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

As night falls and the moon becomes bright as silver, the day of the flower banquet finally arrives.

Qu Xin accompanied Jiang Xue to the banquet. Although they arrived early, most of the concubines had already arrived.

In addition to the concubines in the palace, those invited to the flower banquet included Lu Linyi from the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and the ninth princess Xiao Xianyu who had just married the young marquis of the Xie family.

"Look, the Ninth Princess is here."

"How daring! If it were me, after experiencing something like that, I wouldn't even want to live anymore."

"After all, she is a princess. Even if she loses her innocence, there are still people willing to marry her."

As Xiao Xianyu entered the venue, the atmosphere around her became more subtle. The concubines were whispering to each other with disdainful looks.

Xiao Xianyu, who grew up in the palace, naturally understood the meaning behind these looks. Those sarcastic words pierced her heart like needles.

She lowered her head, trying her best to avoid those mocking looks. Her originally happy mood was completely ruined, and she could only hold back her tears.

"Ninth Princess, I'm sorry, this seat has already been arranged." When a concubine saw Xiao Xianyu wanted to sit next to her, she immediately asked her maid to block her in front of her. On the surface, she pretended to be very regretful, but in fact, her eyes were full of sarcasm.

The young marquis of the Xie family has a really unfortunate life. He has to marry such a wife just after he returns to his ancestral home.

If she were the daughter of an ordinary family, it would be fine, at most she would be ignored.

But the girl he wanted to marry was a princess. Who knew if the child was born in the future, would it be his?

"Yes, I heard that Princess Nine might really be pregnant."

These gossipy women talked openly in front of Xiao Xianyu, as if they were not afraid of getting into trouble.

Jiang Xue listened to the gossip and looked at Xiao Xianyu, her lips were bitten and bleeding.

"I wonder how the emperor would feel if he heard that a princess was criticized like this?"

Without waiting for Jiang Xue to speak, Qu Xin stood up to fight back on her behalf against those gossiping concubines.

"The Ninth Princess is of royal blood after all, and is the most beloved sister of the Emperor of Beiling. Some people love to gossip about others behind their backs even though they can't do anything about it."

"How dare you, a foreign woman, be so presumptuous? You really don't know any rules at all."

The one who spoke was Concubine Cheng, an old acquaintance who had entered the palace with Concubine Feng. She stared at Jiang Xue with anger in her eyes. She had been suppressed by Jiang Xue when she was in Prince Gong's Mansion. Now she was a noble concubine, while Jiang Xue was just a foreign princess without a title.

Today, she intends to avenge all the grievances she suffered in the past.

"This lady has such a strong temper, it's really frightening."

Qu Xin saw through Concubine Cheng's hostility towards Jiang Xue.

Alas, this woman really doesn't know how to live or die. She actually dares to provoke Jiang Xue.

"You are..." Jiang Xue didn't even raise her eyelids, but just waved to Xiao Xianyu to come over.

The face seemed familiar, but Jiang Xue couldn't remember where she had seen it.

After all, most of the people in the harem are strangers, and it is common not to know each other.

"You don't even know me?" Concubine Cheng was furious and felt that she was being greatly looked down upon.

"Are you special?" Jiang Xue pulled Xiao Xianyu to sit down, then glanced at Cheng Fei lightly.

This question made Qu Xin couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

The concubines around him also cast mocking glances when they heard this.

In this deep palace, every woman secretly competes with each other, but on the surface they have to maintain superficial harmony. When they see others being humiliated, they are always happy to watch, because it can give them a sense of victory.

Oh, this woman is really cruel.

She suddenly felt a little sympathy for Concubine Cheng.

"you!"

Concubine Cheng's face turned red and she was extremely angry.

This was clearly intended to embarrass her. Asking the question in front of so many people was meant to humiliate her.

"If you can't say it, it means it's not important. If it's not important, why should I waste my time on you?"

Jiang Xue removed her fingers from Xiao Xianyu's wrist, and she knew it in her mind: Xiao Xianyu was indeed pregnant, and it had not been long, probably not long after she got married. There was no doubt that the father of the child was Xie Linyuan.

"Don't be sad, think about the children."

She lowered her head to comfort Xiao Xianyu, who was sad because of the rumors, and then entrusted her to Lu Linyi.

"Cousin, please take care of the Ninth Princess."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of her."

As Xiao Xianyu's good friend, Lu Linyi will naturally do his best.

"Jiang Xue, you've gone too far. I'm the concubine appointed by the emperor himself. You're a nameless person, you should kneel down when you see me, but now you're talking back to me so rudely. I can have someone drag you out and punish you right now."

Because of the embarrassing scene just now, Concubine Cheng felt very embarrassed. In addition, Jiang Xue's attitude of ignoring her made her the object of ridicule by other concubines.

So she walked up to Jiang Xue angrily and accused her.

"Are you trying to compare status with mine?"

Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows and looked at Cheng Fei's aggressive appearance, and a familiar face emerged in her memory.

Isn't this the Madam Cheng from Prince Gong's Mansion? It's really ironic that after so many years, she is still so shallow and ignorant.

Feeling the powerful aura emanating from Jiang Xue, Cheng Fei involuntarily took a step back.

For some reason, whenever she looked into Jiang Xue's eyes, she would feel inexplicably frightened.

Even though the other person just sat there quietly and did nothing.

But now that the matter has been made clear, wouldn’t it be a joke if we just backed down like this?

No, she couldn't let this happen.

Mustering her courage, she took another step forward, clenching her fists as if to cheer herself up.

"How dare you talk to me about your identity?"

Her voice trembled slightly, revealing the uneasiness in her heart.

"It's only appropriate for me to say this."

Jiang Xue had no intention of getting entangled in these trivial matters, but someone was asking for trouble. She stood up, and her tall figure made Cheng Fei look particularly petite.

As she moved, an invisible pressure enveloped the entire place, causing Concubine Cheng to not dare to look directly at it.

Jiang Xue spoke slowly: "Mrs. Cheng seems to have forgotten that we discussed this at Prince Gong's Mansion. Since you have a bad memory, I might as well remind you again."

She leaned closer, and her cold breath made Concubine Cheng feel suffocated. "In terms of bloodline, you are aristocrat, and I am a royal family; in terms of status, I am higher than you; in terms of identity, I am a princess of a country, and you are just a floating duckweed in the harem.

If you don't believe it, we might as well try it now and see who will be sent to the Inner Court."

As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Cheng's legs became so weak that she almost fell down.

Jiang Xue motioned Xiaochun to hold her up, then chuckled and said, "What's wrong with Concubine Cheng? The Queen Mother is coming soon, it's not good to lose your composure like this."

At this time, the Queen Mother entered the room accompanied by Concubine Feng. Seeing this, she immediately asked what had happened.

Concubine Cheng hurriedly complained, claiming that she was just greeting but was threatened.

However, Qu Xin revealed the truth: "Princess Cheng's way of greeting is really special. Is this how all Beiling greetings start? If you hadn't said bad things about the Ninth Princess behind her back, why would Xiaoxue have paid any attention to you?"