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

"Your Highness, Xiaochun was a little impulsive, but she is not the kind of person who would act recklessly. She would not attack the ladies for no reason." Tieyi stopped the servant who was walking towards Xiaochun with the torture instruments, and explained to Xiao Zhan as anxiously as an ant on a hot pan.

"No matter what, she is just a maid. Rebellion is a serious crime and must be severely punished. Do the Cloud-walking Guards think that the daughter of our noble family is not as good as a lowly maid? Let her run wild like this?"

Chief Cheng roared, pointing at his daughter whose face was swollen from being beaten: "Look at my daughter, what she has done to her. She is so savage, I wonder which brainless master has spoiled her."

Jiang Xue heard the veiled accusation clearly, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "Is Patriarch Cheng hinting at Changle and me?"

She walked forward with calm steps, and every step revealed the dignity and grace that a master of a mansion should have. Her cold eyes were slightly narrowed, and she had her own majesty. Her powerful aura made everyone present feel pressured and dared not act rashly.

Even the three noble clan leaders couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw her, and their previous arrogance was instantly reduced by half.

Ever since she appeared at the gate of the courtyard, Xiao Zhan's eyes have been glued to her, unwilling to look away.

These days, he was busy dealing with the three great noble families. In addition, Jun Li threatened him with the remaining half of the pagoda again. He had to keep his distance from Xiaoxue. Counting the days, he had not seen her for nearly half a month.

During the past half month, his longing for her was as surging as the tide. Although they lived under the same roof, he could deeply feel that the distance between them was growing farther and farther.

"How dare I blame the princess? I just feel sorry for my daughter." Under Jiang Xue's cold gaze, it took Chief Cheng a while to recover. He avoided her gaze, lowered his head and said dissatisfiedly.

Jiang Xue retracted her gaze and turned to the three women with facial injuries next to her, sneering in her heart. In order to suppress her, these women were really cruel to her. They were so cruel to her face, which showed their determination.

"I have heard about the whole thing on the way here, but there are some details that I need to verify personally. I wonder if Your Highness would allow me to question these ladies one by one?" Facing Xiao Zhan, her posture of saluting was impeccable.

But seeing her treating him so politely, Xiao Zhan only felt a sharp pain in his chest.

It shouldn’t be like this, it shouldn’t be like this, she doesn’t have to be so polite to me.

"You are the princess. You don't need to ask for permission if you want to ask." His voice was a little low, which made Jiang Xue slightly startled.

I looked up and met his complicated eyes.

A sour feeling surged from her abdomen, like an invisible hand, tightly grasping her heart.

Her chest felt stuffy and painful. She didn't understand why he looked at her with such affectionate yet unconcealed eyes.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiang Xue suppressed the sob in her throat, adjusted her mood, and walked towards the three ladies.

"Excuse me, ladies, were all the injuries on your faces caused by Xiaochun alone?"

"Of course, apart from this girl, who else would dare to touch us?"

"That's right! Xiaochun relies on being a popular figure around the princess and never takes us women seriously."

"That's right. I think this girl should have her hands and feet cut off to let her know the consequences of disobeying her superiors."

The three women chattered and all made Xiaochun their target.

They had their own plans in mind. As long as this girl fell, the power of Princess Gong would be greatly reduced. A certain gentleman once said that once the two confidants of the princess were eliminated, it would not be surprising for her to do so. By then, it would be easy for them to seize the position of princess.

"Is that so?" Jiang Xue's meaningful question made the three of them look at each other nervously. They turned their heads away unconsciously, not daring to look her in the eye.

This woman's eyes are as sharp as an eagle, and it seems that nothing can be hidden in front of her.

"Changle, I know a little about medicine, and I'm sure everyone knows this. I looked carefully at the injuries on the three ladies' faces. Except for the Xiaochun palm prints on your left cheeks, the other scars have other causes. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau to diagnose it, and the result will be the same."

Jiang Xue pinched the faces of the three people and examined them carefully one by one to confirm that Xiaochun was indeed as Fudong said, and only gave each of them a light slap.

Fortunately, this girl had some sense of propriety and only used 20% of her strength. Otherwise, with the strength she and Tieyi usually used in their training, these delicate ladies would have been seriously injured if not killed.

"What are the reasons for these injuries?" Xiao Zhan believed Jiang Xue's words without a doubt.

These noble ladies grew up in large mansions and learned nothing except intrigue, which they mastered to perfection.

Even if they didn't say anything, he could guess that they had caused these injuries themselves, with the purpose of making a big deal out of it and embarrassing Xiaoxue.

"We are guilty of a thousand crimes. Please forgive us, Your Highness. We were careless and hurt the ladies. We deserve to die."

Just when the three ladies didn't know how to answer, a group of maids behind them knelt down and bowed their heads to confess their crimes.

"You bunch of idiots, I asked you to follow my lady to the palace to serve her, but not only did you fail to serve her well, you even caused her to get hurt. What's the point of keeping you here? Someone, drag these slaves away and beat them to death."

These maids were brought by the three ladies from their respective families, so the clan leaders had the right to deal with them.

Xiao Zhan looked coldly at the maids wailing under the clubs, his face darkened: "Stop, this is Prince Gong's Mansion, you can't do whatever you want here and kill innocent people."

At a command from His Royal Highness Prince Gong, the noble servants who were wielding sticks immediately stopped.

"You committed treason, and you should be put to death. Fortunately, His Highness was magnanimous and spared your lives. If you commit the same offense again next time, be careful of your lives."

Patriarch Zhou shouted angrily, and the punished maids were able to save their lives. They kowtowed to Xiao Zhan and thanked him for his grace.

"Your Highness, the slaves of our three tribes have made mistakes and have been punished. Then, shouldn't Miss Xiaochun also take responsibility and apologize to us?" said the Chief of the Wei tribe.

Originally, they wanted to use this incident to pull Jiang Xue down from the position of princess, so that their daughter could take the position. But when they met this woman, they found that she was not an easy person to deal with. Her aura alone was enough to overwhelm them. It was not easy to bring her down. Since it was not possible to force her, they would start with her left and right hands and weaken her strength little by little.

"What does Patriarch Wei plan to do?" Xiao Zhan asked coldly.

This cunning old fellow, god knows what kind of tricks he has in mind.

“Cut off her hands as a warning.” Chief Wei said grimly.

"No." Tieyi hurriedly stopped him: "Your Highness, Xiaochun does not need to be punished like this. This is too much."