The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 166: Was it a case of poor eyesight, or was it intentional?

Princess Chang Le?

Xuan Yuanjing's expression changed, thinking she had misheard.

But the next moment, Princess Chang Le walked in surrounded by a group of servants.

"Little...Little Aunt?" Xuan Yuanjing stammered, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"What, have you not recognized me after all this time?" Princess Chang Le said unhappily.

"Niece... greets Aunt." Xuan Yuanjing realized what was happening and hurriedly bowed.

The other noble ladies also seemed to wake from a dream, and hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects, saying, "This humble woman greets Princess Chang Le."

"This humble servant greets Princess Chang Le." The guards also knelt down and bowed.

Just as Zhiwan was about to bow and pay her respects, Princess Changle stopped her hand.

Her gaze swept over everyone in the hall, finally settling on Xuan Yuanjing. "Little niece, when I came in just now, I thought I heard you shouting and threatening to kill. Did something happen?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanjing was overjoyed, suddenly feeling that her aunt had come at just the right time. She immediately handed over the waist token in her hand, saying, "Aunt, that bitch Zhiwan dared to forge your waist token and swindle people. I was just about to teach her a lesson."

She didn't believe her aunt would give her waist token to Zhiwan, an orphan.

In her opinion, the waist tag must have been forged by Zhiwan.

Zhiwan is doomed now. She doesn't even need to lift a finger; her aunt will definitely punish her severely!

Xuanyuan Jing became more and more excited as she thought about it, waiting to see Zhiwan suffer the consequences.

Princess Chang Le took the waist token in her hand, examined it for a moment, and looked at Zhi Wan, saying, "Isn't this the one I gave you this morning? Why do you say that you forged it, little niece?"

Zhiwan shook her head blankly, "I don't know either. The princess just insisted that I forged it and even ordered the guards to arrest me, saying that they would beat me to death."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanjing's heart skipped a beat, and her excited expression froze.

Was this waist tag really given to Zhiwan by her aunt?

"Xuanyuan Jing, you're not that old, how come your eyesight is so poor that you don't even recognize my waist tag?" Princess Chang Le looked at her incredulously. "This waist tag was ordered by your imperial grandfather to be made by the Imperial Household Department. Do you think my waist tag is so easy to forge?"

Xuan Yuanjing's face flushed red and then turned pale. "Yes, my niece is blind. She didn't recognize me."

Princess Chang Le snorted coldly, looking at her with a domineering gaze, "Are you blind, or are you doing this on purpose?"

"I really didn't recognize you because I'm so blind," Xuan Yuanjing said hastily.

“I don’t think so!” Princess Chang Le interrupted her in a deep voice. “If I hadn’t arrived in time, Zhi Wan would have been in trouble.”

"It's all...a misunderstanding." Xuan Yuanjing felt extremely aggrieved, but she still had to maintain a smile on her face.

"You think you can just dismiss this with a misunderstanding?" Princess Chang Le's face darkened. "Zhi Wan has my waist token, yet you dared to be rude to her. Clearly, you don't respect me at all!"

Seeing that she was angry, Xuan Yuanjing felt a chill and quickly crawled to her side, took her hand and said, "Aunt, please calm down. I was really blind and didn't recognize her. I didn't mean to be disrespectful to her, and I certainly didn't disregard you. Please understand, Aunt!"

Princess Chang Le pushed her hand away with disdain and said contemptuously, "Xuan Yuan Jing, I can tell you're not blind enough to not recognize my waist tag, you did recognize it, but you pretended not to, deliberately looking for an excuse to deal with Zhi Wan!"

"My niece doesn't recognize me, my niece really doesn't recognize me..." Xuan Yuanjing was so anxious that sweat beaded on her forehead.

This aunt of hers has always been difficult to deal with, and she usually keeps her distance. Who would have thought that this vile woman, Zhiwan, would actually get involved with her aunt and even have her back her up? And given her aunt's temper, if this matter doesn't satisfy her, she certainly won't let it go easily.

Thinking of this, she endured the humiliation and said to Zhiwan, "Miss Zhiwan, what happened just now was a misunderstanding. If it made you uncomfortable, I apologize to you. Please explain it to my aunt."

Seeing that she was still kneeling on the ground, and had not been called up by Princess Chang Le for a long time, looking anxious and disheveled, completely unlike her arrogant demeanor from before, Zhi Wan felt very relieved. When she heard what she said, she pretended to be surprised and said, "So it was just a misunderstanding earlier? The princess had her servants deliberately lead me on a detour to sunbathe, then she threw a cup at me, then she had the guards pin me to the ground and teach me a lesson, then she had the guards arrest me and even threatened to beat me to death. I was almost scared to death, thinking that I was going to die here today. I didn't expect that the princess was just joking with me."

That princess's joke was a bit...too much.

After saying that, she clutched her chest, looking terrified.

Xuanyuan Jing froze, her fingertips digging tightly into her palms to suppress the anger in her heart.

That bitch Zhiwan, she's already lowered herself, but instead of knowing when to stop, she still dares to be relentless!
"Xuanyuan Jing, is this what you call a misunderstanding?" Princess Chang Le looked at her with a stern face.

"It really was just... a misunderstanding." Faced with her aunt's questioning, Xuan Yuanjing was sweating profusely, but she forced herself to answer.

Princess Chang Le nodded and walked straight to the high seat to sit down.

She flicked her skirt and said slowly, "Since my little niece loves to joke around, why don't we join in?"

"What?" Xuan Yuanjing's heart sank, and she had a bad feeling.

"You lot, step back for now," Princess Chang Le suddenly said to the noble ladies and the guards of the palace.

No one dared to linger and quickly retreated.

Seeing this, Xuanyuan Jing became even more uneasy.

Sure enough, the next moment, Princess Chang Le's voice was heard: "Guards, Princess Gao Yang doesn't take me seriously. Teach her a lesson!"

"Yes." The accompanying attendant responded respectfully and walked towards Xuan Yuanjing.

Xuan Yuanjing's expression changed drastically. So, her aunt had sent those people away to save face for the royal family and make it easier to take action against her.
Terrified, she scrambled towards Princess Chang Le, pleading, "Auntie, I was wrong! Please forgive me this time..."

"I have spared you, but next time, you will definitely do even worse to harm Zhiwan. Zhiwan is my person. If you touch her, you are slapping me in the face. You have made me break my promise to Zhiwan. How can I let you off so easily?" Princess Changle looked down at her without a trace of a smile on her face.

The servants rushed up, pulled Xuan Yuanjing down from the steps, and pinned her to the ground.

A eunuch raised his hand, as if to slap her face.

Xuanyuan Jing screamed and burst into tears, "Auntie, I know I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again, please forgive me? I promise I will never cause trouble for Zhiwan again."

"Really?" Princess Chang Le glanced at her sideways.

“Really?” Xuan Yuanjing nodded vigorously.

Princess Chang Le waved her sleeve, and the servants released Xuan Yuan Jing.

Xuanyuan Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body went limp.

Zhiwan was dumbfounded.

She never imagined that Princess Chang Le would actually punish Xuan Yuan Jing.

However, seeing Xuan Yuanjing, who had been so arrogant and ruthless just moments before, now paralyzed with fear on the ground, she felt a surge of satisfaction.

As expected, only Princess Chang Le could tame Xuan Yuan Jing!
(End of this chapter)