NOVEL NEXT Chapter 43:
Ning Hai also started to inquire about it, and he quickly replied: "Master Gu is very cold towards Princess Chengyi's overtures... Mrs. Gu, on the other hand, is very moved. Master Gu is not in the capital, so he doesn't know about it yet."
There was silence all around. Xiao Junzhan stood for a long time and said with an indifferent expression: "According to a solitary decree, Qi Yuxiao drove his horse in the street to disturb the people, acted tyrannically, refused to change despite repeated admonitions, and deprived the princess of her title."
“…” Ning Hai was silent and said cautiously: “Your Highness, Princess Chengyi was personally granted the title of Princess Changle by His Majesty. Princess Changle’s temperament…”
Although she is over thirty, your majesty's eldest daughter's reputation as a domineering daughter in the capital shows no signs of fading away. How can she accept the fact that her daughter's title of princess was revoked by her younger brother.
"So what?" Xiao Junzhan's tone became more and more calm: "When delivering an order, no matter who is dissatisfied, you just slap him without worrying about anything else."
Ning Hai suddenly realized that His Highness had made up his mind to say this, and he couldn't help but feel for Cheng Yi... he lit a piece of white wax for Qi Yuxiao.
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The oral order was issued quickly.
After lunch, Wei Hanzhang was still having tea with Mr. Jiang and chatting with him, when news came to the house.
Hearing that yesterday's arrogant and domineering Princess Chengyi even had her title taken away, not only Jiang felt relieved, but Wei Hanzhang was also very happy.
Sure enough, looking at the behavior of Princess Chengyi, it is not a good thing. If a person is too arrogant, he will always suffer. Even if he is a direct niece, what if he is demoted?
"If such a happy event had come earlier, I would have eaten half a bowl of rice more." Jiang said with a smile: "Miss Qi actually dared to be dissatisfied with His Highness's decree. This time she was humiliated in public. Look at her. You still have the nerve to come out and pick a fight.”
She looked at the red marks on the young girl's face and said pitifully: "My Ran Ran was almost disfigured by her, but now it counts..."
Having said this, Jiang held it back and sneered and said nothing more.
Wei Hanzhang made a remark in his heart for his mother, and now it counts as retribution.
Both mother and daughter were puzzled. Yesterday, His Highness the Crown Prince gave his niece a whip as a hairpin gift, but today he even stripped her of her title.
After pondering this doubt for a while, Wei Hanzhang put it behind him.
No matter what he was doing, she was not someone who repaid evil with kindness. She was happy when Qi Yuxiao was unlucky.
Leaving Jiang's Jingya Hall, Wei Hanzhang walked briskly to the next door.
When Xiao Junzhan entered the door, he had a relaxed smile on his face. When he saw it, Xiao Junzhan couldn't help but curiously asked: "What happy event happened to you?"
“I just heard good news. There is a person I don’t like who is very unlucky...”
Having said this, Wei Hanzhang suddenly remembered that this man could be regarded as Qi Yuxiao's uncle, so he asked again: "You are a descendant of the clan, are you familiar with Qi Yuxiao?"
Xiao Junzhan was startled and said, "I met him a few times during the Chinese New Year."
"Aren't you curious where the injury on my face came from? She did it." Wei Hanzhang was in a good mood and talked more. He hummed: "Yesterday, she used her status as princess to suppress me. You want me to kneel down, but I didn’t expect my account to be stripped off today.”
Xiao Junzhan didn’t know that there was such a detail, so the smile in his eyes gradually faded: “Are you kneeling?”
“No!” Wei Hanzhang said: “It’s okay if everyone kneels down together, but she is deliberately bullying others and wants to humiliate me in front of so many people, so I won’t kneel down.”
“We are all not allowed to kneel,” Xiao Junzhan said softly, “Ran Ran, no matter who you are, you are not allowed to kneel.”
“…” Wei Hanzhang glanced at him inexplicably and said, “How come you, a prince, have such a loud tone?”
Even if she becomes a first-grade wife in the future, she will still have to kneel down and worship the queen.
In an era where imperial power is supreme, one must reach the highest position in order to be able to kneel to no one...
Xiao Junzhan smiled again when she looked at him, and for a moment, he really wanted to confess his identity to her.
She was timid again, not knowing how she would react... Wei Hanzhang was not aware of the hesitations of the people around him. She propped up her elbows to support her chin, and suddenly asked out of curiosity: "Xiao Boqian, have you seen the prince?"
Xiao Junzhan was slightly startled and said, "What?"
"That's the prince, he is Qi Yuxiao's biological uncle," Wei Hanzhang whispered: "You don't know yet, right at lunch time, the prince issued an order to strip off all the titles of Princess Qi Yuxiao, and also returned Let the chamberlain slap you ten times.”
“…I heard it,” Xiao Junzhan lowered his eyes and looked at the red mark on her vivid little face, and said, “The punishment is too light, she should be allowed to kneel for another day.”
This indifferent tone made Wei Hanzhang choke. After all, Qi Yuxiao was the only daughter of the eldest princess. I didn't understand where he had the confidence to say that he would make people kneel for a whole day.
However, she was even more curious about the rumored prince. What kind of person would it take for Xiao Boqian, who seemed to have no regard for anything, to run errands for him?
While I was concentrating on my thoughts, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall.
Looking from the window, it was one of the two maids guarding the courtyard door. She bowed to Ning Hai, whispered a few words to him and then stepped back.
There was a knock on the door of the study, and Ning Hai bowed and walked in, sweating profusely, and said: "Miss Wei, your maid has come to call you back. It's because the young master of the Gu family is here."
After the words fell, the huge room fell silent.
Wei Hanzhang noticed that the atmosphere was strange. She paused and then stood up when she was stopped by the man opposite.
Xiao Junzhan called out softly: "Ran Ran."
Wei Hanzhang said: "...What?"
"Really want to see him?" Under the shadow of the window edge, Xiao Junzhan's face was a little blurry, and his tone was very calm: "The injury on your face is because of him."
Wei Hanzhang was startled. He didn't expect that he even knew this.
"I must go. If I don't go out, Yunran will definitely break into my yard because of his temper."
She couldn't let people know that she was not at home, but in the other courtyard of Prince Yan's Mansion separated by a wall.
Wei Hanzhang said: "As for the injury on his face, it's actually not his fault."
Her temperament is indeed not very considerate, but she does not have a temper that makes people angry without reason.
I can imagine that if Gu Yunran is really interested in Qi Yuxiao, then why should she hate herself so much.
It must have been that he didn't get any good looks from Gu Yunran, so he was so targeted yesterday.
She was thoughtful, but she didn't know that Xiao Junzhan had already become angry because of her "understanding" towards other men.
The atmosphere was silent for a long time. Xiao Junzhan raised his eyes to look at her and whispered: "It's okay to go, but Ran Ran, don't let him shake hands again."
Wei Hanzhang's expression was slightly stagnant, and then he realized the unhappiness of the man in front of him.
He... cares, and cares very much.
That's right. He has never concealed his feelings. He agreed to save the Jiang family because he wanted to sell her a personal favor. No one in the world would want his sweetheart to meet another man.
It's better to go see Gu Yunran who is discussing marriage with her.
(End of this chapter)