She is a heartthrob who wants to live a good life

Chu Mingyue's body flashed, and she quickly grabbed Shen Weicang's hand, which he had not yet had time to retract, and the two of them fell into the lotus pond together.

Shen Weicang was really panicked now.

She was not afraid of snakes and originally wanted to scare Chu Mingyue and make her look bad in front of Xiao Chongyu, but she didn't expect that she could actually grab her hand.

She didn't want to fall in. There might be other insects in the lotus pond besides snakes!

"Help, Your Highness, save me!"

Xiao Chongyu saw Shen Weicang pushing Chu Mingyue and originally planned to stand by and watch, but he saw Shen Weicang stagger and heard her terrified cry for help.

Without thinking, he stepped forward and hugged Shen Weicang in his arms, and pushed Chu Mingyue away with his backhand.

The man was very strong, and Chu Mingyue had never expected that he would push her, so she fell into the lotus pond without any preparation.

Fortunately, the water near the shore was not deep and she climbed out quickly.

But inevitably most of her skirt was wet and stained with a lot of mud.

When Chu Mingyue stood on the shore again, she saw Xiao Chongyu hugging Shen Weicang with a look of heartache and coaxing her softly.

"Your Highness, I was so scared. I just wanted to reach out and pull Miss Chu over, but she pulled me into the water."

Shen Weicang's voice was delicate and resentful, and Xiao Chongyu felt more pity for her when he heard it: "Don't be afraid, Cangcang, I'm here, I won't let you get hurt."

Xiao Chongyu didn't even look at Chu Mingyue. He put his arm around Shen Weicang's shoulders, wiped her tears, and walked away.

Chu Mingyue felt like she was nailed to the spot, watching him caressing Shen Weicang as he walked away. She told herself to let go completely, but when she saw this scene again, her heart still ached so much that she couldn't breathe.

Seeing Xiao Chongyu's figure disappear at the end of the path, Chu Mingyue was about to step away, but someone held her shoulders.

"Miss Chu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered you to kneel here for two hours and reflect on your mistakes."

Chu Mingyue turned around and saw Lu Ning standing beside her with an expressionless face.

She thought it was ridiculous: "Why?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince said that it was just a slight punishment, so why do you say that?"

Lu Ning's tone was exactly the same as Xiao Chongyu's, which reminded Chu Mingyue that in her previous life, it was he who had kindly hinted to her that Xiao Chongyu didn't like her.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has convicted me without any reason, and you won't allow me to defend myself?"

Chu Mingyue's eyes turned red. "No matter what, I am still the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. How can His Royal Highness punish me at will? If today's incident gets out, my reputation will be ruined. Will His Royal Highness take responsibility?"

Lu Ning felt that Miss Chu was a little naive. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too lazy to say a word to her, so how could he listen to her defense?

Besides, the princess was almost dragged into the lotus pond. She should be thankful that she had the support of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so His Highness did not go too far and only made her kneel for two hours.

The secret guards who frightened the princess last year were killed on the spot, and not even their bodies were left.

Thinking of this, Lu Ning was a little impatient: "Miss Chu, I saw it clearly just now. You did deliberately grab the princess and drag her into the water. How can you say that you did it without asking any questions?"

Chu Mingyue sneered: "If she hadn't pushed me, how could I have held her hand? Your Highness the Crown Prince is so partial, could it be that he covets the sweetheart of His Highness King Jing?"

"Be bold!"

Lu Ning's eyes became fierce and he kicked her directly on the calf. Chu Mingyue fell down in pain but still had a sarcastic smile on her face.

"Just for making irresponsible remarks about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this alone is enough to punish you."

Lu Ning said indifferently: "Miss Chu, you should be glad that His Highness did not stay to argue with you about this."

Chu Mingyue gritted her teeth and knelt beside the lotus pond. It was already evening. She had just recovered from a serious illness and fell into the water again today. Although only the hem of her skirt was wet, the wet dress was stained with mud and stuck to her legs, which was equally uncomfortable.

After kneeling for only a while, she felt her legs had lost feeling.

"What's going on here?"

Nie Feiyun's surprised voice sounded, Chu Mingyue looked up and saw Xiao Chongling coming side by side with him.

"Guard Lu, what's this, Miss Chu?"

Chu Mingyue felt humiliated kneeling on the ground in such an embarrassing manner in front of Nie Feiyun, and immediately lowered her head.

Lu Ning said sternly, "Miss Chu almost caused the princess to fall into the lotus pond just now. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only gave her a small punishment and ordered her to kneel here for two hours."

"what?"

When Xiao Chongling heard him say that Shen Weicang almost fell into the lotus pond, he immediately became anxious: "How is Cangcang? Where is he now?"

Lu Ning secretly sighed in his heart that his prince was unlucky. He finally had a chance to be alone with the princess, but his royal highness Prince Jing found out about it.

"Your Highness, my Highness has taken the princess back to rest."

Xiao Chongling no longer had the heart to care about Chu Mingyue's affairs at this time. When he heard Lu Ning say that she almost dragged Shen Weicang into the lotus pond, he glanced at her indifferently, then turned around and left quickly.

For some reason, Chu Mingyue didn't want Nie Feiyun to misunderstand, so she explained eagerly: "It was really her who pushed first..."

"Lu Ning," a young man's voice interrupted her, "Let Miss Chu stand up."

Chu Mingyue looked over in the direction of the voice and found it was Wei Yun.

She knew that Wei Yun was Xiao Chongyu's cousin and the only one in the Eastern Palace who dared to go against Xiao Chongyu.

Lu Ning frowned: "But His Highness said..."

Wei Yun lowered his voice and said, "If he asks, I will take full responsibility. Now let's settle this matter first."

Lu Ning understood what he meant in an instant, so he took a few steps back and stood behind Wei Yun.

"Miss Chu is a woman after all. Since the princess has not been hurt, why not make a big deal out of a small matter?"

Chu Mingyue knew clearly that Wei Yun said this only because he was worried that she would spread the news that Xiao Chongyu loved Shen Weicang in the future, which would be disadvantageous to him.

It's really ridiculous that he can't even care about his beloved openly. Xiao Chongyu is such a failure as a crown prince.

She stood up with the help of Nie Feiyun, and now she regretted very much that she did not let Luyin and Hongyu stay with her.

After watching the two walk away, Wei Yun spoke up: "Tell me exactly what happened just now."

Lu Ning hesitated for a moment before telling everything he had seen.

"Are you saying that the princess intends to push Miss Chu?" Wei Yun frowned. "She and Miss Chu have no grudges against each other, why would she do this?"

Lu Ning also found it strange: "The princess seems to have been testing whether there is any love between Miss Chu and His Highness. Could it be that she finally saw the good in His Highness?"

Wei Yun looked at him as if he was an idiot: "Every time your prince showed his affection, he didn't dare to let his sweetheart know. It would be strange if the princess could see the goodness of your prince."

"Then according to Divine Doctor Wei, why did the princess do these things today?"

"Where do I know where to go?"

Wei Yun opened his folding fan impatiently and fanned himself: "Let your master worry about it. This is his lifelong event, not ours."

Xiao Chongyu held Shen Weicang's shoulders and walked all the way to the wing room of Tanming Temple. It felt like his feet were stepping on cotton, and every step seemed to be not solid.

Shen Weicang was still sobbing in his arms from time to time, which made his heart beat like a drum.

"Your Highness, why did Miss Chu drag me into the water?"

Xiao Chongyu only heard Shen Weicang's timid voice speaking to him, but did not hear what she said at all. He just felt his whole body getting hot, and then all the heat flowed to one place.