âHey, did you hear? Thereâs a special woman in the brothel.â
âI already heard. I even know the woman, she was once called Wenren Yunfei.â
âWow, she canât really be that shameless? Isnât she the number one beauty?â
âOnly a brothel would be able to support this kind of woman.â
âDidnât she use to be the prime minister estateâs eldest miss? What happened?â
âYou might not know. Wenren Yunfeiâs mother was actually a beauty from a brothel too.â
âThe one that was really popular before disappear into thin air?â
âYup.â
âNo wonder. With that kind of mother, it wouldnât be hard to understand how this woman is also like that.â
As the two walked, they heard that the majority of the people were chatting about the same thing. There was only one main lead in all of their stories: Wenren Yunfei.
XunMi was a bit puzzled. What happened? It hadnât even been two days. How did this Wenren Yunfei put herself into a brothel? A brothel in ancient times was the equivalent of modern dayâs redlight district. But if you want to escape the brothel, youâll first need to have someone willing to help you. Even then, itâs hard to say if you can successful secure a peaceful life for yourself afterwards.
âIs there anything Prince needs to tell me?â XunMi smiled at the man sitting across from her. She didnât miss the obvious disdain and hatred on his face.
âShe wanted to get someone to ruin your face, so I had someone ruin hers. Afterwards, I gave her a skin mask that resembled her original face and left her in the brothel. Since she is so lacking of men, I wanted to be the good person and help her out.â Zongzheng Mufeng was honest and spoke innocently.
âHahaha...â XunMi snorted, her husband was so cute. If only he wasnât so perverted, then he would be absolutely perfect.
âYes, youâre right. Since the female lead had already fallen to this level, the mission should be pretty much done. But there were still those few men. She had originally planned to steal them away from her. However, she discovered that those men were all braindead, they can create trouble on their own. They didnât need her to add fuel to the fire.
âNangong Muchenâs entire savings have just about been spent. Itâs near impossible for him to try to rebuild Nangong familyâs business. Guan Shengqing spends his whole day wondering where his kindhearted fairy has gone. His father has completely lost hope in him. Bai Ling has also given up. Out of those three, heâs living the best currently.
Belle, tell me. If the crown prince knew that his previous crown princess even tangled with his secret guard, what do you think he would do?â Zongzheng Mufeng played with his teacup with a mischievous expression on his face.
XunMi raised her eyebrows, âIt would be an exciting reaction. Iâm quite itching to see it. The crown prince is preparing to rebel. If he found out that he has been completely betrayed at this crucial time, it would definitely be very interesting.â Because of her interference, Wenren Yunfei wasnât able to continue on her original path. She didnât seduce the grand general. Naturally, the grand general and the other men were then unable to provide the crown prince with support now. If he wanted to successfully seize the throne, the crown prince would need all of the power of the main leadsâ halo.
âItâs getting late. Letâs go home.â Zongzheng Mufeng supported his Belle up. The two walked out side by side.
Nearby, a man sat at a table, silently watching their disappearing figures with a gloomy expression.
âYouâre not going to say hi?â Zongzheng Mufeng quietly asked.
XunMi smiled, âNo need. It was only a small act of kindness anyway.â She knew that Xiao Jing had done a lot for her behind the scenes. For example, the news of Wenren Yunfei and her menâs behavior in the outskirts of town had been able to travel so fast and ferociously because he had been helping to spread it.
Zongzheng Mufeng didnât speak. He had investigated Xiao Jingâs identity on the first day. If not because he was doing so much to protect his Belle, he would have already gotten ride of this love rival.
Three Days Later.
On a moonless, windy night, the crown prince played the bugle horn signal. For the whole night, the palace was well lit, blood dyed the flowers red, and corpses piled on the roads.
Taking advantage of this time, the emperor used the crown princeâs hand to eliminate those disloyal, uncontrollable court officials. During morning court the next day, when the emperor still hadnât showed up, the court began to panic.
Everyone had heard the big movements from last night but they had all been to scared to get involved. Moreover, the emperor had already ordered to seal off the entire palace. Even if they wanted to contribute, they didnât have an opportunity.
In the imperial study room, Zongzheng Mufeng sat on the side, with the crown prince pathetically kneeling in the center of the room. The emperor had not arrived yet.
The crown prince couldnât believe that, even with such a meticulously thought out plan, he had suffered a crushing defeat.
âIf you canât understand, then stop thinking about it. Youâll only make that stupid brain more stupid in the process.â
âItâs you, An wang. It must have been you.â The crown prince violently yelled. He had been on the verge of success. Just one more step and he would have been able to sit in that throne. But in the end...
Zongzheng Mufeng looked down at his nephew, âYou are delusion if you thought someone like you could sit in the throne.â
As a crown prince, he never understood to cultivate his moral character or his image. Instead, he greedily thought of that throne that was to be his sooner or later, even doing something that had completely ruined his own future. Zongzheng Mufeng really didnât know how the imperial familyâs genes had cultivated such stupidity.
âThe throne was always mine to take, I was just speeding the process along. Whatâs wrong with that? I know that An wang also wants sit in that throne, right? Unfortunately, you are only an An wang, youâll never have that opportunity.â The crown prince was already delusional, even daring to boast so shamelessly in the imperial study room. His expression that said âI am the greatest, I am right, if you donât agree then you are wrongâ really made people want to punch him in the face.
Zongzheng Mufeng didnât feel like talking to someone without a brain. Seeing his imperial brother coming in, he quickly excused himself. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he wouldnât be able to hold back the urge the little scum of a crown prince.
He arrived back at his estate, smiling when he saw his Belle. Her soft and warm smile in the spring breeze immediately cured away his anger.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms, sighing contently. âMy Belle is the best.â