Evil Prince and his Precious Wife: The Sly Lady

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Chapter 1 - Demoting Wife to Concubine

Semi-conscious, MuRong Xue felt a sharp pain in her chest. Every breath felt like a thousand steel needles fiercely stabbing at her heart, so painful that she tightly frowned. She slowly opened heavy eyelids, but was stunned by the scene that came into view.

White marble table-tops, red sandalwood chairs, golden pillars, silk brocade marble beds; the resplendent great hall was extremely luxurious. In the corner sat a purple-gold twisted-wire furnace which is an extremely expensive antique; at the window were two 1-meter-tall red corals which were even more precious and almost extinct in the modern era; in addition, the wall was embedded with night pearls, so many that it was overwhelming.

Murong Xue couldn't help but be stunned. The modern society would have electric lighting everywhere but this was furnished so quaintly old-fashioned. Even the palace halls of the Forbidden Palace in Beijing might not be as elegant and luxurious as this.

"Your majesty, this humble servant requests that your Majesty grants Princess Yuyuan as my wife and Murong Xue as concubine..."

A cold male voice travelled to her ear, destroying the pleasant surprise brought about by the scene in front of her. Murong Xue turned towards the direction of the voice and saw a man dressed in purple-red brocade robes standing on the red carpet, in the middle of the big hall. His hair, like black silk, was tied up using a purple-gold crown. His expression calm, his young face handsome beyond comparison, and sharp gaze, ruthless.

Murong Xue felt a thud in her head and received a sudden influx of foreign memories, coalescing rapidly with her original memories. She couldn't believe it, but had no choice but to admit - her soul had travelled.

The owner of this body is also named Murong Xue and is the daughter of the first wife in the house of the marquis. She had been engaged to Prince Jing, Ye Yichen, from young. Three years ago, Prince Jing led an army to the borders against the enemy while Murong Xue bitterly waited in the capital city.

After finally waiting for her fiancé to return, unexpectedly, he had returned together with the Princess of Mobei, Qin Yuyan. He had even publicly requested to marry Qin Yuyan as his first wife in front of all the court officials and their families during the welcome home banquet, demoting Murong Xue to concubine. She was caught off guard. Shocked and angry, her old illness relapsed and she died.

In order to give the title of first wife to Qin Yuyan, Ye Yichen unscrupulously used his military accomplishments to request that the Emperor allow the marriage. But what wrong did Murong Xue do? She had only obeyed her parents' wishes to get engaged with Ye Yichen. She did not even have a chance to speak to her fiancé before he had demoted her into a lowly concubine. Her ego as the daughter of a prestigious family was stamped upon heartlessly into the ground.

Sharpness gleaned Murong Xue's eyes. Facing everyone's looks of sympathy, pity, ridicule, disdain and gloating, she slowly raised her head towards Ye Yichen, "I have an engagement with you first, Princess Yuyan's political marriage came second. Don't you think that you are too much to have me demoted to concubine?"

Astonished looks fell upon Murong Xue. Ye Yichen is a war prince and has many military achievements. Even all the court officials would give in and respect him. Murong Xue is only a sickly girl still in her boudoir, and she had dared to mercilessly reprimand him. How audacious!

The middle-aged Emperor sitting on the golden throne also raised his head and looked towards Murong Xue calmly. His sharp and majestic gaze hiding behind white jade tassel, faintly discernable.