Chu Moxi's carriage took nearly two hours to arrive at the Duke Chen Palace. The front door was in a depression, and not a single person could be seen.
The door was closed tight. It seemed like there was no sign of life in the House of the King.
The high entrance hall and the crimson door, the round arched windows and the stone building at the corner were worn out, but they could not erase its majesty and grandeur.
"We have arrived at the Duke Chen Palace!" "Let's get off the carriage!" The attendant's cold voice sounded from outside.
"Aren't you going to send our young miss into the mansion?" Lian'er opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the closed gate of the House of Chen. She frowned and said.
"My job is to take you to the Crown Prince's Palace." A hint of mockery appeared on the servant's lips, as if he was saying that his mission had already been completed, and it was none of his business whether or not the two of them could enter the manor.
"You …" Lian'er was about to say something, but was stopped by Chu Moxi who was behind her.
Lian'er turned around. Initially, she thought that Chu Moxi wanted her to swallow her anger. However, she didn't expect that Chu Moxi's tone would be as cold as winter. "Lian'er, throw this manservant into Chen Royal Manor."
If she was bullied before she even entered, then how could she, Chu Moxi, continue staying in this Prince Chen's mansion? [Live by watching the faces of the servants in the House of Chen?] I'm sorry, I'm not someone who can be easily bullied.
"Yes." When Lian'er heard Chu Moxi's words, she immediately made her move. She stretched out her right hand and grabbed the boy who did not have enough time to react and threw him towards the tightly shut gates of Prince Chen's mansion.
A loud bang rang out! The door opened with a 'clang', and the manservant coughed out a mouthful of blood and fell inside. Inside the gate stood two rows of guards, servants, and maids. Their complacent smiles froze on their faces.
"Lian, let's go down!" Chu Mo Xi slowly walked out of the carriage, and Lian'er immediately reached out to support her.
After getting off the carriage, Lian'er carefully led Chu Moxi through the front door and swept her gaze across the faces of everyone in the courtyard.
"Princess, this is Prince Chen's house." Her tone was gentle and respectful, in stark contrast to the disdain of others.
"Right." Chu Moxi's tone was light, without any superfluous reaction.
"Didn't you see? Do you not welcome the princess' consort? Don't forget, this was bestowed upon you by a Monarch. " Lian'er said with an ice-cold expression.
Unfortunately, those people didn't have any unnecessary reactions. They still ignored Chu Moxi and Lian'er.
"Lian'er, find a place to rest." It didn't matter how many eyes there were in the manor, Chu Moxi would still have to settle down with her once she arrived. Otherwise, don't blame her for her ruthless methods.
Having been in this foreign world for so long, the bit of benevolence that Chu Moxi had originally used had been completely obliterated after her wedding ceremony.
"Yes." Lian'er turned towards Chu Moxi and blessed her body. Then, she turned around and said to those people, "Could it be that you want to let the wangfei find her own residence as well?" She rubbed her hands together, hoping they would say yes, so she could make an example of him again.
At this time, a well-dressed middle-aged man walked out from inside. His fat face was covered by long and narrow eyes, which were half-closed, and his eyeballs were rolling in his eye sockets. When he saw Chu Moxi dressed in red wedding dress, he revealed a smile, "I am the steward of Prince Chen's mansion, He Sheng. Because our Prince... The management of this manor is rather lazy. I hope that you'll forgive me. " He respectfully bowed towards Chu Mo Xi, his tone neither servile nor overbearing.
However, Chu Moxi didn't have the slightest reaction, and that He Sheng's expression was somewhat unsightly. He lowered his head, a fierce look flashing across his eyes.
"This Residence of Chen is indeed a good place!" Lead the way! " Only after a long while did Chu Moxi speak. Her indifferent tone didn't reveal any emotions.
He Sheng straightened his body and swept his gaze across the guards, servants, and maids standing on both sides of the road. Then, he led the way for Chu Moxi.
He passed by rows and rows of desolate pavilions, passing by rows and rows of abandoned ponds and pavilions. He Sheng brought Chu Moxi and Lian'er to a courtyard. Passing through the courtyard, he saw the words' Xanxuan Pavilion 'in front of him.
Xanxuan Pavilion? Loving Mu Xuan? Chu Moxi's eyes turned cold. Was this the housekeeper doing this on purpose!?
When He Sheng stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, he did not move. It was as though he was waiting for the reaction of Chu Mo Xi and Lian'er.
"There are some reasons why our Prince Chen doesn't live here. When the prince summons his consort, this lowly one will come to inform her." The meaning is simple. Although you are a princess, you have to see how I, He Sheng, live in the House of the Kingdom of Chen.
"We did indeed need the housekeeper to take care of us when we first arrived." Chu Moxi nodded her head.
Seeing that Chu Moxi was so tactful, He Sheng was quite satisfied. He bowed and greeted Chu Moxi, "Since you are busy with matters of the family, I won't accompany you any longer." Without waiting for Chu Moxi's reaction, he turned around and left.
"What an awesome butler, even more powerful than Princess Hua-Yang!" Lian'er's face darkened as he said unhappily.
"Lian'er, don't be so poor. Let's go in and take a look. Hurry up and adapt to this new place. We have to start all over again …" She raised her head to look at the three words' Xanxuan Pavilion '. From now on, this would be her, Chu Moxi's, residence …
After Chu Mingjing returned to the Duke's Mansion, he heard that Lin Xuan had come to report that Huang Guangming had left without a word.
Chu Mingjing was already in a bad mood, so when he heard this report, he was immediately incensed.
"Immediately order people to destroy Mo Xi Pavilion for this duke!" He wiped out everything that had to do with that damned woman.
"Yes." Lin Xuan immediately accepted the order and left.
Not long after, Mo Xi Pavilion turned into ruins with a loud sound.
In the dead of night, a black shadow rapidly flew towards Duke Chu's mansion, finally landing in front of Mo Xi Pavilion.
His clothes fluttered in the wind. The half of his masked face was exceptionally clear under the moonlight.
He stood in the ruins of the Mo Xi Pavilion for a while before flying away.
It was not until he was in a courtyard that he landed.
People walked in and out of the courtyard, and when someone saw him, they quickly saluted. This place was the base of operations of the Cold Demon Palace in the capital, and was also where all intelligence regarding the Cold Demon Palace gathered was gathered.
With a cold expression, Shang Chen went straight to the innermost room, where Bing Sen and Ling Yi were busy with their work.
"Mistress, why are you …" Bing Sen suddenly raised his head, and saw the Palace Mistress standing in front of the door. He had a puzzled look on his face, Didn't the Palace Master go to see her? Why are you back so soon?
"Bing Sen, go and investigate what happened in the Duke Chu Residence in the past half month." The yard was in ruins. Where had she gone?
"Yes sir!" Duke Chu's residence? It sounded a little familiar! Bing Sen mumbled, but he had too many things to do every day, so he couldn't remember when he had heard of Duke Chu's name.
Shang Chen stood there with a cold expression, as if he was waiting for Icy Forest to find out what happened.
The latter saw that the expression on the face of the palace lord was strange, and immediately gathered people to search for information regarding the Duke Chu Palace. When Ling Yi saw that there was something wrong with the palace master's expression, he immediately put down what he was doing and went to help.
It could be said that the Ice Forest was very efficient. In less than an hour, all the information regarding Duke Chu's residence had been piled up high. Ling Yi and him stood there, waiting for the orders of the Palace Master.
"Remembering..." Shang Chen's heartbeat quickened, he had a bad premonition.
"Yes …" Bing Sen did not dare to not read it, and immediately began to recite it, "Duke Chu has been removed from his position as Grand Matriarch …"
"Next." The cold three words made people shiver uncontrollably in their ears.
"Eldest Madame has released the restriction on her feet …"
"Next!"
"..."
After reciting over a hundred of them, the Mistress' expression became colder and colder, so cold that she could not even straighten her tongue.
Asgard Master, what exactly do you want to hear?
"The young miss of the Chu Clan, Chu Moxi, left Duke Chu Mansion 20 days ago." After Bing Sen finished his sentence, he did not hear the Palace Master say "Next". He looked in the direction of the Palace Master with a strange expression.
"Continue reciting!" Shang Chen glared at her. Just as he heard the news about her, Bing Sen stopped reciting. His skin was itchy.
"That's all." Bing Sen felt wronged, could the head of the Palace not look at him with such a gaze? He was truly terrified!
"Keep looking." These three words almost came from the gaps between Shang Chen's teeth.
"Ugh …" Before Bing Sen could react, Ling Yi directly snatched the stack of documents from Bing Sen's hands and started searching. Finally, after flipping through a pile of information, Ling Yi read the precious item in his hand in satisfaction.
"Chu Moxi returned to Duke Chu's mansion five days ago. When she heard that her personal maid was taken away by Duke Chu, she immediately went to look for someone important. He didn't back down at all … In the end, Duke Chu ordered Chu Moxi to be grounded. " It was a detailed description of the conversation between Chu Moxi and Duke Chu, including their demeanor.
"Four days ago, the emperor bestowed a marriage. The third lady of the Duke Chu Mansion, Chu Mu, refused to marry the eldest young master of the General's Estate, Lin Lu Bai, Chu Mo Xi, and the Duke Chen …" At this point, Ling Yi finally figured out what was going on and closed his mouth at the right time.
"Why aren't you reading anymore?" When Bing Sen first heard about Chu Moxi's achievements, he was so excited that he started to admire such a bizarre woman. However, he suddenly realized that Ling Yi was not going to continue reciting. He immediately stood up, snatched the information from Ling Yi's hands, and started reciting.
"Chu Moxi will definitely not marry Prince Chen. Even if she disagrees to the decree, she will not step back even if it involves the lives of everyone in Duke Chu's household. In the end, Duke Chu used Chu Moxi's lass to threaten her, and forced her to agree to grant the marriage. "
"Duke Chu, in the name of being afraid of collisions, third young miss Chu Mu will leave through the main entrance. As for Chu Moxi, she will leave through the back door when she marries …" "Only a carriage and a manservant were sent to welcome the bride …" At this moment, Bing Sen also realized that something was wrong. He shut his mouth, but it was already too late.
"Continue!" Shang Chen's icy tone almost froze the ice forest.
"The Great Madam plotted to have Chu Moxi leave the clan an hour earlier to humiliate Chu Moxi, but she was instead turned around by Chu Moxi …" On the day of Chu Moxi's wedding, Duke Chu ordered for the courtyard where Chu Moxi lived to be turned into ruins. " After saying that, Bing Sen took a deep breath, he stole a glance at the Mistress, wondering how she would deal with him.