Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

Ai Fen told Jingfei that it was tough to move their eyes away from her.

Zhu Liling agreed to it when Xiuying told her that it was almost time when they should take Jingfei outside. “Princess Jingfei’s groom is waiting for her,” Xiuying said with a smile.

Jingfei stood up after her mother covered her head with the red veil. Jingfei came to the main palace ground where all the members of the royal family were present.

Li Jianjun was standing in the wedding robes too and behind him was a wedding palanquin in which Jingfei would go to the Li residence. He was extremely delighted because he would marry the king’s daughter and eventually be in a stronger position in the kingdom.

Jin Yu glared in Li Jianjun’s direction and stood close to Xiaoming. “How shamelessly he has been standing there?” she whispered in her husband’s ear.

Xiaoming also shifted his gaze at Jianjun. “You are right. I want to kill him at this moment. How can he even think of ruining my sister’s life?” he murmured and fisted his palms.

At that moment, his eyes fell on Xu Zifan and Feng Lao, whom he had invited at Jingfei’s request. Though, they both did not know that Jingfei had a plan to expose Li Jianjun in front of everyone.

The drums started beating as Jingfei descended the stairs while holding her mother’s hand. Ai Fen was standing next to her and was also helping her get down the stairs.

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“Princess Jingfei did not believe your words. I think we wasted time and energy for no reason,” Feng Lao remarked and narrowly gazed at Xu Zifan.

“I wonder, why?” Xu Zifan mumbled. “What if Jianjun has blackmailed the First Princess?” He was not ready to believe that Jingfei would ignore such a big matter.

“Only the Crown Prince can stop this matter,” Feng Lao said and looked at the King. “Sometimes I feel the King is too naive to look around him. He does not know what his own ministers were doing to his kingdom.” Feng Lao could not help but blame Qiu Zedong in the end.

Their eyes met with Li Jianjun, who smirked at them. It made them feel that he was making fun of them because of his victory.

When Jingfei descended all the stairs, Qiu Zedong went toward her and stood next to his daughter while Ai Fen stepped back.

Li Jianjun walked forward and bowed to the King and the Queen.

“Princess Jingfei, stand next to Li Jianjun,” Zhu Liling instructed her daughter.

“Li Jianjun, keep our daughter happy. She is the gem of this royal family,” Xiuying said while smiling.

“I understand. I will keep the First Princess above my eyes,” Li Jianjun said while keeping his head low.

“As soon as Princess Jingfei will marry Li Jianjun, her title of princess will be revoked. But she can come to her family anytime. Also, with this marriage, I, Qiu Zedong, the King of the Qiu Kingdom, has decided to give a bigger position to Li Jianjun.”

Jianjun’s smile widened. He did not know that it would happen even without asking Jingfei.

Tianjie looked at Xiaoming, wondering why he was not speaking up.

However, before Qiu Zedong could speak further about the position he wanted to grant to Jianjun, Jingfei spoke up.

“Royal Father, Jingfei wants to say something. Please allow her,” Jingfei requested.

Jianjun lifted his head and then he tilted it to look at Jingfei.

“What is it, my daughter?” Qiu Zedong asked in his loving tone.

She removed her veil and turned to face Jianjun. He also turned toward her when Jingfei slapped him hard. Everyone was shocked to see that when Zhu Liling asked her daughter what she was doing.

“I thought you will not show up today. Yet, you have no shame. How could you even imagine marrying me? Go to the brothel houses and select a wife from there. You do not need me,” Jingfei stated.

Jin Yu smiled to see that. For the first time, she liked Jingfei’s personality.

“What is the Princess saying?” Qiu Zedong suddenly turned angry and asked her how she could accuse Li Jianjun on the day when she was supposed to marry him.

“Royal Father, I will not marry Li Jianjun. I will die, but I will not marry him. He betrayed me. He has the plan to marry me so that he can become the governor, thus replacing Brother Lóng Wei from that position,” she asserted. “He is a regular at the brothel house. I step back from this marriage and I request my father to severely punish him.”

Li Jianjun clenched his fists, but he did not let the anger come to his face.

“I think that Princess Jingfei has some sort of misunderstanding against me. She is accusing my character when there is no evidence, Your Majesty. Why would I do that? I have received way too much in this life,” Li Jianjun tried to get away from the accusations.

Zhu Liling told Jingfei that she might have misunderstandings about Li Jianjun.

“No. I confirmed it myself the last night. The brothel house where he goes once a week,” Jingfei stated while glaring at Li Jianjun. “You did wrong by fooling me. I will not marry you, so you can leave,” she stated.

Qiu Zedong’s facial expressions darkened. He looked at Jianjun and asked if it was true.

Jianjun was terrified thinking if he would lie, the King might punish him severely once the investigation would start. So, he decided to admit the truth.

“I used to, Your Majesty,” Li Jianjun admitted while keeping his voice low. “However, after my marriage was fixed with the First Princess, I didn’t go there. I realized after meeting Princess Jingfei that I must not betray a woman like her, so I didn’t go there and even pledged myself. Please trust me, Your Majesty,” Li Jianjun requested.

“My decision is unchangeable,” Jingfei pronounced. “I will not marry Li Jianjun.”