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

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Envied by Others

After finishing speaking, Ye Yiheng stood up straight. @@novelbin@@

Leng Yu Yan smiled with her eyes curving: “Your Highness treats me so kindly, I am not angry in the slightest.”

As she spoke, she suddenly tiptoed and leaned in close to his ear: “I will definitely not disgrace you!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Yiheng raised an eyebrow: “That’s very good!”

The surrounding crowd was all astonished.

The blind Crown Prince and the Leng Family’s ugly girl are on such good terms?

Wasn’t it said that the Crown Prince really disliked the ugly girl?

Xu Yaxiang turned to ask Lai Manting: “Are they really so affectionate?”

Lai Manting was also puzzled and had never heard her family mention it: “From what I see, they are probably just pretending.”

The whispers of the people around them easily reached Ye Yiheng’s ears.

He curved his lips into a perfect smile: “Crown Princess Consort, please assist me to my seat.”

As he spoke, he moved his hand from Song Guo’s arm to in front of her.

Leng Yu Yan looked at the hand before her, with distinct knuckles and slender fingers, exceptionally beautiful, and extended her own arm.

Unexpectedly, the man directly grabbed her hand.

A shock went through Leng Yu Yan’s heart.

His hand was very good-looking, as pale and cold as jade.

It seemed his cold disease was not light.

Normally men who practiced martial arts had warmer bodies than the average person.

His skills were outstanding, yet his hand was as cold as ice; the cold disease must have affected him for some years now.

No wonder everyone said he was impotent; after all, a man with kidney deficiency would also have cold hands.

Now it seemed likely that he was both impotent and afflicted by the cold disease.

With both factors combined, even more so.

In this way, the him in her dreams seemed to no longer connect with the him in reality.

As Leng Yu Yan pondered, the absurdity of her dreams all evening dissipated a great deal.

Together, the two of them walked to the newly established VIP seats.

This scene stunned the onlookers, those who had suspected they were just acting were slapped in the face by reality.

The Crown Prince and the ugly girl did indeed appear to be harmonious, affectionate, and tender.

The Ninth Princess and Jian Lecheng had already taken their seats.

Seeing the Crown Prince approaching, the Ninth Princess smiled slightly: “Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law’s love really makes others envious!”

Her words served to further confirm the relationship of the engaged couple from another perspective.

Jian Lecheng laughed loudly as he stood up, helping Ye Yiheng pull back the chair: “Your Highness rushed over in such a hurry, just to console the Crown Princess Consort. Now that her anger has dissipated, my hanging heart has finally settled back down.”

It must be said that the people around Ye Yiheng were all acting masters, Leng Yu Yan smiled lightly: “We have made Ninth Princess and Young Master laugh.”

“Your Highness, please take a seat!” Leng Yu Yan offered her other hand to assist Ye Yiheng, as if truly helping a blind man, she took care of him considerately and tenderly.

Ye Yiheng slowly sat down, smiling warmly as he encouraged: “With me here, Crown Princess Consort, be at ease to dance.”

As he was acting, she naturally played along.

“Thank you, Your Highness!” Leng Yu Yan nodded, then returned to the floor.

The audience below were all silent, except for Xu Yaxiang, whose father had recently been promoted, she sneered softly: “Anyway, he’s blind and won’t see how ugly her dancing is.”

She thought she had spoken very quietly, not realizing that not a single word had escaped Ye Yiheng’s ears.

Ye Yiheng turned his head to Jian Lecheng and spoke in a deep voice: “The matter discussed in the study, move it up the schedule, I want to settle it on the day of the Flower Festival.”

“Yes, I understand,” replied Jian Lecheng as a chill ran through him, glancing in the direction where Xu Yaxiang was.

Shortly after, the competition officially began.

Six people formed a team, with teams freely assembled by the contestants pulling in their own participants.

The team that Lai Manting, Li Lu, and Xu Yaxiang joined with three others were the first to perform.

Their dance moves were neat and uniform, their movements standardized, and their grace in rotating and swinging their sleeves was strikingly similar to that of Cao Shu.

Leng Yu Yan’s lips curved with a hint of irony; it seemed Cao Shu had indeed accepted quite a few benefits.

Once the dance finished, a chorus of praise erupted from below the stage: “With Man Ting’s dancing before us, what else is there to compare?”

“In my view, Man Ting is simply the embodiment of Lady Cao herself. Her graceful waistline has even left me, a fellow woman, utterly dumbstruck!”

Cao Shu nodded her head repeatedly in agreement.

The father of Xu Yaxiang was promoted in official rank, and her brother had also taken a fancy to her. Although the matters of fate were profound and mysterious.

Today, these noble family scions admire your appearance and figure, but on another day, they might fancy someone else.

As a Dance Master and no longer young, how many more years could she feast on teaching dance?

In a few years, when both her looks and physique fade, how would she continue to stand in the dance circle?

Now that someone favored her, she no longer had to worry about her future.

The subsequent ten-some teams failed to surpass Lai Manting’s team.

Congratulatory voices were incessant. Lai Manting smiled tenderly while Li Lu seemed to see her wallet bulging, and Xu Yaxiang seemed to witness the Leng Family’s ugly girl circling the academy over and over, incessantly branding her the ugliest girl under heaven!

Finally, it was Leng Yu Yan and Lai Jiajia’s team’s turn to take the stage.

As soon as they stood up there, snickers spread through the crowd below.

With a glance from Lai Manting, Xu Yaxiang raised her voice: “Six crooked melons and split dates, coming up for a farce. Everyone, let’s clap!”

The sound of laughter was unending, and Luo Meng’er was incredibly nervous.

“Yu Yan, my arms and legs feel stiff.”

Upon hearing this, Leng Yu Yan grabbed her hand, pressing on the acupuncture point on her wrist with her index and middle fingers, and gave it a strong shake.

Seeing this, Cao Shu signaled the music team to start playing.

Once the dance music began, Lai Jiajia and the other four were forced to start dancing.

Cao Shu did it on purpose!

Leng Yu Yan extended her arms and, seizing the moment, began to lead Luo Meng’er in dance.

Unexpectedly, Luo Meng’er found her limbs obeying her commands, and she became the center of their group’s dance along with Leng Yu Yan.

Someone exclaimed from below: “My God, what were they thinking? Luo Meng’er, that plump girl, is actually able to dance the lead!”

“And you know what? Her waist seems to have slimmed down quite a bit.”

Gradually, the jeers diminished, and everyone became captivated by their dance.

This dance wasn’t taught by Lady Cao, but they danced surprisingly well!

Each of them moved with a lightness to their form, even the plump Luo Meng’er.

Everyone held their breath, watching the dance on stage without blinking an eye.

The most shocked of all was Cao Shu. The teacher really favored the ugly girl.

She never danced like that ugly girl right before her eyes!

The Ninth Princess, leaning on the back of her wheelchair, was dozing off, her eyes squinted, then suddenly snapped to alertness.

The girl before her, despite the earlier sight of blemishes, looked like a fairy who had descended to earth, her dance divine!

If she could become the Flower God at the Flower Festival, even she, Ye Jiu, would be convinced.

It was just some blemishes; cover them and that was that!

After all, none of the others’ dances could surpass hers.

In this world, it seemed only Leng Yu Yan could surpass her own dance, Ye Jiu reckoned.

As the music stopped, Leng Yu Yan and her team finished precise on the beat.

When the six of them left the stage, the Teacher announced: “Now, let’s invite Lady Cao to judge.”

Cao Shu nodded her head, gracefully ascending the stage: “Thank you for your high regard. For today’s qualifying competition, I, the teacher, believe that Lai Manting and Xu Yaxiang’s team was the best. However, since five teams can compete, the following four teams will also qualify…,” and then she announced a string of names.

In that list, the names of Leng Yu Yan and Lai Jiajia’s team were not included.

Silence fell among the crowd below.

It was clear to all, the Leng Family’s ugly girl had performed a dance that was transcendent and enchanting, and they could not help but acknowledge it.

No wonder they dared to wager one thousand and eleven taels of silver on their own team’s victory.