Chapter 966: 447 Breakthrough (One More Chapter) 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.

Unfortunately for Prince Ning, Wo Linlang had already captured his heart.

A stunning dance atop the Baihua Pavilion, a satisfying game of strategy within the Imperial Study Room, the young girl’s intelligence dazzled, her cloud-like hair and floral beauty had already caught his eye.

“Your Highness, did you not bring an umbrella? Here, this is for you.”

With bright eyes and white teeth, her voice was like music from the heavens, her smile warm, and her gaze clean and pure.

When she looked at him, her eyes seemed to shine with light.

Her playfully coy smile as she left captured his entire heart.

Perhaps it was only much later that he knew she was Xiao Hen’s fiancee.

Prince Ning said coldly, “She has never provoked me!”

The Crown Princess looked at him with pity, “You think that umbrella from back then, who sent it! It was Chu Yue! She had me bring it to you!”

The Chu family’s daughter had her eyes set on Prince Ning, who had no chance for the throne, refusing many suitors to marry into Prince Ning’s residence, yet in the end, it all turned out to be a misplaced effort.

To say that Wo Linlang had never been interested in Prince Ning wouldn’t be quite accurate, otherwise she could have simply refused to bring the umbrella for Prince Ning, but to say she had many designs is also not entirely true.

She was just used to winning people’s hearts, but she didn’t expect that Prince Ning’s heart was poisonous.

This man wasn’t as harmless and gentle as he seemed on the surface; he was a smiling tiger, friendly in appearance but ruthless at heart.

By the time she realized this, it was already too late for her to withdraw.

The words of the Crown Princess made Prince Ning freeze for a moment, and had it not been such a critical moment, he might have been stunned even longer.

He quickly regained his composure, seized the Crown Princess’ hand, and forcefully placed the dagger in her hand, “Fine, since you don’t wish to leave, then it’s better for you to do it yourself!”

The Crown Princess struggled and shook her head.

However, she was no match for Prince Ning, who held her wrist, forcing her to point the blade at the Crown Prince’s heart.

Wo Linlang resisted Prince Ning with the last of her strength.

She could not kill the Crown Prince!

The Empress Dowager and Marquis Xuanping would tear her apart!

Prince Ning had, after all, the protection of the Zhuang family and the Empress Dowager, but what did she have!

Her reliance was nothing more than the Crown Prince’s affection and her status as the Crown Princess; if she lost even that, she would truly be powerless!

“Your Highness—run—”
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!