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The Grand Princess tried to probe a bit. Seeing that Ji Yunkai was pretending to be strong, she knew that Ji Yunkai still had the Emperor in her heart. She was too lazy to bother with her anymore.

When they arrived at the Grand Princess Mansion, the Grand Princess took the lead to alight off the carriage, leaving Ji Yunkai behind.

However, when she thought about the attitude of the original owner toward the Grand Princess, Ji Yunkai once again understood.

From the looks of it, it was not without reason that the Grand Princess looked down on her. The original owner, to please the Grand Princess, had no scruples and was willing to lower herself for the Grand Princess.

"He who weighs himself is he who weighed by others, and he who insults himself is he who is insulted by others. If you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?" Ji Yunkai muttered to herself. She was telling this to the original owner and herself.

He who is strong will be respected by others, and he who is self-pitying will be crushed by others.

The unreasonable people were all spoiled by the cowardly people. The original Ji Yunkai was a cowardly person; thus, the Grand Princess was naturally as unreasonable as she could be.

Respecting oneself, improving oneself, and loving oneself… If she did not even love herself, who else would?

Ji Yunkai sighed and was supported off the carriage by a maidservant.

The main entrance of the Grand Princess Mansion opened wide as the butler came out to personally receive her. "This lowly one greets Prince Yanbei's Wife. The Princess is in a hurry to return to her room to change her clothes. If there is any neglect, I hope that Prince Yanbei's Wife will forgive me. Princess Yanbei, please..."

Unlike the old servant, who guarded the door, the butler of the Grand Princess Mansion was very cultured. He wore a smile on his face the entire time.

"You're too polite." Ji Yunkai was not someone who would cause trouble. Since the other was being polite, she would naturally give them some face.

The butler personally led the way and led Ji Yunkai to the inner courtyard, then called the housekeeper over. He repeatedly told her that she had to take care of Prince Yanbei's Wife before he left.

"This servant greets Prince Yanbei's Wife. Princess Yanbei, Prince Duan's Wife and the County Princess Consort are currently admiring the flowers at Water Swallow Pavilion. Are you going over?" The housekeeper of the inner courtyard politely replied.

"Oh, where are the others?" Ji Yunkai slowly walked towards the inner courtyard and sized it up from time to time.

"The various madams will be following Prince Duan's Wife and the County Princess Consort, while the young misses will be going to the flower room to pick flowers." The housekeeper gave due diligence, but if Ji Yunkai did not ask, she would not say a word more.

Ji Yunkai said, "Then let's go to Water Swallow Pavilion." Since she was already married, it was naturally not good for her to mingle with the unmarried girls.

"Princess Yanbei, this way please." Just as she walked over, she heard a harsh female voice from within the pavilion, "I was wondering who it was that dared to let the Grand Princess personally go out to welcome them. It turns out it was Prince Yanbei's Wife, what a great face you have."

"Look… Prince Yanbei's Wife's face is indeed different from ours." As if she was singing along, the purple-clothed woman beside the unkind madam, answered immediately.

The moment the two of them opened their mouths, the gazes of the dozens of madames in Water Swallow Pavilion uniformly fell on Ji Yunkai's face.

There was judgment, disdain, mockery, sympathy…

When the Grand Princess chose to go out to meet her, Ji Yunkai knew that such a scene would occur. She did not mind and walked in confidently.

Even though she had disfigured her appearance, she did not feel inferior or afraid to meet people.

"Please forgive me for being late." Ji Yunkai calmly walked in, greeted everyone and then sat down on an empty seat.

Seeing Ji Yunkai's calmness, it made the other madams feel embarrassed, and someone tried to smooth things over. "It's indeed different, but it's just that… it's pretty good."

"What's the use of looking good? I heard that after Prince Yanbei's Wife takes off her mask, her face is like a yaksha, scaring people to death. Prince Yanbei's Wife, I wonder if you could take off your mask so that we can see the noble face of Princess Yanbei? Is it as scary as what others have said?" The unkind madam, who spoke first, stared at Ji Yunkai's mask with malicious intent.

Ji Yunkai did not pay any attention to her but did not expect that this unkind madam would suddenly step forward to try to take off her mask. "Princess Yanbei, are we not all waiting to see your face? When will you take off your mask?"

"Madam, take care!" Baoqin stepped forward and stopped her.

"I just want to see Prince Yanbei's Wife's face. Why, is that impossible?" The unkind madam did not seem to understand and did not intend to retreat at all.

"This madam is…" Ji Yunkai did not want to argue with her, but she kept on provoking her. The more the madam opened her mouth, the more unpleasant it got. If she kept on backing down, no one would say that she was magnanimous, and they would just say that she was weak and useless, that anyone could bully her.

"This is the wife of Zhu Qing, the Vice Minister of the military." A lady sitting beside Ji Yunkai introduced.

Once she finished speaking, Baoqin immediately whispered into Ji Yunkai's ears, "Princess, Zhu Qing walked on the Grand Princess' road a while ago and was transferred here from another place."

As the head maid of Prince Yanbei's Mansion, although Baoqin had just arrived at the capital, she had already heard about the complicated relationships here.

Xiao Jiu'an had people inquire about all these, and it was initially to make it easier for Shiqing to deal with the young misses and madams of the capital, but now it seemed like a bargain for him.

"So she's the ViceMinister's wife. I thought she was someone from the Imperial Family." After knowing the background of the other party, Ji Yunkai finally understood why the other party was targeting her.

As for the dog by the Grand Princess' side, since her master had suffered such a loss, she would naturally help her master bite her. Otherwise, how could she win her master's favor?

"Prince Yanbei's Wife may laugh, but I am a straightforward person. I have just arrived at the capital and do not understand the rules of the capital. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me." The unkind Madam Zhu was not stupid, so she could naturally hear the ridicule in Ji Yunkai's words, but she did not mind.

Her master was the Grand Princess. As long as she could please the Grand Princess, her husband would be able to rise in the ranks step by step. No one would dare to look down on her.

Madam Zhu's words were saying 'retreat is the only way forward'. Normally, the noble princesses and concubines disdained to bicker or bother with a country bumpkin woman for the sake of their own identity and reputation, lest she continues to cause trouble and adds fuel to the fire, but…

Ji Yunkai was not like them!

She had always been a petty person who loved to hold grudges. If she was offended, she would immediately take revenge on the spot if she had the ability. If she did not have the ability, then she would wait ten years before acting upon her revenge.

It was obvious that Madam Zhu had offended her, and what was even more obvious was that she could take revenge right now.

Ji Yunkai did not even spare a glance at Madam Zhu. She only waved her hand, and lightly said, "Since you don't know the rules, Baoqin… go, teach her the rules of the capital and teach her how to talk to her superiors in the capital."

The Grand Princess' dog did not have any discernment or ability at all. Did she think that she was still the Ji Yunkai, who only had the title of the Young Miss of the Ji Clan and future empress, and did not have a shred of reliance?

It was simply... stupid!