kvmb Chapter 79 Princess Li Cen
Chapter 79 Princess Li Cen
After waiting for a long time, the people inside finally couldn't sit still any longer.
After several reports, Li Yun suddenly stood up, kicked aside the servant who came to report again, and walked straight to the door.
"Oh, what's wrong with my royal brother?" Princess Chengde gloated. No matter what happened on the road, she was happy as long as the betrothal couldn't be arranged today.
"Your Highness, be careful," Lu He warned. Judging from Chengde's reaction, it shouldn't be her doing. So, the only one who could prevent the Imperial City Guard from showing up now is probably either the Crown Prince or the Emperor.
"Sir, have you foreseen something?" Upon hearing Lu He's words, Chengde immediately realized that there was something mysterious about this matter.
"We're not needed anymore. Just wait and see." Originally, Lu He had Princess Chengde cause trouble to attract the palace's attention. Now, she has probably achieved her goal, as the palace has indeed issued an imperial decree.
When Li Yun got up and left, Nie Sheng hurriedly followed him out, and Nie Zhiyuan followed closely behind. Thus, only Nie Qing was left in the main hall.
Seeing that everyone had left, Lu He informed Princess Chengde and then invited Nie Qing to speak privately.
Nie Qing hesitated for a moment, then nodded and walked out of the main hall with Lu He.
"Nie Qing! You actually came back?" The two had just stopped in the small garden in the side hall when the female lead, An Linqing, couldn't wait to speak.
"Hey, what are you talking about? I'm not Nie Qing, you are Nie Qing right now!" Lu He held up a finger and shook it. "Miss Nie, don't talk nonsense."
"Now that we're here, what else do you have to deny?" An Linqing sneered.
“Perhaps you are not Nie Qing,” Lu He blinked deliberately, “but I am not Nie Qing either.”
"What are you talking about?" An Linqing's expression was no longer as cold as before. She looked Lu He up and down with suspicion, and finally stopped on the face that used to belong to her.
“We may not be enemies.” Lu He said succinctly.
At the same time, Li Yun and Nie Sheng arrived at the door, only to find it calm and empty. They immediately felt uneasy, wondering who could stop Han Ji, the Imperial Envoy.
Moreover, the Prime Minister, who was supposed to bring Chao Huaiyuan to the door at 1-3 PM after the betrothal gifts were presented, has not made a move, probably because he is unable to show up due to this series of changes.
The Third Prince, Li Yun, nearly snapped his folding fan in his hand: "What on earth happened?"
"Your Highness, news has arrived from the palace. Just an incense stick's time ago, the Prime Minister was summoned to the palace..." The guard who had returned with the news whispered to Li Yun.
"What?" Li Yun was taken aback. Could it be that he had alarmed his father? But his father would not have time to see anyone else today, so he had specially chosen today to arrange the marriage between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Minister. How did his father find out about this?
"The Princess has arrived!" With a loud shout from afar, a luxurious and noble sedan chair, exuding status, appeared at the alley entrance.
Li Yun immediately felt an urge to take a step back.
Nie Sheng and Nie Zhiyuan immediately knelt down and bowed: "Welcome, Princess! Long live the Princess!"
The sedan chair slowly approached and stopped at the door. The maid below lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and before the princess appeared, she extended her jade hand: "Rise."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your subject greets Your Majesty!" The Third Prince, who had been in a daze for a while, finally came to his senses and hurriedly bowed to the person in the sedan chair with his hands clasped.
"Is Your Majesty here today to find your second sister, Princess Chengde?" Princess Li Cen, with her powerful aura and imposing presence, stepped down from her sedan chair.
That voice didn't sound like that of an 18-year-old girl at all. It wasn't that her voice wasn't young, but rather that it contained a chilling and authoritative quality, completely devoid of a girl's innocence and naivety.
The voice was unlike a young girl's gentle, soothing tone; instead, it was like the chilling sound of a mountain spring, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I did come..." Li Yun knew that this was Princess Li Cen giving him a way out. Unmarried princes were not allowed to have private dealings with officials outside the court, which was a major taboo for the emperor.
“Then you can go back now,” Princess Li Cen interrupted Li Yun before he could finish answering. “I will persuade my sister myself; it will be more convenient.”
"Uh, but, my second sister..." Li Yun wanted to try again to stay and see what was going on.
"Li Yun..." The princess spoke softly, yet her words carried a hidden pressure.
Although the name was called softly, the Third Prince Li Yun knew the weight of being called by name, and immediately felt as if a thousand pounds of force were pressing down on his head, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.