The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Zheng Jin twirled the silk sash around her waist and interrupted him: "This is a matter between us sisters, so there's no need for Fifth Brother to worry about it."

The royal family members of this generation have a good relationship and have always addressed each other as sisters and brothers. Her coldness can be seen from the way she addresses them.

"My second sister is so generous."

“Although the royal family is not exactly wealthy, they have more than enough to support a princess,” Zheng Jin glanced at him and said seriously, “Besides, a wise man once said that my eldest sister is blessed with good fortune. If it weren’t for her, my father and mother would not have been able to find me.”

Zheng Xun's eyes were filled with a smile.

[What good fortune? It's clearly a lie made up by the second sister to keep the eldest sister from being gossiped about.]

Zheng Jiao's lips curled up, her eyes narrowed, and her smile was as warm as the sun.

The fifth prince, however, remained silent for a long time in the light screen.

What could he say after she said that?

He certainly didn't believe that Zheng Jiao and Zheng Jin were really close; he just thought Zheng Jin was putting on an act.

Zheng Jin looked at him suspiciously: "Could it be that you're holding a grudge because your older sister scolded you last time? She's just straightforward and doesn't mean any harm."

Zheng Jiao: You're wrong, that was blatantly malicious.

The Fifth Prince was speechless.

"Second sister, you should go back soon. It's not good to stay away from the banquet for too long."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Zheng Jin was not affected by his words and turned back to Taiping Palace without hesitation.

The Empress gave a meaningful look to Consort Duan, the birth mother of the Fifth Prince.

Consort Duan, dressed in simple attire, glanced back at her calmly.

"Consort Duan should not spend all her time in your little Buddhist hall. She should take care of and teach her own child."

Consort Duan didn't even raise an eyebrow, as if the Fifth Prince had nothing to do with her at all.

She lowered her eyelids slightly and said calmly, "You're already so old, anyone with a brain knows what they should and shouldn't do."

Queen:......

Consort Duan, her own mother, scolded her even more harshly than she had, practically pointing her finger at the Fifth Prince and calling him stupid.

She rubbed her forehead and threatened, "If you don't teach him a lesson, I'll demolish your little Buddhist shrine."

Consort Duan's eyes widened slowly: "Your Majesty the Empress!"

You don’t follow martial ethics!

The Empress smiled gently: "What does Consort Duan think?"

The Emperor: "Haha."

The Empress and Consort Duan both looked at him with resentful eyes.

The Emperor: "You may continue."

History has taught him that he shouldn't get involved in women's arguments, and that his laughter just now was purely a mistake.

After a brief standoff, Consort Duan finally relented: "Alright, I'll go back and have a good talk with him."

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Zheng Jin walked to the edge of a rockery, and suddenly the voices of two palace servants came from the other side of the rockery.

"Hey, why do you think the Third Princess, who is usually so quiet, suddenly caught the Emperor's eye?"

“She’s a princess now. People can’t resist wealth and status. We’ve served her for so many years, and look at her, she’s abandoned us as soon as she gets a chance to rise.”

"Tch, as if you've been doing everything you could for them."

The other person was clearly a little guilty: "That's not our fault. We palace servants need to live too. We can't be left without any income..."

"There's no point in talking about this now, but I bet the Third Princess isn't having an easy time either."

"How to say?"

"Think about it. She's a princess who didn't have a mother and was previously out of favor. Suddenly, she's caught the emperor's eye and even received a title and fief before the other two princesses. Do you think the eldest and second princesses would be satisfied with that? Do you think the empress would be happy?"

"That can't be, can it? It doesn't look like it."

"You think your dissatisfaction and resentment are written all over your face? Just you wait and see."

Zheng Xun listened with great interest as they spoke ill of him.

[This kind of provocation is more professional; the Fifth Prince's blatant attempt to sow discord was far too lame.]

The emperor and empress, who had been holding their breath and watching her reaction closely, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Jin's face on the screen was as black as the bottom of a pot.

She couldn't listen anymore, turned around, and went around the artificial hill.

The two gossipy palace servants froze upon seeing Zheng Xun, then, after a moment, knelt down tremblingly.

Seeing their trembling appearance, Zheng Jin didn't speak, but slowly walked closer to them.

When the silence was about to break the two palace maids, she finally spoke: "It seems that demoting you to lowly servants is not enough to make you realize your mistakes."

Her tone wasn't exactly harsh, but the two palace maids were already sweating profusely and could only awkwardly say, "We dare not."

Zheng Jin gave them a meaningful look: "I don't know where you got the courage to sow discord between your masters."

Although their conversation didn't seem to be orchestrated by someone, she still suspected that these words were deliberately spoken to her.

The suspect was, of course, the Fifth Prince.

Although this is a bit crude and foolish, it cannot be ruled out that he has mental problems.

She suddenly laughed: "Tell me, who's behind this?"

There really wasn't a mastermind behind it; they were just holding a grudge because they didn't get to benefit from my wealth.

However, could it be that my two elder sisters and the Empress truly harbor resentment towards me?

Zheng Xun wasn't being overly suspicious...

Well, she was indeed suspicious, but having seen so much of human nature, she knew very well that what the palace servant said wasn't impossible.

But thinking about how her older sisters had always protected her, she didn't even bother to check the gossip system before putting the idea out of her mind.

And Zheng Jiao and the Empress, upon hearing their innermost thoughts: !

Are they such petty people?

If others don't know where Zheng Xun's title and fief came from, how could they not know?

Dissatisfied? Are they dissatisfied with her knowing the past and the future? Dissatisfied with her miraculous abilities?

Moreover, she saved the Empress's life, preventing Zheng Jin and Zheng Jiao from becoming enemies, and Zheng Jiao's disastrous marriage was also aborted because of her...

It was even because of her that the Great Yong Dynasty had a chance to save itself from collapse, the Crown Prince did not die unjustly, and the Emperor did not die with his rule over the state.

The debt of gratitude they owe her is endless.

If they were to hold a grudge and feel resentful just because Zheng Xun received such a tiny, insignificant reward, they would probably wake up in the middle of the night and slap themselves, asking themselves why they were so heartless.

In the Dayong Dynasty, there was no one whom Zheng Xun was not good enough for, only those who were not worthy of her.

Zheng Jiao began to reflect.

Why does Zheng Xun have such a misunderstanding about her? Was it because the slap he gave Ding Kang today wasn't hard enough?

Zheng Jin ultimately failed to glean anything from the two palace servants.

But it doesn’t matter anymore.

She wouldn't allow someone with such ulterior motives and resentment towards Zheng Xun to live freely in the palace.

She took two steps back, left without saying a word, and turned to leave.

But the more this happened, the more uneasy the two palace maids became, and for a moment, they didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Xun turned off the live stream.

Hehe, my second sister loves me.

Zheng Jiao: I love you too!!!