bullyxtreme Chapter 136 Ugly Appearance, Crippled Legs!
Chapter 136 Ugly Appearance, Crippled Legs!
Mei Xingyue's clothes were tattered, and she rolled in the snow, howling in pain.
Zhou Wei's whip lashed at her relentlessly, and she had no way to dodge it!
Jiang Nianxing and Jiang Nianyue were pinned to the ground, glaring angrily at Zhou Wei.
"stop!"
A sudden roar drew everyone's attention.
Jiang Yueli turned around and saw the Crown Prince with bloodshot eyes, rushing straight at her.
Zhou Wei was focused on the game when she suddenly felt someone pull her. She reflexively lifted her right foot.
boom---
The enraged crown prince had no idea what was happening.
The person flew straight out and crashed into the snow!
Hearing the noise, Zhou Wei finally saw who it was, quickly put down her whip, and rushed over to help the person up.
He muttered to himself, "Oh dear, Your Highness, it's you! You walk so quietly, I was too quick to react, I hope I didn't hurt you?"
Jiang Yueli lowered her head, covered her mouth, and coughed lightly, saying, "Weiwei, your foot is too fast. Hurry up and apologize to the Crown Prince."
Zhou Wei immediately bowed to the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I was being reckless."
The prince's chest heaved violently. He flung Zhou Wei away, too angry to utter a single word for a long time.
This was clearly a case of Zhou Wei insubordination, but Jiang Yueli dismissed it as a misunderstanding in just a few words.
Can a simple apology really be enough to get rid of this?
However, before he could pursue Zhou Wei's responsibility further, Jiang Nianxing began to wail.
"Father! Please save Mother! This wretched maid is beating her to death!"
Mei Xingyue lay on the ground, barely alive. Hearing the Crown Prince's voice, she forced herself to look at him.
With just one glance, the Crown Prince felt as if his heart was being torn apart!
He stepped past Zhou Wei, squatted down, and hugged Mei Xingyue.
"Xingyue, are you alright?"
"Your Highness, my leg..." Mei Xingyue said in pain.
The prince then looked at Mei Xingyue's legs and discovered that her knees were twisted at a strange angle.
Both legs are clearly ruined!
"Xingyue, it's alright, I will heal you," the Crown Prince said, stroking Mei Xingyue's legs, almost weeping.
He was only gone for a short while, and Xingyue was already in such a state.
Jiang Yueli...Zhou Wei...
Holding Mei Xingyue in his arms, the Crown Prince looked at the Princess again, his eyes filled with hatred.
"Royal elder sister, what exactly do you mean? You broke into my Eastern Palace, beat my people, and even crippled Xingyue's legs. What are you trying to do?"
Jiang Yueli's expression turned cold, and her gaze shifted to Li's corpse.
Ziyu originally intended to collect Li's body to prevent it from being exposed to the wind and snow, but Jiang Yueli stopped her.
She wanted to wait for the Crown Prince to return so she could witness this scene with her own eyes!
But she still overestimated her younger brother. From the moment he appeared, he didn't even glance at Li Shi on the ground.
The Crown Prince became even angrier when he saw that Jiang Yueli had no reaction.
His gaze followed Jiang Yueli to the white sheet covering her, and only then did he realize that there seemed to be a person lying under the sheet.
The Crown Prince's heart skipped a beat. He looked around but couldn't see Jiang Nianmei.
A bad thought immediately popped into his mind!
"What...what have you done to my daughter?"
Hearing the Crown Prince say this, Zhou Wei felt a pang of sympathy for Lady Li.
The person under the white cloth was clearly an adult, but the Crown Prince's thoughts were only on the four members of the Mei family.
"Yue Shan! Take a good look, who is lying on the ground?" Jiang Yue Li scolded.
The prince was taken aback, and then slowly reached out to lift the white cloth covering the corpse.
Li's pale face appeared, startling the Crown Prince, who suddenly took a step back.
"The Li family... how could it be the Li family?"
Jiang Yueli stood up; she was covered in a thick layer of snow.
"You asked me why I beat Mei Xingyue, and this is the reason!"
The Crown Prince's hands trembled slightly. After all, Lady Li had been with him for many years, always keeping to her proper place and never doing anything out of line.
Today, however, she died tragically in the snow. Jiang Yueli's words pointed directly to Mei Xingyue as the culprit.
This made the Crown Prince uneasy!
Seeing that the Crown Prince remained silent for a long time, Jiang Yueli sneered, "Li is the Crown Prince's concubine who is listed in the royal jade tablet, yet she is being treated so badly by the Mei family. She has suffered such humiliation, and you, as her husband, have done nothing."
"Now you're even questioning me for the sake of Mei Xingyue, a woman of unknown origin? Yue Shan, have you lost your mind?"
The Crown Prince's face paled, and he couldn't help but look at Mei Xingyue beside him, wanting to ask her something.
But he found Mei Xingyue trembling all over in pain, her eyes looking at him pitifully.
In an instant, his desire to question him vanished!
"Elder sister, there must be some misunderstanding..."
Jiang Yueli stared intently at the Crown Prince: "Is that so? Then tell me, what is the misunderstanding?"
Mei Xingyue gripped the Crown Prince's clothes tightly. The Crown Prince could only say, "I don't know either, but since things have come to this, I will definitely find out the truth and give the Li family justice."
Hearing the Crown Prince's conciliatory words, Jiang Yueli was utterly disappointed.
She gave the Crown Prince a deep look, dispelling the last vestige of hope in her heart.
She had assumed that the Crown Prince, having served as heir apparent for many years, would naturally possess the demeanor of a ruler.
Looking back now, she really overestimated the other party!
How can someone who cannot distinguish right from wrong and is easily misled be in charge of a country?
She must take back control of those 500,000 troops!
“Your Highness, there is no need to investigate. I witnessed Li’s death with my own eyes and saw it clearly.”
“The Mei family mother and son forced the Crown Prince’s concubine to commit suicide. They should pay with their lives.”
"As the Grand Master of Ceremonies, I am fulfilling my duty by ordering Mei Xingyue to be whipped."
"If the Crown Prince is unharmed, he may step back and allow Zhou Wei to continue the execution."
Upon hearing this, Mei Xingyue was terrified.
The immense pain she was experiencing made her extremely afraid of Jiang Yueli.
This princess truly didn't treat her like a human being, and she was truly capable of killing!
Zhou Wei was a vicious woman; she immediately crippled her legs, making it impossible for her to escape.
They could only lie in the snow and be whipped!
If the Crown Prince really doesn't care about her, she's doomed today.
Mei Xingyue immediately grabbed the Crown Prince tightly with both hands, revealing the most pitiful expression she had ever shown in her life.
She pleaded mournfully, "Yueshan, save me! Li's death has nothing to do with me..."
Mei Xingyue's fox demon charm erupted, and the crown prince was immediately bewitched.
Facing Jiang Yueli, he said firmly, "Royal elder sister, you are the Grand Clan Head, and I am the Crown Prince!"
"Today, in the name of the Crown Prince, I hereby order you to withdraw from the Eastern Palace!"
Jiang Yueli laughed, her smile carrying a hint of disdain.
"What a fine crown prince! Yue Shan, you've really grown up."
"However, I remind you that today you ordered me to leave the Eastern Palace in the name of the Crown Prince, so I will also announce this to all members of the imperial family and concubines in the name of the Grand Clan Order."
“Mei Xingyue is unworthy of her position. She is ugly and crippled. Such a person cannot be the Crown Princess, much less marry into the Eastern Palace. There will never be a place for her in the Imperial Archives.”
The Crown Prince was so angry by these words that his blood boiled, and Mei Xingyue looked at Jiang Yueli with even more despair.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
If she can't be listed on the Royal Jade Tablet, she will never have a formal title. How can that be?
"Your Highness," Mei Xingyue sobbed softly, "if Xingyue cannot stay with you, then today, I will go with Li Shi!"
The Crown Prince felt a pang of pain in his heart and immediately comforted her, saying, "Xingyue, don't worry, it doesn't have to be this bad."
Jiang Yueli looked at this pair of despicable people, their love a cruel and torturous affair, and felt utterly disgusted.
"Weiwei, take Li's body with you, let's go."
Zhou Wei immediately picked up Li Shi and followed behind Jiang Yueli.
Before leaving, Jiang Yueli smiled and turned to the Crown Prince, saying, "Yueshan, have you heard? Tomorrow is the start of court. As the Crown Prince, don't forget to attend court."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince's expression changed, and his heart pounded wildly!