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"This is my home, why are you behaving so politely? Even Nangong Moli wouldn't dare let me bow to her, who do you think you are?"

Li Shanshan snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

Chu Xunzhen's gaze sharpened as he abruptly confronted Li Shanshan, his tone icy: "This is the current princess—the Emperor's favorite second princess, Princess Jasmine. How dare you disrespect her?"

"It's not that I'm disrespectful to her, it's just that she herself didn't require me to bow to her." As soon as Li Shanshan finished speaking, she turned to the Second Princess standing beside her and asked, "Nangong Moli, do you not require me to bow to you?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Moli was startled, her lips trembled, and she couldn't open her mouth for a long time, as if she had something difficult to say.

After a long pause, Nangong Moli finally spoke with great difficulty. "Yes. I told her she didn't need to bow."

Chu Xunzhen's gaze sharpened, and he suddenly stared at Nangong Moli.

Nangong Yue walked to Chu Xunzhen's side and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty seemed to be struggling just now, something seems wrong."

Nangong Yue's warm breath brushed against her ear, causing a ticklish sensation to spread from there.

Chu Xunzhen blushed, subconsciously took a step back, and rubbed her ears.

Nangong Yue was taken aback. Looking at Chu Xunzhen's actions, she touched her nose and smiled innocently.

"Princess, according to the laws of Da Ning, your husband and his family are required to pay their respects to you morning and evening. This etiquette cannot be disregarded."

Li Shanshan scoffed, "It's because she didn't require me to bow. Princess Jasmine is afraid of upsetting my brother. Isn't that right, Princess?"

Upon hearing Li Xun'an's name, Nangong Moli's body stiffened, and she said, "That's right, Anlang doesn't like formalities."

"Princess, please let the county princess leave. Otherwise, when your brother returns, he will surely say that you brought so many outsiders. As for your younger brother, he can stay here."

"Insolence!" Chu Xunzhen snorted coldly. "Guards, seize Li Shanshan and slap her."

Six eunuchs immediately rushed into the room and pinned Li Shanshan to the ground.

"Stop! Nangong Moli, make her let me go right now, or my brother will never let you off the hook!" Li Shanshan roared.

Nangong Yue slammed her hand on the table, all traces of her former childishness vanished, her tone icy: "You have offended the current county princess; do you know your crime?"

"Don't hit her, don't!" Nangong Moli suddenly screamed, seemingly frantic, and stood in front of Li Shanshan.

"Stand still." Li Shanshan pushed Nangong Moli away with disdain, straightened up, and patted her sleeves.

Only then did everyone realize that although she was wearing ordinary clothes on the outside, she was actually wearing moonlight gauze underneath, a garment reserved for royalty.

"How dare you! How dare you wear the princess's moonlight dress?"

Chu Xunzhen let out a sharp cry and grabbed Li Shanshan's collar.

Li Shanshan's eyes flickered, and she subconsciously shrank back, saying, "The princess gave it to me. If you don't believe me, ask the princess."

Everyone instinctively looked at Nangong Moli.

Nangong Moli: "I... I didn't want to give it to her, but the prince consort said it looked good on her. He asked me to give it to her, so I gave it to her anyway."

Chu Xunzhen was enraged. He raised his hand and slapped Li Shanshan across the face, saying, "How dare you force the current princess to give you her clothes? You have some nerve!"

"Ah!" Li Shanshan screamed as she was knocked to the ground and immediately grabbed Nangong Yue's trouser leg.

"Your Highness, you are so fierce! Please save me!" Li Shanshan said in a soft, coquettish voice.

Nangong Yue got goosebumps all over her body.

"Get out of my way!" he roared, instinctively kicking Li Shanshan away. "Sister, she touched me, I didn't touch her."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xunzhen was taken aback for a moment, then covered her mouth and chuckled. She grabbed his sleeve, pulled him closer, and said in a seductive voice, "Your Highness, you're so adorable!"

Seeing the two of them like this, Nangong Moli's eyes lit up, and she moved closer.

The next moment, Chu Xunzhen let go and gave an awkward smile.

Suddenly, Nangong Yue grabbed Chu Xunzhen's hand and gently blew on it.

"Sister, next time something like this happens, don't do it yourself. What if you hurt your hand?"

Li Shanshan was completely stunned.

The Ninth Prince was so gentle to this woman, yet so heartless towards her.

"Keep slapping her!" Nangong Yue shouted angrily. "She deserves to die for hurting her sister's hand."

Chu Xunzhen subconsciously withdrew her hand. Nangong Yue smiled slightly, the beauty mark under her eye making her even more alluring. Her dark eyes were like a deep, dark pool, as if they wanted to suck her in.

Li Shanshan's shrill scream rang out.

"Nangong Moli, why aren't you making them stop? Otherwise, your brother won't love you anymore."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Moli rushed towards Anshun, standing in front of him and saying, "Don't hit her. Hit me instead."

Chu Xunzhen glanced at the Second Princess and said to her, "Princess, the dignity of the royal family cannot be challenged."

Suddenly, a man walked in from outside.

This person was none other than Li Xun'an.

He was dressed in coarse black linen clothes and had some handsome features, but in terms of dashing good looks, he couldn't compare to the Ninth Prince, let alone the Third Prince.

"Brother, save me! My sister-in-law brought people to bully me. Brother, please stand up for me!"

Li Shanshan opened her mouth, which was swollen high, and called out indistinctly.

Li Xun'an immediately frowned and looked at the Second Princess, saying, "Jasmine, what's going on? Why did you bring people into the house without my permission?"

Upon hearing this, Anshun shouted, "His Ninth Prince is here! Why aren't you kneeling?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xun'an was startled. He glanced at the dragon-patterned jade pendant hanging on the Ninth Prince's body and knelt on the ground in fright.

"This is Princess Huai Ren," Anshun introduced.

Li Xun'an was startled and said, "This humble subject greets Your Highness the Ninth Prince and the County Princess."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen glanced at Li Shanshan and said, "Your sister not only failed to pay her respects to me, the county princess, and His Highness, but also tried to kick us out."

"My sister is young, please spare her."

"Yes, Shanshan is young, so please spare her." The second princess, Nangong Moli, seemed to struggle for a moment before speaking.

"Your Highness, Princess, my younger sister has offended you both out of ignorance. Please release her."

As soon as Li Xun'an finished speaking, he glanced at Nangong Moli.

Nangong Moli nodded and quickly said, "Yes, please let her go, or I won't live anymore."

As she spoke, Nangong Moli started giggling foolishly.

Chu Xunzhen frowned and suddenly pressed his hand on Nangong Moli's wrist to take her pulse.

Li Xun'an's expression changed, but quickly, his evasive gaze returned.

"How is it?" Nangong Yue asked.

"The second princess is in good health and there is nothing seriously wrong with her."

After Chu Xunzhen finished speaking, Li Xunan straightened his back.

"Your Highness, although I don't know what you suspect, the Third Prince has brought the imperial physician. The Second Princess is in good health and has no illness. Moreover, the princess has already married me and is now my person. I hope you will not bother us again in the future."

"presumptuous!"

Anshun roared angrily.

"According to the laws of our dynasty, princesses are not required to live in their husbands' homes like ordinary women. Instead, they can choose to live in the princess's residence and be summoned when they need a consort."

Chu Xunzhen said expressionlessly, "Your sister dared to wear princess clothes; that's a capital offense. Guards, take her away!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shanshan's expression changed. She immediately looked at the princess, about to ask for help, but in the next instant, something unexpected happened.