Adorably Cute Baby: Mommy's Going Against the Heavens

Xiao Huan stood up and nodded slightly, saying, "Royal Sister, what brings you here today?"

Xiao Chuhuang swept her phoenix eyes across Jiang Shuyue's pale face, her tone carrying a hint of concern: "I heard that Yue'er was injured in the competition, so I came here specifically to see her."

Jiang Shuyue coughed lightly, her face as pale as paper, and tried to prop herself up, struggling to get up and bow.

Seeing this, Xiao Chuhuang's phoenix eyes flashed with displeasure. She quickly walked to the bedside, gently pressed Jiang Shuyue's shoulder, and said with a hint of reproach and concern, "You're already injured like this, why are you still doing this? Lie down and rest!"

She paused, her tone softening further: "Didn't I say before? We're as close as sisters, we don't need those formalities, and we certainly don't need these empty formalities."

As she spoke, she carefully examined Jiang Shuyue's face again, a hint of worry showing between her brows: "You look so pale, are you seriously injured?"

She and Jiang Shuyue, one a phoenix reborn from the ashes and the other an elegant and noble blue luan, are both among the Five Phoenixes, like sisters connected by blood. Therefore, it is only natural and instinctive for her to protect and defend Jiang Shuyue.

She never expected that someone would dare to injure the person she was protecting right under her nose within the territory of Beiyuan. A surge of anger burned fiercely in her heart; this was blatant disregard for her, Xiao Chuhuang!

Jiang Shuyue's eyes reddened, and tears rolled down her cheeks, making her look pitiful. "Thank you for your concern, Princess. It's just that I am incompetent and have disgraced His Highness the Crown Prince."

Her delicate and frail appearance, like a dodder swaying in the wind, aroused the protective instincts of Xiao Huan and Xiao Chuhuang.

"You're just too kind!" Xiao Chuhuang looked at Jiang Shuyue reproachfully, her voice full of worry, and said, "You're injured like this, and you still say you're fine."

Seeing Jiang Shuyue's frail appearance, Xiao Chuhuang spoke sharply, with the unique majesty of royalty: "Shuyue, rest assured, I will not let the person who hurt you get away with it!"

Jiang Shuyue's eyes flickered as she quickly plotted how to push Shen Yunxi into an even deeper abyss. She lowered her gaze, concealing the coldness in her eyes, and spoke with a hint of grievance, as if she had suffered a great injustice: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but... in order to protect Shen Yunxi, the head of the Shen family actually fabricated the identity of a summoner and sealed a powerful soul beast in her soul weapon. I don't want Your Highness to take risks for me."

She paused slightly, her tone becoming even more somber, "Yunxi... she used to be my good sister, but now she's become so ruthless. I really can't imagine what she might do."

Xiao Chuhuang scoffed, "I am the dignified Lord of the Phoenix, why would I be afraid of a mere imposter? That old bastard Shen Shenxing is as stupid as a pig, actually treating trash like a treasure!"

"Waaah... I don't know what I did wrong..." Jiang Shuyue sobbed, tears streaming down her face, her shoulders trembling slightly. "My adoptive parents are the second master of the Shen family. They have always treated me like their own daughter. The head of the Shen family... he is also my grandfather..." She raised her head, her eyes blurry with tears, looking at Xiao Chuhuang with a look of grievance and confusion. "I don't know why he dislikes me so much, even... even goes so far as to slander me like this."

She sniffled, her voice becoming even more choked up, "Now there are rumors everywhere, saying... saying that my spirit isn't a blue phoenix at all, but a... a lowly black pheasant..."