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

Hearing this, Jiang Xue immediately realized something, her eyes narrowed slightly, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of her mouth as she looked at Fu Dong: "Between you and Qing Feng..."

Although Fu Dong appears gentle and approachable, Jiang Xue knows very well that this childhood friend is not easily moved.

It took me nearly a year to win her complete trust, but Qing Feng did it in just half a year, which is truly impressive.

Fudong called softly "Princess" and a faint blush appeared on her face.

Seeing her shy look, Jiang Xue stopped teasing her. After all, Fu Dong was a shy person.

Seeing this, Qing Feng raised a doting smile.

The four of them were chatting happily and didn't notice a maid hurriedly flashing past the corner.

"Chatting? Humph, they still have the mind to chat at this time." After listening to the report from the maid in her palace, Concubine Shu put down her wine glass with a sneer.

Because he used too much force, the wine glass made a crisp cracking sound when it fell on the table, and the wine spilled all over the table.

"It seems that the heat is not yet enough." Looking at the wine dripping from her fingertips, Concubine Shu's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "Go tell Xie Qi to get ready. He will be the Ninth Princess's lover tonight."

Since things aren't intense enough, let's add fuel to the fire and make them nervous.

As night fell, Xiao Xianyu sat in front of the dressing table, letting the maids take off the ornaments on her head. She held a needle and thread in her hands, concentrating on embroidering a pair of mandarin ducks.

"Princess, it's very late, please take a rest. Continue embroidering tomorrow. The light is not good at night and it's not good for your eyes." The little maid who served Xiao Xianyu came over and advised her. Seeing that the princess still had no intention of stopping, she could only sigh and light the wick to make the room brighter.

The little maid murmured in her heart that the princess even forgot to eat dinner because of this embroidery, and she didn't know who it was for.

Just as she was thinking this, she did not notice a dark shadow approaching the window quietly, and a thin tube slowly extended into the house, releasing wisps of smoke.

Soon after, the maid felt her eyelids were unusually heavy and yawned loudly. She looked down and found that Xiao Xianyu also looked very tired and could hardly hold the needle and thread in her hand.

"Princess, it's time to go to sleep." As soon as she finished speaking, before she could support Xiao Xianyu, she fell to the ground with a plop and fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, Xiao Xianyu tried hard to support her heavy eyelids, but she felt a black screen in front of her eyes and then she lost consciousness, and the embroidery in her hands slipped off.

"Hey, Princess Nine, here I come." Xie Qi rubbed his hands, looked at the master and servant who were drugged, and couldn't wait to pick up Xiao Xianyu and walked towards the bed. The night wind whistled past, and the windows made a rumbling sound.

In the night sky, the moon was completely covered by dark clouds, and everything around was dark. The wind was howling, as if it wanted to penetrate every inch of the air.

"Princess, the wind is really strong tonight." Fudong said, closing the window tightly and bolting it, finally stopping the deafening noise.

The candle on the table was about to burn out, so she quickly replaced it with a new one.

Jiang Xue was wearing a coat, with her black hair falling like a waterfall. She was wearing a simple white dress underneath, which made her look particularly soft under the flickering candlelight.

"Princess, what are you reading?" Fu Dong moved the candle closer to illuminate the book in Jiang Xue's hand. She was reading intently.

"Is this the medicine book left by Miss Qu Xin?" Xiaochun glanced at the handwriting on the page and showed a surprised expression, "I didn't expect Miss Qu Xin would write such a book."

In their memories, Qu Xin was an extremely lazy person who would always lie down rather than sit. Xiaochun and Fudong were surprised that he could do such a strenuous task.

"If she wants to do it, there is nothing she can't do." Jiang Xue said with a smile, "The value of this medicine book is much more precious than many miscellaneous books on the market combined."

In order to help her master wake up as soon as possible, Jiang Xue specially found this book through Linglong Pavilion.

"Princess, it's late. Why don't you go to bed early and continue reading tomorrow?" Fu Dong suggested. The princess had been sitting there reading since dinner, and a long time had passed.

"Okay." Jiang Xue agreed, closed the book, lay down on the bed, and gently patted the space beside the bed: "Come, accompany me."

It had been a long time since Jiang Xue last spent time with the two maids, and she missed the time when they lived together as children.

"Princess, this is not appropriate." Fu Dong objected softly.

Xiaochun also stood there motionless, feeling a little embarrassed.

"There are only three of us here, why bother with formalities?" Jiang Xue smiled, sat up straight and stretched out her hands to them: "Come on, I missed you so much."

This warm and slightly playful invitation warms up the entire room.

A warm current surged in their hearts. They looked at each other and tacitly put aside all the rules. After smiling at each other, they walked to the bed together and lay down on both sides of Jiang Xue.

"Your Majesty..." When Xiao Zhan finished reviewing the memorials and came to Jiang Xue, he was stunned... There were already three sleeping women lying on the bed, snuggling together.

Tieyi and Qingfeng also stopped and turned their gazes towards their master.

"Let's go, let's go back and rest." Xiao Zhan said with a wry smile. Since the three of them had fallen asleep, it would be a bit cruel to wake them up at this time. So, Tieyi and Qingfeng reluctantly followed their master to another palace.

The next morning, Jiang Xue just opened her eyes and heard a noise coming from outside. This was the Queen Mother's Luanyi Palace, and the maids were well-trained and should not make such a noise.

She got up gently, being careful not to disturb her friend who was sleeping beside her. After putting on her clothes, she walked out of the room and asked, "What happened? Why is there so much noise?"

Logically speaking, the Queen Mother should still be sleeping at this moment. It seems that even she didn't notice the commotion.

"Princess Changle, it was the Ninth Princess... She jumped into the lake and committed suicide." A maid answered in panic.

"What did you say?" Jiang Xue was shocked and immediately ordered, "Take me to see it!"

Following the maid's instructions, Jiang Xue hurried to the scene. From a distance, she saw two guards rescuing Xiao Xianyu from the lake.

Jiang Xue quickened her pace and squatted down beside Xiao Xianyu.

Seeing her coming, the two guards stepped aside, visibly relieved. After all, in this situation, it would be more appropriate for a woman to help.

After confirming that Xiao Xianyu had inhaled a lot of water, Jiang Xue immediately took action, folding her hands on her chest to perform first aid.

Not long after, Xiao Xianyu vomited out the accumulated water and slowly regained consciousness.

"Ninth Princess, how do you feel?" Seeing her open her eyes, Jiang Xue leaned over and asked softly.

"Fourth sister-in-law..." Xiao Xianyu's voice was choked with sobs. Tears started flowing before he could even finish his words. He clutched Jiang Xue's sleeves tightly, tears silently sliding down his cheeks.