Transmigrated as the Doomed Scumbag Alpha of the Eldest Princess (GL , ABO) - Chapter 6
Jiang Si did not feel guilty about any of this. The real problem was the group of foolish people around her. That was why things had turned into such a mess.
She glanced at Cheng Pu, then looked over at Su Xun and Ye Chan.
Su Xun still had a relatively normal expression, so Jiang Si quickly moved her eyes away and turned her attention to Ye Chan.
She raised her hand and pointed. “Did you invite the princess here?”
Based on Ye Chan’s understanding of Marquis Jiajing, being singled out like this usually meant she was about to receive praise or a reward.
But what followed caught her off guard.
“Have you already recovered from your last punishment?” Jiang Si asked coldly.
Ye Chan’s face instantly filled with panic. She opened her mouth to explain, but Jiang Si did not give her the chance.
Jiang Si pointed at Cheng Pu next.
“You still haven’t received your fifty-strike punishment from last time, have you?”
“Add today’s mistake to that. Go receive it now.”
“And Ye Chan too. She can join him.”
Cheng Pu might have been a bit dull, but he was not stupid.
He understood that mentioning Xiang Ning just now had made Jiang Si angry.
Of course, Ye Chan probably had something to do with it too.
Cheng Pu shot Ye Chan a resentful look but did not say anything. He simply turned and ran off to accept his punishment.
While his martial skills were not as strong as Ye Chan’s, he was physically tougher than her. A hundred military strikes would need some time to recover from, but it would not be life-threatening.
Ye Chan still wanted to explain herself, but Jiang Si did not spare her even a glance.
Jiang Si swung down from the horse, intending to have Su Xun send Xiang Ning away.
But Xiang Ning arrived too quickly. Just as Cheng Pu and Ye Chan were walking away, someone had already brought her over.
Jiang Si looked closely at the soldier escorting Xiang Ning. The face seemed familiar, someone often seen around Ye Chan.
So Cheng Pu had rushed around like that because of Ye Chan?
Then most likely, Mowan Ci showing up at the horse grounds today was also Ye Chan’s doing.
Jiang Si stared at the two retreating figures in the distance.
They were not quite arm in arm, but their closeness was obvious. Ye Chan was saying something quietly to Cheng Pu as they walked.
Jiang Si’s eyes darkened.
So Ye Chan had not been behaving as properly as she appeared.
Jiang Si suspected that she had no memory of Ye Chan because Ye Chan had always behaved herself, always done exactly what the original marquis wanted.
Her thoughts and actions had been in complete sync with the original personality.
Like today, when she had arranged for Mowan Ci to be brought to the horse grounds.
“Marquis, you… why are you…” Xiang Ning began to speak.
“Be quiet,” Jiang Si snapped.
She was still upset, and Xiang Ning’s sudden voice only made it worse. Her sharp tone startled Xiang Ning into tears.
Today, Xiang Ning’s outfit was even more revealing than before. The light yellow sheer shawl was almost transparent, and even the white robe beneath was see-through.
To wear something like that here, at a military training ground full of Qianyuan, was unthinkable.
Earlier, Jiang Si had been mistaken. It was not Mowan Ci who had walked into danger. It was Xiang Ning.
Mowan Ci might now be just a noble concubine in name, but she was still the respected Princess of the Empire. No one would dare to treat her disrespectfully.
Xiang Ning was not the same.
She was the courtesan of Cuiyu Tower. From the way the soldiers were looking at her, Jiang Si could see the contempt in their eyes. They were probably thinking the same thing: she had already shared her bed with so many, one more would not matter.
Some of them looked eager, a few even edged closer.
They also knew the original Jiang Si well. They knew she would not care if they went after a courtesan.
None of them realized that the soul inside had changed.
Jiang Si did not care about Xiang Ning herself, but those lustful stares really annoyed her.
“Su Xun, take her away. Is the horse grounds really a place for her to be weeping and whining?”
Jiang Si looked clearly displeased. And truthfully, Su Xun felt the same.
She had never liked Xiang Ning from the start.
But since the marquis used to act on impulse, she had no right to speak up before.
Now that she had been given this task, she was actually quite satisfied. She did not even send a subordinate but escorted Xiang Ning out personally.
And she made no effort to hide her disdain.
She used her sword to force Xiang Ning to move.
Xiang Ning’s thin outfit was no match for the blade. Just one poke and the fabric tore.
Su Xun frowned. She glanced around and saw how the nearby soldiers were looking. Then she dragged one of them forward and pulled off his cloak, wrapping it roughly around Xiang Ning.
“You like her?”
“Then help me throw her out.”
The female guard who had pulled Xiang Ning forward was one of Ye Chan’s subordinates. Su Xun had seen her many times entering and leaving Cuiyu Tower with Ye Chan.
She was probably very familiar with Xiang Ning.
As she shoved Xiang Ning forward, she even released a faint trace of scent pheromone.
It was low-grade. Su Xun was completely unaffected, but she instinctively prepared to counter it. Then she remembered Mowan Ci and Zhi Miao standing nearby. Both were Kunze, and it would be dangerous for them to be exposed to it.
Su Xun clenched her fist, turned, and kicked the woman away.
Xiang Ning was the closest. That faint scent was still effective on her, especially as someone who had experienced heat before and had a similarly low resistance to signals.
Her knees weakened slightly, and when she turned around, her gaze was soft and flirtatious.
Jiang Si had a bold and striking appearance. She was naturally attractive. Mowan Ci needed no comment at all. Her beauty was undeniable.
Even Su Xun and Zhi Miao looked far more refined than Xiang Ning. To them, Xiang Ning’s pitiful expression stirred no sympathy, only discomfort.
The soldiers, however, were another matter. Many of them looked captivated, without an ounce of self-control.
Jiang Si stared at them in disbelief, feeling both annoyed and disgusted.
She said coldly to Su Xun, “Get her out of here. And listen carefully. From now on, if anyone dares to let her step into the marquis’s estate again, they can go live in Cuiyu Tower with her.”
“There is no place for someone like her in Marquis Jiajing’s estate.”
Everyone around clearly heard the low growl in her final words. Their eyes dropped. No one dared look up. They all began pretending they had seen nothing, heard nothing, and felt nothing.
They understood what was happening.
If Jiang Si had still liked Xiang Ning, she might have given her away as a reward once she got bored.
But if she was already annoyed with her, and someone showed interest, the consequences would not be good.
That was how it had always been.
Jiang Si was unaware of what was going through their minds. Seeing that they had finally learned to behave, she said nothing more.
She turned and walked over to Mowan Ci. Her tone softened slightly, and there was a hint of apology in her voice.
“My subordinates acted without permission and brought the princess here.”
“I apologize for the embarrassment.”
She smiled while speaking, but her smile looked strained.
Mowan Ci’s face remained calm and unreadable. She gave a small nod, then turned to leave the horse grounds.
She did not understand why she had come here in the first place.
And seeing Jiang Si like this left her feeling even more unsettled.
She could not explain it, but she felt that Jiang Si was pretending.
It was Jiang Si who had taken someone else as her bride just to humiliate her.
And now she had gone out of her way to act out a performance here. For what reason?
What was she trying to prove?
Normally, no one would dare stop the princess from leaving.
If it had been the original Jiang Si, perhaps she would have.
But the current Jiang Si was more than ready to leave this situation behind. She had no intention of stopping Mowan Ci.
In fact, she even considered leaving together with her.
That single motion, that small desire to leave, made Mowan Ci pause again.
Just then, the sound of galloping hooves echoed from the distance. A sleek black horse rushed into view.
It was headed straight for her.
The speed was so fast that she had no time to dodge.
Suddenly, she felt an arm wrap tightly around her waist from behind.
A moment later, she was lifted off the ground.
When she landed, she was already on horseback.
Behind her, she could feel the pressure of armor and the faint, steady sound of breathing.
There was no need to guess who it was.
Only Jiang Si would do something like this.