The two walked side by side towards the outside of Cining Palace.

Jiang Si had a blank expression on his face and did not take the initiative to talk to Cui Mingyue.

It's not that she doesn't know how to flatter and flatter, but she doesn't want to do that to Cui Mingyue.

In her previous life, this person destroyed her eldest sister and might be the real culprit behind the death of her second brother.

There was no way she could be respectful to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. Even if she was not the Princess of Yan, she would not have to greet such a person with a smile.

What's more, her immediate goal is still there: to kill Cui Mingyue.

Cui Mingyue suddenly called out "cousin-law".

Jiang Si's footsteps paused slightly.

Cui Mingyue came over and asked softly, "Does my cousin-in-law dislike me?"

Jiang Si glanced at her and nodded: "Yeah."

Cui Mingyue almost couldn't keep the smile on her face, bit her lip and said, "What do you mean, cousin?"

Jiang Si continued to walk forward and said calmly: "Miss Cui asked me just now, didn't I answer it very clearly?"

Cui Mingyue quickly caught up with him, and raised her voice slightly: "Have I offended my cousin's wife in any way? Why did she say that?"

When she raised her voice, it seemed as if she was not the one who asked the question, but Jiang Si suddenly said this in a rude and sarcastic manner, which immediately attracted the attention of the palace maids around her.

Jiang Si frowned slightly, as if he was very surprised: "Miss Cui, you don't know the reason?"

Cui Mingyue looked aggrieved, but was shocked inside.

Jiang Si actually followed her words and admitted it!

Did she think that she could do whatever she wanted just because she cured Princess Fuqing's eyes? Wasn't she afraid of upsetting the Queen Mother if such harsh words reached her ears?

Did it displease the Queen Mother?

The same question flashed through Jiang Si's mind, and he curled the corners of his lips indifferently.

Whether in the past life or this life, from the first moment she saw the Queen Mother, she knew that the Queen Mother did not like her.

Since she is not likable no matter what, she doesn't care about anything.

Jiang Si stared straight at Cui Mingyue, and said with a smile: "I thought the reasons were sufficient, and Miss Cui should have this self-knowledge, but I didn't expect that I would be needed to give her advice. I don't like Miss Cui, of course, because you are hanging out with my eldest sister's ex-husband——"

"You!" Cui Mingyue subconsciously reached for the long whip at his waist, but found nothing. Then he remembered that he would take off the long whip before entering the palace every time.

Jiang Si asked with a half-smile, "Miss Cui is so angry because of shame, is she going to hit me?"

The palace maids around looked at Cui Mingyue with strange eyes.

The lonely and bored palace maids in the deep palace have discussed the rumors about Cui Mingyue and Zhu Ziyu countless times in private. They despise Cui Mingyue's shamelessness and envy her good fortune.

People really cannot be compared. Miss Cui could become the Princess of Xiang despite having such a stigma. In the final analysis, it was because Miss Cui was the Queen Mother's granddaughter. Otherwise, if it was someone else, do you think the Queen Mother would marry her to the Prince of Xiang?

However, these words must never be discussed openly, otherwise if they get to the ears of the masters, I will be dead.

The more this happened, the less favorable these palace maids were to Cui Mingyue. Now, they felt very happy to hear Jiang Si directly exposing her shortcomings.

Facing these inexplicable gazes, Cui Mingyue felt embarrassed and said angrily, "My cousin, you are joking. How dare I hit you? Besides, as a lady from a rich family, it is not right for me to hit others casually."

Jiang Si ignored Cui Mingyue's words and just smiled lightly.

This smile sounded full of ridicule to Cui Mingyue's ears.

The palace maids even lowered their heads to hide the smiles in their eyes.

As a lady from a noble family, she shouldn't hit anyone casually, but it's even more unreasonable for her to hang out with a married man.

Cui Mingyue didn't expect Jiang Si to be so difficult to deal with and speak so ruthlessly that she was at a loss for a moment.

If Princess Yan was young and naive, she would have been able to persuade her with just a few words. She didn't expect that she would end up shooting herself in the foot.

If she continues to say it, and Princess Yan says something unpleasant again, should Princess Xiang do it or not?

The conversation between the two will surely reach the ears of the Queen Mother. Although the Queen Mother will be angry at Jiang Si's ignorance, she will also be in trouble if her past is dug up.

"Goodbye, cousin. I'm sorry I can't see you off." Cui Mingyue gave Jiang Si a half-bow, turned around and hurried back.

Back in the inner hall, the Queen Mother noticed that Cui Mingyue's eyes were slightly red and asked, "What happened?"

Cui Mingyue lowered her head: "It's okay."

"You were fine just now, why are your eyes red after sending Princess Yan off?" the Queen Mother asked.

Cui Mingyue was silent for a long time before she said, "My cousin's wife disliked Mingyue because she was ignorant before..."

Since the Queen Mother will know anyway, it would be better for her to say it first to avoid being disturbed.

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face darkened.

Since she had decided to marry Mingyue to Prince Xiang, Princess Yan's insistence on finding fault with Mingyue was a disregard for the royal family's reputation, and she did not take her, the Queen Mother, seriously.

However, as Emperor Jingming had been a loving mother and a filial son for decades, the empress dowager would certainly not be harsh on Princess Yan at this time.

The Princess of Yan had just cured Princess Fuqing's eyes, and the Emperor and Empress were delighted to see it. It would be unwise to punish the Princess of Yan at this time.

The Queen Mother thought clearly and patted Cui Mingyue's hand gently: "Don't bother with Jiang. I know you are a good child."

Cui Mingyue nodded slowly.

Jiang Si won the favor of the Emperor and Empress the first time she entered the palace. Even the Queen Mother had to suppress her anger. She could not bear to see this bastard's position become more and more consolidated in the future...

As soon as Cui Mingyue left, the Queen Mother asked the palace maid who had just accompanied the two of them, "How did the Princess of Yan and Miss Cui start arguing?"

The maid apologized, "I was following behind them at the time, and the princess and Miss Cui were talking in low voices, so I couldn't hear clearly at first."

There are some words that you just shouldn't even listen to.

The Princess of Yan bluntly said that Miss Cui was having an affair with a married man, but Miss Cui was the one chosen by the Queen Mother to be the Princess of Xiang. When she told this to the Queen Mother, she was so angry that she would not like a servant of such a lowly status like her.

The Queen Mother stopped asking questions, feeling unhappy with Jiang Si's outrageous behavior and annoyed with Cui Mingyue's misconduct.

However, she accepted Cui Mingyue's act of cutting off her own flesh as medicine, and could only bury this annoyance deep down.

Cui Mingyue returned to the Princess's residence and walked back with the whip in hand, but the place was empty and there was no sign of the deer.

She stood by the fence and then remembered that she had to move out of the house, so she hadn't added any more deer since the previous one was killed.

Cui Mingyue suddenly looked at the maid who was taking care of the deer.

The maid's legs suddenly went limp and she fell down along the railing.

By the time Jiang Si returned to Kunning Palace, a lot of time had already been wasted.

But Princess Fuqing was in high spirits and wished she could talk to the benefactor who cured her eyes all the time.

When the Empress saw her beloved daughter so happy, the Emperor did not say a word and was so happy that he urged the Prince of Yan and his wife to pay their respects to Concubine Xian.

Normally, she could be a Buddha-like queen, with nothing to ask for. But now that Ah Quan was close to the Princess of Yan, all the other concubines, Concubine Xian and Concubine Zhuang, had to step aside.

In Yuquan Palace, Concubine Xian couldn't wait any longer.