Chapter 129 The Fifth Miss of the Ji Family, come to the palace immediately!
"Miss Ji, we've arrived at the Princess's residence!" The carriage gradually came to a stop, and the coachman announced loudly.
Ji Qingwu tidied her hair, got out of the carriage, and walked into the Princess's residence.
The mansion was even quieter today. When the maid saw her appear, her eyes lit up with joy. She quickly stepped forward, lowering her voice, but could not hide her excitement.
"Miss Ji, you've finally arrived!"
Ji Qingwu asked in bewilderment, "What happened? Is something wrong with the Princess? Has she lost her appetite and can't eat or drink since the Prince Consort left?"
The maid said, "No, the Princess's diet is normal, it's just that..."
Seeing her stammering, Ji Qingwu pressed, "So what's wrong?"
The maid sighed, "You'll see when you go inside."
Ji Qingwu was startled as soon as he entered the main house.
There were five maids inside the room, busy tidying something up.
She had never seen the room so messy before, with robes, boots and clothes scattered all over the floor. After looking at it for a while, she realized that the pile of clothes was all men's clothing.
Princess Huachang's gaze was fixed on the bench opposite the couch. She said, "Move that animal skin away too. I don't want to see it again."
Ji Qingwu said, "Greetings, Princess."
Princess Huachang wore a satin dress embroidered with gold butterflies and flowers, her makeup was meticulously done, and she wore a phoenix hairpin with gold thread and pearls, exquisite in every strand of her hair, showing no signs of haggardness.
This was completely different from when Ji Qingwu met her a few days ago.
"Come and sit down, it will be ready in a little while," said Princess Huachang.
Ji Qingwu carefully walked around the scattered items and approached the Princess, asking, "Your Highness, what is this...?"
Princess Huachang said with a slight headache, "It's nothing, just clearing out his things."
She never expected that in just over a month, Yu Chi Lianping would move so many things into her house like a nest, encroaching on so much of her space without her even realizing it.
Ji Qingwu was deeply shocked.
The moment the prince consort left this morning, Princess Huachang swiftly cleared out his belongings.
Not giving himself even a chance to reminisce over objects, his cold and ruthless demeanor is indeed very much in the style of an emperor.
Princess Huachang didn't even look at her, and said, "Why are you here? I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me."
Ji Qingwu had a feeling that the princess was not in a good mood, otherwise she wouldn't keep using the words "this palace" in her speech.
She took out a letter from her bosom; this was the real reason she had come here.
Ji Qingwu said, "Your Highness, this is what General Yuchi asked me to give you before he left."
Princess Huachang then turned to look at her, her gaze fixed on the letter in her hand.
But he said aloud, "When did he become so familiar with you?"
These were almost exactly the same questions the emperor had asked.
But this time, Ji Qingwu explained eloquently: "General Yuchi said that there are too few trustworthy people around the Princess, and I can be considered one, so he asked me to pass on the message."
The prince consort entrusted the letter to her because he felt that Princess Huachang trusted her.
The envelope also had the words "To be opened by the Princess" written on it. The round, clumsy handwriting was clearly written by Yuchi Lianping, that rough man who was not good at calligraphy.
Princess Huachang said calmly, "Put it on the table first." But her eyes kept glancing at the letter, seemingly unintentionally.
She glanced up casually and noticed the small cut on Ji Qingwu's lip, asking, "Your lips..."
Ji Qingwu immediately said, "I bit it." She widened her eyes and continued, "Really!"
Princess Huachang initially thought she was just feeling a bit feverish or something and wanted to ask her a few words of concern, but upon seeing her reaction...
She wondered what circumstances would cause her to bite her own lip. She thought about it and realized that the emperor must have been there to see the Northern Li army off before they set off.
Princess Huachang clearly did not believe her, and she replied dismissively, "Fine, you bit it yourself."
Ji Qingwu blushed, but it was truly her own fault for biting it open.
She changed the subject, saying, "Your Highness, General Yuchi instructed me that I can only show it to you after he leaves. Would you like to take a look at this letter first?"
Princess Huachang hesitated for a moment, then asked reservedly, "Do you really want me to see this?"
Ji Qingwu nodded heavily.
Princess Huachang then picked up the letter, ran her fingertips over the words on the envelope, and then tore it open, taking out two sheets of paper.
The thin sheet of paper was covered with dense writing, yet there wasn't a single correction, demonstrating the care and seriousness with which the writer put it.
As Princess Huachang watched, her expression suddenly changed drastically, like a river frozen for a thousand years suddenly cracking.
She cursed several times.
"idiot!"
"Utterly stupid!"
Ji Qingwu and the maids inside the room dared not make a move, and even their breathing became soft.
When Princess Huachang picked up the second sheet of paper, her hands trembled uncontrollably after reading it, and her expression turned to fury.
"How dare you!"
"Yuchi Lianping! How dare you!"
Ji Qingwu felt as if ice blades were flying out of the princess's body, and she noticed the contents of the second letter.
The rightmost vertical line reads "Agreement on Separation".
She held her breath, not daring to speak, when she saw Princess Huachang suddenly stand up and say to the door, "Someone, prepare the carriages and horses!"
Standing at the door, watching the carriages depart, Ji Qingwu was once again awestruck by Princess Huachang's decisiveness.
Until the princess's carriage disappeared at the end of the street.
"Miss Ji Wu."
A eunuch dressed in palace attire suddenly appeared in front of Ji Qingwu.
The eunuch looked familiar; she thought she had seen him before.
The eunuch said, "This servant is on duty at Cining Palace. The Empress Dowager has issued an edict summoning the Fifth Miss Ji to come to the palace immediately."
Ji Qingwu said, "Now? So urgent?" They've come all the way to the gate of the Princess's residence to look for her.
A few days ago, she had just received a reward from the Empress Dowager. She thought to herself that perhaps the Empress Dowager was getting impatient because she hadn't gone to the palace to express her gratitude.
When Ji Qingwu followed the eunuch to Cining Palace, he found that the atmosphere in the main hall was very heavy.
What could cast a pall of gloom over the Empress Dowager's palace...
She secretly wondered if Princess Qingyun was unwell.
The eunuch said in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty, this servant has brought the Fifth Miss here."
"Bring it in," came the slightly hoarse voice of a middle-aged woman.
As Ji Qingwu stepped into the main hall, all eyes in the hall fell on her.
She looked up at who was sitting on either side, paused for a moment, walked to the center of the hall, looked at the Empress Dowager in her purple-red phoenix robe sitting on the throne, and performed a grand salute.
Ji Qingwu respectfully replied, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager. May Your Majesty enjoy long life and good health."
The Empress Dowager stared at her lowered head, her eyes narrowed, and said, "Yongkang? The Ji family has produced such a remarkable person, and I only found out today."
The tone was unfriendly, so Ji Qingwu dared not raise his head rashly.
Just now, she looked around the hall and saw Princess Yong, in addition to the palace servants. Tao Wanyin was the Empress Dowager's daughter-in-law, so it was normal for her to come to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager or visit Princess Qingyun.
She frowned.
The Empress Dowager's words were ambiguous; what was the reason...?
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