Coming of the Villain Boss! Chapter 102 - The Royal Princess (8)

Chapter 102: The Royal Princess (8)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Princess Rong Hua drank very fast; the feeling of drunkenness was coming up quickly. Her face was stained with a red glow now. The emperor looked at her daughter with a bit of worry.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, the girl was holding the gla.s.s with one hand, gently smiling, and she slowly drank up each gla.s.s of wine, as if she was not in a race, but was tasting good wine.

But unexpectedly, the surrounding onlookers found the number of empty wine gla.s.ses in front of her was increasing as fast as that of the Princess Rong Hua, or even faster.

A drinking race between Princess Rong Hua and the royal princess? Unbelievable! This had never happened in history before. It was quite a big show for today.

Kada—

The wine gla.s.s collided with the table surface, making slight noises.

“Give me that… brush pen!” Princess Rong Hua felt a little dizzy and weak, but her consciousness was clear. She staggered as she stood up, escorted by her maid, and walked to the table on which a big paper was spread.

With a splash of ink, Princess Rong Hua’s beautiful and grand calligraphy soon appeared on the paper.

“It’s really nice calligraphy!”

“Yes, indeed.”

The ministers standing nearby couldn’t help praising Princess Rong Hua’s handwriting. They came closer one after another to appreciate the creation process.

The heirs of the royal family were educated in all four arts, including music, chess, calligraphy and painting. They learned since childhood, which endowed them with great knowledge of them all, and in some aspects they were even quite proficient.

The calligraphy of Princess Rong Hua was the best among all the heirs, and the emperor was very proud of that as well.

So when Princess Rong Hua heard the praise of the ministers, she stood upright immediately and seemed to have seen the dawn of victory.

But having drunk too much wine really affected her. She delayed a little in writing. Then after she finally finished the writing, a feeling of weakness attacked her all at once. She almost lost her balance and leaned upon her maid to avoid falling over.

She looked to Ming Shu, who was still sitting in her seat and drinking wine, and whose posture was not even changed. She was also looking back at her with a smile.

What is she laughing at?

What’s so funny? Her smile is really ugly, as ugly as her appearance.

Princess Rong Hua pushed the maid away and staggered to Ming Shu. The latter was now holding a gla.s.s of unfinished wine in her hand. Princess Rong Hua couldn’t help giving a beaming smile. “You lose.”

“Rong Hua.” The emperor, though, interrupted her.

“Father, I win!” Princess Rong Hua became a little anxious and her face was filled with excitement. She knew she would win.

“Rong Hua, the royal princess won,” the emperor said in a deep voice. “Don’t be silly, come now.”

Princess Rong Hua’s smile was frozen on her face. “Father… what are you saying?” How could she win, she didn’t even finish the wine!

“Your Highness, it is indeed the royal princess who won, she finished the calligraphy faster than you…” the maid whispered in Princess Rong Hua’s ear.

“She didn’t finish the wine! So what if she was faster than me in writing?” Princess Rong Hua pointed at the wine on the table.

The maid whispered again, “It was poured by Her Highness after she had finished the writing.”

It turned out that Princess Rong Hua was surrounded by the ministers just now, which totally blocked her sight. In fact, when she began writing, Ming Shu also finished her wine and started the second phase. She wrote faster than Princess Rong Hua.

That gla.s.s of unfinished wine was poured after she had finished the writing and sat down.

“Thank you, Your Highness, for the gift.” Ming Shu raised her gla.s.s and smiled.

Princess Rong Hua stared at Ming Shu disbelievingly, but she didn’t make a scene. Keeping silent for a while, she turned and ran away.

“Your Highness…”

The maid also chased her out.

” Ho , childish! Royal Princess, don’t concern yourself with her. This dagger is yours now.” The emperor came out and broke the awkwardness. He ordered the maid to pa.s.s the dagger to Ming Shu, and continued, “Since two princesses showed their fine calligraphy, why don’t you ministers come and show what you can do? Come, whoever writes the best today, I will reward.”

The ministers complained in the bottom of their hearts. They only intended to watch a play, but now they had to play themselves for the emperor.

However, they were so good at hiding their real thoughts deep inside. On the surface, they happily followed the emperor’s order.

The ministers went up to show off their calligraphy one by one, and the scene grew quite harmonious.

“Why help me?”

“What?” Ming Shu turned her head. The man sat perfectly straight next to her, leaving her with only one side of his face. Ming Shu looked around and then asked, “Are you talking to me, Uncle?”

King Huai didn’t answer.

Ming Shu held her chin with one hand, and the fingertip of another was playing with the porcelain wine gla.s.s. The liquid swaying in the gla.s.s reflected dots of light, which were scattered into her pupils, lending them a slight layer of soft l.u.s.ter. “I just wanted Princess Rong Hua to hate me.”

King Huai was a little surprised.

The girl with fine features was smiling tenderly. Her voice was crisp and ethereal, but the content of her words was so confusing.

“You hate her?”

“No.” In the words of the Harmony System, why should she hate a character existing in a game?

It’s all for the snacks… I have to gain her Hatred Points.

“Why?” King Huai was even more curious, and he asked again.

Ming Shu offered another close-lipped smile. “Uncle is not an officious person. It doesn’t matter to Uncle. Why do you want to know?”

Hearing this, King Huai felt a little dumb for a moment, but then he nodded coldly. “Okay.”

After that, there was only silence between the uncle and the niece.

The banquet ended in a weird mood. After the emperor left, Ming Shu dusted her skirt and got up. The ministers didn’t dare to offend her, so they humbly waited on the spot for her to go first.

The air outside the hall was much better than that inside. Ming Shu took a deep breath and stretched out. She walked down the steps briskly, like a bird that had just been set free from a cage.

I need some snacks now.

Snacks.

Snacks !

“Please wait, Your Highness.” A eunuch servant caught up with Ming Shu. “Your Highness, His Majesty wants to see you in the royal study room.”

Royal study room? At this time? What does he want?

“Well, it’s too late at night, it’s not suitable for a man and a woman to meet. I will come tomorrow,” Ming Shu said in a soft voice.

That old fox was not a good person. He used her to embarra.s.s King Huai, and let Princess Rong Hua bet with her…

The royals are all conspirators.

Who has the energy to deal with a conspirator this late!

Not to mention my snacks are waiting for me.

… Eh? The eunuch was dumbfounded.

“Your Highness…”

Ming Shu waved her hand and went straight to the litter parked outside the palace.

“… His Majesty is waiting for you…”

The eunuch was frozen to the spot. He stared at the litter moving further and further away for a long time before coming to himself. How should he report to his royal master!

…

King Huai stood in the shadows with his hands behind his back, watching Ming Shu’s litter leaving.

“Lord, about what happened today… the emperor was obviously purposely targeting you.” Ye Cong stood beside King Huai, full of indignation. “If it weren’t for the royal princess, it might have gotten worse.”

King Huai retracted his gaze. “What do you think he would think of us?”

Ye Cong didn’t understand the meaning of this sentence for a while, then after thinking it over, he cautiously replied, “Perhaps he will think the lord and the royal princess are intimate.”

“Right.” At the banquet, no matter for what reason, the royal princess helped him out, which would make his suspicious elder brother doubt him.

“Lord, this does us no harm,” Ye Cong said. “The Heavenly Temple is not a weak chicken. And… it looks like the royal princess is easy to get along with.”

Easy to get along with?

King Huai didn’t know how Ye Cong would have this conclusion in mind.

In his opinion, that girl was everything but an easy person to get along with. On the contrary, he had a feeling that she hid some unpredictable emotions beneath her frequent smiles.

“Do some investigations into her past.”

“Lord?”

“She is not that simple.”

King Huai turned and walked in the other direction. His figure seemed blend into the darkness, and a cold voice came to the ears of Ye Cong from afar.

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Chapter 103: The Royal Princess (9)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

At the East Palace…

After the eunuch servants had left, Mu Ze instantly changed his dull face. “How is the situation?”

“Your Highness, the royal princess had left safely.”

There was no one in the room, but voices emerged from within.

“Good.” Mu Ze breathed a relief.

“Your Highness, don’t you think the royal princess is a little different from before?” The voice hesitated. “The former royal princess would never offend Princess Rong Hua in public.”

Mu Ze frowned seriously. “What are you implying?”

“Your Highness, I just find it a bit strange.”

“She was frightened by the a.s.sa.s.sination attempt, so it’s understandable that her temper had changed a little.” Of course Mu Ze had sensed the change in Ming Shu, but he would rather give himself a reason to defend her.

That voice didn’t answer.

Mu Ze continued, “Have you figured out why that person called my uncle back?”

“Not yet, Your Highness. But he must be planning something. King Huai has been faithfully guarding the frontier for many years. And his personality is as deep as a well. If he and His Majesty engage in a battle, it will definitely cause a hectic situation. Your Highness, you must be very careful.”

Seriousness appeared in Mu Ze’s eyes. “Go.”

The room sounded silent again, dead silence.

It was deep into the night. The cold, humid air left dewdrops on everything exposed in the dark. The moon gradually hid itself in the clouds, and there were only a few stars scattered across the sky.

The entire palace also fell into darkness and went silent.

Mu Ze pushed open the window and jumped out. With superb movement arts, he skillfully avoided the patrolling guards and went in the direction of the Heavenly Temple.

He was very familiar with the temple and easily arrived outside the room he was looking for. The person in the room was still awake, and the slender figure was silhouetted against the window by candlelight.

After making sure there was only her in the room, Mu Ze carefully got closer to the window. He reached out, but didn’t make up his mind to knock for a long time.

He wanted to see for himself whether she was really safe and sound.

Mu Ze took a deep breath and decided to knock on the window.

The shadow on the window suddenly became larger and closer; he heard footsteps. Mu Ze immediately changed himself into the fool who existed in the daylight.

The window was pushed open, and the woman, in only a coat robe, stood inside, smiling at him and not very surprised. “Your Highness.”

Mu Ze felt a little depressed in his heart. She seemed really strange…

It’s like another person.

But Mu Ze smiled foolishly. “I, I, I am looking for Little Ci.”

The two were separated by a window, with one smiling softly and lovingly on one side, and another smiling innocently on the opposite.

Ming Shu leaned over and the distance between them was shortened instantly. Mu Ze saw his own reflection in Ming Shu’s eyes, looking really dumb and stupid, without any sign of normality.

“It’s so late, Your Highness, are you taking me out for a midnight snack?”

Mu Ze was frozen to the spot, but fortunately he had always seemed to be stupid, so there was no need to worry about being seen through.

He calmed himself in secret and then grinned a foolish grin. “Yes, yes, I’ll eat with Little Ci.”

This man was quite capable of pretending! She didn’t believe that he never doubted her.

She and the Host were totally different in almost all aspects except appearance. If King Huai, who hadn’t seen the Host for a hundred years, was skeptical, then never mind him, who was often with the Host every day.

Acting!

Who can’t do it?

I am good at acting!

“Your Highness, I don’t have any snacks, though. Why don’t you go to the kitchen and order the servant to prepare some?”

“Okay.” Mu Ze nodded in obedience, and even asked very caringly, “What do you want to eat, Little Ci?”

“Red dates brewed with cubilose, flowery vegetables, shrimp and fish pieces, roast chicken… vegetable rolls, melons, something like this.” Ming Shu recited a long list of names, containing almost all the names known by the Host.

Mu Ze’s expression was one of somebody totally taken aback.

“I…” He felt a little wronged. “I can’t remember.”

“Then we won’t eat anything.” The world owed an Oscar to Ming Shu.

Mu Ze seemed to be threatened by this sentence, and he quickly said, “I will go right now, Little Ci, don’t drive me away.”

Then he disappeared into the darkness swiftly. Ming Shu supported herself on the window sill and slowly took out a fruit, biting into it. Why did he come to her? To check if she had been replaced by another person?

[Host, do you want to take another task concerning Mu Ze?]

“Are you going to encourage me again to let Mu Ze like me, and then get rid of him?” Ming Shu scorned the System.

[Host, completing such a task would gain you quite a many Hatred Points, and it is more cost-effective than taking an additional task.] The Harmony System continued its persuasion. [And such a task is not that easy to encounter in every world, Host, just cherish the opportunity.]

“Requiring the mission subject to like the body I’m using… This condition is really not suitable for every story.”

[…]

“I’m not going to do this kind of thing.” Ming Shu refused.

I won’t be sc.u.m.

[But you are sc.u.m.]

“Shut your mouth.” This system is becoming more and more annoying, it’s affecting my appet.i.te.

[…]

After Ming Shu had finished two fruits, and before she became too sad while enjoying the lonely moon to fall asleep, Mu Ze came back with two boxes of food. He was sweating heavily because of his quick pace. “Look, Little Ci, here you are.”

“Your Highness, why are you doing this?”

“Little Ci?” Mu Ze didn’t seem to have understood her words, looking at her confusedly.

“Nothing, Your Highness, shall we eat together?” Ming Shu invited Mu Ze out of courtesy, but her heart was yelling out, No! Say No!

“Uh huh, let’s eat together.” Mu Ze nodded again and again. His expression was like that of a puppy that just got praised by its owner; he was only missing the wagging tail.

But upon Mu Ze accepting Ming Shu’s invitation, he felt there was a strong chilling air about the girl standing before him. When he tried to examine it closely, however, the feeling disappeared.

Ming Shu took the box of food and jumped over the window to the outdoors. Mu Ze was stunned, and his heart was sinking further and further. The girl in front of him was not his Little Ci.

There was a small wood outside Ming Shu’s room, in which the two chose to have their meal.

The food was still warm, obviously it was just out of the pot. As for where Mu Ze had gotten all the food, that was not what Ming Shu cared about.

“Little Ci, I want to eat that.” Mu Ze pitifully looked at the delicious food in front of Ming Shu.

But Ming Shu pulled the plate closer to her side, guarding her food. Her cheeks were like two puffy buns because of how stuffed they were. The scene was slightly cute.

Mu Ze was very sure now that this woman was not his Little Ci. How would Little Ci act in this way? But if she was not Little Ci, who was she? And where was Little Ci?

It can’t be…

Thinking something bad might have happened, the mask on Mu Ze’s face weakened.

Mu Ze almost burst out with questions for Ming Shu, but held back in the end.

I can’t act rashly.

“Little Ci, I must go back, or I will be scolded again.” Mu Ze began to pack things “clumsily,” but fearing that Ming Shu would notice his change in emotions, he continued, “Little Ci, you should rest early, staying up too late will diminish your beauty.”

“Your Highness.” For the sake of food… Ming Shu stopped him.

“What is it?” Mu Ze turned back with an anxious look. “Is there anything else? It’s too late, I have to go back.”

Ming Shu held her face in both hands, eyes hidden in the darkness of the night so no one could see what she was thinking. “I’m not Chen Ci. To be exact, the soul in this body is not that of Chen Ci.”

Her smiling tone of her voice seemed to be telling a distant story.

Guangdang—

His stuff fell heavily to the ground.