Taiping Hall
The two youngest princesses lived in the Taiping Hall, the mother of the older Princess Wende, Liang Tai Jieyushi, lived in the main hall, and Princess Wenshan lived in the side hall.
Although the two princesses are not much different in age and can be said to have grown up together, there is still a difference between having a mother and not having a mother.
Liang Tai Jieyu herself was not a strong woman, and her mother's family was not that powerful either.
The emperor didn't care about these concubines, the empress dowager always disliked them, the palace servants were used to flattering the powerful and bullying the weak, and Concubine Liang had to put in a lot of effort just to ensure that she and her daughter lived in peace.
Thanks to her kindness, Princess Wenshan has been able to live peacefully until now.
However, Concubine Liang could not always keep Princess Wenshan by her side, especially after the Queen Mother sent someone to discipline her. She dared not say a word, for fear that the Queen Mother would send someone to her place as well, and she and her daughter would suffer.
It was already the hour of Chou when we returned to Taiping Hall after staying up all night to welcome the New Year.
Concubine Liang came back with her two children. They were both very tired and their eyes were drooping with sleepiness. She asked the palace maid to support them so that they would not fall on the first day of the new year.
"Ahem!"
The old nanny leaning against the door of the hall made a noise on purpose, and looked at them with a pair of ferocious eyes and a frown.
Princess Wenshan, who was still feeling sleepy, was instantly awakened by the sound. She turned pale with fright and no longer felt sleepy at all.
"Thank you for your hard work, Concubine Tai."
The old nanny pretended to thank Concubine Liang Tai, then reached out and grabbed Princess Wenshan without any courtesy.
Before the mother and daughter had gone far, they heard Princess Wenshan's suppressed screams.
Princess Wende trembled and kept looking back, but was pulled back by her mother.
It’s not that Concubine Liang is heartless, but she can’t resist the Queen Mother, so she can only protect herself and her daughter.
The old nanny knew that they would choose to remain silent, so she attacked Princess Wenshan without any scruples.
Princess Wenshan's crying lasted for more than an hour until the night watchman sounded outside, and then the place became quiet.
After torturing the man severely, the old nanny went to sleep contentedly. However, she couldn't sleep too long because she had to go to the empress dowager to pay New Year's greetings and receive the reward money.
Mu Bai, who was sent here by Lou Yan, quietly went in to take a look. The little princess lying on the ground was breathing out more than breathing in, and had already fallen into a coma.
There was an abnormal blush on his cheeks, obviously he had a fever.
Everyone who followed Lou Yan all the way up understood one thing, that is, you cannot show kindness carelessly in this palace.
He had been following Princess Xuanyang last night and saw with his own eyes that Princess Wenshan asked her for help.
There is no way the boss would care about this princess who has no sense of existence. This must be Princess Xuanyang's intention.
Since she is in charge, Princess Wenshan cannot die.
Mu Bai lowered his head and picked up the person. He wanted to put him back on the bed, but after hesitating for a moment, he took the person away.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Everyone in the palace can receive rewards, and everyone is immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the New Year.
As for Princess Wenshan fainting on the roadside and being sent to the Imperial Hospital, it was not a big deal at all. The nanny beside her accidentally fell into an ice hole and drowned, which was even more unacceptable.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one would offend the Empress Dowager with these unlucky things.
Besides, the old nanny was just showing off in front of Princess Wenshan because she was assigned by the Queen Mother. If she was really the Queen Mother's confidant, she would not have been asked to raise an insignificant princess.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, according to the rules, she had to go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings.
Xiao Li: "..." She didn't really want to go for the New Year's greetings, so why did she have to endure this torture? She was injured, and the injured didn't understand!
"Xuan Yang! Stop!"
Xiao Li wanted to leave after paying New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager just like punching in. Chen Pingting was not inside, but was waiting for her outside.
Hearing her shout, Xiao Li left without looking back. Just now she understood why the Queen Mother was doing her best to protect Chen Pingting and was reluctant to punish her even because Chen Pingting was pregnant.
The routine in the deep palace is that pregnant women are either harmed by others or use their children to harm others.
Given Chen Pingting's hatred for her, Xiao Li estimated that if she looked at her for one more moment, the child would be miscarried.
I never thought that there would be a day when I would be scared away by Chen Pingting. How pathetic!
When Xiao Li thought that this humiliation was caused by Chen Pingting's pregnancy, he really couldn't help but vent his anger on the emperor.
Don’t you like it? Don’t you even want to look at it? And you’re pregnant!
Xiao Li went there with a lot of anger, but before he saw the emperor, he met the Jiaruo siblings first.
Enemies often meet on a narrow road, this is exactly what they are like.
As soon as Jia Ruo saw Xiao Li, she became furious, but today she did not rush over immediately. Instead, she stood beside Xiao Jingzhao and looked at her with contempt and disgust, which seemed like she was taking advantage of the power of others to bully others.
"Xuan Yang, don't you even know how to greet your brother when you see him?" Xiao Jingzhao's cold voice rang out, and his frosty eyes were as creepy as a poisonous snake locking onto its prey.
"Brother?" Xiao Li sneered, his pleasant voice laced with poison. "Who? You? Can you handle my courtesy? But King Ping of Yan has already knelt before, so why not bow again? I can definitely handle it."
Xiao Jingzhao couldn't help but flash through the scene of himself being forced to kneel in his mind, feeling extremely humiliated.
"You have no respect for your elders and are lawless, Xuanyang. You can be as arrogant as you want, but I'm waiting for the day when you bring about your own destruction!"
Xiao Li sneered, looking at him as if he were a fool: "If you have no ability and can't win, you can only hope for retribution, right?"
"Don't worry, Prince Yanping. Even if I suffer retribution, you won't have the chance to see it."
She played with the warm jade in her hand and said lazily, "Last time I got an unknown poison that kills instantly when it comes into contact with blood. It's extremely toxic. I love it very much."
"I really like the saying 'give and take as you would have them do for you,' but I'm struggling with the question of whether it's better to give it back directly to the person they care about the most, or to watch them suffer the most."
Xiao Jingzhao's pupils shrank and fear flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He could only watch Xiao Li glare at him with contempt and then leave arrogantly.
Jia Ruo noticed that something was wrong with her brother and was puzzled: "Brother, why are you silent?"
A variety of emotions surged in Xiao Jingzhao's eyes, and finally fell on Jiaruo's face: "You should be more vigilant in the future, don't let others take advantage of you."
Xiao Xuanyang is a lunatic. She really doesn't care about anything, but she has such a powerful guard.
It's so scary that you can't scold it or kill it.
Xiao Jingzhao thought about the purpose of his return. He had planned everything well, but because of Xuan Yang, everything went wrong.
Before Jia Ruo could figure out what he meant, Xiao Jingzhao said, "Just stay in the palace with your mother for the time being. Don't provoke Xuan Yang for the time being."
He couldn't just tolerate Xuan Yang for the time being just because she ruined his plan. When his plan was accomplished, wouldn't a mere Xuan Yang be something he could easily crush to death?
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