Princess Pingnan knows that Ye Junfei publicly exposed Zhou Shuyi's crimes today, and this matter cannot be simply ignored.
Therefore, she allowed Lord Zheng to punish Zhou Shuyi slightly, but she wanted to save Zhou Shuyi's life.
In essence, he felt that this matter was not too difficult.
He hurriedly replied, "Your Highness, rest assured, as long as I am here, he will be safe."
"It's just that today's events have offended His Highness. I beg Your Highness to put in a good word for me in front of His Highness."
Princess Pingnan said calmly, "As long as you work for me with peace of mind, I will naturally ensure your smooth career advancement."
Lord Zheng was finally relieved to hear this, and he thanked Princess Pingnan once again.
After he finished thanking her, he handed a stack of silver notes to Princess Pingnan: "These are my humble offerings to Your Highness. Please do not find them offensive."
That stack of silver notes was worth tens of thousands of taels, the wealth he had amassed from the people during this period.
Lord Zheng was born under the patronage of the Hu family, and he could also be considered a member of the Princess of Pingnan's faction.
Princess Pingnan made Yan Nan accept the silver notes, and looked at Lord Zheng, saying, "Be more careful in the future."
"You must not allow your subordinates to bully ordinary people again. If this kind of thing is exposed again, even I, the princess, will not be able to protect you."
Lord Zheng responded, but inwardly he was groaning.
He sends a considerable amount of money to Princess Pingnan every year. If he doesn't turn a blind eye, where will his subordinates get so much money to send to him?
He had everything under control, so who would have thought that Ye Junfei would suddenly investigate this matter?
The root of this matter is Zhou Shuyi, who is also a person of the Princess of Pingnan. How can this matter be entirely blamed on him?
Seeing his unpleasant expression, the Princess Consort of Pingnan asked, "Do you have a problem with that?"
Lord Zheng hurriedly replied, "No, no! This humble official will follow the Princess's orders."
"But in doing so, the filial piety gifts in the future may be less."
Princess Pingnan was somewhat annoyed upon hearing this, and waved her hand lightly, saying, "I know about this, you may leave!"
After leaving, Lord Zheng felt uneasy. The masters of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion were fighting each other, and he had become the most unlucky one.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead again; he had wiped it countless times today.
After he left, Princess Pingnan reached out and pressed her temples.
Ye Jingxian's leg hadn't healed yet, and Ye Junfei had exposed the matter of Liefeng City, leaving her quite overwhelmed.
She cursed Zhou Lingshan in her heart. He spoiled Zhou Shuyi too much, which allowed him to be so lawless.
However, Zhou Lingshan is away from home right now, handling business matters for her. When he returns, she'll have to give him a good talking-to.
This matter didn't occupy her mind too much; she was more concerned about Ye Jingxian's situation.
Fortunately, this time the Prince of Pingnan invited the Sage of Medicine. Although the conditions proposed by the Sage of Medicine were excessive, she accepted them as long as they could save Ye Jingxian.
She and the Prince of Pingnan were husband and wife, and their thoughts were very similar.
She also planned to find a way to kill the Medical Saint after he cured Ye Jingxian.
She had some things she wanted to discuss with Prince Pingnan, so she went to find him.
When she arrived at the study, the servant inside bowed his head and told her, "The prince has gone to Consort Xu's place."
Princess Pingnan's expression stiffened slightly, knowing that this was a warning from Prince Pingnan.
Over the years, in order to show her magnanimity as a princess and to demonstrate that she was completely different from the former Princess of Pingnan, she outwardly treated her concubines and mistresses well.
But now that Ye Jingxian's leg is injured like that, it's hard for her to accept that Prince Pingnan still has the mood to sleep with that vixen, Consort Xu.
She took a deep breath and forced a faint smile: "I understand."
When she returned to her room, she swept the entire tea set off the table onto the floor.
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Yan Nan did not dare to offer any more advice, and only said, "The Prince treats the Second Young Master much better than the Heir Apparent."
"As long as the Second Young Master's leg is healed, the King of Liefeng Prefecture can only be the Second Young Master."
"Even if the Crown Prince marries a powerful Crown Princess, his foundation is too shallow, and he is no match for the Princess and the Second Prince."
"However, the Zhou family still needs to be restrained. Zhou Shuyi has indeed been too arrogant in recent years."
Princess Pingnan calmed down after hearing Yan Nan's words and said softly, "You're right!"
"As long as Xian'er's leg gets better, nothing else matters!"
"My position is not something that vixen Xu can take away. I need to calm down."
Yan Nan knew that she was always calm and rational, so he did not try to persuade her any further.
Princess Pingnan understood all these principles, but she could not calm her mind no matter what.
In terms of looks and appearance, she was far inferior to the former Princess Consort of Pingnan, yet she managed to win the Prince of Pingnan's heart, all thanks to her cunning and powerful family background.
Therefore, she absolutely cannot panic now.
She murmured to herself, "I am the Princess Consort of Pingnan; I cannot lose my dignity."
"If I could kill Gu Yiyi back then, I can kill her two children now."
Gu Yiyi is the name of the former Princess Consort of Pingnan.
Upon hearing this, Yan Nan silently stepped back a few paces.
Early the next morning, the Prince of Pingnan came to find the Princess of Pingnan and invited the Medical Sage to go with him to kowtow and apologize to the former Princess of Pingnan.
The couple tacitly avoided mentioning what happened last night, as they both wanted to cure Ye Jingxian as soon as possible, so they were very polite to the medical sage.
Princess Pingnan bowed to the Sage of Medicine and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work this time, Sage of Medicine."
"We'll do anything as long as the Sage of Medicine is willing to treat Xian'er."
The medical sage ignored her. His gaze turned cold as he saw them, and he felt sorry for Gu Yiyi once again.
They went to the royal mausoleum, not to Gu Yiyi's actual grave.
The medical sage made them kowtow and apologize to Gu Yiyi only to disgust them.
In his opinion, if they really went to her grave to kowtow, she would probably feel nauseous if she were watching from heaven.
Therefore, they are not worthy of appearing in front of her at all.
After they went to the royal mausoleum, Ye Junfei took the key and went to the Hall of State Affairs.
After all, it would take at least a day to travel from the Prince's Palace to the Prince's Mausoleum by carriage.
With this time, Ye Junfei decided to first go to the Hall of State Affairs and review the important documents.
Lin Xiuyan supported his decision and went with him.
When they approached, the guards at the door stopped them: "By order of the Prince, no one may enter without his permission."
Ye Junfei ignored him and gave Wu Ge a wink. Wu Ge then swung his fist and punched the guard.
He hit and cursed at the same time: "Are you blind? The Crown Prince has the key to the Hall of State Affairs, which means he can come and go as he pleases!"
The guard hesitated, unsure whether to continue stopping him or whether he could actually stop him.
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