Chapter 495: Chapter 495
As his master put it, Qingfeng Mingyue seriously started comparing the situation.
Combining the accounts of the previous three Princesses, honestly, regardless of whether it was someone else’s scheme or not, the behavior of a high-class legitimate daughter becoming pregnant before marriage was indeed disgraceful. The first one was also lacking in morals; knowing she was terminally ill, she still got married. Wasn’t that just harming others? The third one seemed innocent, dying in an assassination, but who knows what family interests were involved behind her death? No matter who you compare, against this honest and straightforward Miss Tang, they would seem inferior, lacking in humanity and the passion of life. Read complete version only at novel·fire.net
Apart from these three Princesses, in earlier years many women had shown interest in their Prince, including noble legitimate daughters and concubine-born girls from prestigious families. However, no matter how you looked at it, these people all seemed like they were uniformly produced by Fanghua Hall, lacking any personality of their own. Although each had distinctive looks, their personalities were terribly dull and uninteresting. Unlike Miss Tang, whose emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness could always be seen through her words and actions. Because of the time spent together recently, she had even cast off the shackles of etiquette, becoming increasingly informal with their master.
However, the Prince did not mind, and so they, the servants, dared not speak up. But precisely because of this, it allowed them to recognize her more clearly.
Aside from that, the only potentially discreditable aspect might be her origins.
Because of the ruthlessness of Emperor Ning Xu of Dongru Country, nearly everyone who knew the truth that night had already perished. Externally, Ning Xu declared that the Empress had suddenly died from acute disease and even held a funeral, so no one would know her past. But coming to Nanling Country, she was just an ordinary commoner, which might be... difficult if she intended to marry their Prince.
Could it be that the Prince wanted to take her as a concubine? If it were merely as a concubine, then there wouldn’t need to be much concern.
Yet, judging from the Prince’s reaction, it clearly wasn’t as simple as taking a concubine.
"Prince, could it be, you plan to marry Miss Tang as your wife? Not just as a concubine or another concubine?"
"Take a concubine? Do you want my residence to be like the emperor’s harem too, where today this one schemes against that, and tomorrow that one against this, scheming back and forth, and the innocent descendants suffering losses? Forget it, I still want to live a few more years. To marry only one wife is enough. At present, I am destined to outlive my wives — whoever dares marry me is bold and not afraid of death. I can’t afford the luxury of having concubines or additional wives!"
At the end, he even rubbed his chin worriedly, "I just don’t know if this little chubby girl is afraid of death or not. What should I do if she is?"
"That’s simple! Prince, why not just turn boiled rice into a cooked meal? Right now, we are closest to taking advantage of the situation, aren’t we?"
As soon as Ming Yue finished speaking, she suffered a slap to the back of her head from Rong Heng.
"You fool, what are you saying? Do you think I am so vile? Using such a despicable method? Don’t you have a little confidence in my charm, believing I can win over the little chubby girl and make her devotedly follow me?"
Ming Yue, feeling aggrieved, touched the back of her head, ruthlessly pointing out the truth.
"My lord, not to undermine you, but judging from Miss Tang’s reaction just now, she seems to keep her distance respectfully, doesn’t she?"
Rong Heng didn’t term, but he wasn’t ready to tear down this facade just yet.
Since he hadn’t done well enough, he would just have to try harder to make her understand his feelings and eventually accept him...