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Chapter 2961: Chapter 2961: Crown Princess Consort (3)
"Crown Prince?" Qi Jingyun raised his eyebrows slightly.
Yang Ruxin nodded, "However, he’s not Qi Jinghao now; he’s called Gongben Hao, the Prince Consort of Jin Country, and deeply favored by the old Emperor of Jin Country. He’s reached the point where his word is taken as law. So, if we deal with him, the war naturally won’t erupt. But if we directly eliminate the Crown Prince, it might provoke retaliation from Wanyan Liang. Therefore, we need to make preparations."
"How should we prepare?" Qi Jingyun frowned.
"You all shouldn’t forget that the current Crown Princess Xu Huairui is one of our Daxuan people." Yang Ruxin glanced at the few individuals, "Although she was unwilling to be married off, I think she can be used as leverage. For instance, by telling her that she can be brought back to Daxuan."
During these days, Yang Xiong and Chai Qin managed to gather quite a bit of information—Xu Huairui hasn’t been living well.
"This can work." Qi Jingyun nodded.
At the Jin Country Crown Prince Residence.
Wanyan Liang hadn’t left the palace, and Crown Princess Xu Huairui sat idly in the corridor of the rear garden, daydreaming.
A flock of chirping girls clustered around a woman in red approached.
The woman in red was the Crown Prince’s favorite Consort.
One of the Crown Prince’s fiancées spoke first, "Oh, isn’t this the Crown Princess Consort? How come you’re sitting here alone?"
Another fiancée stepped forward and continued, "You must be feeling lonely, right?"
The leading Consort sneered and approached Xu Huairui, "Crown Princess, you can’t lay eggs, and yet you sit here blowing in the wind. Aren’t you afraid you’ll never be able to lay eggs in this lifetime?"
"Since you can’t lay eggs, why not quickly give up your position?" Another woman chimed in, "What kind of Daxuan princess are you? You’re nothing but an unwelcome commodity, just a sacrificial pawn for Daxuan."
Initially, Xu Huairui didn’t plan to pay any attention to them, as they were all jealous of her status. But as she listened to their increasingly offensive remarks, she felt she couldn’t tolerate it any longer. Suddenly, she stood up and slapped the woman in the face.
She used all her strength, and a sharp sound echoed as the woman staggered, her delicate face swelling half from the hit.
Everyone was stunned.
But the leading Consort reacted first, taking two steps forward, pointing her finger at Xu Huairui’s nose and shouting, "You dare to lay a hand?"
Xu Huairui raised her hand and slapped her again, then sweeping her gaze over everyone, "I am the Crown Princess, and still a princess of Daxuan. Regardless of my true identity, this is the established fact. And you are merely concubines, mere playthings; you dare to not kneel upon seeing me and openly shout at me? Do you truly believe I have no temper, like clay?"
The women realized for the first time that this Crown Princess possessed such a formidable side.
"Hmph." Xu Huairui snorted coldly, then pushed past the crowd and walked away, not letting them see her red eyes, nor her vulnerability.
These years, being exiled from her homeland, even though she held a seemingly prominent identity, the reality was quite different. She was not favored by the Crown Prince, and had very little status. Apart from consummating the marriage right after the wedding, the Crown Prince rarely visited her chamber. She was merely living as a widow in essence.
She experienced too much of the harsh realities of society and tasted the warmth and coldness of human nature, and she grew.
However, the desolation in her heart grew day by day.
At this moment, a servant came to report, saying there was an old acquaintance outside requesting to meet.