The Gilded Cage - Chapter 153

Question – Prince, You Think Too Highly of Yourself. (2)

She turned her head to look and saw Weimo suddenly appearing in front of her eyes. Its yellowish brown eyes were staring at Xiao Yu’s back, her sharp teeth bared, as if ready to pounce.

“Weimo!” She whispered. When she faced this gray wolf, she didn’t feel afraid, instead, she seemed to have met her savior.

When Xiao Yu heard this, his whole body froze, and he turned around subconsciously, facing the terrifying pair of yellow-brown eyes. Suddenly the image of this ferocious beast biting Hou Tongyi outside the Taiji Hall appeared in his mind. Seeing the bloody scene, he was so frightened that the strength in his hands loosened.

Chu Ning took the opportunity to get away from him, retreated behind the stone table, and called out to the two guards who were taking care of Weimo, “The prince is tired, please take him out.”

Weimo still stared at Xiao Yu, probably seeing that he had let go of her hand and did not do anything, but walked slowly past him, stood in front of Chu Ning, and looked up at her.

Chu Ning hesitated for a moment, then slowly bent down, reached out, and touched its head.

Weimo’s eyes shut immediately, and his tail began to swing like a huge dog’s. His ferocious aura was reduced by half.

It circled around her and finally leaned against her skirt, facing Xiao Yu’s direction together with her, continued to stare at him, and let out a bark of “ready-to-go.”

The two guards outside the gazebo also approached the sound, looked left and right, and then bowed to Xiao Yu without hesitation, “This is the back garden of Taiji Palace. I am afraid that Your Highness should not stay here alone for a long time, please leave earlier.”

Their words were still respectful, but their tone was somewhat aggressive.

Xiao Yu froze in place, staring distortedly at the appearance of Chu Ning getting close to the beast, the panic and suspicion in his heart became more and more uncontrollable. But in front of others, he didn’t dare to do anything, after a moment of silence, he could only grit his teeth and turn away.

Chu Ning watched his retreating back and then slowly relaxed.

“Is My Lady alright?” Cuihe wanted to step forward to check her wrist, but when her eyes saw Weimo, she hesitated to stand where she was and did not dare to approach her.

“I’m fine.” Chu Ning smiled at her reassuringly, and then turned to look at the two guards who were looking after Weimo, “I’m sorry for bothering you, too.”

The two guards looked at each other, hurriedly bowed, and said “It was no imposition.”

She sat down on the stone bench with a smile, while resting her weak body, she lowered her head to gently caress the gray fur of Weimo, and whispered to it.

Although it is a beast, it seems to be very spiritual, and unexpectedly docile.

Chu Ning felt that it was much more adorable than before.

…

In the Baifu Hall, Qi Chenxiang was half-kneeling on the footrest to serve tea to the Empress Dowager.

Since Empress Dowager Qi was defeated in front of the Emperor earlier, her mind became a little distracted, and her body gradually collapsed.

She has been fighting in the palace for decades, and now she is in such a situation, it is really a big blow.

The only thing to be gratified about is the Sixth Lady Qi,at least the marriage went according to her own wishes, and she didn’t marry into the palace.

“Okay.” She waved her hand at Qi Chenxiang who was kneeling, and pulled her, “Stop kneeling, get up and sit up. Although you are young, I feel very distressed when I look at you.”

Qi Chenxiang got up from her feet, carefully sat next to her aunt, held her hand and comforted her softly, “My aunt loves this one like her own daughter, this one knows that it should happen when it happens.”

Empress Dowager Qi looked at her calm and filial niece with complicated eyes, and couldn’t help asking again. “Liu Niang, you really don’t regret it, don’t you blame me?”

Qi Chenxiang took a deep breath and shook his head firmly, “Auntie, Liu Niang doesn’t regret it, let alone blame anyone. I didn’t intend to marry the emperor, and there is nothing wrong with the way I am now, but I am a little worried about the relationship between my aunt and father,.”

“It’s good if you can think about it like that.” The Empress Dowager Qi patted her niece’s hand, raised her head and let out a long sigh, “Now that he’s like this, at least he’s kept his face, and he didn’t do anything wrong…”

This “he” naturally refers to Xiao Kezhi. At least, she is still the Empress Dowager, and the Qi family is still an aristocratic family. In the future, there will be no obstacles for a man to become an official or a daughter to marry in.

The aunt and nephew looked at each other in silence. The hall was quiet, only the smoke from the incense burner lingered quietly.

After a while, a maid came in from outside the hall and stood by the screen and said warmly, “Your Highness, Sixth Lady, just now there is news from the Imperial Academy that His Majesty’s personal decree has been issued, saying to establish Lady Chu as Empress.”

Empress Dowager Qi was taken aback, her originally sad mood was disturbed, and she subconsciously asked, “Lady Chu? Which Lady Chu?”

Qi Chenxiang frowned, and hesitantly said: “Could it be… is it the one in Guizhen Temple?”

The maid paused, nodded, and said, “It is the one who came out of the East Palace and lived in the Guizhen Temple. I also said that last night, after the emperor came back from the prince’s wedding ceremony, he went directly to the Guizhen Temple, picked her up, and took her back to Ganlu Hall…”

After the words fell, the aunt and niece looked at each other with complicated expressions, not knowing what to think for a moment.

Empress Dowager Qi frowned and said, “He… He acted like this. It is really ridiculous.” But after thinking about it, she laughed inexplicably, “For some reason, I don’t feel too surprised. He has done a lot of shocking things…”

Qi Chenxiang also said shyly, “Yes, it’s Lady Chu, she’s better than the married woman, maid, and dancer before…”

“I’m afraid that if this happens, the prince will be very angry, but he has nowhere to vent his anger.” The Empress Dowager Qi has disliked the prince for many years, and thinking of the anger he may have received, she felt inexplicably comfortable. This was, perhaps, fate.

A low-class man, born with the destiny of becoming an emperor.

She could only comfort herself like this.

Qi Chenxiang lowered her head and did not speak again.

In addition to being surprised, she also felt mixed feelings of disappointment and dissatisfaction. Even if she didn’t want to marry Xiao Kezhi, she heard that he didn’t accept her, and instead picked Lady Chu,who had a poor family and was even married before. After all, she felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, she examined herself and didn’t feel that she was inferior to Chu Ning in any way.

But when she thought that Zhao Yue, who was also married before and had a bold and unruly style, had not been favored by the emperor, she felt a little better.

Probably this was the fate of people, not necessarily related to status.

At least, compared to Zhao Yue, who was selfish, arrogant, and dedicated to stepping on others to climb up, she has at least a slightly better impression of Lady Chu.

Now, this matter had nothing to do with them after all, the aunt and niece tacitly didn’t say anything more. Qi Chenxiang only took a few sips of tea and ate some snacks, then left.