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Chapter 3952: 4.1552 Reminder
Inside the carriage, after leaving the East Palace, Zheng Wangfei remained silent.
"What are you thinking?" Zheng Wang Mo Xikang asked.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dotes on the Crown Princess so much. No wonder the rumor circulates in the imperial capital: it's easy to provoke the Crown Prince, but provoking the Crown Princess spells disaster."
Just seeing the Crown Princess's uninhibited demeanor in front of His Highness was enough to show her standing in his heart.
Zheng Wang Mo Xikang looked up and gave his wife a cold glance. "Are you envious?"
Zheng Wangfei let out a soft "heh," then calmly turned to look out the window, speaking gently, "My life now is already quite good." If only that family would cause less trouble, her life would actually be even better.
Speaking of which, the Emperor truly hadn't mistreated this adopted son. This was likely mainly for the sake of the unconscious Empress. Ordinary people often said: contentment brings happiness. How much more so for those in a princely manor like them?
Thinking of the Shi family, Shi Yongyan couldn't help but sigh softly. What happened to her second sister was clear for all to see. Some people aren't meant to be provoked, no matter how much one might want to. Zheng Wangfei was a smart person; she knew what to do and what not to do.
She lowered her gaze, a hint of gloom on her otherwise plain face.
Zheng Wang glanced at her and then looked away, feeling a surge of irritation. When he married the eldest daughter of the Shi family, he primarily valued the Shi family itself. Otherwise, how could a girl of the Shi family's talent and appearance have caught his eye? But now, the Shi family... had been trampled underfoot by the little Crown Princess, scared out of their wits, and it seemed they would never recover.
It would be a lie to say he wasn't disappointed. Zheng Wang Mo Xikang furrowed his brow. It wasn't that he wanted to contend for anything, but in his position, not advancing meant retreating. Sometimes, life required taking the initiative.
"Husband, you'd best remind that family not to provoke the Crown Princess that day," Zheng Wangfei said quietly. Otherwise, no one could save them from their self-destructive behavior.
Zheng Wang Mo Xikang's gaze flared in anger. "What 'that family'? Those are your in-laws and sister-in-law." After his second brother died, that family spent every day making a scene. Shi Yongyan disdainfully lowered her head, not bothering to say anything more. She had already warned them; whether they heeded it was their business. If they insisted on provoking the Crown Prince, reality would teach them a lesson in how to behave.
The little Crown Princess had barely arrived at the entrance of Changle North Street when the Qiao family, who had heard the commotion, quickly opened their courtyard gates and rushed out to greet her.
Wei Ziqin saw her daughter's carriage approaching and quickly pulled her husband forward to meet them, asking anxiously with a wide smile, "How was it, daughter? You didn't encounter any danger on your trip to Fengmu Forest, did you?" As she spoke, she watched the Crown Prince and little Crown Princess alight hand-in-hand, her eyes scanning them both.
"Mother, what could possibly happen?" Qiao Mu helplessly took her mother's hand, leading her into the courtyard. "How has everything been at home recently?"
"Very good!" Since the Shi family's misfortune, everyone in the imperial capital knew to walk around the little Crown Princess's house, and never to foolishly provoke them. When the little Crown Princess punished someone, heh... it would make their life miserable! The unfortunate Shi family was now penniless; just the compensation alone had almost emptied their family's entire fortune, not to mention the extent to which they had been terrified.