C121 Internal Competition

Then why?

Su Zixuan contemplated, but still couldn't come up with a solution.

"What about Red Yao?" Su Zixuan recalled that there was also a spy who had been placed in the inner chamber.

Ji Tong thought for a moment before replying, "Hong Yao said that in the recent days, the crown prince of Shardbearer had treated the second young miss much better than before." He paused. "Dong Family wants to continue to be a spectator and has been reprimanded by the Shardbearer."

"Better?" Su Zixuan lowered her eyes in thought. When she left the capital, Yao Anhui had just entered the room, causing the Yan family to be in a state of unrest because of Yan Yu Qi's act of showing her face.

Ji Tong had told her in the letter he sent her before that Yan Yu Qi was under pressure from the Yan and Yao families and was forced to be respectful to Yao An Hui. Naturally, he didn't treat Su Xue Ming as well as he used to.

Yao Anhui's toil, Dong Clan's fire adding fuel to the fire, and Yan Yu Qi's blind eye. Su Xue Ming had been having a hard time for a long time.

Then why did he suddenly get the attention of Yan Yu Qi and the Duke of Shardplate?

"You think of a way to pass a letter to Su Xueming." The corner of Su Zixuan's lips curled up slightly. "Just say it, this big sister here has something to request of you."

Ji Tong hesitated for a moment. He understood that Su Zixuan wanted to personally get the answer from Su Xuemin, but he still felt that it was risky. "What if she doesn't come, or send someone to capture Miss?"

There was a smile on Su Zixuan's face that was determined to get what she wanted, but there was still a bit of disdain in the corner of his eyes.

"Don't worry, she won't stop coming to watch me make fun of her." She paused. "How could she bear to see me be taken away? She would love to see me run away like a stray dog."

"Even if you want to capture me, it won't be that easy. You should forget, I still have Prince Jin's men protecting me." The two secret guards that had gone out to protect her, as well as some people who had helped her along the way.

She had seen all of Chu Yixuan's letters along the way. Chu Yixuan had first assured her that there was no need to panic, and then he had even told her that he would send people to help.

Thus, they were able to avoid the search of the soldiers at the various checkpoints and return to the capital safely.

"Wait a moment. Later, think of a way to give my letter to Su Xue Ming."

Su Zixuan entered the inner room to write a letter. After handing the letter over to Ji Tong, she let out a long breath and sat down to think about something else.

Inside the Mansion of the Shardbearer Kingdom, Su Xuemin was feigning fear as she watched Yao Anhui barge into her yard.

"Men, arrest this lowly slave who has offended her." Yao An Hua scolded, but the servants beside her hesitated, not daring to step forward.

"What? Is my words useless?" Yao An Hua became flustered, but seeing that those people still didn't dare to step forward, she angrily pushed the maidservants by her side.

Su Xue Ming didn't panic and quickly called for someone to stop him.

"I don't know what I did wrong to make Crown Princess so angry," Su Xue Ming said pitifully. "Even if I did wrong, why can't Crown Princess listen to my words and directly make a move on me?"

At this point, it was as if she couldn't hold it in any longer. Tears flowed straight down from her eyes, making it seem as if Yao Anhui was relying on her power to bully others.

"The Crown Princess is in charge of the house of the Crown Prince. It's fine for me to suffer a little grievance in the past, but what did I do today to make her act so overbearing?"

Yao Anhui was so angry that her lungs were about to burst. The anger she had experienced in the past few days was more than anything she had ever experienced in her entire life.

"Humph!" Yao Anhui snorted coldly, "You're still putting on an act. Don't tell me that you didn't eat my bird's nest today?" Yao An Hua couldn't stand seeing her acting the most. She had been this despicable for the past two months. They had relied on the Yan Clan's influence and did not put her in their eyes at all. It was one thing for them to keep bullying her, but now, they actually dared to reach out their hands to her.

Su Xue Ming's body stiffened. Thinking of the bowl of bird nest she had eaten at noon today, she thought it was given to her by the kitchen. She didn't expect it to belong to Yao An Hui. She looked at Lu Lu with some hatred.

"Indeed, they are born with lowly hooves. I've never seen anything good." With that, Yao Anhui looked at her in disdain, "You even dare to take the top-grade bird nest that my family sent over."

Su Xue Ming secretly resented this damned Yao An Hua. She boasted that she was from the Queen Mother's race, so her words were no better than a dog's bark.

She sneered in her heart, but so what? Since the thing was already in her stomach, there was no reason for her to return it.

However, her face still showed shame. She looked to the side with a green face, but her eyes were filled with endless chilliness.

"Imperial Concubine, please spare my life. This servant took the wrong food today and accidentally took the bird's nest back."

She didn't notice when she went to get her food today. When she saw that it was something good, she wanted to bring it back for her. Who knew it was from the Crown Princess?

"Imperial Concubine, please have mercy. This servant didn't mean to …" She was so anxious that tears were about to fall. In the past, aunts had always been favoured and had always wanted to eat. How could she have known that someone would barge in to cause her trouble today? It didn't matter to Auntie, as a servant girl she was going to be in trouble.

Su Xue Ming looked at Lu Lu's pitiful appearance and couldn't bear it anymore. She sobbed and said to Yao An, "If Crown Princess can't let me go, just say it. Why do you have to harden my servant girl like this?"

Although it wasn't Yao An Hua's first time seeing Su Xuemin like this, she was still shocked by her thick skin.

She still hadn't done anything yet, yet she had already been accused of underestimating and not allowing anyone to do so.