The daughter of the Marquis is too delicate, the abstinent prince pinches her waist and loves her

Chapter 184 I will surely live to be a hundred years old
She leaned down and whispered in the Empress Dowager's ear, "Trading this little girl for the lifelong peace of twelve envoys, this deal is well worth it..."

Under the moonlight, Sheng Yunqing noticed the faint bluish-purple veins on her neck. She narrowed her eyes slightly; this woman was already terminally ill.

Yet, even someone like her couldn't compare to ten Mu Jiyues combined. With a mere wave of her hand, the Gu worms that had died on the ground due to the Moonlight Jade Pendant went out of control and began to move again, turning into a wisp of red smoke that drifted into the air.

The Empress Dowager stared at her with resentment in her aged eyes, then glared at Mu Jiyue and said in a low voice, "Get out of here, and don't let me see you again!"

"Hongling, take the Second Princess back."

"Yes."

Mu Xiyang smiled slightly, walked up to Sheng Yunqing, bowed politely, and said, "The Starry Jade Pendant is a royal treasure of Western Shu. My younger sister is ignorant. Miss Sheng, would you please return the jade pendant?"

After a moment's hesitation, Sheng Yunqing handed the blood-stained jade pendant to her.

Mu Xiyang straightened up with satisfaction, and as she turned around, the red skirt resembled a blooming red spider lily on the other side of the river.

She slowly walked to Ye Jingnian's seat, her slender fingers stroking the silver bell at her waist, making a crisp sound. A hint of joy welled up on her slightly pale face: "Your Highness, it's been many years. Your charm is as undiminished as ever."

Ye Jingnian frowned and glanced at her, his tone revealing his usual languidness: "The eldest princess looks more pleasing to the eye than before, despite her sickly appearance."

Mu Xiyang chuckled softly, bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Thanks to you..."

Seeing the veins bulging when he gripped the cup, Mu Xiyang knew he was angry.

"I heard His Highness the Crown Prince has recently married a new Crown Princess?" Her almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, her voice tinged with amusement, lowered to a level only the two of them could hear. "I wonder how she compares to me back then...?"

Ye Jingnian leaned lazily against the table, tapping his wine cup lightly with his fingertips, and sneered, "Since when has the princess become so fond of inquiring about these trivial matters of the young ladies?"

"Trivial matters?" Mu Xiyang suddenly chuckled, and a golden spider crawled out of her sleeve, tracing along her fingertips. "The person who can make the Crown Prince willingly fall under the influence of a love potion to reject me, I naturally have to... pay special attention to."

As she spoke, she suddenly leaned forward, her frail body casting a shadow before Ye Jingnian: "Does that girl know what kind of pain her husband endures on the fifteenth of every month?"

A cold glint flashed in Ye Jingnian's phoenix eyes, its chilling intensity like an icy blade, as if he wanted to tear the woman before him apart alive.

Mu Xiyang smiled awkwardly, raised her hand to her chest, and said, "Your Highness, every inch of pain you suffer from the Gu worms is nourished by my heart's blood. Do you know how much I care about you?"

Ye Jingnian narrowed her eyes and said in an icy voice, "Mu Xiyang, I cannot wait for you to die now."

A joyful gleam appeared in Mu Xiyang's eyes, and he laughed maniacally: "After all these years, hearing you call me still makes my heart flutter..."

As she spoke, her pupils suddenly contracted, and an unnatural flush appeared on her pale face. She coughed violently, and a mouthful of blood stained the silk handkerchief in her hand.

"Heh..." Ye Jingnian sneered, his eyes filled with contempt, like someone who had seen a rat in the street.

She wiped the blood from her lips, looked at the coldness in Ye Jingnian's eyes, and a vicious light flashed in her almond-shaped eyes: "Very well, then I'll wait and see how long the Crown Prince can protect her."

Ye Jingnian leaned back in his chair, his lower position giving him a condescending air as he looked at her, and said in a lazy tone, "Princess Mingyao should take better care of herself. I will keep an eye on you every day until the day you breathe your last."

Under the moonlight, her slender figure appeared exceptionally lonely.

"Your Highness, rest assured," her voice drifted on the night breeze, "I will certainly... live to be a hundred years old." With that, she turned to leave: "Jiyue, aren't you leaving?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Jiyue raised her hand to tidy her hair and hurriedly followed, saying, "Yes! Eldest Princess!"

Sheng Yunqing glanced at Mu Hanxing, who was hiding behind her. It seemed that they had no intention of taking her away.

She raised her hand and gently patted Mu Hanxing's hand that was gripping her arm, and said softly, "Xingxing, aren't you going back with your sisters?"

"No... I won't go back..." Mu Hanxing's body trembled, her voice choked with sobs, "Xingxing is afraid of Eldest Sister... Sister in Red..."

"Third Princess, if you want to stay, then stay." When Mu Xiyang's gaze swept over Mu Hanxing, the girl was so frightened that she almost collapsed to the ground.

She gave a cryptic smile and said to Sheng Yunqing, "Then I'll trouble Miss Sheng to take care of my younger sister."

Sheng Yunqing turned around, raised her hand to wipe away the tears from Mu Hanxing's eyes, and said, "Don't be afraid anymore, come back with me."

Under the moonlight, the abandoned Third Princess of Western Shu tightly gripped Sheng Yunqing's sleeve, as if grasping at the last straw.

Only after the group from Western Shu had left did the Empress Dowager open the brocade box.

Seeing twelve blood-red pills lying quietly in the box, each engraved with the totem of the Western Shu royal family, she closed the lid and said to the nanny beside her, "Take them away quickly."

Inside the golden nanmu wood carriage, the fragrance of incense wafted, yet it couldn't dispel the oppressive chill.

Mu Jiyue, sitting to the side, said, "Does the eldest princess intend to keep the third princess by Sheng Yunqing's side?"

Mu Xiyang leaned back on the soft couch, her fingertips caressing the star-shaped jade pendant in her hand, and said casually, "It's already a useless piece of trash. I threw it away in the Kingdom of Zhu Luo. Anyway, the jade pendant has been taken back, so let it fend for itself."

Mu Jiyue looked up at her and said, "What you mean, Eldest Sister, is... that you deliberately left Mu Hanxing in front of Sheng Yunqing... and..."

A hint of suspicion appeared in her eyes: "I knew that fool would give his treasure to Sheng Yunqing so that Sheng Yunqing could remove Brother Chen's love potion today..."

"Snapped!"

A slap landed hard on her face, so forcefully that she fell to the side, her already disheveled hair becoming even more tangled.

Mu Jiyue was startled and hurriedly knelt down in front of her with her head down.

Mu Xiyang withdrew his hand, his pale fingertips gently rubbing his palm, as if savoring the sensation of that slap.

She leaned against the soft pillows, her almond-shaped eyes half-closed, her voice as soft as if she were discussing the day's weather: "Do you know why I hit you?"

Mu Jiyue covered her burning cheek, tasting a faint metallic flavor of blood between her lips and teeth.

She dared not wipe it, and could only kneel up again: "Ji Yue is too stupid, she doesn't know..."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xiyang raised her beautiful lips and gave a cold laugh, saying, "That Sheng Yunqing dislikes our Western Shu Kingdom and thought that rashly sending a Western Shu person would be a good opportunity to kill him. I learned that she took in Mu Hanxing and took Mu Hanxing's jade pendant. I originally wanted to step forward to retrieve it, but..."