Chapter 18 Punches and Kicks
"Your Highness! Your Highness!" An anxious voice rang out from outside the study, "This old servant has something to report."
Yan Cang, who was sitting in his study handling official business, frowned, looked up, and gestured for his personal guard to go out and check.
Qingchuan opened the door and asked coldly, "The Prince is handling official business. What's all this commotion about?"
An old woman stood in the courtyard and respectfully said, "Your Highness, Taozhi, the maid who was previously relegated to the servants' quarters, is currently meeting with the Princess in the garden."
In the study, Yan Cang paused, his hand holding the pen still.
The guard Qingchuan had been ordered to go out on an errand a few days ago and had just returned last night. He was unaware of what had happened in the Prince's mansion and assumed that Chu Yunjin was doing something shady again.
Hearing the old woman's words, he turned to look at Yan Cang and complained, "Ever since she married into the Prince's mansion, the Princess Consort has never cared about her master's reputation. She has repeatedly met with Prince Jin in secret. She is simply following Prince Jin's orders to stay in the mansion to monitor the Prince. If she weren't so stupid, I'm afraid—"
Yan Cang raised his eyes and swept his gaze coldly over: "Slap him."
Qingchuan's voice faltered, and he raised his hand to slap himself twice.
Yan Cang didn't say anything, but got up and walked out of the study towards the back garden.
Qingchuan followed behind him without saying a word. Although he knew he shouldn't call the princess stupid in front of the prince, that woman really was stupid.
The maid Taozhi was wicked and always instigated the princess to cause trouble. It was already a mercy of the prince to send her to the servants' quarters; otherwise, given her actions, she should have been executed by slow slicing.
Unexpectedly, they were incredibly audacious, completely unconcerned about being seen, and even dared to secretly plot in the garden.
As they arrived at the garden with Yan Cang, they heard a low, pleading voice from afar. Qingchuan was startled and looked up.
"Your Highness, I am your most trusted servant, Taozhi!" Taozhi knelt on the ground, pleading anxiously, "His Highness Prince Jin said he would rescue you. Please bear with me a little longer. Is there anything you want to say? I... I can try to convey it to His Highness Prince Jin. Please let me return to your side. I don't want to stay in the servants' quarters..."
Chu Yunjin covered her forehead, as if swarming with flies, and retreated repeatedly: "Adele, quickly get this wicked fool out of the palace! She...she's trying to provoke me into doing something wrong...no, that's not right, she's deliberately trying to frame me..."
She was so angry that she stepped forward and kicked her.
Bang!
The peach branch was kicked to the side.
Qingchuan's eyes widened, and he involuntarily turned to look at Yan Cang.
Does the master know that the princess is so rude?
"I finally managed to ease the tension between myself and the Prince, and now you're trying to sow discord between my husband and me again! What... what are you up to?" Chu Yunjin pointed at her angrily. "If you know what's good for you, get out of the Prince Yan's residence and go back to your master! Tell him that I am the Princess Consort of Yan, Yan Cang's wife, and that I have absolutely no connection with the Prince Jin's residence!"
Taozhi scrambled to her feet, looking up at her in disbelief: "Your Highness, what's wrong? Don't you love Prince Jin the most? And Prince Jin loves you the most too—"
"Like you my foot!" Chu Yunjin couldn't help but kick her again. "Can you shut your mouth? If Prince Jin really likes me, then go tell him to divorce all the princesses, concubines, and mistresses in his mansion, and prove his feelings for me with his actions!"
Taozhi's expression changed, and she wanted to say something more.
Chu Yunjin was already impatient and quickly ordered Ade, "Quickly, throw this wretched thing out of the palace. I never want to see her again!"
Standing before the moon gate outside the garden, Yan Cang, who had witnessed almost the entire process, remained silent, his expression unreadable.
Qingchuan stared at Chu Yunjin in astonishment, finding it hard to believe that she was their princess.
Wasn't she always obedient to Taozhi before?
Because Taozhi was sent by the Prince of Jin, she only trusted Taozhi. Every little trouble she caused in the Prince's mansion was thanks to Taozhi.
Today, she kicked and shoved Taozhi out of the house.
Adele immediately called for help: "Guards! Drag that little slut Taozhi away, give her twenty lashes, and kick her out of the palace."
"Your Highness! Your Highness, spare me!" Taozhi crawled forward, trying to beg Chu Yunjin for mercy. "Your Highness, save me! I am loyal to you! Your Highness!"
Chu Yunjin's head throbbed with anger at her words, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to rub her forehead: "Adele, I'm dizzy—"
Just as Adele was about to help her up, a dark shadow flashed before her eyes, and she saw that her prince had appeared in front of her and had directly embraced Chu Yunjin.
Adele curtsied and then personally dragged the peach branch out.
Chu Yunjin felt a tightness around her waist. Before she could even look up, she was pulled into a warm embrace, with strong arms firmly supporting her slender waist.
Chu Yunjin turned her head and saw Yan Cang's handsome face, and subconsciously wanted to explain, "Yan Cang, listen to me—"
She was then scooped up and carried directly to Frost Snow Courtyard: "Summon the doctor!"
Qingchuan, who was still standing there, blinked, his expression still somewhat bewildered.
What happened during the days he was away?
When did the princess become so fierce? Well, that doesn't quite sound right. The princess has always been quite fierce, constantly causing chaos in the palace... but today's fierceness seems different from usual...
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