Chapter 769: Voices From the Shadows

And so, this matter ended up being dropped. An You personally spoke and said that this wasnt something to worry about and that it wasnt a huge deal to buy some things for Princess Mingzhu.

When Ning Shu heard this, she inwardly scoffed. Did the entire freakin residence owe Princess Mingzhu something? If she said anything in disagreement right now, would rumors spread tomorrow that the generals residence was mistreating an orphan?

Fudge. It was seriously infuriating, so irritating, but she still had to maintain a calm smile. The calmness halo sent a wave of cool energy into her heart which made her mood completely flip.

Meanwhile, the old madame was so infuriated that her entire body was trembling, but An You, despite being her son, didnt notice at all.

Ning Shu originally wanted to join forces with the old madame and take advantage of this time before the situation worsened to exterminate Princess Mingzhu to preserve the generals residence.

Opposing Princess Mingzhu was actually tantamount to opposing the entire imperial clan, so itd take strategy.

However, the little prince suddenly fell sick and fainted in the cla.s.sroom. This time, Princess Mingzhu went crazy. The little prince was the future of Prince Yans residence. She cried heartbrokenly for an imperial physician to come save her younger brother.

When Ning Shu saw Princess Mingzhu wailing heartbrokenly like the sky was falling, she couldnt help but roll her eyes. This girl barely looked after her younger brother most of the time. They had been rus.h.i.+ng about the entire way back to the capital from Cloud Province, but as soon as they got here, she had the little prince enrolled in the imperial family school.

She only knew to tell the little prince that he had to revive the reputation of Prince Yans residence. On Mingzhus birthday, the little prince didnt go to school and went to buy a present for his older sister, but he ended up getting beaten by Mingzhu.

After things were explained, Mingzhu then hugged the little prince and apologized while crying.

Wonder how big the traumatic shadow inside the little princes heart was?

The imperial physician diagnosed that the little prince had caught a cold. Colds were infectious and in the ancient era, were capable of taking lives. When An You saw how hurt and in despair Mingzhu was, he ignored the old madames opposition and insisted on staying behind to look after the little prince.

An You was so vigorous about it. His own mother had probably never enjoyed such treatment when she fell ill.

Hence, An You started staying in Princess Mingzhus courtyard all day every day. The two had affection for each other from the start. After this period of time while the little prince was ill, the two almost broke through the last barrier.

Even though they didnt, their gestures still contained the honey sweetness of lovers.

Ning Shu felt that there was a need to have a good talk with her daughter about the money issue.

After eating dinner, Ning Shu went on a walk with An Lingyun. Ning Shu looked over at An Lingyuns sweet and delicate face. The original host truly spoiled her children, causing them to grow up so ignorant of the ways of the world. With the influence of the main lead halo added on, they lost all ability to think logically.

Ning Shu had seen many brainless idiots kneel down to the halo.

Right now, she didnt know how to communicate with An Lingyun. Lecturing her would only cause her to rebel, but if she was gentle, An Lingyun would never remember. People didnt know pain when the stick wasnt hitting their own body.

An Lingyun and Ning Shu just kept walking silently. As they were walking through the rock garden, they heard voices from the shadows. Ning Shu stopped walking and had An Lingyun stay quiet.

It seemed to be An Yous voice: There are many things that we can indulge ourselves in, but there are many things that we can not! To me, youre too perfect, too beautiful, and also too young, too n.o.ble. Youre a princess of the imperial family and Im already past forty, with wife and children. I have no way of giving you a perfect, flawless love. Even though I have no way to give it to you, I still indulged myself and gave you hope. I truly deserve to die!

Princess Mingzhu was in great anguish: Youve returned to your original world again. All of your responsibilities, family, ident.i.ty, and status, theyve all come back to surround you again.

Dont worry, I have at least this bit of pride. I wont continue to bother you!

What are you saying? An Yous handsome face was filled with pain. He grabbed her wrist and shook her as he said, You truly dont understand my feelings. Right now, Im not worried about myself, Im worried about you! Your future, your prospects! Those are much more important than my affairs. Just because I love someone, doesnt mean I have the right to ruin her!

Princess Mingzhus eyes filled with sparkling light.

She laughed even as tears overflowed her eyes. Her voice trembled as she said, Im already very satisfied to be able to hear you say that you love me. Youve said the word love. Youve voiced your true feelings, thats enough.

#comment: If only I wasnt translating this pa.s.sionate speech for the hate targets.