Chapter 49 Daring to extort the Crown Princess?!
Seeing Xie Xuanyin's grim expression, Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief and followed Song Xuerou's instructions to continue to sow discord.
"Your Highness, my Princess Consort also said that only the Crown Princess is worthy of Your Highness's treasures! Please, Crown Princess, do not despise them and must accept them!"
Liu Xin looked at Xie Xuanyin with a sincere expression.
Leap Moon stood to the side, rolling her eyes while barely suppressing the urge to slap her across the face.
Are you sure these are all treasures from the King of Chu's collection?
Xie Xuanyin looked at the contents of the brocade box.
Liu Xin felt a little guilty.
These beautiful jade pieces were not actually collected by Xie Xuansong.
And these were originally Shen Ruoli's things!
The person who truly appreciates fine jade is not Shen Ruoli, but Xie Xuansong!
In previous years, in order to win Xie Xuansong's favor, Shen Ruoli spent a fortune collecting beautiful jade from all over the country and gave it all to Xie Xuansong.
In his previous life, Xie Xuansong's plan was made possible by these beautiful jades!
Song Xuerou had Liu Xin deliver the jade to the palace for two reasons, one being to sow discord between Xie Xuanyin and Shen Ruoli.
Secondly, she also wanted to assert her sovereignty!
She wanted to tell Shen Ruoli: Xie Xuansong doesn't care at all about these priceless things that you've gone to so much trouble to find, and even she, the Princess Consort of Chu, can dispose of them at will!
Unfortunately, despite Song Xuerou's meticulous planning, things still couldn't go as planned!
Hearing Xie Xuanyin's question, Liu Xin hesitated for a moment, but quickly nodded, "Your Highness, these beautiful jades are indeed treasured by my master! If they were not the Crown Princess, my master would not be willing to give them to others."
"Yeah?"
Xie Xuanyin smiled.
Upon seeing this, Liu Xin was taken aback.
The Crown Prince's face was darker than the night sky. She was filled with anxiety, fearing that this capricious prince might order her to be beaten to death!
I never expected His Highness the Crown Prince to actually smile.
"A pile of broken stones, and you call that your prince's treasure?"
Xie Xuanyin threw the brocade box on the ground, and several pebbles inside rolled down in front of Liu Xin.
Liu Xin's eyes widened immediately!
The beautiful jade that she put in herself, how did it turn into a lump of stone?
"I've heard that the Prince of Chu has been secretly making preparations to return to the capital, to the point of being almost strapped for cash. But he is still a member of the Xie family, how could he have fallen to such a state? If he is truly in a hurry, I can give him a few taels of silver to tide him over."
Xie Xuanyin didn't glance at Liu Xin again and strode into the room.
"how so?"
Liu Xin stared in disbelief at the few pebbles on the ground, quickly picking them up to examine them again and again. "They were clearly beautiful jade! How, how could they have turned into stones?"
"So, in the eyes of the Chu King's mansion, these few lumps of stone are actually beautiful jade?"
Leap Moon covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
She picked up a few pebbles from the flower bed and kicked them in front of Liu Xin. "Liu Xin, your Chu Prince's Mansion is a 'jade expert,' why don't you help me appraise these and see if they are also pieces of beautiful jade?"
The pebble rolled and rolled to Liu Xin's side.
Her face immediately turned bright red!
I've really lost face today!
"how so……"
Liu Xin knelt on the ground, unable to react for a long time.
“Our Crown Princess doesn’t need these few lumps of stone from your Chu Prince’s Mansion. You should take them back!”
Leap Moon crossed her arms and said, "So that you won't freeze to death in this palace tonight if the gates of the palace are locked later."
Having said that, Leap Month also turned and left.
At this moment, Liu Xin finally realized what was happening!
"Stop right there, leap month!"
She stood up, clutching the pebbles, and chased after Runyue, demanding, "Did you do this?!"
She personally placed the jade into the brocade box.
Throughout her journey into the palace, she carried the brocade box herself, never entrusting it to anyone else.
Except for the moment before Xie Xuanyin returned, when Runyue snatched the brocade box from her and even opened it to look inside!
"It must be you! Give me back my jade!"
The more Liu Xin thought about it, the more certain she became that it was done by the leap month.
She grabbed Runyue's sleeve and began searching her without a word. "How dare you switch my princess's jade right in front of me! Runyue, how dare you!"
What are you doing!
Leap Month pushed her away.
Liu Xin lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
Ignoring the pain, she got up again and started tearing at the jade, shouting, "Give me back the jade!"
If Song Xuerou finds out that the jade was not only not given to Shen Ruoli, but was instead replaced with a pile of broken stones...
That crazy woman will definitely kill her!
"What jade? Are you crazy?!"
Runyue pushed her away and said coldly, "How can you people from the Chu Prince's Mansion be so unreasonable! You've really run out of money, so you're trying to extort us from the Crown Prince's Mansion!"
"You just presented the brocade box to His Highness the Crown Prince, so why didn't you ask him for the jade? Instead, you came to me. Do I look like a pushover?"
"you!!!"
Liu Xin stomped her foot in anger!
If she dared to approach Xie Xuanyin, she wouldn't be bothering Runyue!
"You were the one who just stole the brocade box!"
"I merely took a look at it; which eye of yours saw me switch your jade?"
Runyue glared at her, "Who knows? It's clearly your Chu Prince's Mansion that's extorting me! You brought a bunch of broken stones into the palace to extort our Crown Princess! You shameless people!"
Liu Xin was so angry that her face turned red and her neck bulged!
"You just slandered me! Come with me, let's go and talk things out with His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess!"
As she spoke, Runyue grabbed Liuxin's hand and pulled her inside.
How could Liu Xin dare?
She had already messed up the task that Song Xuerou had given her.
If she offends Shen Ruoli again, she will surely die today!
Therefore, Liu Xin grabbed the door frame and refused to go inside with Runyue no matter what.
"What? Weren't you just saying you wanted to see my Crown Princess? Now that I'm inviting you in, why are you hesitant? Liu Xin, you're clearly here to extort money from the palace!"
Leap Moon continued to tug at her, "The matter has been exposed, and you dare not see the Crown Princess?"
Liu Xin felt like her wrist was about to dislocate!
Waaaaah, that little brat Leap Moon is so strong!
Liu Xin was on the verge of tears. "Let me go! I... I need to leave the palace! If it's any later, the palace gates will be locked!"
She was still struggling.
Leap Moon let go, and due to inertia, Liu Xin was thrown out!
She fell heavily onto the stone slab and was in so much pain that she couldn't get up for a long time!
Runyue then clapped her hands, coldly turning her gaze away, "You wouldn't even come in when I invited you in, the people of your Chu Prince's Mansion are really hard to please! Then please leave, I won't see you out."
She turned and gestured for the palace servants to close the door.
As soon as the palace gates closed, Runyue reached out and found several flawless pieces of jade lying in her hand!
"whispering sound!"
She scoffed, "It originally belonged to my young lady. Did you really think it was yours? Using it against my young lady, you're incredibly arrogant!"
Feng Qing appeared quietly, "So you can do magic tricks too!"
"What magic trick? This is called returning something to its rightful owner! I was just retrieving our own things for the Crown Princess."
Leap Month pursed her lips.
Seeing that the gates of Qingning Palace were tightly closed, she frowned again. "Isn't it time for dinner? Why aren't you serving His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess? Why are you out here?"
Feng Qing scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed. "Master and the Crown Princess are a little... cough cough, a little busy right now!"
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