Chapter 154 Is she a princess or a queen?

Prince Xiao and Chu Yan arrived at the Crown Prince's residence one after the other. At this time, Su Liluo and Xiao Ye were having lunch in the residence.

When the servants reported that Prince Xiao was requesting an audience, Su Liluo was stunned for a moment.

"What brings Prince Xiao here to see me?"

"Let him in first, and I'll see what he's up to."

Xiao Ye frowned and said something indifferently.

From childhood to adulthood, he and Prince Xiao had no brotherly relationship and rarely interacted.

King Xiao strode in aggressively, his eyes practically spitting fire when he saw Su Liluo.

"Your Highness, you have gone too far today! No matter how much you dislike someone, you shouldn't use such despicable methods to harm a woman!"

"What do you mean?"

Faced with Xiao Wang's overwhelming accusations, Su Liluo asked in bewilderment.

"Crown Princess, are you still pretending to be ignorant? Don't you know what you've done?"

"Your Highness, don't talk nonsense! This is all Yun'er's side of the story; there's no evidence whatsoever!"

No sooner had King Xiao finished speaking than Chu Yan chased after him and entered.

She looked at Su Liluo with a guilty expression, "Luo'er, don't be angry. Prince Xiao is just confused! He's talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart."

"What exactly happened, Yan'er? Tell me quickly!"

Upon seeing Chu Yan appear, Su Liluo immediately went to her side and asked with concern.

So, Chu Yan briefly recounted how Chu Yun had been beaten up and was suspected of being the culprit.

"Did someone really hit Chu Yun?"

Su Liluo tried her best to hide the excitement in her voice.

Although she knew that the person who hit Chu Yun might be trying to frame her, she was still happy to see Chu Yun being beaten.

Chu Yun, that innocent white lotus flower, she really wanted to beat her up!

However, Yan'er hasn't fully seen her true colors yet, so she can't make a move.

But to my surprise, someone else played for me!

Hahaha!

Su Liluo was happy inside, but she didn't take Xiao Wang's questioning and hostility to heart.

Knowing about the Prince Xiao in her previous life, she knew that they would inevitably become adversaries with him.

Sooner or later, it doesn't matter.

"Princess Consort, since this is your first offense, I will not hold it against you. Just come with me to apologize to Yun'er."

King Xiao stood to the side, his eyes filled with malice as he looked at Su Liluo, and said in a cold voice.

"Prince Xiao, do you have any evidence?"

Just as Su Liluo was about to speak, Xiao Ye walked over, his face filled with suppressed anger.

He stood opposite King Xiao, tall and elegant, even a bit taller than King Xiao.

King Xiao's anger instantly diminished in the face of Xiao Ye.

When Xiao Wang looked up and met Xiao Ye's cold and disdainful gaze, a sudden feeling of inferiority welled up inside him.

From a young age, he felt that he was living in the shadow of his younger brother, the crown prince.

Because his mother was just a palace maid under the Empress. She took advantage of Emperor Wenjian's drunkenness when he came to see the Empress, who was not there, and climbed into the Emperor's bed.

The concubine was of average appearance, and Emperor Wenjian originally intended to execute her, but the empress saved her life.

Later, his mother became pregnant with him, and he was then granted the title of concubine.

Although he was older than the Crown Prince, his maternal family was of very low status. Even though the Crown Prince never made fun of him, he had occasionally heard palace servants gossiping about him since he was a child.

They often compared themselves to the crown prince behind his back, saying that they came from humble origins but were the eldest son, and that they could never be as good as the crown prince.

These words took deep root in his childhood.

"Your Highness, this is what the person who kidnapped Yun'er said herself. She said it was to avenge Yan'er. We have only recently returned to the capital, and the only person who is on good terms with Yan'er is the Crown Princess. Isn't that obvious?"

Xiao Wangdao.

"Ha, you believe her just because she says so? What if it was the Crown Princess's enemy impersonating her?"

Xiao Ye sneered, his gaze as sharp as a knife as he looked at Xiao Wang.

"If you want to frame the Crown Princess, you need to produce evidence and catch the person who kidnapped her. If you don't, then you are making a false accusation!"

"Crown Prince!"

Suppressing his anger, King Xiao looked at Xiao Ye with a deep gaze.

Seeing Xiao Ye defending her so much, Su Liluo was naturally happy.

She gave Prince Xiao a mocking look. "I didn't expect that Prince Xiao would lose his mind when he meets a woman. Even if I did do it, so what?"

Is Chu Yun a princess or a royal consort? Just because she talked back to me before, shouldn't I, as the crown princess, teach her a lesson? Why is Prince Xiao so enraged over a woman who's nobody?

"You—Yoona, she is my queen's sworn sister!"

"I said bitterly."

"You yourself said she's your princess's sworn sister, so what right do you have to be angry? Yan'er hasn't said anything, so why are you in such a hurry? You care about her more than Yan'er does, do you think that's normal?"

Su Lilu retorted without holding back.

Hearing this, Chu Yan's face grew increasingly dark.

Indeed, her husband had lost his composure several times in the past two days because of Chu Yun's injury, and even she, as Chu Yun's sworn sister, had not been as agitated as him.

What exactly is the relationship between him and Chu Yun...?

King Xiao noticed that Chu Yan's gaze towards him was becoming increasingly strange, and only then did he slowly regain some composure.

After calming down, he managed to suppress the anger in his heart.

Then, he bowed to Xiao Ye and the others and apologized, "It was my recklessness. I only acted this way because of Yan'er and treated Yun'er like a younger sister."

Since the Crown Princess denies it, so be it. I will investigate this matter thoroughly.

Having said that, he didn't want to stay any longer and hurriedly turned to leave.

“Luo’er, Xiao Wang was reckless today, and I apologize to you on his behalf.”

Chu Yan looked at Su Liluo with guilt.

Su Liluo looked at Chu Yan with heartache and held her hand. "Yan'er, I really didn't do this. But if you really consider me a friend, listen to me and don't trust Prince Xiao and Chu Yun too much."

"Luo'er".

Chu Yan suppressed her unease and, after a pause, said, "I understand."

She believed in Su Liluo, and as for Xiao Wang and Chu Yun, she really needed to urge her brother to tell her the results of the investigation as soon as possible.

*

The night was dark and all was quiet.

While Chu Yan was fast asleep, Prince Xiao secretly left the room again.

He went to Chu Yun's room, and Chu Yun burst into tears as soon as she saw him.

"Your Highness, for some reason, the Crown Princess seems to have gotten on my bad side. She won't allow me to have any contact with you. What are we going to do in the future?"

Prince Xiao gently put his arm around Chu Yun's shoulder. "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer this injury for nothing. Since the Crown Princess insists on making trouble for herself, I don't mind letting her keep Chu Yan company."

"Your Highness, my sister seems to be having some doubts now. Please don't act rashly."

"I know, don't worry, it's just a small punishment to serve as a warning."