Chapter 17 Don't Treat Others Like Fools
The woman in red standing before Master Yue was none other than Princess Yongxin, who had come to the palace today to pay her respects to Consort Wu.
After leaving Ronghua Palace, she stormed off towards the inner palace in a huff.
When Yue Siyi saw that it was Princess Yongxin, she sighed inwardly.
Oh, it's this person who's here...
"Greetings, Your Highness. Today, the Palace Attendant is giving a lesson to the candidates for female officials and physicians, so the lesson is a little longer than usual," said Yue Siyi respectfully.
Upon hearing that it was the Palace Attendant giving a lesson inside, Princess Yongxin, who had originally intended to enter the main hall, immediately took two steps back.
Aunt Cui is inside...
Princess Yongxin immediately recalled the scene when she was a child living in the Empress Dowager's palace, being taught palace rules by Aunt Cui, who was not yet the Palace Master...
Aunt Cui had many rules, and almost all the masters in the palace, big and small, had been taught by her.
Even Consort Wu, who is currently the most favored concubine in the palace, once spent some time in the care of Aunt Cui.
Princess Yongxin instinctively wanted to turn back.
But since we've already come all this way and put on such a show, it would seem a bit like bluffing if we didn't do or say something.
So, Princess Yongxin immediately pulled Master Yue toward the window of the main hall.
"Um... which one is the young lady from the Marquis of Zhongyong's family?" Princess Yongxin asked in a low voice.
Master of Ceremonies Yue gave a slight curtsy.
"Song Zhimin has just been punished by copying palace rules and inner court regulations, and she is currently copying them in a side hall," Master Yue said softly.
I'd also like to know which Princess Yongxin Song Zhimian is...
"You were punished as soon as you entered the palace?"
How come you're the same as me...
"No, who punished her? Was it you or Aunt Cui?" Princess Yongxin asked hurriedly.
"Neither! It's His Highness Prince Qi!" Master Yue said truthfully.
Princess Yongxin...
"Seventh Brother punished her! Good riddance! She must have done or said something to make Seventh Brother angry, she deserves to be punished!"
Alright, since Seventh Brother has already punished us... let's just let it go!
"It's getting late, I should leave the palace!" Princess Yongxin said as she walked outside.
The emcee, Yue, quickly saw them off.
She really didn't expect her to leave so quickly; she had thought that Aunt Cui would be the one to send her away!
...
“Princess, didn’t you say before that you were going to teach that Song Zhimin a lesson?”
The palace maids around the Empress said that she was recommended by Prince Qi!
"I've never heard of the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion having such abilities before!" The maidservant beside Princess Yongxin chattered on.
Princess Yongxin snorted.
"It's true that Seventh Brother brought the person into the palace."
But who says that bringing someone into the palace means you're going to take care of them? Once you enter the palace gates, it's like entering a deep, unfathomable sea!
Another possibility is that Seventh Brother brought the person into the palace, perhaps just to torture him anytime, anywhere!
I think it must be that Song Zhimian offended Seventh Brother outside.
Unfortunately, she always stayed indoors and never left the house, so even if Seventh Brother wanted to discipline her, he couldn't go to the backyard of the Marquis's mansion to deal with her.
That's why they brought her into the palace so that it would be easier to deal with her.
Look, he was punished by the Seventh Brother as soon as he entered the palace. He was punished by copying the palace rules and regulations.
"I was also punished by Aunt Cui to copy the palace rules. It was such a thick stack. Song Zhimian deserved to be punished!" Princess Yongxin said with a gloating expression.
Princess Yongxin's maid was a little puzzled.
In the past, if any woman had even the slightest relationship with His Highness Prince Qi, the princess would make a scene.
Surprisingly, they weren't making a fuss today... That's a bit strange.
However, the little maidservant still wisely said a few words in accordance with Princess Yongxin's words, and then followed Princess Yongxin out of the palace.
Only after boarding her own carriage did the little maid look at Princess Yongxin.
"Princess..."
"Are you wondering why I didn't cause any trouble today?" Princess Yongxin leaned back on the soft cushions of the carriage.
The maidservant nodded immediately.
Princess Yongxin snorted.
"It's different when I want to cause trouble for others than when someone wants me to cause trouble for others."
"We've all been in the palace; we all know each other's methods!"
Seeing Princess Yongxin's disdainful expression, the little maid seemed to understand something.
"Your Highness, do you mean... someone in the palace wants to use you as a tool?"
Princess Yongxin patted the little maid's head with satisfaction.
"Not bad! Not stupid after all! You've thought of that."
Everyone knows what kind of background the Imperial Concubine came from. If she didn't know proper etiquette and wasn't familiar with palace rules, how could she have gotten to the Empress's side?
Everyone knows that His Majesty favors the Imperial Concubine because she follows the rules.
As the head maid of the Imperial Concubine, how could Cai Xian not know the rules!
Article 23 of the palace rules states that palace servants are not allowed to speak ill of others, let alone discuss princes.
Cai Xian came to pick us up in person and said so many considerate things to me. She just wanted to use me to deal with others!
The person that even the Imperial Concubine wouldn't dare to directly take action against must be someone who's on His Majesty's radar.
"Am I stupid?! To offend His Majesty!" Princess Yongxin shook her head smugly.
Little maid...
"Princess, you seem to have suddenly become very clever!" the maid exclaimed in surprise.
"I've always been smart, okay? If I weren't smart, why would the Empress Dowager like me!"
Moreover, I asked my grandmother, and she said that no one likes a stupid person, let alone someone from the royal family.
Royal family members only like intelligent people; the more intelligent, the better!
"I just thought about it for a moment and I figured out the relationships involved," Princess Yongxin said with a smile.
"When did you come to this realization? Was it just now? Or did you come to this realization as soon as you entered the palace?"
Since you've already figured it out, why do you still want me to make that trip to the inner court...?
"Oh, I see, you're doing this to impress the Imperial Concubine, aren't you?" The maid was even more surprised.
Princess Yongxin was in a very good mood.
Look, not only is she clever, but her maid is clever too!
"Of course I found out when Cai Xian had said so much, but I still had to pretend."
After the Empress Dowager passed away, the Empress also left. The Consort was in charge of the affairs of the inner palace, although she could not directly bestow a marriage upon me and my seventh brother.
But she could arrange marriages for me and other people.
Therefore, it's best if I don't offend her openly!
Now look what happened. I ran off in a huff, only to run into Aunt Cui, and I was so scared that I had to come back.
Isn't this just common sense?
If Your Highness wants to deal with someone, you can figure it out yourself. I won't be going to the palace for the next couple of days.
As for Seventh Brother…heh, I’ll have plenty of opportunities to settle accounts with him!” Princess Yongxin snorted twice.
The little maid immediately fawned over Princess Yongxin and massaged her shoulders.
"You've worked hard, Princess!"
...
Inside Ronghua Palace, Consort Wu looked astonished.
"They left without doing anything?"
"Yes! With Aunt Cui around, the princess didn't dare to do anything and slunk away! She was probably afraid of being scolded by Aunt Cui!" Caiyin said softly.
Consort Wu responded with an "oh".
"The Palace Attendant is here! There's nothing we can do!"
"Alright, send someone to inform King Zhao that the people cannot be taken out for the time being!"
...
Upon receiving the news, Song Kaishan and Ding felt as if the sky was falling...
"My lord, what should we do? General Wu will send someone to exchange the betrothal gifts tomorrow!" Ding's voice was filled with fear.
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