The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 30

On the other side, Liu Li was still struggling, quickly asking the system in her mind: “Can I know the mission reward in advance?”

She wasn’t familiar with Ning Ziling. If she tried her best to help and was backstabbed like Liu Ruyun, Liu Li would be at a great loss.

Unless the reward was generous, then she could consider it.

The system silently displayed a few lines of text in front of Liu Li, and a few words quickly caught Liu Li’s attention. After thinking about it, she made a decision.

“Accept.”

Mission Name: Wish·Ning Ziling

Mission Introduction: A dignified princess, yet unable to do what she wants. Ning Ziling only wants to find like-minded people to practice martial arts together.

Current Progress: Teach Ning Ziling the special skill “Little Fist Punch” (0/1)

Liu Li breathed a sigh of relief. What was so difficult about this? She immediately smiled and said: “If Your Highness has time, you can come to Yanluo Palace to find me. If you don’t mind, I can spar with Your Highness.”

“Really?” Ning Ziling’s breathing became rapid, her eyes shining.

She was controlled by her mother and not allowed to practice martial arts. But if she was at County Princess Chun Ning’s place, no matter what happened, her mother probably wouldn’t know.

“Of course,” Liu Li replied.

“Great!” This was an unexpected surprise for Ning Ziling. She immediately raised her hand and patted Liu Li’s shoulder. “Thank you, County Princess. The best time is now. How about I go to your place now?”

Ning Ziling was really strong. Liu Li’s face wrinkled when she patted her. She suddenly regretted saying she would “spar” with her.

What if she was beaten until she vomited bl00d?

“…It’s a little inconvenient today,” Liu Li said with a fake smile. “Let’s wait until tomorrow.”

••••

“The medicine is here.”

Xiao Rui returned to Biyu Palace and brought out the medicine. Her hands were steady, and she didn’t spill a drop along the way.

Biyu Palace didn’t have a small kitchen. If she wanted to decoct medicine, she could only borrow a stove from the imperial kitchen. It wasn’t so easy before, but now it was much easier because Liu Li had someone say hello.

After feeding Chu Yan the medicine and cleaning up the dishes, Xiao Rui was a little bored, so she ran to Ning Zisheng’s door to talk to her.

“Your Highness.”

Ning Zisheng was sitting at the table reading as usual: “You’re back? What did you hear today?”

Xiao Rui was very popular among the palace servants and eunuchs, and she was very good at it. The people she befriended were all from places like the imperial kitchen and the Shanggong Bureau, where she could contact various palaces, so she was well-informed.

“Well…” Xiao Rui recalled today’s gossip. Most of it was unimportant, just that this concubine had broken a bowl again, and that prince had favored a palace servant again. She picked out a few interesting things to say.

“…By the way, the second young miss of the Duke of Chu’s mansion was taken away by Concubine Shi. Soon after, Concubine Li and the eighth princess also went there. It is said that the second young miss Liu intended to poison the fifth princess.”

“Hmm.” Ning Zisheng continued to turn the pages of her book.

“Wait.” After Xiao Rui finished speaking, she thought for a while and realized something. “Didn’t this second young miss Liu want to poison County Princess Chun Ning and was stopped by you? Why is she poisoning the fifth princess now?”

Ning Zisheng didn’t take her eyes off the book: “Oh? I don’t know.”

“You’re lying to me.” Xiao Rui was very suspicious. How could there be such a coincidence? They had just discovered Liu Ruyun’s poisoning method, and then Liu Ruyun was caught red-handed and accused of harming the imperial heirs.

She didn’t believe it had nothing to do with Ning Zisheng.

“Why would I lie to you?” Ning Zisheng replied casually. “Besides, isn’t it true that she bought medicine to harm people?”

“…” Xiao Rui was speechless. She always felt that Ning Zisheng did it, but she had no evidence. “Your Highness, are you venting your anger for County Princess Chun Ning?”

Ning Zisheng had a habit of putting her finger next to the line she was reading and gently stroking the page as she moved her eyes.

Hearing this, the corners of her lips curled into a slight smile: “…Don’t talk nonsense.”

She had almost finished reading the book.

“Speaking of County Princess Chun Ning,” Xiao Rui remembered the scene she saw when she came back. “I saw her when I brought the medicine back, not far from the entrance of Penglai Palace.”

“Is that so?” Ning Zisheng was not surprised. “Since her half-sister is in trouble, she probably wants to go to Concubine Shi’s palace to see.”

Xiao Rui scratched her head: “No, I saw her hugging the fifth princess.”

The slightly lowered head raised a little imperceptibly. Ning Zisheng was clearly facing away from Xiao Rui, but her eyes were sharp, looking straight at herself in the bronze mirror, repeating what Xiao Rui said.

“Hugging?”

Xiao Rui just said it casually. She didn’t expect Ning Zisheng’s tone to suddenly become gloomy: “What?”

“…Did you see it clearly?”

Ning Zisheng took a breath to calm herself down, but the sudden malice in her eyebrows and eyes couldn’t be hidden. Even though she tried her best to hide it, she still revealed a chilling meaning.

The corners of her lips, which had just been raised, were reflected in the mirror, as if she was sneering at herself.

“I didn’t see it very clearly.” Xiao Rui was unsure when Ning Zisheng asked her this. She thought for a long time, “Anyway, they were very close, with their arms around each other’s shoulders. I don’t know when they became so close.”

Ning Zisheng squeezed out a “hmm” from her nose.

“Your Highness is unhappy?” Xiao Rui sensed Ning Zisheng’s emotional change and didn’t understand why.

But she only got a stiff “no” in response.

••••

In the afternoon, there was new progress in Liu Ruyun’s matter.

The people sent by Concubine Shi were very efficient. They found out from the shops in Xijing City that someone had indeed bought medicine to fatten livestock a few days ago. After carefully comparing the person’s appearance, they confirmed that it was a servant from concubine of the Duke of Chu’s mansion!

Once it involved the entire Duke of Chu’s mansion, things became complicated.

The Duke of Chu was the Minister of the Rites, in charge of the affairs of the imperial family. Now his own daughter and concubine were suspected of harming the imperial heirs. How ironic!

Fortunately, Liu Li had given him a letter in advance. The Duke of Chu was prepared and soon sent a letter to Concubine Shi, stating that this was purely the private behavior of the concubine and illegitimate daughter and had nothing to do with the Duke of Chu’s mansion, leaving it to Concubine Shi to deal with.

Liu Li couldn’t help but feel that the higher the position, the weaker the family ties. Even between biological father and daughter, they would clear their names to this extent. Wasn’t Emperor Jiacheng and his children the same?

Fortunately, Bao’an truly loved and protected her.

When Liu Li went to the Imperial Academy the next day, she was not surprised to find that Liu Ruyun and Ning Zichun were absent. She heard that they had been detained in Concubine Shi’s place all night and didn’t know what had happened.

Before she sat down, she felt Ning Ziling’s fiery gaze, making her feel uneasy.

“Why is she looking at you like that?” Ning Zisheng, who was sitting next to her, suddenly asked in a voice that only Liu Li could hear.

Liu Li found it difficult to explain in a few words and whispered: “She probably wants to be friends with me.”

“Oh.” Ning Zisheng nodded slightly, seemingly not caring, and repeated the last one word Liu Li said.

“Friends?”

After the lecture at the Imperial Academy was over, Liu Li was about to get up to have lunch with Ning Zisheng when she saw the fifth princess running over excitedly and grabbing Liu Li’s left wrist: “County Princess, are you going to your place now?”

Before Liu Li could speak, her other wrist was gently pulled by the person on the right.

Ning Zisheng smiled without showing her teeth and said in a polite tone:

“Fifth Sister, the county princess hasn’t had lunch yet.”

These words poured cold water on Ning Ziling. She pursed her lips unhappily and was about to argue with Ning Zisheng.

Almost everyone else had left, leaving only the three of them. Liu Li was caught in the middle, in a dilemma.

But the choice was not difficult for her. The priority was clear at a glance. She smiled apologetically at Ning Ziling: “Fifth Princess, I have to eat with Ninth Princess.”

Ning Ziling was so excited at the thought of sparring with Liu Li that she couldn’t wait any longer: “In that case, I’ll have the small kitchen in my palace prepare a table of delicious food and send it to your palace, how about that?”

Ning Zisheng smiled but said nothing, her hand never letting go.

Ning Ziling was a little impatient and tried to pull Liu Li away, but found that the force from the other side was too strong for her to budge.

Liu Li was overwhelmed and felt that Ning Ziling was about to get angry. She wanted to say a few words to send them all away, but saw Ning Ziling suddenly let go, looking at Ning Zisheng in shock: “Ninth Sister, you’re so strong?”

Liu Li: …Oh my.

She had forgotten how much this person admired martial prowess.

Ning Zisheng was also a little surprised by her reaction: “Hmm?”

Ning Ziling looked her up and down, a little disbelieving that her slender figure could have such strength, and then made an incredible request:

“Ninth Sister, do you want to arm wrestle with me?”

…So Liu Li didn’t know how things had developed like this.

She stood in the middle, stunned, acting as a referee for Ning Ziling and Ning Zisheng.

The two sat on either side of the wooden table, their right hands clasped, ready to arm wrestle.

“Ready—start.”

The battle was about to begin.

Liu Li naturally saw that Ning Zisheng had held back, not using her full strength. Even so, Ning Ziling, even with all her might, could only barely keep up.

“…Ninth Sister, you don’t have to let me win,” Ning Ziling said, clearly sensing it. She was a little frustrated and took the initiative to give up. “Ninth Sister is better than me, I admit defeat.”

“Fifth Sister, you’re too kind.” Ning Zisheng got up easily, still with that polite expression, her peach blossom eyes glancing at Liu Li, indicating that it was time for lunch. “County Princess?”

This time, Ning Ziling didn’t stop her.

Liu Li swallowed, still dazed.

Was it her imagination? Were these two just fighting for the right to have lunch with her?

Good heavens, she didn’t know she was so popular.

In the pavilion, Ning Zisheng ate in silence, her low mood obvious.

Liu Li: “…Your Highness, are you angry?”

“Why would I be angry?”

Although she was smiling, Liu Li felt a chill, unable to stop a shiver.

Liu Li quickly opened the system panel and found that Ning Zisheng’s inner thoughts were calm, but she was definitely angry. After thinking for a long time, she couldn’t guess: “Your Highness, are you jealous?”

Girls sometimes feel resentful when their friends are close to others.

“Jealous? What are you talking about, County Princess?” Ning Zisheng raised her eyebrows, her smile unchanged, but her next words made Liu Li tremble: “Or did the county princess do something unusual?”

Liu Li: Listen, Ning Bao, we are just friends.

Ning Zisheng: Oh, the kind of friends who hug each other (smiles).

Ning Ziling x Yu’er is a sudden idea to give some sweetness =w= not the first pair of secondary CPs in the synopsis.

Thank you very much to the little friends who caught the bugs, any bugs and bug catching can be said directly, if there is a mistake, it will be corrected immediately.