Chapter 496 What on earth is this about?
Princess Wenshu snorted disdainfully, her brightly painted nail polish fingers tapping the armrest lightly. "Hmph, she, Lan Xiyue? She's just a vine clinging to the mighty tree of Mo Liyuan. She's just relying on your uncle's temporary novelty to act so arrogantly! Just wait, when your uncle gets tired of her..." She stretched out her words, a hint of malicious delight flashing in her eyes. "She, Lan Xiyue, is nothing! Not even as good as the dirt beneath her feet!"
Nalan Mei listened to her mother's harsh words, but instead of feeling comforted, her heart felt like it was blocked by water-soaked cotton wool, heavy and stuffy. The handkerchief in her hand was almost crumpled to pieces, and her knuckles turned blue and white from the force.
She bit her lower lip, her voice filled with anxiety and resentment, "Mother, I understand the truth! But right now, she's relying on my uncle's favor and acting lawless! Do you know? She actually... actually dared to use the treasures in the Regent's Palace's treasury to prepare a betrothal gift for her brother! Those are all my uncle's things!"
She became increasingly angry as she spoke, her tone rising. "Look at me, your daughter? I don't even have a decent amount of spare money! I'm relying entirely on that idiot from the Mu Mansion to send me some worthless novelties and banknotes every now and then to supplement my income! Mother, please think of a way! If the Mu Mansion really goes bankrupt, how can I...how can I expect the Mu Mansion to send me anything?"
Upon hearing this, Princess Wenshu's narrow, long, phoenix-like eyes narrowed dangerously, a cold glint flashing across them, like a poisoned needle. She gently patted the back of her daughter's hand, "Don't worry, Mei'er! I'll personally go to the Regent's Palace right now! I want to see just how capable Lan Xiyue is. How dare she defy my will? I'm the Regent's biological sister, the eldest princess! Even if Mo Liyuan doesn't want to see the monk's face, he'll have to see the Empress Dowager's! He'll have to give me this little bit of favor!"
Seeing her mother's confident expression, Nalan Mei felt that the depression in her heart seemed to be relieved a little, and her tense shoulders and neck relaxed slightly.
Princess Wenshu stood up suddenly, took Nalan Mei's wrist and walked out.
Outside the gate of the villa, the mother and daughter got on the car one after another, and a depressing atmosphere suddenly filled the car.
As the wheels turned, the uneasiness in Nalan Mei's heart surfaced again. She hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't help but speak, "Mother...daughter also can't stand Lan Xiyue, but...but my uncle is doting on her very much now. You...you must control your anger when you go to the Regent's Mansion, and don't quarrel with Lan Xiyue directly. What if...what if you anger my uncle..." She didn't dare to continue, but her worry was evident in her words.
Princess Wenshu frowned her carefully drawn eyebrows in displeasure when she heard this. She glanced at her daughter with a questioning tone: "Tsk, what's with that look in your eyes? Do you have so little confidence in me? I've been in and out of the palace for so many years, and I've seen everything. Don't worry, I know what's going on and I know what to do!" She patted Nalan Mei's hand, with a touch of comfort and impatience, "Don't worry."
"But mother..." Nalan Mei wanted to give a few more instructions but was interrupted by Princess Wenshu.
"Alright, alright, got it!" Princess Wenshu waved her hand. "I'm not stupid! Lan Xiyue is the apple of Mo Liyuan's eye. Even if I dislike her, I wouldn't be so foolish as to confront her head-on. I understand the stakes here!"
"……All right."
At this moment, the carriage stopped steadily.
A guard's respectful voice came from outside the carriage: "Princess, Princess, we have arrived at the Regent's Palace."
Princess Wenshu took a deep breath, and her face instantly regained the dignity and arrogance of the eldest princess.
She straightened her non-existent messy hair at her temples, said "hmm" in a graceful manner, and was the first to get off the carriage with the help of her maid.
Nalan Mei followed closely behind, looking at the magnificent and heavily guarded gate of the Regent's Palace in front of him, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart.
Princess Wenshu held her head high and chest puffed out, step by step, with the inviolable royal majesty, she stepped onto the white marble steps in front of the palace.
The guards at the gate had already spotted the newcomer and immediately bowed, clasping their fists and saying in unison, "Greetings, Princess!"
Princess Wenshu raised her eyelids slightly and uttered an extremely cold "hmm" from her nose. Without stopping, she walked straight in. "Move aside, I want to go in and see your Regent Princess."
However, the leading guard stepped forward, blocked the way in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, clasped his fists again, and said in a clear and powerful voice: "Princess, please stay. The prince has ordered that any visitor, regardless of status, must be informed first. Please wait a moment, Princess, and allow your subordinate to go in and report to the princess." His attitude was respectful, but his body was as still as a rock, revealing the iron-clad strictness unique to the Regent's Palace.
Princess Wenshu suddenly stopped in her tracks, her face instantly darkened, and a hint of offended anger flashed in her eyes.
When had she, the eldest princess, ever been subjected to such a ban? She was about to explode, the words "I am the regent's biological sister" almost blurting out, but the three words "Mo Liyuan" were like icy shackles, instantly strangling her anger. Thinking of that terrifying brother... the arrogance in her heart was forcibly suppressed, turning into a cold snort.
She squinted at the guard, her lips painted with bright red lipstick pressed into a displeased line, and squeezed out a command from between her teeth: "Then what are you still standing there for? Go and pass the message! I don't have that much time to wait here!"
"Yes!" The guard responded, turned around and ran quickly into the mansion.
He hurried along and happened to meet the butler who was directing the secret guards to move the boxes. He quickly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Butler, the eldest princess has arrived and wants to see the princess!"
Upon hearing this, the butler's gray eyebrows shot up, his face filled with surprise and confusion. He muttered softly, "The eldest princess? Why did she suddenly want to see the princess? The sun has risen from the west? First the princess came, and now the eldest princess is here in person... What the hell is going on?" His heart was alarmed, and he had a feeling that something was wrong. He immediately said to the guard, "I know. You go back and guard. I'll go report to the princess."
The guards withdrew as instructed.
The housekeeper walked into the warehouse.
At this moment in the warehouse, rows of huge rosewood shelves are filled with rare treasures, dazzling and colorful.
Lan Xiyue was lazily sitting on a throne covered with snow-white fox fur, supporting her chin with one hand and casually fiddling with a huge oriental pearl spread out in the brocade box in front of her with the other.
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