On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 95 - : She’s Not as Good as You
Chapter 95: Chapter 95: She’s Not as Good as You
At that moment, Lai Manting saw Xu Yaxiang approaching, so she whispered a few words to Mrs. Feng before leaving her seat.
“Is it done?” Lai Manting looked around and asked Xu Yaxiang quietly.
Xu Yaxiang shook her head.
“Why not?” Lai Manting’s brows knitted together.
“The itching medicine was too little; I only managed to pour it on that ugly girl’s Flower Goddess Dress. I didn’t get to the other costumes before the medicine ran out.” Xu Yaxiang showed an empty bottle to Lai Manting.
Lai Manting felt a secret thrill, but she said, “No matter, as long as hers is done, that’s enough!”
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Once the little girl made a fool of herself, she would be able to take the stage.
She didn’t care which five were playing the flower fairies; as long as she could play the Flower God, it was enough!
Xu Yaxiang pursed her lips into a smile and leaned in to whisper in Lai Manting’s ear, “I had Cao Shu tamper with the flower fairies’ costumes. When they dance, all their waistlines will come undone—then the real show will begin!”
Upon hearing this, Lai Manting chuckled softly.
In a corner of the estate.
Leng Yu Yan and Lai Jiajia, along with four others, were making their final positional adjustments while Cao Shu, accompanied by some attendants, came with six large brocade boxes.
To prevent Leng Yu Yan and the others from suspecting anything, Cao Shu indifferently commented, “The costumes are here; you can put them on before you go on stage. If you get them dirty while practicing, there are no replacements.”
Leng Yu Yan called out to her, “Lady Cao, you have been letting Lai Manting and Xu Yaxiang practice endlessly, so that they can replace us if we can’t perform. Surely, there must be more than six costumes?”
Cao Shu hadn’t expected her to be so shrewd. She blinked, feigning calm, “There are only six costumes, believe it or not—it’s up to you!”
With that, she promptly left with her people.
Considering Cao Shu’s recent behavior, Leng Yu Yan couldn’t help but be extra cautious.
“Sisters, Xinmei, go and open the brocade boxes and check the costumes!”
Lai Jiajia ran to the boxes, “Should I try them on first, so everyone can see?”
The other two girls spoke up, “Didn’t Lady Cao say to put them on later?”
“Yes, maybe we should just look first, without putting them on?”
“Let’s check them first!” Leng Yu Yan walked over to the boxes and watched as Lai Jiajia and Mi Xinmei opened them one by one.
When they opened the most ornate one, a strange smell wafted out, and Leng Yu Yan quickly intervened, “Sister, don’t touch this brocade box for now.”
Lai Jiajia hastily retracted her hand, “Sister, what’s wrong?”
Mi Xinmei also pulled her hand back.
Under the watchful eyes of the five girls, Leng Yu Yan picked up a dry branch from the flowerbed and lifted her Flower Goddess Dress.
The smell became even stronger.
If she wasn’t mistaken, that was itching medicine mixed with an aphrodisiac.
Whoever wore this dress would, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, feel unbearably itchy and would uncontrollably take off the dress. Upon seeing any man at that moment, she would pounce on him like a starving tiger.
Was Cao Shu really out to harm her?
Or was Cao Shu being instructed by someone else?
Leng Yu Yan threw the Flower Goddess Dress back into the brocade box and closed the lid.
She moved her steps and inspected the other five Flower Fairy Costumes; they didn’t have the strange smell.
Yet, it allowed her to discover some suspicious threads around the waist!
“The costumes are all made within the palace; such threads should not exist.” Leng Yu Yan picked up a Flower Fairy Costume, “Everyone, come and see if there’s anything unusual with the other flower fairy costumes?”
Several people gathered around.
Luo Meng’er took the costume from Leng Yu Yan’s hands, “I have strong arms; let’s give it a pull and see.”
As she spoke, with a ripping sound,
the costume split at the waistline into two pieces.
Luo Meng’er was stunned, “I didn’t even use much strength yet!”
Following that, four sounds of clothes tearing could be heard.
“All five of our Flower Fairy Costumes are unwearable now, only Sister’s Flower Goddess Dress is left, what shall we do now?” Lai Jiajia said, her little face flushed with anger, “Without us flower fairies, Sister alone as the Flower Goddess is not enough!”
Leng Yu Yan spoke slowly, “That Flower Goddess Dress has been tampered with more, someone has put drugs on it.”
Mi Xinmei furrowed her brows, “What should we do now?”
Leng Yu Yan pondered for a moment, “You five continue practicing your dance. Don’t touch these costumes; I’ll be right back!”
The five girls nodded in unison.
Leng Yu Yan walked briskly, needing to find Ye Yiheng, hoping he could help investigate where the six sets of replaced costumes currently were.
After walking around the entrance of the estate, she asked quite a few people, all saying the Crown Prince had not yet arrived.
He hadn’t arrived, so she couldn’t borrow his men.
Just as Leng Yu Yan was getting anxious, Ji Qingyu suddenly appeared behind her.
He tapped her left shoulder with his folding fan, then shifted to the right.
Leng Yu Yan turned to the right and saw him by her right side, pursing her lips, she said, “I’m not in the mood for jokes right now.”
Ji Qingyu asked with a smile, “What’s troubling you? Is it because you have to play the role of the Flower Goddess today?”
She grabbed his sleeve and led him to a secluded area, briefly explaining the suspicious findings on the costumes.
Ji Qingyu, upon hearing this, was filled with indignation, “Forget playing the Flower Goddess, let’s leave!”
Leng Yu Yan shook her head, “Today’s grudges, avenged today!”
Unsurprisingly, Cao Shu, Lai Manting, Xu Yaxiang, and Li Lu were all implicated!
Ji Qingyu’s spirit tightened, “Follow me; I think I know where the replaced costumes are.”
During the conversation, he reached out his hand and grabbed hers.
Leng Yu Yan stiffened for a moment, quickly pulling her hand back, “Commandery Prince, we are friends, and certain behaviors are normal among friends, but some…”
Ji Qingyu hesitated, then burst into laughter.
Although their parents favored this match, given her current status as the Crown Prince Consort, he indeed couldn’t make any intimate moves in these circumstances.
“It was overstepping on my part!” He laughed heartily.
This made her somewhat embarrassed.
They hurried along the path toward the pavilion.
Leng Yu Yan asked curiously, “How did you know the replaced costumes are here?”
“Over the years, the performers of Flower God and Flower Fairy always changed their costumes here,” Ji Qingyu said nonchalantly, “She was still with us then; she brought me here secretly to watch, and said that when she grew up, she wanted to play the Flower Goddess once.”
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Unfortunately, she was no longer here.
However, there was now a girl by his side about to play the Flower Goddess.
Was this perhaps a predestined arrangement?
Leng Yu Yan bit her lip, “So it seems.”
“It’s all in the past, no need to dwell on it,” Ji Qingyu said warmly and smiled, “In the past few years, when the Ninth Princess played the Flower Goddess, she also changed her costumes here, so I think they must be here.”
Leng Yu Yan sighed, “When the Ninth Princess played the Flower Goddess, she must have stunned the entire audience.”
Ninth Princess Ye Jiu, now eighteen, had remarkable dance skills in previous years, and with her princess status, naturally became the center of attention.
Had it not been for the Ninth Princess’s mobility issues, the role of the Flower Goddess would never have fallen to a student from Xinya Academy.
Ji Qingyu did not deny this and nodded, “However, I think you could perform it better than her.”
“You haven’t even seen me dance, how can you think that?” Leng Yu Yan said with a light smile.
Ji Qingyu suddenly stopped, stared at her intently, and leaned close to her ear, “If it weren’t for the patch test, the Ninth Princess wouldn’t hold a candle to you!”
“Thank you for the compliment!” Leng Yu Yan shook her head and continued walking forward.
