Tao Wanniang felt extremely helpless about the princess's unreasonable behavior, but at the same time, she also caught the princess's earlier remark.
“Your Highness, what if I said that Ling Yunzhou left the capital because of you?” Tao Wanniang didn’t want to be blamed for this unwarranted anger. “Princess, why don’t you think about it? Did he only leave the capital after you left Chaotian Palace?”
"You... how dare you!" the princess said angrily, pointing at Tao Wanniang, "Tao Wanniang, how dare you! Believe me or not, I'll chop you up!"
"You dare to hurt me in my restaurant, Princess? Do you think Lingyunzhou is already avoiding you enough?" Tao Wanniang retorted defiantly. This princess has a princess complex!
"Furthermore, His Majesty said he owes me a request, and I can ask him for a promise at any time. Princess, what do you say? How about I get His Majesty to promise me that he will never allow you to harm me in the slightest?"
Princess Chang was so angry at Tao Wanniang's fearless attitude that her heart ached.
"Tao Wanniang, don't be so arrogant! You're just a lowly woman. I've already shown you enough respect by coming here, and you still dare to be so cocky!" The princess was so angry that she wanted to have Tao Wanniang arrested on the spot.
Tao Wanniang looked at the princess with neither servility nor arrogance, then softened her tone and said calmly, "Your Highness, you are of noble birth and indeed do not need to associate with someone of my lowly status. But, didn't Your Highness come to me of your own accord?"
“You…” The princess had been warned by Zhao Zhe not to lay a hand on Tao Wanniang, but she truly hated her!
"Even if I say it a hundred times, my relationship with Lingyunzhou is only a past, and there is absolutely no future. Doesn't the Princess believe me?" Tao Wanniang said seriously. "So you really can't wake someone who is pretending to be asleep? You look down on me on one hand, but at the same time you treat me as your imaginary enemy. Princess, why do you do this?"
"Didn't I give you some honest advice? If you want Ling Yunzhou to be devoted to you, just sleep with him, right?" Tao Wanniang said, sounding a little annoyed.
"Vulgar and shameless!" the princess said indignantly, completely unwilling to admit that this was what she truly thought.
Tao Wanniang shrugged, completely unaware of what the princess had come for. Was she going to have a verbal battle with her?
"Your Highness, are you here at Zhaixing Tower for a meal?" Tao Wanniang changed the subject.
"What do you mean?" The princess was taken aback and looked at Tao Wanniang with hostility.
"If you come to a restaurant and don't eat, what's the point of coming?" Tao Wanniang said directly. "Your Highness, please forgive me, but I really don't have time to complain to you." After saying that, Tao Wanniang pushed open the door of the private room and left.
The princess was so angry that she almost picked up the tea set on the table and threw it at the door. She had actually been looked down upon by a merchant's wife.
"Come on, I can't eat!" The princess was furious and had no desire to eat.
After leaving the Star-Picking Tower, the Princess went straight to the palace and complained to the Emperor who was reading memorials in the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty, that Tao Wan woman is utterly arrogant! She has no regard for the dignity of our royal family!" the Princess said angrily. "Your Majesty, she's just a lowly woman, why can't we kill her!"
“Because she’s interesting,” Zhao Zhe said without looking up. “Why are you provoking her again? She’s just a cook; she won’t lay her hands on your property.”
"Her very existence is a provocation and an insult to me!" the Princess said indignantly. "She actually said that Lingyunzhou left the capital because I left Chaotian Palace. How dare she make such a fuss about me!"
Zhao Zhe raised his head and looked at the furious Princess. His elder sister's temper was getting worse. Before Ling Yunzhou regained his memories, his elder sister was always dignified and gentle; but once there was no longer any possibility between her and Ling Yunzhou, she changed.
“She’s right,” Zhao Zhe said calmly. “Sister, you know that very well, don’t you?”
The eldest princess gasped. She knew, and because she knew, she felt heartbroken. She wanted to vent her anger on Tao Wanniang, but she was restrained by the emperor's orders.
"Whether he's alright or not, whether he'll come back alive, I will never let him go for the rest of my life!" the princess said. "Even if he never loves me, I will make sure he can't live without me!"
Zhao Zhe looked at the eldest princess with amusement. His elder sister was becoming increasingly obsessive! However, it seemed that people from the Zhao family were prone to falling into this situation!
"Didn't I send people out? They'll find it sooner or later," Zhao Zhe replied.
"It's because you sent Xiao Yi that I'm fairly certain there won't be too much danger over there. Your Majesty, you've been elevating Xiao Yi's status, but does he even know your good intentions?" The Princess, still displeased, couldn't help but bring up Zhao Zhe, "You made him abandon his new bride, you really are..."
Zhao Zhe's face darkened, and he gave the princess a fierce look.
"Royal sister, there are some things you must keep to yourself," Zhao Zhe threatened. "Xiao Yi absolutely cannot know these things."
"All land under heaven belongs to the king. You can easily get someone you want, can't you?" the princess sneered. "In any case, we already have princes and princesses. Even if you want to imprison Xiao Yi, it's fine!"
“I am not as insane as you!” Zhao Zhe said coldly. “Prince Rui and Father Emperor are brothers, and we and Xiao Yi are family.”
“But our surname is Zhao, and his surname is Xiao!” the princess said nonchalantly.
“You know that Xiao Huangshu was adopted by Xiao Hou when he was young. Xiao Yi is like a younger brother to us.” Zhao Zhe still had some sense and couldn’t be as crazy as the Princess.
"Ha, on the one hand, you bestow a marriage upon him, and on the other hand, you cause the death of his wife and children. Your Majesty, why do you live such a tiring life? State affairs have already exhausted you so much, why do you still have to be so restrained in your own preferences?"
The eldest princess lowered her voice and said to Zhao Zhe in a seductive tone, "Your Majesty, you are the ruler of a nation!"
"Get out!" Zhao Zhe said sternly, "Does your royal sister want me to go crazy with her?"
"You are the emperor, the ruler of the world, why can't you follow your own heart?" The eldest princess couldn't understand. "I am of noble birth, I want Lingyunzhou to be my consort, why can't I?"
"Heh, Chen Bin is probably going to come up from underground. Royal sister, you're so quick to forget about him after you've served your purpose." Zhao Zhe sneered, "Go back to your princess's residence!"
A fleeting look of surprise crossed the princess's face, but she wasn't surprised that Zhao Zhe knew about Chen Bin.
"How can the dead be compared to the living!" The eldest princess sneered. "Your Majesty, you must be living a very tiring life!"
After the princess left, Zhao Zhe lost all interest in reading the memorials. He had always had strange feelings for Xiao Yi, but reason told him that he couldn't, absolutely couldn't.
He couldn't touch Xiao Yi, he couldn't bear to touch him, so all the women who dared to marry Xiao Yi deserved to die!
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