He Xue looked at Tana, "Tana, I don't remember you having a younger sister. Why is this Jue Chan calling you 'older sister'? Where did this little sister of yours come from?"
“It was my oversight! I was too lenient with the concubines in the manor before!” Tana said.
"Tana, you just said that you are the Eighth Prince's wife appointed by the Emperor. How can you let a concubine bully you?" The First Prince's wife put down her teacup and said.
“Sister-in-law is right, I will change in the future!” Tana replied.
Juechan felt that things were not going in the direction she had expected.
"Your Highness, I did not mean to offend you. It was just that I admire you so much that I came to bother you!" Juechan explained.
"Hehe!" He Xue found it utterly ridiculous. "Consort, I'm just a teenager, and I haven't done anything significant. Why would you admire me?"
"It's...it's because..." Juechan quickly thought of a solution, "It's because I often hear my aunt mention you, and she speaks highly of you!"
"Hehe, I'm afraid you misheard! The things I did in the palace before were all things that dogs and cats disliked, there were really no great feats!"
"Your Highness, even if you are trying to help the Princess Consort, there is no need for you to belittle yourself like this. Or do you think that I am of low status and look down on me?"
"Don't forget, Consort Liang is from the Juechan clan just like me. Do you look down on Consort Liang too?" Juechan could also see that Hexue didn't want to talk to her at all; she was completely wasting her time.
"If that's what you think, then I have nothing more to say!"
If you find out I'm here, I can easily accuse you of spying on the Crown Prince. I don't need to explain what that crime is!
"If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave now!" He Xue said with a stern face.
“Your Highness, if you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext! This servant only learned of your presence by chance and is not worthy of the blame you have placed on me!” After saying this, Juechan turned to look at Tana.
"My lady, I know you don't like me, but why do you have to use the Crown Princess to punish me?"
"I advise you, before you punish me, think carefully about whether you can afford to offend Consort Liang!" Juechan's words were truly extremely arrogant.
"Slap!" A loud slap landed on Juechan's face.
"Tana, from now on, if you can use your hands, don't just talk!" He Xue said, waving her hand. "This is me teaching you a lesson on behalf of Consort Liang!"
"Why did you hit me!" Juechan pushed Hexue hard.
He Xue was caught off guard by Jue Chan's actions and was pushed down by him.
Qingdai quickly stepped forward to help Hexue up, only to see Hexue shake her head at Qingdai.
Qingdai helped Hexue up, and then the two of them sat down on the ground, giving the impression that Qingdai hadn't helped Hexue and that they had both fallen down.
Upon seeing this, Tana and the First Lady immediately helped He Xue up.
The First Princess looked He Xue over and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"
"It's alright, sister-in-law!" He Xue said with a forced smile.
Seeing this, Tana turned around and slapped Juechan across the face, "You really have a death wish, daring to push the Crown Princess. Even if Consort Liang came, she couldn't protect you!"
"If you're courting death, don't drag the Eighth Prince's household down with you!"
Juechan was truly frightened. She had only given Hexue a gentle push, but Hexue had unexpectedly fallen. "I didn't use any force!"
"You mean Xue framed you?" the First Princess asked, pointing at Juechan.
"No, I didn't!" Juechan said in a panic.
"Go and invite the Crown Prince, Prince Zhi, and the Eighth Prince over!" the First Princess Consort said to the palace maid beside her.
When the Eighth Prince arrived at the front hall, he saw the Crown Prince and the First Prince leisurely drinking tea, but he did not see He Xue.
"Greetings, Your Highness! Greetings, Elder Brother!" the Eighth Prince said, bowing to the Crown Prince.
"Eighth Brother, please rise! We're family, no need for formalities!" the Crown Prince said, looking at the Eighth Prince. "How are your injuries, Eighth Brother?"
The Eighth Prince sneered, "How badly is my brother injured? Shouldn't Second Brother know very well?"
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