Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Consort Yu ignored Consort Rui.

Consort Rui, still unwilling to give up, said, "My mother has been in the palace for so many years. If you are deliberately trying to deceive her, she will never forgive you!"

Consort Yu then turned her head and gave her a nonchalant glance: "Why won't Consort Rui believe the truth?"

"The truth is, Chu Yueli is just using tricks to exonerate you!" Consort Rui snorted coldly, looking at the figure sitting with the Empress Dowager on the jade carriage in the distance ahead.

Now that they are so far away, the Empress Dowager and her people naturally cannot hear what they are saying.

The Empress walked behind the Empress Dowager's carriage, some distance away from them, and thus could not hear them.

As for the others, Consort Rui didn't care about them at all.

Consort Yu still ignored her, not even bothering to glance at her.

Consort Rui didn't really know what was wrong with her today; it was probably those slaps that had completely made her irritable.

The more Yu Fei ignored her, the more upset she became.

She almost reached out and grabbed Yu Fei's hand: "You taught her that, didn't you?"

Consort Yu finally glanced at her again and smiled, "My Ali is so intelligent, why would I need to teach him anything? But you, where is your Princess Jin? Why is she still nowhere to be seen?"

"By the way, you should be glad that your Princess Jin doesn't meet the Empress Dowager's approval. Otherwise, if the Empress Dowager remembered her now that she hasn't appeared, do you think she wouldn't be angry and disappointed?"

A few words were enough to completely remind Consort Rui of her situation.

Suddenly, she lost interest in arguing with Consort Yu.

Regardless, Chu Yueli not only stayed by Yufei's side the whole time, but also offered advice and protection to Yufei. What about her daughter-in-law?

Consort Yu has left.

Consort Rui stopped.

The concubines behind were at a loss for what to do. Should they follow Consort Yu or wait for Consort Rui to go first?

"Your Highness, it's time to go," the nanny reminded her.

Reluctantly, Consort Rui continued walking, still very annoyed: "Hurry and send someone to see what Qin Mingyue is doing? She hasn't arrived yet. Is she trying to drag me down?"

Other people's daughters-in-law are a help, but hers is a burden. It's infuriating to compare people like that!

"We've already sent people to urge her twice, but Princess Mingyue isn't at the Prince's residence, and we don't know where she's gone," said Granny Xiu anxiously.

Looking ahead, Princess Mo and the Empress Dowager are sitting together, while Princess Rong and Princess Ning are each accompanying their mothers. Of the five married princes, only Princess Jin is not present.

The Empress Dowager's mind wasn't on these younger generation members. At first, she was drawn to the argument between Consort Yu and Consort Rui, but afterwards she kept her eyes fixed on Chu Yueli.

The Empress Dowager hadn't even realized what was happening yet.

When we go to Chang Le Palace later, if we don't see Princess Jin, we'll have to ask.

The Empress Dowager was naturally angry when she couldn't get a clear answer.

"Hurry up and send people to search again! That brat, if she embarrasses me again today, I will not let her off!" Consort Rui snorted, then quickened her pace and hurried to catch up with the group.

...At this moment, Qin Mingyue was neither in the palace nor in the royal residence; she was already waiting in the suburbs.

"Master, Prince Jin is still in the palace and doesn't seem to be taking any special action," the informant reported back.

Qin Mingyue was somewhat confused.

Lu Fengjin left early this morning, and she had already inquired about it; he hadn't gone to the palace.

But why did news later come that Prince Jin had been in the palace all along?

Where is Lu Fengjin right now? Is the news from the palace true or false?