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Chapter 97: How Can Princess Be so Heartless?
Ning Shu's heart ached a little. These were the original host's emotions. The original host had never acted with the bearing of a princess in front of Duan Xinghui. She had always been like a lovestruck little girl, only facing Duan Xinghui with adoration and reliance.
Princess Jiahui thought that she had already humbled herself enough in front of Duan Xinghui, yet it turned out that he still disdained her status.
Ning Shu threw off the remorseful feeling and scoffed. Reincarnation also counted as a skill. If he had the ability to, why didn't he reincarnate as Li Wen and directly become an Emperor?
Who did he think he was? In her heart, Ning Shu drew a big X mark over Duan Xinghui.
"If I called you SOB, would you answer to it?" asked Ning Shu.
Although Duan Xinghui didn't understand what Ning Shu said, he had a faint feeling that it wasn't anything good.
Ning Shu toyed with her whip as she sneered, "Who do you think you are? You think you're worthy of liking this princess? You're nothing but a defeated general. If this princess had been responsible for some many casualties at the border, this princess would feel too ashamed to even face the world."
Duan Xinghui's face spasmed and he glared at Ning Shu with red eyes as if she had greatly insulted his dignity.
"There will inevitably be wicked commoners that want to hurt this princess ah." Ning Shu casually found an excuse, then swung her whip towards Duan Xinghui's face. If the barbs on the whip managed to catch Duan Xinghui's face, he would have to say goodbye to his face and allow his handsomeness to become history.
Duan Xinghui's facial color changed rapidly. For better or for worse, he had been a general, so he had quick reflexes. He immediately used his arm to shield his face.
With a loud resounding 'pah,' the whip landed on Duan Xinghui's arm and he immediately turned pale. The whip had been swung with great force so the sharp barbs on the whip dug into his skin.
Duan Xinghui looked towards Ning Shu with disbelief in his eyes. She gave a cold laugh, then retrieved her whip to look at it. It was carrying a bit of blood and flesh.
She knew that her whip was pretty sharp, but she hadn't really expected to be able to land a hit on Duan Xinghui.
"Princess." Duan Xinghui's lips trembled. Actually, his entire body was trembling. His face was deathly pale and he seemed very shocked. It was clear he hadn't expected for her to straightforwardly attack him.
And so mercilessly as well.
Ning Shu simply laughed coldly, then said with an indifferent expression, "Come, arrest this person! He had tried to assassinate this princess!"
Duan Xinghui gave a muffled groan while holding his arm. Blood was seeping out between his fingers and dripping onto the bluestone pavement.
"How can Princess be so heartless?" Duan Xinghui's eyes were completely red as he looked at Ning Shu.
Jesus ah. The way he acted was as if she had let him down; it was seriously shameless. He was clearly the one that had selfishly gone off and decided to marry someone else, yet he had the face to come and say she was heartless?
"Duan Xinghui, is something wrong with your brain? You tried to assassinate this princess, then had the nerve to slander this princess for being heartless? SOB really does fit you well."
Fuck, all these people seriously lived inside their own worlds. All they could see was when others let them down. They were completely blind to the harm their own actions brought to others. It was seriously unbelievable.
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Chapter 98: Accused of Being Heartless x2
When Madame Duan, who had rushed over, saw the blood on Ning Shu's whip and her injured son, she felt like her heart was about to break. She dearly loved her son and had never lifted a hand against him, yet this precious son of her had been hit by a woman.
There weren't enough words to express the indignation in Madame Duan's heart. She was just about to interrogate Ning Shu when she saw Ning Shu's cold gaze and involuntarily trembled. Her thoughts immediately cleared up. She had been about to interrogate a princess!
Madame Duan felt restless with stifled anger; it was to the point she felt about to go crazy. Madame Duan resented Princess Jiahui for not being the same as before and also resented Er Ya.
If it weren't for Er Ya, Duan Xinghui wouldn't have gotten dismissed from his position or angered Princess Jiahui.
Before, Madame Duan still had a bit of hope. She planned to have Ning Shu marry in and be the main wife, then deal with that country girl later.
However, now Princess Jiahui had actually hit Duan Xinghui without the slightest hesitation and there wasn't a trace of hurt in her eyes. This made Madame Duan realize that Princess Jiahui really had no more feelings towards her son.
How could this be? Madame Duan was mentally and physically exhausted, but she still hastily got down from the sedan chair and walked over to Duan Xinghui to check his injury.
"Princess, what need is there for you to act so heartlessly?" As of now, Madame Duan was crying for real with helplessness and fear. If the situation continued on like this, there'd be no hope left for Duan Xinghui to recover from this fall. The only hope they had left was that Princess Jiahui would go to the Emperor and plea for leniency.
It was seriously karma ah.
Another person was here to call her heartless again. As expected of mother and son, their lines of thought were identical. Ning Shu scoffed, "I'm heartless? Duan Xinghui, this wicked commoner, actually dared to try and break into the Princess Residence to assassinate this princess. Everyone present can testify as witnesses."
Madame Duan's heart instantly dropped to her stomach. However, when she saw her son's pale face, she panicked and became completely flustered. After all, in the end she was still a woman of the inner chamber and was quite useless when something big happens. "Princess, please allow this common woman to bring her son to a doctor."
As she spoke, she had someone help Duan Xinghui up and prepared to slip away.
"Stop," commanded Ning Shu. "Madame Duan, what are you doing? You actually want to help away a criminal guilty of attempting murder?"
Ning Shu glanced at the drops of blood on the ground, then at Duan Xinghui's face which was pale with blood loss and felt her heart fill with satisfaction.
Madame Duan was angry now. "Princess, do you truly intend to push us into a corner? Don't forget that Xinghui is your future husband."
Ning Shu's expression turned cold as she said, "Madame Duan, you should be careful with your words. If you continue to ruin this princess's reputation, this princess might ask His Majesty to get justice for this princess. Duan Xinghui is already just a common citizen, I'm sure he doesn't want to take on the crime of slandering the imperial family's reputation."
Ning Shu walked towards Duan Xinghui and Madame Duan. Madame Duan involuntarily trembled. When she got a closer look at the bloody whip, her face paled.
Duan Xinghui covered his injury as he stepped in front of Madame Duan to shield her and stared at Ning Shu with his black eyes.
"Don't come here to annoy this princess again. If you irritate this princess again, this princess will make it so that your entire Duan family will no longer be able to stay in this capital. This princess hasn't even settled the matter in which you lied to this princess yet, so Duan Xinghui, you should really pay attention to your own status."
Duan Xinghui's face was pale and embarrassed. The difference in Princess Jiahui's personality was so great that Duan Xinghui couldn't quite wrap his head around it.
Madame Duan helped him up and was staggering away when Ning Shu suddenly spoke again. "Wait."
Duan Xinghui and Madame Duan's heart simultaneously jumped and they froze rigidly. Duan Xinghui pressed his lips together, then turned around to look towards Ning Shu.
Ning Shu smiled slightly and her cold expression turned a few degrees warmer, causing Duan Xinghui to daze out for a moment. When a person with a cold personality suddenly smiled, the effect was unusually beautiful and touching.
"Duan Xinghui, this princess has a servant that can be said to harbor deep admiration and adoration for you," said Ning Shu to Duan Xinghui.
Duan Xinghui was stunned. He couldn't figure out what Ning Shu wanted to do.