After speaking, she sternly glared at the shopkeeper of the ’Zhenbao Pavilion’, growling furiously, "You shortsighted fool! Making a rash statement, thank heavens it didn’t harm the Princess, otherwise, even ten heads on your shoulder wouldn’t be enough to chop off!"
The shopkeeper forced a smile and repeatedly apologized to Cai Wei. However, his heart was cursing in bitterness.
His shopkeeper hadn’t even left the room, and no formal complaint had been made. In his eagerness to curry favor with Li Shanggong, he ran to grab people. Now he ended up having dirty water splashed on his head. What if Princess An Le held a grudge against him? What would he do then?
Though An Le was only a princess given the title for the sake of a marriage alliance, she was still royalty. Considering her beauty, her future prospects would certainly not be small. She could easily be a favored consort. If she were the vengeful type, what would he do if she caused trouble for him in the future?
Feeling regretful, he saw Cai Wei pass over a parcel in her hand. She laughed and said, "Since it was a misunderstanding, I will give you the chance to make amends. Follow my blueprint and make what I want. If it is done well, we will put today’s matter behind us!"
She didn’t say what would come next, but she believed the shopkeeper would understand.
Although his helping of the wicked was detestable, he was in the end just a small figure, pressed into it by others. So Cai Wei didn’t plan to punish him harshly. So long as he was able to make Fei’er’s birthday gift, she could temporarily ignore this treacherous thing he had done in collusion with Li Shanggong!
Inside the Silk Palace
Jin Guifei was frustrated. First thing in the morning, she had heard about Jin Dapeng being stripped and emasculated last night, and hanged publicly with two whores. She didn’t care much about Jin Dapeng’s fate, but Jin Dapeng was, after all, her younger brother in name. His public humiliation was indirectly a slap in her face, wasn’t it?
Or rather, it was a show of defiance meant for her.
The incident was buzzing in the capital, and even the Emperor had heard about it.
As a high-ranking official in the court, being castrated, stripped and hung publicly with two lowly whores was a slap in her face and to the court. The Emperor was furious and had sent people to berate the still unconscious Marquis Wuchang at his mansion and ordered Ying Tianfu to solve the case within ten days and catch the bandits who dared to challenge the authority of the court!
When Li Shanggong returned, Jin Guifei was sitting on her Golden Silk Nan Wood Babu bed, rubbing the center of her brow, a look of anxiety all over her face.
The palace eunuchs and maids in the hall had all lowered their heads and were treading lightly, being very careful not to inadvertently annoy the Noble Consort and bring a terrible disaster upon themselves.
After Li Shanggong came in, she carefully walked behind Jin Guifei’s Golden Silk Nan Wood Babu bed, skillfully helping Jin Guifei massage her head, and obediently informed her that Princess An Le was still alive.
Upon hearing that Princess An Le had actually returned alive, Jin Guifei was shocked. On the day Princess An Le was snatched by the giant tiger, many people had witnessed it, and she herself had heard the tiger’s earth-shaking roar that night. Everyone had assumed that she had already been eaten by the tiger. Unexpectedly, she had such a strong life force and had actually come back alive!
"Are you sure it is really her?" Jin Guifei still dared not believe this was true.
Li Shanggong replied in a soft voice, "Absolutely. It truly is Princess An Le. It’s just that I am uncertain how your Highness plans to deal with this princess?"
Once, Noble Consort Jin had wholeheartedly wanted to kill Princess An Le, so that the Empress and her daughter would be framed for it. However, times have changed. The life and death of Princess An Le no longer have any influence on Jin Guifei. Is her state of mind still the same as before?