Chapter 224: East Palace Rate

Bei Jingchu stepped out of the room and saw a well-behaved and gentle-looking girl standing at the door. When she saw her come out, she bowed to her.

"My daughter Lei Nan'er, greets Princess Tianzhen."

She was wearing a pure white satin skirt, like a fragile little white rabbit, soft and tender, so lovable.

[Tsk, she's so pretty. If I didn't remember that she was Sister Ba Ling, I would definitely have a good impression of her because of her face.]

Lei Nian'er inside coughed.

Sister Ba Ling, every day you give people weird names.

"Get up."

After Bei Jingchu finished speaking, Lei Naner straightened up and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"I came here to see my elder sister, but I didn't expect His Highness to be here too."

Lei Nian'er inside ruthlessly sabotaged her: "I was lying in bed for ten days or half a month, but I didn't see you running around much. Are you pretending to be a good sister when the princess comes?"

Lei Naner's smile froze.

Bei Jingchu didn't have time to waste with such an idle person, so she smiled and left.

After she left, Lei Naner did not go back directly.

Maybe it's because I'm here anyway, or maybe I'm just going to put on a show.

Lei Nian'er didn't know what she was thinking and watched her walk in indifferently.

I still remember that when my late wife had just passed away, her fear of her younger sister had not completely disappeared.

Every time she came near him, even though no one was bullying her, he would feel pain in his body as if he were hallucinating.

She never believed that a demon who was born to bully his sisters could become innocent.

As expected, she didn't lose her claws, she just changed the person she bullied.

When she was in the palace, her mother wrote to her and said that Lei Naner couldn't afford to offend her, so she started to bully her third sister.

The third sister was even more cowardly than she was back then, and she never dared to speak out until she couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide, and then the matter became a big deal.

Her father was furious and put Lei Nan'er under house arrest, not allowing her to contact any of her illegitimate sisters.

How funny! The punishment for being furious was to ground her.

The third sister almost died, but that was all that was done to stop her from having any contact with her younger sisters.

Aye has always been extremely partial.

Although, now she herself is also one of the favored ones, Lei Nian'er will never forget the days and nights before she was five years old.

Lei Naner came in with her maid, sat down on a chair hesitantly, and said while holding her handkerchief, "Sister, I'm scared."

"The look the princess gave me just now really scared me."

"I heard that she personally supervised and executed all the prisoners."

"This is really too cruel and too pitiful."

"People can die with just one blow, so why torture them?"

She held her heart with tears in her eyes. She was wearing a white dress and looked like a kind-hearted fairy, with a look of compassion that showed she couldn't bear to see the sufferings of the mortal world.

That's how Aye thought she had really changed and became a kind little girl.

People who got to know them later also didn't believe that Lei Nan'er would be the kind of person who would enjoy bullying her sisters.

But this time, she pretended to be kind and it seemed like she had chosen the wrong person to compare herself with.

"Nan'er, you're saying bad things about people behind their backs, and you're even talking about the princess."

"Go down and slap them twenty times."

After she finished speaking, the servants around her surrounded her.

The people Lei Nan'er brought with her were definitely useless. In her panic, her old fierce look reappeared, and she threatened: "Eldest sister, the Lei family does not have such rules!"

"You are clearly seeking revenge for your personal gain!"

"Aye said that we should put aside our past grievances. You tortured me while he was away. When Aye comes back, he will definitely not let you go."

Lei Nian'er was frightened for a moment and clutched the blanket again, but her expression remained unchanged.

"You shouldn't have been jumping around in my yard before my father came back. By the time he came back, I would have already entered the palace."

"Does he dare to chase me into the palace to punish me?"

"Besides, executing the enemy is cruel."

"Tell this to Aye. He is killing enemies on the front line, watching the soldiers being knocked down one by one by Tunning. Tell him this when he comes back."

"He will only punish you more severely!"

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you pull the second lady down?"

Her eyes were filled with resentment when she was taken away, but Lei Nian'er seemed to have let go of some long-gathering haze in her heart.

Seven years had passed, and this was the first time she was able to fight back against the person who had bullied her.

Because my father is not here.

It feels good to have a say.

Outside the Lei Mansion, Bei Jingchu had already boarded the carriage heading back to the palace.

Haoyue, who had been holding it in all the way, couldn't hold it in any longer and wanted to share the gossip with the princess.

She said softly, "Your Highness, I know why Mrs. Lei is hostile to Madam Lei and the others."

Bei Jingchu's eyes widened, and he sighed in his heart: [As expected of my little human intelligence expert, this information channel is too powerful! ]

But she still looked like a calm princess and just said, "Tell me about it."

Haoyue, who had already seen through her true nature, pretended not to know and quietly went over to whisper in her ear. Changyan also quietly went over to whisper in her ear.

Haoyu said in a low voice: "General Lei's elder brother used to be the left inner commander of the Eastern Palace."

[Eastern Palace... I remember that Aye has never been a crown prince, so...]

Haoyue didn't let her guess and said it directly and frankly: "It's the former crown prince's confidant."

"Oh... and then?"

Haoyue scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "Then I don't know."

[Okay, political rivals, now Ayeh wins again, it's normal to dislike the other party. ]

At this point, Bei Jingchu remembered something: "Haoyue, it seems that since the founding of Dai Viet, no prince has ascended the throne smoothly~"

Haoyue: "......Your Highness, since the founding of Dai Viet, there have only been two crown princes. Please don't make it sound so scary, as if it means the crown prince position is unlucky."

"Okay."

After returning to the palace, before Bei Jingchu even sat down, she heard the palace maid report that Princess Zhou had been sitting for a long time.

She sent for her to be brought in.

Zhou Huanjiu walked faster than the ceremonial guide, her skirt fluttering, not looking like a lady at all.

Before I even got close, I heard her loud voice: "You've been refusing to see anyone since you returned to the palace. I'm almost dying of worry."

"They say you're a good person, but people like you who are like monkeys and hang out everywhere are staying indoors. Isn't it a lie to say you're fine?"

Bei Jingchu: ...Who is acting like a monkey? Speak to me properly.

It’s a pity that Zhou Huanjiu now can’t hear her thoughts and doesn’t understand her silence.

She also found that she could no longer hear her inner voice, and suddenly felt that the problem was more serious.

"What happened to you? Did someone curse you?"

"Oh, this is serious. Why don't we go to the Empress Dowager's small Buddhist temple to pay our respects."

"I heard that you were injured on your face. Can you take off this blinding mask and let me see if it's okay?"

Bei Jingchu: “No.”

"I am your cousin!"

Bei Jingchu: "I don't want it even if the king of heaven comes."

OK...

She asked another question: "Bei Qin asked me to ask you when you will return to Botang."

Bei Jingchu raised the corners of her mouth, revealing eight small white teeth, and then she remembered that she was wearing a mask and others could not see her teeth.