If she wasn't mistaken, this young prince of Xizhou should have this name, right?

The ruler of Xizhou is quite strange; why did he give his son such an old-fashioned name?

"Is it true that you people in the Central Plains can freely enter and leave your master's room?"

A chilling voice came from behind, and Song He'er felt a chill run through her body.

She turned her head blankly, meeting a pair of icy eyes that could send shivers down one's spine.

"I...I just wanted to find something to do, I wasn't wandering around."

"Didn't I tell you to serve outside?"

Although Song He'er was there to serve others, she couldn't stand being ordered around like this. As she grew angrier, she retorted, "Who am I serving outside? Your Highness, aren't you in this room right now? It seems you don't need my service, so I'll leave!"

Jiang Huaifu remained silent, staring at her with an icy gaze, as if he wanted to bore a hole through her.

"Don't try to outsmart me. If you anger me, I have a thousand ways to kill you!"

Song He'er was completely baffled. This man was incredibly sensitive and eccentric, unpredictable, and moody.

Just a moment ago he was so gentle and refined, but now he has become so violent and ruthless. It's truly an eye-opener.

"Yes, then I'll go out!"

After bowing, Song He'er hurriedly left the room.

If you think about it carefully, she must have taken a lot of torture instruments from other people in the torture chamber. It's not impossible for Zhang Xiu'e and Li Qiang's wife to dig a tunnel in the room!

But she still needs to maneuver around here and attract other people's attention.

"Oh, so you're the maid our young prince recently took in, right? You look like a country bumpkin. You're not fit to serve here. Get out and stand there."

Song He'er turned her head and looked the woman up and down. She was wearing a red-sleeved long dress, with her hair down and a ruby ​​the size of a quail egg on her forehead. Her features were quite unique, but she was very vulgar.

Compared to Song He'er, who was dressed in light-colored clothes, she was probably the most unfashionable one.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I am a princess in this palace, and the Queen is my aunt, so you must listen to whatever I say. Get out!"

"Why should I?" Song He'er met her gaze directly.

Upon hearing this, the arrogant woman immediately widened her eyes and looked at her incredulously, "Who are you talking to!"

"Besides the princess, is there anyone else in this house?"

The woman's face turned purplish-blue with anger, her hands trembling slightly, as if she wanted to rush up and hit someone right now.

"You... no one has ever spoken to me like this before. Do you think that just because you've gained some favor with the young prince, you can strut around on my head and act arrogantly? You're just someone who looks a bit like that bitch. I'll deal with you when I get the chance!"

Little bitch? She looks a bit like one?

Song He'er didn't quite understand what this person meant for a moment, but one thing she was sure of was that this woman must like that young prince, which was why she was so jealous and making trouble for her.

"I don't know where I offended the princess, but even if I did something wrong, it should be Your Highness, not you!"

After several confrontations, the woman in red could no longer hold back and reached out to slap Song He'er across the face.

A cracking sound—the sound of bones breaking!

A piercing pain began to spread throughout her body, and the woman in red squatted on the ground, wailing in agony.

The strange thing is that she didn't know the girl in front of her was a martial arts expert; her hand was almost broken before it even landed.

"you……"

Song He'er used gentle force, so this pain wouldn't be visible as an external injury. Even if the imperial physician came, he wouldn't be able to say anything, only that she had accidentally sprained her ankle.

"Princess, what's wrong? Do you need my help?" Song He'er asked in a pretentious manner.

The woman in red raised her head indignantly, meeting her gaze fiercely. "You...you dare..."

"Jia Dai, what are you doing here?" A familiar voice rang in my ears.

Song He'er knew that the sensitive and eccentric young prince had come out again.

"Cousin! She! She spoke rudely to me, and she even hit me!"

Jiang Huaifu glanced sideways at Song He'er, looking her up and down, and asked the woman in red with a cold face, "I see your voice is louder than others, who would dare to bully you?"

"I...cousin, you have to believe me!"

"Alright, I'm just looking for a maid, what's it to you? You come here every few days to cause trouble, get out of here now, or if your father finds out, he'll never let you come to my palace again!"

Shen Jiadai's eyes reddened, and tears fell in a steady stream, making her look pitiful.

To be honest, she is indeed beautiful, but she's a bit dim-witted.

She had a pair of bright almond-shaped eyes, skin as white as a peeled egg, eyebrows like distant mountains, a high nose bridge, and facial features that were aesthetically pleasing.

It seems the book was right: beautiful women come from foreign lands, radiant and stunning.

"Cousin, how could you do this? Aunt said you're not allowed to bring any more maids into the palace. Why didn't you listen?"

"go out!"

Shen Jiadai ran out crying.

Song He'er stood there, stunned, watching the two of them put on a show of deep brotherly and sisterly affection.

Have you seen enough?

"ah?"

"Grind the ink for me." With that, Jiang Huaifu turned and went back into the room without looking back.

Song He'er had no choice but to follow behind...

———The Queen's Palace———

Having suffered a loss at Jiang Huaifu's hands, Shen Jiadai quickly took a shortcut and ran to her aunt's palace.

As soon as he entered, he collapsed onto Queen Shen's lap, sobbing and wailing incessantly.

"Aunt, my cousin has found another girl of unknown origin to be his personal maid! After all these years, he still hasn't forgotten Qingwu, that little slut. She looks somewhat like her. Aunt, if you don't do something about it, the same thing that happened before will happen again!"

Queen Shen frowned slightly and summoned her maid to question her in detail, but to her surprise, the maid knew nothing about the matter!

The thought that her son had kept this a complete secret filled her with anger.

"Jia Dai, how did you know?"

"Aunt! I saw it! I saw that little maid standing guard outside my cousin's room. She's pretty, but she looks like a vixen! What's worse, she injured me and talked back to me! Aunt, do you think my cousin is spoiling her too much?"

Queen Shen's expression was somewhat unpleasant. After pondering for a while, she said indifferently, "Go and convey my decree. Tell her that I want to see this little girl and that she must come to Laiyin Palace immediately."