She had just put on this new layer of skin. Due to time constraints, she put it on without having time to drain the pus.

Originally, she had planned it well. She would attend the ceremony first and then come back to change her skin, so she had plenty of time.

But when she saw Jiang Xue show up, the resentment in her heart erupted like a volcano and she couldn't suppress it at all.

If it weren't for this woman, how could she have ended up like this.

Jun Li and Mo Xue had already told her that the reason she was disfigured was all due to this woman's Five Poisons Technique.

How could she let her go.

She was so filled with hatred that she didn't have time to think about anything else. She just wanted to take advantage of the chaos before the ceremony to kill Jiang Xue.

After that, they pushed the whole thing onto Xiao Huan's remnants! Anyway, it was the people from Prince Gong's Mansion who were investigating those people before! It was also reasonable to say that the remnants took revenge and killed Princess Gong.

So, she sent someone to falsely convey the Queen Mother's order and lure Jiang Xue here, preparing to resolve the matter secretly.

But unexpectedly, at the critical moment, this new skin had problems and was discovered by the bitch Jiang Xue.

In this case, this woman cannot be kept.

"What are you standing there for! Aim at that woman. I want her to die without a burial place." With an order, a group of guards pulled the bowstrings.

Whoosh whoosh.

Dozens of arrows flew towards Jiang Xue under the cover of the sound of salutes.

"Your Highness?"

Xiaochun saw Xiao Zhan suddenly turn around and look in the direction where Jiang Xue left. The tea bowl in his hand was crushed by him, but he was unaware of it, so she called him in confusion.

After a while, Xiao Zhan turned his head and whispered, "It's okay." He didn't know whether these two words were to comfort himself or Xiaochun.

I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt panicked and almost couldn’t hold the tea bowl in my hand.

Xiaoxue has been out for so long, could something have happened to her?

Seeing that the ceremony of conferring the title of princess was about to begin, but Jiang Xue had not returned yet, his heart began to beat fast and he could not sit still.

No, he has to go and check it out. He is really worried.

Just as he was about to stand up and put his hands on the table, he found Jiang Xue standing in front of him, looking down at him.

There was some blood on the hem of her skirt, and the blood on the back of her hand was still seeping out, covered by her long sleeves.

Fortunately, the clothes she was wearing today were dark in color, so the bloodstains were not noticeable.

"You are hurt?"

Xiao Zhan's heart tightened, and he immediately pulled her to sit next to him and gently applied medicine and bandaged her.

Because of the large sleeves covering their wounds, others thought the couple was just showing affection and had no idea that Xiao Zhan was actually treating Jiang Xue's wound.

"Fudong, what's going on?" While bandaging the wound, he asked Fudong who was standing beside him.

Who in this palace is so bold as to lay hands on the princess?

Before the ceremony began, Fu Dong briefly recounted what had happened.

It turned out that at the moment when the rain of arrows was about to pour down, a mysterious man suddenly appeared and blocked most of the attacks together with Fu Dong.

However, no matter how tight the defense is, there are always loopholes. Although most of the arrows were intercepted, a few arrows still grazed Jiang Xue.

Fortunately, Jiang Xue had some muscle-softening powder on her. With a wave of her sleeves, the powder was blown by the wind onto the faces of the guards.

Wu Meifeng and her group, who had inhaled the muscle softening powder, immediately fell limply to the ground. Fu Dong then found an opportunity and escaped with Jiang Xue.

But when both of them were safe, the mysterious helper had disappeared.

The ceremony was about to begin, and if Princess Gong did not take her seat, who knows what kind of gossip would spread.

Jiang Xue had no choice but to put the matter of the mysterious man aside for the time being and hurried back to her seat with Fu Dong.

"Tieyi, remember this man and go back to investigate his background."

A mysterious person? How great a master must he be to sneak into the palace quietly. This guy must be extraordinary.

"Fortunately the wound isn't deep. I've already applied medicine to you. You can change the bandage when you get home. For now, just make do with this."

Xiao Zhan carefully put down Jiang Xue's arm, as gently as if he were treating a rare treasure, for fear of hurting her.

Seeing him treating her wound so carefully, Jiang Xue's eyes were glued to him, unwilling to look away for a long time.

He had been much colder towards her these days, with his attitude being inconsistent, and coupled with the issue of taking a concubine, a rift had developed between the two of them.

Seeing him so concerned about his injury now reminded her of the time when he doted on her alone.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiao Zhan asked when he saw her staring at him.

She wanted to ask why his attitude towards her had changed so much in the past few days, but the current situation was not appropriate, so she held back.

"It's okay. The ceremony is about to begin. I wonder if Wu Meifeng can arrive on time." Jiang Xue retracted her gaze and looked towards the stage.

Wu Meifeng was poisoned by her own muscle softening powder, and it would be difficult for her to appear here without help.

"I think she will come." That woman is the protagonist today, and he will not let her miss it.

Sure enough, as Xiao Zhan said, as soon as the ceremony began, Wu Meifeng appeared in front of everyone on time.

She was wearing a gorgeous red robe, which made her look noble. However, since she was a concubine, the color of the robe was not pure red.

Her face was lightly made up, which made her look rosy, but I don’t know if it was because of the lighting, but her skin looked particularly pale and her chin seemed a little swollen.

Many people at the scene speculated that it might be because he was too nervous in the previous two days and did not get enough rest.

Yes, after all, this is a ceremony to crown a princess for a marriage between two countries, so it is normal to be nervous.

"She seems to have shed new skin." The swelling on her chin was less than what Jiang Xue had seen before.

She estimated that Wu Meifeng must have squeezed out some pus and blood and grown a new layer of skin.

This means that another young girl has died at her hands.

"The show is about to begin." After the ceremony of conferring the title of princess, it was time for divination and asking the heavens.

Xiao Zhan muttered to himself, and then there was a loud thunder, which frightened everyone present and they quickly stood up and knelt toward the sky.

When I asked the sky, I heard loud thunder, which was an ominous sign.

Seeing this, Emperor Beiling was also panicked. He stood up and looked at Fengchang: "Master Fengchang, what's going on?"

This was the first time that Fengchang Jun Tianwen encountered such a situation. When he asked the gods for divination for the ceremony of enthroning a concubine, he was actually warned by the gods. Could it be that the gods were hinting that this woman should not go crazy?

Jun Tianwen looked at Wu Meifeng who was frightened by the thunder on the high platform, and then knelt down to Emperor Beiling: "Your Majesty, the heavens have warned us that there may be bad omens. The rumbling thunder is the wrath of God. I'm afraid there are vengeful spirits haunting this ceremony of conferring the title of consort!"

"Ghosts?" Emperor Beiling was shocked: "Where do these ghosts come from?"

Jun Tianwen pointed at Wu Meifeng and said, "Since the divination is used to appoint a concubine, it must be related to the protagonist of the ceremony! The reason may lie with Princess Qinwen."

"Qin Wen?" Emperor Beiling turned his head to look at Wu Meifeng, his eyes widened.

"Your Majesty, please don't believe the rumors! Your Majesty, you know Qin Wen's character. Qin Wen usually eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist scriptures. He wouldn't even have the heart to step on an ant to death. How could he be related to a vengeful spirit?"

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