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Chapter 4494: 5.0246 Kicking Someone When They're Down

At the end of the flower garden, the flying eaves of the pavilion were hidden beneath layers of elaborate buildings. The golden-red sunset cast a lazy glow on one corner of the pavilion, illuminating the slightly pale face of a young woman within.

"Has he come? Are all the preparations ready?"

"Princess, can't we not do this?" The little palace maid, clutching the corner of her dress, was almost in tears, her voice filled with panic.

"This is my last chance to gamble with my life! If he doesn't want to be branded with the crime of forcing his own sister to die right after ascending the throne, he should take back his command," Princess Jiankang cried out harshly, clenching her pale fists.

She absolutely would not marry that crude man from the Barbarian Tribe! She had seen that Prince Guangwa from afar; his appearance was rough, his voice like a broken gong, and there was nothing about him that pleased her from head to toe. He was an out-and-out savage! What right did he have to come to Cangzhou and seek her hand in marriage? She was Princess Jiankang, a golden branch and jade leaf, a charming and pampered princess. How could she follow that barbarian to his wretched tribe?

"Princess," the little palace maid nervously clutched the corner of her dress, rubbing it vigorously. "His Majesty has even issued the imperial edict; he definitely won't retract it. Princess, please, don't be like this!"

If you keep acting up like this, your servant will be implicated, and I will die! In the palace, who doesn't know by now that our Majesty is not to be trifled with? Princess Jiankang is simply playing with fire; if she truly angers His Majesty, everything will be irreparable.

"I don't care!" Princess Jiankang snapped coldly, reaching out to grab the little palace maid's arm, her eyes dark and sinister as she pressed closer, demanding repeatedly, "Is it that now, even you won't listen to me? Even you want to betray me?"

"Are you eager to betray me, to say that I'm staging a fake death here, to say that I..."

"Hehehe." A light laugh suddenly interrupted Princess Jiankang's incessant curses.

Jiankang abruptly turned her head, her reddened eyes fixed on the graceful young woman who was softly stepping and swaying into the pavilion.

"Oh, isn't this my dear sister, Princess Jiankang? Oh dear, how is it that after just a few days, you've gotten yourself into such a disheveled state?" Rong Yuhu stepped forward with a cheerful smile, reached out to pick up a lock of Princess Jiankang's hair, and clicked her tongue. "Seventh Sister, what's wrong with you? Why have you wasted away so much? If Her Majesty the Empress Dowager were to see you, I wonder how heartbroken she would be."

"Rong Yuhu, why are you being so sarcastic and demonic?!" Princess Jiankang forcefully slapped her hand away, feigning strength. "What, do you think now that I'm down on my luck, even a lowly bastard born of a palace maid like you can rush forward and step on me?"

"Let me tell you, no matter how down and out I am, I am still Empress Liu's biological child. I was born of the rightful Empress, and you! You are merely the spawn of a humble maid! What do you have to compare with me, huh!"

As Rong Shanshan's words fell, a heavy slap landed on her face.

"Princess!" The little palace maid behind her cried out in alarm.

Rong Shanshan's eyes were practically spitting fire, bloodshot, as she slowly turned her head, coldly staring at the woman with slightly upturned lips before her. A hand was raised high, but before it could strike back, Rong Yuhu had already seized it.

"Rong Shanshan, do you think you are still that high and mighty Princess Jiankang?" Rong Yuhu twisted her left hand behind her back. "With your paltry three-legged cat skills, you still dare to lay a hand on me?"