The Devious First-Daughter

Chapter 395 Who’s Going to Deal Whom a Head-on Blow?

Commandery Princess Xianyun had no choice but to come, because this trouble-causing cousin was her grandfather’s favorite grandson.

If such a thing happened, he would die for sure. Although the imperial concubine in the palace was not favored, the emperor frequently asked for her. She was not like the beauties in the cold palace, whom no one cared about.

How could she let her grandfather’s most beloved grandson be executed? And the key to this matter was Prince Yi, Ao Chenyi. After all, her cousin relied on Prince Yi’s authority. If Prince Yi supported him, the imperial concubine would not be a problem. However, the problem was that Ao Chenyi did not seem to be a person who was fond of meddling in others’ business.

It created a tremendous uproar in the palace and the emperor immediately summoned the people from the two families, as well as Prince Yi. However, Prince Yi did not appear. Perhaps Prince Yi was busy, as they could not find him for a while. At the same time, it also indicated that he did not want to intervene in this matter.

The Lord Peace’s Manor was the Empress Dowager’s parental family. However, the Empress Dowager was not Prince Yi’s biological Mother. It could be said that it had nothing to do with Prince Yi. Although the two manors were talking about marriage, they were not properly related yet. Besides, with Prince Yi’s temper, even if Commandery Princess Xianyun married into the Prince Yi’s Manor, he might not even intervene in this matter.

Therefore, Princess Xianyun had to be shameless and secretly came to Prince Yi’s Manor to ask for an audience with him.

Hearing that the Matriarch-to-be had asked to see their master, the people in the manor were quite polite. They asked someone to take her to the living room and asked her to wait there. They said that the prince was not in the manor and might come back in a while.

She waited for about four hours. Commandery Princess Xianyun sat quietly in the hall. First, she felt her legs and feet go weak, and then, she felt as if her whole body was going limp.

“Commandery Princess, move and take a rest.” The personal maid, Xiangrong, saw her stiffness and whispered with concern.

“It’s alright. I’ll wait a little longer.” Commandery Princess Xianyun’s lips lifted, as a bitter smile emerged on her face.

Even though it was not breaking the rules for her to come here now, she was still the matriarch. However, there was nothing other than the fruits, snacks, and tea that they had brought in earlier. Later, there was no one else who came. Only two maids were standing outside the hall. She did not summon them, nor did they come in. They stood outside in a daze.

She told herself to sit upright. She could not let others look down on her because she did not come here per etiquette. Prince Yi was busy with his business. But since he had not left the capital city, there could not have been any news yet. He had been summoned to the imperial court. Anyway, he had already known about it.

However, he was still not back yet.

She remembered his warning to her on that day.

He needed a dignified female master in his mansion.

He hated jealousy the most. In that case, the whole manor would be in chaos, and his family would be in turmoil.

If she could not do that, he had no qualms in replacing her with another princess…

She was not married to him yet. No, at that time, the emperor had not issued an imperial edict, but he showed no mercy in front of her. The vicious look told her that what he said was true. However, faced with his overbearing manner, she was speechless.

He had never been moved by her, even though she had won all the praises in the city. Prince Yi was well-known for his ruthlessness. His former fiancée died of illness before they officially got married. It was said that he loved the woman so deeply that he had not married anyone else. However, she did not think so.

If he was affectionate, why had she not heard that he had worshipped her? And when she was a child, she had seen the woman several times. She could not remember her clearly. The woman did not seem to be stunningly beautiful, so how could she be a perfect match for him?

“Young Lady, let me massage your neck. You’re so stiff. When Prince Yi comes back later, he may blame me for not serving you well.” Xiangrong suggested again. It seemed that Prince Yi cared about her. Although she knew it was meant to comfort her, it also made her feel a little relieved.