Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Lin Wan winked at her maid, stood up and walked in front of Jiang Xue, walked around her and looked at her carefully.

Mo Chen was right, Jiang Xue now behaved calmly and spoke in an extraordinary manner, and was more capable of handling big occasions than Lu Linyi who would shrink back whenever he saw her.

Although Lu Linyi is the daughter of Marquis Zhenbei, Mo Chen can get the support of Marquis Zhenbei if he marries her. But if he marries Changle, although all the power of Marquis Zhenbei will not belong to Mo Chen, what about the 300,000 Iron Cloud Army of Qian State behind her?

More importantly, if Mo Chen marries her, the emperor will no longer be able to target her. He will have one less powerful enemy in the palace and one more helper. Isn't that the best of both worlds?

As for Lu Linyi, it is not impossible to make her Mo Chen's concubine with a little manipulation. In this way, Mo Chen will have mastered the military strength, and the road to the fight for the right of succession will not be smooth.

"Your Majesty, you have taken so much trouble. Changle feels honored and surprised." Jiang Xue bowed her head and saluted. She expressed surprise but her face was as calm as the surface of a pond.

"Changle, please accept my mother's kindness, otherwise my mother will be sad." Xiao Yan also smiled and walked over. When he passed by the female official, he paused for a moment, then walked away again.

Walking to Jun Li's side, seeing his hesitant expression, he secretly laughed in his heart, "Jun Li, since you can't handle this woman, then I will do it for you. Just watch and see how Jiang Xue becomes Princess Duan."

Not long after, the female official came with a plate of objects, which was covered with a red cloth, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

Lin Wan didn't let Jiang Xue see it, and directly asked the female official to send it to Nanyuan. Jiang Xue didn't change her expression, winked at Fu Dong, and said to Lin Wan: "Thank you, Imperial Concubine."

"You're welcome. It's my birthday gift." Lin Wan held her hand and patted it gently. Then she turned to Lu Linyi and said, "I've also prepared a gift for Linyi. Don't forget to take it with you when you leave."

After another round of small talk for about an hour, Lin Wan let the two leave on the grounds of being tired.

"Changle, I always feel uneasy." After leaving Qiwu Palace, Lu Linyi pulled Jiang Xue's sleeve and said.

Although the Imperial Concubine was smiling, her eyes were not clear, and her sudden change in attitude towards Changle made people feel uneasy.

"The Imperial Concubine has really taken a lot of trouble today."

Jiang Xue tilted her head and asked Xiaochun: "Is Fudong back?"

She asked Fudong to go out quietly to do some work, and calculated the time, he should be back.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Fudong appeared.

"Princess, I found this on the plate."

She presented an octagonal dragon-shaped jade pendant, which was crystal clear and obviously made of top-grade ice jade. The octagonal golden dragon was lifelike, and on the lower right corner of the back was engraved two words: Mo Chen.

This is the jade pendant of Prince Duan Xiao Yan!

Jiang Xue's face changed slightly, and she quickly asked Fu Dong to put the things away so that no one could see them. She recalled that Xiao Yan had just stopped by the female official, and he must have stuffed the jade pendant into the female official's pocket at that time, and mixed it into the pile of gifts sent by Lin Wan.

No wonder Lin Wan didn’t show those little gadgets in person, it turns out there is such a secret hidden!

"Oh, what's wrong with our Princess Changle? Why is she standing there motionless? Her face is as white as paper. Is she feeling unwell?"

Xiao Yan and Jun Li walked slowly from behind, smiling smugly.

"Hi, Prince Duan, and Prince Xichen, hello."

Jun Li's eyebrows were twisted into knots, and he felt unhappy. It was awkward to hear Jiang Xue being so distant to him at this moment.

"Your Highness Prince Duan misunderstood. Changle was just too nervous just now, so her expression looked a little strange."

Jiang Xue smiled lightly, her tone calm.

"I thought the princess had seen all kinds of storms and could handle any situation, but I didn't expect that she would get nervous sometimes."

Xiao Yan chuckled and reached out to pat Jiang Xue on the shoulder. Because Xiao Yan was blocking the way, it looked like a very intimate scene to outsiders.

Jun Li was unhappy and took a step forward to block Xiao Yan's hand: "Your Highness Prince Duan, this is the Imperial Garden, there are many people and eyes, we should be careful about the impact."

This was the first time that Jun Li embarrassed Xiao Yan in public. Xiao Yan was both surprised and annoyed.

Is this guy crazy? He is so brave!

Xiao Yan's face immediately darkened. However, because Jiang Xue was present and he thought that they were in the Imperial Garden, he had to suppress his anger.

"Thank you for the compliment, Prince Duan. Changle is just an ordinary girl. When she saw a noble figure like the Imperial Concubine, she felt nothing but awe and was afraid of making a mistake.

It was getting late, and the palace gates were about to close, so Changle and Miss Lu said goodbye first. Your Highnesses, please feel free to do as you please.

After saying that, Jiang Xue took Lu Linyi and turned away, leaving Jun Li and Xiao Yan staring at each other.

"You kid, come here!"

Xiao Yan growled, and without waiting for Jun Li to react, he shook his sleeves and walked away with big strides.

"Changle, is there something wrong with this jade pendant? You've been staring at it for more than half an hour."

After leaving the palace, Lu Linyi did not go directly home to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, but followed Jiang Xue to Nanyuan.

As soon as she entered the palace, she was stunned by the pitifully small courtyard. How could this be a place for a princess to live? Not only was it in a remote location, but it was also so plain! It was not even as good as the home of an ordinary official!

In her heart, she felt sorry for Jiang Xue, but when she turned around, she saw that the protagonist was concentrating on studying the eight-clawed dragon jade pendant in his hand without even raising his eyes.

Curiosity drove her to move closer, wanting to know what magic this jade pendant had that could attract Jiang Xue's full attention.

"This jade pendant belongs to Xiao Yan." Jiang Xue revealed the origin of the jade pendant.

Lu Linyi's mind worked quickly and he immediately understood the little plan of Lin Wan and Xiao Yan, mother and son.

In Beiling, the prince had the right to choose his own princess. If he liked someone, he would give her his dragon-shaped jade pendant and report to the emperor, calculate her horoscope, and pray for good luck. As long as she was of a clean family and of equal status, the emperor would arrange the marriage with a stroke of his pen.

Xiao Yan gave the jade pendant to Changle. Isn't this obviously about wanting to marry her?

"Changle, Xiao Yan is a bad person with a vicious mind. You must not marry him!"

Lu Linyi tightly grasped Jiang Xue's hand: "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming up in a few days. We can take this opportunity to make things clear with her and let her make the decision for you!"

The Queen Mother is the most fair. She will never ignore your wishes and let Xiao Yan snatch it away!

This cousin is so innocent and cute.

Jiang Xue smiled bitterly and took Lu Linyi's hand in return: "Cousin, the Queen Mother is a member of the royal family. When the royal family does things, they value the face of the royal family the most. How can they care about the wishes of others?

Besides, I guess Xiao Yan was planning to use the Queen Mother's birthday banquet to announce in front of all the civil and military officials that he gave me the jade pendant. It's not that easy for us to mess things up."

"Then...are we really out of options?" Lu Linyi looked worried.

"Princess, there is a question I don't understand."

Xiaochun stared at the jade pendant and asked blankly, "Since the prince can choose a princess by giving her the jade pendant, why didn't he use this trick on Miss Gu before?"