Chapter 5761: Redeeming Oneself
The reporting eunuch was so terrified that he immediately knelt before the Crown Prince, crying with a small, pale face. "Your, Your, Your Royal Highness!"
"Your Royal Highness, you shouldn't be shouting such confidential matters for this humble one to hear! You, you could just do it secretly. If you blurt it out for this humble one to hear, should this humble one report it or report it??"
"Your Royal Highness, please don't kill this servant to silence me!" The little eunuch cried and wailed, crawling to Mo Yu's feet, his nose running and tears streaming. "Your Royal Highness, this servant swears, I will absolutely not speak out. Please spare this humble one's life."
"Why would I kill you?" Mo Yu glanced at him. "You hurry back and report to my father king. Tell him exactly what I just said, word for word."
"You need to be quick, understand? My people will enter the palace to seize the person within three days. If you return to the capital after three days, that will be your problem."
The little eunuch, terrified, quickly crawled away, screaming all the way, "Back, back to the capital, back to the capital!"
Mo Yu watched him stumble away, rolling his eyes. He then turned to the personal guard standing seven steps behind him. "Baozi, am I that scary?"
The guard stood expressionlessly at a distance, and upon hearing the question, nodded. "Very scary."
Little Lin blinked, then took small, shuffling steps, floating to Mo Yu's side. She poked him with a finger. "What? Did the Old King specially send a personal eunuch to reprimand you?"
"Is it because the matter with Princess Huaizhu reached the Old King's ears?"
Mo Yu turned to look at her, smiled slightly, and nodded. "How are you so smart?"
"Of course," Qiao Lin pouted, looking a bit smug. "I've been smart since I was little. My sister praised me too."
Mo Yu hummed. "What do you think my Big Brother and Sister-in-law are doing? We've waited for them so long, and they haven't entered the city."
"Who knows." When this topic came up, Little Lin also felt a bit annoyed. That bad sister of hers, always so impulsive. Isn't three days enough to explore Qiaotou Village? She didn't know why they were staying so long.
"Never mind. Pack up. We'll leave tomorrow morning."
"What, has Princess Huaizhu's backside healed?" Little Lin, looking gossipy, leaned next to Mo Yu and smiled at him. "Oh, by the way, what did your father just reprimand you about?"
"You're so angry; something big must have happened."
Mo Yu glanced at her sideways. "Want to know?"
Qiao Lin nodded vigorously.
Mo Yu turned and smiled at her, gently tapping her forehead with his finger. "Not telling you."
Qiao Lin watched him walk away, furious, and shook her fist at his retreating back. That brat, when I meet up with brother-in-law, I'll definitely have brother-in-law teach him a good lesson. Show-off!
Princess Huaizhu's Plan
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"Princess," Qingluo lowered her head, instructing the maids to come forward and change Princess Huaizhu's dressing. She personally brought a bowl of nourishing snow lotus soup and offered it to Princess Huaizhu.
Huaizhu had been listless for the past two days. Today, her physical injuries had finally improved slightly, giving her some strength to speak. "Chen, Chen Yan sent, sent a message back about this?"
Qingluo nodded. "Guard Chen was also worried that the Princess's injuries had no solution, which is why he thought of sending a message to Consort Li..."
"Foolish!" Princess Huaizhu angrily slapped the mattress. "I, I told him before, he, completely ignored it. What did Aunt say?"
"I heard that the King sent a little eunuch just now to deliver a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Princess Huaizhu's face turned somewhat unsightly.
"Princess, Guard Chen requests an audience."
Just then, a maid came to report. Princess Huaizhu's face immediately lengthened. "Tell him to get in here."
Chen Yan had just stepped into the room when a bowl "whooshed" towards his head.
"Princess." Chen Yan quickly knelt down, incidentally avoiding the attacking bowl. "This subordinate does not know where I erred to cause such great anger in the Princess. This subordinate admits my mistake."
"You admit your mistake??" Princess Huaizhu angrily clutched her stomach. "Didn't I tell you before, don't always go running to Aunt for help? After these past few days, can't you see what kind of temperament that Crown Prince has?"
That person is clearly someone who doesn't respond well to force. The more forcefully you treat him, the more he will rebound. Princess Huaizhu's heart ached with anger at the thought. It seemed that only by being gentle and accommodating on the way back to the capital could she hope to win over His Highness's heart.
However, now that there was an irritating woman by His Highness's side, Princess Huaizhu looked at Chen Yan with a grim face. "Are you willing to redeem yourself for your misdeeds?"
Chen Yan quickly nodded. "Princess, please instruct. As long as it is something the Princess commands, this subordinate will gladly die for it."
"You don't need to die for this," Princess Huaizhu said faintly. "Lean closer."
Chen Yan quickly stepped forward, carefully listening to Huaizhu's whispered instructions, nodding repeatedly.
The Flying Mare
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"These, those, and everything here, all of it, move it onto the carriage," Qingluo said commandingly, pointing at a pile of soft cushions and objects placed on the open ground. "Be careful. These are all the Princess's personal belongings. Don't damage them."
"Princess, this servant will help you into the carriage. Be careful, your body hasn't fully recovered yet. Watch out for your wounds."
Qiao Lin walked out the main gate and saw Qingluo and a few other maids loudly directing some servants to move and carry things onto the carriage. Qiao Lin held a snow-white pony by its reins, swung herself onto its back, and gently patted it.
The horse suddenly galloped for a few steps, its four wings suddenly unfurling. Amidst gasps of astonishment from everyone, it shot into the air for a few steps. Qiao Lin yawned, lay prone on the horse's back, and gently rubbed its ear. "Oh, don't be so mischievous. There are many people here. Down, down."
The pony then folded its four wings, which had spread to dozens of meters long, and reverted to the appearance of an ordinary horse. It shook its head and clop-clopped back to the ground.
Qingluo's eyes widened in surprise. She turned to look at the very pale-faced Princess Huaizhu and whispered, "P-Princess, what... what was that?"
"Is it a mystic beast?"
Having been in the Lower Star Domain for so long, they had never seen such a rare flying divine horse. Their eyes were wide with wonder, as if they had just witnessed a miracle. Princess Huaizhu's face felt hot. She glared at Qingluo and the others, annoyed. "Put away the curiosity in your eyes, you useless things. It's such a small matter; look how scared you all are."
But the envy and jealousy in her eyes were difficult to hide. She thought to herself, where did this wild girl come from to actually possess such a miraculous treasure horse? Even as a princess, she had never had such a good mystic beast, one that even had four wings and could fly...