After a fleeting hint of regret, Bai Qing smiled again:
"Very well. Your father will grant you a sedan chair carried by thirty-six men. Tianfu, this time leave the palace in grand style."
"Thank you, Father Emperor."
In the Southern Dynasties, it was common for princes to establish their own residences, but this was the first time a princess had done so.
Knowing that her daughter would be leaving the palace through Xuanwu Gate in a sedan chair carried by thirty-six men, Consort Li got up early to help her with her makeup and said with some reluctance, "Why can't you stay in the palace a little longer?"
“Living in the palace makes it inconvenient to serve my father,” Bai Yan said. “My sisters probably wouldn’t want me to live in the palace either.”
Upon hearing this, Consort Li couldn't help but show a hint of worry on her face: "Ayan, you are bearing the infamy for your father. Do you think he will remember this and help you find a good husband?" But she was also afraid of marrying into a family like the Jin family.
Bai Yan grasped her mother's arm: "Don't worry, Mother. So what if I have a bad reputation? Can they kill me if they're unhappy?" As for her husband, Bai Yan lowered her eyes. If he was there, she would take him; if he wasn't, she would live as she pleased.
"Princess, the auspicious time has arrived," the chief steward said with a smile from outside.
Bai Yan bid farewell to her birth mother, Consort Li, and then to the Emperor and Empress Jin. Bai Qing smiled broadly, while Empress Jin wore rosy cheeks, but her dark eyes occasionally flashed with hatred when she looked at Bai Yan.
"Let's go, take a good look at the princess's residence I built for you," Bai Qing said.
The sedan chair, carried by thirty-six men, completely blocked the originally wide road, and there were also all sorts of dazzling treasures bestowed from the palace.
After exiting Xuanwu Gate, a crowd of people gathered around, many commenting on the princess's palanquin: "I've heard that the princess is beautiful, but she's a viper. She had an affair with an outsider and had her husband torn apart by five horses!"
"Yes, she ruined the entire Jin family! How could a woman do such a lewd and shameless thing? And His Majesty even supported her. She has no shame for the royal family!"
"That's all because she's good at gossiping. I heard she was the one who encouraged that textile factory to open. She got so many women to work there. She's so restless. Shouldn't women stay at home...?"
The men chatted animatedly, oblivious to the girls and children gazing enviously at the princess's magnificent palanquin: "Princess Tianfu is so majestic! I never knew women could travel with such grandeur, inspiring such awe!"
Is this what a wicked woman is like? It must be so nice to be a wicked woman.
At that time, the princess's entourage passed by a restaurant and happened to collide with a group of people in front of them.
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