Chapter 145 There is no free advantage

"What Princess said is quite interesting. How did you get into misunderstanding again? Today's incident has nothing to do with me from beginning to end. Why does it sound so uncomfortable to me?" Zhong Min was really disgusted when she saw Jiang Xiyan starting to act again.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Jiang Xiyan burst into tears. She lowered her head and said with grievance, "Sister Min must have thought Xiyan was too cruel, so she refused to help Xiyan. But Xiyan had no choice. Those concubines were so presumptuous. If I don't punish them well, no one will take me seriously. How could I have wanted to be so cruel? I said that no one should find a doctor for her, but didn't I secretly find a palace doctor to treat her? It's okay if others misunderstand, but if Sister Min also misunderstands Xiyan, then what's the point of Xiyan staying in this palace in the future!"

After hearing this, Zhong Min couldn't help but swallow her saliva. At first, she really didn't know what Jiang Xiyan was planning. She didn't expect that she was deliberately trying to discredit her.

Seeing Jiang Xiyan shamelessly selling her alliance and pretending to be pitiful in front of Xiao Mingzheng, she couldn't help but laugh dryly and said, "Princess, why are you crying again for no reason? It seems like I'm bullying you. You'd better not be like this. The prince will be distressed to see this, and if he blames her, Zhong Min really can't bear the responsibility."

"Your Highness, have there ever been such a rift between Sister Min and me? I know that since the last incident with the Liu family, Sister Min has never completely cleared up her misunderstanding of me, but that is really none of my business. I sincerely want to be friends with Sister Min, but Sister Min is always wary of me, and it really makes Xiyan very uncomfortable."

Jiang Xiyan didn't say anything to Zhong Min at all, and kept acting pitiful to Xiao Mingzheng who didn't say much. If someone didn't know, they would really think that Zhong Min bullied her and treated her badly on a daily basis.

Seeing this situation, Zhong Min finally understood what it meant to distort the truth, to fabricate something, and to be extremely shameless. She even brought up all those past events while talking about irrelevant things. It was all right to talk about it, but it was clearly Jiang Xiyan's own despicable behavior, yet she still had to pretend to be a saint and drag her into the level of narrow-mindedness, ignorance, and deliberate harassment. It was truly incomprehensible.

Jiang Xiyan managed to drag something that had nothing to do with her into this matter, which really put the little princess in a difficult position. Is it worth it and interesting for her to be obsessed with her?

"What does this mean, Princess? Are you talking about me..."

Before she could finish her words, Xiao Mingzheng interrupted her, his tone sounding a little unhappy: "Okay, Min'er, Xiyan didn't mean anything bad, you're just overthinking it."

"I..." Zhong Min got angry when she heard it and wanted to question it, but Xiao Mingzheng didn't seem to give her such a chance at all.

"I've been busy these days and haven't been able to attend to many things. Xiyan, you don't have to feel any burden. Just go ahead and take care of the affairs of the palace. If there are any more unreasonable people like Wu Ji, just send them out directly. There's no need to let yourself be wronged." Xiao Mingzheng said directly to Jiang Xiyan, "If anyone dares to have any objections, it would be disrespectful to me. I will not tolerate these people being so presumptuous towards you!"

"Your Highness, don't be so angry. Sister Min didn't mean anything else. It's just some misunderstandings. People's true nature will be revealed over time. It will be fine over time." Jiang Xiyan looked comforting, as if the insolent person Xiao Mingzheng was talking about was Zhong Min.

Zhong Min watched with a fury that grew even stronger. She wished she could turn around and leave immediately to avoid the discomfort of looking at this clown. Jiang Xiyan was fine, but Xiao Mingzheng was too infuriating. Although she knew Xiao Mingzheng wouldn't really believe Jiang Xiyan's lies, she couldn't ignore the scene.

"If Your Highness has no other instructions, Zhong Min will take her leave first." She was too lazy to pay attention to Jiang Xiyan anymore. She bowed to Xiao Mingzheng expressionlessly and prepared to leave.

"Min'er, wait a minute." Xiao Mingzheng stopped Zhong Min again and said calmly, "I see that you've almost recovered. With your personality, it would be very boring to stay in the palace all day. It just so happens that I added a new stable a few days ago, and there are many fine horses there. You have always liked training horses, so why don't you go over to the stable during the day when you have nothing to do, starting tomorrow, and help me train a few good horses."

Horse training? Hearing this, Zhong Min's heart suddenly perked up. Xiao Mingzheng naturally knew that she didn't have the ability to train horses, but he still said it like that, it seemed he must have other plans. This was a good thing, as she didn't want to stay in this palace all day and be bothered by others for no reason.

Just as he was about to respond, Jiang Xiyan said with a look of reluctance: "Your Highness, this is not good. How can we let Sister Min do these things? After all..."

"Don't worry, Princess. Zhong Min is different from you. She wasn't born to be idle. Your Highness is willing to let me take care of the stables, which is exactly what I want. Besides, I just want to watch over them and train a few good horses. It's not like I'm going to do any hard labor, so there's nothing wrong with that."

Zhong Min looked at Xiao Mingzheng and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. Zhong Min will take good care of the horse farm."

"In that case, tomorrow the king will have Jiaxing come and take you there. Someone will naturally teach you the details once we get there." Xiao Mingzheng looked tired. "It's getting late, go back and get some rest. If you need anything when you return home in the evening, just look for Xiyan. She's a simple-minded person and will take good care of your daily life. Just focus on managing the stables for the king."

"Zhong Min understands. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness!" Seeing this, Zhong Min naturally said no more. He nodded and turned around to leave.

"Sister Min, wait a minute. It's getting late. The prince has to get up early tomorrow. Let me go with you." Jiang Xiyan quickly stood up and said to Xiao Mingzheng with a considerate look, "The prince is always worrying about important matters. He should take care of his health. Xiyan will do her best to take care of the affairs of the palace in the future and will never let the prince worry about these trivial matters again."

Xiao Mingzheng nodded and said to Jiang Xiyan with a smile: "Go back and rest early, don't get too tired."

"Yeah." Jiang Xiyan nodded shyly, her expression as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

Zhong Min almost got goosebumps. He pursed his lips in disdain, then walked away from this place with a corny and funny atmosphere.

"Sister Min, why are you walking so fast? Are you feeling unwell?" Jiang Xiyan quickly caught up with Zhong Min after leaving the house, not hiding the sarcasm on her face at all. "That's right. For no reason, being forced by the prince to raise horses would be hard for anyone."

"But..." Jiang Xiyan said proudly, "But don't think too much about it. It's your honor to be able to train horses for the prince. Sister Min should be happy. This shows that the prince trusts you very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted such an important matter to you, right?"

"Princess, please call me Zhong Min. I really can't stand being called sister." Seeing Jiang Xiyan so proud, Zhong Min felt a little sad for her in her heart. Sometimes people are like this. They often cannot see the truth and always think that they have taken advantage of others, but they don't know that there is no such thing as an advantage for no reason in this world.

"That's not good. If the prince knew about this, he would think that I neglected my sister. After all, my sister is a distinguished guest of our Prince Mu's Mansion, don't you think?" Jiang Xiyan smiled proudly, and then ignored Zhong Min and led his men straight towards Tingyu Pavilion.

Watching the arrogant figure walking away, Xi'er couldn't help but feel furious. She turned to Zhong Min and said, "What kind of person is this? She says one thing to your face and another behind your back. If you have the guts, go and act so arrogantly in front of the prince. Jin'er, don't listen to her nonsense. She's just trying to piss you off. There's nothing wrong with managing the horse farm. You enjoy it, and it's much better than being bored in the mansion all day."

"Why should I be angry? You said there's nothing wrong with me liking it. Okay, let's go back. It's getting late." Zhong Min smiled and shook his head, not taking what happened just now to heart at all.

It's strange to say, although she knew from the beginning to the end that Xiao Mingzheng was deliberately indulging Jiang Xiyan and being nice to Jiang Xiyan, it was strange that she felt uncomfortable when seeing the two of them together, but when facing Jiang Xiyan alone, no matter how arrogant and hateful this woman was, she would not show the slightest abnormal emotion.

Zhong Min was secretly feeling a bit irritated. She wasn't some naive young woman, so she knew exactly what this unusual situation meant. She shook her head vigorously. Perhaps she had simply stayed in the palace for too long and was getting bored. She needed to find something to do to distract herself, so she wouldn't let her mind wander all day.

The next day, Luo Jiaxing arrived as scheduled. Originally, Xier and Ziyan wanted to go with him, but this time Luo Jiaxing said that Zhong Min was going to do something, so it was not convenient for her to bring two maids with her. It would look bad and people would think she was putting on airs. It would not be good if someone with ulterior motives got the news to the prince.

After hearing this, Xier and Ziyan were a little disappointed, but they also felt that it made sense, so they had no choice but to stop following and stay in the palace honestly.

"Okay, don't be unhappy. I'm going to work, not shopping. There's nothing fun in taking you with me. So, I promise you that I will take you out to play on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, okay?" Zhong Min patted Xier and Zi Yan's heads happily, as if coaxing a child, and walked out while speaking.

Seeing this, Luo Jiaxing smiled and pulled Zhong Min, who was rushing out, and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Go change your clothes first. Didn't you buy two sets of men's clothes a few days ago? Which one will be more convenient for you?"