Chapter 550
Chapter 550
Jin Yan sneered inwardly. This Prince Lanhuai was truly naive.
He had no idea where the prince got the confidence that he could sit on that throne.
What Prince Lanhuai did not know was that the emperor had long since discovered his little schemes.
The reason he had not moved against him before was simply to see what other tricks he had up his sleeve.
Now the emperor had already investigated thoroughly—besides the few tens of thousands of private soldiers outside the city, there was also the gold mine in Pingxian County.
And then there was the iron mine that Huo Yunzhi had lost to Cheng Qingli last time.
Yet this foolish prince actually wanted to win over the Third Prince of Qinling.
And Princess Fuan was constantly making things worse for him.
"How remiss of me, Commander Jin Yan, that I did not come out to welcome you and your men to my humble residence today. My sincerest apologies, my sincerest apologies." Prince Lanhuai said with a hearty laugh, thinking to himself that once the man was inside the residence, he could smooth things over properly.
This matter should blow over, after all, who in the entire capital did not know that he, Prince Lanhuai, was nothing more than a prince living off the fat of the land.
"Prince Lanhuai, I am here on the emperor's orders to arrest you and bring you to justice." Jin Yan had no patience for his pleasantries. He needed to bring the man back quickly and report to His Majesty.
"This... Commander Jin Yan, I have no idea what crime I have committed?" Prince Lanhuai feigned ignorance.
"Prince Lanhuai, you know full well what you've done. You can explain yourself to His Majesty." Jin Yan rolled his eyes inwardly, thinking, this is a charge of high treason, and the man is putting on an innocent face—who was he trying to fool?
Oh, right, he was trying to fool him, since the emperor was in the palace and couldn't see it.
But he didn't want to see it either!
"Commander Jin Yan, what nonsense are you speaking? What crime could I possibly commit? I am the most law-abiding member of the imperial clan." Prince Lanhuai said with a displeased look.
"Say all that when you see His Majesty." Jin Yan said coldly.
With that, Jin Yan had his men seize Prince Lanhuai and drag him away.
For a time, quite a crowd gathered outside Prince Lanhuai's residence, everyone curious as to what on earth was happening there.
Meanwhile, in Lucheng
Wen Xiu looked at the Jiang Siyue before her.
And paid her no attention.
"Hey!" Jiang Siyue shouted in dissatisfaction.
Jiang Siyue was extremely displeased. Her aunt had said that her cousin would marry her, so why was this woman still hanging around and refusing to leave?
Wen Xiu ignored the blustering Jiang Siyue.
"Bitch, I'm talking to you!" Jiang Siyue, surprised that Wen Xiu would ignore her, ran up in front of her and snapped.
"Who are you calling a bitch?" Wen Xiu asked slowly and deliberately.
"Naturally, I'm calling you! Are you deaf?" Jiang Siyue replied without a second thought.
"Oh, so you're calling me a bitch? Well then, what does this bitch want from you?" Wen Xiu asked with a mocking smile at the furious Jiang Siyue.
"Bitch!" Jiang Siyue raised her hand, ready to slap Wen Xiu.
"What do you think you're doing?" Jiang Yuanrang, arriving from behind, saw Jiang Siyue about to hit Wen Xiu.
Jiang Yuanrang had always been on Wen Xiu's side, and now he felt even more disgusted with Jiang Siyue.
"Cousin, how can you take the side of an outsider?" Jiang Siyue glared at Jiang Yuanrang resentfully. This man would one day be her husband, and here he was siding with that bitch.
How could this be allowed?
"In my eyes, you are the outsider!" Jiang Yuanrang said without hesitation.
"Cousin, how can you say that?" Jiang Siyue's eyes turned red in an instant. After all, she was the one who was supposed to marry him.
At that thought, Jiang Siyue felt deeply hurt.
"I have eyes. Don't you know what you did?" Jiang Yuanrang said with a look of contempt.
"Cousin, it was that bitch! She insulted me first!" Jiang Siyue felt heartbroken. Her cousin hadn't even asked what happened and blamed everything on her.
How unfair was this?
She was his fiancée. Shouldn't he trust her unconditionally?
"Silence! Who do you think you are to call her a bitch?" Jiang Yuanrang snapped.
"I'm your fiancée!" Jiang Siyue blurted out without thinking.
"If you're his fiancée, then what am I?" Wen Xiu found this amusing. This woman must have lost her mind. Her engagement to Jiang Yuanrang was sanctioned by the emperor himself.
What kind of fiancée did this woman think she was?
"I'm just a bitch who seduces other women's husbands!" Jiang Siyue said coldly.
"Tingzhou, tell her—who am I to you, and what exactly is she?" Wen Xiu said with a teasing smile, looking at Jiang Yuanrang as if to say, "Well, let's see how you answer this one."
"You are naturally my one and only fiancée." Jiang Yuanrang hurriedly walked over to Wen Xiu and said affectionately.
"Did you hear that? I am his fiancée. This man belongs to me. Stop dreaming." Wen Xiu said smugly, leaning close to Jiang Siyue's ear, speaking each word deliberately.
"You're lying! My aunt said my cousin would marry me!" Jiang Siyue looked at Wen Xiu in disbelief.
Jiang Siyue was furious inside—it was all this seductress's fault for tempting her cousin. Otherwise, why would he not want to marry her?
"Did you promise to marry her?" Wen Xiu looked at Jiang Yuanrang, her eyes filled with disbelief.
She would never share a husband with a woman like this.
Even if Jiang Yuanrang were to take a concubine in the future, it should be the wife—her—who chose her.
"I didn't promise." Jiang Yuanrang's voice grew weaker.
He indeed had not agreed to Madame Jiang, to marry Jiang Siyue.
After all, Madame Jiang had only said that she wanted him to have a child with Jiang Siyue.
And he hadn't agreed to that either.
He was inherently unwilling.
But Madame Jiang had raised him, and he couldn't really find fault with such a request.
However, Wen Xiu seemed unhappy about this matter, which made Jiang Yuanrang feel somewhat afraid to tell her the truth.
What if Wen Xiu didn't approve?
"Impossible!" Jiang Yuanrang's words stung Jiang Siyue deeply. She refused to believe that her cousin hadn't agreed. After all, she was beautiful, and she was her aunt's own niece.
How was she inferior to this low-born bitch before her?
"What's impossible? And who are you? We've only met a few times. At best, you're just a cousin from my uncle's family. Who I marry is my own business. You, some girl from the outer family, screaming and shouting here—what kind of manners is that?" Jiang Yuanrang was filled with disgust at Jiang Siyue's hysterical display.
Allowing someone as greedy as her to bear his child—Jiang Yuanrang was utterly against it from the bottom of his heart.
"Cousin, is it this woman who made you say all this? You actually like me, don't you? The only one you want to marry is me, right?" Jiang Siyue still refused to believe that the man before her could be so heartless.
She refused to believe that the contempt in Jiang Yuanrang's eyes was directed at her.
She was the one who was supposed to marry him as his lawful wife.
How could he stand beside another woman and scold her?