Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 345: Chapter 345 She Dares Not Lie_1

”Rise.” An Jing didn’t want these outsiders to linger, especially when it was time for the midday meal; it was better to send them off quickly.

Upon hearing An Jing, not Xiao Changyi, telling her to get up, Linghe clenched her teeth and stood: ”Thank you, Prince, Princess.” She didn’t want to remain kneeling longer than necessary.

”What brings you here from so far away?” An Jing feigned ignorance.

Having been punished and forced to maintain her obeisant posture for so long, Linghe didn’t dare to be disrespectful anymore. Enduring the soreness in her legs, she replied politely: ”The Prince has been away from the Capital for over a year, and my father misses him dearly. He specially sent me to pay a visit.”

An Jing knew Linghe was lying—Linghe had actually left home of her own accord after leaving a note—but she didn’t expose her. Instead, she turned to Li Wuyu, ”Did your father also send you to visit the Prince?”

Li Wuyu replied with immediate respect, ”In response to the Princess, no, my father didn’t send me. It was Commandery Princess Linghe who wanted to come, and I was extremely bored at home. So, I thought I would take this opportunity to accompany Commandery Princess Linghe and enjoy myself a bit.”

An Jing nodded with satisfaction: ”At least you’re honest.”

Li Wuyu said, ”I dare not speak falsely.”

An Jing nodded again and then looked at Linghe: ”Now that you’ve seen him, and he’s fine, you can leave.”

Li Wuyu was first stunned, then she took a liking to An Jing’s unexpected approach.

Upon hearing An Jing’s words, the polite smile on Linghe’s face instantly stiffened, ”Princess, you...”

An Jing raised an eyebrow: ”What, you expect us to invite you to dine? We have no servants in this house, just my husband and I. If we were to keep you for a meal, it would mean my husband and I would have to cook for you—”

”Linghe wouldn’t dare!” Linghe immediately made a plea for mercy.

”I wouldn’t dare!” Li Wuyu immediately knelt down.

How could they dare to have such noble figures as a Prince and a Princess cook for them?

Even though Linghe held a deep contempt for An Jing, a mere country girl, An Jing was indeed the Changsheng Princess, with a status equivalent to a Prince’s wife, ranking two levels higher than her own mother, the Pingjun Princess. As a Commandery Princess, she naturally couldn’t compare.

How could she not be jealous that a country girl had leapt to the position of Changsheng Princess—a title that should have been hers! Now, even if Xiao Changyi didn’t divorce his wife to remarry her, she could only be a secondary wife, a concubine at best! And any children she bore would be considered born out of wedlock!

At this thought, Linghe bit her lip covertly.

Yet, she secretly hoped that one day she might rise through her child. Her father had told her that An Jing was barren.

An Jing cared not a whit for Linghe’s scheming; her love with her husband was stronger than gold, impervious to outside forces. She spoke deliberately, ”Since you wouldn’t dare, then leave.”

Li Wuyu said with respect, ”This humble girl will take her leave.”

Linghe, whose beloved never so much as glanced at her from beginning to end, let alone spoke a single word to her, felt aggrieved. But there was nothing she could do; biting her lip again, she said, ”...Linghe will take her leave.”

However, Linghe was already planning to dress up well the next day and come back; with her looks and lineage, she was sure to catch the eye of her beloved Xiao Changyi.

As long as she caught Xiao Changyi’s eye, she wouldn’t worry about not being able to marry into Changsheng Mansion.