King's Regrets
The Eps 79

Xia Lian An sat pensively inside the eastern palace room alone, with her shoulders still wrapped in cloth.

Tonight Xia Lian An recalled what Xiao Wei told her and Min'er earlier this afternoon. Because it felt like she wanted to give a more western punishment to emperor Shun, but now Empress Rui was pregnant with a prince. And it would make it difficult for her if Xia Lian An did more to emperor Shun.

"He is truly a cruel emperor, and unfortunately I can't make him suffer any more than to have his hands deformed as they are today." Xia Lian An muttered.

Xia Lian An laid her body on the bed, she wanted to forget that and thought about how she would repay Ruan Yi to her later.

The night was getting late, and slowly Xia Lian An's eyes closed until she immersed herself in the world of her dreams.

***

The next day, unexpectedly the eastern palace, the arrival of a guest was never imagined before.

Xia Lian An who was sitting on the bed looked at the one Ruan family who had come to visit to see her condition.

"A suspect, of course, will come so as not to be suspected. Although it makes people wonder their true purpose here." (tilt)

"How's Miss Xia doing, I heard you were hit by an arrow by someone who wanted to kill you?" Ruan Yi's mother.

Xia Lian An smiled "I'm fine already, just call me Lian An. Isn't it after I become empress, we'll become one family?"

Ruan Yi put on his upset face hearing Xia Lian An's words, which deliberately provoked his emotions.

Crown Prince Zhang, who was also there, just kept quiet, seeing his future empress upset Ruan's family.

"A, I.... Yes, you're right." Said Ruan Yi's mother with a forced smile.

"The age of Ruan Yi and you is not much different, and as you already know, if Ruan Yi has long liked crown prince Zhang, How about...." Ruan Yi's father

"I'm sorry uncle Ruan, who I heard if my future husband wouldn't make a harem palace inside the palace. He had also sworn an oath before the people of Ming country yesterday, if he would not marry another woman besides me. So I beg you not to talk about that anymore. There would be a lot of bad news about uncle's family, if it kept pressing like that." Xia Lian An interrupted Ruan Yi's unfinished father's speech.

"You've gone too far!" Ruan Yi's.

Xia Lian An looked at that one family with a smile.

"It seems that your arrival here is not really to see my situation, but to ask me to let this Miss Ruan Yi enter the palace as a concubine. Isn't that Jiang Wu?"

Crown Prince Zhang was delighted to hear Xia Lian An calling his name directly. But not with the shocked Ruan family.

"True, if you're just here to talk about it, you better go home. Anyways.... The father of the emperor will not let anyone who has committed a crime enter and become a member of the royal family."

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The faces of Ruan Yi and his two parents turned white, sweat started to pour out in fear of what crown prince Zhang said.

Although they were certain that crown prince Zhang did not know what they had done to Xia Lian An, they felt that crown prince Zhang had said that to give them a warning.

"A... What does the crown prince mean? Ru... Ruan Yi never committed any crime." Ruan Yi's mother.

"Even if he doesn't, but I still won't accept him. Because I'm just gonna live with Lian'er."

"Sister Jiang, why brother...."

"Miss Ruan Yi, even though we still have a sibling relationship. Please call me crown prince, like what uncle and aunt do. Lian'er would feel bad, if there was another woman who kept calling me that."

Ruan Yi shook his head, all this time crown prince Zhang had never forbidden him from calling out as an elder brother to crown prince Zhang.

"You! You lowly j*lang! Seductress!" Shouted Ruan Yi while pointing at Xia Lian An.

Braaaak!

"Guards! Drag young miss Ruan out, and put him in jail, for insulting my empress!" Crown prince Zhang.

"No! Please don't do that. The crown prince please forgive Ruan Yi, he is still a child and does not know anything. Please look at your aunts and uncles, please forgive Ruan Yi." Ruan Yi's mother and father kneeled to crown prince Zhang asking for mercy for their daughter.

"I will not forgive you if something like this happens again! Get you all out of here."

"Good, fine. We're going out."

Ruan Yi's mother forced the weeping Ruan Yi to leave the eastern palace. They would only get punishment from crown prince Zhang if they continued to be there.

"You don't have to be mad at them like that." Xia Lian An.

"They've been sassy for you."

Xia Lian An smiled, she was happy that crown prince Zhang had protected her even in front of her uncle and aunt.

"Thank you."

Crown Prince Zhang sat on the side of the bed and looked at Xia Lian An.

"You are my future empress, there is no need to say thank you to me. I'm the one who should thank you?"

"What have I done?"

"You called my name directly, and it made me very happy."

"Didn't you also call my name?"

Crown Prince Zhang nodded "Yes.

Carefully crown prince Zhang hugged Xia Lian An's body.

"I hope this will never happen again."

"Yes." Yeah."

"The emperor's father is investigating this, I will punish them severely for hurting you."

"Yes, thank you."

Crown Prince Zhang was so happy to be together with Xia Lian An like this, he wished they could always be together forever.

"Jiang Wu."

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"After talking to Ruan's family, I feel a little hungry."

"Hahaha, you wait here. I'll have the palace chef make you a snack."

"Good."

Crown Prince Zhang stood up and walked out of the eastern palace room.

"Ruan Yi, don't expect you to enter this palace. Because whenever you never can." Xia Lian An.

Slowly Xia Lian An laid down her body, she felt her shoulders ache a little. Maybe due to too long sitting without refusals tied to the other shoulder.

"I hope it will heal soon, really can't do much with a shoulder like this."