My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 103: Little Baozi is Kidnapped

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Little Baozi is Kidnapped

"Princess Consort, we can all testify."

Ziyi and Ziwu stepped forward, speaking urgently.

Yan Lian almost wished he could raise three fingers and swear an oath.

"Eighth Princess, the eighth brother had nothing to do with Liu Shuxin, and he would never harm you."

But faced with these explanations, Chu Baihan simply responded calmly with an "Oh."

"You still won’t forgive me? Look, what is this?"

Yan Lin reached out, pulling Chu Baihan back, and he also took out a jade pendant from his clothes.

"This is the jade pendant you gave me many years ago. I’ve investigated thoroughly. Liu Shuxin isn’t that girl; you are! I..."

"It’s just a jade pendant. If Prince Lin likes to keep it, then keep it,"

Chu Baihan lowered her eyes and glanced at the jade pendant, speaking emotionlessly, with not a trace of movement in her eyes.

Yan Lin clenched the jade pendant tightly, his heart aching severely.

"I said, back then I really didn’t know..."

Taking a deep breath, he tried to explain again.

But Chu Baihan interrupted him once more, "If saying that meeting you in secret and plotting to kill me was Liu Shuxin’s idea, was pretending your eyesight hadn’t recovered also Liu Shuxin’s idea?"

This time, Chu Baihan’s gaze at him was full of irony.

She realized, even though she now knew the truth that he hadn’t sent anyone to kill her back then, her heart could not return to how it was before.

Because her many sufferings had started from meeting him.

"I..."

Yan Lin’s heart trembled, she even knew about this.

He opened his mouth, wanting to explain that he had been too afraid she would leave, so he had always hidden the fact that his eyes were almost healed.

"Do you know that, before my accident, what weighed on my mind was still your eyesight? I was so afraid that you would not recover, that you would live in darkness all your life. But you told everyone else that you could see, keeping only me in the dark. Yan Lin, once hurt is done, it is something that nothing you do can ever repair!"

"Also, don’t bother pretending to be affectionate with me, you already have children, another woman. Just live your life well."

After saying these words indifferently, Chu Baihan unhesitatingly pulled her hand from his grasp and then turned and boarded the carriage.

"Let’s go." She ordered Wuji.

Wuji and the others glared disdainfully at Yan Lin and then swiftly drove the carriage away.

No matter what he said, he is just not worthy of their princess!

Watching the departing carriage bearing Chu Baihan, Yan Lin clutched his chest and suddenly spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Eighth, eighth brother!"

"Quick, call the Imperial Physician!"

Yan Lian spoke in panic.

But Yan Lin shook his head, then spoke wearily, "No need, I am aware of my own body."

"Eighth brother, eighth sister-in-law, she..." Yan Lian’s eyes reddened, and his tone was somewhat aggrieved.

But Yan Lin calmly shook his head. He lowered his gaze, hiding the loneliness in his eyes, "I am the one to blame. She has every right to hate me."

In the carriage.

Ruolan and Nan Xing looked at Chu Baihan with concerned eyes several times.

"Don’t you think that just because I’m a princess, I will be sad?" Chu Baihan scanned them with a sideways glance.

Caught in their thoughts, Ruolan scratched her head and muttered, "This servant is just afraid that you, Princess, won’t be able to let go."

After all, back then, Princess really cared about the Prince.

"With time, people’s hearts change."

Chu Baihan said calmly, then she drew aside the carriage curtain and took a glance outside.

Tile-roofed red walls, the floor tiles stretching endlessly...

Leaving this Imperial Palace again, her mood was surprisingly calm, without even a ripple.

Just as her mother had said, if a city wounds you too deeply, you cannot muster any feelings of joy or sorrow.

Her mother back then...

Is it the same?

"Princess Consort?" Seeing her lost in thought, Ruolan anxiously called out to her.

"It’s nothing," Chu Baihan retracted her gaze and let the curtain fall, speaking softly, "From now on, we have nothing to do with the Prince Residence."

"It’s better to completely sever ties with the Prince Residence. There are so many good men in the world, each better than him, especially the Tang Sect Master..."

"Nan Xing!" Chu Baihan scolded in a low voice.

It was only then that Nan Xing realized she had spoken out of turn and quickly covered her mouth.

Nowadays, the Tang Sect was a topic that could not be mentioned among the nations.

If overheard by others, it would not bode well for Nanduan Kingdom and could also affect the Tang Sect.

Nan Xing apologized in a lowered voice, "Princess, this servant knows her mistake and will be cautious with her words and actions in the future."

But as she turned to exchange a look with Ruolan, the same thought flashed through their minds simultaneously.

That was—

Under the heavens, the only one worthy of the Princess Consort is the Tang Sect Master!

Unfortunately...

Alas, who knows when the Princess Consort will be willing to open her heart to him.

"Princess Consort, this time Chu Hesheng and his lot will surely face a catastrophe, but all these matters involve the Crown Prince. Do you think the Crown Prince might step in to stop us?"

Ruolan suddenly remembered this issue and asked with concern.

That Crown Prince, cunning and ruthless, if he intervenes, there is bound to be uncertainty.

"Do you really think that just with that poison we can prevent him from intervening today?" Chu Baihan raised an eyebrow, her question implying deeper meaning.

Ruolan and Nan Xing didn’t quite understand her, only able to shake their heads.

"A man who has held the position of the Crown Prince for years is not threatened merely by poison. Despite the Emperor’s men checking, the money Liu Cheng has hidden has likely been moved long ago, I fear even Liu Cheng himself doesn’t know where it has gone..."

The Crown Prince will definitely clear himself and suffer no loss whatsoever,

Chu Baihan said with a cold laugh.

"Princess Consort, you mean to say..."

"In this chess game, if I make one move, Yan Xiao will surely make three. I can only try to cunningly move half a step faster but still lag behind him. He must have predicted that I would strike at Chu Hesheng and Liu Cheng, and his not intervening is because he wants to use my hand to eliminate these two."

Chu Baihan continued.

"Aren’t Chu Hesheng and Liu Cheng his close aides? Why would he sacrifice them?" Ruolan was even more confused.

"The Crown Prince and Yan Lin are not the Emperor’s close aides in the same way, but how does the Emperor treat them? For some masters of close aides who harbor suspicion, it’s better not to have those aides. Over the years, Chu Hesheng and Liu Cheng have indeed helped Yan Xiao quite a bit, but the more they helped, the more leverage gained against them..."

Chu Baihan picked up a cup of hot tea from the table, took a sip, and replied calmly and unhurriedly.

From the moment Yan Xiao revealed he knew her identity...

She knew she could be a player in the game, and so could he.

"He probably knew of my connection with Nanduan Kingdom even when I was still the legitimate daughter of the Chu Family, so... he calculated every step," Chu Baihan said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Ruolan and Nan Xing swallowed hard.

Such a formidable enemy, how could they possibly contend with him?

"He may be the Crown Prince of Yan Country, but have you forgotten? Our Nanduan Kingdom also has a Crown Prince. My royal brother is no less than him. I should just focus on matters on the battlefield; with the royal brother overseeing, two nations clashing, he’s watching."

Chu Baihan raised an eyebrow, her tone was light.

Talking about her royal brother gave her a sense of reassurance.

Ruolan and Nan Xing nodded along.

Indeed, with the Crown Prince, there was no need to boost others’ morale and destroy our own prestige.

"By the way, Wuji, did you arrange for Xixi to be escorted out of the capital?" Chu Baihan remembered this matter and asked sternly.

"Reporting to the Princess Consort, when the city gates were less guarded this morning, my subordinate already sent people to escort the young master out,"

Wuji, who was driving the carriage, promptly replied.

But as their carriage approached the Princess Residence, Wuming rode up on a horse to report.

"Princess Consort, there’s been an incident. The Prince Residence dispatched many skilled men and kidnapped the young master in broad daylight."