webnovelfull Chapter 550: Hitting Xiao Yue
Chapter 550: Hitting Xiao Yue
Jiang Suining left the palace in the afternoon of the second day.
The ointment prescribed by the imperial physician was very effective. Although the redness and swelling on Jiang Suining's waist had turned into bruises, the pain was much relieved.
On the way out of the palace, Shen Yanxi specifically asked for a sedan chair, but Jiang Suining insisted on walking out of the palace.
She is just a female official of the sixth rank now. Although she injured her waist while protecting Princess Chu, it is still too ostentatious for her to march out of the palace in a sedan chair.
In the end, Shen Yanxi couldn't persuade Jiang Suining anymore, so he could only agree. He carefully supported her and slowly walked out of the palace.
Shen Yanxi had never felt that the palace road was so long. With every step Jiang Suining took, he felt like he was stepping on his heart, which made him feel frightened and pity.
It is at times like this that there are still people who are short-sighted enough to get in the way.
Xiao Yue was waiting with a sullen face on the road leading out of the palace. When she saw Jiang Suining and the others coming over, she got ready and waited for Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi to salute her.
However, both of them ignored her and walked straight past her.
"Stop!" Xiao Yue said angrily, "Sir Shen, Lady Jiang, don't you see this princess?"
Shen Yanxi said in a cold tone, "So what if you saw it?"
"Why don't you bow to this princess after seeing this? You are so brave!" Xiao Yue accused harshly.
However, Shen Yanxi just glanced at her with a sneer.
Although it was just a glance, the intimidation revealed in his eyes made Xiao Yue shiver in her heart.
But then, she told herself in her heart that there was nothing to be afraid of. After all, she was the fifth princess. Even if Shen Yanxi was favored, he was just a court official. To put it bluntly, he was a slave of the royal family. What was so great about that!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yue gritted her teeth and stepped in front of the two of them.
"Jiang Suining, don't you think you should give this princess an explanation about the Snow Viewing Banquet?"
Jiang Suining's calm eyes were mixed with a hint of sneer, "Princess, didn't you get it wrong? Aren't you the one who should be given the explanation?"
"What a joke! What does this have to do with me? I asked you to prepare a snow-viewing banquet, so you should be thorough. Now that such a big mess has happened, do you think you can just get away with it?"
Although what happened to Chu Jingyue was beyond her expectations and was Xiao Yi's own decision, her original intention was to use the Snow Viewing Banquet to give Jiang Suining a good warning and suppress her arrogance so that she could use her for her own benefit later.
Although some accidents happened, as long as she insisted that Jiang Suining was responsible, she could still make use of the situation.
"How can I get away with it without any pain? My waist still hurts badly. As for the reason for the trouble, the princess should know it very well. Even if I am very thorough, I can't beat some people who are deliberately looking for trouble."
"Jiang Suining, how can you talk to me like that?" Xiao Yue frowned, "Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for disrespect?"
"Princess, if you want, you can do as you please. But..." Jiang Suining's lips curled up into a mocking smile, "Princess, do you really have the guts to do this? In other words, if this matter continues to get out of hand, Princess, are you sure you can handle it? Or do you think the Fourth Prince will protect you?"
Xiao Yue was stunned. Looking at Jiang Suining, who was cold and rude, she gritted her teeth and said, "So this is your true self. Your previous politeness and respect were all fake."
Jiang Suining raised his eyebrows slightly, and his cold eyes fell on Xiao Yue's face.
"Princess, you are wrong. I was really respectful and polite before. I didn't want to conflict with you before, not only because of your status as the fifth princess, but also because there was no need. But everyone has a bottom line. I just don't want to, not afraid. If the princess wants to cause trouble again, I will not be afraid."
Jiang Suining spoke every word very clearly, especially the three words "no fear". Although his tone was not intense, it was so powerful that people could not doubt the authenticity of his words, and Xiao Yue's face turned pale.
Without waiting for her to speak again, Shen Yanxi spoke again.
"Fifth Princess, do you have anything else to say? If you have nothing to say, please move aside. My wife has an injury on her waist and cannot stand for long."
The unpleasant words fully demonstrated Shen Yanxi's dissatisfaction with Xiao Yue's behavior of blocking the road.
Xiao Yue said coldly, "You two are really arrogant, you are birds of a feather!"
Shen Yanxi sneered, "Thank you for the compliment, Fifth Princess. Ningning and I are indeed a match made in heaven."
After saying that, Shen Yanxi looked at Jiang Suining tenderly and said, "Let's go. Don't waste time here."
Jiang Suining nodded, and when she walked past Xiao Yue, she looked at her and suddenly said, "Fifth Princess, do you remember what you said before that everyone is equal?"
This sentence was like the sound of a bell suddenly ringing in Xiao Yue's heart, making her heart feel numb.
She stood there in a daze, and suddenly realized that she seemed to have begun to get used to the status hierarchy of this era, and the idea that some people whom she had previously disagreed with were born noble, and she used this as her weapon and reliance.
She remained in a daze for a long time. When Xiao Yue came to her senses, Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi had already walked far away and their figures disappeared. She was the only one left on the long palace road.
The feeling of loneliness that had not appeared for a long time once again surged from my heart.
It’s just that the loneliness before was the loneliness of people from another world who came to this feudal era with different ideas and concepts.
But at this moment, what I feel more is confusion and helplessness.
She didn't feel that she had completely turned into an ancient person, a defender of imperial power and social status, but...
She also seemed to no longer be the person who firmly believed that everyone was equal.
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Queen Shi originally gave Jiang Suining two days of vacation, but because Jiang Suining took matters back home to deal with, and at Shen Yanxi's request, the vacation was repeatedly extended.
After returning to the Shen family from the palace, in addition to the ointment prescribed by the imperial physician, Shen Yanxi specially invited a famous doctor who was good at treating bruises and injuries to prescribe a new ointment, and prepared medicated food every day to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.
It was not until Jiang Suining almost no longer felt the pain in her waist and after repeated assurances that there would be absolutely no problem, that Shen Yanxi agreed to let her return to the palace to serve.
At the west gate of the palace, Jiang Suining had just gotten off the carriage when he ran into He Qingrui and Lu Yan.
They were both very happy to hear that Jiang Suining's injury was completely healed.
Lu Yan smiled and said, "It's good that you've recovered. By the way, Sui Ning, congratulations to you and Lord Shen."
Jiang Suining was confused, "Congratulations on what?"
He Qingrui was a little surprised, "Sui Ning, don't you know yet? Lord Shen has been promoted. He is now Prime Minister Shen, the youngest prime minister in the history of our Beiyang Kingdom!"