Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 148 - 148: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (18)

Bai Fen gasped in surprise as she asked, "Could it be that everything was a conspiracy?"

"Could it be?" Li Xin asked herself, then let out an exaggerated sigh. "Then again, Sister Yi Yan could not have done anything bad. If I did not know that Sister Yi Yan was always so kind and good to everyone, even to the servants, I would have thought that Sister Yi Yan was dissatisfied that her maid was being favored by His Highness more than herself, so she had specially designed this kind of trap to become the caller who catches the thief here."

"Sister Li, if you had not cleared this up by saying this, I would have really thought so myself," Bai Fen chimed in. "If it were so, then it would have been really outrageous."

Seeing the two sing together in tandem, Yi Yan's face turned livid after being accused so straightly with no evidence. Or maybe it was just that both of them had hit the target in her heart—the truth was pierced through just like that—but Yi Yan still spoke out in a hypocritically dignified manner.

"Of course, I am very happy that Yue Ran can be loved by His Highness," Yi Yan said. "However, I just could no longer hide this matter, especially not when Yue Ran used to be my dowry maid, when encountering such a scandalous thing."

Seeing how "righteously" Yi Yan had spoken out, Li Xin blatantly rolled her eyes in front of everyone. This hypocritical person was clearly lying in broad daylight. So annoying.

Chu Ning really hoped that these few people would continue to cause trouble. After all, this matter had nothing to do with her, so everything was just perfect since she would not be implicated in such a mess.

"Your Highness, what do you think about this matter?" Chu Ning asked gently.

The jealousy in Lu Heng's heart is almost burning him out at this moment. Yue Ran had not even looked or glanced at him ever since she entered the door, and he could only hear women's voices, especially Yi Yan, who was singing with bitterness rolling on her tongue.

Without waiting for Lu Heng to speak, Yi Yan had already said, "Although Yue Ran has no status yet, everyone knows that Yue Ran is already Your Highness' woman and a member of the backyard. If this kind of incident is not dealt with seriously, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to convince the public." There was a short pause before she continued, "I could not bear to see it either, but the imperial family has its own family rules, so everything should be done in accordance with the rules."

With this said, Yi Yan really wanted to kill and eliminate Yue Ran's existence completely.

This kind of thing, like having an affair, was especially serious in ancient times, not to mention that Lu Heng was still the third prince and a member of the imperial family. The punishment that Yue Ran would receive would only be worse.

Lu Heng suppressed his jealousy and asked, "Yue Ran, do you have anything to say?"

Yue Ran stopped Pei He from wanting to help her explain the situation for her, then shook her head and said, "Ran Ran has nothing to explain, and Your Highness also knows that the relationship between Your Highness and Ran Ran is clear and innocent. Ran Ran only wants to be with Ran Ran's cousin in this life."

After saying so, the young girl held Pei He's hand and looked at him firmly.

This was exactly what Yi Yan wanted to see.

But she had never actually thought that Yue Ran would want to seek death so much and so quickly. After all, how could the third prince ever tolerate someone who betrayed him?

Chu Ning also did not want Yue Ran to formally enter the third prince's backyard. From the conversation between the third prince and Yue Ran just now, it could be seen that the third prince cares a lot about this Yue Ran, perhaps even more than he did about Yi Yan before.

Looking at Yue Ran's extremely beautiful face, Chu Ning's eyes flashed with hatred. Yue Ran is indeed a huge threat to her.

Lu Heng angrily kicked over the chair next to him and stared at Yue Ran with burning eyes, then sneered.

"Good, good," Lu Heng said. "Since you like him so much, then this prince will fulfill your wish."

When everyone thought that Lu Heng was going to let Yue Ran go and let the two of them—Yue Ran and Pei He—be together, Lu Heng suddenly called out, "Wang Li."

"I am here, Your Highness," Wang Li said.

"Bring Pei He down to clean his body," Lu Heng said.

"What?" Wang Li asked in a dumbfounded manner. He was shocked and stunned. He even thought that he had heard the order of the third prince wrong for a while.

"Did you not hear my words?" Lu Heng asked. "Why are you still not moving?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Highness," Wang Li hastily answered when he was awakened by Lu Heng's words that hid blood. He quickly called several other eunuchs to pull Pei He out of the room.

Chu Ning and the others were all stunned by this sudden change, and it was all caused by the third prince.

Meanwhile, Yue Ran was crying as she tried to pull Pei He back from being dragged out.

"No, no, Your Highness, please," Yue Ran cried as she helplessly struggled to prevent the eunuchs from dragging Pei He any further. "Ran Ran will never dare to do it again. Please, Your Highness, please, just let my cousin go."

As a man, Pei He knew that he might not be able to escape today. Looking at Yue Ran, who was crying bitterly, he did not care about what he had to face and only wanted to comfort the young girl to stop her from feeling sad.

"It is okay, Ran Ran," Pei He said. "I will be fine."

"No, Cousin," Yue Ran sobbed and shook her head. "No…"

But in the end, she could only watch helplessly as Pei He was dragged out by several young eunuchs. She wanted to chase after him but was suddenly grabbed on the arm by Lu Heng.

Yue Ran shook her hand angrily to try and get rid of the young man's hold, but Lu Heng had held onto her so tightly.

"It is all your fault!" Yue Ran yelled. "It is all your fault! Lu Heng, I hate you! Lu Heng, I hate you!"

Looking into the young girl's resentful eyes, Lu Heng also felt very uncomfortable. But if he had not done this today, he might not have gotten her for the rest of his life.

"Yue Ran, you can rest assured that this prince will treat you well," Lu Heng said.

After he spoke these words, Lu Heng hugged the other party and carried her back to the front yard, regardless of the other party's struggle.

Lu Heng could not hold back the jealousy in his heart any longer. He wanted to get Yue Ran now, and no one in the world could stop him from doing it.

This was most certainly not the development that Yi Yan wanted to see. However, she could not change anything now because Lu Heng has gone far. It was not possible for her to chase after him and then thoroughly offend him because of it. She was not that stupid.

After watching this kind of farce, Li Xin laughed out loud.

"Some people just would try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice to lure it," Li Xin said without planning to hide the derision from the tone of her voice and expression on her face. "Are you not just fulfilling Yue Ran's wish to climb a higher branch?"

(*To steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice to lure it: To try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off.)

"Li Xin, no matter how you say it, I am also the side wife of the same status as you, so you might as well clean off all the filth in your mouth before you talk next time," Yi Yan barked back.

Chu Ning only rubbed her fingers on her temples to get rid of the incoming headache that would plague her head very soon. What is all the fuss about in front of her?

"Enough," Chu Ning said. "That is enough. There is no need to talk about it here anymore. Everyone, go back."

As reluctant as Yi Yan may have felt, she still has to answer "Yes, Madam," just like the rest of the people here inside the room.

…

The front yard

Lu Heng put Yue Ran directly on the bed and leaned his own body over to press her down.

Tears were still hanging on Yue Ran's eyelashes as she stared at Lu Heng with eyes full of hatred. Her body was constantly struggling to get out of the young man's hold.

"Lu Heng, you have to die! I will never forgive you in this life," Yue Ran said with gritted teeth. "I hate you. I hate you. I hate you!"

Detaining Yue Ran's scrambling hands above her head, Lu Heng gently wiped away the tears from the corners of the young girl's eyes. A trace of pain flashed in his own inky black eyes, which held the sadness and gloom in his heart.

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