Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Soul Devouring Gu
Thinking about it, the prince and the imperial daughter grew up together. If it weren’t for the support of the Sun family, how could the imperial daughter suffer such grievances? Speaking of which, Miss Sun was too dissatisfied. She had already given her the title of wife, but she was actually not satisfied. Did she really think that everyone didn’t know? There must be something wrong with His Highness fainting today. The purpose is to prevent His Highness from going to the Prince’s Mansion.

Butler Wang helped Prince Jing turn around and enter the manor, and served him to rest in Luo Hua Pavilion, which was the main courtyard of Prince Jing’s manor and also Prince Jing’s bedroom hall.

Butler Wang went out of the room and called over two servants. He instructed them, “You two, hurry up and go to the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. Tell Lord Left Prime Minister everything that happened today and let him look at Miss Sun. Tell him that it’s our Prince’s intention. If Miss Sun doesn’t know how to restrain herself, then the agreement is over. Go.”

This Butler Wang was no ordinary butler. He had returned from the battlefield with King Jing. He had a life-long friendship and enjoyed King Jing’s trust. There were some trivial matters that he could deal with first.

Although he didn’t understand the two princesses who were about to leave the manor, he personally liked Princess Jing Xian more. At least she was open and honest, while Miss Sun was too sinister. She had too many tricks, making it impossible for others to guard against her.

Half a month ago, Prince Jing and Miss Sun went to carry the Prince’s Mansion. He also followed them. At that time, he felt that Princess Jing Xian had fainted too strangely. Looking at today, Prince Jing had fainted too suddenly. The symptoms were very similar. Moreover, they had happened alone with Miss Sun. This was too coincidental.

Looks like we need to pay more attention to this princess in the future. Butler Wang doesn’t know that his decision today saved Prince Jing’s life not long after.

“Yes, Steward Wang.” The two servants turned around and left the manor. These two servants were carrying betrothal gifts together today. Both the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion and Prince Duan’s Mansion followed them. What happened on both sides was very clear. It was most suitable for them to report to the Left Prime Minister.

When the two servants arrived at the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion, it was already dark. The two of them went forward and knocked on the door of the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. A boy opened the door and asked, “Who are you looking for?”

One of them replied, “Prince Jing asked us to pass on a message to Prime Minister. I’ll trouble Little Brother to help inform him.”

The sect boy did not dare to neglect the matter. He quickly replied, “Alright, the little one will immediately go in and report to Prime Minister. Please wait a moment.” After saying that, he turned around and went in to report. After fifteen minutes, the door boy came back and said to the two of them, “Follow me. Prime Minister is waiting for you in the main hall.”

The two servants followed the door boy to the main hall of the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. As soon as they entered, they saw the Left Prime Minister sitting upright on the main seat. Thus, they hurriedly bowed and said, “This servant greets Prime Minister. My Prince has sent the servants to deliver a message to Prime Minister.”

“En, get up and talk. I heard that your prince is not well. Is he feeling better now?” After Sun Zuoxiang left the court today, he had a few words with Prince Duan and went to Imperial Concubine Shu’s Shuyi Palace. This was the palace named after her by the Emperor. From this, it could be seen that the Emperor really doted on Imperial Concubine Shu.

In Shu Yi Palace, Prime Minister Sun Zuo told Shu Fei what Prince Duan had said, Imperial Concubine Shu also told Sun Zuoxiang what had happened in Shoukang Palace, The father and daughter sorted out their plans and decided to let Prince Jing find a mistake after the wedding and demote Sun Shuyuan to the side imperial concubine. Only then would Prince Duan’s Mansion give up. Otherwise, once Prince Duan’s Mansion interfered in the investigation, the matter would be exposed and there would be no way of recovering.

So when Prime Minister Zuo returned to his mansion, King Jing had already left. Therefore, he did not know what had happened in the mansion. He only heard the servants report that King Jing had fainted in Second Miss’ room. He thought that King Jing had been busy recently and overworked. He did not think too much about it because he did not have a good rest. Now that he saw someone from King Jing’s mansion, he asked casually.

The two servants told him what happened in the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion today and conveyed Prince Jing’s original words. “My Prince said, please take good care of Miss Sun. If Miss Sun doesn’t know her limits, then my Prince can not cooperate with the Sun Mansion.” After the two servants conveyed King Jing’s original words, they no longer spoke and stood there waiting for Lord Left Prime Minister’s reply.

“Yes, this old man understands. Please rest assured, Prince Jing. I will definitely discipline the little girl properly.” Lord Zuo Xiang said. It was also his own negligence. He didn’t expect his daughter to be so foolish. Not only could she not keep Prince Jing’s heart, she could easily arouse Prince Jing’s suspicions.

After the two servants received a definite reply, they said goodbye, “The servants will bring the Prime Minister’s words. If there is nothing else, the servants will leave first.” After the two servants finished speaking, they saluted and left, returning to Prince Jing’s Mansion to resume their orders.

When the two servants left the main hall, Lord Left Prime Minister waved his sleeves and got up and walked towards the study. “Someone, go invite Second Miss to the study.”

“Yes, Prime Minister.” The servant accepted the order and turned to invite Sun Shuyuan.

After an incense stick of time, Sun Shuyuan came to the study and asked, “Father, what are you looking for your daughter for?”

“Tell me, what did you do today? What exactly do you want? Do you remember what father told you before?” Zuo Xiangye glanced at his daughter.

‘”Father, my daughter really likes Prince Jing. I don’t understand why I should listen to you. Why should I give up my happiness? I am the legitimate wife. Why should I please Fu Yingran instead of her? My daughter is unwilling. Why can’t Prince Jing marry me alone?”

“Looks like you’re really a demon. If it weren’t for you currying favor with Princess Jing Xian, why do you think your sister would ask the emperor to grant her a marriage? Do you think that for your sake, our Left Prime Minister’s Manor would go to fight against Prince Duan’s Manor? You’re too naive. That’s the emperor’s uncle, the first emperor’s personal Prince Bingjian.

If you listen to our arrangements, At the very least, Prince Jing will treat you kindly when he sees your grievances. If you continue to act on your own, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to get close to Prince Jing. If you don’t believe me, you can try. Prince Jing’s Mansion has already sent someone over and he even sent you a warning that if you don’t know how to restrain yourself, the agreement will be over. ”

“How could that be? It’s impossible for him to know that I did it. I’ve always been very careful. Someone must have betrayed me.” Sun Shuyuan also panicked. If Prince Jing had already suspected her, then Prince Jing would not like her even more.

“Sigh, father is not a hard-hearted person, “I also hope that my children will be happy. But daughter, if you want to get it, you have to learn to give it. You have to learn to use the chips in your hands. You don’t have any status in Prince Jing’s heart right now. You should do your part and let Prince Jing know how good you are and see your grievances. You should know that Prince Jing isn’t willing to marry you. Go back and think about it.” Prime Minister Zuo’s heart was tired. This daughter was too weak to figure out the situation.

Sun Shuyuan listened to her father’s words and said, “Yes, daughter, thank you for your guidance. Daughter will leave.” She deliberately ignored the things that she did not want to admit during this period of time. However, there was no shortage of things that should exist. Fu Yingran was still the imperial daughter, and she, like Prince Jing, was still a childhood sweetheart, had not changed.

“En, let’s go down. Don’t leave the courtyard if you have nothing to do during this period of time. Prepare for your wedding. Don’t worry, father will help you.” The Left Prime Minister waved his hand, signaling Sun Shuyuan to step down.

Sun Shuyuan went back to her bedroom in a daze. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. She hatefully said, “Everyone is forcing me, right? I don’t believe it. I, Sun Shuyuan, can’t defeat you guys with just my strength? With the Soul Devouring Gu in my hands, what else can I not get? Want to fight me? I need to see if I’m qualified enough.”

Sun Shuyuan was truly a demon. Everything was going too smoothly. She had already forgotten what she had promised Concubine Shu. She was wholeheartedly thinking of monopolizing Prince Jing, but she had forgotten that without the help of her father and sister, he would not even be able to reach Prince Jing’s side.

Gu Ming speculated that this Soul Devouring Gu was a Gu worm that devoured other people’s souls. As long as it was placed on the body of the victim, it would enter the body and absorb the soul of the victim. It would not crawl out of the victim’s body until the soul in the victim’s body was completely lost.

As for a person who was hit by a Gu, apart from his soul disappearing, his body would not be damaged and his breathing would not stop. To put it bluntly, it was a living corpse. Of course, it was also possible for a person who was hit by a Gu to wake up. As long as he broke the Gu insect that had absorbed his soul, he would be able to consume the Gu insect’s blood.

But now Sun Shuyuan did not believe it, because she had clearly removed the Soul Devouring Gu from Fu Yingran’s body. She had also seen the Soul Devouring Gu crawl out of Fu Yingran’s body. For the sake of safety, she had already burned the Gu insect that had absorbed Fu Yingran’s soul. She did not even have a chance to wake up, but Fu Yingran was still alive and kicking.

Haha, even if Sun Shuyuan was beaten to death, she wouldn’t believe it. Fu Yingran’s body was not her main soul at all. She had already changed her soul, but you just didn’t know.