Chapter 132: Chapter 132: Presumptuous (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Xingxing imagined the scene of the Imperial Physician taking the pulse of a wasp.

Just by pressing down with his big hand, the wasp would lose a limb on the spot. This wasn’t treatment; it was clearly aiming for the wasp’s life.

Pulsing the wasp was impossible, and an autopsy was even more so.

Xingxing grinned, showing her white teeth, as she cheerfully followed behind Su Jin.

Su Jin didn’t head straight for the front courtyard but instead went to her bamboo house.

Xingxing followed in a daze, not knowing what Su Jin intended to do back in the bamboo house.

Once inside, Su Jin opened her medicine chest, packed with numerous bottles and jars.

Su Jin picked a bottle.

Xingxing’s eyes lit up, “Miss, are these all poisons?”

“Don’t steal any,” Su Jin warned.

“If you steal, you’ll get your hand chopped off. I know,” Xingxing pouted.

Su Jin picked up another bottle, poured out an antidote, took one pill for herself, and gave one to Xingxing.

Xingxing scrutinized it for a moment before consuming it.

Having taken the antidote, Su Jin applied powder to her face, neck, and the back of her hands.

Seeing this, Xingxing asked, “What are you doing, Miss?”

“With wasps rampant in the palace, and not knowing if they’re all cleared out now, applying this will prevent them from stinging us,” Su Jin explained.

Remembering Princess Shouning and Xie Jinyu’s wasp-stung faces.

Xingxing shivered.

Promptly imitating Su Jin, she applied the powder to herself.

Prepared and ready.

The mistress and servant duo headed to the front courtyard.

In front of the Duke Mansion, the waiting eunuch was impatient, though everyone else remained calm.

The palace was in chaos, but outside it was safe.

They boarded the carriage and headed straight for the palace.

As the carriage left, Xie Jingchen rode back on his horse.

Just as he was about to dismount, Manager Li hurriedly approached, saying, “Young Master, the Empress Dowager has summoned the Eldest Young Madam to the palace again.”

Manager Li’s voice was filled with urgency and unease.

This morning, the Empress Dowager had summoned the Eldest Young Madam to the palace; it ended up with wasps swarming, and the Empress Dowager was stung. Now they’ve summoned her again. Manager Li feared what kind of trouble Su Jin and Xingxing might stir up this time and who might suffer misfortune. Only by keeping an eye on them could he be at ease.

Though the Young Master might not be able to keep the Eldest Young Madam in check, there was at least a sliver of hope; everyone else was certainly powerless against her.

Xie Jingchen rubbed his forehead.

He urged his horse towards the palace.

By the time he caught up, the carriage was just entering the palace gates.

Xingxing lifted the carriage curtain and saw Xie Jingchen dismount; she exclaimed excitedly, “Miss, the Young Master is here.”

Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen and blinked, “Why are you following along?”

“I’m afraid you two might tear down the palace if I don’t come to see,” Xie Jingchen said weakly.

“….”

“You’re giving us too much credit; we don’t have the ability to dismantle the palace,” Su Jin coughed lightly.

“Even if we did, we wouldn’t tear it down. Such a beautiful palace, wouldn’t it be a pity to destroy it? Better to occupy it,” Xingxing remarked.

“….”

The Duke Mansion was no longer enough for this little maid; she had her eyes set on the palace.

Xingxing jumped off the carriage.

Xie Jingchen helped Su Jin down.

The three of them headed towards the Empress Dowager’s Yongning Palace.

Along the way, they saw many palace maids and eunuchs whose faces were swollen from wasp stings.

Su Jin felt a bit guilty.

After all, they were innocent.

However, when they looked at Su Jin, their eyes didn’t hold the anger or blame that Su Jin expected.

Instead, they quietly gave her a wide berth.

This was a bandit that even Princess Shouning and the Empress Dowager couldn’t afford to offend.

Were they brave enough to approach?

It was just a sting or two. The Empress and the Empress Dowager were stung even more; in the eyes of the wasps, the palace had no distinction of status.

After a quarter of an hour, Su Jin saw the gilded plaque of Yongning Palace.

As she stepped in, she heard a buzzing sound.

A wasp flew towards them.

Xie Jingchen was about to squash it when Su Jin whispered, “Don’t move.”

Xie Jingchen frowned.

What is this woman thinking?

Did she want to be stung by a wasp?

But unexpectedly—

The wasp flew towards Su Jin but didn’t get close.

Or rather, it didn’t dare to get close.

Hovering for quite a while, Su Jin took a step forward, and the wasp retreated two.

This scene left many palace maids and eunuchs stunned, their sting wounds stinging more painfully.

Why did the wasp sting them but not the female bandit?!

This wasn’t fair!

Then, they watched as the enraged wasp flew towards Xie Jingchen.

Xie Jingchen, “….”

Quick as a flash, Xie Jingchen drew the soft sword from his waist, slashing it down, splitting the wasp in half.

Su Jin glanced at the wasp corpse on the ground and looked at Xie Jingchen, “So brutal, such a cute wasp, and yet you could go through with it.”

Xie Jingchen, “….”

Since it didn’t sting you, of course you think it’s cute.

“Why didn’t it sting you?” Xie Jingchen asked curiously.

“Probably because it’s a gallant wasp with a soft spot for beauties,” Su Jin replied earnestly.

“….”

Xie Jingchen was speechless.

Su Jin looked at him, “I feel like you wish I would get stung?”

Xie Jingchen, “….”

This woman.

You can never figure out what she’s thinking.

“Let’s go see the Empress Dowager. If this conversation continues, I’m afraid you’ll be avenging the wasp,” Xie Jingchen mocked.

“….”

Inside the main hall.

Su Jin and Xie Jingchen stepped inside.

What greeted them wasn’t the Empress Dowager, but a string of bead curtains.

The Empress Dowager, stung by wasps, could not let anyone see the damage to her imperial visage.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the Empress Dowager; the Empress was also behind the bead curtain.

Su Jin stepped forward to pay her respects.

The Empress Dowager, slamming her Phoenix Chair, thundered, “Kneel down!”

Su Jin didn’t kneel; instead, she stood upright.

She hadn’t done anything wrong, so why kneel?

A nearby nanny’s gaze turned cold, and she signaled to a palace maid.

The palace maid approached, lifting her foot to kick Su Jin.

Xie Jingchen grabbed Su Jin’s arm and gently pulled her into his embrace.

Simultaneously—

Xingxing lifted her foot.

Directly taking down the maid with a kick.

Su Jin, “….”

Xie Jingchen, “….”

The maid fell to the ground, grimacing in pain.

Xingxing, arms akimbo, declared, “Dare to kick my lady, I’ll disassemble your arms and legs!”

Her aura fierce and unsparing.

“Insolent!” The Empress’s face darkened.

“Someone drag this audacious maid out and beat her to death!” The Empress decreed in anger.

Xingxing’s face went pale.

Her previous bravado was nowhere to be found as she scared, clung to Su Jin’s side.

Before two nannies could grab her, they were frozen by Su Jin’s cold glare and dared not move forward.

Su Jin looked at the Empress Dowager and Empress, saying, “That maid dared to kick me. Xingxing was loyally protecting her mistress. I would implore the Empress Dowager to make a decision for Su Jin and for the innocent palace maids and eunuchs who were stung!”

The Empress’s face blanched even further.

The royals, “…!!!”

The corners of Xie Jingchen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

The Empress Dowager and Empress were almost driven mad with anger, yet she wasn’t satisfied, and had to rub salt into the wound.

Did she have a death wish?

Su Jin knelt, respectfully saying, “Su Jin humbly seeks the Empress Dowager’s wise judgment and harshly punish Princess Shouning, to stand up for Su Jin and the innocent palace maids and eunuchs who have been stung!”

Empress, “…!!!”

Court attendants, “…!!!”

Xie Jingchen’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

“””

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