Chapter 423: Is 423 illegitimate or orthodox?

Clearly, facing a private daughter, she should have been the one looking down from a moral and social high ground, but in front of Ye Jiu, she was forcibly subdued.

“You… What did you mean by what you just said?” The Princess Consort hadn’t forgotten that the first thing Ye Jiu said was that she would implicate the Prince.

“What did I mean?” Ye Jiu sneered, “I was saying how foolish and oblivious you all are.”

“Do you not see the situation the Prince is in right now?” Ye Jiu retorted, “Having just been defeated and captured in battle, and upon being rescued, one should be keeping a low profile, minimizing their presence. Tell me, if it suddenly became known that the Prince has a private daughter, wouldn’t he be punished once more?”

The Princess Consort’s face turned pale; she knew Ye Jiu was speaking the truth. However, upon just discovering that the Prince had a private daughter outside, she was so angry that she only thought about bringing Ye Jiu back to confront the Prince, forgetting the consequences this revelation could bring.

“Calling you foolish really is an insult to the word ‘foolish’. The moment someone mentioned that the Prince has a private daughter, you believed it, but it never crossed your mind to ask your own man if it was true. Saying you can’t distinguish insiders from outsiders is an insult to your intelligence; saying you are as dumb as a pig is an insult to pigs…” Thankfully, her intelligence didn’t come from this woman; otherwise, she would have doomed herself sooner or later.

Ye Jiu was venting as she cursed, her accumulated resentment from over the years spilling out, but it was only after she finished that she remembered her current status, and the status of the person she was confronting!

A peasant girl challenging the Princess Consort was undoubtedly seeking death.

Thankfully, just by looking at the Princess Consort, one could tell she was still reeling from her words.

If not now, when?

With this thought, Ye Jiu proudly raised her head, turned around and said, “Such a foolish woman. I am merely somewhat similar in appearance to the Prince, and yet you all insist on mistaking me for the Prince’s private daughter. How wronged must the Prince feel?”

Having said her piece, Ye Jiu attempted to leave but was stopped by Nanny Liu, “Impudent girl, you truly have no respect. If you’re not the Prince’s private daughter, how dare you speak to the Princess Consort this way? It seems you no longer value your life!”

“Rather than quibbling with me, a mere girl, I suggest you go back and promptly explain today’s foolish actions to the Prince and think of some countermeasures,” Ye Jiu brushed off Nanny Liu’s arm and walked away with an air of nonchalance. “If I’m not mistaken, that man from before must be pondering how to report to the palace in a way that will bring the Prince to an even more miserable state. If you don’t care about your husband’s career and reputation, then continue on, keep on dragging him down.”

Ye Jiu had not taken more than a few steps when suddenly she heard a thunderous boom, and the ground shook slightly. Her legs faltered.

Shit, could this be an earthquake?

Ye Jiu massaged her trembling legs, then continued forward.

“Princess Consort…” Nanny Liu no longer had the mind to pay attention to Ye Jiu and hurriedly supported the trembling Princess Consort, “This is like a dragon turning over beneath the earth; we should hurry back.”

Unfortunately for the Princess Consort, her mind was not on the earthquake at that moment; she was still deeply trapped in Ye Jiu’s words.

“Nanny Liu, do you think what she said is true? Am I really just a hindrance to the Prince?” The Princess Consort looked distressed.