"The prince is usually busy with state affairs and has no time to manage the palace. He trusts me and has entrusted me with all the affairs of the palace, big and small!"
His words were spoken casually, yet every word smacked of boasting. For some reason, I felt a tightness in my chest, as if a stone were blocking my throat.
I slammed the flower from her boutonniere to the ground and stomped on it several times to vent my anger.
"Lianxin, slap her!"
"Miss!" Xiangye closed her eyes in fear, bracing herself for the impending slap.
After a long silence, she opened her eyes trembling slightly and saw that I had grabbed Lianxin's hand.
He shoved her back hard and said, word by word, "Don't push your luck!"
"Sister, even though you've gone from a sparrow to a phoenix, don't forget that the Prince's order to entrust you to me as his maid hasn't been lifted yet!"
In the distance, Ye Lisheng and Ye Xuanling, two grown men, were watching the battle between the women with great interest.
Ye Xuanling tilted her head, looking thoughtful, and said, "Is she jealous?"
Where does this claim come from?
"She got angry when she heard that you had entrusted all the affairs of the manor to Su Yu'er. In my experience, she was just jealous!"
Ye Lisheng froze for a moment: "A woman as vulgar and despicable as her will never be mine!"
I took two breaths and covered my nose with a look of disgust: "Can't you smell the pungent odor?"
She and her maids also smelled it: "It smells like flowers everywhere, there's no unpleasant smell at all!"
"Yes! It's been there ever since you arrived!"
She instantly understood what I meant, and pointed at me with wide eyes: "Don't think you can keep going like this just because you used some underhanded tricks to seduce the prince. I won't let you succeed!"
"I don't care!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Lisheng turned and walked away with a dark face!
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