On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 218 - Crown Prince Gets Jealous
Chapter 218: Chapter 218 Crown Prince Gets Jealous
Chapter 218: Chapter 218 Crown Prince Gets Jealous
She knew that if he did not wish to be betrothed to someone, there surely would be a way for him to refuse.
Now that he had spoken these words, the inexplicable connection between him and her was also settled; she no longer needed to worry that the absurdities of her dreams would come to pass in reality.
She should feel at ease now, should she not?
With this thought, Leng Yu Yan smiled lightly, “Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness!”
Seeing her smile so effortlessly, Ye Yiheng’s brows twitched slightly as he tightened his grip on the eye veil.
Very good!
“The Commandery Princess is too kind.”
His voice was cool and thin, like a sudden gust of autumn wind, impersonal.
With that, he strode away.
The expression on her face faded instantly.
The three Leng brothers, dressed in cool garments, came out from the side hall and, seeing their sister’s odd complexion, asked her what had happened.
Unable to withstand the persistent inquiries of her three brothers, Leng Yu Yan pressed her lips together and said, “I wanted to go out to see the lantern festival, but now I find myself in the palace.”
Leng Yusheng laughed heartily, “That is a trifle matter. Just show our faces at the moon-viewing banquet and then leave immediately.”
Leng Yuxing excitedly added, “Then we can all go to the lantern festival in the Capital City together!”
Leng Yuqing said calmly, “If the Leng Family were to leave all at once, it would not be proper. If sister truly wants to see the lantern festival, your brothers will cover for you.”
To her at this moment, the lantern festival had lost its appeal.
“We’ll talk about it later.”
The three brothers thought she wanted to watch it with them, so they teased her all the way back to the Water Pavilion.
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On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the lake surface shone like a mirror, the full moon round as a plate.
Around the lake, banquet tables were set up one by one.
Inside the Water Pavilion, dancing girls had already begun their graceful dance.
Before long, the Emperor raised his cup; the moon-viewing banquet officially commenced.
The Empress Dowager glanced at the seats of the Prince Zhenbei Mansion, relieved that the Crown Prince had awoken; otherwise, tonight’s imperial marriage decree would’ve hurt Miss Zheng’s heart.
The sons raised by Prince Zhenbei really were all rash men. Despite their handsome and peerless appearances, just earlier, they had knocked out two of the Zheng Family son’s teeth.
The Empress Dowager shook her head and proclaimed loudly, “Tonight’s moon-viewing banquet is informal; everyone should relax. Feel free to walk around the lake or raise your cups to invite the moon for a drink.”
As she finished speaking, she gestured to Zheng Liqi beside her to offer a drink to the Crown Prince.
Zheng Liqi rose up elegantly, her fair hand holding the cup, and walked gracefully to Ye Yiheng’s table.
“Your Highness, on this auspicious Mid-Autumn Festival and in this beautiful scenery, I offer you a cup!”
Leng Yu Yan did not wish to look that way, but given that her family’s two tables were adjacent to the Crown Prince’s and the tables were all set up around the lake, all she needed to do was tilt her head slightly to see a certain someone.
At this moment, not only did her peripheral vision catch that certain someone, but she also saw Zheng Liqi.
Zheng Liqi was dressed in a pink outfit today, with a flowery pattern adorning her forehead, and her skirt spread out wide, making her waist seem slimmer than before.
At first glance, she appeared frail, delicate, and exceptionally moving.
Such a graceful beauty, and with a good family background as well—if even the most resolute man saw her, his heart would soften.
No longer wanting to look at them, Leng Yu Yan quietly spoke to her father Lai Ran and mother from the Yun Family, “Father King, mother, I wish to slip away.”
The couple nodded in unison.
Seeing that Ye Yiheng’s cup-holding hand did not move, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, “Crown Prince cannot see, but the Imperial Grandmother can tell you, Miss Zheng is particularly beautiful today, practically a fairy descended from the moon.”
Zheng Liqi responded with a sweet smile, “Empress Dowager flatters me. How can I compare to Commandery Princess Beilan? The true fairy tonight is Princess Beilan herself.”
Her words directed everyone’s attention onto Leng Yu Yan.
And just like that, she was unable to leave.
Leng Yu Yan gathered the scarf around her arms, “Miss Zheng surely jests. How could the Empress Dowager’s discerning eye be wrong?”
Zheng Liqi’s smile became even warmer. She had dressed up specially to outshine Leng Yu Yan today.
Yet she had not expected that without makeup on her face and wearing plain attire, Leng Yu Yan would still be so stunningly beautiful.
If I hadn’t dressed up, I really would have been outshone by her under this night sky.
Such a night naturally belonged to whoever was the most radiant and beautiful.
Thinking this, Zheng Liqi’s face became even more lovely, and seeing the Crown Prince refusing to drink, she stretched out her hand, pinched a piece of mooncake, and passed it over, “Your Highness, have a piece of mooncake; it’s fitting to appreciate the bright moon.”
Ye Yiheng spoke indifferently, “I cannot see it.”
Zheng Liqi awkwardly put the mooncake back in its place and picked up her cup again, just about to clink cups…
Unexpectedly, Ye Yiheng downed his cup of wine in one go.
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Feeling awkward again, Zheng Liqi’s hand holding the cup trembled slightly, but her smile remained unchanged, “I shall consider it as if Your Highness has accepted the wine I offered.”
Immediately after, she tilted her head back and also drank the wine in her cup.
Just as Zheng Liqi was about to pour Ye Yiheng more wine, Song Guo reached out to stop her, “Miss Zheng, let me do it.”
Zheng Liqi nodded, “Please, Mr. Song.”
Song Guo, skeptical, poured the wine. The atmosphere around His Highness was getting colder, and Princess Beilan was not too far away; why did it feel like a distance of tens of thousands of miles?
Ye Yiheng drank another cup.
Zheng Liqi’s eyebrows were dancing with delight, she poured another cup for herself and drank again.
As the two of them drank like this, the Fifth Prince laughed and said, “In my opinion, the Crown Prince and Miss Zheng might as well drink a cup of wine in the moonlight together.”
“The Fifth is really joking…”
The Empress Dowager raised her hand in a light pointing gesture but her gaze was fixed on the Crown Prince and Zheng Liqi.
Ye Yiheng’s veiled eyes swept toward Leng Yu Yan.
Under the night sky, her clear eyes seemed to contain ripples, adding an enchanting charm to her otherwise ethereal beauty.
There were women dressed up dazzlingly tonight, but not one attracted his gaze like she did.
Her attire was the most simple and elegant, yet she shone like a peerless pearl, her splendor radiantly evident.
At that moment, Ji Qingyu took a wine jug in one hand and a cup in the other, approaching Leng Yu Yan.
“Ah Yan, I toast to you.”
Leng Yu Yan was about to speak when Li Yuyue interjected, “I will join Prince Qing in a drink.”
After the two of them drank, Ji Qingyu poured another cup and lifted it to Leng Yu Yan.
“Ah Yan, this cup I toast to you.”
Unexpectedly, Leng Yuqing raised his hand to intercept, “My sister cannot hold her liquor; I will drink this cup.”
Ji Qingyu maintained a polite smile on his face.
Unsurprisingly, Lai Yuxing and Leng Yusheng each intercepted a cup for themselves.
By the time his four brothers agreed to let him toast Leng Yu Yan, he had already drunk four full cups.
But it didn’t matter. At least, Ah Yan had picked up her cup.
Ji Qingyu felt inexplicably good, as if he needed to get past her brothers like some sort of hurdle before marrying her.
“Ah Yan, I’ll finish my cup, you drink as you please.”
“Qingyu, I’ll just have a small sip.”
Watching their intimate manner of addressing each other, Ye Yiheng’s hand gripping the cup unknowingly tightened.
Crack.
The cup shattered, spilling the wine.
His fingers were cut by the porcelain shards, fresh blood meandered down, dripping onto the table, a bewitching red.
It was startling to behold.
The Crown Prince had no martial skills, so how could the cup break?
The princes’ inquisitive gazes shifted toward him, and Song Guo quickly exclaimed, “There was already a crack in this cup; who gave His Highness such a flawed cup? It has hurt His Highness’s hand!”
The princes then retracted their suspicions.
Only Ye Zhenyu narrowed his eyes, could it be that the Crown Prince was keeping his true capabilities hidden?
It seemed there might be an opportunity to test his skills.
Zheng Liqi quickly took out a handkerchief, intending to cover Ye Yiheng’s injured finger…
