Obsessively Raised by My Doll 57

Chapter 57

Lu Dieqing’s heart began to pound. She couldn’t help but swallow, her hands hidden in her sleeves, gripping the motionless little doll as if it were her last lifeline.

The little doll was Lu Dieqing’s confidence and safe house in the face of the world. No matter what she encountered, as long as her most trusted doll was by her side, it was as if everything was shared, and nothing was so difficult anymore.

She watched as the Crown Princess walked towards her, step by step, and subconsciously stood up.

Many people did the same.

The students in the lecture hall, who had been talking amongst themselves, all stopped what they were doing after seeing Zheng Xuening’s face.

“Your Highness…” someone murmured as Zheng Xuening passed by.

Zheng Xuening walked slowly to Lu Dieqing’s table without looking to either side.

Zuo Xiaoya had already cowardly taken a big step back, dragging her chair with her, and sat down at another table.

One had to be sure if the Crown Princess really didn’t have that intention before trying to poach her corner. Now that the main character had come in for the kill, she really didn’t dare to face her head-on.

Perhaps because Zheng Xuening rarely appeared at the Caiyun Academy, everyone’s impression of her was always based on the few rumors from the court—moody and unpredictable, but with political vision, and her methods of handling matters were swift, even ruthless.

Coupled with the rumors that she had had a palace maid’s head chopped off because of her chronic headaches, everyone found it even more difficult to get close to the Crown Princess.

No one was willing to follow a ruler who would turn on them at any moment, and even make wrong decisions because of a headache.

Moreover, in the past, everyone had made such a decision after observing the Emperor’s intentions, and had leaned towards the other princes, thinking of finding another way out.

But the sky prison incident was enough to make anyone who had placed their bets on other princes and princesses see a fact.

That was, as long as the Son of Heaven was on the throne for a day, the Crown Princess’s position was unshakable.

Everyone had heard clearly how terrifying the Son of Heaven’s roars had been during the three days the Crown Princess was in a coma.

After all, she was the only child of the former Empress. She was different from the other heirs in the rear palace.

The Second Prince, who had also been in a coma for two or three days on his bed, had not received a single visit from the Son of Heaven, which showed the difference.

Getting off topic, now, facing Zheng Xuening, not many students in the lecture hall dared to strike up a conversation with her.

So, as Zheng Xuening walked over, everyone who had been standing in this aisle silently made way for her. The atmosphere suddenly became so quiet that no one made a sound.

The atmosphere in this lecture hall was even more serious than when the teacher was giving a lesson.

Zheng Xuening stopped in front of Lu Dieqing’s table, lowered her eyes to look at her, narrowed her long eyes, and said as if unintentionally, “You’re here?”

Clearly, she had arrived later, but she made it seem as if Lu Dieqing was the one who had come later.

Everyone in the lecture hall craned their necks to watch them speak.

Seeing the Crown Princess ignore everyone and walk straight to the Princess of Shan, and even show special concern, everyone was filled with shock.

The rumors were indeed true.

The Crown Princess scoffed at everyone else, but held the hostage from the Shan Kingdom in high regard.

Previously, she had left the palace and ridden the same horse with that hostage, and had even run into the Mo family’s Young General Mo at a restaurant. Now, she had personally sent Lu Dieqing to the Caiyun Academy, and had even come to visit because she was not at ease.

One had to see it with their own eyes to believe it.

“Mhm! I’m here.” Being watched by so many people, Lu Dieqing was nervous, and her voice was a little dry as she answered the Crown Princess.

Her clear almond eyes met the Crown Princess’s for a moment. As if knowing that she had to extinguish the fire, she asked in a soft voice, “Your Highness, is your body better?”

The poison she had taken before seemed to have done a lot of damage to her body. The Crown Princess looked pale, not as ruddy as usual. She looked as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

Zheng Xuening, who had quickly returned from the doll’s body to her own, and then rushed to the Caiyun Academy, originally had a fire burning in her heart.

The moment she stepped into the lecture hall, she even had a bit of a murderous aura.

But seeing the girl being so gentle and concerned about her in front of so many people, the displeasure in her heart was as if it had been smoothed over by a gentle little hand, and more than half of it was gone.

Zheng Xuening’s lips curved slightly, the frost on her face seeming to have melted, and a trace of warmth appeared.

“It’s fine. I’m recovering well.”

Seeing them speak like this, everyone evaluated Lu Dieqing’s importance and quietly raised her weight a great deal.

The Crown Princess was not easy to get close to, but this girl, who looked soft, glutinous, bright, and lovely, was very easy to get close to.

Zuo Xiaoya looked at the way the Crown Princess and Lu Dieqing were talking, and a doubt arose in her mind—seeing the Crown Princess so gentle, did she really have no intention of taking Miss Lu as a consort? Otherwise, how could she be so easy to talk to?

Zuo Manzhi reacted a little faster. Seeing the Crown Princess standing in front of her and Lu Dieqing, she quickly lowered her face slightly, gave up her seat, and then took a few steps back to sit with Zuo Xiaoya.

Zheng Xuening glanced at Lu Dieqing, then gracefully sat down in the empty seat, becoming Lu Dieqing’s deskmate.

The Crown Princess had sat down, and everyone else in the lecture hall also sat down one by one.

Lu Dieqing pressed her lips together, her heart in a turmoil, a certain indescribable apprehension.

“Your Highness… why did you come to the academy?”

She asked quietly.

“Can’t this Princess come?”

Zheng Xuening threw back a question, her willow-like brows slightly furrowed, as if she remembered the scene when she was a wooden doll, unable to even get a word in in the conversation between the girl and the others, that kind of irritable and angry scene.

Being a wooden doll and listening to others being so attentive and talking nonsense in front of this girl was really not a good feeling.

She had never been so aggrieved in her life.

The Crown Princess was rarely so impatient. Lu Dieqing was frightened and immediately lowered her little head, staring at her two hands in a daze.

The teacher giving the lesson, Teacher Jiang, slowly strolled in and saw the two new faces in the back row at a glance.

It was not for nothing. Lu Dieqing and Zheng Xuening were too eye-catching in the crowd.

The uniform of the Caiyun Academy was much more fitting than the clothes Lu Dieqing usually wore. She looked like a beautiful doll made of jade and snow.

And Zheng Xuening, as the Crown Princess, Teacher Jiang had of course seen her before and was very familiar with her face.

It was because he was familiar that he was shocked.

Teacher Jiang even rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he was presbyopic and was seeing the Crown Princess in the academy.

But he had many years of self-cultivation. Even though he wanted to ask the Crown Princess why she had come to the academy today, in front of so many students, he still put away his doubts and began to give a lesson to the students.

The moment Teacher Jiang opened his mouth, Lu Dieqing’s almond eyes lit up, very happy.

My first lesson in life!

So happy!

When the teacher mentioned the current state of the people’s livelihood, Lu Dieqing listened with her round almond eyes wide open, without blinking.

She was so engrossed that she didn’t even notice the Crown Princess at her side.

Zheng Xuening gritted her teeth, annoyed.

Although she herself couldn’t say how she was so easily provoked now. Her head wasn’t hurting at the moment.

The things Teacher Jiang was talking about were not new to her.

But the girl at her side was listening as if she were intoxicated, her little body sitting up straight, making one reluctant to interrupt.

Lu Dieqing didn’t notice the movements from the Crown Princess’s side at all.

She was listening intently when she suddenly saw a piece of paper pushed onto the table.

The little girl froze for a moment and looked at it curiously.

A line of characters was written on the paper in a flamboyant and elegant style.

—Fulfill your promise tonight and repay this Princess’s kindness.