She is a mad villain and it is hard to tell whether she is good or evil

Shen Xiyan was a little flustered, and she became even more angry when she saw the maid kneeling on the ground.

"Get out of here now!"

"Thank you, miss. Thank you, miss."

The maid, whose body was covered with scars, endured the pain, gritted her teeth, and crawled out of the door.

Passing by the concubine, Concubine Zhang Yurou frowned slightly, and the nanny beside her sensibly helped the maid to retreat.

"Xiyan, what did I say?"

"Mother!"

Shen Xiyan threw herself directly into the arms of the concubine and showed her swollen cheeks to her.

Madam Ce sighed, stroked her forehead gently, and touched her daughter with heartache.

"Mother knows, but you shouldn't hit the person mother arranged. She is loyal to you."

"Mom, I just can't get enough of it."

"She is an orphan with no power or influence. Why should her bastard child ride on my head?"

"Okay, Xiyan."

"Remember what mother said, several princes have not yet chosen their concubines."

"Mother doesn't want your reputation to be affected in any way. You must prepare well for the Fifth Princess' banquet in a few days."

Shen Xiyan wanted to say something, but when she saw Zhang Yurou's expression, she took back her words.

"I know, why didn't mother tell me that Shen Ruo was back?" Shen Xiyan said dissatisfiedly.

Madam Ce applied some ointment with her fingertips and gently spread it on Shen Xiyan's cheek.

"Hiss~" Shen Xiyan cried out softly, her eyes full of hatred.

"Don't provoke her for now. Mother will avenge you."

"Thank you, mother."

At night, while Shenxiao was still in the study, the lady knocked on Shenxiao's door.

"General, Aunt Zhang wants to see you." The servant outside the door said loudly.

"Let her in."

The secret guard took away the papers on Shenxiao's desk and brought him a cup of tea.

"Greetings, General."

"Well, get up, what's going on?"

"General, I have cooked some ginseng soup. Please try it. You have worked hard these days."

As he spoke, he opened the food box next to him, took out the soup, and fed it to the divine owl personally.

Only then did Shenxiao notice Zhang Yurou's clothes. Because the study never had any servants, no one noticed Zhang Yurou's clothes.

She was wearing something extremely revealing, a light gauze dress with a cloak wrapped around her body, and a bright red peony bellyband could be seen.

She had just finished the ceremony and had taken off her cloak and put it aside. Her hair was now combed into flying buns with a bright red peony pinned on her head, surrounded by tassel hairpins. Her cheeks were rosy, making her as charming as a prostitute in a brothel.

It was as if Shenxiao had returned to the time when he first married her. He immediately took the soup from Zhang Yurou's hand and drank it all in one gulp.

Because of Shenxiao's urgency, some soup spilled on Zhang Yurou's fingers. Shenxiao licked her fingers stained with soup. Zhang Yurou looked at Shenxiao shyly.

This made Shenxiao even more itchy, but Zhang Yurou exercised her patience and gently asked Shenxiao to agree to one of her requests.

"General, can we let Yan'er and the eldest lady go to the Fifth Princess' banquet in a few days to broaden their horizons?"

"Ah."

The Divine Owl responded indifferently and roughly pulled Zhang Yurou's clothes.

"Thank you, General."

Zhang Yurou is the daughter of Censor Zhang, but she is also the child of a Jiangnan prostitute. Few people know about her life story.

She had learned all the skills of seducing from prostitutes. If she had not had the child to stabilize her footing, she would probably still be seducing the owl in this way.

He had no choice but to resort to this method today, hoping that his daughter would meet the Crown Prince or other princes at the banquet. However, he did not know that the Crown Prince and other princes did not go at all because of the Fourth Princess.

Because of Bai Zhaoyue, Zhang Yurou hasn't seen the Divine Owl for a long time and had to resort to this method.

Men are always the most obedient in bed. Looking at the man working hard on her, Zhang Yurou thought leisurely.

A few days later, the weather was fine, and the Fifth Princess Huangfu Le held a flower-viewing banquet at her residence, inviting the ladies and gentlemen of aristocratic families to attend.

Shen Xiyan was also among them. Originally, she was not qualified to participate, after all, she was just a concubine's daughter.

But she had a good relationship with the Fourth Princess, and her mother was the daughter of the Censor. Many connections allowed her to participate, and her mother shamelessly asked Shenxiao for help.

The illegitimate children of other noble families did not have the courage nor the qualifications to attend, after all, this was a banquet for the legitimate sons and daughters.

"Xiyan, you look really good in this moonlight fairy dress today."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I also prepared some small things for you."

Shen Xiyan took out an exquisite box and opened it, revealing a phoenix-tail gold hairpin inlaid with gorgeous gems.

This was something her mother specifically asked her to bring here as a gift to the Fourth Princess. It was a great bargain for her.

The noble ladies around were also full of envy. This was an item that the auction house had just put up for sale recently, and they didn't expect that Shen Xiyan would buy it.

The noble ladies complimented the Fourth Princess. Huangfu Anran had a proud look on his face and enjoyed the compliments very much. Huangfu Anran was surrounded like a star.

In the pavilion, a woman with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes and a majestic appearance was drinking tea alone, leaning on the railing, scattering bait in her hands and feeding the colorful koi in the water.

He looked calm, yawned, and threw the bait out of boredom.

"Princess Changning, if you keep feeding them, the fish will die of overeating."

The person who spoke was the little follower of the Fourth Princess Huangfu Anran. Originally, everyone was surrounding her and she was in a good mood.

It turned out that someone simply ignored her, gave the little follower a look, and went up to provoke Huangfu Youyou.

The woman, who had been calm, turned her head, rolled her eyes, and looked at several people with disgust.

"It's not your turn to tell me what to do."

"Changning, how can you talk like that?" Huangfu Anran said directly and arrogantly.

"Brainless."

Huangfu Youyou rolled her eyes, what a bunch of idiots. If her mother hadn’t insisted that she come, she wouldn’t have wanted to come.

"What did you say!?" Huangfu Anran yelled directly at Huangfu Youyou.

"She said you have no brains. Not only do you have no brains, you are also deaf."

Everyone was attracted by the sound in the distance, and saw a girl in elegant clothes walking slowly towards them.

"Princess Changning is really gentle. The dog is howling at the door of your house, why don't you beat it to death?"

The childish voice of God echoed in everyone's ears.

"You!" Huangfu Anran was furious but didn't dare to speak. She still remembered the day when she was taught a lesson by Shen Ruo, so her face turned red.

"Hahaha, I don't know which daughter speaks so interestingly?"

"The God of the National Guardian General's Mansion."

"Haha, it turns out to be you. I heard that you got rid of a dog a few days ago. I wanted to get to know you, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

As he spoke, he seemed to be enjoying the show, his eyes fixed on Huangfu Anran.

"My name is Huangfu Youyou, and my father is King Xiaoyao."

The two of them nodded as a greeting. Huangfu Anran looked at their friendly interaction and was so angry that he had to leave.

She and Huangfu Youyou don't get along well at all and they always fight whenever they meet.

Everyone enjoyed the flowers, drank wine, recited poems and wrote essays. The banquet was very pleasant.

By noon, most of the noble men and women from each family had arrived, and the banquet officially began.

The person sitting in the main seat was the fifth princess Huangfu Le, and today was the flower-viewing party organized by her.

The Fifth Princess is the daughter of the current imperial concubine and the emperor's fifth child.

The queen had two sons, one was the crown prince Huangfu Tiansheng, the second child, and the other was the fourth princess.

The imperial concubine and the queen have never gotten along, not to mention their children.

"Thank you all for coming to my flower-viewing banquet today. I would like to offer you a toast."

"Thank you princess."

"Fifth sister, you also know that it is an honor, but have you prepared anything good?" The fourth princess spoke at an inopportune time.

"Don't worry about that, Fourth Sister. I have naturally prepared a good start."

"Please feel free to treat it as your own home."

After he finished speaking, he didn't continue. Shen Ruo sipped his tea and looked at the people on the field with boredom.

They were all old acquaintances. What did she remember about her past life? She had forgotten, it had been so long, but it was probably not something very important.

The banquet was filled with clinking glasses and of course the whole thing was to appreciate the flowers. The Fifth Princess had several pots of brightly coloured flowers brought in and placed in the centre of the venue, and asked everyone to compose poems on the subject of flowers.

"The prize this time is a second-grade white jade hairpin that was bought by a Japanese princess a few days ago at the auction house."

"Your Highness is very generous."

"It's for this flower viewing banquet."

……

Shen Ruo was yawning out of boredom when she suddenly saw a pot of flowers that caught her attention. The blood-red flowers were gorgeous and had sharp thorns. How could there be such a flower here?

It seems that I have done too many things in this life, which caused things to go astray.

"Sister, it's your turn."

Shen Xiyan spoke to Shen Ruo in a gloating manner. The noble ladies around her looked over and stared at Shen Ruo. Shen Ruo frowned and came to her senses. She felt like a monkey.

"Have others agreed? You just let them write poems?" Princess Changning directly helped the dazed Shen Ruo out of the predicament.

"Besides, Shen Ruo is only six years old, and Shen Xiyan, you are a teenager, how can you be so embarrassed?"

Some of the noble ladies around laughed out loud. Many people looked down on Shen Xiyan's background.

A child born to a concubine is called a concubine to put it nicely, and a concubine to put it bluntly.

If the master is in a good mood, he will give her food; if he is in a bad mood, he will sell her directly. Only the Fourth Princess is stupid enough to play with her, and most of the noble ladies look down on her status.

Normally, he was close to the Fourth Princess and used her as a tool, so no one dared to say anything. They didn't dare to offend the Fourth Princess, but they did dare to offend her?

"Huangfu Youyou, shut up!"

"Didn't Xiyan also bring her sister with her?" the Fourth Princess said angrily.

"She? A concubine's daughter? Is she worthy?"

"you!!!"

"This princess just despises her. What? Do you have any objection?"

Seeing the strange looks from the noble ladies around her, the Fourth Princess felt humiliated and she threw the tea bowl without saying anything else.

Shen Xiyan also blushed because of the looks from the noble ladies around her. She cursed Shen Ruo in her heart but didn't dare to show it on her face.

"Oh? You like people performing talents so much?"

"I can't write poetry, but I do have some other talents. Do you want to see them?"

Shen Xiyan looked at Shen Ruo staring at her, and wondered what a six-year-old child could understand? Could he even ride a horse and shoot arrows?

He felt no shame at all for embarrassing a six-year-old child.

"Sister, what else can you do?"

Shen Xiyan asked hypocritically, as if she was an older sister who cared about her younger sister at home.

"Your Highness the Fifth Princess, would you mind lending me a set of bows and arrows?"

The Fifth Princess did not expect to be called upon suddenly, and she nodded hurriedly, signaling the maid to go down and get the bow and arrow.

The guard walked over to Shen Ruo with a tray. Shen Ruo raised his hand and held up the bow, which was almost taller than himself, and weighed it, then put it back into the tray with satisfaction. Everyone around stared at him curiously.

Shen Ruo picked up the fruit on the table, walked slowly to Shen Xiyan, and directly pulled Shen Xiyan's hair.

"Sister, what are you going to do?" Shen Xiyan was a little afraid of Shen Ruo. Now she was relying on the fact that they were in numbers and thought that Shen Ruo would not dare to do anything.

Shen Ruo stepped on the stool next to him, placed the fruit on Shen Xiyan's head, and directly pressed Shen Xiyan's acupoints.

Then he used his spiritual power to quickly retreat to a distance, picked up the bow and arrow and aimed at Shen Xiyan.

"My dear sister, please don't move. It would be bad if I hurt your little face because I'm not good enough in my skills."

As he spoke, an arrow shot towards Shen Xiyan with a "swoosh" sound and firmly pierced the fruit on Shen Xiyan's head, and the fruit had not fallen yet.

"Ah!" Shen Xiyan screamed in panic, fearing that Shen Ruo would hurt her face.

"Puchi..." Several ladies around laughed out loud.

"Why are you screaming? I didn't cum on your face." Princess Changning said with disgust.

Shen Ruo squeezed the hand of a rich lady next to him and pointed at her hairband.

The young lady hurriedly handed the headband to Shen Ruo, put it directly on her eyes, blindfolded herself, pulled out three arrows and shot directly at Shen Xiyan.

He shot several arrows in succession until the apple on Shen Xiyan's head turned into a "hedgehog" and then he stopped.

"Ah! Help!" Shen Xiyan closed her eyes tightly. She kept shouting for help when Shen Ruo shot the arrow.

"Good!" There were cheers all around. Shen Xiyan felt liquid flowing down her head and immediately shouted that it hurt.

"Hahahaha, where are you injured? Let me take a look."

"Princess, please don't look at it. She might be frightened to the point of peeing."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Amidst the constant laughter, Shen Xiyan knelt directly on the ground. After Shen Ruo shot the arrow, he considerately unblocked the acupoints for Shen Xiyan, but Shen Xiyan was too scared and closed her eyes and did not notice.

Shen Xiyan touched her forehead with her hand and found that the juice of the fruit was dripping down.

"Hahaha, look at her, she still doesn't believe it."

Everyone around was watching with gloating, as they had seen many disputes between legitimate and illegitimate children.

No one expected Shen Xiyan to target Shen Ruo so much. Some people immediately thought of their own sisters who were favored at home. Some people even brought their half-sisters and half-brothers with them, feeling even happier.

Some people even stared at where Shen Xiyan was sitting, as if Shen Xiyan had really peed.

Shen Xiyan was now filled with shame and anger, but she didn't have the strength to stand up. The Fifth Princess gave a signal and then the maid reluctantly helped Shen Xiyan down.

"Your Highness the Fifth Princess, can I take the first prize?"

Shen Ruo looked at the Fifth Princess with her sparkling eyes, and the Fifth Princess finally came to her senses.

Everyone around cheered and praised Shen Ruo. Seeing this, the Fifth Princess felt that everyone agreed. It was not just her problem, so it would not be hers to cause trouble.

"Of course you can. The daughter of the great general who guards the country is indeed worthy of her reputation. This princess admires her."

As she spoke, the maid handed the prize to Shen Ruo. Shen Ruo narrowed her eyes and took the white jade hairpin.

She turned around and gave the white jade hairpin to the woman next to her who had given her the hairband earlier.

"Fifth Princess Sister, I want to ask you for a prize."

"Oh? Is there anything else I can help you with?"

“That pot of flowers is nice.”

As he spoke, Shen Ruo pointed to the pot of gorgeous red flowers. Everyone looked in the direction he was looking, wondering why Shen Ruo wanted this pot of flowers.

"Princess sister, you don't mind giving it to me, right?" Shen Ruo said as he pulled the fifth princess's hand and shook it.

"Princess sister~"

Shen Ruo's coquettish voice was too much for the Fifth Princess to handle. She had no brothers or sisters.

The imperial concubine did not give her any biological sisters or brothers, which made her very uncomfortable.

The teenage girl's cheeks immediately blushed. Although all royal children were scheming, how scheming could a teenage girl be?

Accepting the flowers given by the fifth princess, Shen Ruo happily returned home in the carriage.

Two months later, good news swept through the General's Mansion.

"Brother, the general has great news!"

"explain."

"Hey, brother, don't you want to know?"

Shen Yu was so happy that he was incoherent, and the eldest brother general was shouting randomly.

Shenxiao put down the official business in his hands, took a sip of the tea beside him, and motioned for Shenyu to speak.

"My sister is pregnant."

"what?"

"Hahaha, you didn't know, right? I said it was good news, right?"

Shenxiao put down his official business and left the study quickly.

"Madam, you are more than two months pregnant." The female doctor took the pulse and stepped aside and said respectfully.

"Congratulations madam!"

The maids around knelt down to congratulate Bai Zhaoyue, and Bai Zhaoyue's face was also full of joy.

"Reward, reward one month's salary!"

"Thank you ma'am!"

There was joy on everyone's face; they were truly happy at this moment.

"Yue'er!"