I woke up as the Villainous Empress

“I never knew that Minister Yang cares for the servants of the Yang Household more than his precious daughter whom he loves so much. That’s quite shocking.” Zheng Liang said as he put down his tea cup and smirked at Yang Luoyang, challenging his authority.

While Yang Luoyang was clenching his fist in outrage to see Zheng Liang talking back to him without missing any opportunity to humiliate him, Yang Ning was taken aback in surprise by Zheng Liang’s words.

Her cheeks blushed in embarrassment when he called her his wife in front of everyone.

Though they are husband and wife legally, she still cannot digest the fact that she got married to the Crown Prince of the Zheng Empire and not just any common ‘handsome guy’.

Her father would get a heart attack if he finds out about it. Because this time she has broken the records of making trouble for herself.

Meanwhile, her younger brother would get jealous to see a man more handsome and stronger than him.

Though he is handsome, he is still no match for Zheng Liang’s ethereal visuals.

Zheng Liang has male lead worthy visuals, meanwhile her brother could be passed as a male lead’s best friend at max.

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“Your Highness, I think you are misunderstanding my intentions. I only wanted Yang Ning to speak nicely to her mother.” Yang Luoyang said while gritting his teeth and trying hard to not sound rude in front of him.

“As her father, I have the right to teach her what is right or wrong. Don’t you think so?”

Zheng Liang scoffed at his so-called caring words and glanced at Yang Ning before saying, “You have every right to teach your daughter what is right or wrong.”

“However, you have no right to teach anything to the Crown Princess of the Empire. Yang Ning was scolding your maid as the Crown Princess who has been married into the royal family and not as the lady of the Yang Household.”

“So it would be better if you could choose your sides better. Otherwise, things will only get complicated for you in the future.” He warned him and glanced at Xing Bao, who shuddered in fright at his cold gaze.

His words left everyone speechless and there was a suffocating silence after he stopped speaking.

Yang Ning pursed her lips and peeked at Zheng Liang. She was surprised when he took her side in front of Yang Luoyang.

She thought that he would stay silent and would watch her from the side to see how she would react to the situation.

She wasn’t expecting him to go against Yang Luoyang for such a small argument and support her in front of everyone without holding back his words.

Because she could feel that he doesn’t trust her fully, as of yet, and keeps an eye on every action of hers.

This was what she had already expected before getting married to him.

She is his enemy’s daughter after all. It was normal for him to treat her differently and watch her actions cautiously.

After reading the novel, she could say that Zheng Liang is a devoted and courageous man who puts loyalty above anything.

It also means that he hates who betrays him and stabs him in the back.

That’s why he hated Yang Ning to the core who always tried to dig for information about what he was planning, so that she could report it back to Yang Luoyang and the Empress who later became the widower of the late Emperor.

He tried to warn her many times and ignore her mistakes many times but his patience came loose when Yang Luoyang and Yang Ning tried to kill someone.

That person was none other than his only source of warmth and comfort in the cruel palace.

That person was none other than the female lead of the novel, Hao Xinya.

Zheng Liang might be cold and indifferent towards everyone in the novel, but when it comes to the Female Lead, his gaze used to go from sharp gaze to melting.

Yang Ning’s past life was a mess. She was tortured by her father her whole life, and even after getting married, she didn’t have the peace that she needed in her life.

Only if she had shown some courage to go against her father, the situation might have been different. She might not be labeled as the Villainous and wicked woman at the least.

However, unlike what happened in the novel, he didn’t cut her off from himself this time. Instead, he has been treating her differently and even asked her to punish the servants at the Dragon Pavilion if anyone misbehaved with her.

Rather than throwing her to live in another chamber and keeping her away from him, they have been living in the same chamber and he has been treating her nicely.

Which is good for her but she worries that such changes can also go against her in the end.

Yang Ning sighed and hoped for a miracle to happen. Seeing the way he treats her differently, it does not look completely impossible to change her tragic end in the novel.

However, she was worried that these changes might bring something unexpected in her life that would change the whole plot of the story.

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From the open-study room, everyone moved to the dining hall for lunch. However, after the argument, the atmosphere while eating wasn’t harmonious.

Everyone was silent as the maids served them dishes and they ate in silence.

Because of the drama earlier, Yang Luoyang scolded Xing Bao for shifting her work to someone else rather than doing it herself.

How can she choose Xiaowei out of all the maids standing there? She doesn’t even work at the Yang Household anymore.

Does she really have to go that far and act like a crude woman in front of His Highness?

Can she not create unnecessary troubles for him in front of His Highness at the least?

The last time because of their stubbornness to not call the physician for Yang Ning, His Highness thinks that they do not care for her and treats her badly.

They almost killed her because of their ignorance before the important banquet celebration.

They already ruined his impression in front of him. Can they stop making more trouble for him and let things go smoothly in his life?

While everyone was eating in silence and was frowning while eating, Yang Ning’s eyes were sparkling to see so many delicious dishes.

After the argument earlier, she was in a great mood because Zheng Liang knocked out Yang Luoyang with his words only and he had no way to cut his words.

How can she not be happy? Meanwhile, there are so many delicious dishes. It will be a loss for her to eat them depressingly rather than enjoying them slowly and happily.

While she was busy gobbling up all the meat dishes, Zheng Liang put the sauteed veggies on her rice bowl and said, ” Have some vegetables as well. Also, don’t eat fast. Food is going nowhere.” He said.

Yang Ning raised her brows in surprise and turned to look at him. When she saw him smiling at her, she felt a pang in her heart and almost choked on the food that she was still chewing and was in her mouth.

How can he smile like this at her? She is already weak when it comes to good looking men. More than that, he is not only handsome but ridiculously handsome and when he smiles, his handsomeness doubles in an instant.

How is she going to protect herself from his good looks attack?

“What are you looking at me? Eat.” Zheng Liang chuckled to see Yang Ning staring at him and asked her to eat her food rather than staring at him hopelessly.

If she wants to look at him, she can do that. However, it would be better if she does that in their chamber rather than staring at him in front of everyone, that too in the dining room.

While Yang Ning and Zheng Liang were lost in their world, Yang Luoyang gritted his teeth to see Yang Ning smiling. After getting married to Zheng Liang, this girl now thinks that no one can do anything to her and she could get away by doing anything.

However, can she really get away from his clutches? Never.

He will never allow her to pour cold water on his plans and live happily with Zheng Liang without helping him in his future plans.

He will not let go of his efforts to waste because of her momentarily distractions. If she thinks that she can do anything because she is the Crown Princess, then she doesn’t know that there is nothing constant in the royal palace.

Not even the royal powers!

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