On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Renewing Resentment

“Ridiculous,” Ye Yiheng chuckled lightly.

His voice was clear and cold, laced with a few unmistakable traces of mockery.

As soon as their marriage had been decreed, she had her people spread rumors, saying he was cursed to kill his wives.

“Mrs. Zhao is able to speak and hear; she was indeed the first to spread that rumor.”

Back then, he ordered his people not to continue the investigation, for he already knew it was someone close to her.

At that time, Leng Zongfa had people looking into it as well.

But Leng Zongfa’s investigation, however thorough, led to nothing.

The reason was simple; Leng Zongfa never imagined that someone deaf and mute for five years was actually completely fine.

Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan stepped back, knowing his intelligence was nearly devilish, she hadn’t expected him to connect the dots so easily.

Any further denial was useless, so she simply admitted it.

“At the Leng Residence, Mrs. Zhao had to feign deafness and muteness to survive. Now that I am no longer a part of the Leng Family and have nothing to do with Your Highness, there is no need for Mrs. Zhao to continue the charade.”

Upon boarding the ship, Mrs. Zhao had spoken quite a few words to Liu Yun.

They didn’t know Liu Yun’s identity at the time.

It was only later they discovered that Liu Yun was Ye Yiheng’s man, so there was no need for Mrs. Zhao to pretend anymore.

Ye Yiheng’s face suddenly turned exceptionally stern, “Would I really like someone who is a chronic liar like you?”

The people by her side were all deceivers; it was likely she was no different.

What ugly face, what illiteracy…

All nothing but deceptive gibberish!

If he liked her, it would be nothing short of the absolute height of absurdity!

“Your Highness is a dragon amongst men; naturally, you wouldn’t fancy a commoner girl like me,” Leng Yu Yan said with a light smile as she nodded, “Continuous lies, Your Highness thinks correctly!”

The person before her, although called a man, was actually just a nineteen-year-old youth.

Yet, his cold and grim demeanor bore no resemblance to that of a young man, which startled her.

Ye Yiheng’s brows knit together, his tone icy and menacing, “Heh, master liar.”

His voice was chilling, devoid of any warmth, and even mixed with scorn and sarcasm.

“I am indeed a master liar. During my time living in the Eastern Palace, apart from saying I wanted to leave, everything else I said was false!” Leng Yu Yan suddenly smiled, her eyes momentarily brimming with a glossy sheen, “Hearing this, does Your Highness feel satisfied now?”

He had a way of insulting someone that felt like a blunt knife, cutting painfully deep.

Ye Yiheng raised an eyebrow, his tone disdainful, “You admit it quite readily.”

Now, as he thought about it, during her days in the Eastern Palace, what she said most was indeed that she wanted to leave.

The rest was almost all coerced by him, pressing her to say she would obediently stay.

And her descriptions of his blindness were nothing but an attempt to gain his trust and keep herself from being killed by him.

She did indeed accurately describe his blindness symptoms…

At that time, he actually thought he had finally found someone who understood him.

“Your Highness has other objectives in heading to Jiangnan, while I am going to my maternal grandparents’ home. We don’t interfere with each other,” Leng Yu Yan said with lowered eyes and brows, “However, I will impose upon Your Highness for a few more days, as there are truly no other ships available. Once we reach Jiangzhou, I will pay the ship’s fare.”

Their marriage contract was annulled; he no longer had anything to hold over her. It was best they parted on good terms.

Ye Yiheng lifted the corners of his lips in a faint, cool curve, “Good.”

His voice was light, already devoid of any discernible emotion.

—

On the other side.

Ji Qingyu led his men on the boat along the river to rescue the trapped common people.

Passing by a small dock, they heard two calls that resembled the cries of kittens.

They ordered the ship to approach and, upon closer inspection, they saw two disheveled women with wrinkled clothes, looking weak as if they had not eaten for some time.

Ji Qingyu ordered his men to rescue the women onto the ship, gave them hot water and dry food, and also provided them with blankets.

Wrapped in the blankets, after eating and drinking, and resting for a while, the women regained their strength.

Seeing that this ship was not much different from the large one that had abandoned them, and looking at the young man who had ordered their rescue, handsome, with an extraordinary bearing, the women began to open up.

“This lord is kind-hearted, not like the ship we boarded last time. That ship was similar to this one, but the ship owner hid in the shadows, his face was never seen.”

“Indeed, this lord is dignified and graceful, he must be of good heart!”

Ji Qingyu caught the key point in their words, “You’ve seen a ship like this before?”

This was an official ship commissioned by the court; as a Commandery Prince, he had obtained this vessel under the guise of managing floods.

If they had seen it, that would mean the court had sent someone else.

And that person must be a Prince.

Thinking of Leng Yu Yan’s maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangzhou, although not many people knew this, it was no secret.

Could it be the blind man who came?

The women nodded, “Exactly, the ships are both so large, so tall, and equally imposing.”

The guard Leng Song that was with Ji Qingyu asked, “Such a large ship would be more than enough for the two of you. How did they end up abandoning you?”

One of the women spat out, “The gentlemen wouldn’t know, but along with us, there was also a beautiful young girl on board. The girl was delicate, getting seasick the moment she set foot on the ship.”

The other woman pulled her arm, saying, “Let me tell it. We had a quarrel with that girl. The ship owner must have seen her beauty, so he threw us into the water, saying that the ship was that girl’s.”

Hearing this, Ji Qingyu’s smile completely vanished, “What else did you two say?”

Seeing how quickly the young man changed his face, the women were startled.

Leng Song, with a stern face, demanded sharply, “Spill the truth!”

Afraid they wouldn’t find another ship to Jiangzhou, one woman confessed, “We also discussed the bastard daughter of the Leng Family in the capital, born from her mother’s affair. Unexpectedly, the young girl turned pale and had her maid scold us.”

The other woman chimed in, “We couldn’t understand, what does the bastard born from an affair have to do with her? Could it be that she was also born from her mother’s adultery?”

With that, the women looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Hearing this, Ji Qingyu’s face turned an unusual shade of ashen, “Throw these two wretches overboard!”

The women were completely stunned.

What was happening?

Were they going to be thrown overboard again?

“Please, my lord, we are good…”

Before she could finish, two guards following Ji Qingyu each grabbed a woman and threw them straight off the ship.

Leng Song stood by the ship’s side for a while, watching the women grab onto a floating piece of wood, then turned to Ji Qingyu, “My Lord, they can tread water, they won’t drown.”

Ji Qingyu responded indifferently, “Increase speed, the Crown Prince’s ship is probably up ahead.”

If his guess was correct, that ship was Ye Yiheng’s, and Leng Yu Yan had coincidentally boarded the blind man’s ship midway.

She got seasick, so the blind man would definitely slow down the ship.

As long as he increased speed, without any mishap, he should be able to catch up with them by early the day after tomorrow.

—

A day had passed since then, and although Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan were staying in adjacent rooms, they exchanged no words.

Furthermore, they avoided meeting unless necessary.

Song Guo was quite puzzled, didn’t His Highness explain things clearly to her yesterday?

Now, seeing Leng Yu Yan standing by the ship’s side, Song Guo approached and called out softly, “Miss.”

Leng Yu Yan turned her head, a slight smile on her face, “I still have to thank you for letting us on board.”