The 99th Transmigrator - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Yu Xuerong noticed my gaze and turned back to look at me.

The person beside her glanced over, then hurriedly turned away and leaned in to whisper something in her ear.

No doubt it was my notorious reputation.

I saw her expression stiffen clearly.

She probably had not expected to meet the final villain the moment she transmigrated here.

But she did not avoid me. Instead, she walked toward me at a measured pace and curtsied with what could only be called obedience. “Greetings to Princess Shuxiao.”

The young noble ladies who had followed her were all taken aback. Then they forced smiles onto their faces and curtsied to offer me greetings as well.

This banquet was called a flower viewing, but in truth, it was the imperial family’s way of helping a son of the imperial clan look over candidates for his princess consort.

No matter how much others despised me, I was still a princess, and outside the palace, I represented the dignity of the imperial family.

I did not tell them to rise, so they had no choice but to endure it.

Propping my forehead in my hand, I wondered what sort of trick No. 99 was playing. Then her inner voice drifted over, leaving me utterly bewildered.

[So this is Princess Shuxiao, the one who gave the male lead twenty huge slaps when he was six? What a beautiful older sister.]

[Why does giving him twenty huge slaps make her a vicious villain?! Taking ten thousand steps back, are you telling me the male lead was completely blameless? Sister good, male lead bad!]

I frowned at Yu Xuerong.

What in the world was all this nonsense?

In everyone else’s eyes, however, it looked as though the moody and unpredictable Princess Shuxiao was about to lose her temper and torment someone again.

The daughter of Minister Cheng said in a gentle voice, “Your Highness, Yu Sanniang has always been proper in her manners and pure of heart. For Chancellor Yu’s sake, please allow Yu Sanniang to keep some dignity at the Flower-viewing Banquet.”

Miss Cheng and Yu Xuerong were close friends, and Miss Cheng was famously warmhearted and kind, so it was not strange for her to plead on Yu Xuerong’s behalf.

But pure of heart?

When I listened carefully, Yu Xuerong was clearly thinking:

[Why did Sister slap the six-year-old male lead but not me? Is it only because Sister doesn’t know me? Why does only the male lead get rewarded? If the male lead has it, then the female lead should have it too!]

[Sister… Sister… Hehe…]

I told the young ladies to rise.

Miss Cheng let out a breath of relief and tugged Yu Xuerong, ready to leave.

But Yu Xuerong did not leave. She even courted death by stepping closer to me, oddly lifting a hand to brush back the hair at her temples.

“Might I have the honor of inviting Your Highness to view the flowers with me?”

Miss Cheng looked as though she might roll her eyes back and faint on the spot.

Yu Xuerong, meanwhile, looked straight at me. To be precise, she was staring at the hand I had propped beside my temple.

[Sister’s hand isn’t a hand, it’s a willow on the banks of the River Cam, so long and pale and slender. Slurp, slurp.]

Uncomfortable, I lowered my arm and let my hand fall casually.

[Whoa, Sister is wearing a silver chain too! So pretty. Lick, lick, lick, lick, lick!]

I said, “No.”

Yu Xuerong glanced at the maid beside me and said, “Your Highness’s maid does not seem terribly quick-witted. Why not keep company with us sisters instead?”

[I want to push Sister’s wheelchair! Hold Sister in my arms and grab Sister’s hand and smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch smooch!]

[If Sister gets furious, will she slap me? Hehe.]

I slowly withdrew my hand, tucked it into my robes, and covered it completely with my skirt.

Then I said coldly, “I am not going. Get lost!”