Ji Fengyao's lips twitched, and she rubbed her nose: "It's not that I can't be a bad person, it's just that I'm not used to targeting my own people."

Upon hearing this, Chanyu Heye bowed respectfully to Ji Fengyao again and said, "This is exactly what I wanted to hear from the Princess. Princess, please proceed with the whipping."

Please whip me?

Ji Fengyao shuddered at the thought of the barbed whip that Xique had brought from Bald Vulture Village, fearing that the clueless girl Xique would actually take the whip. She quickly stopped her, saying, "No need for the whip," and picked up the teacup beside her, "Use this instead."

Ji Fengyao raised her hand and gestured on Shanyu Heye's forehead. Looking into her beautiful blue eyes, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She could only turn around and put the teacup in Xique's hand: "You do it. You are more careful than I am."

"Huh?" The magpie was dumbfounded.

These two were talking peacefully, so why are they suddenly starting to fight?

Consort Jin looks kind and gentle, doesn't she?

"It'll look serious if the skin breaks and bleeds, but we can't hurt her," Ji Fengyao reminded Xique, thinking she didn't know her own strength.

Chanyu Heye then turned around, faced the magpie, and stood upright and dignified.

Xique had never beaten someone who didn't provoke her. She raised her hand several times before finally smashing the teacup in her hand. Shanyu Heye didn't say a word, but Xique called out first and quickly supported the swaying Shanyu Heye: "Consort Jin, are you alright?"

Hearing the noise, Zhuoya and Zhuola came in and saw that Shanyu Heye was covered in tea and tea leaves, with blood streaming from his forehead and his face contorted in pain. They were heartbroken and loudly questioned Xique and Ji Fengyao, "Your Highness, what happened? Why did you hurt our Lady like this for no reason!"

"Oh, she talked back to me," Ji Fengyao said, sitting in her chair and picking at her nails with boredom.

Confused, Xique let go of her grip. Seeing how fierce Zhuoya and Zhuola were, she quickly returned to Ji Fengyao's side to be on guard.

Zoya and Zola knew they wouldn't get the better of Xique, so they didn't dare to confront him head-on, and their eyes welled up with tears of anger.

Zhuola shouted, "Your Highness, you have gone too far! This servant will definitely report to the Prince and the Dowager Princess and ask them to do justice for my lady!"

After saying this, Zoya and Zhuola, weeping, helped Shanyu Heye away.

Ji Fengyao was a little confused. When Lin Shuang came in with the medicine bowl, she asked in bewilderment, "When those two girls left, they said they were going to complain to the Prince and the Dowager Consort. I've only ever heard of the Empress Dowager. Where did this Dowager Consort come from?"

"Your Highness, you don't know about the Dowager Consort?" Lin Shuang was also surprised.

That's your real mother-in-law!

Ji Fengyao was even more bewildered: "Shouldn't I know? Nobody told me!"

Lin Shuang was shocked for a long time before telling Ji Fengyao about the existence of Consort Xiao. After speaking, she comforted her, "Your Highness, there's no need to worry. I heard that Consort Xiao is a kind and gentle person who enjoys vegetarianism and chanting scriptures. She has even exempted herself from all the usual greetings at home, just to avoid being disturbed. That's probably why His Highness didn't tell you about the Consort. Even if they went to the Consort to complain, she would most likely ignore them."

Lin Shuang hadn't been in the Prince's residence for very long, but she had already inquired about the situation inside and outside the residence in the past few days. Everyone said that the Dowager Consort was aloof and didn't like to manage affairs. In the past, several maids in the residence died one after another, just like stones thrown into a lake, disappearing without a trace after a few days.

That was her opinion, and Ji Fengyao, after hearing her words, no longer took this invisible concubine seriously.