Her Power and Favor Span the World

Chapter 123

When Prince Qi thought of this, he comforted Yuwen Hao instead, "Fifth Brother, forget it then. Don't keep count with her either. Women are unreasonable. Not every woman is as sensible as Cui'er."

Yuwen Hao said, "That's right. Cui'er is sensible. Tell her about this and let it go. If you really anger her, who knows if she will hit you with a rod. Wouldn't that mean you just suffered a misfortune from falling in the water and now you get beaten too? It's not worth it to feud with this kind of woman. It's not worth it!"

As he spoke, the corners of his eyes involuntarily moistened.

Prince Qi was stunned for a moment. "Fifth Brother, I realize you seem to be enjoying this?"

Yuwen Hao's expression darkened as he glared at him. "Should I cry instead? There are so many people here. I can't let others know I was beaten by my wife."

That made sense!

"Then let's drop this matter like this?"

"Bear with it for the sake of the imperial rod!" Yuwen Hao finished speaking and went to find Yuan Qingling.

He couldn't let this woman out of his sight recently. She caused trouble at every turn.

It was getting more and more ridiculous.

Where was Yuan Qingling?

Yuwen Hao looked around for her. He had just left for a moment and she disappeared?

Yuan Qingling was taken away by Princess Changping Yuwenling and Princess Wenjing.

The two sisters were truly concerned about Prince Qi's illness. Thus, after Prince Qi pulled Yuwen Hao away, they hurriedly brought Yuan Qingling to the outer courtyard to ask about Prince Qi's condition.

Yuan Qingling gave them a general overview. Princess Wenjing sighed, "I hope he can get through this hurdle. I haven't slept well for several days in a row."

Seeing her dark undereye circles and dry complexion, it was indeed true that she hadn't slept well. Yuan Qingling comforted her with a few words.

While speaking with the princess, Yuan Qingling saw Chu Mingcui walk over out of the corner of her eye.

Yuwenling said in disgust, "She's back again? Why didn't she drown last time? Making trouble every day."

Yuan Qingling felt this young lady Yuwenling was very sincere and well-mannered, and she liked her at once.

However, Princess Wenjing frowned. "Ling'er, don't speak recklessly. The Qi Prince's concubine is still decent."

She looked at Yuan Qingling. "For what happened last time, you should apologize to her. I'll take responsibility. Let's put this matter behind us, alright?"

Yuan Qingling smiled. "I can apologize, but can she take it? What if the heavens strike her with lightning? She knows clearly in her heart how she ended up in the water. "

She said this deliberately when Chu Mingcui walked closer.

She didn't care about her reputation. But she wouldn't take the blame for something she didn't do.

She also didn't want to watch Chu Mingcui pretending to be pitiful and innocent everywhere.

Princess Wenjing looked at Chu Mingcui in surprise. Chu Mingcui stopped in her tracks and lowered her eyelashes, sighing lightly as she turned and left.

She didn't deny or confirm, looking very innocent and helpless, with nothing to say to defend herself.

Yuwenling directly said, "If she was really innocent, why didn't she refute Fifth Sister-in-Law's words?"

Princess Wenjing disliked these struggles between women the most. Seeing that something strange seemed to be going on, she left without another word.

But Yuwenling pulled Yuan Qingling along, extremely excited as she said, "Fifth Sister-in-Law, you were so awesome just now, actually daring to say that to her!"

"Why wouldn't I dare? Didn't you speak about her too?" Yuan Qingling said with amusement.

"This woman has malicious schemes. It's a pity Fifth Brother and Imperial Concubine Mother were fooled by her."

Yuan Qingling especially wanted to understand where Yuwenling saw that there were problems with Chu Mingcui's character.

However, Yuwenling said, "Fifth Sister-in-Law still has to tend to Sixth Brother's illness right? Then I won't delay you."

Yuan Qingling grabbed her arm. "No hurry. Let's discuss Chu Mingcui's character."

The sister-in-law pair found a secluded spot. Yuan Qingling learned the full process of how Yuwenling and Chu Mingcui became enemies.

This matter happened two years ago.

At the time, everyone assumed Yuwen Hao would marry Chu Mingcui. Yuwenling also liked this future sister-in-law very much. Every time Chu Mingcui entered the palace to visit Imperial Concubine Mother, she would stop by Consort Xian to pay her respects, and conveniently bring some trinkets for Yuwenling, gaining Yuwenling's favor. She was always praising Chu Mingcui in front of Consort Xian and Yuwen Hao.

Once, Chu Mingcui brought a white jade butterfly hairpin into the palace. Yuwenling saw it and liked it very much. She asked to borrow it and wear it for a bit. Chu Mingcui was very gracious and directly gifted the hairpin to Yuwenling.

Yuwenling was extremely delighted. She hurried back to her room to try it on and match it with an outfit before going to show off to her sisters.

As a result, she overheard Chu Mingcui speaking to her maidservant in the Imperial Flower Garden.

The maidservant asked why she wanted to give such a precious jade hairpin to the princess. Chu Mingcui actually said in disgust that Princess Changping was greedily taking it as a handout to a beggar.

At the time, Yuwenling was still immature. She rushed out and directly questioned her. The matter escalated with Consort Xian and Yuwen Hao also finding out. Chu Mingcui actually cried that Yuwenling was falsely accusing her, and she never said such things. Her maidservant also testified that the princess was lying.

As a result, Yuwenling was punished by Consort Xian, and scolded viciously by Yuwen Hao.

Two years later, Yuwenling still felt angry when mentioning it. "If she was unwilling to give it to me, I wouldn't have insisted. Father dotes on me. What treasures don't I have? I must have her hairpin? She gave it to me but talked about me like that behind my back. I'm an imperial princess but she called me a beggar with her mouth. Most hateful is how she dared to do it but didn't dare admit it. She cried and said I was slandering her in front of Imperial Concubine Mother and Fifth Brother, getting me punished by them. I saw through what kind of woman she was. Back then I said, even if Fifth Brother married a beggar, don't marry her. And as expected, I got my wish."

Yuan Qingling coughed. Obviously she was now this beggar.

Yuwenling quickly added, "I didn't mean Sister-in-Law is a beggar. I just blurted it out. Don't blame me, Sister-in-Law."

How could Yuan Qingling bear to be angry with this adorable young lady? She said, "It's fine."

Yuwenling sighed in a mature manner. "You say, how could someone as shrewd as Fifth Brother be fooled by this woman back then?"

Yuan Qingling consoled, "Don't blame your Fifth Brother. He's an idiot with nothing but grass filling his head."

Yuwen Hao had just walked over to find them and heard her say this. He asked ominously, "Who did you say is an idiot?"

She was gossiping about him with Little Ling again. Really unreliable.

Yuwenling stuck out her tongue and gave Yuan Qingling a sympathetic look before saying, "Fifth Brother, Sister-in-Law, I'm leaving now."

Then she slipped away swiftly.

Yuwen Hao stepped forward, his tall figure looming over and completely overwhelming her with pressure.

His sallow face flushed red with anger as his eyes stared straight at her. "Say it, who's the idiot? Who has nothing but grass filling their head?"

Yuan Qingling smiled apologetically. "Heard wrong, heard wrong."

"This king's hearing is good. Don't think you can get away!" Seeing she wanted to escape, he blocked her with one hand, forcefully cornering her against a tree. His aura was imposing as his masculine scent enveloped her, leaving Yuan Qingling nowhere to hide.

She reached out and cradled his cheeks, gently saying, "The Prince really heard wrong. I was praising you. You are perfect in my eyes, otherwise I wouldn't have schemed in every possible way to marry you."

"This king doesn't fall for these tricks. Remove your claws." Yuwen Hao coldly snorted.

He was truly angered to madness. She called him an idiot today, tomorrow she'd call him crazy. When had he ever heard her sincerely say a single good thing about him?

Although he had been lacking before, hadn't he treated her well enough recently? Yet she was still a snake that wants to swallow an elephant!