Could it be that Prince Xue is truly as cruel and terrible as they say?
The Fifth Prince saw that everyone had gone far away before he retracted his gaze. When Xue Ce returned, he couldn’t help but add, “I wonder who just came? Maybe Ning family’s eldest son came to apologize to us.”
“So you know this has nothing to do with the prince apologizing to me?”
“So you’re saying this apology from the prince has nothing to do with me?”
The Fifth Prince also came out to listen, and felt that he was going to suffer. As expected, when I saw my cousin’s phoenix eyes looking over, they were as cold as ice.
Prince Xue narrowed his eyes, staring at me with a cold “hmm” escaping his lips.
When did my cousin start letting outsiders into his inner circle? Haven’t these years of rumors outside been enough? I haven’t seen Xue Ce act so accommodating either.
The fifth prince shivered, that dog in the Nanwangfu, it was only half a person bigger. Every time I went there, I was afraid of being chased and bitten on the butt.
“That’s it, let’s go.”
Qingzhu also felt that it wasn’t very logical. Instead of insisting on following Ning Shu out, if something happened, he could still protect the young master.
“Qingzhu shook his head firmly, “Master, though those aren’t rumors, we should just think about them. Those people are only afraid of the Young Master because of the rumors, right? They certainly aren’t afraid because the Young Master matches the rumors.”
Until he walked out of the section, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
The Fifth Prince flew into a rage, immediately slamming his fist on the table and leaping to his feet. “It’s not like I have any ill intentions! Tell me, Your Highness, what is that person’s name who dares to be so insolent!”
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Ning Shu hesitated, though she understood why the Fifth Prince asked such a question. She honestly replied: “There are no two sisters in my family. My elder sister is already married, my younger sister is still young, and there’s another who is just a babe in arms, and another one who is only five years old this year.”
When I went to see the Grand Tutor, I never expected to run into Prince Xue.
Her debut voice sounded like it was being bitten out of her throat.
“Young Master, what should we do about this?” I was lost in thought, as if I could see the Young Master being punished, it would be truly pitiful. My eyes welled up with tears.
I opened my mouth: “Well…it’s alright. The prince didn’t have anything else to say, so I’ll be going now.”
When Qingzhu saw the young master come out, she felt relieved because there wasn’t anything wrong.
Gazing intently, with a sharpness behind that could cut.
The fifth prince was slightly disappointed. It was fine that his older sister got married, but his younger sister was still so young. Even if he wasn’t a beast, he would probably…
Ning Shubi originally didn’t think much of it, after all, wearing the wrong clothes wasn’t intentional on my part. If I continue, Lord Xue might suspect me, and it wouldn’t be me stealing! Going to apologize would just make things worse.
“Fifth Prince, would you let me see the Crown Prince? I’m not here to apologize for today’s events.”
But seeing the reactions of Qingzhu and the surrounding students, I just remained silent.
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I think my cousin definitely didn’t just want to see this Ning family heir. The Fifth Prince pitied the beauty and probably wanted to see Ning Shu being frightened by his cousin, so he wasn’t kindly doing such a rude thing.
I hesitated to step forward. It’s not a big deal if we were just doing something that others also did. It’s fine that the Fifth Prince doesn’t go too hard on us, but my cousin… his clothes were taken! If it weren’t me or my cousin, I would have just watched and said a few words to help out.
But the fifth prince had been afraid of his cousin since he was a child, so how could he dare to speak up for Ning Shu? I stepped in and said, “Oh, come now, Ning Bushen’s son, is that it? Look, you’re going to accuse me!”
After the boy in black had left.
The fifth prince only figured out a few things, and this cousin of mine even took someone else’s travel clothes to do what? Is he going to personally threaten them into giving him food?
The Fifth Prince coughed and waved his hand, saying, “It’s nothing, Your Highness has a broad mind, so let bygones be bygones. In the future… when you see me, won’t you just walk around?”
…not even to the point of disregarding human life? …
The fifth prince was not surprised to see me come in person. But thinking about how these people were afraid of his younger brother, he quickly understood.
Ning Shu noticed that Young Master Xue’s pair of eyes, cold as ice, were staring straight at her. The young man was dressed in black, and the aura surrounding him was not something ordinary people could withstand.
Xue Ce looked at the people coldly, and the fifth prince trembled in his heart. He felt that his cousin’s eyes were like wanting to oil me all over and cut me into thousands of pieces. I quickly hid: “Calm down, calm down, I’m not your cousin, why would you treat me like this?”
But soon, Ning Shu would be fine. Because the Young Master Xue followed behind me, just so directly following me.
The Fifth Prince saw that the servant he had sent out returned with an odd expression. It wasn’t quite right, so he said: “Why are you looking so panicked? I didn’t tell you to go and help my cousin retrieve that piece of ceremonial clothing, did I?”
Ning Shu asked.
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The young boy in black walked over and threatened coldly, “Last time if you dare to act without my permission again, I’ll pull out your tongue.”
The fifth prince looked at that face, which was extremely beautiful, and resisted asking: “Our family doesn’t have any sisters, does it? Have they all been married off?”
Then, the Prince Xue looked me over for a good while and asked, “Are you feeling better now?”
The houseboy held the ceremonial robe, inwardly screaming a thousand curses. Who knew that the son of Minister Ning would actually put on the prince’s robes incorrectly? If it weren’t for the prince’s anger, I wouldn’t be suffering this unjust punishment!
The prince simply glanced over, his phoenix eyes fixed on the fifth prince as he stated, “Where’s my person?”
I pursed my lips and took my leave of the Taifu.
That little servant, seeing the Fifth Prince so furious, turned pale with fright. He didn’t dare look at Master Xue again, trembling all over: “R-replying to…to the Fifth Prince, Master Xue, is not the legitimate son of Minister Ning, but Ning Shu.”
Right now, there are no other people, nor any of my students around.
The Prince Xue said, “So be it?” I replied with a cold tone and had the attendant bring the ceremonial robe to me.
The Fifth Prince thought someone else had spoken up for him and even praised them. He came back to his senses and realized it wasn’t his cousin who had spoken up. I sheepishly said, “The legitimate son of the Ning family respects us only because we are related. As your cousin, shouldn’t I be helping you get revenge?”
I’ll just have to say, “Well then… let’s just leave it at that?”
Ning Shu bowed.
“I thought to myself, Prince Xue glanced at me and said in a calm tone, ‘Today we’re not here just to get you clothes to cover up your crime. Tomorrow, no one will dare to say I have a narrow heart and eyes like a sesame seed.'”
Ning Shu originally thought that Qing Zhu’s words about being a fake weren’t true, so she didn’t worry too much. But it wasn’t long before she regretted it and changed her mind.
After a while, no one was afraid of being implicated by me anymore. Those who had avoided talking to me earlier with Ning Shu now dared to befriend me.
“Who are we going to punish?”
Ning Shu, however, didn’t think that Prince Xue was truly malicious. She said to me, “Actually, Prince Xue isn’t as scary as we imagined.”
Having no other choice, Ning Shu could only stop and say, “So it seems that Prince Xue doesn’t have anything he wants to say to me?”
“It wasn’t that I didn’t immediately kneel down and say, ‘Your Highness, it was my incompetence. When I went to fetch the robe, I saw that the prince’s ceremonial robe had been put on backward by a student from Lán Xué Táng.'”
When Ning Shu went, she didn’t see Prince Xue but met the Fifth Prince instead.
The Fifth Prince only felt that this person’s name sounded very familiar. Wasn’t he the young man he had seen a few days ago? This Ning family’s legitimate son doesn’t look truly handsome, and I even complimented him, who knew my cousin misunderstood me as being fond of good-looking men.
I guarantee that Young Master Xue is not following me because this is not the way to Lan Xuan Hall.
Ning Shu’s steps were hurried, she didn’t hesitate and turned around and left directly. Only when she was far away did I feel a sigh of relief in my heart. Now I’m certain, I didn’t offend the Crown Prince. Did the Crown Prince Xue ask me if I was feeling better? Did he not want to hurt me at all?
A cold shiver ran down my spine as the voice from my throat rasped out, “And then I fed that to the dog in my house.”
Ning Shu knew what the other party wanted to do. I thought about what the Fifth Prince had done a few days ago. Since Xuezhizi wanted to make things difficult, why did he now follow me again?
And Ning Shu looked back, seeing that Prince Xue hadn’t let anyone follow. If he really wanted to see her, he would have come out long ago, so this proved that Prince Xue deliberately wanted to meet her.
When Qingzhu heard about this, his face changed drastically, and he almost fell to the ground.
Ning Shu felt a chill down her spine under my gaze. I started to understand, those people were afraid of the Prince. No one could resist the allure of Prince Xue like this. I pursed my lips slightly, and a knot of anxiety formed in my heart.
I hurriedly said, “It wasn’t anyone who was so blind to the point of not noticing. The Lán Xuān Hall robes and our academy’s robes have similar colors and patterns, making it easy to mix them up. Not to mention, there are names embroidered on the sleeves! This person must have done this on purpose!”
Ning Shu never expected that because of her carelessness when leaving, she would have put on the wrong attire. She had worn the Prince’s garb! Immediately, the surrounding students cast upon her looks of pity and sympathy.
Ning Shu was stunned, almost thinking she had misheard. I widened my eyes slightly, but it wasn’t Prince Xue facing me directly.
Ning Shu’s heart tightened, and she said, “Forget it, I’ll go apologize in person.” I whispered, “My father is not an official of the court after all. Even if the prince is terrifying, could he possibly kill me?”
The Fifth Prince grinned, “I guess you guys felt relieved seeing me, so you sent everyone away… Ow!” Out of nowhere, something flew at me and hit my face. I hurriedly covered it with my hand, protesting, “Cousin, what did I ever do to you?”
“In that case, the outcome is not good for Ning Shu anymore, after all, the other party is not the prince. And she herself wore the wrong clothes of the other party, so she could only say in a low voice: “Then I will take my leave first, thank you, Fifth Prince.”
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