An Eight-year-old Princess novel Chapter 71

Yun Shang rose unsteadily to her feet and sneered. The expression on her face would have frightened even the most battle hardened general. She said, "Uncle, you leave first. Hua Jing will get suspicious if she doesn't see you. I will join you soon."

Prince Jing studied Yun Shang. The idea of leaving her alone in her condition unsettled him. But he had agreed to follow Yun Shang's plan. So he walked to where Wang Jinhuan stood.

Before long, a scream rang through Qianxin Tower.

Hua Jing rushed forward with some guards. She saw a crowd had gathered around a rockery. On the floor lay scattered bits of clothing. Joy filled Hua Jing's eyes, but she pretended to be worried and asked, "What happened?"

"Eh? What's going on here? There are so many people. Luo Qingyan, come and have a look. Something happened here." Wang Jinhuan seemed happy to see the chaos. His cheery voice could he heard from afar.

Hua Jing stared at him with unconcealed disgust in her eyes, then looked to the rockery and asked, "What happened?"

The women gathered around seemed too embarrassed to speak of what they had seen. They simply stepped back to make way for the Princess. A man stepped forward and said, "What happened behind the rockery is really… not a pretty sight… Too ridiculous."

"Ridiculous?" Hua Jing frowned and waved her hand at a nearby servant, "Go, take a look at what happened behind the rockery."

A servant disappeared behind the rockery. Seconds later, he hurried out. He reported, "Your Highness, there are two people without clothes. It seems that they are both asleep."

Hua Jing pretended to be amazed and then changed her look to anger, "How dare they do such ridiculous things at my feast! Bring the shameless couple to me!"

Several guards rushed forward. They too disappeared behind the rockery. Minutes ticked by as the guests waited with baited breaths. Soon, the guards returned. They were holding two naked people. A group of girls screamed and covered their eyes.

Hua Jing frowned, looked aside and said, "How inappropriate! Hurry up and put some clothes on them."

The guards did as instructed. "It's done, your Highness."

Hua Jing then turned around. She was prepared to scream in rage, but when she saw the two people, her face filled with surprise. She asked, "What's going on? Why are there two men?"

One of the two men was of course, Mo Jingyan as Hua Jing expected. But the other one was a man with dark skin. She had been expecting Yun Shang.

"Oh my god. This world is crazy. Two men were having sex in broad daylight?" Wang Jinhuan exclaimed in astonishment.

"Eh? Isn't that man Mo Jingran? It's said that he is the most gifted scholar in the Imperial City. I can't believe that he made such a mess. It's true that we may know a man's exterior but not his heart. My father said that he once came to my home to propose marriage. Luckily my father didn't agree…" Came the voice of a girl. And then the whispers began.

"Excuse me please." Came the soft voice of Yun Shang. "Sister, are you here? I can't find my maid. Have you seen her?"

Hua Jing clenched her fists and turned to face Yun Shang, who was walking towards her with an innocent look. Then she asked, "Why are you here? Weren't you with Mo Jingran just now?"

People heard the accusation and turned to look at Yun Shang. Prince Jing also fixed his gaze on Yun Shang. If people had been looking carefully, they would have noticed that Yun Shang's legs were still shaking from the effects of the scent. Yun Shang smiled with regret and said, "I'm sorry, sister. You asked me to entertain Mo Jingran since you were afraid that people would gossip if you stayed with him for too long. However, when we walked over here, I found that my maid was gone. So I excused myself and went to look for my maid. Didn't he tell you? By the way, where is he?"

Hua Jing felt the flames of fury spread through her body. She didn't pay attention to Yun Shang's words. Instead, she spewed bitterness when she spoke. "I told you to take good care of him, and you just let him do such things?" While talking, Hua Jing pointed at Mo Jingran who was still on the floor.

Yun Shang looked over and widened her eyes in astonishment, "What happened? Why is he here? What did he do with the other man?"

Hua Jing didn't reply. Instead, she gnashed her teeth and left the scene in a huff. Before disappearing, she said, "Clean up this place and call an end to this feast."

On her way out of the Tower, Hua Jing heard a servant call her. "Your Highness, Your Highness. I have bad news. Something went wrong."

Hua Jing was on the verge of combusting. All her carefully laid traps had failed. She couldn't handle yet another thing going wrong. When she heard the words, bad news, she exploded. She shouted at the servant, "What bad news? What are you raving about?"

She turned around and saw the servant stumbling towards her. The servant knelt down as soon as he saw Hua Jing and said with a pale face, "Your Highness. Something bad happened. The guards you sent to the front reported that the Emperor's Son-in-law had an accident on the battlefield. He was trapped in an empty city, and we lost contact with him. Lady Zhao fainted when she heard the news. What should we do about it?"

Hua Jing turned pale instantly. She turned and left with her servants in a hurry.

"I heard that a few days ago, Master Wu Na's disciple analyzed a character for Lady Zhao, the mother of the Emperor's son-in-law. He said that Princess Hua Jing was fated to mourn her husband's death and that the Emperor's son-in-law might be trapped in the battlefield. As a result, Princess Hua Jing threw the monk out. She even fought with Lady Zhao, who believed the monk."

"Really? It's a surprise that such a thing happened."

Yun Shang smiled as she watched Hua Jing rushing out. She muttered, "Hua Jing, you have set me up many times before. Now it's my turn…"