Chapter 85: The Crown Prince Arrives

Su Mixue is the crown prince’s consort, who came to Xihe Town in secret. After her identity was revealed in Xinghua Village, visitors came in droves.

She lived in a mansion prepared by the wealthy gentry.

Carved beams and painted rafters, pavilions, artificial mountains and woods, a different view at every step.

The mansion was very quiet, but not lacking in wealth.

In the main courtyard where Su Mixue lived, there was a multi-treasure cabinet, all filled with antique jade articles.

She sat next to the writing desk, with various famous calligraphy posts on the table, several precious inkstones, and the pen holder was all carved from jade.

At the window, there was a milky white Ru kiln vase, with a few delicate peonies inserted in it, setting off her beautiful face and graceful figure.

Qing Huan rushed in, seeing this scene as if it were a painting, she was stunned for a moment. Thinking of the important matter, she hurriedly broke this quiet and beautiful picture.

“Princess, Gu Jingyun’s ranking has not been withdrawn, the dean of Xihe Academy personally delivered it to Xinghua Village, rewarding him with twenty taels of silver. I have inquired, there was no such thing as a reward of twenty taels of silver in the past.”

Qing Huan was indignant in her heart: “Dean Lin is deliberately slapping your face, this matter cannot be left as it is, if it spreads out, a mere teacher can sweep your face, how can you deter others?”

Su Mixue’s face suddenly changed, “Does he know my identity?”

Seeing Su Mixue’s expression was wrong, Qing Huan panicked and hurriedly said: “I passed the word to someone, that person can’t do things, revealed that it was your idea, the Xihe Academy side promised very well, they will definitely withdraw Gu Jingyun, who knew they would go back on their word?”

Su Mixue suddenly picked up an inkstone and smashed it at Qing Huan.

“Ah——”

Qing Huan covered her forehead, blood flowed from her palm, and the pain brought tears to her eyes.

“You incompetent thing! You exposed me, do you want everyone to know that the dignified crown princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, knelt down in Xihe Town, let people replace someone else’s ranking? You want to kill me!”

Su Mixue was almost mad with anger, her brain was throbbing with pain, she held her forehead and gritted her teeth: “Do you know who Dean Lin is? He was the top scholar who won the three top honors in his year, his master was the former first assistant, the emperor arranged for him to be cultivated in the Hanlin Academy, and he will enter the cabinet to become the first assistant in the future.

However he is a very upright person, not greedy for fame, wealth, and power. His only ambition is to teach and educate people, so the emperor assigned him to teach at Xihe Academy.”

“Such a person, with a backbone, does not fear power. You let people tamper with things, and startled him!”

The more Su Mixue spoke, the more she felt like vomiting blood, pressing her aching heart: “Won’t you find the county magistrate, directly pressurize the person in charge of grading, and replace Gu Jingyun’s test paper?”

Qing Huan’s face turned pale, she knelt on the ground with a thud, knocking her head on the ground and said: “Princess, please forgive me, I was incompetent!”

Su Mixue was afraid that Dean Lin would write this matter into a memorial and submit it to the palace.

Although the Regent would protect her, it would be very bad for her reputation.

Especially the crown prince who would hate her even more, right?

Every time she faced Su Wan, she found it hard to stay rational.

Every time she thought about the incident of kneeling down, Su Mixue felt regretful.

“Princess, the former first assistant is in Xihe Town, living in Dean Lin’s house.” Qing Huan tried to make up for her mistake, telling Su Mixue the news she had found out: “He has a good relationship with the Marquis of Dingyuan, you can visit him, and smooth this matter over.”

Su Mixue had a thought.

Seeing Su Mixue had a thought, Qing Huan bit her lip and said: “I think you are a princess of a country, the future queen, your status is noble. In the whole Great Zhou Dynasty, except for the royal family, all other subjects have to salute when they see you.

If the Young lady treats you like this, you can directly accuse her of despising the imperial power, and you can kill her with justice.”

How could Su Mixue not want to do this?

Once she did this, the crown prince would not spare her.

So she compromised, letting the crown prince know that Su Wan was very willful, and Su Wan bullying her was like slapping the crown prince’s face, slapping the face of the royal family.

As the saying goes: when you beat a dog, you have to look at the owner.

“I need to think about it again.” Su Mixue was taking the mother’s route, but this route obviously didn’t work with Su Wan.

She suddenly made up her mind, and walked towards the inner room: “I’m going to visit the former first assistant, you prepare a gift.”

“Yes.” Qing Huan stood up, hurriedly left, ordered people to prepare a carriage, and prepare generous gifts.

Su Mixue changed her clothes and came out of the clean room.

A hand locked her throat and violently threw her against the wall.

Su Mixue clearly saw that the person choking her throat was Su Wan.

She couldn’t breathe, she grabbed Su Wan’s hand in pain, and fear arose in her eyes. 

“Su Mixue, you provoke me everywhere, do you think I dare not do anything to you?” Su Wan’s face was cold, and her fingers tightened.

Su Mixue’s throat seemed to be strangled, she wanted to say something, but only a hoarse sound came from her throat, the air in her chest was sucked out, and the fear of being on the verge of death came over her. She struggled desperately, but couldn’t break free from Su Wan’s shackles.

“If I strangle your throat, everything you’ve worked so hard to get will be gone.”

Su Wan saw her face gradually becoming panicked, her eyes showing pleading, then she said coldly: “The things I’ve lost, I won’t pick up again, whoever dares to grab my things, I will definitely cut off their hands. You should never, ever lay a hand on my people. Killing you, I don’t want to dirty my hands. Today is to teach you a lesson, if there is a next time…”

Su Wan’s eyes were fierce, and she threw Su Mixue on the ground.

“I won’t spare you!”

Su Mixue lay on the ground, coughing heartbreakingly, like a fish out of water, desperately opening her mouth to breathe.

When she recovered, she was about to shout for help.

Su Wan pinched her jaw, poured a packet of medicine powder into her mouth, and poured water into her mouth with a teapot.

Su Mixue’s pupils shrank, she struggled desperately. Then Su Wan lifted her jaw, to make her swallow the water mixed with medicine powder.

Su Wan threw away the teapot, clapped her hands and said, “You also don’t think about calling people to catch me, if you annoy me, you won’t get the antidote, just wait for your intestines to rot.”

Su Mixue gagged her throat, trying to vomit out the swallowed medicine powder.

She retched for a while, but only vomiting out a little water.

Su Mixue’s eyes were red, she glared at Su Wan with hatred, wanting to fight Su Wan desperately regardless of everything.

But Su Wan was a worthless life, not worth her desperation!

“Su Wan, I am the crown princess, aren’t you afraid I’ll chop off your head?” Su Mixue wished she could grind Su Wan to dust.

“With you accompanying me on the road to the underworld, I won’t be lonely.” Su Wan looked fearless.

Su Mixue wanted to tear Su Wan’s face apart.

Su Wan glanced at Su Mixue who dared to be angry but didn’t dare to act, and sneered. The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of those who are not afraid of death.

Su Mixue was afraid of death, but Su Wan didn’t take her seriously.

She was ready to return on the spot, when the servant’s greeting came from outside the house: “Your Highness the Crown Prince.”