The Grand Princess

TGP Chapter 20.2: Untitled

"Li Rong, if you are willing to be wholeheartedly devoted to me, I can even give you my life."

Everyone bowed and kowtowed in salute, respectfully sending Li Ming off. Once Li Ming left, Li Rong stood up. She glanced at Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing beside her and said with a smile: "Currently, Bengong intends to go and search the Yang residence. What do the two of you have in mind?"

"This humble official will follow all of Your Highness's arrangements." Pei Wenxuan said respectfully. Su Rongqing softly smiled, "As will this humble official."

Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan and then at Su Rongqing. For the first time in so many years, the two of them could be seen smiling and standing together in such a harmonious way. Li Rong didn't know why a strange guilty conscience suddenly formed at the bottom of her heart. She coughed discreetly and walked on ahead: "Things should not be delayed, let's go."

Li Rong quickly increased the distance between them. Su Rongqing and Pei Wenxuan followed after Li Rong. Li Rong couldn't figure out why her heart was beating so fast.

The three of them walked out of the palace together. After boarding the carriage, Li Rong pulled Jing Lan and Jing Mei up into the carriage with her and told Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing: "Bengong will leave first, and the two of you will follow."

With that said, Li Rong got into the carriage. After giving the order to send the soldiers in the Princess's mansion to the Yang family's doors, she quickly dropped the carriage curtain. Using her small fan, she rapidly fanned herself with a sense of urgency, looking as if she had been suffering in silence for some time.

"What's wrong, Princess?"

Jing Mei saw Li Rong in such a state and couldn't help but smile as she made tea for Li Rong: "Why does the Princess look like this?"

Li Rong shook her head and picked up the cup of tea from the side. After some time, she blurted it all out in one breath: "I suddenly have some admiration for those men with three wives and four concubines."

"Why does the Princess say that?" Jing Mei was confused. Li Rong had the tone of someone who had lived through calamity and gained a new lease on life as she sighed: "My heart was beating too fast, I just couldn't bear it."

In her previous life, there was a point in time in which she considered raising plenty of male companions. It wasn't as if she had never thought about it. It would be best if they looked like Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing, and after all, being able to hold on the left and another to embrace on the right every day could be considered a joy in life.

Until today when she suddenly realized that sometimes having too many people by one's side might not equate to happiness.

At least at this moment, she only felt scared, flustered and guilty. There wasn't even the slightest bit of joy.

While Li Rong's emotions rose and fell like turbulent waves, Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing were exceptionally calm. The two shared a carriage, and with nothing to do, they started playing Go.

"The marriage between gongzi and the Princess must have presumably been decided."

Su Rongqing twirled the playing piece, and his tone of voice was flat: "There was reportedly quite a commotion in the palace last night."

"Su daren happens to be awfully concerned about the Princess's marriage."

"Who in Huajing is not intrigued?" Su Rongqing smiled, "Pei daren is currently the most hotly debated character in the Capital."

"What is hotly debated? Is it whether or not I will be able to marry the esteemed princess?" Pei Wenxuan said. The playing piece was lowered and placed on the Go board with a "patter," and he brought his eyes up to look at Su Rongqing, "Then I will be blunt and tell Su gongzi something."