Finally, she shook her hand and muttered, "Damn, he's so shameless. My hand hurts from hitting him."

Xi Que hurried over to rub Ji Fengyao's palms, looking distressed: "Miss, you used to whip people and chop them with knives; let me do the rough work of hitting people with my hands from now on."

Upon hearing this, Black Owl's stern face nearly melted, and the corners of his mouth turned up in a wild grin.

"You've gone too far! I'll fight you to the death!" Seeing her mistress being humiliated, Huan Ying disregarded her injured hand and charged forward like an enraged mother leopard.

Just as Xique was about to rush up and fight Huanying, Heixiao stopped her with a hand: "You are no match for her."

Then, Black Owl raised his foot and kicked Huan Ying away.

He kicked it away.

Ji Fengyao: "..."

Xi Que: "..." Was she being looked down upon by Master Hei?

"Ji, Feng, Yao!" Consort Jia spat out Ji Fengyao's name through gritted teeth, blood streaming from her mouth and nose, her hatred boundless: "Your reckless behavior will surely lead to your demise!"

"Hmm, remember my name, for it will become your nightmare." Ji Fengyao smiled politely and elegantly at Consort Jia, then her face turned icy as she loudly ordered the guards hidden around the courtyard walls: "From today onwards, whenever any of the maids in my courtyard need to leave Hui Nuan Pavilion on business, you must send one or two people to accompany her and protect her. If anyone provokes them, the maids are responsible for talking, and the guards are responsible for taking action; if someone is angered to death, it's my responsibility; if someone is beaten to death, it's the Prince's responsibility!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

A loud and orderly voice rang out from all around the courtyard wall, but no one knew where they were.

"Black Owl, throw these two eyesores out!" Ji Fengyao took the handkerchief Bai Lu handed her and wiped her hands. She ordered loudly and sternly, "The people in the inner courtyard, immediately wash the floor for me three times thoroughly. I find it dirty! The people in the outer courtyard, put up a sign at the gate that says, 'Consort Jia and dogs are not allowed to enter.' The letters should be large and painted red!"

After Consort Jia and Huanying were thrown out of Hui Nuan Pavilion by Hei Xiao like two dead dogs, a sign half a person's height was erected at the entrance of Hui Nuan Pavilion in no time. The sign read "Consort Jia and dogs are not allowed to enter" in a flamboyant style and was painted in bright red.

An hour later, at Ningxi Hall.

After finishing her chanting, Consort Xiao came out of the prayer hall, holding her prayer beads. Seeing that Granny Wang looked indignant, she asked in a low voice, "Has something happened in the manor again?"

"Sigh, she's just a newly arrived princess, and this time she's really gone too far," sighed Granny Wang.

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled faintly: "Something must have moved you to this extent. Tell me, what is it?"

Granny Wang then recounted what had happened in Hui Nuan Pavilion that morning.

Consort Xiao listened all the way back to the side hall, sat down comfortably with a soft pillow, and slowly said, "A small fuss is fine, but to put up a sign at the gate to announce it to the world is indeed inappropriate and will not sound good if word gets out."

“Who says otherwise?” Granny Wang sighed. “This princess is a former bandit and is really ignorant of etiquette. She was bestowed by the emperor and he even gave her a dragon pendant. I’m sure the prince can’t discipline her. In the current situation, if you, the Dowager, don’t step in to restrain her, I’m afraid the princess will become more and more outrageous and make a fool of herself on the streets of the capital sooner or later.”

"Since that's the case, then let's summon her to see her." Empress Xiao leaned back indifferently, her well-maintained slender fingers rubbing her temples, as if she were feeling unwell.