On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness -
Chapter 490: Can’t Outplay Him
Chapter 490: Chapter 490: Can’t Outplay Him
Lai Xuan went on endlessly, "Those two women are no different from madwomen; in fact, they are madwomen! Lai Manting tore off a piece of Li Lu’s scalp as big as half a palm—I saw it with my own eyes, and the hair on that scalp was still there. Li Lu fought back, scratching Lai Manting’s face until it was a bloody mess. You should know that Lai Manting’s face is hard to heal in the first place. With such scratching... tsk tsk..."
Lai Jiajia handed him a cup of water considerately, "Little brother, moisten your throat and take your time. To think I missed such an exciting scene."
Lai Xuan nodded, took the cup, and drank a big gulp.
After wiping his mouth with his sleeve and seeing that the Ninth Princess was listening intently, the Princely Heir, who was usually stern, relaxed significantly. Lai Xuan then let loose, gesticulating wildly as he described, "Great-Uncle fainted from anger, the scene was just too crazy..."
"In the end, the Old Lady had Lai Hao go look for the Divine Doctor, hoping to cure both Lai Manting’s face and Li Lu’s scalp." Saying this, Lai Xuan finished the water in the cup in one breath.
"How did they end up fighting like this?" Lai Yuyue, who hadn’t spoken until now, finally couldn’t help but ask.
He had never known that when women fought, they could be so vicious.
"Brother Lai doesn’t know..." Having said much, Lai Xuan felt much closer to the main family of Prince Zhenbei Mansion, and so he reverted to the familiar form of address, "Those two women are usually pretentious and crooked-minded. Today they just showed their true nature."
"That’s exactly right," Lai Jiajia agreed.
Leng Yu Yan shook her head; without having to lift a finger herself, Lai Manting and Li Lu had already come to blows. The Old Lady was indeed lucid, actually thinking of seeking a Divine Doctor.
With this thought, she asked, "Wasn’t it said that the Old Lady was a bit crazy?"
"Not really that crazy, she just occasionally goes mad at night," Lai Jiajia leaned closer to Leng Yu Yan’s ear and lowered her voice, "She says she saw sister’s birth mother."
"Others in the mansion haven’t seen her, only she has, so people say the Old Lady is crazy. Other times she’s clear-headed," added Lai Xuan.
"May I ask a question that I shouldn’t?" Ye Jiu was just too curious.
Everyone turned to look at her and nodded for her to speak.
"I understand why Ah Yan refers to Madam Lai as the ’Old Lady,’ " Ye Jiu looked at Lai Jiajia and Lai Xuan, "but why do you siblings also do that?"
In her view, Leng Yu Yan had once been persecuted by Madam Lai, so it made sense for her to refer to her that way.
But did these siblings from the second branch of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion also refer to her as such to get close to Ah Yan?
Lai Jiajia explained, "The Old Lady is not our biological grandmother; our father was not born of her. For this reason, our second branch has always been unable to raise our heads high in the mansion."
"Oh, I see!" Ye Jiu had an epiphany, "It seems Old Lady Lai is quite selfish and self-centered."
"Yes!" Lai Jiajia hugged the box containing pastries, "It’s getting late; we should be going back."
Leng Yu Yan nodded, "Be careful on your way back, especially when you return to the mansion."
"I understand, with so much happening in the main branch, who knows how they might want to vent their anger." Lai Jiajia stood up and said goodbye to Lai Yuyue and Ye Jiu.
Leng Yu Yan personally escorted them to the main gate.
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After a few days, Leng Yu Yan went back to the Imperial College.
The Imperial Examination was imminent. Many students participating in the examination were revising at home, only occasionally returning to the Imperial College to pick up new books or to hear the teachers’ thoughts about the Imperial Examination.
Leng Yu Yan was no exception. She attended a lecture, mainly focused on the issues to take note of during the Imperial Examination, took a few books, and then returned to Prince Zhenbei Mansion.
As soon as she arrived at the mansion, the gatekeeper came over and whispered, "Commandery Princess, Miss Miao Zhu said, please return to your room quickly."
Leng Yu Yan frowned, "Is there an emergency?"
The gatekeeper replied respectfully, "Not exactly an emergency, but a few young ladies arrived at the mansion just a while ago, saying they came to look for the Commandery Princess. Upon seeing them, Miss Miao Zhu instructed this servant in this way."
Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan’s heart skipped a beat, and she hurried back to her courtyard.
Arriving at the gate of her own courtyard, everything inside was very quiet, so Leng Yu Yan slowed her footsteps.
She had a good idea of who the visitor might be.
As expected, Chun Liu, Xia Tao, Qiubo, and Dong Yan sat quietly to the side, daring not to make a sound, while Miao Zhu looked angry.
"Who asked you to come?" Miao Zhu demanded, "In entering the capital like this, could you have been followed?"
When the women heard the footsteps, they all turned their heads and saw Leng Yu Yan return; Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground: "Commandery Princess, we know we were wrong!"
"Wrong in what way?" Leng Yu Yan put the book on the table, casting a glance at them.
If they had entered the capital quietly without being noticed by others, they would indeed be without fault.
But now they admitted their mistake, which meant someone knew of their identities and that they had come to the capital to find her.
Chun Liu lowered her head: "Today, after seeing Miao Zhu, we learned that the Commandery Princess had not revealed the Pavilion Master’s identity to His Highness, the Crown Prince."
Xia Tao confessed: "We crossed paths with His Highness, the Crown Prince, and implore the Commandery Princess to punish us!"
"Why?"
Leng Yu Yan suddenly realized this was the cause of her earlier premonition.
Qiubo’s brows were tightly furrowed: "His Highness, the Crown Prince, sent a middle-aged man named Ling Lang, along with Ruofeng, to Linqing Pavilion. These two claimed that it was the Commandery Princess who ordered them to retrieve us, and also disclosed directly that the Commandery Princess is the Pavilion Master."
Dong Yan added: "At first, we didn’t believe it, but they spoke of the speedy eye medicine and mentioned the secret ailment of His Highness, the Crown Prince, so we believed them. Later, when we saw the bamboo leaves embroidered by the Commandery Princess for His Highness, we assumed it was the Commandery Princess who revealed her identity to His Highness, the Crown Prince, and so we followed Ling Lang and Ruofeng into the capital."
Leng Yu Yan asked calmly again: "Since you entered the capital with them, why didn’t you go to the Eastern Palace, but instead came to the Prince Mansion?"
Chun Liu respectfully said: "We have already visited the Eastern Palace and met His Highness, the Crown Prince in person. It was His Highness who told us to come and serve by the Commandery Princess’ side."
Leng Yu Yan suddenly laughed coldly, Ye Yiheng, oh Ye Yiheng, she truly couldn’t outplay him!
The four women crawled on their knees to Leng Yu Yan: "Commandery Princess, we acknowledge our mistake. Whatever punishment you impose, we will accept without complaint!"
"Get up."
Leng Yu Yan picked up the book and walked towards the study.
These past few days, that person hadn’t appeared at all.
That night, Xiaoshan had said he was too busy with official duties to see her, but how would he explain the following days?
The reason was that he had received confirmation, and the result of that confirmation was that she indeed was the Linqing Pavilion Master.
From that day on, he must have hated her.
After all, she had refused to see the Divine Doctor or to treat his condition, even for ten thousand gold.
According to his dark and cold psychology, she had denied the face of his status as the Crown Prince.
Leng Yu Yan closed the door to the study and sat down quietly behind the desk.
At what point had that person started to suspect her identity?
Was it when he had asked what secrets she was keeping from him?
Her silence left Miao Zhu and the others feeling uneasy.
Concerned, Dong Yan said to Miao Zhu: "We four have no face to see the Commandery Princess; you should go check on her!"
With no other choice, Miao Zhu knocked on the study door: "Commandery Princess, are you alright?"
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