Chapter 339: Harming Others and Not Benefiting Yourself

Her voice instantly brought Wang Xu back to his senses. He retracted his fist and looked up at Ji Yunshu: "You're already married, why are you still complaining to me?"

Ji Yunshu said with a smile: "What's wrong with getting married? Oh, are you reminding me that I should complain to my husband? This is really a coincidence. My husband happens to be the Jingzhao Yin. It is his responsibility to care about your fight."

"Is Jingzhao Prefecture the only one in charge of this?" Wang Xu angrily pointed at the person across from him. "He's criticizing the Empress, so why isn't anyone here to stop him?"

The scholar-looking man opposite raised an eyebrow and looked at Ji Yunshu, then bowed gracefully, "So you are the wife of the Marquis of Changxing. My apologies."

Judging from his appearance, it is obvious that he is of extraordinary status.

But Ji Yunshu had seen almost all the people of unusual status in the capital, but this was a new face.

It seems that they are descendants of princes who returned from other places.

She smiled and asked, "Forgive my ignorance, but I wonder which family you are from?"

The man said, "My name is Xiao Xu, and I am the third in command of the Prince Qing's Mansion."

"You're actually the Third Young Master of Prince Qing's Mansion. Boys really change a lot when they grow up. You've become much more handsome than when you were a child. I didn't even recognize you."

Ji Yunshu went over the events of Prince Qing's Mansion in his mind, and then he remembered that he had actually seen the person in front of him before.

Prince Qing was the fifth prince of the late emperor, born to Xiao Xu's concubine. When he was a child, he went to the palace to pay his respects to the empress dowager, and she was also present.

That was more than ten years ago.

If Xiao Xu hadn't said it himself, Ji Yunshu really couldn't connect the little brat in her memory with the handsome man in front of her.

This was the first time Xiao Xu heard the saying that boys change a lot when they grow up. He suspected that Ji Yunshu was implying something to him, but looking at her expression, it didn't seem like that.

He smiled and said, "Madam Crown Prince, you are often forgetful. I can understand that."

After saying this, his eyes moved between Ji Yunshu and Wang Xu, and he continued, "Madam, do you want to hold me accountable for criticizing the Empress today?"

He tilted his head slightly to look at her with a smile on his face. Ji Yunshu looked down from the window of the private room. She didn't know if it was because of the angle, but she inexplicably felt that there was a hint of provocation in the other person's eyes.

She had a hunch that something was wrong, as if Xiao Xu had done it on purpose. Even if she investigated it seriously, given his status, he would only be reprimanded.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "I came here to eat, but I didn't hear what you said."

After he finished speaking, Xiao Xu's eyes showed surprise, and Ji Yunshu's eyes moved slightly.

However, after hearing her words, Wang Xu was very dissatisfied and said, "Are you deaf? He just spoke so loudly, how could you not hear it?"

Ji Yunshu thought this kid was really clueless: "My ears haven't been working well lately. I can't hear what you said."

Wang Xu was furious, but his impulse to hit someone was interrupted by Ji Yunshu. By then, he had calmed down: "Hmph, just wait, I will definitely tell the emperor about this."

When he finished speaking, he followed in and ran out again like a gust of wind, as if he was in a hurry to go.

Xiao Xu looked at Ji Yunshu with a somewhat inquiring expression: "Why are you helping me?"

Ji Yunshu glanced at him: "I can't hear what you said."

Then he closed the window directly.

Xiao Xu: “…”

He stared at the closed window for a long time, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

In the private room, Cen Xi asked Ji Yunshu curiously, "Why did you just let that young master from the Qing Palace go? I remember he was a bastard, and the Qing Palace didn't seem to value him very much."

Ji Yunshu knew that her statement of not valuing him was too euphemistic. Prince Qing simply wished he didn't have this son.

Prince Qing and his princess were deeply in love. One day, the prince got drunk and had sex with a maid, and gave birth to Xiao Xu.

Princess Qing and Prince Qing argued about this matter for an unknown amount of time.

It is said that Prince Qing once wanted to strangle his son to death with his own hands.

Ji Yunshu laughed and said, "No matter what, he is still a member of the royal family. Even if we investigate, what can we do to him?"

Cen Xi understood: "You are right. Criticizing the royal family is a serious crime for ordinary people like us, but it is nothing for these royal descendants."

Ji Yunshu did not comment on her words. There were many royal children. Although they were noble, in fact, the unfavored princes and princesses did not necessarily live as well as the children of these families.

It is not easy for a bastard like Xiao Xu, who is not liked by his father and stepmother, to grow up.

The two chatted for a while, had lunch together, and then went home separately.

As soon as Ji Yunshu returned, he saw Yin Ye waiting in the house, so he asked, "What did the Wang family say?"

When Wang Xu left, she was afraid that he would fall into another trap, so she asked Yin Ye to follow him and send him back to the Wang family.

Yin Ye replied, "As you instructed, I informed Madam Wang of what happened at Cuihua Tower. She said she knew about it and sent a generous token of gratitude."

Ji Yunshu nodded: "That's good. Right now is a time of great trouble. It's hard to say what the Empress' situation is like in the palace. If something happens to the Wang family again, it will definitely cause trouble."

Lan Yin asked, "What about the young master of Prince Qing's mansion?"

Ji Yunshu pondered over it, she couldn't understand why the other party deliberately said those words?

She couldn't help but murmur, "What good will it do him if he ruins the Queen's reputation?"

Not at all. Even if the Queen was deposed, it has nothing to do with Prince Qing's Mansion.

Yin Ye said, "This young master's situation in Prince Qing's Mansion is not good. If these words were to be known by the people in Prince Qing's Mansion, he would probably suffer a lot."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be even more strange?"

Xiao Xu doesn't look stupid, so why would he do something that harms others and himself?

Ji Yunshu couldn't figure it out, so he put the matter aside.

After being away for a long time, she had a lot of things on her hands, so Lu Ru sorted out some of the backlog things that needed her to handle personally.

Ji Yunshu went into the study to deal with things.

She doesn't like to be in charge of things and will never do something herself if she can delegate it to others.

So the things that came to her hands were a bit troublesome, and it took her an entire afternoon to finish them.

Before she knew it, it was dark. Lan Yin turned on the light and advised her, "You should at least take a break and take your time. These things have been piling up for a month, and it doesn't have to be finished today."

Ji Yunshu looked at the letter in his hand and smiled, "It's been piling up for so long, so of course it's better to finish reading it sooner rather than later. Actually, it's not all troublesome, there's some good news. Look at this."

As she spoke, she handed a letter to Lan Yin.

Lan Yin reached out and was a little surprised to see that it was Mr. Chen from Quanzhou.

Mr. Shen is the cousin of the prince. Logically, he should be communicating with the prince. Why would he write directly to his wife?

This is against the rules.

Although she didn't show anything on her face, after all, they had been together for such a long time, Ji Yunshu could still easily tell what she was thinking.

He laughed and said, "Have you forgotten why Shen Qingchuan came to Quanzhou?"

Lan Yin suddenly thought of something and immediately lowered her head to read the letter. Then she asked in disbelief, "He really did it?"