The Captivating Crown Prince - Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Crown Prince Shang Was Poisoned

Translator: Claire.KK

On the royal bed which was covered with white brocade, a handsome young man was pinned down by another young man in white who looked pretty cold. They were too close to each other as if they were doing something special.

Huan Moche knew nothing about what to do next after being pushed down by Shang Wuxin. He had something important to do these day so he got no chance to meet Shang Wuxin. He missed her so much. He heard that Crown Prince directly got into the palace as soon as he arrived. But he just couldn’t find her. He then inquired about where would she be and got into the forbidden area of the palace, Kunning Palace.

Thinking of the fact that Shang Wuxin’s birth mother was Empress Qiu, Huan Moche secretly stepped into the Kunning Palace. As soon as he got the side palace, he found Shang Wuxin was sleeping on the soft bed as a cat. Huan Moche couldn’t deny that Shang Wuxin was really a powerful person. But she looked so small and thin lying on the bed.

It was really a good day but Huan Moche was still afraid that Shang Wuxin would got cold resting here. Then he tried waking her up instead of picking her up to let her sleep on the big bed as he knew it was impossible. However, when he approached the crown prince, he was suddenly pinned down by her.

Huan Moche fixed his eyes on Shang Wuxin nervously. He couldn’t help his body getting stiff as he looked into her eyes. The deep dark eyes were peaceful and filled with complex emotion. Shang Wuxin kept them on him as if she was looking at someone else. Hatred, sadness as well as sorrow could be seen in the eyes, which made Huan Moche felt so painful in his heart. He cared about the young man who looked so powerful in front of him.

Huan Moche knew that Shang Wuxin was looking someone else through him. At that moment, Huan Moche extremely hated the man. How could he hurt her like this? How could he make her so sad? Huan Moche really wanted to kill that person as long as he could get a chance!

Shang Wuxin petted the attractive eyes of Huan Moche with her cold hands. It was too hard for Huan Moche to figure out what she was really thinking about.

While Huan Moche was still lost in the great pain, Shang Wuxin instantly pushed him out of the soft bed. Huan Moche directly fell down the ground as he was not prepared at all. The surface of the ground was so cold that he immediately raised his head to see the crown prince who was still lowering her head.

“Crown Prince!” Great concern could be sensed in his voice. He looked at Shang Wuxin who was sat there still. Though he couldn’t see the expression on her face clearly, he could still feel the darkness around him. And the darkness divided them into two totally different world.

Shang Wuxin suppressed the blood which was going to spout out, shouting at Huan Moche, “Get out of here!”

Huan Moche still wanted to say something else. But as he found the eyes were full of murderous atmosphere, he then lowered his eyes and got out of the side palace step by step. He was not afraid that Shang Wuxin would kill him. Instead, he had felt that her condition was not normal and her breath would get worse if he stayed there.

Huan Moche got out of the side palace but he didn’t leave Kunning Palace. He stood in the doorway and looked up to the clear and blue sky, feeling a bit hopeless in his heart. He had never made it clear why Shang Wuxin would be a bit aggressive to him sometimes, but now he seemed to have got the idea.

He could feel that Shang Wuxin was not hostile to him. Actually, she was just hostile to a man who looked like him. Huan Moche stretched out his hand and touched his beautiful eyes. Every time Shang Wuxin looked at the eyes, she would got a bit fidgety. The man who owned the same eyes with him was so lucky that he could attract the crown prince’s attention. But from the sad expression on Shang Wuxin’s face, Huan Moche knew that the man must have hurt her. Otherwise, she would not behave so abnormally only because she saw a pair of familiar eyes.

On the soft bed of the side palace lied a person. She unconsciously huddled herself up as a baby in a cradle.

Shang Wuxin used her power to suppress the poison in her body. Glint could be seen in her eyes. She was sure that she suppressed the poison pretty well. It would attack one day but the symptom shouldn’t appear so early. What made her be like this now? Was it because… Shang Wuxin touched the jade pendant with her hand, a cold smile appearing in the corner of her mouth.

Shang Wuxin then used her inner power to set her body well. Then she stood up and was intended to leave. After all, it was her duty to attend the banquet as the crown prince of Shang State. And the conversation made her feel more relaxed and be more determined to get what she should get.

As soon as Shang Wuxin got out of the side palace, she saw Huan Moche stand there still staring at the sky. Hearing the sound, he suddenly turned around and caught sight of his crown prince who just walked out. Noticing that Shang Wuxin’s face looked much better, Huan Moche got more relaxed in his heart.

Shang Wuxin didn’t expect that Huan Moche could be waiting here for so long. She knew that she lost her temper in front of him just now. What was worse, she even wanted to kill him at the moment. If Huan Moche resisted or attacked her, things wouldn’t pass so easily today.

“Crown Prince!” Huan Moche smiled to her warmly as if nothing had happened.

Shang Wuxin nodded and then left the Kunning Palace. However, Huan Moche who stayed at the place slowly changed his face. The smile gradually disappeared and his expression then got bitter. He averted his eyes to the side palace. Thinking of what happened just now made him feel bitter.

As Shang Wuxin prepared to go to the hall in which the banquet was going to be held, she happened to meet Nangong Qian and Nangong Lian who were following a eunuch to the hall. They all left a good impression to each other, so they nodded to each other and then walked to the banquet hall. Nangong Lian kept talking on the road while the other two people gave no response and showed no expression.

Just as they passed the imperial garden, they met a girl who fell down on the ground herself. Shang Wuxin then looked carefully and found that her sister was so “careless” that she twisted her ankle.

Shang Qinmi wore a green yarn dress with moon white outer garment, holding a light yellow shawl on her arms. Even though she had fell down, she still smiled sweetly to them and kept polite all the time. She seemed to be a graceful woman and if some other men saw her, he must be pretty satisfied.

“Crown Prince, my ankle was twisted. Could you come here to help me?” Shang Qinmi slightly squatted with her sexy clavicle uncovered. She looked at Shang Wuxin while paying her main attention to Nangong Qian.

Seeing the secret smile under the veil of Shang Qinmi, Nangong Lian cast a meaningful eyesight to Shang Wuxin. She had been at his brother’s side for many years and witnessed numberless girls who wanted to fall into her brother’s arms. Unfortunately, none of them succeed. She didn’t deny that Shang Qinmi was a good-looking girl, but she was still sure that her brother would throw her into the lake in the empire garden if she dared to get close to him.

Shang Wuxin took one look at Shang Qinmi and then said, “Sorry, sister. I’m so weak myself. How could I be able to pick you up?” Hearing her words, Nangong Lian couldn’t help but burst into laughter as Shang Wuxin was just hinting that Shang Qinmi was too fat!

Shang Qinmi didn’t really want to let Shang Wuxin hold her up. But she still got mad as crown prince was so cold. She then turned her eyes to Nangong Qian and said in a sad voice, “Could you help me? My ankle was twisted!”

Of course Shang Qinmi knew who was the strong and handsome man was as Prince Qian of Nangong State was so famous. He had never seen the man but heard many legends about him. Only when she met the man did Shang Qinmi knew there could be such a powerful and cold man in the world. It would be lucky for her to marry such an outstanding man.

Nangong Qian just felt funny for the words that Crown Prince Shang just said. He never expected that the woman would ask him to pick her up. Knowing the woman was Crown Prince Shang’s sister and he was in Shang State now, he didn’t kill her. But he still answered her with a cold tone.

“Who are you? How dare you let me pick you up?” Nangong Qian then threw his purple sleeve behind as if he saw something dirty.

Shang Qinmi’s eyes got immediately red and wet as she heard the insulting words. She had thought that she would be refused by Prince Qian. But it never occurred to her that he not only refused her but also insulted her. Shang Qinmi noticed that some maids in the empire garden was laughing in secret. She had never be insulted like this.

“Crown Prince Shang, is she your sister?” Nangong Lian asked deliberately. Then she scornfully looked up and down Shang Qinmi who was squatting there, adding, “I just find all girls in Shang State were dressed conservatively. How could the princess get out with such a set of clothing? If I wear like this, I would be punished severely by my brother!” Nangong Lian then pointed at the clavicle and breasts which nearly showed out.

“We just have the same father!” Shang Wuxin said indifferently. She would prefer to kill her as she was so stupid. Her life would be more peaceful without her.

Then they passed Shang Qinmi and walked away. Nangong Lian was so naughty that she stepped on the hemline of Shang Qinmi. Nangong Lian kept his face still but Shang Wuxin realized that Nangong Lian was really naughty. Her character was totally different from that of his brother.

At the moment, Shang Qinmi stood up and fixed her eyes on the three people who just left, eyes and heart filled with rage. Actually, she hated Prince Qian but she hated her brother more. She always led a free life and could get whatever she wanted. However, as Shang Wuxin got powerful, neither her mother nor her brother had ever got any benefits. Her life got worse at the same time. In her eyes, the crown prince was the unbeatable rival for them. If Shang Wuxin didn’t exist…

Emperor Shang hadn’t arrived when they got into the hall. As crown prince, Shang Wuxin needed to receive Nangong Qian and Nangong Lian, so she led them to her seats.

Seeing that all officers had arrived, Shang Wuxin realized that Nangong Qian was really powerful. She tried hard to keep her mind clear and sat on her seat still. However, her body was still shaking and sweats had appeared on her back.

“Damn it!” cursed Shang Wuxin.

At the same time, she saw Shang Qinmi who came there late. Noticing that Shang Qinmi walked to her seat, picked up the cup and then slightly touched the wine with her nail, Shang Wuxin lowered her eyes with a smile curving her lips. If someone saw the smile on her face, he would know how strange the smile was.

Soon after that, a maid served Shang Wuxin with a cup of wine. And Shang Qinmi, who stood at a distance, looked at her nervously. She saw Shang Wuxin pick up her wine, but meanwhile, the crown prince suddenly averted her eyes to her and there seemed to be something different in her eyes.

Shang Qinmi felt a bit scared. She wanted to stop as she realized that her plot might go wrong. But Shang Wuxin had drunk the wine at the moment, leaving her no time to do that. Then Shang Qinmi could do nothing but see her drink the wine on purpose.

With a puff, a gust of blood spurted from the mouth of Shang Wuxin who was sitting on the upper right place of the hall.

“Crown Prince!” Huan Moche and Leng Yufeng quickly got close to her with great concern, so did Nangong Qian and Nangong Lian.

“Emperor is coming!” A loud voice came from the doorway of the hall.