As she spoke, Cheng Xiran feigned a delicate and charming look and grinned brazenly. Sure enough, it made the Regent Prince frown slightly.
His deep eyes were filled with disgust.
Seeing him give a cold snort, he raised his hand and threw a copy of Anecdotes in the Capital in front of Cheng Xiran.
"Fabricating stories about the royal family is a capital offense," Helian Duo said coldly, looking at Cheng Xiran. The cold glint in his eyes sent a chill down her spine, but she could only pretend to be calm.
"I'm wronged, Your Highness. Where have I fabricated stories about the royal family? Everything written in my article is true," Cheng Xiran said, looking at Helian Duo aggrievedly. "Your Highness and I did meet for the first time at the spring banquet in May, and I did go to the racecourse to look for you."
It was a real - life event, just with a bit of adaptation.
Helian Duo remained silent, but the scabbard of the sword at his waist rose two inches. After a long while, he said coldly, "Stop selling it in the capital starting tomorrow."
"That's not possible, Your Highness. This is my means of making a living. Moreover, the common people are enjoying it. If we suddenly stop, won't it disappoint them? What if they start causing trouble..."
Cheng Xiran looked at the blade and still plucked up the courage to make up a bunch of fallacies.
After all, she was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's mansion. Even if the Regent Prince was powerful, he couldn't just kill her here.
"However, Your Highness, rest assured. Apart from the articles in this magazine, I won't have the slightest connection with you anywhere else," Cheng Xiran said, pursing her lips and smiling as she looked at the man in front of her. "I swear."
Helian Duo looked at the young girl with a beaming smile. Disdain was hard to hide between his eyebrows.
The infatuated girl who had pestered him relentlessly before seemed different now.
"It's too late," Helian Duo said, gripping the hilt of his sword. He took large strides forward. "Since you're not willing to stop publishing, I'll make you have to."
Zhuque, standing beside, seeing that the situation was not right, was already ready to block the sword for Cheng Xiran.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiran stood up and walked towards Helian Duo. Her beautiful eyes met his cold gaze.
"Your Highness, do you want to shut down the printing workshops?" Cheng Xiran naturally guessed what Helian Duo was thinking. "I can just find a storyteller. Your Highness can't block people's mouths, can you?"
"After all these years of unrequited love, Your Highness, it should at least be recorded as a memory," Cheng Xiran lifted her eyes. Helian Duo's reflection was in her pupils. "Maybe the story in the magazine will have a happy ending."
In fact, Cheng Xiran also thought the original owner was quite silly. She had been infatuated with Helian Duo for several years and never gave up even after being rejected.
The only thing Cheng Xiran thought was not worth it was that although the original owner couldn't swim, she jumped into the lake to grab Helian Duo's calligraphy and lost her life.
"Now that there are some things to take my mind off pestering you, Your Highness, just turn a blind eye," Cheng Xiran said.
Helian Duo was slightly stunned by her actions. He squinted his eyes and stared intently at Cheng Xiran.
Now he was finally sure that this woman had completely changed her personality after falling into the water, as if she had become a different person.
Was there some conspiracy behind this?
"You'd better not make things up," Helian Duo said. Then he only left Cheng Xiran with his back.
"To clear my name, I have to wrong Your Highness for now," Cheng Xiran whispered secretly and then turned back into the room.
Cheng Xiran intended to continue writing the next part of the story. But just as she put the pen to the paper, the door was suddenly pushed open.
"Cheng Xiran, are you going to disgrace our prime minister's mansion completely before you're satisfied?"
The shrill voice made Cheng Xiran's hand tremble. She frowned and looked at the group of people pouring in. Annoyedly, she put down the pen and said, "What's the matter?"
"Cheng Xiran, what kind of attitude is this?" Liu Shi pointed at Cheng Xiran and said in a bad - tempered tone. "Let me tell you, do you want to disgrace the Cheng family? No way! Come on, grab her and lock her in the firewood shed!"
As soon as the words were out, several strong men rushed in from the door and were about to hold down Cheng Xiran's small figure.