The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat-Chapter 76: Is That Something a Human Being Would Say?
Han Zhenzhen gave a faint smile. It looked strong, but was incredibly fragile.
"I never expected Your Highness would come to see me in person. I am so honored. I already feel much better."
Li Ji responded casually, "Mm."
Xingyu was very perceptive. To create an opportunity for Han Ruren and Prince Zhao to be alone, she deliberately spoke to Lady Hua.
"I’ve heard that Lady Hua manages the Prince’s affairs. This servant does not know what kind of snacks the Prince enjoys. Could I trouble you for some guidance? I would be eternally grateful."
Hua Manman was stumped.
She really didn’t know what kind of snacks Prince Zhao liked.
In her memory, it seemed Prince Zhao didn’t like to eat anything.
But she couldn’t say that out loud. It would make her seem too careless about the Prince’s affairs.
So, Hua Manman smiled faintly and said in a soft, gentle voice.
"It’s so late now. The Prince will be going to bed soon. Serving tea might not be appropriate."
Xingyu had been gently rebuffed and couldn’t help but feel a little awkward.
"It was this servant who was thoughtless."
Seeing that Lady Hua was lingering with no intention of leaving, Han Zhenzhen grew more and more resentful.
But she couldn’t let it show.
She had to find a way to deepen Prince Zhao’s pity and guilt toward her.
Han Zhenzhen pressed a hand to her chest and coughed lightly twice. Her slender brows furrowed as she said weakly.
"I am too useless. I’ve troubled Your Highness, preventing you from resting properly in the middle of the night, and you even came all this way to see me. I feel truly guilty."
If it had been any normal man, he would have surely comforted this frail beauty.
Unfortunately for her, she had run into Li Ji.
Li Ji looked into her beautiful eyes and heard all the schemes in her heart with perfect clarity.
He had long anticipated this, so he wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.
Li Ji leaned back, his posture completely relaxed.
He asked with a half-smile.
"Since you know you’re useless, why did you marry into the Prince Zhao Mansion?"
Faced with Prince Zhao’s soul-crushing question, not only was Han Zhenzhen stunned, but even Hua Manman was a little surprised.
’Listen to that. Is he even human?’
Han Zhenzhen had long heard the rumors about Prince Zhao.
She knew he was erratic and moody, an extremely difficult person to get along with.
So she had already prepared herself mentally.
But she never imagined that this man’s temperament would be far worse than she had expected.
Han Zhenzhen’s face turned deathly pale. A tear welled in the corner of her eye, threatening to fall, making her look quite pitiful.
She said in a trembling voice, "The marriage was arranged by Princess Ningyang herself."
The implication was that she had no power to resist.
Li Ji said unhurriedly.
"Before my grandmother arranged the marriage, she consulted the Han Family, and everyone in the Han Family agreed to it.
Looking at your reluctant expression, don’t tell me the Han Family forced you to marry me?"
This question was no different from a gleaming knife held to Han Zhenzhen’s throat.
She frantically shook her head in denial.
"No, no one forced me. I married Your Highness of my own free will."
Li Ji: "If that’s the case, then why did you just try to shift the blame onto my grandmother?"
Han Zhenzhen was questioned until she was speechless, her expression growing even more unsightly.
Li Ji: "The reason my grandmother chose you was because she heard you could help suppress the baleful energy on me.
Let’s not even discuss whether that claim is true or false.
On the very first day you married into the Prince Mansion, you fell ill and even made me run back and forth for you.
So tell me, what exactly did I gain by marrying you?
Was it because my life wasn’t chaotic enough?"
