Chapter 769: Voices From the Shadows

And so, this matter ended up being dropped. An You personally spoke and said that this wasn't something to worry about and that it wasn't 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 general's 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, didn't 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 general's residence.

Opposing Princess Mingzhu was actually tantamount to opposing the entire imperial clan, so it'd 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 Yan's 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 couldn't 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 Yan's residence. On Mingzhu's birthday, the little prince didn't 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 prince's 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 madame's 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 Mingzhu's 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 didn't, 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 Lingyun's 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 didn't 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 didn't know pain when the stick wasn't 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 You's voice: "There are many things that we can indulge ourselves in, but there are many things that we can not! To me, you're too perfect, too beautiful, and also too young, too n.o.ble. You're a princess of the imperial family and I'm 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: "You've returned to your original world again. All of your responsibilities, family, ident.i.ty, and status, they've all come back to surround you again.

"Don't worry, I have at least this bit of pride. I won't continue to bother you!"

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

Princess Mingzhu's eyes filled with sparkling light.

She laughed even as tears overflowed her eyes. Her voice trembled as she said, "I'm already very satisfied to be able to hear you say that you love me. You've said the word love. You've voiced your true feelings, that's enough."

#comment: If only I wasn't translating this pa.s.sionate speech for the hate targets.