Chapter 1393: Like Wolves and Tigers
Once everything was prepared, the mistress and servant duo had just stepped out of the main entrance when they saw the Princess Consort, flanked by more than ten maids, storming toward them with a fierce demeanor.
Xuexue was quite surprised, "Wasn't she confined to her courtyard, forbidden from leaving? How did she get out?"
Zi Xia scoffed, "Isn't it because she successfully seduced the Prince, thus earning a special pardon?"
Finally, she looked at Xuexue with an expression of bitter disappointment, "Look at you, I dressed you up so beautifully earlier, but you just wouldn't cooperate. Now you regret it, don't you?"
"Regret what?"
"You...!" Zi Xia nearly fainted with rage, "Miss, how can you not be ambitious at all? Dress up a little prettier so you can snatch the Prince away from the Princess Consort! Only then will we have a foothold in the Prince's Mansion, do you understand?"
Having lived another life, Xuexue had no desire to rely on any man for survival; the lessons from her past life were too profound. After revenge, she wished to live for herself.
Xuexue: "If all it takes is beauty to keep a man, I'd rather not have him."
"Oh my, Miss, why are you so stubborn? Everyone lives like this now."
"I don't care about others, anyway, I'm not like that."
While conversing, Madam Wang led over ten maids and old maids, already fiercely approaching them.
"Madam Situ, did you seduce the Prince away?" Madam Wang's demeanor was intimidating, her tone accusatory.
Xuexue looked baffled, "What are you talking about?"
"The Prince spends every night in my courtyard, but last night, I waited for him all night, and he didn't appear. He must have been seduced away by you, the vixen spirit."
Madam Wang's heavily made-up face twisted with jealousy.
Long Rui had figured out how to deal with the women in the War Prince's Mansion before Xuexue even married in.
These women had been secretly fed medicine, yet remained unaware, believing they had experienced intimacy with War Prince. In truth, after taking the medicine, they indulged in wild fantasies and entertained themselves, waking up in the morning to find themselves naked, assuming they'd spent a night of passion with War Prince.
Last night, out of concern for Xuexue's anger, Long Rui didn't have time to arrange such an event, and hurriedly sought Xuexue to explain. To his surprise, Xuexue, still fuming, refused to open the door, sealing even the windows shut. He ended up standing outside for an entire night.
Madam Wang waited an entire night, naturally incensed. Having stayed awake waiting for the Prince, she finally succumbed to sleep around dawn, waking in a daze now, increasingly angry. As a rightful Princess Consort, she felt overpowered by a Consort. After hurriedly tidying up, she set out with her maids and old maids to confront Xuexue.
Zi Xia spotted the Princess Consort bringing people to bully Miss, and was thoroughly incensed, "Princess Consort, the Prince never came here, isn't this bullying us too much?"
"I, Princess Consort, have inquired thoroughly just now; the Prince didn't go to any other courtyard. If he didn't come here, where would he go?"
"The Prince has his own ways, how would we know?"
"Oh, you stubborn maid! Every time I speak, you're involved. You simply disrespect your superiors, if I don't severely discipline you, you won't respect me as the Princess Consort. Servants, slap her!" Madam Wang bellowed at the maids and old maids behind her.
Upon hearing this, the maids and old maids rolled up their sleeves, ready to pounce like wolves and tigers.