Beauty Feng Vol. 2

Chapter 105: Kindness and Cruelty

The head eunuch of the manor knocked on the study. "Your Highness, shall I tell Blue Magnolia courtyard to prepare your dinner?"

Long Sangyu looked at the setting sun, not speaking for a long time before sighing. "It's the first of the month. Head to the Princess' instead."

The eunuch smiled reluctantly. "Prince is duty-bound."

His Highness didn't comment anymore.

After her sister's death, this scene was common. The servants of Prince Ping manor were replaced and for some reason, they were not that afraid. It was like Sangyu lost the awe of royalty that should be his.

He knew then that this manor didn't belong to him anymore. It belonged to the spies sent by the Empress. They were all around him and he couldn't even find a way to maneuver. His sister must have also felt this long before when she was raising him.

Sangyu made his way to Mo Zhilan's courtyard. As he entered the flower gate to Iris courtyard, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

His Highness didn't dare to tell anyone that this was the only place in the manor where he could feel respite. No, he was ashamed to even let the master of this yard know. Mo Zhilan resented him after all.

These days, because the princess was personally chosen by King Wan Li, her family didn't escape investigation. As a result, the servants here all looked down on her. This residence was neglected and after only a month, it felt like a cold palace.

Long Sangyu only had a vague memory of the real Cold Palace in Tanglin. He was too young when his own mother was sent there before her death. On the surface, his expression was disgust. But only he knew how distressed he was because of this treatment.

Mo Zhilan welcomed him by the door, her face passive. "Greeting the Prince."

He only grunted in response and entered. The treatment was infinitely cold. So much so that one of the dowry maids' lips trembled while holding tears back.

They could foresee the future that the living conditions of this courtyard would only get worse and that they would only see a full meal every time His Highness visited.

The question was... would he even bother to visit in the future?

"Serve the meal." Long Sangyu ordered before walking behind the screen to let someone change his clothes.

The two ate in silence and the atmosphere was even worse than if two strangers outside ate together.

He didn't know what his Princess Consort was thinking. But he was positive she might be regretting ever marrying into this household.

Long Sangyu was raised to be a good man. Although he inherited his sister's sharp mind, he lacked her cruelty. That was why his sister arranged Xiao Bao and Su Chen beside him.

Xiao Bao looked innocent but he was actually Sangyu's helmsman. Anything the Prince couldn't do, it was this brother that did it. Together with Su Chen who served as an external informant, the trio's relationship looked awful outside but their comradeship was solid.

But right now, Su Chen was nowhere to be found and Sangyu was hard-pressed to protect Xiao Bao. Being the son of King Wan Li's closest confidant, they had to prove that the young man's loyalty was to the Prince.

His Highness was like a crippled man at the moment and all he could do to protect the people around him was to pretend that he was really blindly in love with the person who drove his sister to death.

Remembering Zhang Yunlei's face, the hatred on Long Sangyu's face wasn't fake.

All the servants of Iris courtyard were on tenterhooks. It was obvious to them that the Prince didn't want to be here but the first and fifteenth of the month had always been dedicated to the primary wife.