"So, Your Highness, could you perhaps share some of the Prince's favor with me? It doesn't have to be much, just let him visit my room once every ten days or so!"

"Pfft!" Before Xi Ningshang could finish speaking, Ji Fengyao spat a mouthful of sweet soup all over her face.

This woman!

Could she be any more shameless?

Before Ji Fengyao could recover from the shock of her newly altered worldview, Xi Que rushed over and slammed her hand on the table in front of Xi Ningshang, startling her so much that she trembled.

The furious roar of the magpie could be heard both inside and outside the house: "What are you saying? Are you asking for a beating? Why should my son-in-law be given to you? Don't you know your own worth? Why doesn't my son-in-law touch you? Don't you have any self-awareness? You're still trying to get close to him!"

Xi Ningchang was in a disheveled state. Hearing Xi Que's words, she felt both ashamed and angry, and her eyes couldn't help but redden: "Your Highness...!"

"I think that where the prince sleeps is a matter of individual ability. Alliances are useless; you can't force a cow to drink water, right?" Ji Fengyao's lips twitched. These women in ancient times were really pathetic. They had no bottom line in order to win favor. It was really too much.

After Yingzhu wiped her face clean, Xi Ningchang said with great grievance and disappointment, "Does the Princess mean that she refuses to form an alliance with me?"

"What's the point of this alliance?" Ji Fengyao asked with a half-smile.

Are you kidding me? She would actually try to get her master into another woman's bed?

Once the master regains his memory, he'll have to expel her from the sect without delay!

Having been sprayed in the face and met with a wall, even Xi Ningchang, with her thick skin, couldn't hold back any longer. She hurriedly said, "Sorry to bother you, farewell," and fled with Ying Zhu as if escaping.

Only after she had walked quite a distance from Hui Nuan Pavilion did she dare to stop, and with tears in her eyes, she uttered a harsh threat: "Damn bandits, I hope you won't regret this!"

Bai Lu leaned against the door frame and watched Xi Ningshang and her servant leave. She spat at their backs and turned back to say, "Second Madam, this isn't about forming an alliance with the Princess. It's obvious she's using inside information to force you, Princess, to share the Emperor's favor with her. You should have given her a good beating and thrown her out!"

“That’s right, Miss. If she comes again next time and you don’t take action, I will.” Xi Que wholeheartedly agreed with Bai Lu’s words.

Ji Fengyao: "..."

The bandit's daughter seems to be quite fierce.

Not bad, not bad, promising.

However, the thought that Shang Xiye was going to marry another woman made Ji Fengyao feel somewhat melancholy.

My master has lost all his memories. He is still a mortal with flesh and blood, and he is in the prime of his life.

If there were a good girl who was a good match for him, that would be fine; but what good women could those two old hags, the Dowager Consort and the Empress Dowager, possibly provide for their master?

What if Master, on a whim, falls for some shady woman and marries a pure and innocent woman to be his master's wife...

He was lost in thought.

A maid from the outer courtyard came in to report that a eunuch from the palace had come and delivered a letter to Ji Fengyao.

Ji Fengyao took the letter and unfolded it. It was signed with Shang Beiyu's name. There were several silver notes tucked inside the envelope. Judging from the insignia, it seemed that she had sent them to the palace to improve Shang Beiyu's life.

The letter was simple: Meet me at the Cold Palace at noon tomorrow, I have important matters to discuss.

Lin Shuang glanced at the contents of the letter and advised, "Your Highness, since the Third Prince doesn't appreciate your good intentions, you might as well leave him alone. Although the Cold Palace is usually deserted, if someone sees him there, it will definitely cause trouble."