The seductive princess is no longer being pursued; the aloof prime minister is facing a crematorium.

Chapter 3: Our home has been occupied!
"You have no idea how smug she looked back then; it made me so angry!"

Jiang Jinshuang was also a little tired after a long day.

Hearing Chun Tao's annoyance, she couldn't help but smile: "What's there to be angry about? You're still the same as three years ago. You wear your heart on your sleeve and can't hide anything."

When Xia Yurong suddenly brought up Pei Du, Jiang Jinshuang realized something was wrong.

She has excellent hearing and easily sensed that someone was standing behind her.

She simply couldn't be bothered to pay attention, and even though she knew Pei Du would hear her, she still said those words.

Three years is neither a long nor a short time.

That was enough for her to forget Pei Du.

"Then... Your Highness, what should we do next?" Chun Tao asked softly.

"I'll go back and have someone draft invitations. Now that I'm back in the capital, I should naturally visit my old friends there."
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Chuntao said that before setting off, she had already sent someone to inform the servants of the princess's residence to hurry up and clean the princess's residence from top to bottom.

After all, no one has lived here for three years, so it must have accumulated a lot of dust.

However, when the carriage stopped outside the princess's residence, Jiang Jinshuang saw that the bundles and boxes she had brought were piled up outside the door, ignored by everyone.

"What are you all doing?! Didn't we give the order to clean the princess's residence in preparation for His Highness's return to the capital?!"

Chuntao pointed at the servants outside the door and yelled, "These bundles all belong to Her Highness the Princess! How dare you leave your heads here?!"

Jiang Jinshuang had never seen those servants from the princess's residence before.

The head maid was quite tall. She sneered at Chun Tao, "Who do you think you are, daring to order us around?! We are servants of Miss Xia, and we only obey Miss Xia's orders!"

"Miss Xia?" Chun Tao was stunned. "Are you all out of your minds? This is the Princess's residence! The residence of Princess Zhaoming! A mansion bestowed by His Majesty himself! Who is this Miss Xia you're talking about!?"

"What's wrong? What happened?"

There was a noisy commotion here when a white jade carriage finally arrived from afar.

Xia Yurong, with the help of her servants, delicately and frailly stepped down from the carriage.

Jiang Jinshuang sat in the carriage, looking at the scene before her with a bored expression, but she was very curious about what kind of show Xia Yurong was going to put on this time.

Upon seeing Xia Yurong, Chuntao's expression darkened further: "Miss Xia, this is our Princess's residence. It's truly disrespectful for your servants to come to His Highness's residence!"

"Who are you calling ill-mannered!" the head maid said gruffly. "This princess's residence used to be where our Miss Xia lived! After Princess Zhaoming left, our Miss Xia was almost implicated, and you still have the nerve to say such things!"

At this point, Jiang Jinshuang understood.

Jiang Jinshuang initially took in Xia Yurong and let her live in the princess's residence. Later, when Jiang Jinshuang was demoted and banished from the capital, Xia Yurong suddenly became the mistress of the princess's residence.

"What shameless words! Anyone who didn't know better would think that it was your Miss Xia who was granted the title of Princess Zhaoming!" Chun Tao said indignantly, so angry that she couldn't speak!
"Hmph! Do you think you're some kind of favored Princess Zhaoming?! Once His Majesty's illness improves, you'll all be going back to that godforsaken, cold land!"

"These bundles would only take up space if we put them back in the mansion, so let's just leave them here. It will be convenient enough for you when you leave the capital!"

"You, you all! You've gone too far!" Chun Tao's face turned bright red with anger!

Seeing this, Xia Yurong hurriedly went to Jiang Jinshuang's carriage, her voice weak: "Sister, I'm so sorry, I didn't receive any news beforehand and only found out today that you were coming back. I didn't have time to tidy up your room..."

Jiang Jinshuang drew back the curtains, looking at Xia Yurong with a half-smile: "I wrote a letter to the princess's residence half a month ago, didn't you receive it, little sister?"

“This…” Xia Yurong stammered, “I’ve been really busy lately, and I must have accidentally… overlooked it.”

"Really?" Jiang Jinshuang wasn't angry or annoyed; instead, she pretended to be troubled and asked, "Then what should we do now?"

Xia Yurong quickly said, "Sister, don't worry. I've booked the best inn in the capital for you. If you don't mind, you can stay there for the night."

"I'll have someone clean your room tonight, and you can go home tomorrow, sister!"

Jiang Jinshuang smiled and said clearly, "I find it unacceptable." Xia Yurong seemed surprised that Jiang Jinshuang would refuse so decisively, and for a moment she was speechless!
Seeing this, the head maidservant hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, isn't this making things difficult for us?! Our young lady didn't know anything about it at first, are you really going to make things so difficult for us?!"

"She didn't know, and neither did you servants?" Jiang Jinshuang's tone remained indifferent throughout, as if she had no interest whatsoever.

With just one sentence, the maid was silenced.

"Sister, please don't be angry!" Xia Yurong said hurriedly. "Please sit in the living room for a moment, and I'll have someone clean your room right away!"

Behind Xia Yurong stood three or five servants, as if she were the uninvited guest in this princess's mansion.

The princess's residence was not far from Chang'an Street, and the commotion attracted the attention of many people, who all looked over.

"What's going on here?"

"What else could it be? Princess Zhaoming started making things difficult for people as soon as she returned to the manor!"

"To be honest, Miss Xia is pitiful. She's lived here for so long, and now that Princess Zhaoming has returned, she's being bullied like this!"

"Who says it's not..."

The people's discussions weren't loud, but Jiang Jinshuang could hear them all.

She rested her chin on her hand and smiled casually: "Xia Yurong, read the words on the plaque above your head."

Xia Yurong was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant and timidly said, "Sister..."

"Read it. Didn't I teach you to read before?"

Xia Yurong took a deep breath and whispered, "The...Princess's residence..."

"louder."

"Princess's Mansion."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang looked as if she had just realized something: "Ah, so this is the princess's residence."

"If you hadn't told me, I would have thought this was your Xia residence," Jiang Jinshuang chuckled. "What, are there not enough rooms in the Xia residence for you, so you prefer to come to my princess's residence and sleep in your servants' quarters?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Yurong's eyes immediately reddened: "Sister...no, Yurong didn't mean that..."

"I... I really just forgot. If you don't believe me, you can go and complain to the Emperor. Rong'er doesn't want to suffer such humiliation!"

Jiang Jinshuang curled her lips: "You're going to file a complaint with the emperor just for a place to stay? Xia Yurong, the emperor isn't that free."

Xia Yurong bit her lip, her cheeks flushed: "Sister, what will it take for you to believe me?"

"When did I ever say I didn't trust you?" Jiang Jinshuang smiled. "It's just that you forgot, your servants didn't remind you. They're so careless in serving their master; they deserve a lesson, don't you think?"

"elder sister……"

"laugh--"

It was the sound of the wind being sliced ​​by a sharp object.

The next second, a deafening scream rang out!
The head maidservant suddenly knelt on the ground with a "plop," then hugged her legs and wailed incessantly!
Everything happened so fast that Xia Yurong didn't even have time to react.

She looked sharply at the maid and discovered that an arrow had somehow gotten stuck in her knee!
On a distant high-rise building, a black-clad shadow guard concealed himself and returned to the darkness once more.

Jiang Jinshuang chuckled lightly and looked at Xia Yurong with a leisurely air: "Hurry up and tidy up the room."

This time, Xia Yurong didn't even need to give an order. The servants behind her acted immediately upon hearing the commotion, hurriedly carrying Jiang Jinshuang's luggage and dashing back into the mansion like arrows!

A flicker of emotion crossed Xia Yurong's eyes, and she timidly extended her hand, saying, "Sister, please come and sit in the living room for a while."

(End of this chapter)