Chapter 605 - A Token, Feng Yulei’s Token of Engagement (2/2)

“If I allowed it, why didn’t I know that? I was resting just now. You said that Consort Yan came to visit. Consort Yan is a woman, so I naturally allowed her in. But why King Yan is also here? Hu Qianyue, who are you conspiring with to harm me?” Princess Caifeng pointed at Hu Qianyue with an angry face and put all the blame on her. She now had a bad feeling that Hu Qianyue was not here to help her, but was here to hurt her.

At this time, she remembered that Hu Qianyue was her third brother’s cousin. Her third brother and her elder brother had always been against each other, and she was on her elder brother’s side. Then Hu Qianyue had a reason to hurt her. Princess Caifeng had trusted her so much before, but now she dared to betray her. At this moment, she was regretful and hateful. She just wanted to put all the blame on Hu Qianyue.

Hu Qianyue’s eyes turned red as she was scolded, and her tears burst out. She pointed at the two palace maids standing on either side of her and explained timidly, “Your Highness, how… how… could you say that? They both saw and heard it when you issued the order.” These two were the personal palace maids of Princess Caifeng who had just gone out to look for You Yue’e with Hu Qianyue.

“Yes, Your Highness. We heard what you said clearly when you ordered Miss Hu. Why…” The two palace maids looked at the furious Princess Caifeng fearfully, with a look of shock and confusion on their faces.

“Get out, get out, get out of here, I don’t want to marry him. I won’t marry him even if I die.” Princess Caifeng was furious and gnashed her teeth in hatred. At this time, she understood Hu Qianyue’s methods. Even the two palace maids beside her were Hu Qianyue’s people. How could she get this matter straight? Moreover, she had really said those words. Originally, she planned to trick You Yue’e, but she did not expect that Hu Qianyue actually played her!

“What happened?” A cold question came from outside the door. Princess Caifeng, who was so enraged that she wanted to kill, immediately calmed down in the room. Her fingers trembled and she pulled the corner of the quilt. Her lips trembled and she suddenly cried out loud, “Elder Brother, Elder Brother, help me. Third brother and these people plotted against me!”

Anyway, she was not in the Southern Barbarian Lands at this time, so she did not have to care about her third brother’s power!

Unable to marry King Xuan, Princess Caifeng was filled with hatred!

“What’s this racket about?” The curtain was lifted and Crown Prince Xieyue appeared at the door. He looked pale and sick. He glanced at everyone present and especially squinted at King Yan’s face. A trace of coldness tugged at the corner of his mouth. There was a flash of light in his eyes, and then his eyes fell on Princess Caifeng.

“As a girl, you should behave. Miss Hu, help Princess clean up the room. Don’t get her too excited. If she continues to make a fuss, the wound on her face will leave a permanent scar.” Crown Prince Xieyue looked at Princess Caifeng’s blood-stained veil and narrowed his eyes slightly.

A permanent scar meant that her face was really disfigured! Princess Caifeng was so frightened that her face turned pale. She picked up a handkerchief and touched her face. Indeed, she saw a patch of blood on her handkerchief. She was immediately dumbfounded. Her body tilted and she fell backward!

The palace maids hurried forward to help her clean up. The others left the room together. Crown Prince Xieyue led the crowd to the front room and sat down according to their statue. Lian An was asked to stay as a witness. Crown Prince Xieyue looked at Feng Yulei and asked, “Your Highness, King Yan, how are you going to solve this?”

He threw the problem directly to Feng Yulei. In any case, this matter must have something to do with him.

“Crown Prince, no matter what, the Princess’s reputation has been ruined. I am willing to take responsibility.” Feng Yulei looked up with a serious expression on his face, as if he was willing to marry Caifeng for the sake of her reputation.

You Yue’e did not say anything else. There was a hint of laughter flas.h.i.+ng across her eyes. However, her expression was truly calm. Princess Caifeng had cried that she did not want to marry Feng Yulei earlier, which had turned into a thorn in Feng Yulei’s heart. No matter whether Princess Caifeng would marry into King Yan’s Manor in the future, the proud Feng Yulei would never love her.

“Since Your Highness is willing to take responsibility, then when are you planning to officially marry Caifeng?” A slight smile appeared on the lips of Crown Prince Xieyue, which showed that he was satisfied with Feng Yulei.

This matter went so smoothly that Feng Yulei almost couldn’t believe it. He was relieved at once. He had been worrying that Crown Prince Xieyue would demand him to do something in conflict of his own interest just now. Unexpectedly, Crown Prince Xieyue didn’t mention it at all.

In order to show his sincerity, Feng Yulei nodded and said wholeheartedly, “I will go to the palace as soon as possible to ask for an imperial edict from my Father, allowing Princess Caifeng to marry into my manor as soon as possible. I promise here that I will never let her down.”

“That will do. In order to show Your Highness’s desire to marry the princess, Your Highness, please leave a token.” Prince Xieyue did not make things difficult for him. Thinking for a moment, he explained politely, “Caifeng hates being plotted against the most. Generally speaking, she was wronged today, so she snapped like that. Your Highness, please forgive her. She is just a little girl. Facing such a sudden and big change, she didn’t know what to say. If she has offended Your Highness, please forgive her!”

Feng Yulei also saw through this matter. It seemed that Princess Caifeng had been set up by the lady beside her. Originally, he was full of hatred and anger towards Princess Caifeng as he felt that she insisted on not marrying him, which made him lose face. And she implied that he and Hu Qianyue had worked together to frame her, which made Feng Yulei very unhappy.

But on second thought, he felt that her reaction was reasonable. A girl would indeed be confused after experiencing a sudden change. It also explained the complete change in her att.i.tude before and after. In order to show how much attention he attached to Princess Caifeng and to please Crown Prince Xieyue, he immediately took off his jade pendant hanging at his waist, which symbolized his status as a prince.

“Your Highness, I’ll give this to Princess Caifeng as a token of our engagement.”

There was only one of such a jade pendant for each prince, representing their ident.i.ty. It was even said that it was the betrothal gift the prince sent to his wife. However, this was not included in the betrothal gifts sent to You Yue’e by King Yan’s Manor. Later she noticed that Feng Yulei had always taken it with him, and she thought that he really liked it. As such, she did not mind it. However, Feng Yulei surely meant different when he took it out at this point. You Yue’e watched Crown Prince Xieyue take it with satisfaction.

You Yue’e’s expression changed drastically and she almost fell off the stool…

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