How Would Mother Empress Mock Her Today?

Grand Princess Mingzhao looked at the guard and said, "I have a palace pass; don't you recognize me?"

The guard looked at Grand Princess Mingzhao and said, "I'm sorry, it doesn't matter who comes today, no one is allowed to enter the palace by carriage."

If they were not allowed to enter the palace by carriage, they would have to walk for half an hour to reach the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.

Grand Princess Mingzhao roared, "Get out of my way! Who gave you the audacity?"

The guard wiped the sweat from his brow and said:

"With martial law in effect recently, several princesses' residences have experienced problems."

The palace is also worried about a major incident; you should get out of the carriage and walk!

It was obviously instructed by someone.

Grand Princess Mingzhao rolled her eyes in anger. As soon as she stepped off the carriage, she saw Princess Jing'an and Princess Ningyuan driving their carriage into the palace.

Grand Princess Mingzhao said, "Why can they go in directly? You're the only one blocking my way."

The guard at the gate immediately knelt down and said, "Grand Princess Mingzhao, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just a gatekeeper."

What else doesn't Mingzhao understand?

Logically speaking, both Princess Jing'an and Princess Ningyuan should be called the eldest princess.

However, the late emperor had said that there would only be one eldest princess in the palace, and afterwards, no other princess could be addressed as the eldest princess.

So far, out of the 17 princesses, she is the eldest princess; the others are all addressed as princesses.

It's easy to imagine how much those 16 princesses hated her.

Because the treatment of an eldest princess and a princess is completely different.

The eldest princess could enter the palace without needing to go through layers of formalities; her carriages and horses could originally enter the palace directly, enjoying extremely high privileges.

Her salary, fiefdom, and rewards were all significantly higher than those of ordinary princesses.

Ordinary princesses were required to greet and pay their respects to the eldest princess, always adhering to proper etiquette.

Princess Jing'an looked at Grand Princess Mingzhao:

"Oh! My dear sister! Why are you planning to walk into the palace today?"

It's still quite a distance to Palace of Compassion and Tranquility! Don't you want to take a carriage?

Princess Ningyuan covered her mouth and chuckled:

"Sister, you've had a tough day. You need to walk faster, preferably running."

Otherwise, we'll have finished lunch, and you still won't be at the palace! Hahaha."

After saying this, the two princesses' carriages went directly into the palace.

Grand Princess Mingzhao was furious; these bandits had not only stolen her belongings but also continued to humiliate her.

She looked at Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e and said:

"You two should think about this carefully. Are you trying to distance yourselves from me?"

If you want to become my son and daughter-in-law, I'm afraid you'll encounter more and more difficulties later on.

I'm different now; you need to think this through.

Zhou Fusheng looked at the princess and said, "Mother, you are my mother, and it is only right that I be filial to you."

Liu Su'e added, "Mother, don't worry, we won't leave you."

Grand Princess Mingzhao suddenly burst into laughter, "I'm happy just hearing you say that, I..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt something embrace them, and then they were lifted into the air.

The eldest princess was so frightened she almost screamed. Liu Su'e, who was beside her, said, "Mother, don't be afraid. This is our family's vehicle. It's much faster than a horse-drawn carriage and very stable."

The princess kept patting her chest, while the Nanny Gui beside her was terrified and turned pale. "What... what are these things? How can we swing in the air like that?"

They were moving very fast; in just a few leaps, they were almost at the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.

The trees gently placed them on the ground, and Grand Princess Mingzhao's legs went weak. "What were those things just now?"

Liu Su'e said softly:

"It's the tree people. If you encounter any difficulties in the palace..."

"If we ask those trees for help, they will help us."

Grand Princess Mingzhao's lips twitched. "The tree will help?"

Is this a joke?

They walked towards the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, only to find that the other princesses hadn't arrived yet!

They waited for quite a while at the entrance of Palace of Compassion and Tranquility before they heard Princess Ningyuan's voice. "That fool, she's probably still walking! By the time she gets here, it'll be too late."

"Let's see how Mother ridicules her today. She's lost everything this year, and she can forget about ever getting back on her feet."

The other princesses said:

"I've disliked her for a long time; when my father was alive, he only doted on her."

An imperial edict was even left behind, forbidding anyone other than Mingzhao from being addressed as the Eldest Princess.

Why should we be inferior to her?

"Exactly! Now that she's divorced her husband, she has nothing left. I want to see how she'll survive."

"She was even relegated to the sidelines a while ago. If I were her, I would have just banged my head against the wall and died."

"I've never had any children in my life, and now I've adopted a peasant as my son. It's hilarious!"

And her granddaughter, she's still working in the Laundry Bureau.

"What do you know? I heard that the eldest princess's son is currently at the General Dingbei's Residence."

Unfortunately, the man refused to acknowledge her, so she had no choice but to find a peasant to adopt as her son.

I can't really grow old alone!

"I heard that peasant lives in a slum in the capital, so poor that he can't even afford to eat."

"Oh dear, really? I never imagined there were still such poor families. It's a pity that our Grand Princess Mingzhao has to live in such a place."

Grand Princess Mingzhao never expected the rumors to turn out this way.

Is she really starving? And even her living quarters are in a slum?

Zhou Fusheng, standing beside her, looked ashamed and said, "Mother, it's my fault for being useless, but I will definitely try harder."

Liu Su'e's eyes reddened. "I will definitely make sure you live in a better house in the future."

Grand Princess Mingzhao's lips twitched. This couple was indeed very filial, but unfortunately, they weren't very bright.

The princesses were extremely embarrassed when they saw Grand Princess Mingzhao standing at the door.

Grand Princess Mingzhao looked at them and said, "What? Don't you recognize me? You were talking quite loudly just now!"

Many princesses were so ashamed they wanted to disappear. Princess Jing'an sneered, "Elder sister, you're really shameless, standing here eavesdropping."

Princess Ningyuan looked at her and said:

Why are you so fast?

"You came on foot, so why couldn't our carriage catch up with you?"

Grand Princess Mingzhao looked at them and said, "I was probably focused on getting there, while you were all too talkative, which caused us to waste time."

Princess Ningyuan and Princess Jing'an were so angry that their faces turned red.

A group of people walked towards the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.

Sitting next to the Empress Dowager Old Madam Zhou. She watched Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e enter, her face full of displeasure, and said:

"I didn't expect the eldest princess to bring the two of them along as well."

"Even though Zhou Fuyu and Qian Huihui are her biological son and daughter-in-law, she still sides with the other side."

The Empress Dowager said with a gloomy face, "Mingzhao, why did you bring them into the palace again?"

Grand Princess Mingzhao said, "Today all the princesses have brought their sons and daughters-in-law, as well as their grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, so naturally I will bring them as well."