"You little shrew! If she really goes to Prince Jin, I'll kill her!" the Minister's wife said furiously.
Qin Lingyue gritted her teeth. "Mother, don't worry. Qin Linglong isn't as beautiful as your daughter. Prince Jin definitely won't fancy her. He might even scold her! She'll be the one to be humiliated!"
The Minister's wife agreed with Qin Lingyue. "You're right, Qin Linglong will only shame herself! However, she'd better not make a spectacle of herself, or it will be your shame too."
"Perhaps Prince Jin just went to change, and will be back even sooner." Qin Lingyue dared not leave at this moment. She wanted to watch for an opportunity when Prince Jin settled down, then she would immediately go out to perform.
The Minister's wife hummed. "You've truly grown up, to be so composed. That's a good thing."
Qin Lingyue was secretly pleased. Of course, she was very smart now. If she weren't smart, how could she have made Prince Jin like her?
Princess Shengyue saw Zhan Tianye leave and was a little surprised. Why did he leave?
There were so many women, all with different charms, yet he didn't fancy any of them?
Suddenly, she thought of Princess Ningde!
Princess Shengyue suddenly felt her mood improve. She wanted to see how Princess Ningde could make Zhan Tianye, who wasn't very interested in women, fall for her!
She really wanted to see the usually proud Princess Ningde stumble, preferably head over heels.
Princess Ningde did feel something was strange, not because Prince Jin had left, but because of Princess Shengyue's actions today.
Princess Shengyue was definitely plotting something today, and she was targeting her brother.
Could it be...
Princess Ningde instantly thought of a possibility, and this possibility made her exude a strong killing intent.
If it was what she thought, then Princess Shengyue was tired of living!
...
Compared to the liveliness of the palace banquet just now, the small path was very quiet.
Zhan Tianye, walking in front, suddenly stopped.
The aura around him instantly turned dark and cold.
"Come out."
These two simple words were enough to make people tremble with fear.
A figure walked out from behind him.
Zhan Tianye turned to look at the slender, graceful figure before him.
A woman?
The light in Zhan Tianye's eyes grew colder.
To think that a woman had secretly followed him, and he only just now noticed. He realized that the woman before him had profound inner strength, perhaps not inferior to his own.
"Who are you?" Zhan Tianye questioned coldly.
For some reason, looking at the woman's alluring figure, he felt a sense of familiarity, a profound, inexplicable familiarity that he himself couldn't articulate, even though he hadn't seen her face clearly.
Yun Shu walked slowly towards Zhan Tianye. She wore Qin Linglong's false face, but her voice was her own. "It's me."
She knew that these two simple words were enough.
Zhan Tianye, however, frowned deeply, his gaze on Yun Shu full of suspicion.
"I only need one answer. Why did you become Prince Jin?" Seeing Zhan Tianye's silence, Yun Shu seemed to have touched upon an answer.
And this answer... was the one she and her three sons least wanted to see.
A ripple appeared in Zhan Tianye's cold eyes, even a deep-seated desire to embrace this woman, but reason prevailed. "What is your purpose?"
Yun Shu froze for a moment, looking at Zhan Tianye with some astonishment.
Just then, a sound came from behind. Someone was approaching. She glanced deeply at Zhan Tianye, their gazes met, Yun Shu bit her red lip and quickly moved to the side.
Zhan Tianye couldn't control his body and took a few steps in pursuit of the darkness, his hand already reaching out.
However, all he grasped was air.
"Your Highness Prince Jin," a palace attendant, wiping sweat from his brow, hurried over.
Zhan Tianye looked down at his hand, the woman's figure appearing in his mind, extremely vivid, as if etched into his bones. His heart pounded violently.
That woman...
"Your Highness Prince Jin, do you need to relieve yourself? This servant will lead the way." The attendant cautiously looked at Zhan Tianye.
He exclaimed inwardly.
Heaven! Prince Jin is truly terrifying! One look from him is enough to kill someone! But he had to follow Prince Jin.
Zhan Tianye cast a cold glance at the attendant, scanning his surroundings. The woman's aura was no longer present.
"Your Highness Prince Jin?"
Zhan Tianye gave the attendant a cold look. "Lead the way."
"Yes, please follow this servant, Your Highness Prince Jin." The attendant immediately and cautiously led the way.
A moment later.
Yun Shu, her expression colder, returned to the palace banquet and sat down subtly. Xiao Huan, who had found her, followed behind.
Seeing Yun Shu return, Qin Lingyue said angrily, "Didn't you just go after Prince Jin? Are you trying to have a chance encounter with him? So he'll notice you at first glance? Qin Linglong, go and pee on yourself! With your ugly face, do you think Prince Jin would fancy you? Aren't you afraid he'll kill you on the spot?"
"Furthermore, your rash act of meeting Prince Jin will bring disaster to our Minister's mansion, do you know that? You need to know your place!" Qin Lingyue became more and more furious, wishing she could slap Qin Linglong a few times and wake her up thoroughly. Only then would Qin Linglong understand that nothing good in this world would ever be hers!
The Minister's wife also said with hatred, "You are truly despicable! After we return from the palace today, you will go to the ancestral shrine and kneel to reflect! If your father knew you acted like this, he might even kick you out!"
Xiao Huan, standing behind Yun Shu, heard their words and her eyes reddened with anger, but as a maid, she could do nothing. And this was still in the palace.
Yun Shu raised her eyes and looked coldly at the mother and daughter.
"What are you looking at? Are you still not convinced?" Qin Lingyue rolled her eyes.
The Minister's wife lowered her voice and threatened, "Believe it or not, when we get back tonight, I'll whip you myself. If I accidentally hit your face, let's see how you'll get married! If you're disfigured, perhaps even a common laborer won't want you."
The mother and daughter's words became more and more excessive.
Yun Shu felt a murderous intent. She was already in a bad mood, and now someone was provoking her. Since she was borrowing Qin Linglong's identity today, she might as well do some good and deal with these two wicked women.
"Common laborers will want you," Yun Shu said, her cold, beautiful eyes looking carelessly at the mother and daughter. Although she didn't say much, the words were enough to shock them.
"What did you say?!" The Minister's wife was the first to react. She couldn't believe that Qin Linglong, who had always been timid and easily suppressed by her, would retort! And she was looking at her with the eyes of someone looking at a dead person! Yes, the kind of eyes you'd use to look at a dead person!