Feng Junya was already dressed up in her finest attire. When she entered, she still bowed to Xiao Tang with considerable politeness.

"This humble servant greets Your Highness."

Xiao Tang: "Hmm..."

"Your Highness, the palace is hosting a banquet today, and Her Majesty the Empress has invited me to accompany you to the grand event."

The Empress is indeed a master of handling things.

As expected of the male lead's mother, she's so troublesome.

Xiao Tang spat out the sunflower seed shells in her mouth. "Oh, tui~! Then let's join in together."

Looking at her unrestrained way of eating sunflower seeds, she has absolutely no air of a well-bred lady, let alone the aura that a princess should have.

Feng Junya sneered inwardly.

She placed the tray she was carrying on the stone table where Xiao Tang was eating melon seeds.

"Princess, this is a dress sent by Her Majesty the Empress. She said that you should wear it when you enter the palace. After all, you are a princess now, and you can't bring shame to our Regent's Palace."

Tsk tsk...

Listen to this.

What did that woman say?

Our Regent's Palace?

She has a rather large face.

Xiao Tang glanced at the pale, plain white dress.

Anyone who didn't know better would think they were going to the palace to mourn.

Was the Empress doing this on purpose?

Xiao Tang gave a soft "oh" and nodded, "You can leave it here."

His tone was extremely cold.

This left Feng Junya somewhat puzzled.

Everyone says that Xiao Tang is stupid and easy to manipulate; the Empress and the Seventh Imperial Concubine both say so. But now… why can’t she understand this woman?

Xiao Tang picked up another handful of melon seeds, and seeing that the person was still standing there, she became impatient and asked, "Is there anything else?"

“Sister Princess… there is indeed something else, to be honest.” She glanced at Ruyi.

The meaning is obvious.

Xiao Tang naturally understood and gave Ruyi a look.

After Ruyi left, Feng Junya spoke softly, "Sister Princess, to be honest, the Prince's strange illness has not yet been cured. I went to the Great Buddha Temple in the south of the city last time and had it calculated. They said that the Prince has a calamity jade called Nirvana, and this jade pendant is a calamity."

Xiao Tang smiled, her eyes crinkling. "Oh? Is that so?"

Rob my ass!

There is indeed a large Buddhist temple in the south of the city.

But anyone who can utter such nonsense is either someone who hasn't mastered metaphysics or someone who is just making things up.

So, the original owner was deceived by such a lie?

That's kind of funny.

That Nirvana Jade Pendant, in fact, is a piece of auspicious jade, but she has never seen it and cannot make a conclusion about what secrets it contains.

"Yes! Tonight, why don't you say a few kind words to the prince, Princess, and get that jade pendant taken away and destroyed? The prince's strange illness will naturally be cured."

Xiao Tang looked at her with feigned surprise.

I don't believe you! You're a really bad woman.

However, keeping this woman calm for now is not a bad idea.

She nodded. "That makes sense. Shall I discuss this with the Prince tonight?"

Feng Junya was overjoyed to have achieved her goal. She smiled, nodded, and turned to leave.

She'll just sit back and wait for the Regent to crush Xiao Tang to death.

She didn't know what the Nirvana Jade Pendant was, only that it was very important to the Regent.

If you want to get rid of this eyesore Xiao Tang, then setting up this scheme will definitely solve the problem!

Xiao Tang watched the woman straighten her back and leave, and chuckled.

In the book, this welcome banquet was originally intended for the male protagonist.

However, since it was the Regent who resolved the matter, the credit naturally went to the Regent.

Moreover... they also solved the problem at its source and dealt with the bandits.

A triple win.

The emperor was delighted.

[System, did I contribute to the fight against the plague? I don't have any points?]

It wouldn't make sense if there were no points, would it?

And... at least give them a reward!