The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Princess Ji Ling stood at the door with her back straight, and said solemnly, "First, regarding my personal conditions, I really feel that it is not appropriate to find a good man now. I am just a little princess who lives alone. Both my biological father and mother died of illness a long time ago. My personal conditions are not good in the Zhongyue royal family."

After a pause, he continued - "Secondly, our dynasty has just stabilized not long ago, and the safety of the country is the most important thing. My children's personal affairs are nothing at all."

"Uncle Ye has just put down the war in the Western Barbarians. Now he is injured again. Zhongyue may face a drought crisis. Other countries are also eyeing Zhongyue covetously. How dare Ji Ling be so selfish and consider his own personal feelings before the national disaster?"

She brought up the topic of a national crisis. Not to mention that she is an eldest princess, even the current emperor would not be able to force a marriage on her easily!

Princess Gaoyang was stunned by Princess Ji Ling's two explanations, and the words she wanted to continue persuading Princess Ji Ling were stuck in her throat.

Looking at Ji Ling's tough face again, this cousin was completely different from her in terms of personality and appearance.

Princess Gaoyang silently loosened her clenched fists. Just now, she wanted to pretend to be unwell and call Ji Ling to come to her side, and then see if she could take the opportunity to give Ji Ling some poison powder, so as to torment Ji Ling and make him suffer.

As for why they targeted Ji Ling?

First, she couldn't get any latest news about Yun Mujiu and Ye Wang from Ji Ling, and she wanted to know why the husband and the Cao family had changed their attitude towards her. Second, if Ji Ling got into trouble, she didn't believe Yun Mujiu would be able to sit still, and she would find a chance to meet Yun Mujiu.

Princess Ji Ling stood there with her eyebrows downcast, but she had already seen Gao Yang's expression change subtly with her peripheral vision. Mu Jiu had told her to be careful of Gao Yang when she came to the Princess's residence. After not meeting Gao Yang's expectations several times just now, Gao Yang should also want to attack her, right? Now she just had to leave the Princess's residence as soon as possible.

"Oh, never mind. You can handle it yourself, kid." Princess Gaoyang waved her hand, and two maids slowly helped her up and held her up to sit on the edge of the bed.

Changing the topic, he said sternly: "Ji Ling, you must have someone in your heart already!"

Princess Ji Ling smiled bitterly - "Sister Gao Yang, you are joking. I have been in the capital for many years and I only know a few people. How can I find someone I like in this circle?"

All she said was that there was no one in the capital that she was attracted to...

Princess Gaoyang agreed. Ji Ling had very little contact with the young men from the aristocratic families in the capital, let alone the possibility of developing feelings for each other.

She warned him seriously: "You are still young now, don't wait until you are older to consider marriage."

"Thank you Sister Gaoyang for your concern. I understand." Princess Ji Ling nodded slightly and gave a polite reply.

It was just a polite answer. Whether to do it or not, and how to do it, were all things she could decide on her own. Although Mu Jiu and Emperor Ye were together because they were suddenly granted marriage, they really liked each other. She didn't want to marry someone she didn't like and endure the waste of marriage.

Princess Gaoyang had her shoes and socks put on and sat down at the table.

Princess Ji Ling nodded slightly at her and was about to leave when she heard a voice outside the door.

"Princess, the medicine is ready."

Outside the door, a servant appeared carrying a steaming bowl of medicine.

Princess Gaoyang's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked Ji Ling whether she had brought the medicine she wanted.

Princess Ji Ling shook her head slightly, and Princess Gao Yang turned her face away, dissatisfied. Didn't she ask her to go to the herb shop to buy some medicine?

Princess Ji Ling's explanation was that it was not that she did not want to buy medicine for Gao Yang anymore, but that the medicine Gao Yang wanted was too expensive, and her monthly salary was limited, so she could not afford it. Moreover, Gao Yang wanted to buy only high-quality medicines, and the Herb Hall only supplied them in limited quantities.

Princess Gao Yang could not find any fault with Ji Ling's explanation, but she still said a few words to Princess Ji Ling in secret to express her dissatisfaction.

Princess Ji Ling felt even more wronged, and confronted Princess Gao Yang directly. She complained in her heart: I can buy it once or twice, but I can't always be the blood bag of the Princess's mansion.

Gao Yang was even more angry. The marriage was fine, but now she couldn't even let Ji Ling buy some nice things. She was really getting harder and harder to raise! She had already used her jewelry to maintain the expenses of the Princess's residence. Recently, she finally managed to get some money - and she wanted to catch Ji Ling to get some benefits. How could she not take advantage of Ji Ling for nothing!

While the two were arguing, they heard a servant outside the door come to announce: "The Prince Consort is here."

As soon as Prince Consort Cao showed up, the two sisters in the room stopped talking.

Princess Ji Ling was a polite person. She nodded to Prince Consort Cao and said, "Ji Ling greets her brother-in-law."

Prince Consort Cao, out of courtesy, only glanced at Princess Ji Ling who was looking down. "Yes." He also nodded: "Ji Ling, you are here."

Before coming to Gao Yang's bedroom, Prince Consort Cao heard the quarrel inside. He knew what Gao Yang was quarreling about without the servants explaining it to him.

He glanced calmly at Princess Gao Yang, who looked a little nervous, then looked back and nodded slightly at Princess Ji Ling: "Ji Ling, your sister has been ill recently, so it is inevitable that she has mood swings. Please forgive her and be considerate of her mistakes."

"No..." That's not the case. Princess Gaoyang wanted to open her mouth to refute, but was stopped by a warning look from Prince Consort Cao.

Princess Ji Ling directly responded to what Prince Consort Cao said: "Brother-in-law, you are too polite. Ji Ling doesn't mind." She was willing to give Prince Consort Cao a way out.

Prince Consort Cao saw the medicine brought by the servants from the corner of his eye, and said to Ji Ling, "Gao Yang asked you to help purchase supplies these days, but I didn't know about it. I'm sorry for your hard work."

To be honest, for the sake of avoiding suspicion, Princess Ji Ling rarely had contact with Prince Consort Cao. At most, she occasionally greeted Prince Consort Cao politely when she was with Princess Gao Yang. To say that Princess Ji Ling and Prince Consort Cao had spoken very little, it was very rare. At this time, Princess Ji Ling stood at the door, quietly listening to Prince Consort Cao's soft and polite voice outside the door.

Prince Consort Cao continued, "You don't have to mind your sister's angry words to you, and you don't have to buy anything for the Princess's mansion in the future."

Finally, he said firmly: "I will have someone sort out the items you bought and return the money you spent to your house."

Princess Ji Ling waved her hands and said, "Brother-in-law, you don't need the silver. Consider those things as my gifts to my sister." She turned around and looked at Princess Gao Yang with some grievance, tears in her eyes, "Sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that my salary is limited."

Princess Gaoyang was angry but helpless, and snorted coldly.

Prince Consort Cao smiled awkwardly, forced out a faint smile towards Ji Ling, and then instructed the two maids behind him: "Send Princess Ji Ling away."

Princess Ji Ling did not refuse. She glanced at Princess Gao Yang and left.

As soon as Princess Ji Ling left, Prince Consort Cao felt inexplicably sad and sighed inaudibly. He thought: Compared to the fierce and beautiful Gao Yang, Ji Ling's quiet character and gentle appearance are more like the little girl in his memory...