Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess (3rd Story)

Chapter 34: Are You A Princess? The Kind With A Ruined Reputation (4.1)

Disclaimer: This is an MTL translation that has been edited to make the story flow smoothly which may cause the translation to not be 100% accurate. The Chinese novel: Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess is not owned by me. This is only a fan translation by Idiot Goggle Translations.

Chapter 4: Are You A Princess? The Kind With A Ruined Reputation (Part 1)

In order to prevent He Xiyan from going out at night, Shen Wan stayed guarding him. Still the prince could have attempted to sneak out, so she had to keep her eyes sharp. Although she slept all afternoon yesterday, she still felt sleepy.

She did not expect that just as she yawned, He Qingning would happen to catch her. It was early in the morning and Her Royal Highness was already showing a cold face. Scary.

"Your Highness, you're here early."

He Qingning walked briskly to Shen Wan and looked up at the slowly rising sun, "It's not that early, the sun has risen. What are you doing sitting here early in the morning? It looked like you had your mouth open for days. Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"I didn't sleep last night."

He Qingning's lips twitched softly, "You stayed here all night?"

"Yes." Shen Wan honestly replied, "I'm afraid the prince may have needs in the middle of the night. My second sister tried to convince him for the whole afternoon. Perhaps, in the middle of the night, the prince will change his mind and ask for a doctor to come check on him? I stayed here so that his needs will be taken care of immediately."

She didn't know why, but this made He Qingning let out a sigh of relief. Her third brother is the crown prince of the Xiyun Kingdom. His status isn't something that can easily be affected, but Shen Wan's is a different matter. She was a descendant of a war hero and also the third princess. It would be fine if she stayed here all day long, but it's a different matter if she stayed here all night.

This is all because of her third brother. If you're ill, then please ask for a doctor and don't be bull-headed about it. He kept himself in his room all day with food sent in. Their other brothers were already keeping a close eye on her third brother for something to go wrong.

It was only two days ago that he married Shen Wan and she was only allowed to stay outside his room. If this was known by outsiders, how can they defend him of his ability to produce heirs?

Shen Wan looked at Princess Qingning's eyes and pursed lips and seemed as if she didn't want to say anything else, "I'm going back to my room. The nights here are freezing. I'll have to ask Hong Zhu to make me a hot cup of tea so I can warm up.

"Did my third brother come out last night?"

"No." Shen Wan replied. With her guarding here, there was no chance for He Xiyan to sneak out.

"Has Her Highness eaten breakfast?"

"Not yet."

He Qingning felt something strange in her heart. Usually, she wouldn't miss a meal just because of her third brother; no matter how close they were. Today, she rushed from the palace early in the morning to visit him. When she arrived, she realized that she wasn't as worried about He Xiyan's condition as she thought.

Even if He Xiyan was raised under her mother's name, she didn't need to be that close with him. He Xiyan only cared about her on the surface and she was the same with him. She knew very well that their relationship is strictly about using each other.

Her mother didn't bare any sons and could only raise her third brother as her elder brother. Her third brother and his birth mother had a humble background and their status would not have been enough. But then the empress raised him under her name which was unusual. Now that the empress was gone, his advantage will slowly fade away as the empress settles under her grave. Coupled with his mediocre performance, he will soon disappear from father's eyes. The emperor has many sons, all of them are smart. Isn't it easy enough to pick a different son to be the heir?