The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 35

Jiang Yuzhang was named by Emperor Jiacheng and hurriedly got up and replied: “Reporting to His Majesty, this person is indeed a servant from my family.”

“Oh.” Emperor Jiacheng was not very happy. How could this Young Master Jiang be so ignorant of the rules and let his servants run around in the palace? “Why is your servant walking around at will?”

Jiang Yuzhang didn’t know how to answer for a while and anxiously cast a look for help at his parents. But the Duke and Duchess of Jiang didn’t mean to help him out at all, which made him very flustered.

He was about to make up an excuse when he heard Emperor Jiacheng impatiently say to the patrolling guard: “Tell me, how is this person suspicious?”

The patrolling guard hurriedly said: “Reporting to His Majesty, this person has been wandering around the gate of Yanluo Palace, where County Princess Chun Ning lives, for a long time. His arms are bulging, and he doesn’t know what he’s carrying.”

The Duke of Jiang was secretly delighted when he heard that County Princess Chun Ning was finally involved. He pretended to reprimand Jiang Yuzhang: “Yuzhang, what’s going on? Why don’t you explain it to His Majesty clearly?”

Like father, like son. Now that the duke had said so, how could Jiang Yuzhang not understand that this was entirely a situation deliberately created by his father? His head buzzed.

His father was going to make a big fuss about this to coerce County Princess Chun Ning to obey!

The emperor was now very fond of the Jiang family. As long as Jiang Yuzhang insisted that he and County Princess Chun Ning had been secretly communicating for a long time, and the Jiang family asked for a marriage decree, the engagement would be a sure thing.

But Jiang Yuzhang had already promised County Princess Chun Ning that he would not pester her. He had always prided himself on being a gentleman. How could he break his promise and lie to the emperor at this time?

Looking at his father’s eager eyes, and recalling Liu Li’s expression in his mind, Jiang Yuzhang suddenly wavered again.

Whether he could marry the county princess or not did not depend on the county princess but on his decision…

This unprecedented sense of satisfaction made Jiang Yuzhang unable to help but daydream.

“Your Majesty.” Empress Jiang opened her mouth, her eyes lowered, hiding the hatred in her eyes. “Why don’t we summon County Princess Chun Ning to see what’s going on?”

She loved Emperor Jiacheng so much. How could she not see that his emotions changed slightly when he mentioned County Princess Chun Ning?

This mother and daughter only know how to seduce men all day long! Empress Jiang gritted her teeth in hatred. The eldest princess was restless even when she was seriously ill, and the little princess was even more charming at a young age.

Since the emperor cared so much, she would break his thoughts on the spot!

Emperor Jiacheng glanced at Empress Jiang casually and said in a deep voice: “Summon County Princess Chun Ning.”

Liu Li expected that she would be summoned, so she changed her clothes early and waited. She also asked Jiao’er to make her a beautiful hair bun, with many pearl hairpins and jewelry inserted, her head full of golden light, extremely rich.

Ning Zisheng couldn’t help but twitch her eyebrows when she saw her like this: “…Do you like to dress like this?”

Liu Li looked in the mirror and felt that a teenage girl didn’t seem to need so many embellishments. She took some off and nodded in satisfaction: “How about this?”

Ning Zisheng looked at the girl’s cute look of pretending to be mature and nodded with difficulty.

“Forget it.” Liu Li changed her mind and re-combed her hair that was not so flamboyant. However, the golden light on her head was still not reduced by half. “I’ll blind them later.”

The one who came to summon Liu Li was a little eunuch who had just recognized Grand Eunuch Yao as his godfather because of his down-to-earth and diligent work.

He was young and couldn’t hold things in his heart. Seeing Liu Li swaggering on the road, as if he didn’t notice the tension over there, he was a little nervous for her and couldn’t help but open his mouth: “County Princess…”

As soon as he spoke, the little eunuch regretted it very much. Why was he so talkative? Being a busybody in the palace was a dead end!

“Hmm?” Liu Li looked at his hesitant look, as if he wanted to give some advice.

The little eunuch hesitated for a moment and still said it vaguely: “Alas… the Jiang family over there is waiting to catch you wrong.”

Liu Li gave an “oh” and her eyes swept over the little eunuch: “Eunuch Xiao Hai?”

The little eunuch was surprised: “Does the county princess recognize this servant?”

This was the first time a master had remembered his name, and he was immediately flattered.

Liu Li naturally saw it from the system panel, but she nodded on the surface: “Thank you for reminding me, Eunuch Xiao Hai. I know.”

Seeing that she was still smiling calmly, Xiao Hai didn’t say any more.

There was a faint movement not far behind him. Xiao Hai thought it was just insects flying around at night and didn’t think much about it. Only Liu Li knew that it was Ning Zisheng following them.

This was also the reason why she was so calm in the face of danger.

Liu Li thought that as long as the Ninth Princess was there, there was nothing to worry about.

When Liu Li arrived at the imperial lake, she immediately became the focus of everyone’s attention.

Emperor Jiacheng and Empress Jiang naturally looked down at her; the Jiang family members had some ridicule in their eyes, Jiang Yuzhang lowered his head and didn’t look at Liu Li, while the girl sitting at the end of the seat showed an unbearable expression.

Liu Li had never seen this girl before. After finding out that her name was Jiang Changxi, she let out a slight “eh” in her heart. Wasn’t this the second empress in the original story? The one who had always been well-behaved but never favored.

The original story didn’t elaborate on her background, only saying that she was a Jiang family girl. It turned out that she was related to Empress Jiang, who was now Jiang Lirong.

But now was obviously not the time to dwell on Jiang Changxi, because her aunt, Empress Jiang, opened her thin lips and uttered a few words like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter:

“Yuzhang, tell me, what’s going on between you and County Princess Chun Ning?”

Jiang Yuzhang stiffly lowered his neck, not daring to glance at Liu Li’s direction, and said softly: “…It was Yuzhang who was reckless and sent a servant to give the county princess a reply letter. It was inappropriate, please ask the emperor and empress to punish me.”

“Oh?” Empress Jiang continued to ask, “What letter?”

Jiang Yuzhang hesitated, his mind was in a battle between heaven and man. In the end, under the increasingly pressing eyes of the Duke of Jiang, he had a result and said in a low voice:

“A love letter.”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar!

The palace servants and eunuchs who were serving all showed shocked expressions and looked at each other.

The Young Master Jiang said it was a “reply letter,” that is to say, County Princess Chun Ning wrote to him first. How dare this County Princess Chun Ning be so bold at such a young age?

Liu Li vaguely guessed that this was the result. Thinking of Jiang Yuzhang’s sincere sincerity that didn’t seem to be disguised, she was still a little disappointed.

Good and evil are in one thought, life and death are in one thought, and one thought is three thousand.

Human nature is elusive, and the dividing line between right and wrong will involuntarily become blurred in the face of some things.

It’s all in one thought.

When the Duke of Jiang heard this, he knew that his son had done the right thing. He deliberately squeezed out a face full of blankness and then was heartbroken, as if he was really thinking about Liu Li: “County Princess, even if your father and I, the Duke of Jiang’s mansion, had a verbal engagement, we have not officially engaged yet. Now we are having a private meeting, which is detrimental to the family’s reputation…”

He sighed, and the blame in his words was obvious, implying that Liu Li’s behavior had implicated their Duke of Jiang’s mansion.

The palace servants’ expressions immediately became contemptuous.

Everyone knew that County Princess Chun Ning acted arrogantly. Now that she had done such a thing, she really had no manners at all.

Emperor Jiacheng heard all this and his face turned livid.

Although he also had some intentions towards Liu Li, he regarded her more as a bargaining chip to coerce Princess Bao’an. If Liu Li got engaged, with the joint protection of the Duke of Chu’s mansion and the Duke of Jiang’s mansion, he would lose the most powerful means to threaten Bao’an.

Eunuch Xiao Hai, who brought Liu Li here, was already frightened. Looking at Liu Li, she was still calm and indifferent.

He couldn’t help but wonder if County Princess Chun Ning was too careless, or if this matter… had some hidden secrets?

Everyone was waiting for Liu Li’s defense, and only her clear voice quickly entered everyone’s ears. However, these words did not sound as strong as imagined:

“May I ask the patrolling guards, where and under what circumstances was this person caught?”

The guard said: “This person was at the county princess’s palace gate and was pushed away by the county princess’s guards.”

“That’s right.” Liu Li stood with her hands behind her back, looking calm. “Everyone, please understand. This servant was pushed away by my guards before he even got close. If it was really like what Young Master Jiang and the duke said, why would I do this? It’s precisely because I don’t recognize this person at all that I ordered him to be driven away.”

The Duke of Jiang naturally wouldn’t let her argue and snorted coldly: “How can others know what the county princess is thinking? The county princess is eloquent, and her mouth can turn something into nothing, which is really eye-opening.”

“Oh.” Liu Li said, “According to the duke’s meaning, as long as one person writes a letter to another, regardless of whether the other person receives it, they have feelings for each other? This is too absurd. The duke must have written letters to the empress, so can I say that you siblings are committing incest?”

Once her mouth started moving, the Duke of Jiang couldn’t find a gap to interrupt. When he heard the word “incest,” he immediately glared angrily.

Liu Li quickly added: “Of course, it’s just an example, no offense intended.”

“You, you are presumptuous!” Empress Jiang, who was also a lady from a noble family raised by the Jiang family, had never heard such insulting words. Her slender fingers pointed at Liu Li, wishing she could drag this little b1tch down and beat her to death. “How dare you say such filthy words in front of His Majesty!”

“Ah?” Liu Li was a little puzzled. “Your Highness, didn’t you and the duke accuse me first? I said I didn’t mean to offend you, I just wanted you to feel my grievances. You wouldn’t, wouldn’t you, really be so petty as the master of the harem?”

The palace servants and eunuchs who were eating melons were originally opportunists. Seeing County Princess Chun Ning deny it with a righteous face, they were very confused. Both sides were right, who was telling the truth?

Empress Jiang sneered: “I wonder if County Princess Chun Ning can still speak so confidently in the face of evidence. Please ask His Majesty to have the correspondence brought out to see what’s going on.”

This back-and-forth conversation made Emperor Jiacheng’s forehead veins jump. With a wave of his big hand, he allowed it.

The guards pressed the servant to the ground and quickly took out two things from his arms. A pouch and a letter.

The Duke of Jiang put away his anger and waited leisurely for Liu Li to make a fool of herself. The dead duck had a hard mouth. The evidence was all here. Let’s see what she could say now! This correspondence was indeed written by her own hand.

Liu Li found this noisy and annoying. Could they finish it quickly? She wanted to go back for supper.

Emperor Jiacheng signaled the guard to open the letter: “Read it.”

The guard glanced at it, but sweat was pouring down like rain, and he opened his mouth tremblingly.

“A letter to the Fifth Princess…”

The Duke of Jiang was dumbfounded.

Ning Ziling: ?