Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Chapter 400 The Princess's Maid (4)

Yue Zeyuan looked at her for a while before asking, "Are you Princess Pingning, Yun Jing?"

Princess Pingning was a title bestowed upon Yun Jing by Chu Hanfeng after he decided to send her to a marriage alliance, signifying that she, as a princess sent for peace, would bring peace and tranquility to the Chu Kingdom.

Because Yun Jing was favored by the Chu Emperor from a young age and treated better than his own princess, Chu Xiyue always disliked her.

After learning of Yun Jing's title of Princess Pingning, Chu Xiyue specially selected her maid Ning'er to be assigned to Yun Jing's side.

Chu Xiyue knew that the character "Ning" in Ning'er's name was an offense against the title of Princess Pingning, but she did this to annoy Yun Jing.

Faced with Yue Zeyuan's question, Qi Ning replied without batting an eye, "That's a strange question. Of course I am Yun Jing."

"Yun Jing".

Yue Zeyuan read those two words aloud, a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"Your father, King Yun, has made great contributions to the State of Chu. Now, the State of Chu is actually sending his only orphaned daughter to the State of Yue for a marriage alliance. Don't you feel even a little resentment?"

“My coming to Yue to marry into the state is precisely to carry on my father’s legacy and to protect the peace and tranquility of the people of Chu. How could I harbor any resentment?”

"Is that so?" Yue Zeyuan said again, "But I've heard that you grew up in the Chu Kingdom's palace and were once the Chu Emperor's chosen Crown Princess. Now that the Chu Emperor is dead and Chu Hanfeng has ascended the throne, he sent his original Crown Princess to Yue Kingdom for a political marriage. Do you have no resentment towards Chu Hanfeng?"

Qi Ning's eyes flickered, as if she felt guilty for having her secret exposed.

But she quickly chuckled and said, "I already said that I agreed to come for the marriage alliance for the peace and tranquility of the people of Chu, and it has nothing to do with Chu Hanfeng."

In Yue Zeyuan's view, the woman in front of him was just being stubborn.

There are three reasons why Yue Zeyuan agreed to this marriage alliance.

Firstly, the State of Chu took the initiative to propose a marriage alliance, and Yue Zeyuan also wanted to cease hostilities, so he went along with it.

Secondly, because of Yun Jing's identity, she is the orphan of the King of Yun, but she was sent to the Yue Kingdom for a marriage alliance. This would inevitably make the soldiers and civilians of the Chu Kingdom think that Chu Hanfeng had broken his promise, thus shaking the morale of the army.

Thirdly, Yue Zeyuan heard that Yun Jing admired Chu Hanfeng and was once Chu Hanfeng's prospective crown princess. Now that Chu Hanfeng did not marry her but instead sent her to Yue for a political marriage, Yun Jing might harbor resentment. If he could successfully sow discord and bring Yun Jing under Yue's control, it would naturally benefit Yue.

He asked these questions to test Yun Jing.

However, judging from her reaction, it's impossible to get any information out of her.

Indeed, she is the daughter of the King of Yun, and it's not something that can be easily sown apart with just a few words.

Yue Zeyuan had no doubt about Qi Ning's identity. On the contrary, after asking her a few questions, he became even more convinced that she was Yun Jing.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the shards of teacups in the corner of the palace.

Yue Zeyuan suddenly remembered that Princess Pingning had come to marry the princess and was accompanied by a personal maid. He had agreed to let her bring the maid into the palace, but the maid was nowhere to be seen. She was not serving inside and had not even cleaned up the broken teacup.

"Where is your maid?" Yue Zeyuan asked.

"They ran away," Qi Ning replied calmly, as if she were only talking about a trivial matter.

"Ran?"

Yue Zeyuan frowned slightly.

“Yes,” Qi Ning said. “She heard that the Emperor of Yue was a ruthless man and was terrified of him. She dared not stay in the Yue palace. Since she wants to leave, I will not stop her.”

"Your personal maid is so loyal that she abandoned her mistress and ran away?"

Yue Zeyuan's tone carried a hint of sarcasm.

Qi Ning curled her lips: "You don't know this, that maid was not my original personal maid. She was just temporarily assigned to my side to come with me for the marriage alliance. She was not originally one of my people, so there is no question of loyalty or disloyalty."

"If a mere maid like her could actually escape, it would only prove that the guards of your Yue Kingdom's palace are negligent."

"Do you really think she can escape?"

"I don't know about that. You're welcome to go and bring her back. I have no objection."

If Yue Zeyuan had discovered a maid had run away as soon as he entered, he might have doubted whether the person left behind was really Yun Jing.

But when he came in, he didn't immediately think of the maid's existence. He naturally mistook Qi Ning for Yun Jing and even exchanged a few words with her. During the conversation, he noticed some flaws, but he didn't tend to think in that direction.

Furthermore, Qi Ning spoke so casually, telling Yue Zeyuan to catch the runaway maid. It didn't seem like he was covering for the maid's escape or that he wasn't afraid of being exposed. Instead, it was an attitude of complete indifference.

Therefore, Yue Zeyuan did not suspect anything.

Qi Ning quickly changed the subject, her face showing impatience: "I'm sleepy and want to rest. You can leave now."

Yue Zeyuan stood not far away, looking at Qi Ning with a half-smile.

Seeing this, Qi Ning said, "You can have the palace servants outside come in to help you change your clothes."

“I am not used to having them serve me,” Yue Zeyuan said.

Qi Ning frowned: "What do you mean by that? You're not used to being served by palace servants, so do you want me to serve you? Let me tell you, I don't know how to serve people."

Yue Zeyuan strode towards Qi Ning, his gaze sweeping over her from head to toe.

As he approached, Qi Ning smelled a faint scent of alcohol on him, indicating that he had been drinking before coming over.

Yue Zeyuan looked Qi Ning up and down for a while, then narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of disdain, "I don't need you to help me change. Take off your clothes yourself."

"W-what?"

"I told you to take off your clothes, didn't you hear me?"

"Are you trying to humiliate me?" Qi Ning retorted.

"Humiliation? Don't you know you're here for a political marriage? What kind of night is this? Don't you know what to do? Besides, how can you rest without taking off your clothes?"

This statement is reasonable and well-founded, making it seem like Qi Ning is in the wrong.

Qi Ning couldn't refute this, and they stood facing each other in a stalemate.

After a moment, she snorted coldly, "Fine, I'll take it off then."

After saying that, she began to take off her wedding dress.

The bright red wedding dress was folded into several layers. Qi Ning untied the belt at her waist and took off the layers one by one.

Yue Zeyuan stood right in front of Qi Ning, looking at her openly and without any intention of avoiding her.

Qi Ning stopped after taking off her snow-white undergarment.

She looked up at Yue Zeyuan: "Is this alright?"

“No,” Yue Zeyuan said.

"You?!" Qi Ning stared at him.

“Keep taking them off,” he said again.

Qi Ning then took off her inner garment, leaving her only in thin underpants and a bodice, revealing her slender, fair arms and neck.