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Chapter 378 Suddenly Becomes Bait
When Xie Ying woke up, she stretched comfortably.
Just thinking about the hustle and bustle in the palace last night made her feel happy.
However, Queen Mother Zhao was too easily frightened. She fainted after just such a small incident.
She definitely didn't mean it!
It's all Emperor Taihe's fault. Why did he confine Princess Anle to Queen Dowager Zhao's Renshou Palace when there were so many other places to do so? Didn't he cause trouble for Queen Dowager Zhao?
Knowing that Princess Anle behaved promiscuously, he actually confined her to Queen Dowager Zhao's palace. It seemed that the lesson she received before was not enough. This person did not believe what she said at all and only treated Princess Anle as an ordinary woman.
Xie Ying curled her lips in disgust, and thinking of the shock Emperor Taihe had suffered last night, she couldn't help but feel a little gloating.
After last night's lesson, Emperor Taihe will surely not be naive anymore.
She guessed correctly. Emperor Taihe no longer dared to be naive at this time.
He didn't even dare to keep Princess Anle in the palace. As soon as the sun rose, he had her sent back to Prince Zhou's Palace in the capital.
This sudden and bold move made Xie Ying couldn't help but admire him.
Especially, when she learned from Xiao Miao what happened in the palace last night, she admired Concubine Jiang even more!
Because Emperor Taihe had not originally thought of sending Princess Anle out of the palace, he wanted to find another secluded palace to house her.
It was Concubine Jiang who persuaded Emperor Taihe to change his mind and let Princess Anle return to Prince Zhou's Palace to recuperate.
Xie Ying suspected that Concubine Jiang was fishing.
Although the Zhou Palace is located in the capital, most of the people in the palace are the Zhou King's people.
Especially the guards brought by Princess Anle and the remaining maids, all stayed in Prince Zhou's Mansion.
Letting her return to Prince Zhou’s Palace to recuperate now would be like letting a tiger return to the mountains.
However, the mountain at the Zhou Palace in the capital city was obviously not deep enough to hide a tiger.
If Princess Anle wanted to do something out of anger after returning to Prince Zhou's Mansion, she would have played into Concubine Jiang's hands and would have been giving her an opportunity to use force against her.
Previously, Princess Anle was confined to the palace, and her guards returned to Prince Zhou's Mansion, which had already been targeted by the Black Kirin Guards.
Now, there are probably more Black Qilin Guards keeping an eye on Prince Zhou’s Palace.
Xie Ying shook her head and asked Xiangxiang to sneak over secretly to investigate the situation around Prince Zhou's Mansion.
After confirming that there were indeed many secret sentries hidden in that place, she laughed sarcastically again.
Yesterday, she took advantage of her young age and took an extra piece of land as a bonus, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Now it seems that she shouldn't be polite to the royal family.
Look, it hasn't been long and they've been used as bait.
As soon as Princess Anle arrived in the capital, she stopped her father in the street and forced him to get married. It was obvious that she was targeting them.
Now that Princess Anle has suffered a great loss in the palace and lost so much face, how could she do nothing when she returns to Prince Zhou's Mansion with her own people?
If Princess Anle wanted to vent her dissatisfaction, the most likely target of revenge would be their Xie family.
It was because of this that Concubine Jiang thought of this that she deliberately released the person.
Xie Ying's smile was cold. As expected, one shouldn't treat others as fools. Especially those who play politics, each one is more ruthless than the other.
They may smile at you warmly one second, and use you as bait the next.
In this way, she no longer needs to be polite to the other party, and everyone can rely on their own abilities.
Concubine Jiang has the Black Kirin Guards to keep an eye on Princess Anle for her, but she has Xiangxiang and Xiaomiao, who are more useful than the Black Kirin Guards.
Xie Ying directly monitored Princess Anle's every move through Xiao Miao.
Princess Anle woke up soon after being sent back to Prince Zhou's Mansion.
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered what happened last night and screamed loudly: "Mirror! Bring me a mirror!"
A maid carefully brought a mirror, and deliberately brought a bronze mirror.
Unexpectedly, when Princess Anle looked in the bronze mirror, her expression changed drastically: "What are you doing with this? Are you deliberately trying to fool me? Hurry up and get a glass mirror!"
At the end of her words, she suddenly grabbed the bronze mirror and smashed it hard on the maid.
The maid didn't dare to hide, and was hit on the shoulder by her. She instinctively shrank in pain, then quickly picked up the bronze mirror that had fallen to the ground and ran to get the glass mirror.
Princess Anle's glass mirror is very luxurious. The frame is made of gold and inlaid with pearls and gems. The shape is exquisite and gorgeous.
But when she snatched the mirror and saw her swollen and deformed face, she got so angry that she smashed the mirror again.
Glass mirrors are not as resistant to falling as copper mirrors. When they fell, they immediately made a crisp sound, and the originally transparent lenses were instantly covered with spider-web-like cracks.
The maid's face turned pale with fear: "Princess...Princess...Mirror...Mirror..."
"Shut up!" Princess Anle naturally saw this scene. She stared at the cracks, her heart growing increasingly angry, but she said, "It's just a mirror. If it breaks, it breaks. What's the big deal? Can't this princess break a mirror?"
Then, she thought of her swollen face and asked hurriedly, "Is this the palace? When did I come back? Did anyone in the palace say anything?"
The maid didn't dare to look at her face, for fear of angering her and bringing disaster upon herself.
She replied cautiously, "The person who brought the princess back from the palace said that the incense she used attracted poisonous snakes and wasps, which bit her.
So, in order for the princess to recover properly, we specially sent her back to the palace to recuperate, and Cuiwei and Cuiyan were also sent back."
Princess Anle was shocked when she heard this: "Cuiwei and Cuiyan are back too? Where are they?"
The maid quickly said, "They were also stung by wasps and are now recuperating in the house."
Princess Anle was so angry that she sneered repeatedly: "Recuperate? This princess is injured, and these two slaves don't serve this princess well, but are busy recuperating themselves? Send them over here immediately and tell them that this princess wants to see them!"
The maid didn't dare to object and quickly ran to call for help.
Not long after, Cuiwei and Cuiyan were brought over.
Both of them were stung by wasps, but their injuries were obviously not as serious as Princess Anle's. Their faces were only slightly red and swollen.
Princess Anle was already filled with anger, and when she saw that their injuries were minor, the rage in her heart immediately flared up!
She sneered, "You're lucky you only suffered minor injuries."
The two men were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground: "Please spare our lives, Princess!"
"Spare my life?" Princess Anle scoffed and snorted, then suddenly shouted angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to frame me? Do you think I'm the kind of person who takes human life lightly and kills slaves at will?"
The two of them became increasingly terrified, their bodies trembling. "We dare not! The princess has always been kind, how could she be such a person?"
Princess Anle finally smiled with satisfaction. "That's true. I've always been kind. Do you see the mirror on the ground? Eat the pieces, and I'll forgive you. How do you think?"