Chapter 160

Shen Ninghua rolled her eyes at him, and when she turned around again, she was shocked by the face right in front of her. “What are you doing?”

Chu Junyi’s gaze was focused as excitement flashed in his eyes. “Ninghua, we will be married in six months. I’m so excited!”

Shen Ninghua’s body stiffened and then relaxed. “Even so, there are still six months left. You can savor the excitement slowly.”

Chu Junyi hugged her in his arms as if he was holding a rare precious jade in his arms. “Ninghua…no, I should call you honey in the future. We will get married in six months…Dead or alive, I will love you, holding your hand and growing old together. I always felt that these lines were ridiculous. But now, I feel that I can’t find a better way to describe our future. ”

“Holding your hand and growing old together…” Shen Ninghua whispered, and a complicated emotion flashed through her heart. Baili Jinze had said this to her before. At that time, she had full trust in him and she fully believed in this sentence. Now, Chu Junyi said it to her again. She didn’t know if this was a promise or not, and how long it could last…

Chu Junyi lowered his head and saw her expression. A trace of doting love flashed in his eyes. He knew that Ninghua did not trust him enough now, but it did not matter. Time would tell. He had a lot of time to prove himself and to win her trust. Even if her heart was made of cold jade, he would warm it up bit by bit.

Shen Ninghua leaned against Chu Junyi’s embrace a little nervously. She had wanted to break free, but when she felt his strong heartbeats and the warmth of his chest, for some unknown reason, she did not struggle. She leaned in his arms and closed her eyes.

Chu Junyi smiled and said softly, “It’s been a hard day. Have a good rest. I’ll leave after you’re asleep.”

Shen Ninghua nodded with her eyes shut. The regular heartbeats came into her ears. She felt her entire heart slowly calm down.

Chu Junyi rubbed the top of her head with his hand. He felt that the hair was even smoother than silk, and the warmth in his eyes became even more obvious.

After a while, he lowered his head to look at Ninghua in his arms and found that she had fallen asleep. He slowly loosened his embrace and put her on the bed. He covered the quilt for her, sat by the bed and quietly watched her sleep.

The candlelight made her face look exceptionally tranquil and softened her aggressive beauty, adding a bit of gentleness and fragility to her. Especially the light pink lips made him want to rub them so as to add a bit of life to them.

“The eyebrows and forehead are exceptionally beautiful. It is not suitable for them to have wrinkles. I wonder how much worry you have in your heart. Every time you fall asleep, you seem to be filled with grievance…” He touched her forehead slightly and carefully landed a kiss on it. “Girl, have a nice dream.” It would be best if I appeared in your dream…

When Shen Ninghua opened her eyes, the sky was already bright. She rubbed her eyes and recalled the memories of last night. She couldn’t help but feel annoyed. She had just wanted to close her eyes and rest, but she didn’t expect that she would fall asleep directly.

Bai Ruo held a basin of water to let her wash her face. “Miss, you’re awake. Hong Ling went to inquire about it. The emperor has already issued an imperial edict. You and Lord Chu will be married in six months. Bi Zhu is crazily busy. There are so many people outside who are here to deliver congratulatory gifts.”

“Congratulatory gift? I’m not married yet. What congratulatory gift?”

“Not the gifts to congratulate you on your marriage, but gifts to congratulate you on being conferred the title of princess. The eunuch who came to announce the decree is outside. I have asked him. His Majesty wants to confer you the title of Princess Zhaohua!”

Shen Ninghua was slightly surprised in her heart. His Majesty actually made her a princess so quickly. She wondered how many troubles this would cause.

“I see. Help me get dressed. Let’s go receive the decree.”

The imperial edict was very long. Apart from declaring her title of princess, it also gave her a new mansion as her princess mansion, as well as six villas and six pieces of land. Although she still had no fief, her possessions were not inferior to a real princess.

“Ninghua thanks His Majesty. Long live His Majesty. Long live His Majesty. Long live His Majesty.”

The eunuch who came to announce the decree smiled and handed the decree to her as he lavished congratulatory words.

Receiving Shen Ninghua’s signal, Bai Ruo hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the thick purse in her hand to the eunuch. “This is for you to buy a cup of tea.”

The eunuch pinched the purse in his hand. There were silver notes worthy of at least six hundred taels. He hurriedly made a gesture to decline. Princess Zhaohua was now the most favored person in the emperor’s eye. Taking her silver was like putting him on a hot pan.

Seeing what he was thinking of, Shen Ninghua smiled and said, “You can rest assured and keep it. In the future, I’ll need your favor in keeping me informed of the matters in the Palace.”

Seeing Shen Ninghua’s expression, the eunuch finally put the purse into his sleeve and said, “Yes, Your Highness. Whenever you need me in the future, I’ll be at your service.”

“Good.”

After sending the eunuch away, Bai Ruo hurriedly enshrined the decree. “Miss, the place for building the princess mansion is very close to our current mansion. It is convenient for us to go and see it at any time.”

“It’s alright.” Baili Qingcang chose an excellent location. Not far from it was the future princess mansion for Princess Anning. In the future, they would become close neighbors and be able to help each other.

Hong Ling came in and said, “Miss, the Sixth Prince of the Great Yue Kingdom will return home in five days.”

“Bu Jinglan is going back? Isn’t investigation of the suburb hunting incident still under way? Why did he go back in such a hurry?”

“It was said that because so many things have happened during this period of time. He almost died because of the snake venom. Besides…you rejected him, so he felt that there was really nothing much he liked in Da’an and therefore he wanted to go home.”

Shen Ninghua sneered. Bu Jinglan made a decision because of her refusal? It was simply a joke. “Did he mention how to settle Shen Linghan?” Although Shen Linghan’s position had been changed from his princess to a concubine, it was a marriage of alliance between the two countries, and proper arrangements were necessary.

“I haven’t heard about it…” Just as Hong Ling finished speaking, a maidservant hurriedly ran in from outside the door.

“Greetings, Your Highness. Please hurry up and take a look at Miss Linghan. She is going to hang herself and the entire courtyard is in a mess.”

Hanging herself? Shen Ninghua suddenly raised her eyebrows and coldly snorted with disdain in her heart. Shen Linghan was getting more and more capable. She even used the trio of crying, making trouble, and hanging herself.

“Follow me and take a look.”

As soon as they arrived at Qinxue Courtyard, they heard waves of hysterical roars.

“You all get lost. You think I am limp now and you can torture me? Call Shen Ninghua over. I want to ask her if she is too anxious to wait for my death! She entered the Palace and my title changed from princess to junior concubine. Now, she is satisfied. She found someone to marry, but she made me a junior concubine! It sounds good, but in the end, it’s just a concubine! ”

There seemed to be someone trying to dissuade her, but the voice was too low to be heard clearly. On the other hand, Shen Linghan’s voice was exceptionally loud.

“Keep my voice down? Why should I keep my voice down? Since she, Shen Ninghua, dared to do this to me in the first place, I dare to pay her back in her own coin! Haha, whether or not my mother was talking nonsense back then, she, Shen Ninghua, knows best in her heart. The figure that ran out of her room in the middle of the night might be her loveboy. Her mother was just a dirty woman. How can the daughter she gave birth to be a good girl! She’s also a bitch!”

The icy look overflew in Shen Ninghua’s eyes. She pushed the door open with a bang, and her voice was so cold that it could freeze people. “Shen Linghan, you want to die? Alright, I’ll fulfill your wish. Coincidentally, you already have white silk in your hands, so it’s easy. Qing Que, go strangle her to death. I will be responsible if anyone looks into the matter!”

“Yes, Miss.” Qing Que stepped forward without any hesitation. She pulled out the white silk and wrapped it around Shen Linghan’s neck twice. Then she grabbed the tip of the white silk with one hand and forcefully pulled it. Shen Linghan was immediately suffocated and rolled her eyes.

“Oh…oh…let go…let go…” Shen Linghan tore at the white silk around her neck. The suffocating feeling made her feel real fear and she continuously struggled with her feet.

Seeing that Shen Linghan’s face had turned purple, Shen Ninghua waved her hand to let Qing Que release Shen Linghan.

Air refilled Shen Linghan’s lungs, causing her to cough continuously. She fell down from her wheelchair and struggled to climb a few steps away from Qing Que before pulling off the white silk from her neck and throwing it into the distance. “Shen Ninghua, you actually want to kill me?”

Shen Ninghua sneered. “Funny. Didn’t you say that you didn’t want to live anymore? I just helped you fulfill your wish. Is that wrong?”

“You…Don’t forget. I’m not an ordinary woman. Although I’ve been demoted by one level, I am still going to become the Sixth Prince’s junior concubine. Aren’t you afraid of provoking a war between the two countries by treating me like this?”

Shen Ninghua sneered. “Why don’t you take a closer look at yourself? Do you think you are important enough to cause a war between the two countries?”

Shen Linghan looked as if slapped in the face, and she immediately blushed. “You…”

“I don’t have time to talk nonsense with you. In any case, Bu Jinglan is reluctant to marry you. It’ll be easier for him if you die.” Shen Ninghua turned to look at the surrounding maids. “You don’t have to stop her. If she wants to die, let her die. If she dies, carry her out. Shen Linghan, for the sake of the sisterhood we used to have, I will give you a grand funeral!”

Shen Linghan was so angry that her entire body trembled. Her purple face made people suspect that she would immediately lose her breath. “You…you…”

Shen Ninghua suddenly turned her head and her cold eyes were like steel needles. “You’d better not talk nonsense. Otherwise I’ll have someone pull out your tongue. Anyway, you’re already crippled. If you accidentally become mute, it won’t make much difference.”

Shen Linghan opened her mouth but didn’t dare to curse again. Seeing that Shen Ninghua was about to leave, she couldn’t help but shout, “I’m getting married. You have to give me my mother’s dowry!”

Shen Ninghua’s steps paused. She turned to look at the nervous Shen Linghan. Suddenly, she laughed. “Haha, no wonder you made such a fuss. You want the dowry. Back then, my mother brought countless dowry with her to the mansion, but you and your mother misappropriated more than half of it. I only took back what I deserved after I returned to the mansion. But now, I don’t lack that little bit of stuff. I’ll have people take out all of Zhao’s dowry for you. Don’t think that others are as shameless as you and your mother!”

Hearing her promise, Shen Linghan’s face was filled with joy. She didn’t care about Shen Ninghua’s mockery at all. “Shameless or not, I can get what I want, and that is a victory.”

Shen Ninghua curled her lips mockingly, and her eyes were filled with contempt. She did not want to see Shen Linghan any longer and directly walked out.

Hong Ling walked at the end and looked at the complacent Shen Linghan. She spat out in disdain. “A tree will die without the bark. A person is invincible without the sense of shame!”

Shen Linghan’s face darkened abruptly. “What did you say, you cheap servant, I…”

Hong Ling stuck out her tongue, and she directly walked out, not even bothering to give a single glance at Shen Linghan.