After Transmigrating Into A Love-Brained Scumbag Villain - Chapter 3

Everything was different from what Wang Yaoshuang had imagined. Her heart grew increasingly confused and uncertain. She was afraid that in the next second, the Prince of Yingchuan would tear off her mask of pretense and coldly scold her for indulging in wishful thinking. Or perhaps, after Wang Yaoshuang told her what needed to be prepared, the Prince of Yingchuan would prepare a malicious “surprise” for her.

This was not Wang Yaoshuang inventing things out of thin air or maliciously judging her. The Prince of Yingchuan had done such things before. Back then, Wang Yaoshuang had been so frightened that she fainted, and afterward, she ran a fever for three days.

Every time those nightmares surfaced in her mind, she became restless and uneasy. The strength in her body seemed to be drained away by something, leaving her dizzy and lightheaded, making it difficult for her to maintain a steady, composed posture.

Wang Yaoshuang, who vaguely felt tightness in her chest and shortness of breath, somewhat regretted coming to find Zhao Shangrong so rashly.

But… no, those things had not happened yet. They should be things the future Prince of Yingchuan would do.

Wang Yaoshuang’s gaze once again swept quickly over Zhao Shangrong’s delicate, feminine face.

If this face had not been ruined…

Thinking of this, Wang Yaoshuang worked hard to steady herself and slowly adjusted her breathing.

While waiting for her answer, Zhao Shangrong did not show the slightest hint of impatience. Instead, she felt that this was indeed something that ought to be considered carefully.

A moment later, Wang Yaoshuang replied, “This concubine would not dare trouble Your Highness. This concubine will arrange everything properly.”

Had something like this happened in her previous life?

Seeing someone arrive, Zhao Shangrong got up and stood to the side… If she did not move away, the two of them would probably stiffen into statues.

Wang Yaoshuang, the mistress of the manor, had even lost control of her facial expression. She stared blankly at Zhao Shangrong, as if she had never expected Zhao Shangrong to hand authority over to her.

The Assistant Court Physician was an official assigned to the princes and lived inside the prince’s manor, so he arrived very quickly.

Zhao Shangrong had supported Wang Yaoshuang completely out of instinct. Only afterward did she remember that she was still wearing a disguise, and she worried that if Wang Yaoshuang leaned too close, she might discover that Zhao Shangrong was a woman. As for Wang Yaoshuang, she had never been in such an ambiguous posture with anyone before. Moreover, this person was the Prince of Yingchuan, who was known for being harsh and violent. She was worried that if she rashly rejected the other party’s goodwill, she would anger her.

The Assistant Court Physician’s imagination ran wild. He mentally filled in a whole scene: His Highness originally did not like this princess consort, who was three years older than him and had once been engaged to someone else, so he neglected his newly married wife in every possible way. But then His Highness unexpectedly saw the princess consort, who was as beautiful as a flower, and was instantly stunned by her beauty. Unable to hold himself back, he forced himself on her, frightening the already frail princess consort…

His heart was full of gossip, but he did not dare reveal even the slightest disrespectful look.

Zhao Shangrong muttered inwardly, Was the feng shui of the Prince of Yingchuan’s manor bad or something? After transmigrating here, she had felt unwell, and Wang Yaoshuang had nearly fainted too… Did this manor specifically restrain the two of them?!

Although Zhao Shangrong was not feeling very well either, she still had enough strength to support Wang Yaoshuang.

She remembered that in the original novel, the Prince of Yingchuan looked down on her princess consort, so even the servants would judge the situation and neglect this mistress of the manor accordingly. Thus, Zhao Shangrong put on airs and instructed the maidservants, “From now on, all the internal affairs of the prince’s manor will be handed over to the princess consort to manage. There is no need to ask me first.”

She looked at the maidservant who was still in a state of shock and said coldly, “What are you standing there for? Can’t you see that the princess consort is unwell? Hurry and call the Assistant Court Physician!”

Zhao Shangrong, who was standing in front of her, had quick eyes and quick hands. She scooped Wang Yaoshuang into her arms and asked with concern, “What’s wrong?”

When Wang Yaoshuang realized what posture she was being held in, her body stiffened uncomfortably.

Wang Yaoshuang was not completely without strength. After Zhao Shangrong took the opportunity to step back, her body softened, and she leaned wearily against the armrest.

Zhao Shangrong helped Wang Yaoshuang into the side hall to sit and wait for the Assistant Court Physician to arrive.

She had arrived perfectly fine, yet after only two sentences, she almost fainted. If word got out, others would think Zhao Shangrong had bullied the female lead. How wronged would she be?!

“Your Highness, this concubine is fine.” Wang Yaoshuang pressed one hand to her temple, while the other unconsciously clutched Zhao Shangrong’s belt, avoiding completely losing all her strength.

The way things were developing became increasingly confusing. Wang Yaoshuang felt mentally exhausted, and her already weak body finally could not support itself and began to sway.

After the Assistant Court Physician completed the process of observing, listening, questioning, and taking her pulse, he had a general understanding and said, “The princess consort has had signs of deficiency since birth. Generally, when her qi and blood surge, when she becomes nervous and restrained, or when she worries too heavily, symptoms such as dizziness and blurred vision are easily triggered. Therefore, as long as she maintains a calm state of mind, clears her thoughts, and also…”

When he came over, he saw the princess consort, who had been neglected in the rear courtyard for the past two days and had not received favor, actually leaning against His Highness’s arms. Meanwhile, His Highness’s clothes were messy, and the two of them looked as though something had happened.

Zhao Shangrong could not have asked for more.

She had already handed over the family assets to the female lead to manage. The male lead should be able to rest assured and let her be a carefree prince now, right?

The maidservant’s heart was filled with stormy waves. She answered in a trembling voice, “Yes!”

“Yes!” The maidservants fumbled in panic and hurried off to call someone.

The Assistant Court Physician’s gaze circled the two of them, and he did not know whether he should advise His Highness to be mindful of the princess consort’s health. In the end, His Highness’s usual irritable image made him too afraid to say anything more. “Generally, it will not be anything serious.”

When Zhao Shangrong heard this, she thought that it was because she had suddenly handed over the management of the manor’s internal affairs to Wang Yaoshuang that Wang Yaoshuang had worried too heavily.

She thought to herself: Was I too anxious? As expected, I still have to proceed gradually.

She said, “It was my lack of consideration. You only just entered the manor, and I already handed all these matters over for you to handle. There is no need to rush with managing the internal affairs. Take your time.”

Wang Yaoshuang: “…”

She had been wondering why His Highness had suddenly been so generous as to hand over all authority over the internal affairs to her. So it turned out that he really had not sobered up after drinking!

Now that he had sobered up, he had begun to regret it, and was using this matter to smoothly climb down from the situation.

His Highness’s character was not too far from the one she was familiar with, so she felt slightly more at ease. If a person’s way of doing things differed too greatly from before, she would instead suspect that His Highness was brewing an even more terrifying scheme.

What happened today had deviated from the memories of her previous life. She thought that it was probably because, in her previous life, she had never taken the initiative to seek out the Prince of Yingchuan on a day like this.

That was right. She had a secret she could not tell anyone—she had been reborn.

She had been reborn back to the eve of her marriage to the Prince of Yingchuan. Because she was unsure whether it had all been a dream or whether she had truly returned to the past, she had spent these past few days in a muddled daze.

It was only when the details of the wedding overlapped with the memories of her previous life that she became completely certain she had been reborn.

It was just that the time of her rebirth was too late. Recalling everything she had witnessed in her previous life, if she had had a choice, she would not have wanted to experience that previous tragedy again. Unfortunately, the timing of her rebirth was not something she could decide. Her marriage to the Prince of Yingchuan had already been settled, and there was absolutely no possibility of changing it.

After accepting reality, she quickly thought that since the heavens had allowed her to be reborn on the eve of their wedding, then it must surely be a hint from the heavens.

What special meaning did this point in time have?

Wang Yaoshuang racked her brains and somewhat regretted that in her previous life, because she had been afraid of the Prince of Yingchuan and had wanted to protect herself, she almost never went near her unless there was some special circumstance. As a result, her understanding of the Prince of Yingchuan was limited only to those outrageous, heaven-angered, people-resented acts she had committed.

However, there was no medicine for regret in this world… No, wait. The heavens had allowed her to be reborn. Could it be that they were giving her one chance to regret?

Wang Yaoshuang quickly remembered that before they were married, no rumors had spread within the prince’s manor about the Prince of Yingchuan being jealous by nature. After Wang Yaoshuang married into the manor, she also had not seen any maidservants whose appearances had been ruined.

After thinking it over briefly, she knew where the crux of the matter lay—at this time, the Prince of Yingchuan had not yet been disfigured. Therefore, although her temperament was violent, she had not yet reached the point of attacking people out of jealousy just because they were more beautiful than her!

Then when had the Prince of Yingchuan been disfigured?

It happened after their marriage, when the Prince of Yingchuan entered the palace to pay respects to her birth mother, Grand Consort Yun. Grand Consort Yun, during an episode of madness, scratched her face and ruined her appearance. Although the Chief Imperial Physician personally applied medicine at the time, for some unknown reason, the wound kept festering and slowly affected her entire face. Later, after the wound healed, it left a large scar on her face.

From then on, the Prince of Yingchuan became mad, just like her birth mother, Grand Consort Yun.

Grand Consort Yun’s madness was intermittent. Most of the time, she was clearheaded, and she only occasionally went insane. But the Prince of Yingchuan was different. Her mentality had been completely twisted. Since she herself was in pain, she wanted others to taste that same pain too, and took pleasure in it.

Wang Yaoshuang was grateful that in her previous life, because she had just married into the prince’s manor, she had acted very cautiously and paid close attention to the Prince of Yingchuan’s schedule. She knew that Zhao Shangrong had entered the palace on the fifth day.

Counting on her fingers, that was the day after tomorrow.

But what could she do to stop the Prince of Yingchuan from entering the palace?

Very quickly, Wang Yaoshuang thought of using the “return to the maiden home” visit to change the Prince of Yingchuan’s schedule.

In her previous life, because the Prince of Yingchuan had not even appeared for the personal welcoming or the wedding ceremony, Wang Yaoshuang had not held any hope that she would accompany her back to her maiden home. As expected, on the day of the return visit, the Prince of Yingchuan used entering the palace as an excuse and made her return home alone.

In truth, according to proper etiquette, they should have entered the palace on the third day after the wedding. But on that day, the Prince of Yingchuan had used physical discomfort as an excuse and had not accompanied her into the palace. Wang Yaoshuang had entered the palace alone to pay respects to the empress, Grand Consort Yun, and other titled women.

On the day she was supposed to return to her maiden home, the Prince of Yingchuan instead ran into the palace. Wang Yaoshuang had still returned to her family home alone.

Wang Yaoshuang was not certain whether the Prince of Yingchuan would agree to accompany her if she personally went to request it, but everything had to be tried.

While the current Prince of Yingchuan had not yet become perverse, she would first try to make a choice different from her previous life and see whether the future could be changed.

She was not close to the Prince of Yingchuan, nor did she sympathize with her. She merely pitied those innocent women whose lives had been destroyed by the Prince of Yingchuan, as well as the innocent common people who had lost their lives or been forced to leave their homes when the Yan army invaded.

So she wanted to change the future not because she wished to save the Prince of Yingchuan, but because she felt that since the heavens had allowed her to be reborn and given her a chance to regret, perhaps they hoped she could use her identity as princess consort to do something for those innocent people.

Choosing a path different from her previous life had yielded an obvious result. His Highness had not refused to accompany her back to her maiden home. Instead, he had even asked her to arrange everything properly.

Suddenly, Wang Yaoshuang remembered that they should have entered the palace today. She wondered whether Grand Consort Yun was clearheaded today…

Author’s Note:

Assistant Court Physician: Ah, what a fine scene of forced love!

Your Highness: ???