The roof of the palace is paved with white glazed tiles, and the beams, doors and windows are made of high-quality red sandalwood.
Normally, the master who lives here should be extremely favored.
However, the door eaves, which were carved with intricate patterns, were now covered with dust. The snow in the courtyard had already accumulated above the ankles, but no one had cleared it. Icicles hung on the beams, reflecting the dazzling white light.
All of this shows that this place has been abandoned for a long time.
Ling Shumo had no time to care about anything now. She walked quickly on the ground which had been frozen from snow. Shi Qi followed behind her in fear, fearing that the princess would slip and fall to the ground if she was not careful.
Haven't entered the inner door yet.
Shangguan Xu's sharp voice pierced the sky. "Qin Wen'er, you bitch, who do you think you are? You still think you are the high and mighty Princess? You are just an old man who has fallen from grace. Even the servants around me are dressed better than you. Sooner or later, Her Highness will destroy you, a bitch."
Qin Wen'er was kneeling on the ground. His clothes, though luxurious, were filthy and ragged. His hair looked unwashed and knotted in places. Of course, the most striking thing about him was his mouth, which was bleeding, with three teeth missing.
Qin Wen'er looked up at Shangguan Xu and said, "No matter how much I've fallen from grace, I'm still the legitimate husband of Her Highness the Crown Princess. You, a mere servant, have no right to shout in front of me."
Ling Shumo lifted the curtain and walked in. There must be no fire in Jinxiu Palace, and the temperature inside was not much different from that outside.
Ling Shumo had already habitually wanted to take off the white fox fur shawl she was wearing, but when she had unbuttoned halfway, she forcibly fastened it back on.
Ling Shumo looked at Qin Wen'er with complicated eyes. She remembered that when she met him before, he was still scolding and mocking her, but now he has begun to use his identity as "her legal husband" to pressure Shangguan Xu.
It seems that the negotiations these days have finally produced significant results.
Shangguan Xu was so excited that he didn't even notice Ling Shumo had come in. He stepped forward and gave Qin Wen'er a shove, "I heard people say that Her Highness used to treat you like her precious darling.
I don’t believe it, so I came to ask you.
I didn't expect you to be so shameless, saying something like "Your Highness, I once promised you 'to be together for the rest of our lives'."
I think your brain has gone crazy, right? You actually imagined that Her Royal Highness said such a thing.
Which woman doesn't have three palaces and six courtyards? Let alone someone as noble as Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess.
Even if Her Royal Highness wanted to take only one scoop from the vast expanse of water, she would not spend her life with a bitch like you."
While the two were arguing, Lu Jinshu, dressed in simple and elegant clothes, was standing a few steps away from them.
His indifference, detached from the world, formed a stark contrast with the two people in front of him who were arguing fiercely and serving the king without any regard for their dignity.
Needless to say, today's farce was definitely planned by him.
Lu Jinshu was the first to notice Ling Shumo. The low pressure in the room made his voice seem a little cold. "Your Highness the Crown Princess won't blame me, will you?"
Ling Shumo wanted to suppress the corners of her mouth that were curled up, but she still smiled, "You are really the most beautiful girl in my life."
Qin Wen'er, the Princess Royal, poses no threat to Lu Jinshu. In fact, having a useless man like Qin Wen'er occupy the position of Princess Royal is a good thing for all the servants in the Eastern Palace.
If Qin Wen'er died or was deposed, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess would definitely marry another wife. If this later-married Crown Princess was a troublemaker, Lu Jinshu would really be shooting himself in the foot.
But he still did this thankless task because he understood Ling Shumo's attitude.
Although he didn't know why Qin Wen'er, who had once enjoyed great favor, had fallen out of favor, but if Ling Shumo wanted to slowly torture Qin Wen'er to death, then he should think about what Her Royal Highness the Princess was thinking and worry about what Her Royal Highness the Princess was worrying about.
If other men were to make such a fuss in the Eastern Palace and the emperor were to hear of it, he might scold Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, saying that she couldn't even take care of the trivial matters in the inner palace, let alone the major affairs of the family and the country.
But Shangguan Xu was different. The emperor knew his temper and his identity even better. Even if he turned the world upside down, the emperor would clean up the mess for him.
Some time ago, Shangguan Ran sent an envoy to meet the emperor with generous gifts. She was worried about her brother being alone in a foreign land and wanted to bring him back to Xuanyou, but was rejected by Shangguan Xu.
Shangguan Xu said that he wanted to stay with Ling Shumo for the rest of his life, and even if he died, he would die in the Chisha Empire, in the East Palace, and preferably in Guangming Palace (Ling Shumo's bedroom).
Shangguan Ran almost fainted from anger after receiving Shangguan Xu's reply. She asked Ling Shumo to be nicer to Shangguan Xu in order to stabilize Shangguan Xu and prevent the child from returning to the country and ruining her plan of rebellion.
As a result, Shangguan Xu did not go back to do anything bad. He simply valued her beauty over his relatives and no longer wanted her as his sister.
It's true that all my sincerity was wasted, and after I got married, I forgot my sister.
Shangguan Ran thought about it for a long time, and finally asked her personal female official to go to her private vault, take out a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, pack them into boxes and load them onto the carriage, and then ordered the envoy who had just returned to the country to take these gifts to the Chisha Empire again.
After all, it was Shangguan Xu who chose the path herself. All she could do was to establish diplomatic relations with the Chisha Empire, so that Ling Shumo and the Emperor of Chisha would be more tolerant and take care of her stupid brother for the sake of the benefits of cooperation.
At this time, Shangguan Xu finally saw Ling Shumo after being reminded by his servant.
A rare look of panic appeared on his originally arrogant face. "Your Highness, please listen to me... I will explain. It is not what you saw. It was the Princess who went too far. I was so angry that I attacked him. I... I..."
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