Chapter 499: This princess has always been very courageous
Lan Xiyue seemed not to notice Princess Wenshu's gloomy face, and picked up the green jade teacup on the small table next to her.
She slowly opened the lid of the cup, and the hot steam blurred her cold eyes.
She took a sip of the fragrant tea, her posture as leisurely as if she was appreciating the fragrance of flowers, completely ignoring the almost fiery gaze opposite her. When she put down the teacup, the bottom of the cup and the saucer made a crisp sound.
Only then did she raise her eyelashes, her gaze calmly meeting Princess Wenshu's glare. Her voice was lazily tinged with laziness, "As for other men, having three wives and four concubines is their 'blessing'. This princess has no business to interfere, nor do I bother to." She paused slightly, a faint smile curling the corners of her lips. "But my man, he can't. So, please take back this 'kind' reminder, Princess. It's not necessary for me."
"You!" Princess Wenshu felt a surge of hot blood rushing to her head, and her temples were throbbing.
This Lan Xiyue was simply clueless and arrogant to the extreme! She clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms as she suppressed the urge to explode. In her heart, she cursed viciously: "Just wait, there will be a day when you'll cry and wail!" She took a few deep breaths, forcibly suppressing the surging anger in her stomach, and decided not to dwell on this topic that had brought her so much shame.
She changed the subject, her tone clearly accusing him, "Lan Xiyue! I heard from Mei'er that Miss Mu Ting'er from the Mu Mansion only had a minor argument with you at Jin Man Lou, and you instigated Mr. Bao from Shuntian Mansion to conduct a thorough investigation of the Mu Mansion? You are truly vindictive and bullying!"
When Lan Xiyue heard this, the lazy smile on her lips instantly turned into cold sneer, and her eyes were as sharp as knives. As expected, she came here for the Mu Mansion.
She leaned forward slightly, supporting her chin with one hand, and looked at the mother and daughter leisurely, her tone full of knowing amusement:
"Oh? How dare a mere merchant like the Mu family be so arrogant? First, Her Highness the Princess condescended to come and 'negotiate peace,' and now even Her Highness the Princess has come in person for this matter."
She deliberately dragged out her words, her gaze darting back and forth between Princess Wenshu and Nalan Mei's faces, as if weighing something. "This princess is very curious. What kind of enormous benefits did the Mu family promise you two to be worthy of your repeated efforts?"
Princess Wenshu's face instantly darkened to the point of dripping water. She sternly said, "Lan Xiyue! Stop your nonsense! Miss Mu and Mei'er are close friends! I simply cannot bear to see you using your power to suppress good people! Go and explain to Lord Bao right away that this was all a misunderstanding. Tell him to stop investigating the Mu Mansion immediately! Otherwise..."
"What else?" Lan Xiyue interrupted her without hesitation, her eyes becoming more playful and even tinged with contempt. "Since Your Highness the Princess cares so much about the Mu family, why did you go all the way to find me? You could just go directly to the Shuntian government office and personally instruct Lord Bao. Wouldn't that be much easier? Or..." She dragged out the last syllable, her eyes sharp as needles, "Even your Princess's golden mask might not work with Lord Bao?"
These words were like a resounding slap in the face, slapping Princess Wenshu hard! As the eldest princess, how could she ever be so bluntly insulted? This Lan Xiyue, relying on Mo Liyuan's influence, was completely lawless!
Princess Wenshu was so angry that she was shaking all over. She was about to slam the table and stand up, but her eyes were fixed on Lan Xiyue's face with a mocking smile.
The curve of the eyebrows and eyes, the expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling... In a flash, a vague impression suddenly broke through the fog and instantly overlapped with the face in front of him!
"Wait!" Princess Wenshu's pupils suddenly contracted, as if she had witnessed the most incredible sight in the world! She suddenly jumped up from her chair, so violently that she knocked over the teacup next to her, and the scalding tea spilled onto the expensive brocade without her noticing.
She extended her finger, which was trembling violently with extreme shock and overwhelming anger, and pointed it directly at Lan Xiyue. Her voice became sharp and changed tone due to excitement:
"Lan Xiyue! It's you! That day in the Chu Pavilion... that bastard who disguised herself as a man and had the audacity to play tricks on me and humiliate me completely was you! Right?!"
This earth-shattering roar was like thunderclapping from the blue sky, leaving Nalan Mei stunned and crying out, "Mother?! What did you say?"
Lan Xiyue was also slightly startled by her sudden outburst. She then patted her chest exaggeratedly, blinked her clear eyes, and said with a hint of innocent teasing, "What's wrong with you, Princess? You're suddenly speaking so harshly. It's really scary. Are you...having a seizure?"
"Don't play dumb in front of me!" Princess Wenshu's eyes were red at this moment, and her gaze was like an ice cone filled with poison. She wished she could nail Lan Xiyue to the spot!
She stared intently at Lan Xiyue's eyes. "I have the portrait that the painter in the Chu Pavilion drew that day! I remember it clearly! It's your eyes! That look, that look that's three parts scornful and seven parts cold when you look at people, is exactly the same as in the portrait! That was the expression you had when you teased me just now!"
She became increasingly agitated as she spoke, her chest heaving violently, her voice hoarse from extreme anger, "Great! Lan Xiyue! So it was you from the beginning! You've been playing me like a monkey the whole time! How dare you... How dare you humiliate me like this!"
When Lan Xiyue saw that the princess recognized her as the one in Chu Pavilion that day, she put away her innocent expression.
She simply relaxed, leaning back lazily in her chair, a frank yet provocative smile playing on her lips. She neither admitted nor denied, but simply said leisurely, "This princess really doesn't understand what the princess is saying, but..." She changed the subject, her eyes suddenly becoming sharp, and asked, "The Chu House is open for business, and the princess can go there, but others... can't go there?"
"You admitted it! You finally admitted it!" Princess Wenshu seemed to have grasped a fatal handle. Her voice was piercing with extreme anger and a hint of twisted excitement. "Lan Xiyue! You are so bold! That day in the Chu Mansion, it was you! It was you who insulted me and held me hostage! You deserve to die!"
Lan Xiyue met Princess Wenshu's venomous gaze without a trace of fear. Instead, she smiled a bright, almost provocative smile, a smile filled with undisguised arrogance. "The eldest princess is right."
She spoke slowly, her voice clear, each word distinct. "This princess has always been very bold, so bold as to say that you, Princess, are lustful by nature. When you see a handsome man, you can't wait to take him to your magnificent princess mansion! Who in the capital doesn't know this? Don't you agree?"
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