The Phoenix Reborn Book II

Chapter 49 Lengthening

*Some time ago*

The footsteps the crowned man took were wide, showing how hasty he was. The light emanating from his two eyes expressed an excited worry.

When he set foot in the courtyard of the Crown Princess, Wang Zhengyi saw a row of servants lined up in front of his wife's room. From their faces, the Crown Prince knew that the maids were from Empress Dowager Shen's courtyard.

‘It can't be saved anymore,’ Inner Wang Zhengyi.

Insult and wound Long Momo? It was strange that Huang Wushuang could still be saved after doing those two things!

A servant noticed Wang Zhengyi's arrival. He immediately invited the prince into the room. “Crown Prince, Queen Mother has been waiting for you,” he said.

The instant Wang Zhengyi set foot inside the room, he saw the figure of Empress Dowager Shen sitting down with a gloomy face. In front of the old woman, Huang Wushuang was prostrating on the floor. The fragile body of the woman trembled, clearly frightened by the pressure exerted by the Queen Mother.

“Mother Suri.” Wang Zhengyi saluted his grandmother.

Hearing the voice of the Husband, Huang Wushuang immediately raised her head. His two eyes were rounded and gazed blankly at Wang Zhengyi. “My husband!” whining.

Wang Zhengyi furrowed his brows, disbelieving Huang Wushuang dared to behave so before Empress Dowager Shen. Really indecent!

“Shut!” wang Zhengyi. “Take care!”

Huang Wushuang's eyes glared. For a moment he froze, not fully believing that what had just happened was a reality. The woman had never been snapped at by Wang Zhengyi in public, this was her first time!

Seeing Wang Zhengyi snarl at Huang Wushuang, Empress Dowager Shen was quite satisfied. The woman glanced at her grandson and said in a calm tone, “Did you come here while knowing the actions that your wife, the Crown Prince, has done?” Although the tone was calm, but the question contained such great pressure.

Wang Zhengyi bent his body. “I've heard it.” The man's expression looked sour, unhappy with the mistake Huang Wushuang had made this time.

“Then, do you know this is the number of times he has acted outside the rules?” ask Empress Dowager Shen again.

“I know,” replied Wang Zhengyi.

“Then, what will you do?” Empress Dowager Shen's eyes seemed to want to hollow out Wang Zhengyi's.

Wang Zhengyi could feel the heat from the Granny. Apparently, the old woman's anger was already at its peak. “Please the Queen Mother punish him,” she replied in the end, leaving Huang Wushuang wide-eyed.

Brak!

The Queen Mother slammed her palm on the table and pointed her finger towards Huang Wushuang. “Punish him?!” The old woman snorted. “I want you to divorce her!”

Huang Wushuang was very surprised when he heard this. He immediately dragged his knees in order to get closer towards Empress Dowager Shen. The Crown Princess touched the Empress Dowager's footwear and put on a face.

“Mother Suri! I-i'm sorry! I really wasn't in the best shape! I was not intentionally! Not that I meant injuring Long Momo by throwing a medicine bowl at him!” whinek Huang Wushuang non-stop. “I won't do it again! I—! Ah!”

Empress Dowager Shen did not give Huang Wushuang a chance to finish her words. Roughly, the woman brushed off the Crown Princess's grip from her feet. x

“Do not touch me!” grand Empress Dowager Shen exclaimed, she felt dirty. “You think I don't know what you've said? Accusing me of giving you sterility medicine?! Just right?!” The old woman snorted. “In other words, you accuse me of being an immoral woman!”

Huang Wushuang was extremely panicked. He had never heard before that there was a divorced crown princess! Even if the Husband no longer wanted her, the least Wang Zhengyi could do was to lower her to a concubine! However, whether it was becoming a concubine or being divorced, Huang Wushuang did not want both!

He has to find a way!

Suddenly, Huang Wushuang came up with an idea. “No, Queen Mother! Someone who incited me to think so! I'm framed!” shouted Huang Wushuang. “Y-Yuanli! Yuanli forced me to take such action!” He pointed towards Yuanli who was in the corner of the room.

Huang Wushuang did not lie, Yuanli was the one who made him unable to think clearly. If not for the girl telling him that the medicine from Empress Dowager Shen was a sterility medicine, there was no way Huang Wushuang would refuse to take the medicine and end up arguing with Long Momo to the point of injuring the woman!

‘Although Yuanli has the ability to kill me, but he would not necessarily be able to touch me if Empress Dowager Shen had handled it first,’ thought Huang Wushuang. ‘Hah?’ He was stunned when he saw Yuanli's eyes as if laughing at him.

Yuanli immediately prostrated himself on the floor. The girl's body seemed to tremble, as if frightened by Huang Wushuang's accusation. However, somehow he did not evade or say anything to eliminate the accusation of his employer.

“Enough!” mother Suri Shen's.

Empress Dowager Shen turned to look at Long Momo who had been silent earlier, staring at the wound on the woman's face. Although it has been treated, but there is a possibility that the wound will leave a mark.

A snort could be heard from Empress Dowager Shen as she stood up from her chair. He then walked past Huang Wushuang and stopped right next to Wang Zhengyi.

Without turning her head, Empress Dowager Shen said, “I believe that you will make a wise decision, Zhengyi,” and the woman left the couple in the room.

Huang Wushuang who did not understand what had happened, was dumbfounded. She was a little surprised that Empress Dowager Shen ended up leaving her without giving any punishment.

If Huang Wushuang knew that the reason Empress Dowager Shen left was because .. she had done everything she had to do.

Huang Wushuang slowly stood up. As she saw Wang Zhengyi still sculpting on the spot, she tried to grab her husband's arm.

Just when Huang Wushuang's finger was about to touch her husband's clothes, Wang Zhengyi dodged it. The man threw a cold look at the woman, leaving Huang Wushuang stunned.

“Z-Zhengyi?” call Huang Wushuang with doubt.

Wang Zhengyi turned to Yuanli who was still prostrating in silence. “Yuanli,” called him, has remembered the name of the waiter. “Stand.”

Carefully, Yuanli stood up from his prostration, revealing a face full of worry. “T-thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince,” reply.

“Please wait outside,” Wang Zhengyi's orders that the waiter immediately obeyed.

“You can't let go! He's the one who set up—!”

Plaque!

A loud slap landed on Huang Wushuang's face, indeed coinciding with Yuanli closing the door of the Crown Princess' room.

“Z-Zhengyi, you slapped me?” Huang Wushuang cast a look of disbelief. “You slapped me for the sake of that waitress?!” The woman's mind has gone wild.

Disbelief adorned Wang Zhengyi's face. “After everything that happened, you can only throw a baseless accusation at me?!” tanyakanya.

Wang Zhengyi certainly did not arbitrarily do so because of Yuanli. After all, Yuanli was only a servant! The reason Wang Zhengyi threw his hand at Huang Wushuang .. was because the woman had been looking for trouble with Empress Dowager Shen!

“You have absolutely no awareness of how big of a mistake you have made. Not just once, but twice!” wang Zhengyi.

The first thing was clear regarding Huang Wushuang's accusation to Empress Dowager Shen and her treatment of Long Momo. Then, the second refers to the woman's accusation to Yuanli.

Huang Wushuang felt oppressed. “Your Majesty, I was framed!” He recounted how his suspicion became a belief when Long Momo so forced him to gulp down the medicine. “After hearing of the possibility of the drug being a sterility medicine, how could I still swallow it!?”

“No means you have to hurt Long Momo by throwing the bowl at her!” reply Wang Zhengyi. The man took a deep breath, trying to think clearly. “In addition, Yuanli is your brother's envoy who constantly covers up all your mistakes while in the palace. Everyone knows about it.” He shook his head. “After everything he's done, you want to sacrifice him? Huang Wushuang, I did not expect you to be such a cruel woman!”

“Cover my mistake?” Huang Wushuang did not accept that statement. “He was the one who was most happy to spread all my mistakes! He wants to bring me down! Just like Huang Miaoling wants to get rid of me!”

Wang Zhengyi's temples twitched hearing Huang Wushuang's words. “Enough!” snapped it. “Do not forget the fact that Huang Miaoling is the only reason Mother allows you to occupy this position,” he said tightly to make Huang Wushuang clench his hands, not accept. “However, it seems that you do not deserve to be a crown princess.”

“Zhengyi, you—!”

“A Ling!” Wang Zhengyi cut off Huang Wushuang's remark, not having time to waste anymore.

The door of the room opened and A Ling's figure appeared. “Crown Prince.” He saluted.

“Download my command,” Wang Zhengyi started. “Huang Wushuang acted outside the rules and defamed the royal family. In accordance with Empress Dowager Shen's approval, her status as crown princess will be revoked.”

Huang Wushuang. However, the woman was gravely mistaken that she had thought that Wang Zhengyi was done.

“Starting today, Huang Wushuang will be moved to the concubine's page and not allowed to leave her room!”

“Zhengyi! You can't do this to me!” huang Wushuang said as she clasped her husband's arm. “We are married in front of the ancestral board!”

Wang Zhengyi shook Huang Wushuang's hand, making the woman fall to the floor. “And it makes me ashamed of the ancestors for choosing a woman like you!” The man walked away, leaving the place.

Huang Wushuang who was sculpting tried to chase after her husband. However, the two bodyguards standing guard in front of the room immediately stopped him.

“Keep!” shouted Huang Wushuang.

The eyes of the two bodyguards turned cold. “The Crown Prince has lowered the order, Consort Huang must not set foot outside his room.”

Call ‘Huang’ concubine makes Huang Wushuang's temple pulsating. “Exit!”

The two bodyguards saw that Huang Wushuang would not give up. Eventually, they were forced to use a little energy to push the woman back in. Then they closed the door.

“Take me out!”

While walking, Wang Zhengyi could hear Huang Wushuang's scream. But he didn't pay attention to it. After all that Huang Wushuang had done, this kind of ending was not a shocking one.

“Crown Prince, why do you still keep her as a concubine?”

Just as he had just walked out of Huang Wushuang's courtyard, a voice shocked Wang Zhengyi. Wang Zhengyi turned his head back, finding Yuanli's figure leaning against the wall that bordered the inner and outer courtyard of the crown princess.

Yuanli straightened his body and faced Wang Zhengyi. “Your Majesty forgot about what he has done?” said the girl. “The woman has hurt Miss.” His eyes were full of dislike. “He must pay more.”

Seeing Yuanli's impolite demeanor, A Ling touched her hand at the base of her sword. If it was allowed, the man would only need a moment to tear the servant's neck.

Wang Zhengyi caught A Ling's movements and raised his hand, stopping the man. Then, he looked towards Yuanli. The man's sight looked deadly.

“I respect Mingwei Junzhu,” said Wang Zhengyi. “However, don't assume you can behave outside of ethics, Yuanli,” the man warned. “This is the palace, and I am the crown prince. You'd better behave according to the rules.”

For a moment, Yuanli was silent. The bead was pitted against Wang Zhengyi. Then, he bowed his body and saluted. “I understand, Your Highness Crown Prince.”

Wang Zhengyi sighed, then he turned around. “You can stop chatting,” he said. “I've done everything I can do.”

Wang Zhengyi's steps came to a halt for a moment, his gaze looking wistfully. Were it not for Huang Miaoling, he might never have known the truth. The woman who some time ago held the title as her legal wife .. is the woman who had intended to take her life to save her own life.

“Send my thanks to Junzhu. This time, I really owe him.” After saying that, Wang Zhengyi continued his steps. "Regarding Li Guifei and Wang Xiangqi, I have handled it."

Yuanli lifted his gaze, looking at Wang Zhengyi who was walking away. A faint smile adorned his lips. ‘According to Miss's conjecture, Crown Prince still has hope.’