On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 418 The Truth of the Matter

Chapter 418: Chapter 418 The Truth of the Matter

"Kiss me and I’ll let you go."

His uniquely crisp breath sprayed on her ear, her ears naturally sensitive—just at that, they immediately blushed.

"Yanyan?"

He called out once, his handsome face looming in front of her eyes, his narrow phoenix eyes intently staring at her.

It seemed as if starlight swirled in his deep eyes, and upon closer look, one could find them full of her flustered reflection.

"Yanyan, huh?" He called again.

Leng Yu Yan felt a thunderous sound by her ear, his voice sonorous and pleasing, carrying an inexplicable tenderness that easily made her limbs go limp as if she was losing her strength.

Yet at the moment, she was sitting on his lap, and even though she clearly understood that he was no good, she dared not get too close to him and desperately clung to the edge of the tub, hoping to keep her body further from him.

Even though she knew it was futile, her hands still dared not relax.

"Will you let me go if I kiss you, and will you keep your word?"

She couldn’t care less about blaming him for tricking her into coming here, nor could she bother blaming him for pulling her into the water. At this moment, all she wanted was to quickly escape from here.

"Of course, I’ll keep my word." He smiled.

Leng Yu Yan instinctively held her breath, her body slowly leaning towards him, her lips touching his cheek.

A gentle touch, a touch and then away.

"Is this okay?" she asked, her face blushing, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s.

"Not the cheek, Yanyan, you know where I meant."

Upon hearing this, Leng Yu Yan widened her eyes, staring intently at him; she really wanted to be angry...

But seeing him before her, his facial contours incomparably delicate, his jawline overly smooth—this man, with his exceptional skeletal and skin beauty, wouldn’t it be not too bad if she kissed him?

Leng Yu Yan scolded herself for being weak, as she found herself smitten at this moment.

Had she, who had never been smitten, really fallen for this man?

"Yanyan, if you don’t kiss me, I will kiss you here until the water turns completely cold," Ye Yiheng said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

His voice was gentle and his tone leisurely, yet hearing it made Leng Yu Yan’s heart tighten.

She took a deep breath, her red lips moving towards his thin lips, touching them briefly.

However, unexpectedly, he directly seized the back of her head, domineeringly deepening the kiss...

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The next morning.

Leng Yu Yan curled up in her own quilt, looking at the other quilt beside her, feeling no less embarrassed and annoyed.

Recalling that kiss from last night, her cheeks burned like fire once more.

Such a kiss, so deeply felt, was truly something she had never experienced before.

Because of her embarrassment, last night she had hurriedly rushed out of the bathroom, angrily grabbed a quilt, determined to sleep separately from him.

Whether he was satisfied with the kiss or for some other reason, he agreed very readily.

At this moment, looking at him still in a state of sleep in the other quilt, she really wanted to reach out and fiercely pinch his face, so much for just one kiss to let her go—promises not kept!

At that moment, the door was knocked by Miao Zhu.

"Commandery Princess, Your Highness, someone from the palace is here, saying there is a decree from the Emperor."

Ye Yiheng suddenly opened his eyes, looking at Leng Yu Yan’s blushing face, he said deeply, "Still reminiscing?"

Leng Yu Yan choked immediately, annoyed, she reached out and pounded on his shoulder, before saying to Miao Zhu outside the door after a long while, "We are getting up now."

"Alright, please hurry, Commandery Princess and Your Highness," Miao Zhu instructed the maids to get everything ready.

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan arrived at the main hall of the front courtyard.

In the main hall, Li Yuyue and Ye Jiu were already there.

The person from the palace stepped forward a few steps and respectfully performed a bow.

This person was Eunuch Ma, the new chief steward beside the Emperor. Seeing the Crown Prince and Ninth Princess also at Prince Zhenbei Mansion, he bowed and spoke, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, Ninth Princess, Princely Heir, Commandery Princess, the Emperor has sent a decree."

Ye Yiheng raised his hand, signaling him to continue.

Respectfully, Eunuch Ma said, "The Empress Dowager’s coffin has been in the palace for three months, and His Majesty said it is time to hold the funeral and burial tomorrow."

"We understand," waved Ye Yiheng dismissively.

Eunuch Ma stepped back three paces and bowed before retiring.

After the person from the palace left, Ye Yiheng turned to Ye Jiu, "What exactly caused the Imperial Grandmother’s death?"

Ye Jiu covered her lips as if to cry, but couldn’t hold back and soon leaned on the armrest of her wheelchair, sobbing uncontrollably.

This scene truly terrified the siblings of the Leng Family.

Ye Yiheng frowned and instructed Mo Chen, "Go to Marquis Jiangyang Mansion and ask Princess Heng Yuan and Ji Qingyu to come here."

To clarify the truth, they still needed to question the mother and son, Ye Yuan and Ji Qingyu.

Over an hour later, Ye Yuan and Ji Qingyu arrived at the guest house of Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

Ye Yiheng saw them arrive, raised his hand to let them sit, "Aunt, the Imperial Grandmother’s burial is tomorrow, and I have some doubts I’d like your help to clarify."

At this moment, Ye Jiu was still emotionally unstable, no longer sobbing loudly, merely occasionally sniffling.

Ye Yuan squeezed her interlocked fingers, looked around the room, which contained the Leng siblings, her and her son, and the siblings Ah Heng and Ye Jiu; since it was all family, she began to speak.

"That day, Ye Zhenxian went to the Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager, who seemed to be unwell and was resting in her room. Ah Jiu, being filial, also went to visit. Ye Zhenxian somehow conceived a vile idea to make a move on Ah Jiu."

Hearing this, Ye Jiu began to sob once more, took a while to compose herself and then said, "Aunt, let me narrate it."

"That day, the Empress Dowager said she was feeling unwell and asked me to keep her company. When I got there, my second brother had not yet arrived; the nanny told me the Empress Dowager was still resting, so I waited."

"After a while, my second brother came. Seeing I was sitting in a wheelchair and couldn’t walk, he reached out to touch my face, but I turned my head away. Then, disgusting words spilled out from his mouth..."

Ye Jiu continued, her eyes vacant as she recalled the painful memories...

Ye Zhenxian scoffed, "With your pretty face, no man under heaven desires you, and you’ve grown into an old maid, Ah Jiu, are you still waiting for Li Yuyue?"

As he spoke, he reached out his hand again.

Disgust rose in Ye Jiu’s heart, and she turned her head away to avoid his touch, gripping the wheelchair’s armrests tightly as her voice trembled, "Ye Zhenxian, I’m your sister, act like a human being!"

Ye Zhenxian laughed out loud sinisterly, "Act like a human? Damnit, I’m not even a man anymore; how can I act like one?"

As he laughed coldly, a chill brooded in his eyes, "Ah Jiu, you clearly know how our eldest brother died. Now you still have the audacity to be the favorite princess of Father Emperor in the palace, do you know how miserable our brother born from the same mother lies beneath the ground?"

Ye Jiu mobilized her wheelchair, but Ye Zhenxian grabbed it, spun it around fiercely, and said menacingly, "A woman like you should be toyed with, then tossed into a brothel."

While speaking, his hand reached out again.

Ye Jiu, gathering strength from nowhere, slapped his face.

Ye Zhenxian, ears ringing from the slap, backhanded Ye Jiu twice, cursing, "Damn woman, in this world only the Empress Dowager and our mother are women I can’t touch; what other women are untouchable for me?"

At that moment, the Empress Dowager came out from the inner room, heard his words, and her eyes rolled back as she fainted.