Chapter 150 How Shameless She Is

Chapter 150: She's So Shameless

Xiao Shunzi was utterly disheartened. By now, he finally realized that Consort Li had used him as a pawn and thrown him away.

So, this was the fate of chasing money and doing dirty work for a few coins?

How could a woman who had lived in the palace for years be truly kind-hearted? It was obvious that Consort Li's kindness was all an act.

Xiao Shunzi only realized this when he was about to die.

Unfortunately, it was too late. No one could come to save him.

Ji Yuntang watched this scene with satisfaction, feeling no sympathy for Xiao Shunzi.

By using the enemy's hand to get rid of her own enemy, she had pulled off a classic "kill with a borrowed knife" move.

Ji Yuntang returned to Weiyang Palace. As soon as she walked in, she said angrily,

"Consort Li, you don't know how tight-lipped that little eunuch was. Even beaten to death, he refused to reveal the name of the person behind him, insisting that he was acting on your orders."

"Everyone knows that you are famous in the palace for being gentle, virtuous, and having the best temper. For him to be so insolent and slander you, I can't just let this slide. If there are more ungrateful people like that in the future, I will continue to help you teach them a lesson!"

Consort Li was stunned.

Her hand shook as she applied medicine to Luo Qianxue, and she accidentally pushed a big dollop of ointment into Luo Qianxue's mouth.

The ointment had a pungent, unbearable stench, but it was a good remedy for swelling and pain. Seeing Luo Qianxue's expression as if she had just eaten something disgusting, Consort Li quickly fetched a cup of water and handed it to Luo Qianxue, telling her to rinse her mouth.

"Xue'er, are you all right? Spit it out quickly."

Luo Qianxue immediately started pinching her throat and forcing herself to vomit.

The mother and daughter were in a frantic flurry, and the whole Weiyang Palace was a mess.

After finally getting Luo Qianxue to rinse her mouth well, Consort Li was furious.

Her Weiyang Palace had never seen such trouble. Ji Yuntang had come only twice, and both times the palace had been turned upside down.

This time, there had even been a death.

If she came a few more times, she would have everyone in her palace killed.

Consort Li ground her teeth in anger. She would kill that bitch sooner or later.

Just then, Luo Qianxue pointed at her own lips swollen like sausages and cried pitifully.

"Mother, you must stand up for me. Ji..." Meeting Ji Yuntang's cold gaze, Luo Qianxue was so frightened that she stepped back and immediately corrected herself, "Princess Ye hit me!"

"Mother, I have an appointment with some sisters tomorrow to go listen to opera at Baixiang Court. How can I show my face like this?"

Consort Li looked at Luo Qianxue worriedly, a sharp glint in her cold eyes. She turned to Ji Yuntang with displeasure.

"Princess Ye, why did you hit Qian Xue? Do you have any respect for me, your mother-in-law?"

At that moment, she was obviously throwing her mother-in-law weight around, ready to reprimand Ji Yuntang.

Ji Yuntang, however, was not intimidated. She sniffled and said, pretending to be wronged:

"Consort Li, please calm down. Didn't I just explain? I wasn't hitting her; I was teaching her palace manners."

"When Nanny Sun taught me manners, she used a ruler to hit me. I thought in the palace, learning manners always required a ruler, so I prepared one in advance and placed it in my medical kit, thinking that if I ever met Tenth Sister, it might come in handy!"

"And sure enough, it came in handy today!"

Luo Qianxue was stunned.

Consort Li was stunned.

What a sharp tongue!

Whose medical kit contains a ruler?

She must have planned to hit Luo Qianxue from the start and deliberately put a ruler in there!

But Ji Yuntang said this without any guilt, instead looking like she was doing it for Luo Qianxue's own good.

As if everything she did was for Luo Qianxue.

She hit someone and still acted all righteous. What a piece of work she is!

Consort Li almost lunged at Ji Yuntang and tore her apart, but luckily sanity prevailed and she stopped herself.

It wasn't worth ruining her hard-earned reputation over that bitch.

Consort Li's voice was cold. "Qian Xue is my daughter, and she will naturally be disciplined by me. What right do you, a mere princess, have to lay a hand on her?"

Ji Yuntang curled her lips. "Consort Li, you are being too distant. Aren't we family? Shouldn't family help each other out?"

"If Tenth Sister hasn't learned the palace rules properly and makes a fool of herself outside, people will say you didn't raise your daughter right, that she's spoiled, arrogant, and has no manners. Wouldn't that ruin your reputation?"

"As your daughter-in-law, when I see such a situation, it's only natural that I help teach Tenth Sister, so she won't embarrass you later."

Consort Li narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists. "So you're saying you're doing me a favor?"

Ji Yuntang looked down shyly and said with a demure smile, "It's good that you understand my intentions."

Then she suddenly looked up and stared at Consort Li expectantly.

"I have never seen the jewelry of Weiyang Palace. Today, I'm daring to ask you about it."

"If you think I did a good job teaching Tenth Sister manners today and that I deserve credit for catching the spy, you can reward me if you want."

Consort Li was about to die of anger!

This bitch hit her daughter, killed her spy, and then turned around to ask for a reward. Where did she get such nerve?

Before Consort Li could say anything, Luo Qianxue's eyes widened and she pointed accusingly at the gold hairpin on Ji Yuntang's head.

"Don't you already have a hairpin on your head?"

"And where did you get this gold hairpin with cloud and phoenix designs? Didn't you steal it from the Empress?"

She had just noticed that Ji Yuntang was wearing a gold hairpin with cloud and phoenix designs, sparkling and very beautiful.

Luo Qianxue recognized it at a glance as the one she had taken a liking to at the Empress's place.

However, she had begged the Empress persistently for it, but the Empress never gave it to her.

The Empress said to her gently, "Qian Xue, I have already sent out this month's allowances for you and Consort Li. The newly arrived jewelry and fabrics were also your own choices; there's definitely no more."

"Now that the palace is cutting expenses, if I set this precedent for you, then other princes and princesses will come asking for more. Then I'd have to give extra to everyone, wouldn't I?"

"Princess Jiu receives the same allowance as you. If I don't treat everyone fairly, what would your father, the Emperor, think of me? How could I manage the harem? What would the other consorts think of me? Over time, the harem would fall into chaos."

The Empress was well-known in the harem for her fairness and impartiality. She distributed allowances to every consort and princess strictly according to the regulations of the Imperial Household Department.

There would be no extra, and if there was a shortage, she would make up the difference from her own pocket.

As a result, the consorts of the harem all held her in high regard.

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