Chapter 129 Reward

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Chapter 129: Chapter 129 RewardThe carriage left the palace gates. Su Jin let out a long sigh of relief. The driver thought it was urgent and galloped madly along the flat road. Su Jin, unable to withstand the bumps, knocked on the carriage body and said, "No need to hurry." The driver slowed down. Xingxing poured tea for Su Jin. Because of the running, her cheeks were flushed, yet her eyes were exceptionally bright, "I wonder how things are in the palace?" Su Jin glared at Xingxing, "Do you want to go into the palace to have a look?" Xingxing, "..." She did have that idea. But the girl said that hornets sting whoever they see. Even if she had a few more guts, she wouldn’t dare to go. But thinking about how the person who wanted to harm them was going to be in big trouble, Xingxing couldn’t help but feel pleased. Her eyes curved into crescent shapes. Su Jin chuckled, "Don’t revel too much in others’ misfortune." Xingxing munched on a pastry, nodding repeatedly, "I know, my lady. I ran and got hungry. Do you want some pastries?" "I’ll have some braised beef," Su Jin laughed. ... The driver perked up his ears to eavesdrop. Although he couldn’t hear any useful information, one phrase about reveling in misfortune made his heart leap to his throat. Because whoever faced the Eldest Young Madam never came out unscathed. Thinking of the eldest girl entering the palace to complain to the Empress Dowager, and ultimately being forced by the Eldest Young Madam to get ten palms from the Empress Dowager, left the driver speechless. He went forward to express concern and almost got glared to ashes by the eldest girl. The eldest girl’s maid informed him that he was the Eldest Young Madam’s driver and should keep an eye out. He understood the eldest girl’s meaning; to the driver, giving a lesson to someone inside the carriage was child’s play. But— He really didn’t have the guts. The driver steadied himself, seriously driving the carriage for the first time. When the carriage stopped in front of the Duke Mansion, all the buns and steamed buns Xingxing carried were eaten up. The master and servant pair entered the mansion, all aglow with radiance. Behind them, the maids and servants whispered, exchanged glances, and were full of admiration. Besides admiration, what other word could describe their shock at this moment? The Eldest Young Madam’s maid kicked away the Purple Jade Bracelet the Empress Dowager had bestowed to the eldest girl, and in the end, nothing happened to their master and servant pair, and the eldest girl received the Empress Dowager’s punishment. Especially since that happened in the Imperial Palace, after the Eldest Young Madam offended Princess Shouning. In their eyes, the Imperial Palace was the hell for the Eldest Young Madam and her maid, their graveyard. Even if they didn’t die, at least they should have been carried back to the mansion, right? But the fact was, they walked back themselves... Inside Peony Garden. Xie Jinyu was crying in Princess Nanzhang’s arms, her hand swollen like a big steamed bun. Xie Jinxiu and Xie Jinhuan stood aside, wanting to laugh but couldn’t. Although they also hated the bandit-born sister-in-law, being fellow girls of Duke Zhen’s family, Xie Jinyu always overshadowed them; watching her suffer was a pleasure they couldn’t openly acknowledge but secretly enjoyed. Seeing Xie Jinyu crying like a fragile flower, Xie Jinxiu comforted her, "With Princess Shouning in the palace, since she’s suffered in our sister-in-law’s hands, and our sister-in-law hasn’t returned yet, perhaps...." Xie Jinyu wiped her tears, gritting her teeth, "For her to come back unscathed, it’s not that easy!" She entered the palace early to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and file a complaint, with Princess Shouning present. Before Princess Shouning left, she explicitly said she’d stand up for her and make that bandit master and servant suffer! To infuriate Princess Shouning, could anything good come of it? Thinking of this, Xie Jinyu wiped away her tears, wondering why she was crying when those bandit master and servant might be weeping bitterly at this moment. Thinking this way, a smile formed on Xie Jinyu’s lips. However, before the smile could fully blossom, it stiffened on her face. A maid in a blue-green dress hurriedly ran in and said, "Eldest Miss, the Eldest Young Madam and her maid have returned to the mansion." "Were they carried back?" Xie Jinyu eagerly asked. ... "No, they walked back," the young maid replied. Xie Jinyu frowned tightly. How could they have walked back?! Could it be that Princess Shouning couldn’t deal with them?! "Did they walk back with bruises?" Xie Jinhuan asked. "No, the Eldest Young Madam and her maid seemed in a good mood, discussing on their way back to Agarwood Pavilion about rewarding themselves with a good meal tonight," the young maid truthfully said. Reward themselves?! Xie Jinyu was so angry she clenched her fists, forgetting that her palm was swollen from the beating. With a light movement, the pain made her tears spill. Seeing her daughter in pain, Princess Nanzhang felt a heartache, wishing she could order Su Jin and her servant dragged over and beaten to death on the spot to vent her daughter’s anger. She comforted Xie Jinyu while feeling puzzled. She and the Empress grew up together and knew each other very well. She was furious that Xie Jinyu got stung by a few hornets, let alone the fact that Princess Shouning got whipped by that female bandit first, and then carried back to the palace, losing all face. If they didn’t take that bandit’s life, at least they should have skinned her alive, and yet they allowed her to return to Duke Mansion unharmed... Princess Nanzhang had a bad premonition in her heart. She looked at Xie Jinyu and asked, "What did Princess Shouning plan to do about that master and servant?" Xie Jinyu shook her head in frustration, "I don’t know, Princess Shouning didn’t tell me; she said I would know when my sister-in-law returned to the mansion." The sister-in-law had returned. But she still knew nothing. Xie Jinxiu and Xie Jinhuan exchanged glances. A phrase lingered on their lips for several rounds before they couldn’t hold it back and blurted out, "Could there have been an incident in the palace?" Xie Jinyu’s face turned sour, "Why are you all so quick to support that bandit sister-in-law and belittle Princess Shouning?" Xie Jinxiu, "..." Xie Jinhuan, "..." It’s not that they were belittling Princess Shouning. It was just that in front of their sister-in-law, Princess Shouning had no air of a princess. She had vowed to teach their sister-in-law a lesson, but in the end, the sister-in-law returned unscathed, which clearly defied all logic. They speculated whether the matter escalated, and the Emperor had intervened to protect Su Jin in the end. But thinking of Su Jin’s maid reporting that she planned to have a good meal as a reward for herself, it indicated she had the upper hand, and Princess Shouning suffered. However, with Xie Jinyu being so angry, they wisely kept these analyses to themselves, to avoid provoking her and bringing unwanted glares upon themselves. Xie Jinyu was full of confidence, "If something happened in the palace, could they still leave? Besides, if something really happened, someone would come to report to the Duke Mansion." "That’s true," Xie Jinxiu conceded. But they couldn’t anticipate that the palace was already in such disarray, everyone engrossed in their troubles, that no one had time to report Princess Shouning’s plight to Duke Mansion. Su Jin stepped into Agarwood Pavilion, and a maid came forward to report, "Eldest Young Madam, Prince NanAn and the others are here, in the backyard." Why did they come? Su Jin raised an eyebrow. Xingxing then asked, "Did they come in through the front door?" The maid wondered, "If not the front door, then through the back door?" Su Jin walked towards the back courtyard, with Xingxing following closely behind. As they arrived, they overheard, "Our sister-in-law has been in the palace for a while now. Do you think anything happened to her?" "You’re worrying too much; I’m more concerned if something happened in the palace and not to her," Prince NanAn said. "Did you not worry about my mother?" Prince NanAn asked. "...."

Chapter 129 Reward

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