The Princess Takes Action

Inside Qingxin Hall of the Great Sheng Imperial Palace.

The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive.

Compared to before, Third Princess Li Yingluo was visibly far more haggard. Faint dark circles shadowed her eyes as she distractedly stirred the tea in her cup, which had long since gone cold.

The spirited radiance she had once possessed seemed to have been drained away by more than half, and even her voice carried a trace of exhaustion.

"How did it go?"

An inner attendant stood bowed below the hall and carefully reported, "Your Highness, we followed your orders to investigate, but... those two had already vanished without a trace!"

"Though we wished to capture them, we truly lacked both the authority and the means. We failed to bring them to justice. Please punish us, Your Highness!"

"Useless!" Li Yingluo suddenly gritted her teeth and viciously smashed the teacup in her hand onto the floor!

Bang!

The sound of shattered porcelain was especially piercing in the silent hall.

"A bunch of useless trash!!"

Tea splashed onto the hem of her dress, yet she did not notice at all. Her chest heaved violently as she pointed at the hall doors and shouted sharply,

"Get out! All of you, get out of here!"

The inner attendant shuddered from head to toe and scrambled out in a panic.

The hall doors closed, leaving Li Yingluo alone inside.

Unable to suppress herself any longer, she suddenly slammed a fist onto the table beside her, jolting the brush rack and inkstone into bouncing wildly. The back of her fair hand instantly reddened.

Feeling the pain shooting through her knuckles, her face flushed red, anger and humiliation tangled in her eyes.

If this matter had been left to Ye Li, let alone capturing two fugitive former advisers, even ordering