The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 966

Chapter 966: 447 Breakthrough (One More Chapter)

The Crown Princess’s complexion changed, "What are you going to do?"

Prince Ning’s gaze was fierce as he said, "He knows about our affair. If he speaks out about it, you know the consequences!"

The Crown Princess... of course knew.

She wasn’t new to marrying into the imperial family; she had long ago memorized the imperial laws, familiar to her ears.

Adultery within the royal family was a grave sin. At the least, one could be confined; more severely, stripped of status, reduced to a commoner, and if the emperor was even more enraged, being granted death was not impossible!

But...

The Crown Princess, seeing the Crown Prince that Prince Ning had thrown to the ground in a daze, showed a moment of hesitation.

Prince Ning shouted sternly, "What are you hesitating for! Don’t you dare gamble on how genuine the Crown Prince’s feelings for you really are. The endless tolerance he has shown you in the past, has it given you the wrong impression, making you think that even if you betray him like this, he will still forgive you?"

Indeed, that had been the Crown Princess’s plan.

When one is indulged without limits, it can create the illusion that no matter what one does, forgiveness will be granted.

She didn’t close the door, so Prince Ning did!

The door slammed shut behind her, her pupils dilated drastically, turning to look at him incredulously, "Do you know what you are doing?"

Prince Ning approached her, looking down from above, "Wo Linlang, you have long been in the same boat as me. You can’t shake it off, nor can you escape."

Wo Linlang shook her head dazedly, her eyes flashing with tears, whether from revulsion or terror.

She shouldn’t have come to this.

She was Zhan Country’s foremost talented woman, possessing peerless intelligence and stunning beauty. She wasn’t meant for an ordinary life, and one day she was destined to transform from a fish into a dragon, becoming the phoenix among people.

"All right, Linlang, if you can’t bring yourself to do it, I won’t force you. Hurry up and leave; leave the aftermath to me," Prince Ning suddenly spoke gently. He stabilized the Crown Princess’s shoulders, gazed deeply at her, took her hand, and said, "It was my oversight. Your hands shouldn’t get involved in these matters, they are clean."

The Crown Princess’s eyelashes trembled slightly.

Prince Ning said, "Go now."

The Crown Princess frowned, "You..."

Prince Ning glanced at the Crown Prince, struggling to support his own forehead, "He’s waking up soon. Trust me, I will handle this cleanly and won’t implicate you. Leave for the palace immediately, and don’t worry about anything here."

Tears were swirling in the Crown Princess’s eyes.

Prince Ning smiled, "Just trust me this once, okay?"

The Crown Princess pulled back her hand, held back her tears, turned around, and walked unsteadily toward the door.

From behind her, the Crown Prince’s stumbling footsteps and muffled groans could be heard.

She closed her eyes, and a teardrop rolled down her cheek.

Prince Ning’s voice rose slowly, "Little brother, from childhood, I have always given in to you. I gave you the place of the Crown Prince, the East Palace, the bow you liked, and even the cherished horse you loved. How good it would have been if you had simply left just now? Why... why did you have to inspect my arm? Do you know how difficult you’ve made it for your big brother?"

The Crown Prince was groggy.

He knew a bit of martial arts, but he was not very proficient.

Even with the effects of the drug still lingering, Prince Ning could easily snuff out his life.

The Crown Prince vaguely heard Prince Ning’s words, but his mind was a bit slow to react.

Prince Ning took off the Crown Prince’s token, gathered the money, and picked up the dagger that had fallen on the floor, "I’m sorry, little brother, I have let you have your way for so many years, it’s time for you to let me have mine."

As he said this, he gripped the dagger and stabbed it towards the Crown Prince’s neck.

In the nick of time, a stool was hurled with great force towards his head!

Completely unprepared, he was knocked to the ground.

The Crown Princess, trembling, tossed away the stool she was holding and helped the fallen Crown Prince up, "Your Highness! Wake up, Your Highness!"

The Crown Prince, having been harshly thrown by Prince Ning, opened his eyes, his whole head in pain.

The Crown Princess pulled him up, draping his arm over her shoulders, and supported him step by step as they walked out.

But after a few steps, a large hand suddenly seized the back of the Crown Princess’s head. She cried out, and the entire person was pulled into Prince Ning’s embrace.

The Crown Prince, having lost her support, fell to the ground with a thud!

Prince Ning’s eyes blazed as he looked at Wo Linlang, "Wo Linlang, how dare you betray me? Do you have any idea what the consequences of betraying me are?"

The Crown Princess felt as if her scalp was about to be torn off, tears welling up from the pain, but her words were uncompromising, "I’m not the only one who has betrayed you. Hasn’t the Prince Ning’s wife also betrayed you? She colluded with Gu Jiao against you; did you punish her like this, too?"

Prince Ning... of course had not.

He never laid a finger on Chu Yue.

Prince Ning and Chu Yue were married five years ago when Prince Ning was twenty-one and Chu Yue was eighteen, both at the prime of their lives.

The Crown Prince finally regained a bit of consciousness; he looked at Prince Ning in horror as he caught the Crown Princess’ hand and stabbed towards him.

He didn’t know where he found the strength, but he managed to kick them both over.

He then scrambled toward the door.

But before he could even cross the threshold, Prince Ning brutally dragged him back.

With his body trembling, the Crown Prince looked at him, "Big brother..."

Prince Ning grasped his neck, raising the knife in his hand.

"Stop!"

A familiar shout of rage came from the opposite corridor.

Immediately after, a tall and mighty figure soared through the air, snatching the knife from Prince Ning’s hand, and pulled the Crown Prince from his grasp.

It was the Dragon Shadow Guard!

Let alone Prince Ning who had been drugged, even without the drug, he was no match for the Dragon Shadow Guard.

The Dragon Shadow Guard subdued Prince Ning in an instant, but finding a proper place to lay the limp Crown Prince caused him to freeze on the spot.

The Emperor walked in with a livid face, accompanied by Eunuch Wei and Gu Jiao.

Prince Ning knew that Gu Jiao would bring someone to "catch the adulterers"; he just assumed that person would be the Crown Prince. He never expected the Emperor to be led here as well.

To be precise, she personally led him here!

The Emperor’s expression was bitterly cold; he clenched his fist so hard that despite all his strength to contain it, he could not stop his body from trembling.

Who would believe that his sons could end up like this if they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes!

This was his most beloved eldest son!

His pride in life!

Indeed, he had established Qin Chuye as the Crown Prince, but if Qin Chuye turned out to be truly unworthy, he had seriously considered, before his own death, possibly changing to Qin Chuhan!

But now... Look at what his eldest son had done!

"Rebel!"

The Emperor swung a slap across Prince Ning’s face!