Xin He’s face purposely darkened, her voice rising sentimentally, "You servant! Your work is inefficient, you can’t even deliver a message properly. Is a dignified princess’s palace keeping such disobedient servants?"
With these words, Princess Chaoyang’s face inside the Flower Bird Pavilion shifted, was Ji Xinhe slapping her in the face through this servant?
The young servant nervously denied it repeatedly.
Only then did Xin He sneer, "I’ll give you another chance, go in and notify properly. If you fail to do your job again, I won’t let you off! For such matters, according to the rules of our Hou Mansion, it’s not too excessive to beat a servant like you to death! I see that the princess’s palace is grander than my Hou Mansion, but how come the rules for disciplining servants are looser than ours?"
The young servant was scared to death, falling to his knees on the ground, "Lady Li, spare me!"
Shulan proved to be a quick learner, standing with her hands on her hips, imitating the stern manner of Ji Xinhe, "Get in there and announce us, quickly!"
The young servant scrambled in, dropping to his knees directly in front of Princess Chaoyang, "Pri, Princess, Lady Li is here, and are you..."
Chaoyang’s face had turned quite ugly,"Can’t you see I’m busy? The respected consort is coming soon, and I have to get ready to greet her. Ask Lady Li to wait outside for a while, otherwise it will delay the arrival of the imperial consort, can she afford that?!"
The young servant was sweating profusely from his back, feeling for the first time how difficult it was to be stuck in the middle!
If he had known today’s circumstances, he wouldn’t have volunteered for this task!
He had thought that since the princess intended to intentionally embarrass Lady Li today, he could help pass on some messages. Maybe when the princess was pleased later, she might even reward him. But who would have known that Lady Li would turn out to be so strong-willed!
Does Mu Xiang prefer such assertive women?!
"Yes, yes, the servant will relay it now!" said the young servant in a rush.
Having said that, he hurried out to Xin He, bowing and scraping: "The princess informed that, today the respected consort is also coming, she is still busy preparing for it. The princess fears it will delay the arrival of the Imperial consort and make her feel neglected, as she’s really too busy to leave. So, she wants Lady Li to wait here for a while..."
Before the young servant could finish, Xin He sighed, "I’ve been careless; little did I know the princess could be so busy."
The young servant saw Ji Xinhe agree so reasonably, he was almost moved to tears and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, indeed."
Little did he know, Xin He immediately added: "Since the princess is so busy today, it wouldn’t be right for me to bother her anymore. In any case, I have my matters to attend to. The princess is busy arranging the banquet and preparing to greet the Imperial consort. She wouldn’t have time to concern herself with me. So, I’ll take my leave to avoid causing the princess any inconvenience."
The young servant’s face went rigid: "What?"
Xin He turned around to leave: "I am going to leave first. Whenever the princess finishes her work and remembers me, just send someone to let me know. I didn’t wish to bother her, so I left in advance."
The young servant turned pale and quickly ran after her, "Lady Li mustn’t leave, you can’t go!"
Shulan gave him a severe glare, "Impudent! Who let you, a dog servant, speak out of turn? Whether our miss wants to stay or leave, does she need your advice?"
Having said that, she then followed Xin He’s footsteps. Shulan walked with her head held high and chest puffed out, extremely proud.
Listening from inside, Princess Chaoyang’s face turned black with anger. She shook all over with rage!
She originally intended to deliberately humiliate Ji Xinhe, but instead, Ji Xinhe didn’t take her seriously and prepared to leave. What was she supposed to do now?!
When she thought of the Dali Temple investigations coming closer and closer to her, she couldn’t afford to let Ji Xinhe, who she had invited so difficultly, leave!
Furious and anxious, Princess Chaoyang ran out, "Li Xinhe, stop right there!"
Xin He stopped, her lips curling into a faint, mocking smile.
Just as I thought, she came after me. Princess Chaoyang must have a significant matter at hand to bother about inviting me with such effort, how can she just let me leave like this?
The silly fool, thinking only about personal vengeance and not whether she’s capable of handling it.
Having concealed the smile at the corner of her mouth, Xin He turned around, casting a surprised glance at Chaoyang, "Why has the princess come out? I heard you were busy?"
Chaoyang’s face turned from pale to a ghastly green, "You!"
Xin He laughed lightly, "What’s wrong with the princess? Who has upset you so terribly? As I said, the servants in the princess’s palace are not up to the mark, otherwise, why would the master’s mood be this bad? It seems that the servants are now accustomed to being lazy and still need the master to worry about every little thing. When I think about the princess having to personally attend to the preparations for the arrival of the Imperial Consort, I’m not inclined to bother her any further. I’m worried about making it difficult for her. I was about to go, but here she is, personally inviting me."
Chaoyang’s face grew even uglier. The mean person was deliberately saying these things, attacking her face and criticizing their management of servants. After going round and round, she ended up being the one who invited her?!
"I am certainly not..."
Xin He blinked, putting on an innocent face, "Certainly not what?"
I’m certainly not here to personally invite you!
But how could Chaoyang say this out loud? She was sure that as soon as she said it, Ji Xinhe wouldn’t hesitate to leave. How could she let the duck that’s all cooked fly away? She was reluctant.
Yet, she had no choice but to hold back!
Chaoyang’s face quickly changed and then turned rigid, "Someone, please let Lady Li in."
But those eyes held a fierce glint.
Xin He smirked slightly, "Since the princess personally invited me, I am flattered. However, the princess’s servants have no discipline. In the future, they will need to be properly educated. Otherwise, if the servants fail to do their job, isn’t that also a hit to the master’s face? If the princess really doesn’t know how to discipline them, you can let me help teach them, on your behalf."
Saying this, she took Shulan and went directly into the decorated pavilion, and Shulan strutted proudly after her.
Chaoyang was shaking from her anger, wishing she could curse them all out. Did she, the dignified Princess, need a peasant woman to teach her how to punish her servants?
Chaoyang glared fiercely at the useless servant, who was trembling with fear and quickly said, "Princess, I..."
Chaoyang raised her hand and slapped him in the face, "You’re useless! Someone! Drag him out! I cannot tolerate such a worthless servant in my palace!"
Without him, how could Xinhe have caught her mistakes and ridiculed her?
"Princess, spare me! I admit my mistake!"
The young servant was sobbing loudly, but there was no use he was still dragged away.
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