Chapter 171 Gu Chen Threatens Xia Yue
The fourth prince stepped forward and said to Xia Yue, "You seem to be being rather disrespectful to my concubine."
When Feng Yao saw the Fourth Prince personally intervene, fearing that his younger sister would escalate the situation, he immediately stood in front of Xia Yue.
Feng Yao knew this fourth prince fairly well. He had both strength and methods, but he was always the most patient and reserved, the type who hid a knife behind a smile.
A complete break with the other party would not benefit the Feng family.
Feng Yao gave a forced smile, "My younger sister is ignorant, please don't blame her, Fourth Prince."
The Feng family backed down, and the Fourth Prince naturally followed suit, indicating that it was no problem.
Xia Jingjing was not satisfied with the result.
She wanted to see Xia Yue kneel down and beg for forgiveness, and personally apologize to her.
“Brother Ansen…” Xia Jingjing said, still feeling wronged.
She didn't address the Fourth Prince by his title, but instead called him by his name plus the title "brother," which made it seem like the two had a close relationship.
The fourth prince was a little impatient, but he reassured her, "I'll take you to buy the limited edition Hermès bag you had your eye on before tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Xia Jingjing's eyes lit up instantly, and she stopped making a fuss.
She took the fourth prince's hand and said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Brother Ansen, you are so good to me."
The fourth prince subtly withdrew his hand and firmly reminded, "This is the palace; be mindful of etiquette."
"Yes." Xia Jingjing nodded obediently.
Looking at the two of them, Xia Yue felt that it was like a relationship between a sugar daddy and a sugar baby.
However, other people's business is none of her concern.
She's here today to pursue her career.
"Brother, let's go." Xia Yue called to Feng Yao.
The two quickened their pace and left.
However, just after leaving the palace garden, Xia Yue ran into an "acquaintance".
That person was none other than Bai Mudan, the daughter of the Bai family. She had once fought with Xia Yue for a hotel room, just to stay next to Qin Yeting.
Is today a market day?
Why do I always run into such weird and awful people?
When Bai Mudan saw Xia Yue and Feng Yao, her originally sad and depressed expression immediately turned into anger.
Yesterday afternoon, her brother Bai Muyang was in a car accident on his way back to the Bai family from the Feng family, and he broke one leg.
All indications suggest that it was not an accident.
However, there is no conclusive evidence pointing to the Feng family.
Bai Mudan had been holding back a lot of anger.
Today, the new emperor summoned the Bai family to the palace to discuss the oil company. Bai Mudan volunteered to go to the palace to avenge her brother.
Now, upon seeing Xia Yue, Bai Mudan's eyes turned red, and she wished she could tear the two of them apart.
But in the end, she restrained herself, staring at Xia Yue and saying in a sarcastic tone,
"Your Feng family is really capable; you always manage to produce outstanding daughters who rise to power by seducing men."
Back then, Consort Feng seduced the late emperor; now, Xia Yue seduces Young Master Qin, and that's how she gained control of the oil company.
Unfortunately, relying on one's beauty to serve the emperor is never a lasting thing; the fate of a concubine who was made a high-ranking imperial consort is a stark reminder of this.
Xia Yue could only laugh when she heard Bai Mudan's remarks.
Bai Mudan likes Qin Yeting, but since she can't have him, she resorts to being jealous of him. It's really boring.
Feng Yao cannot accept anyone bullying his sister.
Upon hearing Bai Mudan's words, Feng Yao retorted directly, "When it comes to collusion, your Bai family is truly capable, daring to collude with pirates."
"You stole the Feng family's goods, and we haven't settled that score with you yet."
"You're slandering me! Talking nonsense!" Bai Mudan's face turned ugly. Of course, she wouldn't admit to such a thing, so she directly and abruptly changed the subject and brought up another matter.
"Xia Yue, my brother was in a car accident on his way home yesterday. Did you arrange it? If you dare to lay a hand on my brother, the Bai family will never let you off easily!"
"Car accident? Your brother is dead?" Xia Yue looked slightly shocked, a smug smile playing on her lips.
Bai Mudan was so angry she almost vomited blood. No longer caring about her ladylike image, she retorted loudly, "Of course she's not dead."
"Oh, if you're not dead, why are you howling? I thought it was a funeral." Xia Yue's sarcasm was on full display.
Bai Mudan was furious.
She couldn't hold back any longer and rushed forward to slap Xia Yue!
Xia Yue easily dodged, but Bai Mudan lost her balance and fell to the ground, looking extremely disheveled.
When the palace servants who were passing by saw that the rumored young lady of the Bai family actually had this side to her, they all showed strange expressions.
"Ah! What are you looking at! Look again and I'll gouge your eyes out and get out!" Unable to retaliate against Xia Yue, Bai Mudan could only vent her anger on the palace servants.
The palace servants, fearing they would be implicated, quickly left.
Seeing Bai Mudan's crazed state, Xia Yue didn't bother with her anymore and quickened her pace with her brother.
After getting completely away from Bai Mudan, Xia Yue couldn't help but complain, "There are just too many enemies here today. I suspect the new emperor already knew our strength and deliberately arranged things this way."
“To be able to stage a coup and become emperor, one must be no pushover.” Feng Yao’s expression also became more solemn.
“But since we’re already here, let’s just deal with things as they come.” Xia Yue took a deep breath, then glanced around and whispered, “Actually, I really want to investigate here and see if I can find my mother’s whereabouts.”
"There are many spies in the palace, so don't make any rash moves for now."
"I see."
Xia Yue composed herself and walked quietly.
Soon, the two arrived at the council chamber of the palace.
The hall was spacious, bright, magnificent, quiet, and solemn.
The new emperor, being the host, is not present at the moment.
There were some people sitting in the next seat next to her. Xia Yue glanced around and saw some familiar faces.
One of them was someone she extremely disliked.
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