Chapter 151 She’s Too Fragile

Chapter 151 She Is Too Fragile

Luo Qianxue understood this logic, but she still felt that the Empress was purposely refusing to give it to her.

After all, anyone can talk nicely.

Luo Qianxue had rarely taken a liking to an accessory, yet she failed to obtain it. She threw a huge tantrum after returning to her palace.

She had only just managed to put the matter aside and stop thinking about it.

But now, seeing Ji Yuntang wearing the very phoenix-patterned gold hairpin she had wanted, all of Luo Qianxue's resentment was stirred up.

She reached out to snatch the hairpin from Ji Yuntang's head.

"I saw this first! Return it!"

Ji Yuntang grabbed her arm and forcefully twisted it.

A cracking sound of bone breaking and a piercing scream rang out in everyone's ears.

"Ahhh!"

Ji Yuntang's fox-like eyes turned cold, but her voice held a hint of a smile. "Has no one taught you, Tenth Sister, that your behavior is very rude?"

"As the Tenth Princess, seeing something that belongs to someone else and directly reaching out to snatch it—are you a thief?"

"Or have you not yet learned the rules that I, the Princess, taught you?"

"Then let me teach you again. You'd better learn well!"

After Ji Yuntang finished speaking, she swiftly kicked her in the knee. Before Luo Qianxue could react, her legs gave way and she knelt on the ground.

Ji Yuntang curled her lips into a smile. "This is called a kowtow."

Just as she was about to proceed with the next step, Consort Li rushed over with a sharp shriek.

"How dare you! Ji Yuntang, stop immediately!"

She pushed Ji Yuntang away and protectively embraced Luo Qianxue, tenderly stroking her pale little face.

"Qianxue, Qianxue, are you alright?"

"Summon the imperial physician! Quickly summon the imperial physician!"

Luo Qianxue had been pampered and willful all her life, never having suffered such hardship. She fainted from pain without saying a word.

Consort Li's eyes were bloodshot. She could no longer hold back and screamed at Ji Yuntang, "If anything happens to Qianxue, I will have the entire Prince Ye's Mansion buried with her!"

Ji Yuntang narrowed her eyes slightly. She hit Luo Qianxue, and Consort Li wants the entire Prince Ye's Mansion buried with her?

Had she forgotten that her own son was also in that mansion?

In Consort Li's eyes, Luo Junhe was so unimportant that he probably couldn't even compare to a strand of Luo Qianxue's hair.

Hah. How could there be such a heartless mother in this world?

Ji Yuntang couldn't understand, and her face no longer showed the respect it had before.

Her voice was icy. "Consort Li, Tenth Sister tried to snatch my possession first. I only taught her proper conduct afterward. Who would have thought she was so fragile, like paper? I barely used any force, and she fainted."

"The amount of force I used would not kill anyone. Our prince is as thin as a skeleton and bedridden for three years and still alive. The Tenth Princess is a healthy person, just a broken arm. Compared to my husband, that's nothing serious. Consort Li shouldn't think people are that fragile."

Consort Li: "..."

Hearing Ji Yuntang's words, her expression grew even darker.

Doesn't this just prove that Ji Yuntang was using the pretense of teaching rules to hit Luo Qianxue?

Consort Li raised her hand to slap Ji Yuntang, but she caught a glimpse of a grand procession entering the hall.

At the head of the procession was a man in a bright yellow dragon robe, flanked by two richly dressed women. They had already stepped into her Weiyang Palace.

It was Emperor Jingyang, the Empress, and Luo Qingge.

Consort Li cursed inwardly—why had these people come neither early nor late, but exactly when she was about to slap Ji Yuntang?

What bad luck!

But despite her thoughts, Consort Li quickly composed herself. Putting on a heartbroken expression, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief and knelt to greet the Emperor and Empress.

"Your subject greets His Majesty and Her Majesty the Empress. May the Emperor and Empress enjoy boundless blessings."

Ji Yuntang bowed her head and performed the salute as well.

Inwardly, she thought: The women in the palace were too shrewd. Consort Li's ability to change her expression was truly impressive!

Just moments ago, she looked like she wanted to kill her, with her hand raised to strike. The moment she saw the Emperor and Empress, she immediately changed her expression.

If she hadn't witnessed it herself, who would believe that a fierce person one second could become a pitiful, sobbing mess the next?

Consort Li had always been the type of gentle, innocent beauty. Now that she was crying, with tears trembling on her long eyelashes, she instantly stirred Emperor Jingyang's protective instincts.

Emperor Jingyang stepped forward to help Consort Li up, wrapped his arm around her waist, and asked with deep affection, "What happened here? Why are you crying so much, my beloved consort?"

Consort Li sobbed. Emperor Jingyang's clothes carried the scent of other women's perfume. Being held in his arms made her want to vomit.

But she had to act flattered and grateful, her almond eyes brimming with tears, pitiful and endearing.

"Your Majesty, Xue'er was beaten by Princess Ye. You must get justice for Xue'er!"

Emperor Jingyang's sharp eyes shot toward Ji Yuntang. "Princess Ye, is what Consort Li said true?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, after arriving at Weiyang Palace today, I have been teaching Tenth Sister proper conduct. The servants of Weiyang Palace and my own maidservants can attest to this."

"However, Tenth Sister took a liking to this phoenix-patterned gold hairpin I was wearing. She claimed that the phoenix-patterned gold hairpin on my head was stolen from the Empress. Taking advantage of my inattention, she tried to snatch it from me. Does this behavior befit a princess?"

"I couldn't help but teach Tenth Sister the palace rules again. But I never expected her body to be so weak and fragile—she fainted from my light touch."

Consort Li: "!!!"

She sobbed in accusation, "Princess Ye, don't slander Xue'er. As a princess, if she wants any accessory, can't she have it? Why would she need to snatch a cheap hairpin from you?"

Just then, the Empress's cold voice rang out. "Cheap hairpin?"

"Consort Li, do you know that this phoenix-patterned gold hairpin was bestowed upon Princess Ye by me? And the Tenth Princess liked it so much that she came to me a few days ago to ask for it."

"And now you say what I bestowed is a cheap hairpin?"

Consort Li: "..."

Consort Li: “!!!”

How could she not know about this?

Luo Qianxue hadn’t told her about it either.

Just now, when she saw Luo Qianxue trying to pull the hairpin from Ji Yuntang’s head, Consort Li hadn’t thought of it that way.

After all, as far as she knew, Luo Qianxue’s Changle Palace was not lacking in jewelry and ornaments—there was no reason for her to resort to snatching a hairpin from Ji Yuntang’s head.

Realizing she had lost her composure, Consort Li’s eyes welled up with tears. She quickly fell to her knees with a thud, looking so pitiful that one couldn’t help but feel sorry for her as she said:

“Please calm your anger, Your Majesty. It was a slip of the tongue. I only spoke out of distress upon seeing my own daughter being struck by Princess Ye. I hope Your Majesty will not hold it against me.”

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