Chapter 1185
The Unfavored Princess 7
The courtyard door was pushed open forcefully once again, and Yinshuang, who had suffered a lot, was pushed in, looking rather miserable.
As Azhen came out of the room, she saw Yinshuang walking towards her with somewhat unsteady steps. Instead of helping her up like the client had done, she stood there quietly watching Yinshuang approach step by step.
Yinshuang was also surprised to see this. When she walked up to Azhen, she seemed to be unable to support herself and her body fell to one side.
She was still not helped up and fell to the ground, hurting herself badly.
She looked up abruptly and saw a pair of cold eyes. She finally realized that the tenth princess in front of her had changed, and her heart sank.
I've never seen the Tenth Princess like this before. Has the other party discovered her identity?
"Come in and talk." A-Zhu entered the house, ignoring the silver frost on the floor.
Yinshuang stopped pretending to be weak, quickly got up from the ground and went into the house, closing the door behind her.
For the first time, looking at the woman sitting in that chair, she felt a strange, inexplicable fear. The other woman was, after all, a princess, not an ordinary person; it wasn't surprising she was afraid, she reassured herself.
“I know you’re not loyal to me.” Azhen cut to the chase. A maid who couldn’t control her own destiny and hadn’t done anything to her, at most she was just reporting news to her master. She didn’t care much.
Later, when the truth was revealed, Yinshuang was secretly dealt with by the Empress Dowager. In this era, those who cannot control their own destiny are truly tragic. Even though everything was done according to the master's orders, when the truth came out, and the wrongdoing was discovered, there was no forgiveness, only resentment and ruthless abandonment.
Yinshuang was genuinely frightened this time, and instinctively knelt down, but did not offer any explanation for herself.
If her identity is exposed and she can't be tolerated here, then with her true master, the mission will fail, and even if she survives, she won't have a good ending.
“I don’t care who’s behind you, or whether you’re loyal to me, and I certainly won’t ask you to do anything,” Azhen said slowly. “I just don’t like having everything reported to the person behind you.”
"I can't do anything either. You should know that with my status, I probably can't do anything to the people behind you."
At this point, Yinshuang understood perfectly well that the Tenth Princess truly knew who she was working for.
She still didn't understand how her identity had been exposed.
But she didn't ask; she just listened silently, pondering the meaning behind the other person's words. She was a smart woman and quickly understood, now deep in thought about what to do.
If she reports the truth, she probably won't be able to stay here, and going back won't end well either.
Failure to report truthfully is tantamount to deceiving one's master.
She's human too, and of course she wants to live a good life, but there are many things she doesn't have a choice about.
“The people from the Marquis’s mansion probably won’t do anything to you anymore. You’ve suffered a lot today, so go and rest. Think it over carefully,” Azhen said. Given her current situation, it would be difficult for her to get Yinshuang to work for her.
Whether she uses them or not is irrelevant to her, since she has already found people and doesn't need them.
Of course, if Silverfrost is ultimately willing to follow her, that would be good; it all depends on her own choice. When Silverfrost chooses to submit, she will be absolutely loyal to her.
The time is not right yet, and Yinshuang will not make a choice. Rather, the other party is afraid to make a choice, and there is no bond or favor between them.
Many things need a suitable opportunity.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Yinshuang once again went to the palace to visit the Dowager Consort as instructed by Azhen. Finally, she returned.
Without saying anything, it was enough for Azhen to understand that Yinshuang had chosen to maintain the status quo and would not report everything to the Empress Dowager.
That's enough for the current situation.
Early this morning, Azhen went out, claiming she was going to the temple to pray for blessings. Apart from the coachman, she only took Yinshuang with her.
“No news has come out of the palace,” Zi Fu said to the Lady of the Marquis inside the house. “This morning, the Tenth Princess went out, saying she was going to the temple to pray for blessings. Based on my observations over the past few days, I haven’t found anything strange.”
"Madam, is there anything else we can do?" The Lady of the Marquis was at a loss for what to do. They weren't actually afraid of the Tenth Princess, who was now rebelling, but they didn't want things to really get out of hand.
It seems the Tenth Princess is somewhat reckless, but they are not.
If things really escalate, and the other party reveals the situation of the Marquis's residence to the outside world, no matter how much they look down on the Tenth Princess, or how much the Empress Dowager and the Emperor dislike her, on the surface, for the sake of the royal family's reputation, it will still be the Marquis's residence that gets blamed.
They can't afford to lose face like that.
Not only that, it will also give the opponent leverage against them.
As for secretly doing something to the Tenth Princess, there's no need for that. There's no deep-seated hatred between them, and if they're discovered, it'll just become another handle against them.
"Forget it, as long as she doesn't cause trouble, let her be. Tell the people below not to provoke her, and not to do anything openly against her. They should treat her with proper courtesy and respect, so as not to give anyone a handle to use against her. After all, her status is not ordinary." Even if the Tenth Princess is fearless and doesn't care about anything, the Lady of the Marquis is still somewhat wary. It's hard to predict the consequences of provoking such a person.
"If anyone offends her and things get out of hand, I won't save them. She is a princess, do you understand?" Lady Hou warned.
Zi Fu quickly replied, "Yes, Madam."
"Keep an eye on Zhu Xin's side. If there's any movement, stay put." The Lady of the Marquis rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. Fortunately, her son was willing to listen and ask for an heir. She didn't care about his status; as long as there was an heir, the current situation of the Marquis's mansion would be stable.
It's not a big deal for the Marquis to have a concubine and have a child; she won't stop him, nor is there any need to. She won't care about a concubine's son.
She feared her son would be stubborn and unwilling to leave behind any offspring for another man. How could they protect their own interests then? They wouldn't even have the capital to fight for their interests.
At this moment, Azhen was already on her way.
Silverfrost remained silent as always, even more so than before.
However, Azhen did not expect to run into Jiang Lijun on the way.
When Jiang Lijun saw that it was a carriage from the Marquis's residence, he sent someone over to ask. But when he saw that it was actually Azhen sitting inside the carriage, his face turned dark.
Especially when he saw A-Zhen staring at his cheek, he almost bit his teeth to pieces.
He approached the carriage and said through gritted teeth, "The princess really has quite the airs."
But it must be said that he really couldn't do anything to the Tenth Princess, who didn't care about anything and wasn't afraid of anything. Making a scene would only make things look bad for the Marquis's mansion.
A-Zhuang laughed out loud: "Is the young master envious?"
Jiang Lijun's face twisted in pain. Knowing that talking to her would be pointless, he turned around and went back to Li Gufang.
Li Gufang glanced at Azhen, then left with Jiang Lijun.
Upon arriving at the temple and paying respects to Buddha, Azhen went to the side room and sent Yinshuang to guard the gate.
Then, with a thought, several young men and women appeared in the room. The woman in front was the one who had the most dealings with Azhen. She obtained the planting space at that time, when Azhen was in the apocalypse.
"Boss, you've finally agreed to bring us here to play!" Zhou Xue said happily.
A-Zhen smiled and said, "I'll have to trouble you all with many things this time."
"How can it be considered troublesome? If it weren't for the big shots sharing their space, we wouldn't be where we are now. Just tell us what you need."
"We've done this before, so we're quite experienced in it."
Everyone started talking at once, and Azhen listened to them without interrupting. (End of Chapter)