When Ji Wanrong confirmed that Mo Jiecheng had left the palace, he hurried out and asked Jian Qing to rent a carriage temporarily outside the palace and go to the eldest princess's palace.
But before Ji Wanrong walked out of the door, he was stopped.
The person who came to stop him had not seen Gu Mingyue for a long time.
"Who let her and the little maid beside her out?"
"Come here! Stop Ji Wanrong quickly and bring in that unruly little maid outside!"
Gu Mingyue put her hands on her hips and spoke in a high-spirited manner, while directing people to stop Ji Wanrong.
After hearing this, Siqin guarded Ji Wanrong very vigilantly.
Gu Mingyue was in good spirits at the moment, looking round and round, obviously having a good life recently.
Ji Wanrong's complexion was sallow, his eyes were dim, and he was skinny, which formed a sharp contrast with Gu Mingyue.
At this moment, Gu Mingyue looked like the mistress of the palace who was in charge, and this seemed to be the case.
When Ji Wanrong thought of this, she suddenly realized what kind of life she had been living in the past. She smiled sarcastically.
Gu Mingyue looked at the faint sarcasm on Ji Wanrong's face, thinking it was Ji Wanrong's contemptuous smile at her, and she felt even more excited.
He stretched out his red nails dyed with kodan, then ordered people to throw Jian Qing heavily to Ji Wanrong's side, and ordered people to surround Ji Wanrong heavily.
The posture was like that of a royal family dealing with a concubine, but the servants obeyed Gu Mingyue's instructions without hesitation, and seemed to have no concerns about Ji Wanrong's identity.
Ji Wanrong's face suddenly darkened.
She hurriedly knelt down and carefully helped Jian Qing up.
He protected her behind him again, and then spoke to Gu Mingyue and the servants around him with a cold face.
"You are just a steward of the palace, and you are just a servant in your turn. What qualifications do you have to dictate my travel? How dare you push down my maid?"
Jian Qing grabbed Ji Wanrong's sleeve tightly, shook his head at her anxiously, and whispered that he was fine.
But Ji Wanrong's cold aura did not dissipate.
She said this to Gu Mingyue, and also to the servants surrounding her.
Today, she must go out.
But when Gu Mingyue heard this, she smiled very proudly.
"My power? My qualifications? Of course it was given by the prince! How can it be compared with you, an unloved person?"
"It was the prince who gave me the power of housekeeping. Of course, it was the prince who specifically asked me to ground you! I didn't expect you to be so restless after falling out of favor. Why do you want to sneak out?"
Gu Mingyue said, her breasts rising and arrogant, like a victorious little rooster.
She was extremely proud in her heart. The prince had grounded this bitch, and this incident happened again today. The prince would never give this bitch a good look again.
Even if Ji Wanrong is the princess, so what?
Aren't you going to have to look at her face from now on and let her flatten or round you? Even if she was in a bad mood and deprived Chu Yunyuan of food and charcoal for the winter, she still had it!
Although she was not at the scene yesterday, she heard that when the prince brought her back, his expression was so cold that it was almost murderous.
Ji Wanrong must have committed some unforgivable crime.
She, the princess, needs to be replaced by someone else!
When Ji Wanrong heard that it was Mo Jiecheng's intention, the expression on his face did not change. Instead, he lowered his head and looked around slowly, and then spoke slowly.
"Whether the princess has fallen out of favor or not, her behavior is not something that a servant can comment on. If you are right, why not let us go to the Queen Mother to judge. Let's see who is more wrong, you or me?"
Gu Mingyue burst into laughter.
"You no longer have the support of your mother-in-law, and your brother is just a cripple. Your status is low, you have fallen out of favor, and you can't even get out of the gate of Prince Han's Mansion! You actually want to show off the princess's genealogy in front of the Queen Mother?"
"Are you very favored then?"
Ji Wanrong was not angry either. He stared at her and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
Gu Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily: "Of course I am favored! I am the one who has the power of housekeeping! Even in the palace, those who have the power of housekeeping are the principal wives!"
When Ji Wanrong heard this, the smile on his face slowly widened, and even Jian Qing burst into laughter.
"Then you should become the princess first and then talk about it - oh, that's right. Even if Mo Jiecheng and I reconcile, you won't be the princess, at most you will be a concubine."
"I still hope you can work hard and put your efforts in the right place. Don't stick your eyes on me and live in the palace with an unjust name and be a female official."
Ji Wanrong spoke from the bottom of her heart, and she felt that her words were very sincere.
Because if Gu Mingyue had worked hard towards Mo Jie City, her current situation would not be as difficult as it is now.
But when Gu Mingyue heard Ji Wanrong's words, her nostrils huffed and her face turned green with anger.
"You have fallen out of favor. You can't rely on your mother's family or the prince, so you said such words! You are as helpless as a duckweed on your own, so you want to work hard on your own. Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, others will not Choose you!"
Ji Wanrong's smile froze slightly as he listened.
She slowly lowered her eyes, and after a long time, she said softly: "What you rely on others is not yours after all, and will eventually be taken away from you."
“Instead of loving others, it’s better to love yourself.”
Gu Mingyue couldn't listen to Ji Wanrong's words. She crossed her arms and shrugged: "Then you must have status, support, and favor before you can be deprived of it! If you have nothing..."
Before Gu Mingyue could speak, she was interrupted by the sound of sharp footsteps.
"Princess Han! Where is Princess Han! Yo, yo, there are so many people standing here, it makes it easy for me to find you!"
This high-pitched voice was followed by a burst of hasty footsteps, which sounded like a lot of people were coming.
Ji Wanrong felt that the voice sounded familiar.
She looked up, and sure enough, she saw a familiar face.
It was Eunuch Gao who was beside the emperor.
Not only Eunuch Gao, but also many little eunuchs were accompanying Eunuch Gao. The little eunuchs were carrying heavy mahogany boxes. It was so heavy that they didn’t know what they contained.
Eunuch Gao, on the other hand, was beaming with joy and holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand. He looked like something good was about to happen.
"Come on, come on, everyone from Prince Han's Mansion should wait at the door. We have something good to announce!"
Ji Wanrong felt the look in Eunuch Gao's eyes and finally came to her senses, but Gu Mingyue suddenly became happy.
Could it be that she has received an imperial edict to confer the title of concubine? Are these heavy red boxes the dowry given to her by the Queen?
Gu Mingyue's whole body was lifted up, she hurriedly smiled and walked towards Eunuch Gao.
"A good thing, of course it's a good thing!"
"But now I am the steward of the palace, and this princess did something wrong and was banned by the prince. Eunuch Gao, there is no need for irrelevant people like her to go there, right?"
Gu Mingyue was very happy, and in order to show off, her voice was very loud.
The maids and servants around him hurriedly crowded to Gu Mingyue's side and said congratulations.
But Eunuch Gao looked at her strangely, his old face wrinkled into a plum blossom.
