I woke up as the Villainous Empress

133 Holding Hands.

“Your Highness! You’re still here? I just saw Her Highness leaving the chamber and she was going to the Main Palace residence with her maid. Shouldn’t you go along with her to pay respect to His and Her Majesty?” Gu Lan asked in puzzlement.

He came to Zheng Liang’s study room to pick up the documents that he left in the room last night and was surprised to see Zheng Liang sitting at his working desk and busy writing something with a frown on his face.

What could he be writing so diligently that he forgot to go along with Yang Ning to pay respects to His and Her Majesty?

He got married only yesterday and he already started working. If Court lady Zhu finds out about it, she will give him a big lecture about it and will nag at him for busying Zheng Liang with work.

But in reality, he didn’t even know that Zheng Liang was in the study room.

“Oh. Is that so?” Zheng Liang pursed his lips when he heard Gu Lan’s words and put a book on the paper to cover it on which he was writing something.

He has already changed into the outfit for the parade ceremony and was writing something on the paper while waiting for Yang Ning for the ceremony, who was getting ready in his study room.

After seeing her stunned reaction in the morning, he decided to get ready in the study room and let her use his chamber.

Because if he went back to the chamber, it would become an awkward situation for the two of them.

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Zheng Liang didn’t say anything to Gu Lan and fixed his outer robe before walking out of the room. However, before exiting the room, Zheng Liang halted in his steps and looked at Gu Lan with a frown, and asked, ” You....Do you know what Male Lead means?”

“Yes? Ma...male lead? What is it?” Gu Lan was flustered when Zheng Liang suddenly asked him a question about which he had no idea.

‘Male lead? What does it mean? Is it the name of a horse or a new foreign weapon?’ He wondered.

If Zheng Liang is asking him about something, then it must be an important thing. However, what is it?

“So you don’t know about it either. Hmm!” Zheng Liang looked at Gu Lan with slight disappointment and left the study room without saying anything further.

Gu Lan panicked to see him leaving like that and shouted from behind, ” Your Highness, do you know anything about it? Is it something important?”

” Would you like me to look more into this thing? Your Highness, I will find out more about this thing....Male Lead. You can leave it to me.” He shouted.

He was worried that Zheng Liang might misunderstand him as ignorant and that’s why he swore to find out what this thing called Male Lead is and will bring it to His Highness. He will surely be pleased if he brings him this thing as his wedding gift.

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Zheng Liang increased his pace as he followed Yang Ning to the Main Palace. However, he was surprised to see her walking towards the staircase of the Dragon Pavilion.

Gu Lan had said that he saw Yang Ning leaving the chamber and it was a while ago. He thought that he would find her near the garden but she was still inside the premises of the Dragon Pavilion. He chuckled to see her treading slowly while holding onto her long and heavy dress.

“I wonder who named this woman cold and vicious. That person must be blind.” He chuckled to see her clumsy actions and the way she was arguing with her maid while tightly clutching onto her dress.

‘Ah, I must be crazy.’ He put on an indifferent face when he realized that he was smiling like a fool while watching her from afar. He is the Crown Prince of the Zheng Empire, how could he lose his focus so easily?

He cleared his throat and followed Yang Ning in long strides. He halted and stood behind her when she stopped near the staircase.

He was about to call her to make her aware of his appearance. However, he couldn’t help but comment when he heard her rambling about falling on the ground while walking in her long and heavy dress. “Don’t worry. You will not fall.”

It was just a harmless remark from his side but who would have expected that she would get so startled and will lose her balance because of him?

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“Milady, are you alright?” Xiaowei looked at Yang Ning worriedly and helped her to adjust her dress. She was so scared when her lady screamed when she lost her balance.

” I...am fine.” Yang Ning said embarrassedly. Yesterday night she made a scene after getting drunk and now she was displaying her clumsiness in front of everyone.

Why does she keep messing things up in front of him? She cried inwardly.

Zheng Liang looked at Yang Ning guiltily and asked in concern, “Fang...”. He paused in his words when Yang Ning looked up at him and glared at him as if he had committed a crime.

Remembering that she told him in the morning to not call her by this name anymore, he cleared his throat and asked, ” Princess Yang Ning, are you not hurt anywhere?”

“I am alright. Thank you for saving me.” Yang Ning thanked him with an insincere smile. Although she fell because he was standing behind her like an unannounced ghost and whispered in her ears like a pervert, she still thanked him.

She will let him go this time since he saved her in time. At least he saved her! If she had fallen down the stairs because of him, her ghost would have haunted him for embarrassing her in front of everyone.

“You should have sent someone to inform me if you were ready and were visiting the Main Palace. We are husband and wife now, we should go together everywhere from now on.” He said with a serious poker face and stretched his palm in front of her.

Yang Ning was caught off guard by his deep words and wasn’t expecting him to say that. He was the same guy who wanted to cancel this wedding three months ago and ignored Yang Ning throughout her life in the .

Then...what is this change?

However, why do husband and wife sound so sweet when he says it?

She looked at his hand in front of her and looked up at him in confusion, wondering what he want her to do with it.

” You can hold onto me for support. This way you will not fall even if you are wearing a long and heavy dress. Because I will not let you fall.” He said.

Yang Ning was speechless when she heard those words from him. These words....why do they sound so familiar? She wondered.

Thinking about it, these are the words that Zheng Liang had said to the Female Lead in the . Why....was he saying those words to her?

Isn’t Yang Ning a villainess in the ? Is the story already changing its course? She thought.

“Milady....” Xiaowei called out to Yang Ning who was lost in a daze and was staring at Zheng Liang’s face with a frown.

It was a golden opportunity. His Highness is showing his affection to her in front of everyone, how can she simply stare at his face and not do anything?

“Ah?” Yang Ning exclaimed in surprise and realized that she was standing there like a fool and was staring at Zheng Liang when he was waiting for her to hold onto his hand.

“Yes. I should thank you in advance.” Yang Ning smiled and placed her hand in his for support. It wasn’t the first time that she was holding his hand but it was a strange feeling that made her smile for no reason.

Xiaowei grinned in happiness to see Her lady and His Highness holding hands and stepping down the stairs. She pursed her lips and tried to control her happiness, rather than ruining this precious moment by chuckling aloud.

She took a deep breath and decided to walk some distance away from the couple who was walking while holding each other’s hands. While looking at them from behind, she cannot help but feel emotional.

Her lady is finally receiving the love and respect that she deserves.

People used to say that it is just a political marriage between the Yang Household and the royal family.

They used to badmouth her lady and comment that she would be estranged by His Highness right after the marriage.

However, she was sure that after seeing the newlywed royal couple holding hands, the maids and people who used to badmouth her lady would get a heart attack after seeing this moment.

Hah! They deserve that. How dare they speak ill of her lady?