Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yunxiu whispered in Su Qing's ear, "Feed the assassin a poison and have her steal something from Jingming Palace. Move it from the Fifth Prince's room to the Third Princess' room."

Yunxiu handed Su Qing a piece of cloth. The thing painted on the cloth was her target.

Yunxiu thought for a moment, "If she fails, then we'll get rid of her and then use the secret agents in the palace."

Su Qing asked tentatively, "Master, if the assassin returns after completing the task?"

"Let's get rid of it." Yunxiu said these two words calmly, without changing her expression at all.

Yunxiu had a kind and compassionate face. When she spoke about the assassin's handling, her expression was still full of compassion: "Death is the end of the debt. Her family doesn't need to pursue the matter anymore."

Yunxiu tapped her palm with the cinnabar token and thought to herself, that assassin relies on his skills to take on missions from the palace. Isn't he afraid that he'll earn his life but not spend it?

Did he want to make a fortune and spend it on his husband and daughter? He was alone, ready to face the consequences. Su Qing hadn't found the assassin's family yet.

Never mind, I won't look for it. What a waste of manpower.

Yunxiu was playing with the cinnabar token. This token was found by Su Qing from the assassin, and it would be of great use to her.

The palace was heavily guarded, with pass tokens reserved for only one person. The vendor holding this pass specialized in selling small toys and aphrodisiacs.

The peddler was most likely dead. Yunxiu asked Su Qing to follow this clue to find the peddler's body, and then lead the authorities to investigate, preferably to implicate Zhang Guishi.

The peddler died in such an unclear manner. How could a vendor have the opportunity to make enemies with a nobleman? Even if the government could not find anything, it would still make Zhang Guishi get into trouble.

Yunxiu and Su Qing made their plans and finally left the study to rest in Zhongxiu Courtyard. Zhong Yi did not stay up with her and Su Qing and had already gone to bed.

After washing up, Yunxiu lay on the couch, thinking about what would happen tomorrow. She was even a little excited, thinking that there would be a good show to watch.

The afternoon of the second day

After finishing his shift at the palace wall guards and enjoying a few drinks with his colleagues, Yun Ji, exhausted and slightly tipsy, returned to Jingming Palace. It was already sunset. The setting sun cast a slanting afterglow across Yun Ji's tall figure, casting a long shadow across the ground.

Yun Ji walked into the inner room, drew out her sword, and wiped it with water. This was the first thing she did when she came back every day.

After Yun Ji finished wiping his sword, he suddenly caught sight of the purple crystal silver butterfly hairpin placed on the table.

A feeling of drunkenness rushed to her heart. This was the favorite hairpin of the fifth prince Yun Jue. She often saw him wearing it on his head, like a butterfly flapping its wings about to fly.

Did he leave this here with her on purpose?

Yun Ji was overjoyed to receive the hairpin as a token of their love. She held it against her chest and muttered to herself, "Did Yun Jue finally accept me?"

Yun Ji walked away, rushed into the room across the wall, and pulled the person he had been thinking about day and night into his arms.

Yunxiu ruthlessly cut off the system's live broadcast, "Alright, can you please stop gossiping? If the next one is not allowed to be broadcast, I don't want to watch it either."

The system is crying. What is it like to have a host who doesn’t like to eat melons?

There are only four words: I want to cry but I have no tears. Not letting it eat melons is like killing its work enthusiasm, woo woo woo.

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that night

Noble attendant Zhang brought the fifth prince to His Majesty and cried, "Girls and boys should not sit together for three years. Please allow the third princess to leave the palace and establish her own residence."

The fifth prince also cried, "Your Highness was just drunk and treated me as a palace servant. He didn't really do anything wrong. I beg the Queen Mother to have mercy..."

Queen Yunse said it was ridiculous, but she handled it with caution. The result was that the fifth prince was taken to Jingzhi Palace, the residence of Zhang Guishi.

The best way to divide Zhang Guishi and Yun Ji is to start with the fifth prince.

The last time I ran into them in the palace, it was obvious that the Third Princess and the Fifth Prince, brother and sister, were too intimate with each other and it was inappropriate.

Yun Ji looked at Yun Jue with eyes that were not those of a brother, but of a man, so fiery that it seemed as if he wanted to tear him apart and eat him up.

Yun Ji may look at everyone this way, and she can get ordinary men. On the contrary, because they grew up together as siblings, she cannot get the grass in her own yard.

She is always restless because of what she cannot get. And they live in the same palace together, seeing each other all the time. It would be strange if a dissolute woman like Yun Ji could hold back.

Add some more ingredients to the incense burning in the room, and it will catch fire in no time.

Then, she would reap the benefits. After this incident, Zhang Guishi would probably never cover up Yun Ji's ridiculous deeds again.

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Rumors were spreading throughout the eldest princess's mansion.

Outside the Yubi Courtyard, a male servant carrying a tea tray was chatting with someone in the garden. "Those scholars are doing nothing in the mansion, feeding over ten mouths every day. Your Highness has long disliked them."

Another waiter, who was cutting flowers with scissors, said, "Exactly. We should drive them all away. They're a bunch of termites."

Word of Yunxiu's intention to dismiss the scholars spread rapidly among the servants.

As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Rumors sometimes represent part of the truth.

After two days of spreading the word, and seeing its effect, Yunxiu went to the scholars' residence. The scholars lived in the Yubi Courtyard, farthest from the main gate, where bamboo was particularly abundant. It's better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo, so Yunxiu gave this elegant place to those pretentious people.

The scholars living in the Ubisoft Courtyard either recite Mao's poems or read parallel prose, and they are always busy every day, which is really disturbing to the neighbors.

"The Highness has come down."

"You have all been here with me for a year. You have been away from home for this year. I allow you to go back to visit your relatives." Yunxiu said with a dignified smile. The princess's benevolent personality could not be broken.

The thorny man said, "Your Highness, why don't you just say it frankly? You actually want to drive us away, right?"

"That's wrong. The sky is high enough for birds to fly, the sea is wide enough for fish to jump, and I was born with talent that will be useful. You all have great talents. If you leave this corner of the backyard, you will see a wider world. I can't delay you all." Yunxiu said sincerely.

Yunxiu's every word and action is impeccable, and she nails her character perfectly. To deal with those who talk about morality and justice, you have to stand on a higher moral high ground and leave them speechless.

Everyone was talking in a low voice.

Yun Xiu extended the time limit and said, "Everyone has half a month. If you have a new place to go, just leave a letter with the housekeeper. If you really have nowhere to go, you can stay in the mansion and become a servant."

The leading troublemaker shouted, "Your Highness, how dare you humiliate a scholar like this!"

"Do you think I've humiliated you? Su Qing, throw him out of the house."

Su Qing grabbed the scholar who led the trouble by the collar like a chicken and threw him out of the door. All the scholars were frightened and kept silent.

Yunxiu looked at him with disdain, "This is called humiliation. You have half a month to think about it slowly."

Yunxiu got up and walked away, earning the admiring look of her fangirl Su Qing. The lord was mighty.

After solving the big problem of the retainers and scholars, Yunxiu finally relaxed.

What will these useless scholars do when they are at their wit's end?

Yunxiu was actually looking forward to it.