Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The next day, Lord Yiâan noticed that his son was in low spirits.
He seemed weak and lay on the table tiredly.
Ming Shu was gone.
âXun-er, what happened?â Lord Yiâan asked worriedly.
Ji Xun turned around and faced Lord Yiâan with the back of his head.
Who asked you to talk nonsense to her? Last night...
The moment he thought about what happened last night, he wanted to strangle Ming Shu.
Lord Yiâan: â...â
Ji Xun ignored Lord Yiâan for the entire day. Lord Yiâan didnât know what he did wrong. He almost went into depression.
What happened to his son?
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Ming Shu went to Yunxi Pavilion to inherit the chef and brought the chef back. From then on, she idled her life away.
When you couldnât find her, she would definitely be in the kitchen.
The chef was nervous: â...â The princess consort is always hovering around me. Does she like me!
Prince Sixâs people had retreated from Yunxi Pavilion. Ming Shu was too lazy to care about the Yunxi Pavilion so she threw it at those three foppish lords.
The lords were dizzied by the windfall.
Hence, they swore that they would manage Yunxi Pavilion well and never be rich and useless people again.
The most profitable business of Yunxi Pavilion was the buying and selling of information. However, without the information provided by Prince Six, the lords were at a loss.
No one told them that they had to look for information themselves.
Hence, they changed Yunxi Pavilion into an entertainment district. Buying and selling of information? Not doing it, not doing it!
They felt that they should just continue to be rich and useless.
The only thing they inherited was the evil merchant nature of Yunxi Pavilion.
Ming Shu had many hopes for them. For the sake of entertaining themselves, they might invite a good chef again.
âPrincess Consort, Prince Three is back. The imperial palace is organizing a banquet. You can go with Xun-er.â That day, Lord Yiâan came to find Ming Shu immediately after he came back and gave her this news.
âPrince Three is back?â Ming Shu blinked. âWhole?â
â...â Lord Yiâan felt that his daughter-in-lawâs words were quite scary sometimes. What did she mean by whole? If he didnât come back whole, should he come back in pieces?
âOf course he came back whole. Donât talk all this nonsense.â
âFather, the fight for the throne is starting. Whose side are you on?â
Lord Yiâan, who was planning to leave, suddenly stopped.
He walked back and sat down. He drank a cup of tea and said softly, âPrincess Consort, I remember that the Qin family supports Prince Three, right?â
âWhat does the Qin family has to do with me?â Ming Shu placed her hand on her chin. âAm I not a member of Yiâan Mansion now?â
Lord Yiâan sized up Ming Shu. âIt will be best if you think of it this way. No matter who sits on the throne in the end, it has nothing to do with Yiâan Mansion. Princess Consort, I said before that you only needed to treat Xunâer nicely. You would not lack anything at all.â
âIf I donât treat him nicely?â
Lord Yiâan put down his teacup and gave Ming Shu a look of great significance. Then, he left without saying anything.
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The imperial banquet happened three days later.
Lord Yiâan, for some reason, rejected the invitation, saying that he was sick.
Ming Shu brought Ji Xun along to attend the banquet.
Lord Yiâan didnât want to attend the banquet, but he let her and his dear son attend it. She didnât understand what he was trying to do.
The moment Ming Shu entered the palace, she saw many familiar faces. Even Gao Bin, whom she hadnât seen for a long time, was there.
Gao Bin didnât want to see Ming Shu at all. The moment she came, he changed his seat and walked quickly to the other side of the room.
Those lords that got punished by Ming Shu and Lord Yiâan had almost the same reaction as Gao Bin.
Although they hated her, they didnât dare to provoke her.
Ming Shu saw the Qin family.
She just glanced at them and prepared to enter the hall with Ji Xun.
However, two ladies from the Qin family came over hand in hand and blocked her path. âOur own family, why didnât you greet us when you saw us? You really donât have any manners.â
The person speaking was a girl in an orange dress. She was the oldest daughter of the wife of the Qin family, Qin Si. She was the one that was supposed to marry Ji Xun.
The other person was Qin Siâs cousin. She stayed at the Qin family ever since she was young. Her treatment at the hands of the Qin family was much better than Qin Wuâs.
âBy right, I am the princess consort now. You all should greet me.â Ming Shu smiled.
âPei, you just married an idiot. Why are you so proud?â Qin Si scorned. âDo you think that just because you are a princess consort, you are someone special?â
Ji Xun suddenly reached out and pushed Qin Si. âDonât, talk, wife.â
Qin Si stumbled back a few steps after she got pushed. She looked at Ji Xun in disbelief.
Qin Si was pampered in the Qin family so she had never been pushed like this before.
âYou... ah...!â
Qin Siâs words turned into a scream.
Her scream attracted a lot of people over.
âSisi, whatâs wrong?â A middle-aged man squeezed into the crowd.
Ming Shu grabbed Qin Siâs wrist. Qin Si bent down halfway. She was in so much pain that she couldnât speak.
âQin Wu, what are you doing? Let go of Sisi.â Father Qin saw Ming Shu and immediately shouted at her in anger.
âMister Qin, she spoke insolently to the prince. I am just punishing her.â Ming Shu smiled and let go.
Qin Siâs body went limp. Father Qin hurriedly tried to catch her but another person caught her.
âPrince Three...â
âYour Highness...â
The people around bowed down.
Qin Siâs expression changed after she was caught by Prince Three. She fell onto Prince Three like a weak and helpless person.
She sobbed and called, âYour Highness...â
It is such a waste that these people are not in the entertainment industry.
The whole world owes you Oscars.
âWhat happened?â
Prince Three was always on the battlefield so he had an oppressive aura that could only be gained on the battlefield. When he stood there, he could shut everyone up.
âI came to greet my little sister but she attacked me for no reason.â Qin Si explained before Ming Shu could say anything.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
There were not a lot of people here just now so no one knew what happened.
When they looked over, Ming Shu was already twisting Qin Siâs wrist.
Prince Three looked at the person opposite him.
Ming Shu held onto Ji Xun and smiled faintly. She looked so harmless and gentle.
âPrincess Consort?â When Ji Xun got married, Prince Three was not here. Hence, he didnât recognize her.
However, he knew that Ji Xun married the concubineâs daughter of the Qin family, Qin Wu.
Was it this person in front of him?
âPrince Three, do you want to stand up for her?â Ming Shu tilted her head. âYou have to think properly. She spoke insolently to the prince. If Lord Yiâan knew about this, she would not just have a twisted wrist.â
Her voice was really light and it didnât sound like a threat.
However, anyone could tell that it was a threat.
Everyone knew that Lord Yiâan always stood on his own peopleâs side.
âI didnât...â Qin Si denied it. âI was just greeting you and the prince.â
âIf I say you did, you did. Do you think that Lord Yiâan will listen to you, or listen to me?â
Qin Si: â...â
Prince Three: â...â
Everyone: â...â