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

There was a hint of chill in the clear voice. Although the volume was not loud, one could clearly feel the thunder hidden behind the calm words.

After not eating for five days, Jiang Xue's originally slender shoulders were now as thin as a piece of paper, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

The cheekbones are more prominent and the lines are clearer, and the whole person looks cooler and more profound than before.

Xiao Zhan looked at her dangerously thin appearance and felt distressed: "Xiaoxue, this is the best solution I can think of."

He opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time before he uttered these words.

Because facing her questioning, he was really speechless, the facts were there and could not be refuted.

"Really? Is this the best solution?" Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

She had already found out the whole story. Although she had not witnessed the entire process with her own eyes, she was sure that it was definitely not Fu Dong's fault.

"Does the princess doubt His Highness's judgment? Or does the princess want to protect Miss Fudong? I know that the princess has been in a bad mood these days and may be a little dissatisfied with my being favored by His Highness, but no matter how jealous she is, how can she allow a dog to contradict the master again and again!

Since the princess is reluctant to discipline me, I have no choice but to ask Your Highness to do justice. Please don’t be offended, princess.”

Mrs. Zhou deliberately stood behind Xiao Zhan, pretending to be pitiful.

"Jealous? Dog?" Jiang Xue laughed out of anger.

Looking at her smile, Mrs. Zhou felt inexplicably creepy.

"I've heard the rumors outside, they're really amazing." After laughing, Jiang Xue grabbed Mrs. Zhou and pulled her out from behind Xiao Zhan.

"Oh, Your Highness." Madam Zhou screamed and wanted to pull Xiao Zhan to be her backer.

But when she grabbed, she got nothing.

In desperation, she attacked Jiang Xue with her sharp nails, scratching her neck and leaving a bloody mark.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Zhou from behind, fearing that she would go crazy and hurt Xiaoxue again.

However, just after they took a few steps, two crisp slaps were heard in the air.

Mrs. Zhou only felt stars in front of her eyes, her ears buzzing, and then her whole face felt like it was on fire, hot and painful.

"You dare to hit me." It took her a long time to realize what had happened.

She covered her face and pushed Jiang Xue away, stumbling backwards, but accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt, and sat down on the cold ground with a plop.

"Yes, I did." Jiang Xue shook her hands and glanced at her nonchalantly, revealing the scars on her neck: "Madam Zhou committed treason and injured this princess. These two slaps are a lesson for you."

As she spoke, she strode towards the ladies. Her imposing manner frightened the noble women, including Madam Zhou, so much that they involuntarily took a step back.

"Since you have all gone to great lengths to publicize how jealous I am as a princess and how harshly I treat my concubines, if I continue to persuade them with kind words as before, it would be a waste of effort. So, I have decided to comply with everyone's wishes and treat you according to your ideas. How do you think?"

Although the pair of bright eyes were smiling, a closer look revealed that the smile did not even reach the bottom of the eyes, but instead revealed a sense of coldness.

This look made Xiao Zhan feel as if he saw himself before marriage.

"I'll take Fudong away first. As for Juan'er, you can punish her however you like, Your Highness."

He personally helped Fu Dong up, left only a few cold words to Xiao Zhan, and then left the courtyard.

Late at night, Jiang Xue changed Xiaochun's medicine.

At this time, Tieyi came and delivered a message, "Princess, His Highness asks you to go to the study."

Jiang Xue paused, hesitated for a moment, and nodded: "Take me there."

Avoiding him all the time was not a solution after all, she knew in her heart that she had to find a chance to have a good talk.

In the study, Xiao Zhan was facing a headache-inducing letter. When he heard the conversation between Tieyi and Jiang Xue outside the door, he quickly put the letter away.

"What do you want from me, Your Highness?" After entering the room, she faced Xiao Zhan directly and noticed the fatigue in his eyes. She knew that he must not have slept well in the past few nights.

"There's news about Jiang Chen." As he said that, he handed her a note.

"Intelligence personnel at the Beixi border reported that they spotted Jiang Chen among the Beixi troops during the battle with the Beiling Army."

As Jiang Xue listened, she opened the note and read the information written on it.

Her fingers trembled slightly, revealing her inner excitement.

After waiting for so long, I finally got news from my brother.

"The Beixi Army! My royal brother is in Beixi..." The corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. As long as he was still alive, everything would be fine.

"Yes, it seems that the supplies that aided Zhenbei Hou last time were most likely arranged by Jiang Chen."

The mystery of the elusive knight was finally revealed.

"So it's my royal brother." She had speculated before whether the mysterious man was my royal brother, but since there was no confirmed information, she just thought about it.

Now that she knew that he was really the royal brother she had been thinking about day and night, she was extremely happy.

Seeing her long-lost smile, Xiao Zhan's mood also brightened a little.

But when I thought about what I was going to say next, my mood, which had just eased, sank again.

"There is one more thing..." Xiao Zhan hesitated: "Mrs. Zhou will become the concubine of my Prince Gong's Mansion."

The smile on her lips gradually disappeared. Jiang Xue slowly raised her eyes and stared at the man in front of her for a long time without saying a word.

The atmosphere, which had just been warm because of Jiang Chen's news, instantly dropped to freezing point.

"Well, congratulations, Your Highness." After a while, she found her voice and bowed respectfully.

"Madam Zhou... No, now I should call her Concubine. I will rearrange her residence and bring her to the palace to modify the jade disc according to the rules."

"I'll take her to modify the jade disc, you just take care of the mansion." Xiao Zhan said.

He wants to personally lead Zhou to revise the jade disc!

She knew the meaning of this action.

Among the five noble daughters, only Zhou was favored and was taken by Prince Gong himself to modify the jade disc. This was not only an honor for Zhou, but also a challenge to Jiang Xue's status as the principal wife, and it could even be said to be a blatant provocation.

"Are you really going to do this?"

Her red lips parted slightly, her appearance calm as water, but her heart was in turmoil.

"Yeah." Xiao Zhan nodded with a complicated expression.

"Got it." Jiang Xue said these four words gently, took a step back calmly, and bowed again: "Everything is up to your Highness."

After saying this, she turned around and wanted to leave.

"Xiaoxue." He called her from behind and said a few words.

Jiang Xue's tears, which she had been holding back, finally rolled down. She opened the door and left without looking back.

"Your Highness..." Tieyi had never seen his princess cry before. He looked at Xiao Zhan with reluctance on his face.

Xiao Zhan just shook his head and continued to work on the documents at hand.