"Your Highness! What are you doing? What have I done wrong, Your Highness!"
Qingfeng twisted Jiangxue's arms behind her back, rendering her immobile.
Heart-wrenching cries echoed through the hall, disturbing Qin Zhaoyue's appetite.
On a hot summer day, and with the sudden return to the mansion, the kitchen wasn't set up too elaborately; only twelve celadon lotus petal plates were arranged in a haphazard way on the table.
The four appetizers were: Crystal Shrimp Jelly, Agate Cherry Cheese, Amber-Flavored Shad, and Cold Napa Leaf Noodles.
They were all small dishes, appetizers to whet the appetite.
Especially the Agate Cherry Cheesecake, which is made by pitting and stuffing wine-soaked cherries into a cream cheese filling mixed with rose syrup, served in an agate bowl with crushed lychee sorbet at the bottom.
One bite, and it's so refreshing and leaves a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth.
The main course features three delicacies: mutton fat white jade cake, shredded golden melon soup, Yunnan ham, deer meat, rabbit breast, goose feet, and chicken marrow, arranged in layers on a five-piece platter.
The Golden Pumpkin Bowl with Intricate Lotus Pattern is a hollowed-out pumpkin bowl filled with chilled crab meat and bird's nest soup, with crab roe solidified into gold foil floating on the surface of the soup.
The taste almost brought tears to Qin Zhaoyue's eyes after just one bite.
Is this the kind of food she deserves, given that she eats in the cafeteria and fast food all year round?
In addition to the main dishes, there are two iced drinks and three tiers of sweet ice.
The lunch at the Princess's residence was just a simple, hasty meal—truly ordinary!
Qin Zhaoyue was starving, so Kuku devoured the food, eating like a cow chewing on a peony until he was completely full.
After enjoying five different dishes, I finally sipped the Xuepao Suanpi Drink slowly, feeling completely satisfied.
Because the princess ignored her, Jiangxue gradually stopped wailing, but then she started crying out for justice again.
"Your Highness, this servant risked her life to drug Young Master Pei, and then accidentally led him towards the side hall."
But when I turned around, I found that His Highness had abandoned me and returned to his residence. I don't know what I did wrong to offend His Highness..."
He spoke these words with such emotion, his voice trembling with tears, a truly heartbreaking and tragic lament.
Ha, such a thing actually fooled the original owner into believing slander and actually planning to tarnish his own reputation and tie the Prime Minister's Mansion to the same boat.
They don't even consider their own capabilities; can their tiny, dilapidated boat even hold the prime minister of the current dynasty?
This shows that the Empress did not value the original owner, otherwise she would not have allowed her to act recklessly, and she did not even have a decent companion, chief secretary, or clerk by her side.
Oh, I've invited them before, but they all ran away because the original owner of the body was so angry.
Alright, you reap what you sow.
Having just eaten a simple meal, Qin Zhaoyue suddenly felt less resentful, but she still needed to finish the final cleanup.
She had watched a lot of period dramas, but she admitted that she was not good at the push-and-pull tactics of the inner quarters and always believed in responding to grievances with straightforwardness.
Keeping a disloyal maidservant by her side to plot against her is not her style.
"Does Jiangxue have any other relatives?"
"Your Highness, her mother is in charge of purchasing for the kitchen in the mansion, her father is in charge of driving the carriages, and her older brother works in a pawnshop under the jurisdiction of the princess's mansion."
"Ha, and they're all lucrative positions."
As the princess's personal maid and a first-class servant, she naturally had a respectable life, and her household affairs were arranged very clearly.
"Bring everyone here."
"Your Highness! What have I done wrong?!"
Qin Zhaoyue didn't even look at her. "That's enough. The fact that you can still ask this question shows that you haven't realized the problem yet."
Too lazy to listen to her wailing anymore, he ordered his servants to gag her.
Sipping an iced drink with a calm mind, and with Tao Yao fanning herself beside her, she didn't feel the summer heat.
He lay on the couch, half asleep, for a while, until the person was brought to court.
"Jiangxue, what did you do to anger His Highness?"
"Your Highness, please don't take it to heart by Jiang Xue's fault. Tell me what she did wrong, and I'll deal with her properly when we get back."
"Admit your mistakes immediately!"
This family seems to know how to adapt to the times.
Qin Zhaoyue waved her hand and took the handkerchief from Jiang Xue's mouth. "You only have one chance to speak. Think it through before you speak, or you'll regret it..."
She pointed to the three people next to Jiang Xue, "Kill one randomly."
His tone was calm and even, yet he uttered terrifying words.
Jiang Xue, who was about to speak in defense, froze, her pupils trembling.
The Sixth Princess has always acted without restraint, and she dared not gamble on whether what she said was true.
The three who had just been actively admonishing Jiang Xue fell silent, and the entire hall was completely quiet.
"We were master and servant after all, so I'll give you one last piece of advice: don't mention Zheng Huiyin."
I didn't get involved just to lure out such a fool.
Tao Yao and Ying Nuo exchanged a glance and suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
"That's bullshit!" Qin Zhaoyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief as she took in everyone's reactions.
This move was a desperate attempt to salvage the original owner's reputation and the final step to mitigate the impact of the "medicine overturning the prime minister's son incident."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xue was instantly drenched in cold sweat, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
I see, so the Sixth Princess knew all along!
"Your Highness..." In her panic, she met Qin Zhaoyue's gaze and found his eyes to be calm and unwavering.
Having served His Highness for many years, this was a sight she had never seen before; the extreme calmness terrified her.
“I…I was bewitched. A pharmacy owner gave me fifty taels of silver to…to slander me. He even gave me the medicine.”
"Your Highness! I was wrong. I was blinded by greed. Please, Your Highness, give me another chance!"
"Gentle breeze".
"Your subordinate is here."
"Follow the clues to find the melon."
"yes!"
The family of four was taken away. Regardless of whether the person behind it can be found, at least the original owner's foolish behavior has been covered up.
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