Chapter 8 Impotent Rage!
After making an example of them, they escorted Li's mother and her family to the back gate without any obstacles.
The guards and gatekeepers had not received any news that the princess was not allowed to go out, and they looked troubled when they saw the princess coming.
"Go and report to the Prince immediately!"
The guards rushed over.
Shen Lanxi walked to the door: "Open the door!"
The captain of the guards quickly came over to explain, "Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for us!"
Shen Lanxi understood the principle of "when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down," and said coldly, "I am still the Princess Consort of Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Do I, as the Princess Consort, not even have the right to release the servants of the Shen family?"
The commander of the guards glanced at Li's mother and her family and breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that the princess didn't go out.
"Your Highness, I have already sent the guards to inquire with the Prince. Perhaps we should wait for his reply before..." Before she could finish speaking, the head of the guards was pushed four or five meters away by Shen Lanxi.
The guard commander stared wide-eyed, his face filled with disbelief. He had practiced martial arts since childhood and had honed his skills on the battlefield with the prince for many years. He had long since become a master. Yet, he had just been easily pushed away by a frail woman.
It must be because he wasn't on guard!
The guards, thinking their commander wouldn't dare confront the princess, were no longer as upright as before.
"Open the door!" Shen Lanxi said sternly.
The guards were momentarily intimidated by her imposing appearance and actually made way for her. Seeing that the guards didn't stop him, the gatekeeper nervously went to open the door.
"Without the Prince's order, let's see who dares to move!" Bai Qingling arrived in a flurry of activity with her entourage.
Shen Lanxi's eyes were icy: "Since when has it become the Prince's mansion where a lowly concubine is giving orders?"
Bai Qingling felt a surge of anger as she looked at the extraordinary Shen Lanxi. So what if she grew into a phoenix? From now on, she would be a fallen phoenix, worse than a chicken.
The daughter of a disgraced official dares to act like a princess in the palace. When the prince returns, he will surely punish this woman.
The thought of kneeling before a criminal that morning made Bai Qingling so angry she felt like vomiting blood. If only the news had come sooner, she wouldn't have had to suffer such a humiliating disgrace!
It's all Shen Lanxi's fault! Just wait and see, from now on, there will be no more Princess Lanxi in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. She will repay every single humiliation Shen Lanxi inflicted upon her!
Bai Qingling was arrogant and didn't take Shen Lanxi seriously at all, her eyes filled with disdain as she looked at her.
"Before the Prince went to the palace, he entrusted me with all matters concerning the manor. All I knew was that in the Zhennan Prince's manor, everyone had to listen to the Prince!"
What nonsense about mistresses! She's not a mistress at all, but that vicious woman, Shen Lanxi, will definitely become a divorced woman.
"What a joke! Who do you think you are, daring to speak to me like that? Even the Prince wouldn't dare to be so insolent in front of me. Who do you think you are!"
Bai Qingling, her face drawn and barely suppressing her anger, suddenly broke into a smug smile.
"You probably don't know that the Shen family's property was ransacked last night, and your entire family is now imprisoned in the imperial jail awaiting trial!" You were just showing off because of your family background, weren't you? Now that the Shen family is gone, let's see what you have left to be arrogant about!
Shen Lanxi said sarcastically, "Even if the Shen family is gone, I am still Princess Lanxi, personally appointed by His Majesty, the Empress Dowager's most beloved junior, and the Princess Consort of Zhennan, betrothed by His Majesty. It is not up to a servant like you to be so insolent to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he struck with lightning speed.
With a slap, Bai Qingling's face was twisted, and she couldn't help but take a few steps back. The old woman behind her helped her regain her balance.
Bai Qingling's eyes were filled with disbelief and humiliation. Shen Lanxi still couldn't see her own identity and situation clearly, yet she dared to hit her?
A sneer rang out
"Did I knock out your baby with that slap?"
Bai Qingling's expression changed, and she subconsciously placed her hand on her stomach.
"I learned this trick from Consort Shu. Back then, Consort Shu slapped Lady Lan so hard that she lost her three-month pregnancy. My uncle, His Majesty, cherished the imperial heir and demoted Consort Shu to Lady Shu. She has not been restored to her original rank since."
Consort Shu is Zhou Ruyuan's mother. According to custom, if she were a consort, Zhou Ruyuan could request an imperial decree to bring Consort Shu out when he got married. Unfortunately, she is now a Noble Lady Shu.
She said this to remind Bai Qingling that even if Zhou Ruyuan made great contributions in battle, it would not be enough to offset the crimes his mother had committed, and at the same time, to remind her of the importance of the imperial heir in His Majesty's heart!
Bai Qingling had obviously thought of that too, and her face turned pale with fright.
"Do you have children? If you don't, you are deceiving the emperor. If you do, give birth to them, and you will be sentenced to death!"
Bai Qingling then realized that she had underestimated Shen Lanxi.
"No wonder Ru Yuan said that the women in the inner quarters only know how to scheme. He despises women like you who only know how to plot and scheme in the inner quarters!"
Shen Lanxi: "Someone, go to the palace and invite the imperial physician to come and examine the concubine. If the physician is unwilling to come because he thinks the concubine's filthy status is unacceptable, then say that Princess Lanxi invited him!"
"You dare!"
"What do I have to be afraid of? You keep talking about women in the inner quarters, aren't you a woman yourself?"
Bai Qingling retorted angrily, "How can I not be a woman? I'm not the kind of woman who only knows how to scheme!"
Shen Lanxi said sternly, "Since you know you are a woman, you should also know what propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame are. Now you are a nameless and shameless woman by Zhou Ruyuan's side, having an affair and getting pregnant. What face do you have to slander women in the inner quarters? A woman like you who doesn't know propriety, righteousness, integrity, or shame, I wouldn't even want to dirty my hands by hitting you!"
Bai Qingling felt that everyone in the courtyard was focused on her, and she felt utterly humiliated. She glared at Shen Lanxi with bloodshot eyes.
Shen Lanxi, you just wait, you just wait, I won't let you get away with this!
"Hmph, shameless bastard! If I were you, I would have crawled into a mouse hole long ago and been too ashamed to show my face. But you dare to act like a hero in the Prince's mansion. Only that blind dog Zhou Ruyuan treats you like a human being!" Shen Lanxi said and turned to go to the door.
She opened the door herself, let's see who dares to stop her!
As a result, no one dared to stop them!
After watching Li's mother and her family of six leave, Shen Lanxi turned around and locked the door.
Bai Qingling glared at Shen Lanxi with a murderous look in her eyes.
"What a pity, Zhou Ruyuan has gone to the palace and won't be able to see your impotent and furious face!"
Bai Qingling gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "Shen Lanxi, we could have lived in peace. Unfortunately, you've ruined it all."
"What? You want to hit me?" Shen Lanxi said disdainfully.
"You, as a woman, yet you disdain all sorts of slander against women in the inner quarters. Did you spring from a crack in a rock? I wonder if your mother, grandmother, maternal grandmother, and all the women in your family would be so angry that they would sever ties with you if they heard you belittling women like that!"
"Oh, right, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and all the concubines in the harem are women. You've included them in your abuse of women. I wonder what they would think if they heard about it?"
(End of this chapter)
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