Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Being Beaten

Chapter 44

"Your Highness may have misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding?" The prince stood up and leaned over. He was tall and almost covered her. From the outside, the two of them were almost very close to each other.

Xu Bao heard the noise and hurriedly looked inside. Then he covered his eyes again and muttered to himself, "Don't look at anything indecent..." Then he stood in the doorway without making a sound.

Jiang Yu felt like he was in his arms. The two of them were so ambiguous. His face remained the same, and even because of the experience of the past few years, he looked more elegant and noble. He made light of important matters and had a kind of majesty that could not be looked down upon.

"You are married, but you are still so restless!"

But unlike his behavior, the words he said were so vicious that made people hate him.

"If that's the case, why did you do it in the first place? The palace doesn't need you to eat, but you have to beg for a divorce in a hurry, as if we owe you something, and in the end, you still come back to me?"

"What should we do now? Are you going to let me bear the reputation of stealing my wife by pestering me like this?"

Jiang Yu's eyes were cold. Xu Bao was shocked to the extreme with a snap, because he saw Jiang Yu slap the prince, but before he could react, there was another crisp sound, and Jiang Yu slapped the prince again.

"You dare!" The prince seemed to be able to spit fire in his eyes, with two flames, staring at Jiang Yu and pinching Jiang Yu's neck.

Xu Bao finally regained some consciousness at this moment, but he was tangled in his heart. Should he care about this matter? It's really bold. This is a big fortune. He actually dared to hit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but on the other hand, he felt a strange premonition that the Crown Prince always treated this person differently. Of course, not to mention Jiang Yu's sensitive identity, if he really died here, it would be a bit troublesome.

Jiang Yu simply closed her eyes, unwilling to look at the prince's face again. She had once carved this handsome face countless times, and even the eyebrow shape, she could describe it without looking at it, it was her dream when she was a girl.

But now it has become a past that she never wants to see again.

It is also a capital crime to offend the prince.

At this moment, the prince suddenly let go of his hand. There was a flash of disbelief and panic in his eyes. After staring at his hand for a few times, Jiang Yu slid down and collapsed on the ground.

For a while, the room was quiet and only the breathing of two people could be heard.

Jiang Yu struggled to climb up by holding the edge of the table, and said sternly, "Your Highness, not only you men have the wish to pass the imperial examination and show your ambitions, but we women also have it. I stand here and come to pay my respects every day, but because you are His Highness the Crown Prince, it is due to official duties, and it has nothing to do with the past."

The prince narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard Jiang Yu's cold words.

"I already have a handsome husband and a well-behaved daughter. Our marriage is harmonious and my career is flourishing. Why should I be so stubborn as to get involved with Your Highness?"

"Speaking of which, Your Highness is the one who is wishful thinking now, right?"

"Could it be that Your Highness can't forget me?"

"You said at the beginning that I am thin and humble, and that it is a great favor to serve Your Highness for a few years. I shouldn't be wishful thinking. Isn't this what the prince said?"

The prince's face turned pale and he was extremely embarrassed.

Xu Bao couldn't bear to listen outside, but he had to wait. Seeing several ministers coming over here, he winked at the eunuch beside him. The eunuch left immediately. Naturally, he understood that it was not good to ask people to come and watch the fun at this time.

The weather in early autumn is not cold. Because of the autumn heat, sometimes it is hot and sweaty, but at this moment, the prince feels cold in his heart as if it is a snowy winter.

There was contempt, surprise, and even anger in Jiang Yu's eyes, but the only thing missing was the gentle look she once had.

He always remembered that those eyes were full of spring and affection, like the spring water of East Lake, always following his figure at all times.

The prince's heart gradually grew cold.

Jiang Yu said, "Is your highness awake?"

The prince turned his back, unwilling to look at her distant and indifferent eyes, and gritted his teeth and hissed, "Shut up, let's go!"

Jiang Yu put away her anger, straightened her official robes, and walked out. She actually didn't expect that the prince still had a private affection for her. She originally thought that the prince was just reluctant to give in to her.

But the prince's repeated entanglement with her made her suddenly realize that perhaps she was a little unusual towards him.

However, she didn't care about it now.

Jiang Yu walked with big strides. When she turned around and went out, she naturally saw the prince. She didn't know why, but she always felt that the way he turned his back was very similar to the old mansion in the palace. He heard that his good friend in Beijing was implicated by him and died in prison. He was very sad, but he endured it and was in the same posture.

But soon, she walked out of the door with a blank expression.

She had been waiting for Jiang Yu to return to the Shanggong Bureau, and then she sat down tiredly on the velvet chair with Arhat pattern. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head and saw the bronze mirror on it. She reached out to take it and reflected her neck. There were faint marks on it, but they were not heavy. The prince seemed furious, but he didn't use too much force in his hands, so he wouldn't kill her.

After all, the two were young couples. Jiang Yu roughly knew that the prince would not kill her, but the humiliation he had given her that night and the abuse he had just given her was also worth a slap in the face.

After drinking a cup of warm tea, Jiang Yu slowly regained his composure. Seeing a letter on the desk, he opened it and forgot about what happened before.

***

Eunuch Xu Bao was worried and didn't know how to deal with it. He was hesitating at the door when he saw the prince straighten his clothes and shouted, "Someone come."

Xu Bao ran in quickly.

A moment later, Nanny Qian, who served the prince, came in. She was an old woman brought by the prince from the old mansion. Although she didn't serve like Xu Bao in the past few years, her status was naturally incomparable to others.

Nanny Qian walked into the hall and saw the solemn atmosphere in the room. She was shocked for a moment. Since the prince entered the capital, there were rarely such times. Everything had been going smoothly.

She naturally looked at the prince sitting on the chair. It didn't matter if she looked at him. She finally knew why Xu Bao's face was not right and why the atmosphere in the room was so solemn.

The prince's face showed clear five fingerprints, which looked shocking in the slightly dark room.

Who was it?

Madam Qian's heart was in turmoil, but she didn't show it on her face. She walked over to salute, and waited to stand up and said, "Your Highness, I still have the green blood ointment that I brought from Doctor Xu last time. Give it to you." The

green blood ointment is a magical medicine for stopping injuries. It is also a secret medicine passed down by Doctor Xu. However, because the medicinal materials are precious and hard to find, there is only a small bottle of this in a month. The prince trusts Madam Qian, so naturally let her take care of it.

Xu Bao felt sour in her heart, but she also knew that it was more important to quickly cover up the scars on the prince's face.

Otherwise, if it really got out, Jiang Yu would have survived. Xu Bao had already seen that the prince did not want Jiang Yu's life. Not only did he not want her life, he even wanted... Xu Bao entered the palace very early, and he had no offspring. He was unfamiliar with the love affairs between men and women. He did not understand this kind of complicated and incomprehensible feelings, but he knew how to read the prince's words and expressions to figure out what the prince was thinking and what it was like when he liked someone.

Madam Qian wiped the prince's face quietly and said to the little maid beside her, "Go get some ice."

The little maid was hesitating, and Madam Qian said sternly, "Go to the kitchen to get it."

The little maid suddenly realized, picked up her skirt and walked out quickly. In just a moment, she brought back ice cubes. At this moment, Madam Qian was holding a piece of ice soaked in cold well water and gently wiping the prince's cheek. Her movements were gentle, but the strength was just right. She was calm and composed, and she did not look surprised.

Xu Bao sighed inwardly, this is also a patient person.

Madam Qian is also capable, applying ice and medicine, and by the time the prince finally left, the slap marks on his face had been mostly eliminated, and it was not noticeable without careful observation.

After leaving the palace gate, Madam Qian stopped and whispered to Xu Bao, "Eunuch Xu, what is the prince doing?"

Xu Bao knew that he could not hide this from Madam Qian. If he really wanted to hide it, the prince would not ask her to come in, but he still wanted to keep it a secret and did not want to reveal it easily. After all, he and Madam Qian had an ordinary relationship. But if she asked him, considering that they were all serving the prince, it was not impossible for him to reveal a little.

Madam Qian didn't care about Xu Bao's trick. This was how the palace was, flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. Everyone was like this, and they were used to it. But she wasn't someone who would let anyone bully her. She smiled faintly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. She said with certainty, "It must be Lord Jiang."

Xu Bao was surprised. He was sure that Madam Qian had been in the inner palace just now and didn't see Jiang Yu coming. How did she know? Suddenly he remembered Madam Qian's experience. She was the old man of the prince in the old palace. Naturally, she knew the old story between Jiang Yu and the prince. No wonder she guessed it.

Now it was Xu Bao's turn to feel uncomfortable.

"Madame Qian, what do you think of the prince?"

Madame Qian smiled, seemingly in the spring breeze, but from the smile that did not reach the bottom of her eyes, Xu Bao could see some sarcasm. Xu Bao was so angry, but he did not dare to act rashly. He just asked honestly, "Madame, we are all wholeheartedly for His Highness. This matter still needs your help, Madame Qian."

Madame Qian glanced at the direction of the palace entrance, sighed, and said, "I saw it at the beginning, and I really waited for this day."

The uneasiness that the prince had felt when he first entered the capital, yes, in Madame Qian's eyes, was a kind of uneasiness. It seemed that Jiang Yu had climbed up to the prince and had been serving the prince cautiously, but didn't the prince also survive that difficult period under Jiang Yu's care?

It was just that the prince did not realize it at the time.

It seems that the prince has not figured it out yet, otherwise he would not let Jiang Yu do such an offensive thing to the prince. I am afraid that even the current emperor in this world would not beat the prince.

But the prince's behavior will only push Jiang Yu further away.

Sooner or later, he will regret it.

Madam Qian was helpless for a moment and didn't know how to enlighten the prince. When she heard Xu Bao's words, she was immediately moved.