bayedsolid Chapter 495 Dealing with the Beauty!
Chapter 495 Dealing with the Beauty!
The next morning, before Mu Xin Nuan had even finished getting ready, a servant rushed in to report that a beautiful woman from Xiangyuan had hanged herself.
This surprised her somewhat. After asking carefully, she learned that it was the same woman who had tried to seduce the prince yesterday.
Mu Xin Nuan's mind immediately started racing. Was it a real suicide, or was it deliberately staged?
"Someone, immediately report this to the Prince, and then order him to send someone to Xiangyuan to examine the body."
"Yes, princess."
"Does the princess think she didn't hang herself?"
"She had the honor of meeting the Prince yesterday. Even if the Prince ignored her, there's no reason for her to hang herself, is there?"
Aunt Fang frowned. "Your Highness, at this time, for a beauty bestowed by the Empress to commit suicide is likely to be detrimental to your reputation."
Mu Xin Nuan nodded. She had naturally already figured out the stakes involved. The Empress had bestowed three beauties upon her, and one of them was arranged by the Prince to marry one of his subordinates, which was perfectly understandable.
The decision of whoever is bestowed by the Empress should naturally be made by the Prince.
But this one has hanged himself!
If someone were to exploit this incident, it would inevitably damage Princess Chang Le's reputation. And once her reputation was damaged, someone would surely report it to the Empress in the capital.
While the Empress wouldn't strip her of her title as Princess Consort over such a trivial matter, issuing an edict to reprimand her for it would be a major disaster for her. After all, the officials and people of Yanzhou City had only just begun to accept Prince Chang Le.
I don't have a very strong liking for this unknown princess!
"Aunt Fang, let's go over there too."
"Yes, princess."
Duanmu Chuze, upon hearing this news, didn't seem to care much. In front of all the officials, he scoffed, "This lowly servant is clever! Failing to seduce me, she dared to disrespect the Empress Dowager behind my back! Originally, I spared her life out of respect for the Empress Dowager, intending to simply have her sent home. Unexpectedly, she has quite the fiery temper!"
Thus, with just one simple sentence, all the blame was shifted onto that beautiful woman.
It was her own lack of self-control that led her to seduce the Prince first! As the master of the Chang Le Prince's Mansion, the Prince could naturally favor whomever he pleased. Since the Prince didn't like her, she dared to take the initiative to seduce him; perhaps she used some underhanded methods?
Most importantly, she dared to disrespect the Empress, which angered the Prince, who intended to send her out of the mansion.
It seems that this beautiful woman realized she had done something wrong, and that if she were sent back, she would probably suffer a fate worse than death, so she might as well die now.
Your Highness's method is truly a masterful feat of using minimal effort to achieve maximum effect!
That was too clever; it completely refuted Mu Xin Nuan's worries in one fell swoop. How could the words spoken by the Prince himself be false?
Before Mu Xin Nuan even reached Xiang Yuan, she heard Rong Yue come to report the matter, and her brows immediately relaxed. "Alright, I'm a little hungry. Isn't Ting Yu Ge up ahead? Let's go sit there and have some breakfast."
"Yes, princess."
Aunt Fang hadn't expected that the Prince would resolve the matter so simply. Of course, from this incident, Aunt Fang also understood one thing: the Prince would always protect the Princess!
No matter who offends the princess, or what kind of trouble the princess gets into, the prince will do everything in his power to resolve it for her! He won't even let the princess worry about the smallest things!
Although the princess is clearly very intelligent and capable enough to handle the situation herself, the prince still single-mindedly protects her. What does this signify?
This shows that in the prince's heart, the one who occupies the number one position is definitely their princess.
What seemed like an unintentional incident quickly came to an end. No one cared anymore about how the beauty had hanged herself or where she had been buried. Instead, the entire Prince's mansion treated the Princess with even greater respect.
"You mean the princess turned back halfway?" asked another beauty in the Fragrant Garden, who was also the only one there at the time.
"Yes, Miss. I heard that the Prince said something, but only sent a royal physician to take a look. After that, the body was carried out. I went with him and saw that they used the back door."
"Hmph! It seems that this Prince Chang Le really favors his princess! He's even willing to step in and settle things for her like this. That really surprises me."
"Miss, what should we do next?"
"What else can we do? Wait!"
"What do you mean, miss?"
"No rush! As long as I stay within this Fragrant Garden, they can't do anything to me. More importantly, no one knows that her death is related to me. In their eyes, I'm just a pampered young lady; how could I possibly amount to anything?"
"Yes, ma'am."
As the woman finished speaking, a strange smile curled at the corner of her lips, but her eyes shot out a very sinister gaze. "Mu Xin Nuan, this is just the beginning. I want to see how long you, the Princess Consort of Chang Le, can be so smug?"
Mu Xin Nuan's days seemed to return to normal. Apart from Fang Shi often coming over to chat with her, everything was just as normal.
On this day, Mu Xin Nuan suddenly had a whim and wanted to make another medicinal dish for the prince. Without informing anyone, she went directly to the kitchen with Rong Yue and Mu Hua.
"Greetings to the princess."
Mu Xin Nuan nodded, glanced around the large kitchen, and then walked to the shelf where various materials and ingredients were placed, examining them carefully.
"I will prepare a medicinal meal for the Prince. You may all prepare your own meals."
"Yes, princess."
Mu Xin Nuan had only picked out a few ingredients when she noticed a few paper packets in a corner, along with a small medicine pot.
Mu Xin Nuan was a little curious and walked over. "What is this? How come I didn't know anyone in the manor was sick?"
Granny Yu quickly stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, these were all prescribed by the imperial physicians of the manor for His Highness. They said that His Highness has been busy with affairs recently and has been a bit irritable, so they prescribed these medicines."
Mu Xin Nuan hesitated for a moment, "How long has Your Highness been using it?"
"Your Highness, His Highness has been taking the medicine for about four or five days this time. In recent months, His Highness has been taking several doses of the medicine every month."
Every month? Mu Xin Nuan's heart skipped a beat, and an extremely bad premonition quickly crept into her heart.