HLnovel Chapter 110 You womanizing bastard!
Chapter 110 You womanizing bastard!
"The Xie family, the Xie family of Muzhou?" The Third Prince pondered for a moment and asked.
"Yes, Xie Zhengnian, the prefect of Muzhou, is my uncle. Your Highness, I know that His Majesty has secretly appointed you as the imperial envoy for this southern tour. My uncle was implicated by someone, so please help him." Xue Wanning clasped her hands in front of her eyebrows and bowed deeply to the Third Prince.
“Miss Xue, you’re asking too much of me. You must know what crime the Prefect of Muzhou committed, right? The Muzhou floods, caused by a dam breach, inundated three counties and dozens of villages and towns, killing nearly 100,000 people. The problem lies with the dam. Do you think you can bear this responsibility, or can I?” The Third Prince sneered, glancing down at her. “Get up. If someone sees this, they’ll think I’ve bullied you. Today, for Ruoxue’s sake, I’ll pretend I never saw you.”
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Your Highness!" Xue Wanning hurriedly got up. "Your Highness, in the case of the Muzhou flood, there are as many as a hundred officials involved. I don't ask Your Highness to help my uncle get off the hook, I only ask Your Highness to intervene and spare his life so as to protect the Xie family."
"If the Shengguo Duke's mansion's bargaining chips are not enough, how about adding the Xue family? The Guangping Marquis's mansion has declined, but I have a half-sister who has never shown her face in public. She is exceptionally beautiful and has some of the charm of the late Empress. I can give her to Your Highness."
“I know what Your Highness desires, and I am willing to do my best to plan for Your Highness and help you achieve your wish.”
The Third Prince paused, turning to look at Xue Wanning.
Xue Wanning's face was haggard and pale, but her eyes were impossible to ignore.
He couldn't help but laugh.
“Every day, there are many people who want to make requests of me, and even more who volunteer themselves. But this is the first time I have seen someone as unscrupulous as Miss Xue. I am very curious. Miss Xue, you have a bright future ahead of you. The Muzhou case should not have implicated you, a married woman. But Miss Xue is going to such lengths. It has truly opened my eyes.”
"So..." The Third Prince took a step closer to Xue Wanning and asked in a low voice, "I admire Miss Xue's character of being willing to sacrifice anything to achieve her goals. So if I said I didn't want your sister, but I wanted you, would you agree?"
Xue Wanning's eyelids trembled slightly.
But only for a moment, and she nodded without hesitation, "Okay."
"Hahaha," the Third Prince laughed.
Then she clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful! It's been a long time since I've heard someone as wonderful as Miss Xue!"
“I really want to cooperate with you. After all, it’s not easy to meet someone as smart and pragmatic as Miss Xue. But you have to understand that Father Emperor did indeed reveal that he wanted me to be the imperial envoy to handle the Muzhou case. But this matter is not without variables. And the variable is my good second brother, the current Crown Prince.”
“If the Crown Prince gets involved in this case, don’t even mention whether your uncle was implicated or not. Given the Crown Prince’s temper, even if your uncle was implicated, his failure to report it is a capital offense, and no one will be lenient.”
"So Miss Xue, it won't do any good for you to beg me now."
"Just take care of yourself."
The Third Prince smiled, the seriousness in his eyes fading, replaced by a light and warm expression, as if he hadn't said anything at all.
“Your Highness,” Xue Wanning knew perfectly well that this matter was meaningless before the Third Prince went south, but she really had no other choice.
Her mother died early, and she could not rely on her father and brothers. Her stepmother had ulterior motives, so she was taken care of by her uncle's family when she was young. She could not bear to watch her uncle die.
So as long as there is a glimmer of hope, no matter what the cost, she cannot give up. They are her family, she cannot abandon them, and she cannot ignore them.
Seeing that the Third Prince ultimately made no promises, Xue Wanning knew that if she missed this opportunity, she might never have the chance to see him again.
She instinctively reached out and grabbed the Third Prince's arm, looking at him pleadingly, "Your Highness, I beg you..."
From a tree in the distance, Lu Yangyang, who had witnessed the two struggling, could no longer stand it. "No, I have to go find my older brother. Is this Third Prince bullying my future sister-in-law?"
As he spoke, he climbed down the tree.
Princess Li Duan hurriedly followed and grabbed her: "It's too late for you to go find Brother Sheng now. Come on, come on, I'll help you. Third Cousin is a man of pride, he won't do anything to me. Let's go directly to him!"
Lu Yangyang nodded. "Thank you."
"No need to thank me. I already said that Brother Sheng saved me, so it's only right that I help him. Let's go, let's go." Princess Liduan said, pulling Lu Yangyang along.
Lu Yangyang thought for a moment, then grabbed her, "We can't go over like this. It wouldn't be appropriate if they found out we were peeping. Wait a minute, let's go over from that side."
Lu Yangyang pointed to the wall on the side: "We can climb over there and make it look like we came from the back of the mountain."
"But what if we get discovered? My third cousin will definitely have someone guarding the outside." Princess Liduan was a little uncertain.
The reason they don't have someone guard the inside is because the wall is some distance from the marriage tree. Unless you make a lot of noise, you won't hear anything from that distance, but if the door is open, you can see it at a glance.
"It's okay, I can hear the noise." Lu Yangyang ran to the wall, looked up at the wall which was more than a person tall, and climbed up in a few quick movements. Then she waved to Princess Liduan: "Nobody's here, come on over."
Princess Li Duan hurriedly ran over.
Lu Yangyang leaned against the wall and reached out her hand: "I'll grab you, hurry up."
"Are you sure you can handle this?" Princess Li Duan hesitated for a moment, but her arm stretched out very honestly. "Hold on tight!"
Lu Yangyang grabbed her hand, found the right amount of strength, and easily lifted her up, pulling her against the wall. Then she let go of her and jumped off the wall.
Princess Liduan stared in disbelief: "What did you eat to grow up like this? How can you be so strong?"
Lu Yangyang spread her arms: "Jump!"
Princess Li Duan rubbed her hands together and said smugly, "That won't be necessary!"
He turned around, grabbed the wall, and jumped down.
"That's great," Lu Yangyang praised sincerely, "You seem to have a lot of experience."
"Hey, stop talking, hurry up, or your future sister-in-law will really get bullied!" He grabbed her and ran.
As the two circled the wall, Xue Wanning was still arguing with the Third Prince.
Lu Yangyang shouted, "Let her go!"
Princess Liduan also jumped in, saying, "Third cousin, you womanizer! How can you be so fickle? I'm going to tell Uncle!"