The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 733: See Again (2)_1

Chapter 733: Chapter 733: See Again (2)_1

If it were not for her potentially spilling information about the Lady of King Ling, Hong Ying and the others would have killed her on the spot. The black-armored soldiers have various ways of punishing enemies, each one more brutal than the last. But Ming Mei Ren had been trained in her day, and she had withstood all of these forms of punishment.

"What kind of woman do you think is worthy of the Prince?" Just then, Bai Xian and Situ Gong entered. The one asking the question was Situ Gong, who was pulling off a light smile, acting as if he was gossiping with Ming Mei Ren.

"Mr. Situ." Facing Situ Gong, Ming Mei Ren’s tone had a hint of respect. "The one who can match the Prince should, at least, hail from an aristocratic family in Feng City."

"Those women are nothing but ornaments in the Prince’s eyes." Bai Xian said with a cold smile, "Just like those women in the backyard, if the Prince desired them, then the Wang Residence would not have gone so long without a mistress."

"Even so, Lin Ziyin doesn’t deserve the Prince. Other than her skill in business, what can she do?" Ming Mei Ren’s voice became cold and dismissive towards Lin Ziyin, "Moreover, she is jealous and refuses to let the Prince take concubines. Who does she think she is?"

"The last sentence should be your true feelings, shouldn’t it?" Situ Gong sat down upon his chair, "Even if the Princess were a farmer’s daughter, she would still be worthy of Prince. If you wish to hear it, I will tell you."

Ming Mei Ren’s contempt was clear in her eyes.

Seeing her disbelief, Situ Gong smiled and "kindly" informed her of Lin Ziyin’s great achievements.

"No, she’s just a farmer’s daughter." After hearing Situ Gong’s words, Ming Mei Ren’s eyes gleamed with malice.

"So what if she’s a farmer’s daughter?" Situ Gong smiled and answered, "I am also a mere farmer. The goodness of the Princess is not something a fool like you could comprehend. It is precisely because the Princess is devoted to the Prince, that she demands there be no other women by his side. As for the Prince, haven’t you thought about it? If the Prince did not care for the Princess, how could he accept her demands? Or have you always seen the Prince as weak?"

Ming Mei Ren shook her head silently, her eyes showing a lost and desperate look.

No, Lin Ziyin is not that capable. How could she have invented the crossbow, the ballista? How could the mechanical devices for the fields also be her creation? The thirty-six stratagems, the strategies, how could she, a woman, understand them more than Situ Gong or the Prince? Yes, Situ must have lied to trick her into confessing.

"Since you are so worried about the Prince, why then do you torture him?" Bai Xian asked, looking at her with a cold smile, "Unless you are blind, have you not noticed that ever since the Princess disappeared, the Prince has been on the verge of madness?"

Ming Mei Ren remained silent.

"Do you believe that the enemy really abducted the Princess because of the Prince?" Situ Gong dropped a bombshell, "Think about the consequences if the Princess falls into their hands."

"You wretched woman." Chu Suifeng walked in, looking at Ming Mei Ren like she was a corpse, "Just a lowly servant, yet dreamt of rising to the heavens in a step."

The remark hit Ming Mei Ren hard. She could bear the insults of Hong Ying and Lun Luo, tolerate Bai Xian’s mockery and endure the harsh punishment of the black-armored soldiers, but she could not bear Chu Suifeng’s indifference, the man she had loved for all these years.

"Your Highness." She raised her head and looked at Chu Suifeng desolately, "Everything I’ve done was to make your eyes linger on me for a moment longer."

Huangying and the others were infuriated when they heard her refer to herself as a concubine in front of Chu Suifeng. They wished they could step forward and kill her themselves. Chu Suifeng was even angrier. He glared coldly at Ming Mei Ren, "Don’t let her die. Let her experience all ninety-nine forms of punishment."