The Reborn Princess Has Turned Evil

Consort Chen was stunned at first, then felt a burning pain on her face. She covered her face in pain and looked at Jing Anle in disbelief, saying, "Princess?" She couldn't believe that she had been hit by a princess.

Consort Chen's maidservant was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and said, "Please calm down, Your Highness."

Jing Anle circled around the panicked Consort Lin, looking her over. She was rich and elegant, beautiful as she was, but too gaudy, and her eyes and brows carried a hint of meanness.

"Afang?" Jing Anle asked.

"Yes, Princess."

"Help Consort Lin up."

"Yes," Afang replied as she went to help Consort Lin.

Consort Lin, supported by Afang, got up and was helped to sit on a chair next to her. Her hand, which had just been stepped on, was now bruised.

Jing Anle walked straight to the head seat, picked up the teacup, and before even taking a sip, she could smell that the tea leaves were of inferior quality. She figured that without the emperor's favor, there was nothing of value to be found.

But she still took a sip and looked at Consort Chen, saying, "Consort Chen, you have quite the airs, actually throwing a tantrum in the palace of a concubine of equal rank."

Consort Chen's expression immediately changed, and her tone was somewhat indignant, "The affairs of the inner palace are originally decided by the Empress Dowager. Now that the Empress Dowager is not here and the Consort has been demoted, it is only my duty as her elder sister to educate Consort Lin. Why must the princess be so aggressive?"

No one else would dare to say such a thing, but Consort Chen was different. As the Empress Dowager's niece, she naturally felt different from the other consorts. Although the Empress Dowager was recuperating at Tanfo Temple and had not yet returned, her domineering nature had not diminished.

Empress Dowager? Jing Anle almost forgot that this Empress Dowager was not the current emperor's biological mother, but the late emperor's principal wife, who had no children in her lifetime.

In her previous life, after returning to the palace, this empress dowager became even more biased. Although neither Emperor Jing nor Prince Qing were her children, she favored Prince Qing, including Jing Rou, while she either criticized or ignored Jing Anle.

Jing Anle stood up, clapped her hands, and cheered, "Well said!"

Consort Chen was puzzled for a moment, but then Jing Anle continued, "I was wondering why Consort Chen was so domineering. It turns out it's because of the Empress Dowager's careful guidance!"

Consort Chen's face turned ugly, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost twisted into a pretzel as she argued, "You... Princess Anle, don't talk nonsense!"

"What? Did I say something wrong?" Jing Anle's expression immediately changed, turning cold. She looked around and pointed at the kneeling maid, saying, "You tell me, what happened?"

Upon hearing this, the maid slowly raised her head, her face streaked with tears. She glanced at Jing Anle, then at Consort Lin. Consort Lin nodded to her, signaling her to continue, while Consort Chen beside her looked flustered.

"Your Highness, Consort Chen said the tea was too hot and burned her tongue. She wanted to kill me immediately. My mistress pleaded for me, but Consort Chen made things difficult for me and even... made Consort Lin lick Consort Chen's shoes clean. She also slapped my mistress." The maidservant reported truthfully.

Consort Lin listened to the maid's words, her expression remained unchanged for a moment, but her eyes darkened slightly, which was not easily noticed.

Consort Chen couldn't bear the embarrassment and was about to hit the little maid, "You filthy hussy..." Before her hand could land, her wrist was tightly grabbed by Jing Anle.

"How dare you act so presumptuously!" Jing Anle shoved Chen Fei to the ground, where she fell heavily and bumped into the frame behind her.

Jing Anle walked towards Consort Chen step by step, her eyes seemingly capable of piercing to death. She raised a hand, and Consort Chen was so frightened that she kept backing away. "You, you don't come any closer..." Just as the slap was about to land on Consort Chen's face, Consort Chen closed her eyes in fear. For a long time, however, she did not experience the pain she had imagined.

Consort Chen slowly opened her eyes, but unexpectedly, a slap landed heavily on her face, and she immediately cried out in pain, "Ah!"

"These two slaps are for you." Jing Anle shook her aching hand and said, "They really hurt!"

The palace servants beside her lowered their heads, not daring to look. Consort Lin's mouth was slightly open, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't.

Looking at Jing Anle before her, Consort Chen felt that Jing Anle was not a lady of noble birth at all, but a madwoman, a complete and utter madwoman. She was so frightened that she began to speak incoherently, "You... The Empress Dowager will not let you go!"

What a fool! She still thinks the Empress Dowager will back her up. Jing Anle smiled slightly, touched the bracelet on her wrist, but her eyes held a deep chill. "I just don't know if you'll live to see the Empress Dowager!"

Upon hearing this, Consort Chen's eyes widened in fright. "You... what do you want to do?"

Jing Anle approached step by step, pinching Consort Chen's chin with her hand, her tone icy, "You're afraid of this? Have you forgotten who owns the Jing Kingdom? Do I, a legitimate princess, need a reason to kill a disrespectful person?" She looked Consort Chen up and down, and continued, "If you think that's not enough, I have other reasons, such as assassinating the princess?"

Consort Chen's body immediately went limp. She finally realized that she had offended someone she shouldn't have. So Consort Chen desperately grabbed Jing Anle's skirt and begged for mercy, "Please have mercy, Princess! I was blind and offended you. Please have mercy!"

Just moments ago, Consort Chen was stunningly beautiful, but now she was in a sorry state. Jing Anle looked at her and pursed his lips, thinking to himself, "How can she be so easily frightened?"

"Very well, very well!" Jing Anle said three times in a row. "I like people who know when to back down! If you want me to spare you, then go and kowtow to Consort Lin and admit your mistake!"

Consort Chen looked up in surprise, her eyes filled with resentment, but she had no other choice. She crawled over on her knees and grabbed Consort Lin's hand, saying, "It was my fault for being blind, please forgive me!"

Consort Lin was also taken aback. She looked at Consort Chen in front of her, then at Jing Anle, and said, "Since you want me to forgive you, you must agree to three conditions!"

"As long as my sister forgives me, I'll agree to anything!" Consort Chen couldn't care less about anything else now; saving her life was the most important thing.

"First, you and your people are never to set foot in Yunqing Palace again!"

"Secondly, do not interfere in anything within my palace!"

"Third, I haven't thought it through yet, but once I say it, you must follow through."

Jing Anle knew that Consort Lin was not someone who sought revenge, but rather someone who did not want to get entangled with Consort Chen. Therefore, she looked at Consort Lin with more approval.

“Okay, I promise my sister,” Chen Fei replied.

Consort Chen looked up at Jing Anle, her expectation evident in her eyes. Jing Anle flicked her sleeves and said softly, "I believe Your Majesty knows which words to say and which words not to say!"

“I know,” Consort Chen said, bowing her head.

"Fine, then get out!" Jing Anle said.

Consort Chen gripped her dress tightly, feeling embarrassed and angry but daring not to say anything. She could only bow her head and whisper, "Thank you, Princess." After saying that, she fled in panic with her maid.

Looking at Consort Chen's retreating figure, Jing Anle's eyes were filled with coldness. It wasn't that she dared not do anything to Consort Chen, but rather that she was calculating the days ahead, and the Empress Dowager was also returning. This person would be of great use in the future.