CHAPTER 351: CHAPTER 335: HUMILIATED! ABSOLUTELY HUMILIATED!

Nangong Ning spoke through gritted teeth, with a fierce look on her face. Combined with the bruises and cuts on her face, her expression appeared rather sinister and frightening.

Nangong Jue saw this and furrowed his brow slightly, feeling a hint of distress. "Ning’er, rest assured and heal. This matter, your royal brother will provide you with an explanation."

"Then what does royal brother intend to do with that jinx?"

"..."

Meeting Nangong Ning’s expectant gaze, Nangong Jue found himself momentarily speechless.

How to deal with it...

Seeing this, Nangong Ning suddenly snorted coldly, "Is royal brother not planning to punish her severely?"

Previously, when she went to play at the Lin Mansion, she overheard servants gossiping about how well her royal brother treated Lin Wanyue, how considerate he was, how unusually so!

At first, she didn’t believe it, thinking those servants were just wagging their tongues, spreading rumors, and slandering her royal brother’s reputation, so she ordered them punished.

But after going more times and hearing more, she even witnessed with her own eyes how differently her royal brother treated Lin Wanyue.

And she saw it not just once!

She really couldn’t understand what was so special about Lin Wanyue that made her royal brother treat her so differently.

Could it be he fancied her for being weak and easy to bully, so meek and incompetent, or did he find her to be a born jinx, something special?

The more Nangong Ning thought about it, the angrier she got, and with the burning pain on her face and hands, her mood became even more irritable!

"What are the imperial guards doing? It’s been so long, and they still haven’t brought that jinx here? Liuzi, go see if they have captured her yet."

Liuzi immediately responded, sprinting out of the camp.

Seeing Nangong Ning’s puffed-up appearance, Nangong Jue lightly coughed, taking the ointment from the Imperial Physician and personally applying it to Nangong Ning.

Nangong Ning was throwing a little tantrum, snorting as she turned her head away with a pout, but begrudgingly sat cooperatively as Nangong Jue applied the ointment.

Nangong Jue dipped his finger into the ointment and gently smeared it on her wounds, tenderly spreading it with his fingertip.

Even so, Nangong Ning still inhaled sharply from the pain.

"Ning’er, bear with it a little, it’ll stop hurting once it’s applied."

Nangong Jue’s eyes were full of distress as he gently soothed her and had someone bring her favorite snacks.

"Royal brother, she made Ning’er end up like this, I want her to pay tenfold! Later, I want someone to scratch her face with a branch!"

Nangong Jue’s fingers paused slightly, then he chuckled softly, "Such a child’s temperament."

"So royal brother agrees?"

"Things must be thoroughly investigated, how can private punishment be arbitrarily used? After all, she’s still a princess consort."

Nangong Ning pouted unhappily, "What is there for royal brother to investigate? What’s not clear about it? Didn’t Ning’er explain everything clearly to royal brother?"

Nangong Jue raised his hand and gently ruffled her hair, "I have already questioned those present at the time, and no one saw her doing anything suspicious."

"Therefore, I think this matter needs a proper investigation before we can draw conclusions."

"Need, a, proper, investigation?!"

Nangong Ning glared at the Crown Prince, her lips pouting so much they could hang an oil can!

"Who says she must have done something at the scene? Maybe she secretly sneaked into the stables last night when it was quiet and drugged my horse to make it go mad today, intending to harm me!"

"Luckily, I’m under a noble fate, blessed with fortune, so I wasn’t harmed by her!"

Nangong Jue shook his head helplessly, "You! You two had an argument today, she couldn’t have been prescient and gone to poison your horse last night?"

But Nangong Ning wasn’t buying it at all, raising her chin proudly:

"She and I had grudges originally, and I used to bully her often, so she holds a grudge against me! This time, she used the hunting opportunity to get back at me!"

Nangong Jue: "... You used to bully her often?"

Nangong Ning’s expression stiffened, her gaze drifting elsewhere, "That’s not the point! The point is, she poisoned my horse and wanted to take my life!"

At this moment, Liuzi suddenly dashed in from outside, shouting, "P-p-princess, the-the person..."

Nangong Ning immediately turned her head, a fierce glint in her eyes, "Where’s the person? Where’s that jinx? Bring her to me!"

Liuzi ran in such a rush that he tripped and tumbled to Nangong Ning’s feet, lying on the ground but not forgetting to report, "Princess, the person didn’t come, they left with King Qin, Commander He..."

"What a mess!"

Nangong Ning furrowed her brows and kicked Liuzi, sending him sprawling on his back, "Can’t even speak clearly! Useless! What’s the point of keeping you?"

At this moment, Commander He’s voice came from outside the tent, "This subordinate requests an audience with the Crown Prince!"

When he came in, everyone looked at him with a hint of astonishment in their eyes.

But they saw that his hair was disheveled, the cloak over his armor had a slit running from top to bottom, in two pieces, which flapped behind him like bat wings as he walked.

The scabbard was strapped to his waist, but he was holding the sword—more precisely, he was holding just the hilt.

And his boots, one was taller than the other, and on closer inspection, the sole on his right foot was missing.

Everyone, including the Imperial Physician and the princess, looked at him.

Commander He: "..."

Shame! Too shameful!

Nangong Jue was the first to speak, breaking the awkward silence, "What happened?"

Commander He knelt on the ground, lowering his head as he reported, "To report to the Crown Prince, this subordinate was ordered to bring Princess Qin, but Princess Qin refused to cooperate, and King Qin arrived promptly with his people."

Saying this, he secretly ground his teeth, his face full of righteous indignation, "King Qin not only took Princess Qin away but also ordered his men to attack us. My subordinates and I... were unable to withstand it."

After Nangong Jue heard this, his face showed no signs of emotion, making it hard to tell his mood. He simply asked in a calm voice:

"So, you ended up like this?"

"..."

Commander He felt a bit hurt and a bit ashamed, but he still nodded bravely, "It’s my incompetence! Please punish this subordinate, Crown Prince!"

Nangong Ning finally couldn’t hold back, her tone was full of anger and gritted teeth:

"Are you saying you didn’t bring back that jinx? She was taken away by Nangong Mo?!"

Commander He: "... Yes!"

Nangong Ning, in a rage, grabbed the ointment beside her and hurled it at him.

"How useless can you be! Didn’t you take a lot of people with you? And you couldn’t handle a blind and crippled man? Are you all just a bunch of good-for-nothings?"

Commander He: "..."

"To report to the princess, King Qin wasn’t alone, he had many under his command, and we... were outnumbered, so we were..."