Xi Juan covered her face in disbelief, turned and pointed at Li Yunyan, "You...you actually dared to hit me!!"

"Smack!"

Another sharp crack rang out; Li Yunyan's slap showed no mercy.

"How dare you point a finger at this princess? You're asking for trouble!"

"Li Yunyan! How dare you!"

The second princess is the daughter of the current imperial concubine. She was spoiled and pampered growing up and has always been arrogant and domineering! When she saw her palace maid being beaten, she immediately became so angry that her eyebrows shot up and she raised her hand to strike back.

"Princess!"

Seeing this, Yuzhu and Yudie were about to step forward to block, but Li Yunyan grabbed the Second Princess's hand in advance.

Another crisp "snap!" sounded.

The surroundings became quiet.

The Third Princess has slapped the Second Princess in the face!

"ah!!!!"

The second princess screamed, "Li Yunyan, you bitch! I'm going to kill you!!!"

Li Yunyan kicked the second princess away.

She was fearless. Unless the emperor revoked the imperial decree ordering her to go on a marriage alliance, she could tear a hole in the sky today and no one would dare to do anything to her!

But how can a matter between two countries be resolved simply because of a fight between princesses?

Li Yunyan understood the emperor's heart perfectly well. Since the marriage alliance couldn't be canceled, she could act without restraint in front of her two elder sisters.

If you can't kill him, beat him to death!

The second princess wept bitterly on the ground in the distance, shouting that she wanted her mother to tear Li Yunyan to pieces and grind her bones to dust.

A group of palace maids squatted beside her to comfort her.

The eldest princess was surprised that Li Yunyan's temper had suddenly become so bad that she couldn't control her at all.

Wasn't she always the most timid and fearful person?

She adopted the airs of the eldest princess and said to Li Yunyan, "Third Princess, Second Princess was just joking with you. How could you hit her? This is unbecoming of the royal family!"

Li Yunyan rubbed her wrist and smiled innocently at her, "I was just joking with Second Sister, Eldest Sister, did you find it funny?"

The eldest princess had no intention of joking around with her and said coldly, "She's your older sister! How can you, as her younger sister, hit your own sister?"

"I'm still her younger sister! How can the older sister not take care of the younger sister, but instead expect the younger sister to give in to the older sister?"

The eldest princess was furious and shouted, "This is outrageous! Third sister, you have been far too rude today! As your elder sister, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of our father!"

The moment she raised her hand, Li Yunyan, who couldn't wait any longer, slapped her across the face.

"Smack!"

The slap was so loud that everyone in the room heard it.

Li Yunyan looked around and found that the officials and the wedding delegation from Beishuo were all looking at them.

Everyone stared blankly, as if they were in a daze.

Li Yunyan found it funny and even took the time to wink at Fu Luo Youqi!

Fu Luo crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow with interest.

The eldest princess was dumbfounded. She never expected that Li Yunyan would dare to hit her!

But the eldest princess was more quick-witted than the second princess. Instead of shouting, she looked humiliated and tears began to well up in her eyes.

Li Yunyan's eyes lit up!

She knows this trick well!

Let her go first!

Before the eldest princess even started her performance, Li Yunyan covered her face and cried.

She feigned a great injustice and cried out to the eldest princess, "Sister, it's one thing for you to bully me all the time! But today is the day I'm leaving for a marriage alliance. For the sake of peace between our two countries, can't you and my second sister let me off this time?"

The eldest princess never expected that she would accuse the enemy first and even dare to expose royal private affairs in front of everyone!

I was somewhat shocked and at a loss.

The crucial point is that she originally wanted to cry! But now Li Yunyan has started crying before her!

Will she continue to cry?

What's wrong with Li Yunyan? Why is she acting so unpredictably?!

Li Yunyan didn't give her a chance to speak and continued to cry, "Eldest sister, please don't bully me today, okay? I'll never appear in front of you again! I'll leave everything in my palace to you, I just beg you to let me go!"

Who wants your paltry sum?

The eldest princess was so overwhelmed by Li Yunyan's crying that she couldn't find any fault with her and didn't know which rebuttal to make!

She noticed people were already whispering among themselves, wondering if they really believed the lies told by that bitch Li Yunyan! She was both angry and anxious.

"Shut up!"

The eldest princess, distracted by Li Yunyan's crying, temporarily forgot about the slap she had received. She lowered her voice and said, "Third sister, we're talking about what just happened. Don't bring up other things!"

"Eldest Princess!" Li Yunyan lowered her voice as well, "Please forgive me for being in a bad mood today. If you two princesses continue to pester me, then I will take off this dress today and refuse to submit to you! Let the princesses handle the marriage alliance with the Northern Shu Kingdom!"

The eldest princess's expression hardened. She had originally intended to embarrass Li Yunyan in front of everyone today, so that the envoy from Beishuo would look down on her and perhaps even start to torment her on the way!

Unexpectedly, Li Yunyan suddenly changed her personality and, as if she had gone all out, turned the tables on them!

She stared coldly at Li Yunyan's face, a surge of hatred welling up inside her.

Li Yunyan was the most beautiful among her sisters, and even their father praised her good looks!

If the Emperor betroths her to a high-ranking official because of her looks, wouldn't that put pressure on her from now on?

How could she, a lowly person of humble origins, be worthy of him?!

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