108 ways to die for supporting characters

Chapter 296: Number One Scholar 3
However, the original owner had never taken the initiative to use these two secret guards before.

They just protected the original owner from a distance.

"Prepare water. I want to take a bath."

Soon, a group of maids filed in. Ning Yan didn't have to do anything, she was served very well. After taking a bath, she was wrapped in a bath towel. The palace maids specially trained in the palace gave her skin care, massaged her feet, and cared for her nails. Ning Yan was served so comfortably!

After doing all this, Ning Yan went to bed to rest.

Have a good night's sleep.

The next day, Pei Chengyuan had breakfast and went to report for duty. Ning Yan ignored him and called the commander of the guards of the princess's mansion over after breakfast.

Wu Meng, the third young master of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion.

Because he was a concubine's son, he was not liked by the Duke and his wife.

He got himself a job as a guard, and because of his good performance, he became the commander of the guards of Princess Rouyuan.

After the princes and princesses of the Xia Kingdom build their own palaces, they will be equipped with a certain number of guards.

Originally, the princess was supposed to be equipped with three hundred elites.

But who made Rou Yuan favored?
The emperor gave her a team of one thousand elite men.

She was also given a rich fiefdom, which would have allowed her to support several times more guards.

In addition, the prince also gave his sister many prosperous shops in the capital and farms in the suburbs of the capital, so Rouyuan was very rich.

Of course, Ning Yan is getting a bargain now.

Ning Yan looked at the man who had a weak presence in the original owner's memory.

Maybe it’s because of his martial arts training, Wu Meng is very strong!
But he is strong but not exaggerated, and his facial features are quite attractive. He has a firm gaze, a high nose bridge, and thin but stylish lips. He looks tough yet has an unattainable and noble air.

Even though he was a bastard, it was obvious that he had received a good education.

"How old is Commander Wu this year? Is he married?"

Wu Meng was surprised for a moment, but still answered truthfully, "Twenty-four years old, not yet."

The mistress of the house was afraid that he would marry a lady from a high-class family who would suppress her and her son, and his father disagreed with him marrying a woman from a humble family who would be of no benefit to the Duke's Mansion, so his marriage was delayed.

"So, do you have someone in mind?"

Wu Meng shook his head, "No!"

Because he was born a bastard, his aunt often told him to earn his own future, so he studied martial arts diligently and read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was young. However, his stepmother did not want him to surpass his brother in fame and did not agree to his taking the imperial examinations at all. He had no choice but to join the army.

After all, the Duke of Liguo's Mansion was conferred a title for military merit, so it would be easier for him to take this path.

But his stepmother was afraid that he would really make military achievements and become more promising than his brother, so she refused to let him go to the frontier to join the army.

In order to make his aunt's life better, he had no choice but to compromise.

Later, after many twists and turns, he became the commander of the princess's guards.

Actually, he should thank the princess, because since he entered the princess's mansion, his stepmother no longer dared to bully his aunt.

He lives in fear every day, so how could he have the mood to think about his children's personal affairs?

He is said to be the commander of the guards, but the commander of the guards in the princess's mansion is only a sixth-rank military officer with no hope of promotion.

Any lady with a bit of ambition would not be interested in a bastard like him who has no future.

However, the princess asked him these questions because she wanted to arrange a marriage for him?

He couldn't help but pursed his lips, secretly raised his eyes, and glanced at the princess. But he found that she was looking at him with the eyes of looking at goods, as if she could sell him by weight in the next second.

Wu Meng quickly withdrew his gaze, and a flash of disappointment passed through his heart.

"I want to send you to the military camp. Do you dare to go?"

Wu Meng was shocked. He straightened his back and raised his head, looking directly into Ning Yan's eyes. "Princess, are you serious?"

Ning Yan: "Could it be that I came here just to play a joke on you?"

Wu Meng knelt down at the princess's feet, "I dare! I am willing! Please help me, princess!"

"Okay, I will take care of everything for you right away. I will be able to send you away in the next few days. Go back and get ready."

……

In the evening, before returning home, Pei Chengyuan went to Jin Yumantang specially and spent a huge amount of money to buy a gold hairpin with butterfly flowers and rubies. After returning home, he went to the main courtyard and gave the hairpin to Ning Yan like a treasure.

"Princess, I went to Jin Yu Man Tang to pick this out. Do you like it?"

He had asked before entering the palace, and found out that the princess had not gone out today, so his gift would definitely touch her heart.

Ning Yan opened the box, took out the gold hairpin from it, took a look at it, and after a moment she said, "Not bad." Then she put the hairpin back into the box without even looking at it a second time.

Pei Chengyuan, who was happily waiting for the princess's praise, suddenly froze in expression.

How could this be?
Why would the princess react like this?

Didn’t the princess happily accept anything he gave her in the past?

"Princess, don't you like it?"

"How much did it cost?"

"Two hundred taels."

Ning Yan's main goal is to create a way to kill others and make herself happy. When someone asked her about it, she would directly say, "The butterfly is blue, the gem is red, and the gold of the hairpin makes the color combination unacceptable. The ruby ​​is only the size of a grain of rice, and it is obviously leftover material.

The hairpin is made with ordinary craftsmanship and does not look delicate at all. Such a hairpin can only be sold at such a high price in Jinyu Mantang. If it is sold elsewhere, no one will want it even for a hundred taels."

Pei Chengyuan's face looked a little ugly, because he spent one hundred taels of silver to buy this hairpin. It's not that he didn't want to buy a better one, but he felt it was completely unnecessary.

In the past, he would give gifts like candied haws, roast duck or roast chicken. How much would that cost?

He thought the princess would be very surprised when he suddenly gave her a gift worth two hundred taels of silver!
"Well, I'll buy something good for the princess next time."

Ning Yan hummed, "Then I'll wait. Next time, don't let me down, Prince Consort."

No, this is very wrong!
The princess never treated him like this before!
There must be something wrong!

He felt a little regretful that he should not have given away the only hairpin in the house worth a thousand taels and inlaid with gems and gold flowers.

The princess has seen all kinds of good things. How could she be interested in something that is not unique?
This night was another night when Pei Chengyuan had to be humble and submissive. He had to think twice before even uttering the word "hmm". He also had to pay careful attention to the princess's expression, fearing that she would be displeased in the slightest.

Ning Yan didn't show it on her face, but in her heart she felt sorry for the original owner. She had a high status, was loved by her father the emperor and her mother the queen, and was doted on by her brother the crown prince, but after she got married, she humbled herself to a little prince consort and remained a virgin until her death.

If she were to say, she should do what she is supposed to do according to her status. As a princess, she should be superior and behave like a princess. Otherwise, those mean guys would think she is easy to talk to and would want to climb over her head and pee and shit on her.

However, this can't be entirely blamed on her!

The main reason was that Pei Chengyuan was a man who hid his true feelings too deeply. Everyone inside and outside the mansion thought that he was deeply in love with the princess. The original owner lived in his gentle trap until her death.

That night, Pei Chengyuan was naturally driven by Ning Yan to live in the study room again. Wasn't he supposed to keep his virginity for someone?

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