Peaceful Farm Life
Chapter 408: Deliberately Misleading Her! _1

Chapter 408: Chapter 408: Deliberately Misleading Her! _1

Although Li Wuyu felt happy inside, her face showed no such emotions, and she politely said, "Commandery Princess, what Wuyu had told you before was only that Wuyu heard from her father that Prince never returns without victory. However, she did not say whether this news was true or false, and as for the authenticity of ’never returns without victory,’ Wuyu never probed further into her father’s claim and naturally did not know."

"You!" Linghe was so angry that she couldn’t find a way to refute Li Wuyu’s words.

Simply because, originally, all that Li Wuyu had said was that she had heard from her father about Xiao Changyi’s claim of ’never returning without victory,’ and indeed she had said nothing more. It was her own mistake to assume that Xiao Changyi truly never returned without victory, toiling away in the fields for a lifetime. Then, out of fear, not wanting to spend her life tilling the soil, she had hastily returned to the Capital.

But if Li Wuyu hadn’t mentioned ’never returning without victory,’ could she have made such a mistake? Perhaps it was Li Wuyu who had intentionally led her astray!

Thinking so, Linghe’s anger became uncontrollable; in a moment of lost reason, she raised her hand, intending to slap Li Wuyu across the face, "How dare you, Li Wuyu, you clearly deceived this Commandery Princess—"

"Commandery Princess!" Prime Minister Li’s voice suddenly burst forth. Linghe shuddered and her mind instantly cleared. Li Wuyu was the Prime Minister’s daughter; she simply couldn’t hit her as she pleased.

As soon as Prime Minister Li arrived in the backyard, he saw Linghe gearing up to hit his treasured daughter. He immediately called out to the Commandery Princess at the top of his voice, hurriedly walked over, and while protecting his dear daughter behind him, he bowed to Linghe neither servile nor overbearing, "Commandery Princess, might I inquire where my little girl has offended you to provoke the Commandery Princess to strike her? If indeed she has erred, there is no need for the Commandery Princess to take action herself. The official here will surely take his daughter to the Pingjun Prince’s Mansion and apologize to the Commandery Princess in the presence of the Prince of Pingjun."

Not waiting for Linghe to speak, Prime Minister Li continued, "If the error my daughter committed is an unforgivable grievous mistake, there is no need for the Commandery Princess to be so angered. I myself will take my daughter to the Emperor to plead for mercy."

As he spoke, Prime Minister Li solemnly bowed in the direction where the Son of Heaven resided.

Linghe only wanted to vent her anger and had no intention of escalating matters. If things blew up, she would be the one without a reasonable cause, and hearing Prime Minister Li mention the Emperor of Xiyun, her heart grew even more flustered. She hurriedly forced a laugh, "Prime Minister, you must be jesting. I was only joking around with Wuyu. How could I possibly lay a hand on her?"

Prime Minister Li said, "Since the Commandery Princess was only playing with my little girl, then my daughter has done no wrong, correct?"

"Of course not," Linghe pretended to glance at the sky, "It’s getting late. I should be going back."

Prime Minister Li immediately said, "I will see the Commandery Princess out."

As soon as Linghe left, Li Wuyu, with a grin, clung to Prime Minister Li’s left arm, "Dad, thank you~"

Prime Minister Li glanced sideways at his daughter, who showed not a trace of ladylike demeanor, and coldly huffed, "I told you to reduce your interactions with this Commandery Princess, where did my words go?"

"I didn’t keep in touch with her, ah, it was just that one time we secretly went out on a trip. It’s she who suddenly came to pick a quarrel with me today," Li Wuyu defended.

"Would she come to find fault with you without any reason?" He knows his daughter all too well!

"Didn’t I just tell her once that I heard you say that my Master should never return without victory, and she took it as truth, immediately returning from Hecheng County to the Capital? Now that my Master and father-in-law have come to the Capital City, she came to trouble me. I guess that’s the course of events," Wuyu explained.

Prime Minister Li nodded, "I’ve just returned from the palace, and the King of Eternal Victory and the Changsheng Princess have indeed arrived in the Capital, currently in the palace."