Since Zhou Qiongyue decided to train Gulan, it was not just talk. From then on, she took Gulan with her whenever she handled various business matters.

Whatever Gulan didn't understand, Zhou Qiongyue patiently taught her.

Gulan quickly proved that she was capable. After all, she was no fool to be Zhou Qiongyue's head maid. Moreover, the four head maids were implicitly led by her, which further demonstrated her strength.

So soon, Gulan will be able to start dealing with some things.

Zhou Qiongyue was relatively freer, but she had only been free for a few days when she received a summons from her aunt, the Queen, so she packed up and went back to the palace.

In fact, at her age, it is really not suitable for her to enter the palace frequently. There is not only the emperor in the palace, but also many older princes. Zhou Qiongyue is now nervous every time she enters the palace, for fear of offending someone.

But what she thinks is not important.

However, as soon as her carriage reached the palace gate, it was stopped. Gulan immediately went down to see who was stopping the carriage. It turned out to be the Third Prince. Gulan did not even ask and got back on the carriage.

Gulan replied truthfully, "Miss, it's the Third Prince."

Zhou Qiongyue felt troubled. The Third Prince and the Queen's lineage had a mortal feud. She felt that the Third Prince's stopping of the carriage must be up to no good, but she had no choice but to go out and greet him.

Zhou Qiongyue saluted politely, her expression a perfectly composed smile. Her only goal was to prevent the Third Prince from finding any excuse to provoke her. "Your Highness, I greet you!"

The Third Prince, Li Jingbai, subconsciously straightened his back and flamboyantly opened the fan in his hand, smiling gently and calmly, "Miss Zhou, there is no need to be so polite. My carriage has broken down. Miss Zhou, could you burn a portion of my carriage for me?"

Zhou Qiongyue's expression did not change, but she was already cursing the Third Prince's ancestors for eighteen generations in her heart.

Zhou Qiongyue was no pushover either. She smiled respectfully, "Since the Third Prince doesn't have a carriage, there's definitely no problem. You can take my carriage to the palace! I'll walk back now."

"How embarrassing!" The third prince smiled as if he had succeeded in his evil plan, and it made people hate him just by looking at him.

The Third Prince had been suffering from the pain of not having a mother these days, so he wanted to reconcile with the Queen. He thought the best reconciliation would be to marry the Queen's niece! As for the marriage contract, how could it be compared to the dignity of a prince?

He felt that as long as he could win Zhou Qiongyue's heart, everything else would not be a problem.

Although Zhou Qiongyue didn't know what kind of medicine the Third Prince had in his pot, she was not a person with a bad temper. She immediately ordered Gulan next to her:

"Gulan, go to the palace and report to your aunt that the Third Prince's carriage broke down at the palace gate. These palace gatekeepers are so clueless that they don't even know how to get the Third Prince a new carriage.

So the Third Prince requisitioned this servant's. This servant has no way to enter the palace to pay respects. I will visit my aunt another day!"

"Yes, Miss!" Gulan responded and was about to leave immediately.

The Third Prince was stunned for a moment, then quickly called out to Gulan, "Wait a moment, Miss Zhou, I have no intention of requisitioning your carriage. You just need to give me a ride."

Zhou Qiongyue was rational at this time, but she couldn't bear it. So she slapped the third prince.

The Third Prince covered his face and looked at the woman in front of him with hatred. He couldn't believe that Zhou Qiongyue dared to attack him. In his entire life, no one had ever laid a hand on him. "You dare to hit this prince?"

Zhou Qiongyue shook her hands, feeling quite regretful, mainly because her hands hurt.

"I beat you, I know you're a prince. But I've never seen such a shameless person. He's ugly but still wants too much."

Although Zhou Qiongyue spoke tough, she still kept her distance from the Third Prince without making a sound. She was still afraid that the Third Prince would suddenly attack and hurt someone.

Although Zhou Qiongyue was on guard, the Third Prince was already so angry that he rushed up in rage.

Gulan and the others immediately wanted to block Zhou Qiongyue behind them, but Zhou Qiongyue thought about the other party's identity and knew that Gulan and the others would definitely suffer, so she immediately pulled Gulan and Gumei behind her.

Zhou Qiongyue personally went on the field to fight with the third prince. It was not because she didn't want to run away, but mainly because she didn't want the people around her to die because of this matter.

The emperor will settle the score later. If he can't deal with her, can't he deal with the people who serve her?

Although the Third Prince had learned martial arts, he had never fought a woman! Zhou Qiongyue pulled her hair, kicked her below, scratched and bit her, using every possible means. The two of them fought equally, with wounds on their faces and bodies.

In fact, the two of them didn't fight for long before they were pulled apart by the guards at the palace gate.

Then the battlefield moved to the imperial study, where the emperor, empress, second prince, and fifth prince were all present.

The third prince even covered his face with his hands to prevent those present from seeing him.

Zhou Qiongyue didn't have those concerns. Not only did she not cover herself at all, but she cried in front of everyone with tears and tears streaming down her face.

Zhou Qiongyue did not forget to complain while crying, "Uncle, aunt, the third prince is bullying us too much..."

Although the Queen smiled, she was furious. This bastard actually dared to attack Yue'er. The Queen felt that she just wanted to send this guy down to reunite with Concubine De.

Although the second prince was also angry, he felt more that his cousin was very fierce and even dared to confront his third brother.

The second prince shuddered at the sight of his third brother's miserable state. Fortunately, his cousin no longer liked him. Otherwise, he and his family would not be able to withstand his cousin's torment.

Only the Fifth Prince had a look of rage on his face. He was eager to go down and fight with his Third Brother again. If it weren't for his Second Brother holding his hand tightly, he would have rushed over.

For this, the second prince received a big eye roll from the fifth prince.

The emperor was also very angry at this time, especially since the third prince personally got involved in a fight with a woman, which was really ungraceful.

The emperor had no opinion about Zhou Qiongyue. In the emperor's mind, Zhou Qiongyue was now a fierce she-devil who dared to beat even the legitimate prince, let alone the illegitimate one.

The emperor looked at the queen, whose smile was becoming more and more gentle, and knew that if this matter today was not handled properly, the queen would be in trouble.

He had to protect his own son, so he handed the right of explanation to the third prince, Li Jingbai: "Bai'er, tell me! What happened?"

The Third Prince wanted to lie, but there were other people at the palace gate at the time, so there was no need. "My carriage broke down at the palace gate, so I asked Miss Zhou to give me a ride. Miss Zhou slapped me, and I was so angry that I started fighting."

After hearing what the Third Prince said, the Emperor did not express his opinion. Instead, he looked at Zhou Qiongyue again:

"Yue'er, what do you say?"