Great, it's just a lackey, we're saved!

Chapter 28 The Empress, a woman of quiet grace and gentle nature, never vying for anything!

Consort Li looked at Zhou Wei with suspicion and disbelief.

Could this be the unruly palace maid the Third Prince mentioned?

Zhou Wei was not afraid and greeted Consort Li in a very open and generous manner.

"Your Highness, this servant is Zhou Wei, and she is the head maidservant of the Princess."

Consort Li's face immediately turned angry.

It was this disrespectful palace maid in front of her who injured her son.

Consort Li slammed her hand on the table and roared, "Insolence!"

"Guards, drag this insubordinate palace maid out and beat her to death with sticks!"

Before she finished speaking, two strong female servants came in, ready to drag Zhou Wei away.

Ziyu turned pale with fright, but Zhou Wei remained calm and stood still.

Until Jiang Yueli's cold voice rang out.

"Get out of here, all of you!"

The two burly maids immediately stopped and looked at Consort Li with fear in their eyes.

Consort Li angrily said, "Yue Li, this vile servant injured your brother! How dare you protect her like this?"

Jiang Yueli looked at Consort Li with a cold expression.

Her eyes held a complex mix of emotions: attachment, reluctance, hatred, and above all, confusion.

“Mother! Zhou Wei is my head maid. Even if she does something wrong, it is I, as her mistress, who should handle it. There is no need for you to worry about it.”

Consort Li suddenly stood up, pointing at Jiang Yueli with a shocked expression.

"Yue Li, when did you become like this?"

"You dare to defy me for the sake of a lowly servant girl? Is a mere lowly servant girl more important than your own brother?"

Jiang Yueli looked up at Consort Li, the woman she once cared about most.

Even after being given a second chance at life, I still can't understand her!

"Mother! I just said that Zhou Wei is my head maid, the one who serves me personally. You keep calling her a lowly servant. Are you insulting her or me?"

Consort Li froze, clearly not expecting Jiang Yueli to say such a thing.

"Yue Li, don't be unreasonable! I'm talking to you about managing your subordinates!"

"How can such an unruly maid, who dares to beat a prince at will, continue to stay in the princess's residence?"

"Are you trying to tell me that you instructed this lowly servant to inflict your brother's injuries by defending him?"

Princess Jiang Yueli sat steadily in the chair, facing her birth mother's questioning, her heart filled with only sorrow.

"Shouldn't Jiang Yuelin have been hit? For the sake of a noblewoman who is already engaged to someone else, he came to question me, his elder sister. Is this what a younger brother should do?"

Consort Li was speechless for a moment, as she had no idea what Jiang Yuelin was doing at the princess's residence.

Now, hearing Jiang Yueli say this, it seems that the Third Prince was the one who was rude first.

However, her speechlessness only lasted for a moment before Consort Li quickly regained her composure.

"Even if your brother is wrong, he is not someone a lowly servant can discipline!"

"Today I will kill this vile maid so that she can stop bewitching you."

Consort Li instructed the two maids to continue, while Jiang Yueli's face turned frosty.

"I'd like to see who dares to touch my people today!"

With a furious shout, no one dared to move.

They could only hunch over and wait on the sidelines.

Jiang Yueli looked at Consort Li at this moment, her words full of accusation.

“Mother, whether in the past or now, you have never changed.”

"Whether it's my things or my people, you can do whatever you want with them without ever asking my opinion."

"If someone else takes a fancy to my things, I have to hand them over to them as you request."

“Three years ago, when I was in dire straits, you pressured me in the same way.”

"Now that I have nothing left, you can forget about harming my people!"

As Jiang Yueli spoke, she shielded Zhou Wei behind her.

Looking at the two maids standing to the side.

"Anyone who dares to touch my people, I will chop off their claws."

Now, both maids showed fear on their faces.

Princess Jiang Yueli is a mischievous troublemaker.

Although he suffered a severe blow three years ago and never recovered, he rarely went to the palace anymore.

But her influence remained, and no one dared to truly disobey her.

Otherwise, they'll definitely die a horrible death!

Consort Li was so angry she almost fainted. She couldn't understand why her daughter, who had yielded for three years, was being so domineering today.

Zhou Wei calmly observed the mother and daughter.

I had a feeling that the plot of this world was not so simple!

The original book does not explain what exactly happened three years ago.

After all, this is a fusion world with a female protagonist of good fortune as the main storyline.

Villains like Jiang Yueli mainly serve as tools or plot devices.

Therefore, she was arrogant and domineering from the moment she appeared, causing trouble everywhere.

As for what happened three years ago, and why she became a villain?

Nobody cares.

Listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter now, it's clear that the turning point came three years ago.

Considering that Princess Jiang Yueli's meridians were damaged, she was practically a cripple.

Zhou Wei had some vague guesses in her mind!

Consort Li was provoked by Jiang Yueli's assertiveness.

He retorted excitedly, "What do you mean, 'offering it to someone else'?"

“Those are my closest relatives, how could they be strangers? His Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress are our future support.”

"My sister, the Empress, is as gentle as a chrysanthemum, never vying for anything, but I cannot help but plan for her, nor can I fail to plan for our future."

"There are many princes in the palace. If His Highness the Crown Prince has no leverage, how can he deter those who dare to harm him?"

Jiang Yueli laughed self-deprecatingly, as if she didn't recognize Consort Li.

"Mother! You are truly beyond my comprehension."

"His Highness the Crown Prince is the Empress's son. What does he have to do with us? How can he be our support?"

"If you give everything I own to Yue Lin, I will have nothing to say."

"Yue Lin is at least your own son, and my own brother!"

"But you only think about His Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress, as if they were your family."

When the Empress and the Crown Prince were mentioned, Consort Li seemed to become a completely different person.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Jiang Yueli turned colder.

"How can your brother be compared to His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"If it weren't for the Empress's protection, how would I have had the opportunity to give birth to you and Yue Lin!"

"My sister treats me like family. She is my only support and concern in the harem. It would be only right to give her all the good things in the world."

"If it weren't for my sister, I wouldn't have given birth to you. It was all just to provide assistance to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Jiang Yueli's hands were clenched tightly together; she had heard these words from Consort Li since she was a child.

However, this time the feeling was particularly strong!

Her birth and Jiang Yuelin's birth were both part of Consort Li's schemes for the sake of the Crown Prince and the Empress.

ridiculous!

That's ridiculous!

Jiang Yueli felt that the Consort Li in front of her was very unfamiliar. Could this person be her mother?

The two children she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy were all for her empress sister.

What is the meaning of my existence?

At this moment, Jiang Yueli felt an unprecedented loneliness.

Suddenly, a hand landed on her shoulder.

Jiang Yueli turned around and saw Zhou Wei looking at her with a smile.

A warm feeling welled up inside her, easing her loneliness.

"Princess, rest assured! Your servant will always be your most loyal servant!"

Zhou Wei's muttering made Jiang Yueli burst out laughing.

[System Notification: The bond between your superior, Jiang Yueli, and you has increased to 20 (She trusts you a lot)]

“Mother, I will take care of my people myself, so you don’t need to worry about it.”

"Her Majesty the Empress summoned me to the palace and is still waiting for me. I must take my leave now."

After Jiang Yueli finished speaking, she got up and left.

Consort Li, however, seemed oblivious to her own daughter's emotions, her attention entirely focused on the Empress.

"What? Your sister, the Empress, summoned you to the palace?"

"Then you are being very inconsiderate. How could you come to me first and then go to pay your respects to the Empress?"

"When you get there, remember to apologize to your sister, the Empress. Although she is gentle and doesn't hold grudges, you must not be impolite."

"Also, if your sister asks you for something, you must not refuse! Even if you can't do it, you must agree."

Jiang Yueli paused in her steps, slowly turned her head, and took a deep look at Consort Li.

He left Qiuhua Palace without looking back.