AWB Chapter 119 The Manipulated Paper Doll
Chapter 119 The Manipulated Paper Doll
"Do you think I, this princess, wouldn't dare to kill you?!"
It was a woman's voice filled with anger.
But this voice lacked the gentleness that Prince Chen was familiar with; instead, it was filled with resentment and hysterical roars.
Prince Chen frowned, stepped out of the gate, and saw the scene outside.
Wang Wanshu had already stood up, holding a sword in her hand.
The blade was pressed against Mingwei's neck.
Mingwei's face was also full of anger, but perhaps due to Wang Wanshu's status, he did not put up any resistance, only worrying that he might actually be hurt.
Prince Chen couldn't help but rub his temples twice, his voice deep and angry, "What are you all doing?!"
Mingwei was the first to see Prince Chen, while Wang Wanshu turned around upon hearing the voice and was met with Prince Chen's angry face.
“Your Highness,” Mingwei said in a tense, measured voice, “the princess intends to kill me.”
With tears welling in her eyes, Wang Wanshu bit her lower lip and said angrily, "He was the one who spoke rudely to me first. I just wanted to scare him!"
The words Mingwei had used to mock her earlier continued to fester in her mind, making her increasingly angry, which led her to finally draw her sword.
It was because Mingwei didn't expect her to do such a thing that she took the sword from her waist.
Prince Chen looked at Mingwei and said coldly, "What did you say?"
Mingwei repeated what he had said earlier.
Upon hearing this, Prince Chen merely frowned, but did not reprimand Mingwei. Instead, he looked at Wang Wanshu and said, word by word, "Mingwei's words may not be pleasant, but what he said is also true. Since you are also ashamed of his remarks, and know that it is not a glorious act, why do you continue to make the same mistake?"
Wang Wanshu's eyes trembled, "Cousin..."
She couldn't believe it. "Mingwei was the one who spoke rudely to me first. Why is my cousin still on his side?"
In the past, Prince Chen would have protected her without asking why, trusted her unconditionally, and stood by her side.
Now, it is clearly Mingwei who is in the wrong, yet Prince Chen is reprimanding her.
Mingwei's actions today were indeed excessive, but Prince Chen did not want to continue to indulge Wang Wanshu and allow her to act so recklessly.
With a cold, stern face, he said, "You are the one who is more wrong."
Wang Wanshu's lips moved slightly, her gaze falling on Yun Shang, who stood to the side with a cold expression.
From beginning to end, he stood there calmly and indifferently, watching her being bullied.
For a moment, Wang Wanshu felt as if she had fallen from heaven to hell.
The two men who were once the best to her in her past life, one no longer protects her in everything, and the other won't even look at her twice...
Why, why did it turn out like this?
Wang Wanshu felt as if a string in her mind had snapped completely.
"I did nothing wrong, I did nothing wrong!" she repeated, her eyes red, her gaze sweeping over Prince Chen and Yun Shang.
Pointing a finger at the two of them, "You're the ones who are in the wrong!"
"Hahaha—" She suddenly burst into laughter, crying and laughing at the same time, "Yes, you're the ones who are wrong!"
"You should pamper me and indulge me, instead of constantly criticizing me like this!"
"You've all been bought off by that little slut Yu Wan, haven't you?!"
"Yes! It's all because of Yu Wan! Things have developed to this point, and I've ended up like this because of Yu Wan! As long as she's alive, she'll bring me bad luck. I will never let her get away with this!"
Seeing that her words were becoming increasingly outrageous, Prince Chen roared, "Tianyin, shut your mouth!"
"Why should I shut up?!" Wang Wanshu stared at him with tears welling up in her eyes, as if she were looking at some heartless man. "You've already done it, and you won't even let me say anything?"
Prince Chen had a terrible headache.
He simply couldn't understand where Wang Wanshu's deep hatred for Yu Wan came from.
What she didn't understand was that Wang Wanshu was the one who made the mistake first, yet she was acting as if she was the one who had been hurt.
Prince Chen didn't want to admit it, but he had to, that Wang Wanshu now seemed to him like a brainless idiot.
He glanced at Yun Shang and saw that her usually cold expression had already shown some displeasure. He immediately ordered Mingwei, "Knock her unconscious and send her back to her room. Have Granny Xing give her some calming and soothing medicine so she can get a good night's sleep."
Upon hearing this, Wang Wanshu immediately turned and left, her entire being exuding defiance. "I'm not going back, cousin. You can't keep me under house arrest anymore. I'm not your servant—"
Before she could even speak, Mingwei had already delivered a swift and decisive chop to her neck, knocking her unconscious.
With practiced ease, Mingwei bowed to Prince Chen with a blank expression and took his leave, leading Wang Wanshu towards the backyard.
The surroundings finally became quiet.
Prince Chen looked at Yun Shang apologetically, "I'm sorry you had to suffer."
Yun Shang did not answer, but glanced in the direction of the backyard, her voice cold, "Although I have never met Princess Tianyin before, I have heard rumors about her."
"What we see now is completely different from what we've heard."
Prince Chen understood the meaning behind his words in an instant, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes. "...Tianyin wasn't like this before. I'm not so blind as to not see her true nature after all these years."
"The Tianyin of the past was kind and innocent, never competitive or greedy, and never wanted to cause trouble for others, but now—"
“Princess Tianyin seems to have become a completely different person,” Yun Shang said calmly.
Prince Chen was stunned.
He's not the only one who thinks this way; many people do.
Yun Shang bowed to Prince Chen, "Your Highness, please wait. I shall take my leave now."
Prince Chen hummed in agreement and watched Yun Shang's figure disappear into the distance.
His gaze deepened, and he beckoned to his guards, whispering, "Hurry them to find Master Wuxin as soon as possible."
……
Yu Wan returned to the Yun family home before Yun Shang.
When she got home, she saw Yun Shang go to the Prince Chen's residence and stay there for two or three hours.
She didn't stay idle either; she deliberately approached several maids who served at Prince Chen's residence and heard a lot of gossip from them.
There's a lot of gossip about Wang Wanshu.
After hearing all this gossip, Yu Wan pondered for the rest of the way.
She always felt something was wrong.
The female lead in the original novel was a simple and naive girl, but she was definitely not brainless to this extent.
She had previously guessed that Wang Wanshu was reborn.
Logically speaking, even the most foolish person, if reborn and still lacking in intelligence, should at least have learned some lessons.
But Wang Wanshu obviously did not.
What puzzled Yu Wan the most was that Wang Wanshu was clearly a frail woman, yet she always managed to escape successfully despite the heavy guards of Prince Chen.
He always "coincidentally" appears where Yun Shang would be.
It's as if her every move is predetermined; at a certain point in the story, Wang Wanshu, as the female lead, must appear where she is supposed to be.
And her every move was pre-planned.
So she did even the most absurd and illogical things.
Thinking of this, Yu Wan's spirits lifted.
So, does this mean Wang Wanshu is a two-dimensional character whose behavior is completely controlled by the plot?!