The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 11
Liu’er?
This address really amused Liu Li. It seemed that the Eighth Princess really disliked Liu Ruyun recently.
“Your Highness, please go first. I’ll be right there.” Liu Ruyun hurriedly said, then apologized to Liu Li. “Please don’t be angry, elder sister. I didn’t mean it.”
Seeing that there was no one else around and Ning Zichun was too far away to hear, Liu Li grabbed Liu Ruyun, expressionless, and raised her fist:
“It seems that the younger sister didn’t bring her eyes to the Imperial Academy today. Coincidentally, my fists don’t have eyes either.”
Liu Ruyun had never been threatened like this before. She turned pale and stammered, unable to speak.
Seeing that she had frightened her enough, Liu Li let go of her hand and pushed her lightly: “Be quiet in front of me, understand?”
She was half a head taller than Liu Ruyun, looking down at her, scaring Liu Ruyun to nod tremblingly, and then she quickly left.
Liu Li, Liu Li!
Liu Ruyun hated her very much, but thinking about what was about to happen, a sense of pleasure welled up in her heart, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Before entering the palace, her mother told her that Liu Li had been pampered since childhood, foolish and incompetent, and could be embarrassed with a little trick. In terms of scheming, she was no match for her and her mother.
Elder sister, just wait!
••••
After a peaceful and uneventful morning of classes, Liu Li, who hadn’t slept well last night, was drowsy. After reciting the *Four Books and Five Classics* for so long, she naturally felt dizzy.
As usual, other lectures ended earlier, and the princes and princesses either walked in groups of three or five, or walked out with their companions, carrying their book bags and food boxes.
Only Ning Zisheng was alone.
Liu Li felt a little uncomfortable and packed up her things to find her.
The weather was sunny and the wind was gentle, all things had long since recovered, full of vitality, growing wantonly, as if afraid of wasting this good time.
Liu Li walked along the usual bluestone path, but when she looked up, she saw the crowd blocking the way.
They were talking about something and surrounded someone, as if there was something interesting to see.
“Someone gave a token to the Third Prince?”
“Third Brother is handsome and elegant. It’s normal for someone to admire him, but I don’t know which girl it is?”
In the center of the crowd was the Third Prince, Ning Fanfei.
He was about fifteen or sixteen years old, a spirited young man, handsome and polite.
Liu Li glanced from afar and wasn’t interested.
The Third Prince didn’t have many scenes in the original story. He didn’t participate in the struggle for the throne, and when he reached the age, he was naturally granted the title of prince, and then went to his fief.
Now listening, it seemed that someone had given him something. Wait… why did these people directly associate this thing with “someone admiring him”?
Liu Li always felt that something was wrong, but she was too lazy to care about irrelevant characters. Just as she was about to go around to find Ning Zisheng, she heard the Third Prince say:
“In the Imperial Academy, there are many daughters of officials who are companions, and there are also various princesses and county princesses. I really don’t know who it is.”
When the others heard this, they began to clamor: “Third Brother, show everyone the token. Brothers and sisters will help you recognize it!”
“That’s right, Brother, show it to us.”
The Third Prince, Ning Fanfei, thought for a while: “Okay, but everyone must not publicize it, otherwise it will damage the girl’s reputation.”
Liu Li’s eyebrows twitched, thinking that you showed it to so many people, and asked others not to publicize it. The girl who likes you is really unlucky.
Ning Fanfei took out something from his arms and showed a corner of it: “It’s this thing.”
The others were in an uproar. It was a handkerchief!
Who didn’t know that giving a handkerchief was like a token of love? Which girl was it who liked the Third Prince?
Suddenly, someone said timidly, “This… isn’t this my elder sister’s handkerchief?”
Liu Li always felt that this voice was like Liu Ruyun’s, and she felt something was wrong. When she looked over, she saw that the person speaking was blocked by others and she couldn’t see her.
Ning Fanfei didn’t know this girl and frowned: “Who are you?”
Liu Ruyun was a little nervous: “Your Highness, my father is the Duke of Chu, and I’m the second daughter.”
“Second Miss Liu. Your elder sister…” Ning Fanfei pondered slightly, “County Princess Chun Ning?”
Liu Li:?
Someone had noticed Liu Li, and more people turned their heads to stare at Liu Li with suspicion, such as the Fifth Princess and Tenth Prince, who were usually familiar, looking her up and down with indescribable eyes.
And her classmates behind her, the Thirteenth Princess, the Fifteenth Prince, and the little county magistrate… were stunned in place.
“County Princess Chun Ning?” Ning Fanfei looked over, with restraint on his face. “Is it really the handkerchief given by the county princess?”
Liu Ruyun finally showed her head, with a malicious smile on her face, and provocation hidden in her eyes, waiting to see how Liu Li would deal with it.
Liu Li was thoughtful. It turned out that Liu Ruyun’s collision in the morning was waiting for her here. At that time, Liu Ruyun must have taken the opportunity to steal her handkerchief and put it in the Third Prince’s place to embarrass her in public.
But Liu Li touched her arms and found that the handkerchief was not missing.
What the Third Prince was holding was…
Having figured this out, Liu Li was not nervous at all, and even wanted to laugh a little. She tried her best to hold back and bowed slightly to the Third Prince: “Your Highness, you have misunderstood. That handkerchief is definitely not mine.”
With that, Liu Li raised the handkerchief she had just taken out of her arms: “My handkerchief is here.”
“This?” Ning Fanfei looked at Liu Ruyun, who had just spoken.
Liu Li was calm, but Liu Ruyun was anxious. Although her tone was still hesitant, she quickly continued: “Elder sister always carries several handkerchiefs…”
County Princess Chun Ning’s previous reputation for being savage and arrogant was well-known. If she was bold enough to give a handkerchief to a prince, it was not impossible. Everyone couldn’t help but believe Liu Ruyun a little.
In addition, the handkerchiefs held by the Third Prince and Liu Li were both white with patterns, and there was no difference if you didn’t look closely. Therefore, everyone thought that these were all Liu Li’s.
Ning Fanfei understood and thought that Liu Li was ashamed to admit it, so he smiled: “Okay, if the county princess says it’s not, then it’s not. Let’s disperse.”
This was simply making things worse.
Liu Li’s smile didn’t change, but it was tinged with sarcasm: “Your Highness, why don’t you take a look at what’s embroidered on that handkerchief?”
Ning Fanfei unfolded the handkerchief and the others looked over and immediately recognized it: “There’s a ‘nine’ character on it.”
Liu Li spread her hands: “Unfortunately, I’m the eldest daughter in my family, not the ninth.”
How could this be? Liu Ruyun panicked. At that time, she took advantage of the Third Prince’s inattention and put the handkerchief in his book bag. Due to the urgency of time and because it was taken from Liu Li, she didn’t look carefully and just did it!
The “nine” character, who else could it refer to in the palace, was naturally not Liu Li, but the person who had been on good terms with her recently—
“It’s mine.”
Ning Zisheng said softly.
She had already walked away and turned back to see if Liu Li had come out, but she saw that the thing in Ning Fanfei’s hand was very familiar, and it was actually her handkerchief.
Ning Zisheng was cautious and never left her personal belongings elsewhere. This could only be the one she gave to Liu Li.
But why was it in the Third Prince’s hand?
“Ninth Sister?” Ning Fanfei was stunned. He didn’t expect this to be the result.
Ning Zisheng said: “I dropped my handkerchief and was about to come back to look for it. I didn’t expect it to be picked up by Third Brother.”
If a princess gave a handkerchief to a prince, wouldn’t that be against etiquette? This was naturally a misunderstanding.
“I see.” Ning Fanfei glanced at Liu Ruyun with some disgust. He grew up in the palace and naturally knew all about the things between the legitimate and illegitimate children. This illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s mansion actually wanted to take the opportunity to slander her legitimate sister.
If County Princess Chun Ning and Ninth Sister happened to be not present, it would have been difficult to clear her name.
He then returned the handkerchief to Ning Zisheng: “Since that’s the case, Ninth Sister, keep it safe. Don’t be so careless in the future.”
“Thank you, Third Brother.”
The farce ended with this result. Everyone found it rather dull and quickly dispersed.
The Eighth Princess, Ning Zichun, glared at Liu Ruyun: “Didn’t I tell you to be careful? You’re really something, daring to talk nonsense in front of Third Brother!”
Liu Ruyun’s face turned pale: “This…”
Ning Zichun thought, how could her companion be such a fool? She didn’t miss the look Third Brother gave just now. What if he held a grudge against her in the future?
In a fit of anger, she simply flung her sleeves and left.
Liu Ruyun was stunned in place. How could this be? She clearly took it from Liu Li’s body, so how did it become the Ninth Princess’s handkerchief?
But how could Liu Ruyun make this public? Otherwise, wouldn’t she be admitting that she did something sneaky?
Could it be that the Ninth Princess and Liu Li were already…
Liu Ruyun’s eyes widened, looking at her elder sister in disbelief. The latter was smiling, unable to see any emotion other than friendliness, but she raised her fist.
Liu Ruyun was so frightened that she subconsciously took a step back, trembling all over.
Seeing Liu Ruyun’s guilty reaction, Ning Zisheng understood what was going on and glanced at her coldly.
Liu Ruyun was scrutinized by the Ninth Princess and her elder sister, unable to say a word. Staying any longer would only increase her embarrassment, so she bowed to the Ninth Princess and quickly slipped away.
••••
The gazebo was as usual, with a sumptuous meal.
Liu Li ate heartily, her words slightly muffled: “Your Highness came just in time today, saving me from a difficult situation.”
Ning Zisheng swallowed her food before speaking: “How did she get my handkerchief?”
Speaking of this, Liu Li was a little annoyed: “This morning, I bumped into her in the corridor. It must have been stolen by her then. She probably intended to frame me, but I was careless and implicated Your Highness.”
As she spoke, she suddenly realized something.
Giving a handkerchief, a token, admiration?
Liu Li panicked. What about her and Ning Zisheng these past few days…
She prayed that things weren’t what she thought and secretly opened the system’s search library, entering the words “handkerchief.”
Unfortunately, the system clearly told Liu Li that in Great Ning Dynasty, giving or asking for a handkerchief only meant expressing love.
And then, Ning Zisheng parted her cherry lips, a deep emotion flashing in her eyes:
“My handkerchief, you carry it with you every day?”
Liu Li: “……..”