On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 486: Sinister and Stupid

Chapter 486: Chapter 486: Sinister and Stupid

Yu Yinglei’s eyes shifted, and she said with lowered gaze, "Is it so impossible to see the Commandery Princess?"

Her voice was soft and weak, sounding quite pitiable.

Miao Zhu gave a dry laugh and leaned forward, "What are you talking about, Princess Xian? I don’t understand. Our Commandery Princess is very busy at the moment and truly has no time to meet with you."

Yu Yinglei’s hand, hidden in her sleeve, moved the concealed hairpin. If Leng Yu Yan, that shrinking turtle, didn’t come out, how could she make her move?

Miao Zhu stood straight again and demanded of the servants nearby, "Why don’t you take her out quickly?"

The servants agreed and began to drag Yu Yinglei toward the main gate.

Yu Yinglei hadn’t expected that Leng Yu Yan’s maid would actually be so rough with her. She struggled and questioned, "You brazen maid, if you won’t even send a message, then why are you handling me, a Princess, like this?"

"Whether you act as a Princess consort or as the Beiliang Princess, it has nothing to do with me. I might be a maid, but not yours; I only obey my own Commandery Princess," Miao Zhu said with a cold laugh, and then sternly told the servants, "Make it quick!"

"Yes!" the servants responded in unison, pulling Yu Yinglei harder as they made their way to the gate.

Yu Yinglei struggled fiercely...

With a clink, the sound of metal hitting the ground rang out crisply.

A golden hairpin fell to the floor.

Yu Yinglei was startled, her complexion taking on an odd look as she tried to recover the hairpin. But she couldn’t, for her arms were being held by the Prince Mansion’s servants.

Seeing this, Miao Zhu hurried over and stepped on the hairpin, asking the servants, "Where did it come from?"

The two servants dragging Yu Yinglei exchanged looks; one of them replied, "The sound seemed to come from Princess Xian’s person, but as we were dragging her, we didn’t see where it fell from."

Miao Zhu looked around and asked further, "Did nobody see it?"

The onlooking servants at the entrance spoke up immediately, "It fell from Princess Xian’s sleeve, this servant saw it with my own eyes."

Immediately, others joined in agreement.

Miao Zhu bent down to pick up the golden hairpin, "Princess Xian, you didn’t wear the golden hairpin in your hair, but hid it in your sleeve. What were you planning to do?"

Yu Yinglei shook her head, "It’s not mine."

Saying this, she didn’t wait to be dragged by the Prince Zhenbei Mansion’s servants, instead quickly running toward the mansion’s gate.

Miao Zhu said to the gatekeeper, "The steward isn’t here, and as a gatekeeper, you have a duty to guard the gate well."

The gatekeeper replied hastily, "It’s just that there were many commoners gathered at the gate earlier, and I allowed her to come in to wait by the gate, not daring to let her go further inside."

"Next time you encounter a visitor you’re unsure about letting into the mansion, have them wait at the gate. After all, it’s the visitor who will be embarrassed."

"Yes, thank you for the guidance, Miss Miao Zhu!"

Miao Zhu nodded, taking the golden hairpin and heading straight for the back courtyard.

Leng Yu Yan and Ye Yiheng had already risen, and the two were having breakfast.

Seeing Miao Zhu return, Leng Yu Yan asked, "What was all the commotion earlier? What happened?"

"Princess Xian was making a fuss about wanting to see the Commandery Princess. Seeing you were still asleep, this servant took the initiative to send her away," Miao Zhu presented a golden hairpin, "This fell from Princess Xian’s sleeve. Commandery Princess, this servant suspects she had ill intentions."

Leng Yu Yan glanced at the hairpin, noting the sharp point, and narrowed her eyes, "It didn’t fall from her head?"

Miao Zhu shook her head, "I checked her head; none of her hairpins were missing. Moreover, just now, many saw the hairpin fall from her sleeve."

"Not from her head, but it dropped from her sleeve," Leng Yu Yan laughed, "Yu Yinglei either is too vicious or too foolishly blatant. She insists on seeing me, and her only purpose is to seize the opportunity to kill me with the hairpin hidden in her sleeve. Plus, she hasn’t lost any hairpins from her head, so she could use this to escape blame."

Trying to kill me in Prince Zhenbei Mansion, does she not measure her own abilities?

Hearing her lady’s analysis, Miao Zhu felt a chill down her spine, "It’s fortunate that I didn’t agree to let her see the Commandery Princess."

Ye Yiheng spoke up, "Since she harbors the intent to kill, failing once means she’ll certainly have other schemes. Yanyan, be careful of her."

Leng Yu Yan nodded, "Rest assured, Your Highness."

"Do you need me to assign some men to protect you?" asked Ye Yiheng.

Leng Yu Yan shook her head, "No need, with my elder brother here and people in the house, it’s enough for Your Highness to be at ease."

Holding the golden hairpin, Miao Zhu asked uneasily, "Commandery Princess, how should we deal with this golden hairpin?"

"If Yu Yinglei has another move, naturally we should ’return’ this hairpin to her," Leng Yu Yan said calmly, "Keep it for now."

"Yes!" Miao Zhu nodded.

After finishing breakfast and seeing Leng Yu Yan study her lessons earnestly, Ye Yiheng went back to the Eastern Palace to deal with official matters.

On the other hand, Yu Yinglei returned to Prince Xian Mansion.

Ye Zhenxian was frantically searching for her throughout the mansion, and when he saw her return, he asked coldly, "I was humiliated last night, and that’s not enough for you? Going to Prince Zhenbei Mansion today, what are you planning?"

Yu Yinglei looked at him with resentment and remained silent.

Ye Zhenxian, burning with rage, grabbed Yu Yinglei’s hair, "Do you think Leng Yu Yan would accept you and get married together with the blind Crown Prince?"

"How can Prince, with your physical imperfections, have the audacity to marry me?" Yu Yinglei said coldly with a laugh, "This is deceiving someone into marriage!"

Unable to suppress his anger anymore, Ye Zhenxian released her hair and gave her a slap across the face.

"For your sake, I spared no expense in searching for a Divine Doctor. Once the Divine Doctor heals my imperfections, you will be duly rewarded. But instead, on our wedding night, you exposed my disgrace, and not just that, you invited all the guests to gawk."

"Being seen is already something you punished me for, what more do you want? Besides, the guests have legs of their own. If they wanted to come to the bridal chamber, could I stop them by myself?" Yu Yinglei raised her voice suddenly and laughed wildly, "I’ve never heard of severed fingers growing back. You are delusional!"

At these words, Ye Zhenxian slapped her again.

Severed fingers—her metaphor was too disrespectful.

"Yu Yinglei, you are now Princess Xian, and you must follow me for life, even if I were an eunuch, you would still be the wife of an eunuch!"

Yu Yinglei covered her face, glaring at him with resentment, "I am a Princess of Beiliang, and you beat me like this, I will remember!"

A cold light flickered in Ye Zhenxian’s eyes before he gently touched her cheek, "Yes, you are a Princess of Beiliang. As long as you obediently play your role as my Princess Consort, I will never treat you unfairly."

Feeling his touch on her cheek, Yu Yinglei felt a wave of nausea but dared not move.

Ye Zhenxian thought she took his words to heart and whispered hoarsely, "In our Tiancheng, there is a Divine Doctor whose medical skills are miraculous. There’s nothing he cannot cure."

Yu Yinglei furrowed her brow, "Do you truly believe the Divine Doctor can help you?"

"Every year, the palace checks the body conditions of the eunuchs. Any with parts regrown would be castrated again. Some eunuchs, without the help of the Divine Doctor, have managed to regrow, why couldn’t I with the help of a Divine Doctor?"

"I have heard of such cases," she murmured, "but those were due to incomplete castrations when they first entered the palace."

Yet what she witnessed of Ye Zhenxian last night had already been burned into her memory.

Ye Zhenxian suddenly asked gently, "The power of Beiliang is waning. No matter what, I am still Tiancheng’s Prince Xian. Do you truly wish to return to Beiliang?"