Chapter 53: Cruel Prince

Cruel Prince 2

Tang Wan instantly snapped back to her senses.

In the original plot, this man was notoriously violent. If he felt even slightly displeased, he would draw his sword and cut people down on the spot. Now that he had caught her staring at him, wouldn’t he slash her too?

If that happened, she really would cry.

Seeing Tang Wan hurriedly lower her head, a trace of amusement flashed through Feng Qitong’s eyes.

At that moment, the emperor seated at the head of the hall ordered the guards to drag the corpses out.

Then he turned helplessly toward Feng Qitong and said, “Prince, if a servant makes a mistake, simply have them dragged out and executed. Why must you personally do it inside the hall? Don’t do this again next time.”

Although the emperor sounded helpless, there was clearly no real blame in his tone.

Hearing this, Feng Qitong sheathed his sword leisurely.

“Since Imperial Brother says so... But those servants offended this prince, so naturally I had to kill them personally.”

As soon as he finished speaking, his cold gaze landed on Tang Wan again.

In modern society, Tang Wan had been someone standing near the top of the pyramid. She had met countless powerful figures, so she had never truly feared anyone’s aura before.

But this time, she could clearly feel her body trembling slightly.

At the same time, alarm bells rang wildly in her heart...

In this world, where imperial authority ruled above all else, she absolutely had to be cautious.

Otherwise, her life would constantly be in danger.

So she quickly lowered her head again, avoiding Feng Qitong’s gaze.

Seeing this, disappointment and contempt flashed through Feng Qitong’s eyes.

He had thought she possessed a bit of courage.

Who would have expected her to become a coward again so quickly?

Boring.

Truly boring.

“Ding! Feng Qitong’s favorability has decreased by 10. Current favorability: -10,” the little cutie suddenly announced.

Tang Wan was dumbfounded.

Then she subconsciously raised her head again, looking toward Feng Qitong’s indifferent face.

This guy was unbelievable.

Not only was his favorability not increasing, it was actually dropping?

Just wait until she successfully”attack”ed him—then he’d suffer for this!

Hmph!

...

At that moment, Feng Qitong was casually drinking wine.

But after only two sips, he noticed Tang Wan looking at him again.

When he glanced sideways, he realized she seemed to be staring at him with a faint trace of grievance, as though she had suffered some great injustice.

“...?”

Feng Qitong immediately became interested again.

He remembered this little girl.

She seemed to be Tang Wan, the beloved granddaughter of Elder Tang Ge, the famous “number one talented woman” of the capital.

But hadn’t she always been afraid of him before?

Why was she repeatedly looking at him today?

For a moment, Feng Qitong found himself strangely thoughtful.

Since Feng Qitong was no longer deliberately causing trouble, the previously tense atmosphere in the hall gradually became lively again after several rounds of drinking.

At that moment, however, the girl in pink sitting beside Tang Wan suddenly overturned her wine cup, splashing wine all over Tang Wan’s clothes.

The girl immediately looked flustered and apologized, “Second Sister, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to!”

This girl was none other than Tang Qingzhu, the heroine of this world and Tang Wan’s half-sister born from a concubine.

...

In the original plot, Tang Qingzhu had been reborn.

Her previous life had been extremely miserable. Tang Wan, the vicious female supporting character, had stolen Tang Qingzhu’s talent and used her poetry and ideas to become the capital’s number one talented woman. She had even married the Second Prince—the man both women loved—and eventually became empress.

Therefore, after her rebirth, Tang Qingzhu relied on her knowledge of future events. On the surface, she continued pretending to be close to Tang Wan and allowed herself to be “used” by her. In reality, however, she constantly schemed against Tang Wan behind the scenes.

And tonight, during the Golden Autumn Banquet, Tang Qingzhu secretly drugged Tang Wan’s wine.

Then, when Tang Wan went to the side hall to change clothes, she would be violated by the drunken Prince Feng Qitong and forced to marry him.

In the original storyline, Tang Wan eventually died from depression after marrying Feng Qitong.

Obviously, Tang Qingzhu was about to begin her scheme now.

But...

This was exactly what Tang Wan wanted!

She had been worrying about how to approach the villain in the first place!

So Tang Wan immediately revealed a tolerant expression and said, “It’s alright. I’ll just go change my clothes.”

Then she instructed her personal maid to fetch clean clothes before following a young palace maid toward the side hall.