The Cold and Aloof Grand Princess Seduced Me and Then Got Pregnant - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Who’s Cursing Me? Imperial Sister? Oh, Never Mind Then?

Yueming swam close to the surface of the sea, and when she was happy, she would leap out of the water to enjoy the feeling of being kissed by the sunlight, as if her entire body was being melted.

“Plop!”

She plunged back into the water, and the warmth was swallowed by the sea. Yueming used to only focus on her joy, but now she wondered if the land creatures favored by the sun would dislike the bottom of the sea.

After thinking for a long time, her body involuntarily sank a little. Yueming heard the cries of seagulls, and the sounds of ships and humans.

This area of the sea did not belong to Yueming, nor was it considered a forbidden place by humans. She looked up at the behemoth casting a shadow overhead.

The Sea Goddess had commanded that demons were not to appear before humans. In the past, Yueming was very obedient, until the day she encountered Fang Ying. However, she couldn’t compound the mistake. She couldn’t endure the Sea Goddess’s lightning punishment.

She dove deeper, only feeling safe when she could no longer hear the humans talking on the ship. But deep down, she also felt a little wronged.

The Sea Goddess favored the human race. If it was for the sake of offerings, she wouldn’t mind being a devotee of the Sea Goddess.

At this thought, her eyes lit up. Perhaps she could erect a statue of the Sea Goddess in the sea, and then, copying the humans, offer incense and tributes. Maybe if the Sea Goddess was pleased, she would overlook the matter of her capturing a human.

The simple Jiao-person had learned the bad habit of the human race without instruction: bribery.

She happily swished her tail. Her sheer, light-blue caudal fin traced elegant arcs in the seawater.

Soon, she couldn’t be happy anymore. She discovered a serious problem: she was lost after being away from home for too long.

Looking at the completely unfamiliar environment, she frowned and swam up, wanting to determine her direction.

There were many ships on the surface of the sea, and she heard a multitude of sounds. To her, it was a bit noisy. She originally intended to block out these sounds, but Yueming was very curious about matters on land.

Since she was lost anyway, there was no use panicking. Yueming, with a very good mindset, approached the ships and began “listening” to the undersides of the boats.

Soon, she heard a man’s gloating voice: “The Emperor says the Eldest Princess is sick. Do you believe that?”

Another hoarse man’s voice was quite agitated: “Believe my foot! That woman is a disaster star who can’t be killed. Last time they said she was seriously ill, but it was a lie. She ended up killing all those who were plotting to seize the throne.”

“Calling her a disaster star might be going too far, but she looks like a demon. I saw it with my own eyes. She didn’t even care when her arm was severed. She just picked it up and reattached it.”

“There are no demons! That’s just those fanatics’ lies to make you believe in the Sea Goddess!”

“Hey! Who are you calling a fanatic? Explain yourself!”

“I’m talking about you! What’s wrong? You pathetic worm who believes a liar!”

Yueming’s desire to join the excitement grew stronger. She concealed herself and climbed up, eventually clinging to the ship’s hull, watching the people fight each other. After watching for a while, she found it very boring. Compared to demons fighting, the humans’ brawl lacked visual appeal.

She scanned everyone on the boat, finally focusing on a little girl who was trying to mediate the chaos.

A slight curve on her lips, Yueming softly called: “Come here.”

The little girl’s anxious expression froze. After a moment of struggle, her emotions gradually turned to confusion. She stumbled towards Yueming, “What?”

Yueming continued to lure her: “Point out the southwest direction.”

It was still a chaotic mess over there. No one paid attention to the child’s abnormal behavior, and she couldn’t resist the Jiao-person’s voice. She pulled out a compass from her bosom and pointed to the correct direction: “Here.”

Yueming couldn’t help but feel annoyed. She had indeed swum in the wrong direction.

She looked at the compass in the little girl’s hand with curiosity. She could actually use demonic arts to determine direction, but she always found human objects novel.

She stared at it longingly for a while. Yueming wanted it, but she also wanted to be a reasonable, good fish. Furthermore, this place was too far from the shore. If she took this object that could indicate direction, she didn’t know if the people on this ship would be able to return.

Yueming began to imagine a rudderless ship encountering a storm, and the humans on board being swept into the sea by the wind and rain.

She seemed to see the eyes that had watched her five hundred years ago again, and the lightning of that memory seemed to strike her.

After a shudder, Yueming snapped out of her fantasy. The fright brought tears to her eyes. She swiftly caught a tear, a pearl, and looking at the pearl in her palm, she suddenly had an idea.

She transformed the pearl into the shape of a compass, then imbued it with demonic power to discern direction. After everything was complete, she reached out, took the compass from the girl’s hand, and exchanged it with the pearl.

Looking at the bewildered little girl, Yueming found her simple-minded appearance very cute and couldn’t help but reach out to rub her head.

Mmm! Human toddlers are so adorable. I want to raise one.

But she dared not abduct anyone again.

The compass was in her hand, and the fight over there was almost decided. Yueming retracted her hand and spoke again: “Forget me, and sleep.”

The girl slowly closed her eyes. At that moment, Yueming released her grip and dropped into the sea.

The splash disappeared, and everything returned to calm. Yueming, holding the compass, swam towards the correct direction, but the people on the ship were thrown into chaos by the girl’s unconsciousness.

“County Princess! What’s wrong with the County Princess!”

“This compass is wrong! It seems like a demonic object!”

“Demonic your head! There are no demons in this world! You look more like a demon! Did you cast a spell to harm the County Princess!”

As they were arguing endlessly, the girl slowly opened her eyes. She seemed not to understand the current situation and softly murmured: “Jiao.”

The little maid supporting her was nearly red-eyed from crying. Seeing the County Princess speak, she anxiously asked: “What did the County Princess say?”

Her consciousness gradually cleared. Looking at the circle of people around her, the County Princess clenched the compass in her hand and said softly: “Reef, watch out for the reef.”

“Don’t worry, County Princess, this area of the sea is very safe.”

The County Princess nodded. She held the compass in her hand tighter, looking at the sea in the southwest direction, but she saw nothing but seawater.

They had concealed their identities for this trip out to sea, so the people on the ship didn’t know who they were. Now that the title “County Princess” was uttered, those who had just called the Eldest Princess a disaster star all fell silent, trembling, afraid of being punished.

Currently, the Emperor had no heirs, and the Eldest Princess, Fang Ying, held the reins of government. Two years ago, the Eldest Princess was on a private inspection tour in Qingzhou and adopted an unwanted orphaned girl as her child, naming her Fang Nian.

Unlike the cruel and ruthless Eldest Princess, the County Princess was a gentle child. She would even feel pity if a bird was injured.

The people who had spoken disrespectfully thought about it, and their anxiety lessened considerably.

The County Princess was still staring at the compass in her hand. Her eyes were unique, capable of discerning demonic energy and the disguise of demonic spells. It was precisely because of this that her mother had saved her. But her mother had gone missing again, and the scent on that Jiao-person was the same as the demonic energy on her mother.

She looked at the pearl in her hand: “So beautiful.”

The maid looked at the compass in the County Princess’s hand, confused. In her eyes, it was very ordinary and not related to beauty.

The maid looked at the group of irrelevant people and whispered: “County Princess, should we deal with all of them?”

The group of people who had just stopped trembling began to beg loudly again: “County Princess, spare our lives! We will never dare again!”

The County Princess lay in the maid’s arms. She wasn’t weak; she simply wanted to lie down. She shook her head: “No need. They are just talking.”

The few people were about to thank her when they heard the County Princess’s lazy voice: “However, since they love talking so much, let them talk about it in their next life.”

The maid understood the County Princess’s meaning. She grabbed the few people who had spoken disrespectfully of the Eldest Princess and tossed them into the sea like little chicks.

The ocean swallowed everything, including curses and pleas. Fang Nian stood at the side of the ship, looking down, meeting their hateful eyes.

She opened her eyes and felt the direction. Unfortunately, there was only the Jiao-person’s demonic energy in the southwest.

A hint of worry surfaced in Fang Nian’s eyes. Her mother was missing, and the entire court was restless. Her aunt was too kind; how could she contend with those ruthless people?

Also, she didn’t want her mother to die. The last time her mother returned, she kept muttering about a Jiao-person. Perhaps she could start with the Jiao-person she had just encountered.

Fang Nian had an idea. She clenched the pearl in her hand and whispered: “Mother.”

Deep in the seabed, Fang Ying seemed to hear the call, but when she woke up, she was greeted by a fine, dense pain all over her body. She couldn’t help but let out a soft groan.

“Awake? Time to eat.”

The surrounding seawater had been cleared by the jellyfish, leaving a small space for eating, as food soaked in seawater would surely taste awful.

Fang Ying was in no mood to answer her question. She looked at the jellyfish’s pink hair and the cross-shaped scar on her forehead, then slowly moved to the coral table.

It was seafood.

Seafood cooked with seafood?

Even though she was used to grand spectacles, Fang Ying was still a little surprised.

She hadn’t eaten for a long time. Although this body was already severely damaged, the basic sensations remained, such as hunger.

However, her common sense also remained. Eating seafood might worsen her injuries, though she didn’t know if this body could still be judged by normal standards.

The jellyfish saw her put down her chopsticks and originally wanted to be angry, but remembering Yueming’s instructions, she suppressed her temper. Furthermore, the other person’s demeanor always reminded her of an old friend, and her attitude unconsciously softened a little.

“You can see, there’s only seafood here.”

“Mhm.”

“Which country are you from?”

“He State.”

The jellyfish thought for a moment. He State was also nearby, and the other party’s royal surname wasn’t Fang.

Although humans were cunning, since the person was already controlled by a demonic spell, she shouldn’t be able to lie.

The jellyfish somewhat lowered her guard, but that Yueming was always rash. She still had to clean up the mess for her.

After thinking it through, she asked again: “How many people are in your family? Do you have any other relatives?”

Fang Ying reached out and touched her shoulder, “I had a younger sister, but she was already killed.”

After she spoke, the air suddenly fell silent.

But the palace of Rong State was quite lively.

Fang Yi, who was hunched over her desk frantically reviewing memorials, suddenly let out two loud sneezes.

She put down the vermilion brush in her hand and rubbed her shadowed eyes. In a trance, she saw the silhouette at the doorway resembled her Imperial Sister. She was excited and about to call out, but when she looked again, there was nothing at the door.

“I’m so tired I’m hallucinating.”

“Two sneezes. Who’s cursing me?”

“Could it be Imperial Sister?”

The Emperor was silent for a moment, then sighed: “It’s been a long time since Imperial Sister scolded me.”

Why do I miss it a little…