“Ah Zhou.” Yun Li coquettishly buried her head against his chest. “Why didn’t you wake me when you woke up? Ah Li thought you were going to leave me behind again…”
Hearing this, Rong Zhou’s body trembled abruptly.
He immediately reached out and pulled his soft-bodied little Princess Consort into his embrace. “Ah Li, don’t talk nonsense. Unless I meet my end, how could I bear to leave Ah Li behind?”
The cold, sinister darkness in the man’s eyes completely dissipated.
What remained was endless tenderness and deep affection, his usually cold and resolute gaze now melting like water as it fell upon his little Princess Consort…
A stark contrast to his attitude toward Ning Xin’er.
Yun Li didn’t speak. Hearing these words, she only felt a sour ache in her heart, so she hugged his waist even tighter, nuzzling against him like a spoiled child. “Don’t talk nonsense.”
After all, the outcome in her previous life truly was meeting their end.
Yun Li didn’t want such a result again. In this life, she would never let him down again…
A perfect pair embraced intimately beneath the pear blossom tree.
Watching the scene Yun Li was putting on, Ning Xin’er felt this woman was utterly hypocritical to the extreme.
She couldn’t help but speak up, “Your Highness…”
Yun Li, who had just traveled back, was completely focused on her husband. Earlier, she had only rushed out to find him, not noticing there was someone else outside the hall.
Hearing this familiar voice…
Yun Li’s beautiful phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
She slowly looked up. Sure enough, she hadn’t misheard—this hypocritical, affected voice was something she could never forget, even across lifetimes!
Ning Xin’er…
In her previous life, this woman caused the wrongful deaths of her Yun family’s loyal martyrs, left the souls of the Yun army soldiers wandering without returning home, and even made the iron-blooded war god Rong Zhou die a thousand cuts to protect her!
She would never forget—
Her loyal, nation-protecting father was falsely accused of treason and collusion with the enemy, pierced by ten thousand arrows outside the city gates rather than confessing to crimes he didn’t commit; her brave and skilled eldest brother held the border gates until death, waiting for reinforcements that the Ning family withheld, leading him to sacrifice himself for the city; her free-spirited, talented second brother, whose literary fame once shook the capital, was framed with baseless charges and torn apart by five horses in the streets; her unruly younger brother was sent as a prisoner to the enemy state, only to have his head returned home; her mother also lay in a pool of blood within the general’s mansion!
Corpses littered the ground, a sea of crimson everywhere…
And after Ning Xin’er personally shot her dead, her half-sister Ning Yuewei summoned eagles to peck at her flesh, leaving her without a whole body in death!
Good…
Now, she had finally returned to this dynasty!
It was heaven’s favor. After dying miserably at Ning Xin’er’s hands in her previous life, she was reborn in the 21st century. Now, filled with fervor and hatred, armed with the knowledge and skills she gained in the modern era, she had traveled back to the Great Yu Dynasty for revenge…
And Ning Xin’er had delivered herself right to her doorstep!
The coquettish infatuation vanished from Yun Li’s eyes.
She withdrew from Rong Zhou’s embrace, lightly flicking her cloud-patterned sleeve, her phoenix eyes now filled only with hatred. “I wondered which uninvited guest was detaining Ah Zhou… So it’s the Changning County Princess.”
Ning Xin’er keenly caught her change.
Sensing the sudden hatred in her eyes, she inexplicably felt a chill run down her spine…
But after thinking it over, Ning Xin’er couldn’t recall any enmity between them.
“Ah Li…”
Ning Xin’er imitated Rong Zhou’s way of addressing her, putting on an elegant, delicate smile.
But Yun Li’s voice turned slightly cold, carrying a clear arrogance and authority completely different from before. “Are you worthy of calling me Ah Li?”
Her gaze was icy as she scrutinized Ning Xin’er.Suddenly curling her lips into a light laugh, “If I recall correctly, the Changning County Princess is merely a second-rank noble, yet she dares to address the super-ranked Regent Princess Consort by her informal name! Did the Empress Dowager not teach you to bow when paying respects to this Princess Consort before sending you here?”
Ning Xin’er’s smile stiffened at the corners of her lips.
In the past, Yun Li… oh no, she should now call her by her formal name Yun Lanyue!
Before Yun Lanyue married into the mansion, she was just a daughter of a general’s household without any official rank! While she herself was the Empress Dowager’s adopted daughter and an officially enfeoffed County Princess…
It had always been Yun Lanyue who bowed to her!
Now she was being suppressed by Yun Lanyue using official ranks…
Ning Xin’er pressed her lips together, humiliated yet forced to swallow her pride as she performed a curtsy, “Greetings to Your Highness the Princess Consort.”
Yun Li glanced at her but didn’t grant permission to rise.
Instead, she lowered her eyes and casually brushed her sleeve, her voice clear and arrogant, “What was all that commotion outside the hall earlier?”
Ning Xin’er presumptuously stood up to reply without permission.
She lifted her face, “Reporting to the Princess Consort, Her Majesty noticed that His Highness hasn’t brought the Princess Consort to the palace to express gratitude after the wedding, and hearing that the newlyweds had a minor disagreement, specifically sent Changning to mediate.”
Hearing this, Yun Li raised the corners of her eyes.
She clearly remembered that in her previous life, Ning Xin’er had come with the same words, even putting on an affected display of false kindness, superficially sympathizing with her forced marriage situation and promising to find ways to help her leave the Regent’s Mansion, while actually having already plotted with the Empress Dowager to use her to overthrow Rong Zhou and the Yun family!
And at that time, she hated Rong Zhou to the core…
Always loving freedom, she deeply resented his forced abduction and was unwilling to be this Regent Princess Consort. She immediately aligned with Ning Xin’er, only to be deceived and manipulated, ultimately leading to the complete destruction and tragic deaths of her entire Yun family!
But trying to deceive her again in this lifetime…
She would absolutely not give any more opportunities!
“A disagreement?”
Yun Li’s phoenix eyes sparkled with laughter, “Indeed, Her Majesty heard correctly, we did have an unpleasantness.”
Ning Xin’er’s heart suddenly surged with satisfaction.
She hadn’t guessed wrong – Yun Li’s affection with Rong Zhou earlier was all an act. As long as she properly coaxed and lured her, this simpleton would eventually take the bait and reveal her true intentions!
So she smiled lightly, “Why doesn’t the Princess Consort tell me about it? Changning is willing to do her best to help resolve Your Highness’s troubles.”
Ning Xin’er even deliberately glanced at Rong Zhou.
She saw the man’s dark pupils suddenly tremble, those deep, cold eyes indeed seeming to stir with turbulent waves.
Rong Zhou tightly clenched his fists. Turning to look at his delicate little princess consort beside him, his heart sharply ached when he heard she found last night unpleasant…
He kept recalling A’Li’s promises from last night.
Hypnotizing himself in his heart—believe her, should believe her, she clearly said she didn’t regret it!
“Alright.” Yun Li’s sweet voice sounded.
Ning Xin’er fantasized that she was probably going to bring up wanting a divorce in front of the Prince, but unexpectedly…
She saw Yun Li intimately wrap her arm around Rong Zhou’s!
The man’s heart also suddenly trembled.
Yun Li blinked her clear eyes as she looked at Ning Xin’er, “How does the County Princess plan to help this Princess Consort resolve matters of the bedchamber?”
Hearing this, Ning Xin’er was slightly stunned.
She was so shocked she nearly bit her tongue, “Wh-what matters of the bedchamber?”
“Of course the wedding night.”
Yun Li pouted her small mouth, “A’Zhou is really too much. On our wedding night, he didn’t know restraint, making my waist sore and legs weak.”
Ning Xin’er: ???The young Princess Consort feigned anger as she looked at him, her slender jade-like fingers poking his waist in annoyance. Her rosy little mouth kept muttering, her voice unbearably sweet and soft—
“I told you we’d be too exhausted to rise this morning and miss the morning audience… You see? The Empress Dowager has indeed sent someone, hasn’t she?”
The darkness in Rong Zhou’s pupils gradually melted away.
He knew he should have trusted her!
Allowing the young Princess Consort to continue her chattering reproaches, he gently drew her into his embrace. Lowering his gaze, he kissed her forehead and murmured hoarsely, “I was inconsiderate last night.”
“This prince admits his fault. Henceforth, I shall remember to be mindful of A Li’s comfort, never again being as rough as last night.”
Ning Xin’er: ?
She had never heard such vulgar words before. Her face instantly flushed crimson, never imagining this scoundrel could be so shameless! How could he casually speak of such matters to her…
Wait!