Mingzhu then said to Ning Shu, “Madame, I truly do love An You, please allow us to be together! Please forgive me for being unable to control my feelings. I won’t monopolize An You. You can just treat me as a dog or a cat.”


  If she was really a dog or cat, she would’ve already been beaten to death with sticks ages ago.

  Ning Shu extended her hand and slapped Mingzhu’s face hard, then said with a conflicted expression of pain, “Sorry, I couldn’t control my feelings right now. Can you forgive me for not being able to control my feelings?”


  Mingzhu covered her face as tears streamed down her face. She looked at Ning Shu through her tears and shook her head. “Madame, I’m fine.”


  She sure was good at enduring. With how she looked, it was like she was the one being bullied.

  An You’s facial color instantly worsened and he shouted at Ning Shu, “What are you doing!? How could you hit her!?”


  Ning Shu said, “I couldn’t control my feelings just now.”


  “You!” An You furrowed his brows. “What are you bullying Mingzhu for?”


  “An You, I’m fine. Please don’t blame the madame.”


  “That’s enough, head inside.” The old madame interrupted and stopped the dispute. She glanced at the weak and delicate Mingzhu and found the sight of her seriously loathsome.

  While they were eating, when the old madame saw Mingzhu sit down directly, she gave a cough and said, “Princess Mingzhu, do these dishes suit your appetite well enough?”


  Mingzhu hastily said, “Mother, I like all of them a lot.”


  “There’s no need for you to call me mother, it’s not suitable. Although you’re a princess, you’ve already been demoted to being a commoner and you’re also a mistress, so call me old madame,” said the old madame mildly.

  The words put Mingzhu on the spot and she nodded with a wronged expression. An You couldn’t stop himself from saying, “Mother, we should just keep treating Mingzhu like we did in the past.”


  “It’s fine.” Mingzhu smiled towards An You, which made the old madame’s facial color darken again.

  Ning Shu snorted. In the past, Mingzhu had the noble status of a princess, but right now, she was only a mistress whose status as a princess had been taken away.

  There was something wrong with An You’s brain as well. He actually wanted his mother to worship his mistress?

  Mingzhu could feel clearly how much this family rejected her. The old madame didn’t like her, the madame didn’t like her, and even her good friend, An Lingyun, now looked at her with loathing.

  The sudden status change made Mingzhu feel horrible, but when she looked over at An You, her heart became filled with courage again. She’ll definitely be able to make these people accept her again through her sincerity.

  After dinner, An You and Mingzhu prepared to head to Mingzhu’s courtyard. Mingzhu saw that Ning Shu and An Lingyun were standing together nearby and looking at her, so she uneasily said to An You, “You should go to your madame’s courtyard after all. It’s been a long time since you two have seen each other.”


  An You grabbed Mingzhu’s hand. “Can you bear to push me towards another woman?”


  She couldn’t bear it, she couldn’t! Mingzhu mumbled, “You’re the one I love, of course I can’t bear to.”


  “Don’t worry, I’ll be loyal towards you, towards our feelings.” The moment An You entered the house, he impatiently kissed Mingzhu’s lips. Mingzhu reflexively emitted a ripple-like sound.

  “Is there really no need to go to your madame’s place?” Mingzhu’s thoughts were fading even as her heart filled with happiness.

  “There’s no need, you’re the one I love,” said An You. “I can’t betray our feelings.”


  The meaning was clearly that this daddy has already dumped that ugly old woman, yet he was making it sound so nice.

  An You was clearly bery excited on top of Mingzhu’s young body. He huffed and puffed and thumped for a good while and soon released in estacy. As he laid on top of Mingzhu, he panted to catch his breath.

  Meanwhile, Mingzhu had just started feeling it a little, but An You was already done. Mingzhu felt like she was left in midair and couldn’t go up or down. It was a very unpleasant feeling, but when she saw how tired An You was, she couldn’t really ask him to go again.

  When she saw that An You had actually fallen asleep, she felt a little unhappy, but the excitement that she would be able to stay by An You’s side suppressed this little but of unhappiness.

  #comment: And that’s why I like this arc Xp. Ning Shu’s sure picking up skillz.