Just as everyone was immersed in the joy and excitement of the competition, a palace maid quietly approached Chen Jingxi and whispered in her ear, "Princess Su, His Royal Highness Prince Su invites you to come over."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jingxi tilted her head slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes. She glanced at the palace maid and asked softly, "Did the prince say anything?"
The maid bowed her head slightly and replied respectfully, "I don't know."
Chen Jingxi thought to herself, maybe the noise was too loud and reached his ears. He probably wanted to find her and give her a lecture.
She stood up and said, "Lead the way."
Chen Jingxi followed the palace maid and slowly left Taiye Lake and went to a remote and quiet palace.
A trace of doubt arose in her heart, and her pace slowed down.
"This princess is a little tired. Please ask the prince to come here to see me."
The palace maid forced a smile and said, "Please Princess Su, please don't embarrass me. I can't ask the prince to do that."
Chen Jingxi sneered. Everyone in the palace knew that Chu Jinghuai obeyed her every word. "Tell me, who sent you?"
The palace maid's face suddenly became panicked and she turned around to escape.
Chen Jingxi winked at Han Yu.
Han Yu moved like a ghost, appearing behind the maid and effortlessly slashing at her neck. The maid collapsed to the ground.
"Princess." Han Yu looked up at Chen Jingxi, waiting for her further instructions.
Chen Jingxi frowned slightly. She turned abruptly, glanced at the rockery not far away, and shouted sharply, "Who is it?"
"Third Emperor's sister-in-law." A tall figure slowly walked out from behind the rockery.
"Jingyue?" Chen Jingxi asked, "Why are you here?"
Chu Jingyue smiled calmly and said, "Just now I saw the Third Princess coming over here. I was a little curious, so I followed her."
He walked forward, his eyes sweeping over the unconscious palace maid on the ground, "Third Sister-in-law, what is this?"
"Hasn't Ninth Brother already seen it?"
Chu Jingyue touched his chin and said, "Third sister-in-law, why don't you let Jingyue deal with this man?"
"No need to trouble you, Ninth Brother." Chen Jingxi waved her hand gently, and several nimble eunuchs appeared behind her like ghosts. "Princess."
"Take her away and don't alert anyone else." Chen Jingxi ordered calmly.
The eunuchs quickly picked up the palace maid on the ground and disappeared quietly.
Chu Jingyue's gaze gradually became deeper as the eunuchs disappeared.
Chen Jingxi didn't care what he was thinking. After all, everyone was not simple.
Returning to Taiye Lake, Chen Jingxi felt two hostile gazes as she sat down. Concubine Yao's eyes were as full of hatred as ever, as if she wanted to cut her into pieces. Tuoba Yan's, on the other hand, held a hint of contempt.
At this time, a palace maid came forward with tea. When she passed by Tuoba Yan, she accidentally spilled the tea on her.
"Ah!" Tuoba Yan suddenly stood up, protecting his stomach with one hand and slapping the palace maid's face with the other, cursing, "Bitch! How dare you be so bold!"
The maid was beaten to the ground, trembling and begging for mercy: "Princess Rong, please spare me! I really didn't mean it!"
Tuoba Yan was furious and shouted, "Come here, drag this bitch away and beat her to death!"
The palace maid was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly and cried out, "Please spare my life! Princess Rong, please spare my life!"
Seeing this, Chen Jingxi smiled lightly and said, "Why is Princess Rong Er so angry? Be careful..." As she said this, her eyes glanced at Tuoba Yan's belly intentionally or unintentionally.
Everyone present was a smart person. Seeing Tuoba Yan protecting his belly like that, they already understood about 80% of what was going on.
The Queen said, "Call the Imperial Physician, and help Princess Rong downstairs to change her clothes."
Tuoba Yan wanted to say something, but was stopped by the Queen's look. She had no choice but to shut up and said, "It's my mother."
The maids swiftly brought back the tea. The queen said with a look of joy, "This is top-grade Yunwu, freshly sent as tribute from Yanzhou. Everyone, have a try."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone expressed their gratitude.
Chen Jingxi also picked up the teacup, opened the lid and was about to taste it.
A maid behind her suddenly spoke up, "Wait a minute, the princess has been weak lately. This mist is cold, so it's not suitable for the princess to drink."
Chen Jingxi paused and glanced sideways at the maid.
The maid shook her head slightly.
Chen Jingxi covered the tea and sighed regretfully, "This is such a fine Yunwu tea, but I, the princess, don't have the pleasure of tasting it. It's such a waste of the Queen's kindness."
The Queen's eyes flashed, and a hint of coldness passed across her brows, but it disappeared in an instant. She smiled and said, "The tea is good, but health is more important. If you like it, I will have some sent to Prince Su's Mansion later."
Chen Jingxi was not polite and said with a smile: "Thank you, Queen."
The Queen Mother Yao on the other side snorted coldly, "I saw that Princess Su was full of energy on the ice just now. I really don't see any signs of weakness. If you don't want to drink this tea, why don't you find a better excuse?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Chen Jingxi. Her action undoubtedly offended the Queen. If no one had pointed it out, it would have been fine, but Concubine Yao had chosen to target her.
Chen Jingxi tapped the armrest lightly with her hands, a faint smile on her lips.
Life is like a play. You want to cooperate with others in acting, but there are always people who like to find fault with you and say that you don’t act well.
I went to her grandfather's banana, jackfruit and strawberry jam...
In life, if you don’t agree, just fight it and don’t care about life or death.
"Someone come, call the imperial physician."
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