Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 144 - 144: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (14)

Lu Heng, who had just opened his eyes, looked at the young girl who had already woken up and said in surprise, "Yue Ran, you have woken up! How do you feel?"

Yue Ran only frowned at the young man and wanted to get out of bed to walk away, but she was stopped by Lu Heng, who pressed her shoulders down to let her lie back down on the bed.

"No, you cannot get up yet," Lu Heng said. "You are still very weak now, so do not get out of bed easily. I will give you whatever you want, so there is no need for you to walk or go anywhere else."

Seeing such an earnest third prince in front of her, Yue Ran did not feel happy but only felt uncomfortable and strange. She does not like him, and she also does not like the feeling that he gave her.

"Ran Ran is just a maid, so this servant does not dare to bother Your Highness with this servant's problem," Yue Ran said. "This servant can do everything just fine."

Facing the chilly reception from the young girl lying down on the bed, Lu Heng actually found himself not being able to get angry with her at all.

"How could you bother this prince?" Lu Heng asked with a smile. "In this prince's heart, Yue Ran is the best."

Yue Ran did not expect that Lu Heng would be so patient with her and would even still treat her this way with a good temper instead of getting angry and violent for disrespecting him as a member of the imperial family.

But seeing this did not make Yue Ran waver in her decision, nor did it change her mind at all. The person she likes is not him and will never be him in this lifetime.

"This servant remembered that this servant had already told Your Highness that this servant already has someone this servant likes. This servant only hopes that Your Highness will stop wasting time on this servant," Yue Ran said. "The Madam really likes Your Highness, so Your Highness should better not disappoint the Madam's affection for Your Highness."

Ruan Ruan: Wow! The Master has already started her strategy!

Yi Yan had already treated Yue Ran like that yesterday, but Yue Ran still spoke good words for her. Even if it were so, Lu Heng still did not like to hear what Yue Ran had just said at all!

"Yue Ran, this prince likes you," Lu Heng said. "As long as you are willing..."

The frown on Yue Ran's face became more prominent. She did not want to hear how the third prince would express his love for her any longer.

"Your Highness," Yue Ran interrupted the young man's words. "Ran Ran does not want to live in the palace for Ran Ran's whole life. Ran Ran just wants to live with the person that Ran Ran likes."

Yue Ran's face was indifferent and cold as she stared at Lu Heng. It seemed that the former party was not interested in what the latter party would say at all.

"If Your Highness cannot fulfill Ran Ran's wish of living together as a couple for a lifetime, then do not like Ran Ran further anymore," Yue Ran said. "And Ran Ran will also not covet the glory and wealth of the imperial palace. Just leave Ran Ran as before and do not interfere in Ran Ran's life."

This situation was falling into an endless loop.

Lu Heng clearly could not afford what Yue Ran had wished for, and he also did not want to let the young girl go, so he could only hold onto her. Hard. And tight.

"Then, Yue Ran, you rest first." Lu Heng quickly changed the subject and responded reluctantly as he stood up from the stool that he was sitting on. "You can just call and tell what you want to the servants around if you need anything. Anything at all."

After emphasizing the latter sentence in his words, Lu Heng turned his body away and walked out. He wanted Yue Ran to ask him to stay, and he even held this expectation in his heart as he took another step closer to the doors.

However, Lu Heng was bound to be disappointed because Yue Ran only pulled up the quilt to her shoulders, turned sideways, closed her eyes, and began to "sleep". She did not care for Lu Heng at all, nor did she want his care even in the slightest bit.

Lu Heng's so-called care was just that cheap for Yue Ran.

Anyway, she will always get what she wants, whether she takes the initiative to do it or not.

…

Everyone in the third prince's backyard, where all the third prince's harem of beauties live, is paying their respects to the main wife of the third prince.

Li Xin, another side wife of the third prince with the same status as the female protagonist, who usually dislikes Yi Yan the most, was the first to speak sarcastically when she saw Yi Yan's face full of haggardness that could not be concealed by the powder and rouge applied to her face.

"Yesterday, I seem to have heard the sound of a quarrel in some courtyard," Li Xin started. "What happened, Sister Bai? Do you know what happened, and can you tell me about it?"

Bai Fen, one of the concubines of the third prince and a smart person who rose to the position of a noble consort when the male protagonist became an emperor, instantly understood Li Xin's words and what she meant.

Bai Fen smiled and agreed with a charming smile as she said, "Oh, Sister Li does not even know about this thing? It is because of our Sister Yi Yan, who is so powerful and unrighteous, that she sent her own dowry maid to the third prince's bed." There were muffled sounds of laughter around as she continued her words: "I also heard that last night, the third prince carried the same dowry maid named Yue Ran all the way back to the front yard and even asked for the imperial physician to take a look at the dowry maid's condition."

"Oh, His Highness had actually called the imperial physician to come?" Li Xin asked in surprise and with a little gloating. "Could it be that that dowry maid was injured by someone in some way? It should not be; after all, our Sister Yi Yan is the most charitable, the most generous, and the most magnanimous person of all. So, how could our Sister Yi Yan bear to punish her own dowry maid with such a kind heart that does not even harbor the slightest evil?"

Yi Yan already had a pale and haggard face after not sleeping well last night, but now the fact she still had to listen to Li Xin and Bai Fen's sarcastic words made her face even uglier as she tried hard to suppress the pent-up anger in her heart.

The two women's words were clearly meant to slap Yi Yan's face over and over again. After all, do their words not simply mean that she was a hypocritical person from the beginning to the end who always had evil in her heart while putting on a mask of generosity to fool others?

Lu Heng did not have many beauties in his backyard, where his harem is, even after the selection of his concubines. And those concubines with families that were not powerful did not have the guts to fight at all, had long shrunk into quails, and dared not speak for fear of implicating themselves and probably their families as well.

This was a fight between those in favor and those with power, so they chose to hide away. Being transparent and blending into the background would save their lives, so as long as they are not stupid, none of them would take the initiative to talk at this time, unless they are good with words, that is.

Hui Na, the only concubine who could be considered to be in a pretty good relationship with Yi Yan, spoke out to mediate the dispute and to calm this rather tense atmosphere.

"We are all sisters, so what is wrong with this situation?" Hui Na spoke out. "Is this not just because of a mere maid? We do not even have the courage to send our own maids to the third prince's bed, and if anyone in my courtyard dares to seduce the third prince, that servant will be beaten to death by me."

It was also at this time that Chu Ning, the third prince's main wife, who was watching the excitement from not far away, stepped inside the room and walked into the spotlight.

"What is everyone talking about?" Chu Ning asked with a gentle smile. "Everyone looks so lively today."

As she spoke out, Chu Ning walked to her own seat, and the rest of the concubines paid their respects to her in unison.

"This concubine pays my respect to the Madam."

"Get up," Chu Ning said. "You people do not have to be so polite to me."

Even if she were to say so, if anyone were to walk out of line, they would still be punished severely, so no one actually dared to take Chu Ning's polite words to heart.

"Thank you, Madam," everyone said in unison.

Chu Ning's most loyal follower, Li Xin, said, "Has the Madam heard of the latest news yet?"

"Oh?" Chu Ning asked.