Chapter 172 I Don't Want to Be Your Concubine Anymore!

Star Harbour Courtyard.

Qin Xin, accompanied by two maids, carrying four sets of brand-new winter clothes, two pairs of brand-new winter shoes, and a small, exquisite hand warmer, entered the house.

She glanced at Huayi. Today, Huayi was wearing an ink-wash dress and a blue satin jacket, dressed in a proper maid's attire.

She quickly looked away and bowed to Xiao Qingyuan: "Your Highness, this servant has come to deliver clothes to Huayi on the orders of the Princess Consort. Please take a look, is the thickness of these clothes adequate?"

Hua Yi was startled and looked at Xiao Qingyuan in surprise.

Xiao Qingyuan touched his clothes, and seeing Huayi's surprise, he smiled at her and said, "I saw that your clothes were too thin, and you must be freezing, so I asked Shen Wantang to bring you some thicker clothes. Take a look, do you like them?"

Hua Yi was terrified. He actually went to the Crown Princess to ask her for clothes? What would the Crown Princess think of her? She'd only just received a little bit of favor, and she was already getting cocky, forgetting who she was?

Her face was a little pale: "Your Highness is too kind to me. I just forgot to wear my jacket last night. Look, I'm wearing it today. I'm not cold at all. These clothes are unnecessary, aren't they?"

Xiao Qingyuan's face turned cold: "What's the panic? It's just a few clothes. I told you to wear them, so wear them! Come here, take them all, don't leave out a single one!"

Huayi dared not disobey his orders, so she went over and took everything.

Qin Xin looked at Hua Yi's pale face and was confused for a moment. She realized that she couldn't tell whether Hua Yi's fear was feigned or if she was really afraid.

However, she probably can't fake that expression, right?

Could it be that Huayi didn't persuade the prince to ask her for clothes?

However, no matter what, Qin Xin wanted to complete the task that Shen Wantang had given her well, so she smiled kindly and said, "Huayi, in addition to clothes and shoes, the Crown Princess also specially sent you a small hand warmer. Your hands and feet are prone to getting cold in winter. Using this will keep you warm."

Hua Yi knelt down in fear and trepidation: "This servant thanks the Crown Princess!"

Xiao Qingyuan glanced at her knees and said coldly, "Get up."

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Xin quickly helped Hua Yi up: "You're such a stickler for rules. Even the Crown Princess doesn't like us kneeling around like that, have you forgotten?"

"Yes, yes, the Crown Princess has always been kind to us."

Qin Xin nodded, bowed to Xiao Qingyuan again, and then left with her maid.

As soon as I stepped out of the house, I heard a sound of something being smashed coming from inside.

She turned around and saw Chu Yanluo coming out of the inner room. She immediately smashed the small hand warmer that Huayi had just received.

The small brass hand warmer made a piercing "clang" sound, rolled a long way on the ground before stopping, the lid had been thrown outside the door, and the hand warmer was deformed from the impact.

Xiao Qingyuan was furious: "Chu Yanluo, what's wrong with you now?!"

Chu Yanluo was even angrier than him: "Xiao Qingyuan, if you want to get rid of me, just say so. You don't have to disgust me like this!"

"What nonsense are you spouting? How have I disgusted you?"

"Isn't this disgusting enough?"

Chu Yanluo grabbed Huayi's new clothes and shoes and threw them all outside the door: "I told you to go to Shen Wantang to get some fabric, but you wouldn't give it to me, so you made me wear this outfit every day. Huayi was just dressed a little thinly, and you went to ask her for clothes!"

She was really angry this time, so she couldn't even control her volume; her screams almost lifted the roof off.

As Shen Wantang's head maid, Huayi's clothes were all incredibly bright and she wore one outfit after another. One day she wore a light green outfit, the next day a light pink outfit, and the day after that a sea blue outfit. She was dressed up in a very glamorous way.

A maid, dressed in gold and silver, and adorned with bright flowers and green willows, looked more respectable and glamorous than her mistress!

Xiao Qingyuan even thought she had no clothes to wear and wanted to go and get her some!

This was an utter disgrace to Chu Yanluo!

She spent several nights sleeping with Xiao Qingyuan for nothing, but didn't even get a single piece of cloth. Huayi only needed to cry twice to get four brand-new satin clothes!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, until her hands and feet trembled. In her rage, she grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed herself in the neck: "Xiao Qingyuan, since you've humiliated me like this, I'd rather be dead! In my next life, I'll never be your concubine again!"

Blood gushed out, and Xiao Qingyuan was startled. He hurriedly snatched the scissors from her hand: "Are you crazy? What are you doing! It's just a few pieces of clothing, is it really that serious?"

Chu Yanluo collapsed softly into his arms, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Since you have already fallen in love with someone else, then kill me and let Huayi be your concubine. I didn't want to stay in this filthy world anyway. If I die, everyone will have peace and quiet."

Xiao Qingyuan covered the wound on her neck: "Stop talking nonsense, you've lost a lot of blood! Moji, quickly fetch the imperial physician! No, it might be too late to fetch the imperial physician, go and call Shen Wantang, hurry!"

Moji dared not disobey the order and had no choice but to bite the bullet and go outside.

As soon as he stepped out of Xinghe Courtyard, he saw Qin Xin standing outside.

Qin Xin glared at him through gritted teeth: "If you dare to ask the Crown Princess to treat Chu Yanluo's injuries, I'll fight you to the death! What is she? Does she even deserve to have our Crown Princess treat her!"

Mo Ji quickly covered her mouth: "Grandma, keep your voice down, don't let the young master hear!"

Qin Xin shoved his hand away, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Mo Ji followed behind her, saying as he chased after her, "As a servant, how dare I disobey my master's orders? I have to go this time, whether I want to or not. Don't worry, the Crown Princess won't come to treat Chu Yanluo's injuries; she will definitely refuse."

Qin Xin looked displeased: "If the Crown Princess refuses, she will offend the Crown Prince. If she offends the Crown Prince, you might as well offend him. Anyway, the Crown Prince won't do anything to you. At most, he'll scold you a few times and fine you a little."

"You make it sound so easy. If the young master were really angry, he would kick me out of the manor."

Qin Xin fell silent; she was actually afraid that Mo Ji would be kicked out by the Crown Prince.

The two returned to Wutong Courtyard one after the other, only to hear Granny Chai say, "Looking for the Princess Consort to treat Consort Chu's injuries? Ha! What bad timing! The Princess Consort has gone out on urgent business. Let's wait for her to return!"

Qin Xin was overjoyed: "Oh dear, the Crown Princess has gone out! That's wonderful... but what a coincidence!"

Mo Ji breathed a sigh of relief: "Since the Crown Princess is not at home, I will go back and see if the Crown Prince wants to invite the imperial physician."

He rushed back to Xinghe Courtyard.

When Xiao Qingyuan heard that Shen Wantang had actually gone out, he suddenly felt a little panicked. For so long, Shen Wantang had become the backbone of the entire Prince's Mansion. No matter what he had to do, as long as he went to her, she could solve it.

He felt uneasy at all when she wasn't in the mansion.

Seeing that Chu Yanluo's face was getting paler and paler, he had no choice but to instruct Mo Ji, "Go and fetch the imperial physician first!"

Mo Ji reached out his hand to him: "Sir, here's some silver."