Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Grounded and Demoted to Side Concubine
Prince Jing looked at Ying Ran’s back and felt a pain in his heart. He felt that Little Junior Sister was so far away from him that he could no longer reach her. Thus, he looked at Sun Shuyuan with hatred. If it wasn’t for her, he wouldn’t have ended up like this.

“Who arranged Luo Hua Pavilion’s maids and Xi Po? What happened to the kitchen? Why didn’t this king know that the kitchen of Luo Hua Pavilion was cancelled?” He asked impolitely.

At this time, Butler Wang walked in and said, “Reporting to Your Highness, the princess said last night that she was unwell. The maids of the Autumn Moon Pavilion were not enough. They were temporarily transferred from the Luo Hua Pavilion, leaving behind only one maidservant and two maids. As for the cook in the kitchen of the Luo Hua Pavilion, the princess also invited him to the Autumn Moon Pavilion.”

After Prince Jing heard this, he looked at Sun Shuyuan with an indifferent expression, but he only said to Steward Wang, “Aren’t you the steward of Prince Jing’s Manor? Let others decide everything, then what use can this prince have for you?”

“This servant is incompetent. Your Highness, please punish me.” Housekeeper Wang quickly knelt down and apologized. Prince Jing knew of his helplessness and did not intend to punish him. He only said, “In the future, it will be up to you to decide in Prince Jing’s mansion. Before this prince designates a leader, everything will be up to you.”

“Yes, this servant knows. Thank you for not offending me, Your Highness.” Housekeeper Wang stood up from the ground and remained silent. He knew that His Highness was not targeting him, but was beating Sun Shuyuan to remind her that the Jing Palace was not up to her.

However, Sun Shuyuan was thinking of something else. Seeing that Fu Yingran was getting farther and farther away, she hurriedly said, “Sister, please stay. Sister has something to say.”

Ying Ran turned around and asked calmly, “Princess Jing, is this calling me Princess?” Who gave you the right to call me this princess? Do you know who my siblings are? This imperial daughter’s surname is Fu, how dare you ask Princess Jing? What’s your surname? Remember, this princess is the princess of Jingxian who was conferred the title of princess by the previous royal family. Next time, don’t call her wrong. Contempting the royal family is punishable. “This princess one by one, this is the unique prestige of the royal family.

One question after another, Sun Shuyuan was speechless as she asked, However, she quickly reacted. She stubbornly said, “Yesterday, my sister and I married into Prince Jing’s Mansion on the same day. I am the main wife and my sister is Ping’s wife. In the future, I will naturally address you as sisters. It is reasonable for me to address you as my sister. Furthermore, there is nothing else for me to call my sister. I just want to ask my sister when her dowry will be stored in the warehouse so that she can find someone to register it.”

“En, you reminded right, this imperial daughter was yesterday into the Jing Palace, but which of your eyes saw this imperial daughter is married? As for the dowry you mentioned, it was indeed my negligence. “So Ying Ran reincarnated and said to Jin’er,” Jin’er, hand over the gift list to Prince Jing and ask Yan’er to open the Luo Hua Pavilion’s warehouse. By the way, bring this princess’ phoenix hairpin. It seems that someone doesn’t remember my identity. We have to remind her. ” Ying Ran said calmly.

Jin’er took out a gift list from her bosom and handed it to Prince Jing, “Your Highness, this is a gift list.” Then, he turned around and headed towards Luo Hua Pavilion.

Prince Jing looked at the gift list and his face turned green. This was clearly the betrothal gift he had given him. It was neither too much nor too much. He asked Fu Yingran with puzzlement, “What do you mean?”

“Prince Jing, I, Fu Yingran, am not as generous as you think, “I want it all, don’t throw it away. I can’t serve a husband with others. Therefore, from the day you accepted Sun Shuyuan as Princess Jing, I can’t marry you again. I think only she knows what your current Princess has done to me, so don’t imagine that I can get along with you peacefully. Everyone is fine.” After Fu Yingran finished speaking impolitely, he looked coldly at the two of them and waited for their reactions.

King Jing himself wasn’t stupid, Ying Ran reminded, He immediately thought of that day, At Prince Duan’s Mansion, Ying Ran suddenly fainted. She thought of the next day when she fainted for no reason. How similar her symptoms were? Isn’t it too coincidental? A thought suddenly formed in her mind, but she couldn’t find any basis. So she looked at Sun Shuyuan and said vigilantly, “Shuyuan, in the future, Prince Jing’s Manor will be in charge of Ying Ran. You can stay in the Autumn Moon Pavilion. From today onwards, if you have nothing to do, don’t leave the Autumn Moon Pavilion.”

This is a grounding order. Prince Jing has no other choice. He has to think for the people of the entire Jing Palace. This Sun Shuyuan is too dangerous and cannot be prevented. He can only temporarily grounded her in the Autumn Moon Pavilion and plan to sit down in the future.

This time, Sun Shuyuan was directly confused. How could this be? Just for the sake of addressing Fu Yingran and putting her dowry into the warehouse, she was actually grounded. One must know that His Highness stayed in the Autumn Moon Pavilion last night. Didn’t he admit that she was her main wife?

‘”Your Highness, you can’t. You can’t restrain me. I’m your imperial concubine. I’ve always said that a husband and wife will be grateful for a hundred days a night. Why is Your Highness so cruel to me?” She said with tears flowing down her cheeks. Sun Shuyuan cried with tears in her eyes, wanting Prince Jing to take back his life.

“This king has never intended to marry you. Your Sun family forced it on me. Do you really care about your identity as your main wife? Do you really like to have status to talk about things? Don’t forget, this king can let you be his wife, but he can also let you be his concubine.

“The King of Japan will naturally report to the Emperor and demote you to the side imperial concubine.” Jing Wangming has already wasted the Sun Family’s plans, so of course he is not courteous at all. He will not let the Jing Palace’s forces be used by the Sun Family. As long as Sun Shuyuan is demoted to a concubine, she will no longer have the right to dominate the Jing Palace’s forces.

“Junior Sister, don’t worry. I said that I won’t let anyone use their status to suppress you, so I will keep my promise. From now on, you will be the head mother of Prince Jing’s Manor. Prince Jing’s Manor is up to you alone. I will ask the Emperor to demote the Sun Clan to Consort Xian. In the future, no one will use their status to say anything in front of you.” This is the difference. This king will speak to Sun Shuyuan one by one, and Ying Ran will only be you and me.

However, Fu Yingran said indifferently, “This imperial daughter is too lazy to interfere in the affairs of your Jing Palace. You can do as you please. This imperial daughter is going to leave the manor now. If there is anything else, we’ll talk about it when I come back.” Are you kidding me? Can she take care of this?

As Ying Ran spoke, she left Prince Jing’s mansion without looking back. Prince Jing watched her figure walk further and further away, but his heart was unable to recover. Looking at Sun Shuyuan’s pitiful appearance, Prince Jing was indescribably annoyed. He pulled Sun Shuyuan up and dragged her into Autumn Moon Pavilion regardless of her resistance.

‘”It’s all you. It’s all your Sun Clan. Let me betray you. Since you dare to plot against me, you need to be prepared for the price of returning. You want to be my woman, right? This Wang Cheng can take care of you, but you want to be your concubine? This King insists that you be your concubine. If your Sun Clan wants to dominate my Jing Palace, it’s just a dream.”

After saying those few words, Prince Jing tied Sun Shuyuan to the bed and tortured her fiercely, not giving her any chance to relieve herself. It was almost to the point of abuse. The maids and wives heard that heart-wrenching cry again from afar.

Of course, none of this affected Fu Yingran’s good mood. The wedding could be considered over. Next, she had to think of a way to get the emperor to decree to dissolve the engagement. Of course, the most important thing right now was to find a place to eat.

When the food arrived, it was the most famous restaurant in the capital. Ying Ran brought Jin’er and Cui’er to the private room on the second floor. “Waiter, serve some of the good dishes in your restaurant. Hurry up.” “Alright, Sir, please wait a moment.” Hearing Ying Ran’s instructions, the waiter turned around and went downstairs to pass on the dishes. Thus, the master and servant made a pot of tea and slowly drank while waiting for the dishes to be served.

After a while, the waiter brought the dishes up. Ying Ran looked at the dishes on the table and nodded in satisfaction, “Steamed fish, roasted pork, stir-fried vegetables, rib and turnip soup, meat, vegetables and soup. Not bad, they are quite good together. You can visit them in the future.” Fu Yingran also commented with satisfaction.

The master and servant hadn’t eaten anything since the morning. They were already very hungry. Thus, they devoured everything without any image. When they were about to eat, they heard the sound of a smash coming from the next room. Then, they saw the waiter running out of the room with his head clutched. He rushed downstairs in a hurry.

After a while, the shopkeeper came up and bowed to the guests at the table. “Guests, the waiters are not sensible. Please don’t argue with him. If you have any instructions, you can tell me.”

Ying Ran could not see who was inside. He only heard a few words from that person. The shopkeeper could not understand what he said, so he asked, “Can the guest officer repeat it? The little one did not understand.”

After that, the shopkeeper repeated it several times. The shopkeeper still didn’t understand. Seeing that the shopkeeper was about to get angry, Fu Yingran quickly ran over and said, “Shopkeeper, take the dishes off the table and serve them again. This time, the salt should be heavier. These guests’ leisure tastes are too faint.”