Chapitre 12: The Substitute of the Cold-faced Prince's White Moonlight
Éditeur: Atlas Studios
A circle of people dressed as guards were on the empty martial arts field in the front yard of the mansion .
"Dashan, tell us quickly, what does our Princess Consort look like…"
"Is there a need to ask? Which of the ladies isn't beautiful…"
"Why are you asking around? It's His Highness' business what the Princess Consort looks like. Um… Is the Princess Consort's personality good? Is she very gentle and virtuous…"
Everyone surrounded the thin man and flooded him with questions.
The thin man, Wang Dashan, scratched his head foolishly. "The Princess Consort is especially beautiful. She's even more beautiful than the village beauty, Dani!"
Everyone had seen Dani before. She was a dark-skinned girl with bright eyes. The thought of this made everyone fall silent.
Wang Dashan was like a pig. With his aesthetic standards, their Princess Consort was definitely not good-looking. Thinking of their Prince's god-like face, they felt deeply regretful.
The tall and thin man in the lead coughed lightly and tried to smooth things over. "Tsk! What's the use of a lady being beautiful? What matters most is that she has a good personality and knows how to live. Dashan, what do you think of the Princess Consort?"
Wang Dashan thought about how the obnoxious princess Xu Ningyue was chided by her to the extent that she fled, so he answered blankly, "She's quite shrewish!"
Everyone's hearts turned cold, but they still did not give up and asked, "How shrewish?"
Wang Dashan was always not good with his words. He did not know how to explain it. After holding it in for a long time, he could only say, "… Even more impressive than Aunt Hu from the pork shop in the west of the city!"
Everyone gasped. Aunt Hu from the west of the city was the woman who had chased her husband down two streets with a kitchen knife. She was the woman who had once said that she wanted to castrate her husband with a knife!
With this thought in mind, everyone imagined how fierce their Princess Consort was!
At the thought of this, they once again felt deeply indignant for their heroic prince.
Feng Wu, the only literate person present, raised his hand indifferently.
"Don't be in a hurry to make judgments. Let's wait until they're married. If the Princess Consort can tolerate us, then so be it. Otherwise…"
He sighed and did not continue. Everyone knew that if the Princess Consort really could not tolerate them, they would have to leave in order not to affect the prince.
In the early years, Feng Lisheng had hidden his identity and entered the military camp as a low-level soldier. These people were his brothers who were in the same barracks as him.
Later on, Feng Lisheng stood out. They accompanied him as he made contributions and they risked their lives with him.
In the end, they defeated the Northern Barbarians, who had been in trouble all year round, and signed a 30-year peace treaty. From then on, the Great Xia no longer had to send any princess to reconcile with them.
After a few years of war experience, they were all generals who could lead an area. Even Wang Dashan, who looked silly, had superb skills in Qinggong.
However, as they were born at the bottom, they could not adapt to the internal strife of the bureaucracy. In a few months, they all resigned and followed Feng Lisheng, willing to be his inconspicuous guard.
…
Everyone in the imperial court attached great importance to the wedding of the two important figures of the imperial family. As soon as the marriage was arranged, the Imperial Astronomer began to calculate the auspicious days of the upcoming six months.
Eventually, it was decided that the Prince would get married in two months, while the Crown Prince would get married in August. After all, the Prince was an elder, while the Crown Prince was the heir to the throne of a country. The preparations for the wedding were more complicated.
Two weeks later, the Ministry of Rites sent the wedding clothes and other items to the Marquis of Yong Chang Residence. At the same time, they also sent two Etiquette Nannies bestowed by the palace.
At this moment, the Marquis of Yong Chang Residence was exceptionally lively. Today was the day that the heir of the Duke Jing's Estate, Pei Ji, came to betrothal.
In the reception hall, Madam Li was beaming with joy as she welcomed the relatives who had come to congratulate her. When she saw the boxes of dowries being carried into the courtyard, she couldn't stop smiling.
Shen Mingyan sat at the side gracefully. She had obviously dressed up deliberately today. She was wearing an apricot-yellow traditional dress that made her look lively and beautiful.
At this moment, Pei Ji walked in. The handsome young man smiled politely at everyone, acting like a descendant of an aristocratic family.
Everyone could not help but praise Pei Ji, saying that Madam Li was lucky to have such a good son-in-law.
Shen Mingyan looked at the handsome and elegant young man with a smile in her almond-shaped eyes. She could not help but feel happy.
Perhaps she had approached him in the beginning because she wanted to find a good husband in this era. But now, such a handsome and outstanding youth had fallen in love with her, so how could she not be tempted!
Perhaps it was fate that she was chosen to transmigrate here. She was destined to be the protagonist.
However, in the next moment, a sister-in-law from the main family smiled and said, "I heard that the Fourth Miss is about to marry into the Prince's Mansion. Why isn't she here on this joyous day?"
Shen Mingyan's smile froze as if someone had poured cold water on her.
Madam Li frowned, but seeing that everyone was looking, she could only smile and say, "Fourth Girl is a little shy. She should be embroidering her dowry in the house now."
She instructed the maid, Cui Liu, "Go get Fourth Girl here to meet the guests."
Thinking that Shen Mingjiao was coming over, Shen Mingyan subconsciously looked at Pei Ji and blurted out, "This place is filled with women. If Young Master Pei is uncomfortable, you may go to the front yard to meet your brothers!"
Pei Ji looked at her in confusion, but he still nodded.
Shen Mingyan heaved a sigh of relief.
…
In the Rose Garden, under the lush green grape trellis, Shen Mingjiao lay on the recliner as if she had no bones. She held a book in her hand and enjoyed the cool breeze.
Haitang was sitting on a stone bench at the side. She was peeling off the seeds of the iced watermelon and cutting them into pieces. Then, she stuck a bamboo skewer into Shen Mingjiao's mouth.
Shen Mingjiao opened her mouth and took a bite. The cold juice splashed out. She sighed comfortably. "This is how a person should live!"
Haitang could not understand. She felt that watermelons should be eaten in big mouthfuls.
Shen Mingjiao rolled her eyes at her. "Am I just eating watermelons? What I'm eating is a mood and a sense of ritual!"
Haitang skeptically picked up a piece of watermelon and put it into her mouth. Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but she actually felt that it was indeed sweeter and better to eat like this.
Shen Mingjiao closed the book and took a new one. After flipping through a few pages, she frowned and threw it aside impatiently.
Haitang picked it up and looked at it curiously. She found that the cover said, "The Daughter of the Emperor's First Wife: The Cold Prince Cannot Afford to Offend Her."
She flipped through it. It was a story of the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, the God of War, and the Crown Prince that had to be told.
Eh, why is this plot so familiar?
Shen Mingjiao flipped through seven or eight books in a row. Without exception, all of them were melodramatic fan fiction based on Su Qing and the other two. There were all kinds of them.
She couldn't help but complain in her heart. Fortunately, these people still had some conscience and didn't write the story with the Crown Prince and the Prince as two male leads.
She picked up another book.
Oh my! She was actually in this book!
She flipped through the book. It basically mentioned that she had drugged the Prince. In the end, the Prince had no choice but to marry her. Then, it wrote about how indignant she was, and how she schemed to frame Su Qing. She was definitely a vicious supporting actress.
Shen Mingjiao was speechless. How did such a stupid person like her survive until the last chapter?
She continued to search.
Oh, this book was a little interesting. It was written that the Prince had married her to agitate Su Qing. He doted on her in front of everyone, but was cold towards her when no one was around.
Meanwhile she was deeply attracted to his cold back and loved him from then on.
In order to attract the other party's attention, she completely turned evil and dealt with Su Qing crazily. In the end, she was thrown into a wolf's den by the Prince and bitten to death…
The corners of Shen Mingjiao's mouth twitched. Is it not good enough to spend the money of the Prince's Mansion? What kind of love did she need?
She continued searching and realized that she was either a vicious supporting actress or on the way to becoming evil. In short, she was just a tool to complement the male and female protagonists in advancing the plot. None of them had a good ending for her.
After flipping through the pile of books, she finally found one which she had not been defamed.
In the end, she nearly died of anger after reading it.
The title of the book was 'The Substitute of the Cold-faced Prince's White Moonlight'. The melodramatic title was sufficient to tell the story.
It was written that the Prince had treated her as a substitute for his beloved and doted on her in every way. Just as she was falling for him step by step,
The Prince personally dug her eyes out in order to treat the eyes of the person he loved. During this period, he tortured her body and her heart.
Moreover, every chapter was interspersed with them in various poses and whatnot. The description was so vivid that it made people blush and their hearts beat faster. After the two of them rolled around on the bed, they immediately became cold to each other. It was uncomfortable to read.
Because of his sweetheart's words, the Prince personally slaughtered her entire family. Eventually, she was disheartened and chose to leave.
However, it was only at this moment that the Prince realized that he had long fallen in love with her. Hence, he began to chase after his wife and pursue her. What was even more infuriating was that this was the 'perfect ending' of the story.
Moreover, this author's writing was meticulous and immersive. Shen Mingjiao wanted to rush into Prince's Mansion and beat Feng Lisheng up after reading it.
-- Cadeau
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