Shang Chuyue was ordered to stay at home by the Empress, and even at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, she was not remembered to be released from confinement.
Hearing the commotion outside, Shang Chuyue couldn't resist any longer and slipped out with Caiqin, Caixin, and Xiaoluzi.
She dared not walk in crowded places, but could only wander aimlessly in secluded spots in the Imperial Garden.
As they were strolling around, the four of them, master and servants, suddenly saw a graceful white figure in front of them.
The white figure walked leisurely forward and finally lay down on a blue stone among a quiet flower bush.
“That looks like the Third Prince,” Xiao Luzi said.
"Third brother?"
Shang Chuyue was often bored in the palace, and eavesdropping was one of her daily routines to relieve her boredom.
People usually speak of Shang Beiyu with great reluctance, so she naturally inquired about it and learned that her third brother had such a shameful hobby.
Shang Chuyue's eyes lit up, and an idea came to her. She leaned down and whispered something in Xiao Luzi's ear.
There was no one to entertain them at Cixi Palace. After Lin Shuang and Xi Que treated Ji Fengyao's wounds, the three of them could only come out and take a stroll in the garden before the lunch banquet began.
After the incident involving Princess Zhaoping, no one dared to provoke them anymore.
Ji Fengyao didn't want to deal with these people, so she instructed Lin Shuang to take her to a scenic and secluded spot in the garden.
Unexpectedly, the three of them had just turned into a rockery when they encountered a group of palace maids delivering vegetables.
Ji Fengyao stopped in her tracks beforehand, but the group of palace maids, unaware of this, crashed straight into her arms.
Lin Shuang and Xi Que reacted quickly and stepped forward to shield Ji Fengyao from the spilled soup and oil, both of them getting drenched.
"Ah, Miss, we're so sorry, so sorry! We didn't know there were other people here. We didn't mean to," the palace maids quickly knelt down and apologized.
"This is the Ninth Prince's Consort. Hurry up and pay your respects to her," Lin Shuang reminded her.
"Ninth Prince's Consort!"
"Oh my god! It's that soil, that soil..."
The palace maids were terrified, trembling with expressions that seemed to say, "Am I going to die?"
Ji Fengyao: "..."
Am I that scary?
Or did they do something that made them think she would kill them?
Ji Fengyao carefully examined the smell of the dishes and found nothing amiss. Seeing that Lin Shuang and Xi Que were both disheveled, she said, "Alright, get up. Take them to a suitable place nearby and let them change into clean clothes."
“But Your Highness, you are all alone…” Lin Shuang sensed something was wrong.
"It's alright, I'll just find a place to sit nearby. You all go and come back quickly," Ji Fengyao said nonchalantly.
Xi Que was still worried, and after much persuasion, she left the whip with Ji Fengyao before going to change clothes with Lin Shuang.
Ji Fengyao held the blood-stained whip in her hand and weighed it in her hand. With the gait of a female hooligan, she slowly strolled down the road.
They went to such lengths to distract Lin Shuang and Xi Que; who knows what kind of trouble they're up to now.
After walking for a short while, Ji Fengyao heard several palace maids whispering behind a rockery ahead:
"I bet you won't believe me, but I just saw someone having a secret rendezvous near Lake Eis. Guess who it was?"
Who is it?
"It's the Ninth Prince!"
"The Ninth Prince? No way, isn't the Ninth Prince always averse to women?"
"What nonsense about not being close to women! I saw it clearly. The Ninth Prince was pinning down a girl in white, tearing her clothes to shreds. He was so violent, and he even covered her mouth to stop her from screaming!"
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