Reborn, the daughter of the Marquisate went crazy

The eldest princess fell back onto the phoenix couch, shame, fear, anger, all kinds of emotions intertwined together, like a huge wave pressing down on her.

Her ears were buzzing, and she stared at Qing'er's opening and closing mouth, screaming, "How dare you, you rude slave, slander me! Come on, quickly drag this slut out and beat her to death!"

The guards outside the palace rushed in, ignoring Qing'er's pleading, and carried her out. Not long after, a heart-wrenching howl was heard from outside the palace.

After the initial panic, the eldest princess gradually calmed down. She hurried to the imperial study, ignoring the imperial guards' obstruction, and rushed in while shouting, "Your Majesty, I have been framed. Please..."

Wu Xianda rushed over upon hearing the noise. He blocked the Grand Princess' way with his sword drawn and said in a cold voice, "Your Highness, please wait! The Emperor is still furious and will not see anyone today. Your Highness's wedding is imminent and he is very busy. Please leave the palace as soon as possible!"

The eldest princess's expression turned cold. As the emperor's aunt, how could a mere leader of the imperial guards dare to speak to her like this in the past? But now that she had angered the emperor, she could only wait for him to calm down before trying to negotiate. There was definitely room for improvement.

Thinking of this, she glanced at the closed palace door, turned away with unwillingness in her eyes.

Half a cup of tea later, the Grand Princess's carriage slowly drove away from the palace. Inside the carriage, the Grand Princess closed her eyes tightly, her mind carefully recalling every detail of the banquet, trying to figure out who was framing her.

"Boom~"

Suddenly, there was a dull thud of something hitting the car wall, followed by a series of "bang bang" sounds from all directions, like a sudden hailstorm.

The eldest princess suddenly opened her eyes and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

The maid lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and took a look outside, and her pretty face turned pale with fright.

Upon seeing this, the Grand Princess suddenly drew back the curtains, revealing crowds of common people gathered outside the carriage, throwing stones and rotten vegetables at it with contempt on their faces, shouting words like "shameless" and "bringing shame to Dongling".

The Grand Princess hurriedly lowered the curtain, her heart pounding. How could what happened yesterday spread throughout Shengjing City today?

Immediately, resentment flashed in her eyes. These untouchables dared to humiliate her like this. Once she found out the truth and cleared her name, she would definitely torture them all to death!

She suppressed her anger and slapped the carriage wall hard. The driver understood, cracked his whip, and the carriage fled in panic, like a dog that had lost its home.

As soon as she returned to the mansion, the eldest princess was so angry that she smashed all the porcelain in the room. Before the maids could clean up the mess, several solemn-looking maids hurried into the room. The old steward of the mansion trotted in and reported in a panic, "Your Highness, these people claim to be the Shangyi maids sent by Your Majesty. I was unable to stop them. Please punish me, Your Highness!"

The Grand Princess glared coldly at the arrogant maids and sternly shouted, "How dare you! I haven't even heard that the Emperor is planning to send any Matron Shangyi. How dare you, by pretending to be ordered by the Emperor, seek death!"

The leading Nanny, Feng, bowed solemnly and said calmly, "Your Highness, you may not be aware that His Majesty specifically instructed the Imperial Household Department this morning to come to the Grand Princess's residence to teach Your Highness etiquette and assist her in successfully completing her wedding in ten days."

"Ten days?" The Grand Princess was shocked when she heard this: "Why so hasty?"

There was a flash of contempt in the eyes of Nanny Feng and the others, but they all had sullen faces and said nothing.

The eldest princess immediately understood that this was another move by the Emperor, but she was clearly being schemed against. Why did the Emperor retaliate against her in such a way instead of investigating the perpetrators?!

Her eyes were slightly stern, and she said in a cold voice, "I have been raised in the imperial palace since childhood, and I have already mastered the palace etiquette by heart. As for my marriage, the Ministry of Rites will take care of it. After my husband moves into the palace, I will control him and will not bring shame to the imperial family. Therefore, there is no need to trouble the maids with anything. Please return!"

Nanny Feng shook her head slightly and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, His Majesty has already instructed the Ministry of Rites that your wedding to Marquis Jing'an will not be a marriage between the Marquis and the princess. Instead, Your Highness will marry into the Marquis's mansion like any other woman."

She paused, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, "Your Highness must have never learned the etiquette of a normal woman's wedding, serving her mother-in-law, and managing household chores. We will do our best to teach Your Highness in the next few days!"

The eldest princess' pupils suddenly shrank, and her chest heaved violently with anger. The emperor was really furious that he came up with such a trick to torture her!

Nanny Feng pointed at the broken porcelain pieces scattered on the floor and said coldly, "Today, let's start from here. After marrying into the Marquis' Mansion, Your Highness will have a mother-in-law and husband above you, and children and a younger brother-in-law below you. For the sake of the royal family's reputation, Your Highness must strictly abide by the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, be chaste, virtuous, and gentle in speech..."

The eldest princess pushed Nanny Feng away and said sternly, "I will go to the Empress Dowager to seek justice..." After that, she walked out quickly.

Nanny Feng, however, looked at her back and said slowly, "Your Highness, to ensure a smooth wedding, His Majesty has sent the Imperial Guards to garrison the Grand Princess's residence!"

The eldest princess paused, turned around, glanced coldly at Nanny Feng, and turned to walk towards the mansion gate.

At the main gate of the Grand Princess's mansion, there were indeed several royal guards in armor standing on both sides with swords in hand. When they saw the Grand Princess about to step out of the mansion, they blocked her way with their swords drawn across their faces with an expressionless face.

The eldest princess's eyes were almost spitting fire, and she shouted sternly: "Come here, go and gather all the guards in the palace. I don't believe that you can't leave this door today!"

Nanny Feng approached slowly, sneering, "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that the Imperial Guards will report your actions to His Majesty?"

The old steward hurriedly advised, "Your Highness, calm down! As the saying goes, 'the arm cannot twist the thigh.' You have angered His Majesty like this. I'm afraid he will send more people. Your Highness, please be patient..."

The eldest princess' words were indeed spoken in anger. At this moment, she could only suppress her anger and turn back.

But she couldn't bear this bitterness. Thinking about it, she usually lived a secluded life and rarely made enemies. If she had to talk about enemies, who else could it be besides Jiang Muxue?!

That night, after Nanny Feng and the others had gone to bed, the Grand Princess summoned her confidants and gave them instructions. Since Jiang Muxue had caused her such a disgrace, she would definitely not let her off easily!

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Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

Xie Jingyuan held the hot imperial decree granting marriage in his hand, without any joy in his heart, only endless bitterness.

During the day, officials from the Ministry of Rites came to give instructions. The emperor had issued an order that although the preparations for this wedding were rushed, there could be no mistakes and the five rituals of accepting the marriage proposal, asking for the name, and accepting the marriage proposal must be completed within five days.

As for the betrothal gift, although it is an unbreakable rule in royal weddings, it is the eldest princess marrying into the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion after all, so the betrothal gift cannot be too shabby, at least not lower than the level of an ordinary noble lady.

Xie Jingyuan hesitated for a long time. Now that the income and expenditure of the Marquis' Mansion were offset, there was no extra money at all. Time was so tight that he had no choice but to use the money in the secret room.

He made up his mind and, without further hesitation, ordered Zhao Lu to lead a few servants to guard the courtyard. Then, carrying a palace lantern, he went straight to the rockery in the backyard of the study. He turned the stalagmite, and with a crisp "click", the bottom of the rockery slowly moved away, revealing a dark hole...