The young scions of official families looked at the black-clad girl and suddenly realized that Xiao Qianyin truly was not so ugly after all. On the contrary, she possessed a distinctive bearing all her own, utterly different from before.
Bei Wuxuan abruptly discovered that every frown and smile of this young girl was genuinely clear and lovely. He had never imagined that beneath all that heavy rouge and powder was such an elegant face.
“Your Highness, have you forgotten how she spoke of you just now? She simply doesn’t put you in her eyes at all!”
Nangong Wei naturally noticed Bei Wuxuan’s expression. Hatred surged in her heart, but in order to maintain the proper demeanor, she merely brought up what had happened earlier without leaving a trace.
“Xiao Qianyin, it was you who had no sense of shame and pestered His Highness the Crown Prince as you pleased. His Highness apologizing to you is already lowering himself. How dare you refuse to accept it?”
She brought up the matter from some time ago, intending to smear the other party’s reputation. That way, no one would pay attention to Xiao Qianyin anymore!
The official scions who had originally been agreeing that she was indeed rather good-looking once again revealed contempt in their eyes. That’s right—who was she? She was Xiao Qianyin, that famously idiotic, useless, unruly, willful good-for-nothing young lady. Could it be that just because she had changed her appearance, her personality would change along with it? She was probably doing this on purpose. When it came to beauty, who could compare to Miss Nangong?
“I’ve already said it: whether he does it or not is his business; whether I accept it or not is mine. On what grounds must I accept just because he apologized? Merely because he is the crown prince of a nation? Ha, that’s even more laughable. If I were the princess of a nation, then would it be fine for me to want to kill him? Don’t use the crown prince’s status to pressure me. I’ll say it plainly today—this young lady is not afraid!”
Her words were sharp and severe, a fierce light bursting from her eyes. There was not the slightest fear to be seen on her; only proud, resolute defiance.
Though the tasselled man had felt a trace of fear because of her previous gaze, now that he heard her arrogant words, he recalled the humiliation he had suffered before. Moreover, with His Highness the Crown Prince backing him, there was nothing he needed to fear!
“Xiao Qianyin, you show disrespect to His Highness at every turn. You truly deserve death!”
“Deserve death?” A playful smile surfaced at the corner of Xiao Qianyin’s lips, and her delicate brows lifted slightly. “Say, every other word out of your mouth is ‘His Highness the Crown Prince,’ and now you’re rushing to take the lead for him. Meanwhile, the moment your crown prince came over, he came to denounce me over your affairs. Don’t tell me the two of you have some unknown relationship?”
She rubbed her chin, her smile deeply meaningful and extremely ambiguous. “You look rather delicate and pretty. It’s quite normal for members of the imperial family to keep one or two male favorites. Come on, tell us—how far have you two gone? Kissing? Touching? Or the final step? With that little appearance of yours, I’d guess you’re the one underneath, right? Even if you’re willing, the dignified crown prince of a nation surely wouldn’t be willing to be under someone!”
The gathered young masters and young ladies gaped. Those words… were far too bold, weren’t they? Why the heck had they never known Xiao Qianyin had this sort of interest? Ah, no—when they thought about how he and the crown prince of Southern Tang were practically inseparable on ordinary days, could it really be as she said?