Chapter 382 Pei Si Niang's feelings for the Crown Prince are exposed on the spot?
The eldest princess?
Crown Princess?
Prince Su?
Everyone immediately turned around in alarm to look behind them.
But where is anyone?
There was nothing behind me; not even a bird was there.
Pei Zixuan realized she had been tricked and turned around angrily, saying, "How dare you! You dare to play tricks and try to fool me!"
"I think you two have eaten the gall of a bear and the heart of a leopard!"
"Guards, seize them for me!"
Que'er, Zheng Mama, and the female servants from the Pan family immediately surrounded their mistress and protected her.
Princess Nanping jumped up and down in a panic: "What's going on?"
"Can't we talk things out properly?"
“Pei Zixuan, it was clearly you who wanted to steal Luo’er and the others’ prey first. They were just trying to protect themselves. Why did you have to bully them?”
With a single glance from Pei Zixuan, the head maid beside her immediately rushed over and grabbed Princess Nanping tightly.
"Princess, this matter is none of your concern today."
"Haven't you been pestering the seventh young master of the Cui family to go hunting with you? You should cherish this hard-won opportunity."
"Otherwise, this opportunity might not come again!"
Princess Nanping has been chasing after Cui Qilang for the past few months, and this has long been the talk of the town in Jinling.
Even Princess Xiyue couldn't do anything about her daughter.
The only excuse they could use was to keep her confined in the princess's residence under the pretext of teaching her manners.
But Nanping still often climbed over walls and crawled through holes to run out for Cui Qilang, just so she could catch a glimpse of him and exchange a few words with him.
She really liked Cui Qilang.
I love it to death.
If she dreams of him holding her little hand one night, she will happily twist herself into a pretzel on the bed when she wakes up.
But at this moment, she looked at Cui Qilang, her eyes red-rimmed, and asked only one question: "Cui Qilang, are you really going to aid and abet evil?"
"You clearly saw how Pei Zixuan bullied my two older sisters today!"
Cui Qilang's expression shifted slightly.
Cui Jiuniang looked at him, while Cui Shiyi Niang stretched out her arm and said, "That's enough!"
“Princess Nanping, don’t you have any shame or embarrassment as a young lady? My seventh brother will make his own choice, and you have no right to mislead him here.”
Nanping: "I incited you? You all know the truth!"
"shameless!"
Pei Zixuan: "You—!"
Her face was filled with anger: "Princess Nanping, I am now considered your elder. If you insist on being as disrespectful as them, don't blame me for being impolite—"
Pei Zixuan's face revealed a sinister look. She had just given the old woman a wink when Li Qingluo suddenly got up and rushed over.
She grabbed the old woman's arm.
Then, before it could react, they twisted it hard and kicked it.
"Insolence! You filthy lackey!"
"She is, after all, a princess. How can you, an old man, be so disrespectful?"
"My esteemed lord, be careful, for Heaven is watching what people do."
Do you really think no one knows what you want?
After saying that, she kicked the old woman in the chest, sending her flying three meters away.
He lay on the ground, groaning for a long time, unable to get up.
Both Que'er and Granny Zheng raised their chins proudly.
His expression seemed to say: Look, this is my daughter's true skill!
Li Qingluo's strength and skill truly astonished everyone.
She actually knows martial arts?
This is hardly the image of a rich and noble lady!
She's just a vulgar female bandit!
Pei Zixuan was so angry that her face turned green.
"How dare you! Li Qingluo, how dare you lay a hand on my people!"
Since entering the palace, although she has been cautious and humble all the way, she has so quickly risen to the rank of Noble Lady through her own abilities.
Moreover, His Majesty, fearing she might suffer mistreatment due to her young age, bestowed upon her a private palace.
After all, she is now the mistress of a palace!
How dare a lowly commoner like Li Qingluo provoke me to my face!
Yesterday, Pei Liu Niang and Pei Shiniang suffered because of her scheme. They were severely punished by the family and were unable to walk. They were sent away before dawn.
What's most infuriating is that she made herself lose face in front of the Empress Dowager.
This filled her with intense hatred, and she immediately ordered, "Guards! Arrest all these lowly people for me!"
"What are you waiting for? Go now!"
The people brought by the Cui family and Pei Zixuan all rushed out in a swarm.
They were about to tie someone up with a rope in their hand.
Pei Zixuan: "Be careful of those martial maids from the Pan family!"
The neglected sparrow and Granny Zheng: ...
Aren't they important?
They've been eagerly anticipating this for a long time.
Upon seeing the people arrive, they immediately rubbed their hands together, ready to get to work.
Li Qingluo raised her hand: "Go. Show this Noble Lady Jing what she's made of."
Que'er and Granny Zheng were overjoyed and rushed out like arrows: "Yes! Miss!"
The two sides immediately clashed and fought fiercely together.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Pei Zixuan instructed Cui Qilang, "If I asked you to take this opportunity to twist off Li Qingluo's arms, would you dare?"
Cui Qilang hesitated for a moment: "My esteemed mistress, is this... perhaps inappropriate?"
Pei Zixuan's face was cold: "What are you afraid of?"
"I'll take care of everything!"
"Our Pei family and she are absolutely irreconcilable enemies!"
"Don't blame me for not warning you. Now that I have a grudge against her, it will be difficult for the Pei family and her Xiuli General's Mansion to be repaired in the future."
"Cui Qilang, you wouldn't want such a wretched person to be in your way and an eyesore after Jiu Niang marries my brother, would you?"
Cui Qilang looked at Cui Jiuniang.
Cui Jiuniang did not speak.
She simply looked at Li Qingluo quietly, their eyes met instantly, and they quickly exchanged a glance.
Cui Jiuniang: "Qi Lang, be careful—"
A dark figure lunged forward.
It was none other than Sha Wu, whom Li Qingluo had sent to ambush them long ago.
Cui Qilang immediately drew his sword and engaged him in combat.
With the help of Cui Jiuniang and Cui Shiyi Niang, Pei Zixuan quickly hid behind a tree.
Pan Li suddenly appeared beside her, chuckling, "Consort Jing, you've been pressing me relentlessly today, aren't you? You're just afraid your secret will be revealed to others, aren't you?"
Li Qingluo appeared beside her.
"Oh? What secret?"
Pan Li: "What else could it be? Of course, it's that a dignified concubine in the harem harbors such filthy thoughts about His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Pei Zixuan: "Shut up, you idiot!!"
"Pan Li, if you continue to spout nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!!"
Pan Li: "Oops, I accidentally said it out loud."
"But isn't that the truth? What do you think, Eleventh Sister?"
"Weren't you there at the lakeside banquet in the palace on the fifth night of the lunar new year? Weren't you there too?!"
Cui Shiyi Niang's expression changed.
"I...I...I don't know anything!"
"I... I didn't say that, I didn't say it..."
Cui Jiuniang frowned deeply: "Eleventh Sister, this matter is of utmost importance. You must clarify the facts for the noble lady!"
"We must not allow their dirty laundry to be smeared on our noble lady!"
"Tell me what happened quickly!"
Pan Li: "You two families are now one family, so what's this talk of clarification? Isn't all this fabricated nonsense just a joke?"
"That night, I clearly heard Consort Jing say something like: His Highness the Crown Prince is virtuous and talented, a peerless national hero... Which young lady in the world wouldn't admire him?"
Cui Shiyi Niang: "You're talking nonsense! She clearly said that His Highness the Crown Prince is virtuous and widely respected, and the people of the world support him. He will surely be a good ruler in the future."
Who wouldn't want to be by his side?
"Even if one has this thought, it's only natural—"
Pei Zixuan slapped Cui Shiyi Niang hard across the face.
"Cui Shiyi Niang, how dare you slander me—"
"I will kill you—!"
As she spoke, she reached out and scratched Cui Shiyi Niang's face again.
Cui Shiyi Niang covered her face and screamed as she hid behind Cui Jiu Niang.
She cried out in panic, "I didn't, I'm not—Ninth Sister, save me—"
Cui Jiuniang shielded her younger sister tightly behind her, reaching out to stop Pei Zixuan from rushing towards her.
"If Your Excellency and Mistress truly did not say these words, why be so angry and ashamed?"
Li Qing, standing to the side, added insult to injury with a nonchalant tone: "Miss Pan, so you were hiding such a secret, which is why Consort Jing is targeting you like this today."
"I understand now."
"Consort Jing wants to force you to make a mistake so that she can take you down, and then no one will believe anything you say."
"Noble Lady Jing, am I mistaken?"
Faced with their relentless questioning, Pei Zixuan looked at the group of people in front of her and suddenly felt a chill.
She finally realized what was happening.
Her gaze fell upon the group like a knife.
"It was you—? You set a trap for me?"
"Cui Jiuniang—it's you!"
Why did you do this?
"You are the betrothed princess of our Pei family!"
"You betrayed me today, and if you marry into the Pei family in the future, my mother will never let you off!"
"And this Li Qingluo, she's from the Li family!"
"Didn't you just get out of that awful marriage with the Li family? Why are you still helping her—?"
Cui Jiuniang: "I don't understand a single word of what Your Highness and Mistress have said."
Pei Zixuan found it utterly absurd and laughed loudly a few times: "You think you can frame me?"
"With just a few words, you think you can drag me and His Highness the Crown Prince into the mire?"
"I will never forgive you!"
Li Qingluo, Cui Jiuniang, and the other three suddenly turned around and knelt down to the right to pay their respects.
"Greetings to Her Highness the Eldest Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness Prince Su, and Her Highness the Crown Princess—"
Pei Zixuan: "You still want to fool me!"
"Guards!"
"Guards! Arrest them all!"
However, the outcome of the battle on Que'er's side had already been decided.
Pei Zixuan and the Cui family members were all pinned to the ground by Que'er and Granny Zheng, who then tied them up one by one with their ropes.
"You've all rebelled...you've all rebelled!"
"I'm going to report you to His Majesty!"
"You all just wait—"
A voice interrupted her arrogance: "Oh? I'd like to hear how you intend to report them?"
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