"So it was you who said you wanted to force your way into my bedroom while I was bathing?" Ji Fengyao looked at Xi Ningshang, who wanted to deny it, with a half-smile, and said indifferently, "I recognize your voice. You wanted to go in and take a look, so go ahead."

Ji Fengyao stepped forward, turned sideways, and made way for Xi Ningshang.

From the moment Ji Fengyao opened the door, Xi Ningshang knew that the matter was probably off. Now that Ji Fengyao was begging her to come inside and check with that murderous look on her face, how could she dare?

"Hurry up and go!" Ji Fengyao pointed her slender index finger at the bedroom behind the door, and roared in a low voice, "If you don't search every nook and cranny for me, I'll gouge out your eyes!"

Xi Ningchang trembled with fright, tears streaming down her face. Her knees buckled as she knelt at Ji Fengyao's feet. "Sister, Ningchang meant no harm. I only came because I heard that a drunken soldier had come to see the Princess with foul language. I was worried about you, sister, and was only thinking of your safety. That's why I was careless and forgot that this matter might damage your reputation."

"A momentary oversight? Forgot?" Ji Fengyao looked down at Xi Ningshang with a cold smile, her eyes gleaming. "With your brain that's been chewed by a dog, do you think everyone else is as stupid as you? Get inside and take a good look right now. Don't try to put on this act of crying, making a scene, or threatening suicide. I won't fall for that!"

"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Xi Ningchang lay on the ground, sobbing, trying to think of a solution.

Ji Fengyao wouldn't give her that chance, and shouted, "Xique, bring me my whip!"

"Yes!" When Xique heard that her mistress was finally going to use the whip, she was happier than anyone else.

Those eighteen weapons are the young lady's most beloved treasures. A young lady who doesn't touch weapons isn't a truly happy young lady.

She dashed into the pile of dowry items and quickly retrieved the short, barbed whip wrapped with iron. As she walked, she swung the half-meter-long whip, making a whooshing sound as it whistled through the air.

The women in the courtyard were all pampered ladies who were used to being punished by hitting their palms, slapping their mouths, or dragging them out to be beaten with a board. They had never seen such a scene of being whipped with iron spikes.

The new princess consort of Prince Su's mansion is indeed worthy of her bandit background; she is exceptionally fierce and will start a fight at the slightest provocation.

That whip could kill someone!

We can't afford to mess with them!

Instantly, the ladies present all thought "Let's get out of here!" but none of them dared to move and slip away.

Ji Fengyao knew how heavy that whip was. Don't be fooled by how imposing Xique was wielding it now; if it were her, well, she'd be done for.

Therefore, she did not take the whip, but instead had the magpie hold it and stand beside her to intimidate the crowd.

"I'll give you one last chance. Go or not?" Ji Fengyao's voice was cold and deep.

Her personality was formed during her time with her eccentric master, and she inevitably picked up some of his traits.

Master's philosophy of life is:

I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I will dig up their ancestral graves!

Naturally, this also became her attitude towards life.

Besides, in this life she's a bandit, so she should be even more arrogant!

Upon seeing the whip in Xi Que's hand, Xi Ningshang was so frightened that she forgot all her plans and strategies. She cried and snot-covered her face as she scrambled into the house, screaming, "Go, go, go! I'll take a closer look right away!"

A sweet fragrance filled the room.

Everywhere you look, the utensils and furnishings are the most exquisite and luxurious. Even the most inconspicuous celadon vase is a product of the Jiaobei official kiln, which was reserved for nobles in the palace.

These items were clearly only obtainable by the Ninth Prince, Shang Xiye, aside from the emperor and high-ranking concubines.