Chapter 149 The Petty-Minded Princess of Langya
Seeing that the two were arguing, Xiao Yu did not want to embarrass the royal family members in public.
“Princess of Langya, since the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice has already kowtowed and apologized, why not change the way you address him as ‘father’?”
"Let him make it up to you."
With the Emperor's support, the Vice Minister of Justice immediately lost his previous humility and even slightly raised his chin.
It has a "what can you do about it?" attitude.
"So any alternative will do, right?"
Xiao Yu noticed that Jiang Wan Ning seemed easy to talk to, and thought that she was still giving him face.
"I have made the decision on this matter. Since the Princess has already yielded, then naturally any request can be changed."
Jiang Wan Ning slowly walked two steps to the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
"Please state your request, Your Highness."
Jiang Wan Ning smiled slightly, raised her hand, and slapped him hard across the face.
The Vice Minister of Justice turned his face to the side, and after a moment of stunned silence, Jiang Wan Ning slapped him on the other side of his face again.
He slapped himself more than a dozen times until his hand went numb before stopping.
"You... Princess Langya, you actually assaulted a court official in public!" The Vice Minister of Justice snapped out of his daze.
Covering his somewhat swollen face, the court officials were all surprised.
Everyone secretly thought Jiang Wan Ning was too daring.
Beating up a court official in front of the emperor.
This is truly unheard of; it may be the first case recorded in history.
Jiang Wan Ning turned and bowed to Xiao Yu on the throne, "Your Majesty, this is what you get in exchange for submitting."
"From this day forward, I am no longer at odds with him."
"As long as he stops disgusting me."
Xiao Yu didn't expect that when he changed his words, Jiang Wan Ning would slap him more than a dozen times.
But since she had already made the promise herself, there was nothing she could do about Jiang Wan Ning.
"Your Majesty! She's just making excuses." The Vice Minister of Justice's lips were swollen.
His speech was somewhat unclear.
Xiao Yu frowned slightly. "That's enough. You went back on your word first. You've already hit me, do you expect to get it back?"
Xiao Yu knew.
Given Pei Yanchuan's personality, if he were to return alive and find out that Jiang Wanning had been slapped in public, even he himself would likely be unable to withstand Pei Yanchuan's wrath.
Moreover, in a sense, he is now on the same side as Jiang Wanning.
The Vice Minister of Justice could only retreat in humiliation.
Xiao Yu let out a long sigh of relief. "Alright. Now that the matter has been resolved, let's adjourn the court."
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After leaving the palace and arranging everything, Jiang Wan Ning instructed Hai Tang and Shao Yao to pack their things.
The group set off overnight.
As they traveled until midnight, Haitang said, "Your Highness, there's a post station ahead. Shall we get off and rest for a while?"
Seeing that the horse could no longer run, Jiang Wan Ning nodded, "That's fine."
"We'll continue after an hour's rest."
The three of them entered the inn and had just ordered a pot of tea from the waiter when they heard a commotion in the kitchen.
"Shopkeeper, what happened behind you?" Peony craned her neck to look back.
The waiter said nonchalantly, "He's just a disobedient handyman."
Jiang Wan Ning gave Hai Tang a look, and Hai Tang made an excuse to go out and check on the horses.
He came in a quarter of an hour later and whispered his report to Jiang Wan Ning.
"Can you see it clearly now?"
"Your Highness, I saw it clearly."
“That’s definitely the Princess of Xixia behind her.”
"She was chained up and locked up in the back."
Jiang Wan Ning recalled her past life, when not long after Pei Yan Chuan went to the frontier, news came that the princess of Xixia had disappeared in Dongling.
Could it be that Tuoba Wenjing launched this war not only because of his warlike nature, but also because of Tuoba Yan'er?
"Shouldn't she have gone back to Western Xia? Why is she here?" Peony looked around.
This post station is in a remote location, but it is a necessary stop on the way to the frontier.
Besides, post stations are usually official stations, so it's impossible for them to engage in human trafficking. The waiter just now didn't seem to know anything about it.
While the waiter was serving the dishes, Jiang Wan Ning took out a few taels of silver and said, "Excuse me, I'd like to ask you something."
The waiter saw the silver on the table, picked it up, bit it, and immediately grinned from ear to ear. He wiped it with his sleeve and put it in his pocket.
"Please feel free to ask any questions, gentlemen."
"It's nothing, I just heard that person in your kitchen shouting loudly, and I thought that since this is an official post station, they must have come voluntarily."
The waiter glanced towards the kitchen, bent down, and lowered his voice, "Oh, this was delivered by someone from above."
"I don't know his exact identity, but I know that the person who sent him here is also someone important, which is why we dared to accept him."
"Not simple?" Jiang Wan Ning said, "Then do you know who brought her here?"
The young man reached into his sleeve pocket, touched the loose silver he had just received, and couldn't help but say, "This isn't exactly a secret."
"Not many people come from this place, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."
"The person Jiang sent over was the Princess Consort of Langya."
"Who?" Jiang Wan Ning choked on her water. "Which Princess Consort of Langya?"
"Hey!" the waiter said, "Which other Princess Langya could there be? We only have one Prince Langya in Dongling."
"That is naturally the Princess Consort of Langya that you are thinking of."
Haitang Shaoyao and Jiang Wanning looked at each other again and again.
"Are you sure it was sent by the Princess of Langya?"
The waiter nodded. "Would anyone dare to impersonate the Princess of Langya?"
“That person came with a token from the Prince’s Mansion. If it wasn’t the Princess of Langya, then it could only be the Prince of Langya.”
Peony was about to speak when Jiang Wan Ning stopped her, "Then do you know why?"
The waiter thought for a moment and said, "They didn't say exactly what happened, but I guess this woman seduced the Prince of Langya, which is why the Princess brought her here."
"Originally, she was supposed to stay here and serve customers, but I felt sorry for her, so I let her do odd jobs in the back."
“This girl has a terrible temper and always tries to run away. I was afraid I would have a hard time explaining if she got lost, so I tied her up.”
"In my opinion, the Princess Consort of Langya is a petty and vicious person."
Jiang Wan Ning breathed a slight sigh of relief; thankfully, the person's innocence hadn't been ruined.
"Your Highness, it seems someone is deliberately trying to frame you," Haitang said seriously.
"Your...Queen?" The waiter stared blankly at the three of them. "What kind of queens are you?"
"The one you described as having a vicious heart and a petty mind," Jiang Wan Ning pointed to herself, "Me."
The waiter stiffened, forcing an awkward smile. "You...you can't joke like that."
Jiang Wan Ning smiled and said, "Since I gave you the order, now hand the person over to me."
As Jiang Wan Ning spoke, she took out the Prince's Palace token.
The waiter looked at Jiang Wan Ning and the others suspiciously, "Are you really the Princess Consort?"
Shouldn't a princess's outing be something that everyone eagerly anticipates?
Just these three? And they're not even dressed very well.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that I'm the only one in this shop. The shopkeepers are all asleep upstairs. They'll come down as soon as I call them."
"You don't believe in the Prince's token, but you'll always believe in this."
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