The Double-Chapter 566 - 167 Encounter_4

"I dare not," Mei Xiang continued, "It’s just that as of now, the Jiang Family has not given up looking for Jiang Youyao. If Jiang Yuanbai finds out that Jiang Youyao’s death is related to Your Highness, I fear he will spare no effort to grasp a handle against Your Highness. Your Highness now has the little son..." If Jiang Yuanbai found evidence that Princess Yongning was pregnant, and if he played any tricks with the child in Yongning’s belly, that would indeed be a loss greater than the gain.

Impatience flickered between Princess Yongning’s eyebrows, "Cannot kill her? Then are we to keep her?"

"Your Highness, why not send her to the Private Prison first," Mei Xiang suggested. "Many people have already stayed in Your Highness’s Private Prison. Having Miss Jiang the Third stay there won’t draw any attention. Besides, just like those mute children in Eldest Young Master Li’s room, feed Miss Jiang the Third a Mute Medicine, lock her up in the Private Prison for a year or two. Once the Jiang Family stops searching for Jiang Youyao, she can be sent on her way."

Jiang Youyao clearly heard Mei Xiang lay out her fate and immediately shed tears. She was extremely terrified and suddenly regretted her choices, wishing she had stayed with the Jiang Family. At least there, she was Miss Jiang the Third, where no one dared to mistreat her. Had she not left the Jiang Family that night, she wouldn’t have encountered Li Lian on the road, wouldn’t have been taken to the Right Chancellor’s Residence. Had she not been in the Right Chancellor’s Residence, she wouldn’t have seen Princess Yongning, wouldn’t have learned Princess Yongning’s secret, wouldn’t be silenced. And if she died, no one would know, no one to claim her body!

Right, Li Lian! She still had Li Lian! Hope suddenly reignited wildly in Jiang Youyao’s heart. As long as Li Lian came back and noticed her absence, he would certainly search everywhere for her. Once Li Lian learned that she had been taken away by Princess Yongning, he would surely demand her return. Li Lian could save her!

But in the next moment, the words of Princess Yongning and Mei Xiang were like a bucket of cold water, thoroughly extinguishing Jiang Youyao’s hope with a "pfft." freewёbnoνel.com

Princess Yongning said, "This Jiang Youyao is now Li Lian’s person. If we take her away, Li Lian is likely to come and demand her return."

"That’s not necessarily so," Mei Xiang said with a smile. "Now that Jiang Youyao is staying at the Li Family, nobody outside knows, and it should be the same for the Jiang Family. It looks like Chancellor Li is also in the dark. What Your Highness took away was just an ordinary maid, not Jiang Youyao. Young Master Li the Second won’t dare to acknowledge Jiang Youyao’s identity and will acquiesce instead. Your Highness is the princess and to discipline a common maid is an easy task. Young Master Li the Second will not argue with the princess and may even thank the princess for disciplining his household."

"You make sense," Princess Yongning’s brows relaxed, "an elder sister is like a mother, after all, he really should thank me."

Jiang Youyao’s heart sank into utterly despair, knowing that she no longer had a chance at life. When the men of the Li Family were away, Princess Yongning had complete control over the Right Chancellor’s Residence. They silenced her, and after calling over a maid, what awaited her was being sent to the unknown and dreadful fate of the "Private Prison."

...

That night, after Princess Yongning had just finished her meal, Mei Xiang came in and said, "Your Highness, Young Master Li the Second is waiting outside to see you, he has something to say."

Princess Yongning knew full well that Li Lian was here to demand her person. Jiang Youyao had already been sent to the Private Prison of the Princess’s Mansion, and Princess Yongning was already prepared to deal with the situation, knowing that in the end, Li Lian could not do much to her. She then gracefully donned her robe and stepped out.

Outside, Li Lian was sitting at a table waiting for her. When he saw her emerge, he stood up and paid his respects, "Elder sister."

Hearing this address, Princess Yongning could not help but frown slightly, reminded that she was the grand lady of the Li Family, and not "Madam Shen." Princess Yongning responded with a forced smile, "What brings you here so late, little brother?"

Li Lian said, "I heard elder sister passed by my courtyard today and saw my... maid Xiaoyao, and took her away."

"Oh, Xiaoyao?" Princess Yongning intentionally drew out the name "Yao," watching Li Lian’s anxious expression, she chuckled and said, "Yes, that’s what happened. The maid had no respect, she didn’t salute upon seeing me and even spoke rudely. I simply took the liberty of disciplining the maid for you. Though little brother has a kind heart, we can’t allow the maids of the house to disregard their master. That would be indecorous."

She spoke distractedly, igniting frustration in Li Lian’s heart. Even if Jiang Youyao was thoughtless, she would not have deliberately offended Princess Yongning. The princess was just taking advantage of the fact that Jiang Youyao was not present to slander her as she pleased.