyes turned to the Zhang and Wen families.
The Fifth Prince narrowed his eyes and looked at Wen Yingxue coldly: "What a clever and shrewd mouth you have!"
Nie Chubai stood up, shielding Wen Yingxue behind him, and said to the Fifth Prince, "Thank you for the compliment, Fifth Prince."
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