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

In that incident, Changle Mountain suffered heavy losses. The master and fellow brothers were all poisoned. Only Jiang Xue managed to escape because she went down the mountain to collect herbs.

Back on the mountain, Jiang Xue tried her best to save the hundreds of people in Changle Mountain! However, the poison was too strong, and despite her rescue day and night, she was ultimately unable to save everyone's lives. In the end, she only saved her master and two brothers.

Since then, Jiang Xue and Bai Prajna have had a blood feud! They will never coexist in this life!

Today, the crabapple blossoms have not yet bloomed, but the pear blossoms are already turning into snow, and the breath of spring has spread throughout Yujing City.

Whenever the Spring Equinox comes, the royal family and nobles will hold a Spring Festival party to pray for good luck and prosperity in the new year.

The preparations for the Spring Festival Meeting are quite cumbersome and require the person in charge to have extremely high patience and organizational skills to complete it successfully.

Moreover, there were undercurrents throughout the whole process, and many people took the opportunity to form cliques and expand their power, which naturally involved all kinds of shady transactions and collusion.

In the past, the preparations for the Spring Festival were usually taken turns by Xiao Li and Xiao Yan, and the two of them reaped a lot of benefits from it.

This year, Xiao Yan fell out of favor, and Xiao Li thought that he was the only one who could host this spring party. He had already arranged his connections and was ready to make a fortune.

After all, without Li Gong as his treasury, his income from the palace was greatly reduced!

The expenditure of the mansion is far greater than the income. If we don’t take this opportunity to make some profit, it will not look good on the accounts!

However, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, things turned out unexpectedly.

Emperor Beiling actually appointed Xiao Zhan to be in charge of the preparations for this Spring Party!

This made Xiao Li furious! The moment he heard the news, he was furious and killed five servants in a row!

"Damn it! Damn it! Xiao Zhan, that bastard! How dare he block my path to wealth! My father is getting old and confused! He actually gave him such a good job!"

The blood-stained sword pierced the already cold corpses again and again. Xiao Li's eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, he regarded these corpses as Xiao Zhan venting his anger!

Jun Li watched him vent indifferently from the side, silently shifted his gaze towards the inner hall, and nodded to Bai Prajna who was standing there.

"Why are you so angry, Your Highness? A blessing in disguise. Besides, who says that preparing for the Spring Festival party is the only way to make money?" Bai Prajna walked over with her slender waist swaying and handed him a square brocade box.

"What is this?" Xiao Li was still angry and ignored her tenderness and affection. He snatched the box away, even ignoring the sharp edges that cut her fingers.

A hint of disgust flashed across Bai Prajna's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

A blood-red pill was placed in the center of the brocade box, exuding a strange and enchanting beauty.

"I heard that the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty longed for immortality and spent a lot of time looking for the elixir of life over the years. Wasn't the reason for attacking the Qian Kingdom before for the legendary elixir of life?" Bai Prajna said, "This is the elixir of life developed by our Xiyong."

"Really?" Xiao Li raised his eyebrows. If what this woman said was true, as long as he presented this elixir to his father, the reward he would receive would far exceed the proceeds from preparing for the Spring Festival! Moreover, this was a reward from the emperor himself, so it was legitimate!

"Of course it's true." Bai Prajna nodded, and her soft body moved closer again. The alluring fragrance filled Xiao Li's nose, igniting the fire in Xiao Li's body again.

His mind was a little out of control. Following Bai Prajna's guidance, Xiao Li turned his anger into joy and laughed out loud: "Great! With this treasure, why should I bother with other things? It's really worth it to keep you, little girl!"

The big hands tightly embraced Bai Prajna's waist, with such force that she could hardly breathe.

However, she still suppressed her inner disgust and put on a false smile on her face, like a snake ready to strike, quietly waiting for its prey to fall into her carefully laid trap.

In Prince Gong's Mansion, when Jiang Xue heard the news that Xiao Li killed five servants in one breath to vent his anger, a sneer appeared on her face.

"Our Prince Li has begun to lose his composure."

"Let him continue to mess around. With his impatient personality, once he gets anxious, the flaws will only increase more and more." Xiao Zhan shook his head and sighed as he flipped through the accounts in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Xue asked curiously, noticing the mockery in his eyes.

She took a closer look and immediately understood why he had that expression.

"It seems that they have gained a lot of benefits from the Spring Meeting in the past."

Jiang Xue quickly browsed through the accounts of previous years and made a rough calculation. She found that a spring party could bring in a net profit of over ten thousand taels of silver, which was equivalent to Linglong Pavilion's total income for three years.

"Shaofu three hundred taels, Shouzheng five hundred taels, Weiwei three hundred taels, Fengchang nine hundred taels..." Xiao Zhan read out the records in the account book one by one. With every sentence, his eyes became colder.

"Over the years, Yunzhou suffered from famine, Changzhou suffered from drought, Jinzhou was ravaged by locusts, and Suning was hit by floods. Every time a disaster occurred, the court asked for donations for disaster relief, but these bastards were reluctant to give a penny. But at these spring meetings, they are willing to squander money!"

The hand holding the account was trembling slightly, and the knuckles had turned pale.

If he had not specifically asked the Empress Dowager to take over the matter this time, he would not have known that these usually stingy adults could be so generous!

Seeing his anger, Jiang Xue comforted him softly, "It's not too late to find out now. Since the account book is in our hands, we can always find a way to recover the money."

At this time, Tieyi stepped forward to report: "Your Highness, Princess, many adults have come to the front hall, saying that they want to pay their respects to Your Highness and Princess."

Greetings? I'm afraid that's not their real purpose.

The two exchanged glances, and Xiao Zhan stood up with a cold smile on his face: "You've come just in time. I have a lot to talk to them about. Tieyi, come with me."

After saying that, the two of them walked towards the front hall one after the other.

Jiang Xue did not follow as it was not convenient for her to show up in person for this incident.

Beiling is different from Qian State. Women are usually not allowed to participate in political affairs.

Although Xiao Zhan scoffed at such outdated customs and often pulled her aside to discuss government affairs in the mansion, this was limited to private discussions behind closed doors inside Prince Gong's mansion.

"Fudong, change your clothes and let's go to Tingfeng Tower." Jiang Xue ordered.

Taking advantage of the rare free time, she wanted to go to Tingfeng Tower to see Zhong Qing.

Ever since he helped heal Zhong Qing's injuries last time, their friendship has grown stronger.

During the days when Zhong Qing was recovering from her injury, she composed many new songs to pass the time. Every time she finished a song, she would send someone to deliver it to her house for Jiang Xue to enjoy.

Whenever Jiang Xue has free time, she will pick up a pen and compose new songs as a response to her love.

After so many times, I have accumulated a thick stack of piano scores. It just so happens that I can bring them all to Zhong Qing today.