After leaving the Weiyang Palace, Madam Su smiled. Obviously, she was satisfied with the result.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was in a good mood, Wei Changying felt relieved.

Madam Su touched her pearl hair clasp and was about to talk to Wei Changying when they heard a noise coming nearby—

They looked towards where the noise was and found that two girls were pulling against each other and walking towards this side from the lane where willow trees were planted in a line. A crowd of the palace people was following them anxiously but had no idea what to do with the girls. Because both girls were delicate princesses, the people could only persuade them gently, but dare not stop them.

Seeing these girls in colorful dresses, Madam Su frowned and held Wei Changying's hand as she said, "They've seen us.... We'll leave soon after we greeted them. Don't speak!"

At the same time, Wei Changying had realized the girl who was being dragged and was crying all the way...was Princess Linchuan!

That day on her birthday banquet, Princess Linchuan was greeted by all the imperial madams in the capital. How spectacular her birthday banquet was! She had shown how noble and dignified a princess should be.

But now her majestic temperament was gone—her yellowish-red upper shirt with crossed collars was dragged by the girl in front of her, which forced her to move forward. Perhaps it was because she had struggled, her upper shirt looked untidy, and even an edge of her shirt was pulled out. She had no time to tidy her dress.

The untidy Princess Linchuan was crying as she was being dragged. She cried so hard that she looked even worse than a wronged common girl, let alone keeping her majestic temperament.

The girl who was dragging Princess Linchuan was younger. She hadn't turned fifteen yet, so her hair was made into two buns, decorated with a pair of herbaceous peony shaped hair clasp and colorful silk ribbons. Because she was rushing, two strings of ribbon had been blown to her front and were wrapped onto her necklace, which had a peony shaped pendant on it.

Although this girl was also wearing a bright-colored dress, you could find out when you get closer that her dress looked old-fashioned, which was not as splendid as Princess Linchuan's dress. However, she was much prettier than Princess Linchuan. Her face was small, with a pair of attractive eyes beneath her crescent-shaped eyebrows. She was a beauty indeed.

However, her imperious personality was also as outstanding as her beauty. She was dragging Princess Linchuan, who was several inches taller than her, so hard that Linchuan staggered along the way. Wei Changying found that some of the palace people were the ones she had seen at the banquet standing behind Princess Linchuan, so they must be Linchuan's favorite maidservants. The maidservants had tried to take away the girl's hand, but they were scolded every time they make their attempt. Therefore, they could only watch things happen anxiously.

Madam Su made a wry smile and wait for the crowd to come towards them. She then stepped up and made a curtsey as she said, "Greetings for both princesses!"

Wei Changying also made a curtsey immediately. Hearing Madam Su's words, Wei Changying knew this girl who dared to drag Princess Linchuan outside the Weiyang Palace was——Princess Anji, the most unfavored princess among the three unmarried princesses of the Great Vi.

Last time when Wei Changying came to the palace, she heard Shen Cangning say that Princess Anji had always been bullying Princess Linchuan. At that time, Wei Changying thought that since this princess was unfavored, how would she bully Princess Linchuan? After all, Princess Linchuan was favored by the Emperor, and she didn't seem to be a coward.

At that time, Su Yuli told Wei Changying that she would know after meeting Princess Anji why Princess Linchuan couldn't fight against her sister Anji even if Linchaun was favored by the Emperor....

Seeing that Princess Linchuan was crying, Wei Changying felt respect for Princess Anji—wasn't she afraid that she would be punished harshly after His Majesty knew that Princess Linchuan was bullied? Maybe she would even get Madam Zhenyi into trouble! Even if His Majesty wouldn't kill one daughter for another daughter's sake, since Princess Anji was almost at a marriageable age, maybe she would be engaged to someone who didn't match her because of Princess Linchuan's persuasion or His Majesty's hatred towards her.

Princess Linchaun, who was sobbing her heart out, couldn't care about who had shown up but could only wipe her face with her soaked handkerchief.

Princess Anji stopped and looked at Madam Su and Wei Changying. She then nodded and said, "You are sensible enough to greet me instead of leaving immediately after seeing that I'm dragging Linchuan. It's very polite of you."

Madam Su put up a big smile, which she had never done before, and said, "Both of princesses are noble, how dare we behave impolitely?"

Princess Anji was satisfied with Madam Su’s words. In return for Madam Su's praise, Princess Anji said, "Is she your new daughter-in-law? Her beauty is as bright as the sunlight. She and your son Shen Cangfeng are a perfect match."

"I express gratitude on behalf of my son and my daughter-in-law," Madam Su knew Princess Anji's personality, so she immediately explained, "It's my second time for my daughter-in-law to come to the palace, so she dares not to talk much in order to avoid making mistakes. Please forgive her, your highness!"

Seeing that Madam Su and Wei Changying were polite, Princess Anji smiled and said, "Newly married ladies are always shy. She will get used to it after several visits. I don't mind... You can leave now, for Linchuan and I have to visit our mother and let her make a judgement on our affair. Bye."

Madam Su covered up her happiness and said carefully, "Farewell to your highness!"

“The First Rank Madam truly knows the manners," Princess Anji smiled happily and left. She dragged Linchuan and shouted, "Get in there! If you dilly-dally, I'll take off all your clothes, and you'll be embarrassed for the rest of your life!"

How would a princess threaten others by saying this in public?! Wei Changying was stunned.

However, Princess Linchuan, who was sobbing nonstop, jumped as if she was stabbed after hearing these words. She said in a panic, "I...I'll get in right away!"

...Poor Princess Linchuan, it seemed that she already had no intention to struggle against her sister.

Seeing that the two princesses had stepped into the Weiyang Palace, Madam Su sighed with relief and wiped her sweat with her handkerchief. Wei Changying immediately took out her handkerchief and wiped the sweat on Madam Su's forehead.

Then they tidied their dresses. After confirming that the palace people were far from them, Madam Su said quietly, "Remember, never offend Princess Anji!"

Wei Changying had fully understood this since she had seen how Princess Linchuan was bullied by Princess Anji. She said, "I understand!" She then asked curiously, "Mother, I heard that her highness...is not favored."

"No matter how unfavored she is, she is a child of the Royal Family. What's more, she didn't do anything evil, so the Emperor and Empress won't demote her title for a small matter," Madam Su said. She then changed her expression and said, "Don't think that you can offend her because the Emperor does not favor her! There has been an imperial madam who treated Princess Anji impolitely because the princess was young and Madam Zhenyi wasn't favored! The result was, Princess Anji did not only beat that madam with her wooden slipper but also pulled off that madam's dress... In the end, the imperial madam nearly committed suicide!"

"...." Having imagined how the Princess had beaten the imperial madam and pulled off her clothes, Wei Changying was stunned. She said, "Does the Emperor and the Empress know this?" Although princesses in the Great Vi were nicely treated, as for those who were not favored.... What was worse, Princess Linchuan was Princess Anji's enemy. How would Princess Anji exempt from punishment?

Madam Su said, "She knelt in the Xuanming Palace and begged to be killed. She said that she, as a princess, would rather die than being looked down upon by an imperial madam. Since she has mentioned the dignity of the Royal Family, what could his Majesty say? That imperial madam's family members could only apologize and drive that madam out from their family...."

Wei Changying then said, "You've mentioned that the madam has nearly committed suicide, didn't you?"

"Her maidservants found her on time," said Madam Su, "Because of her carelessness, she was driven away from her husband's family, and the relationship between her original family and her husband's family became frozen. That doesn't worth it! Princess Anji is a real princess, so respecting her is what you should do, and it's not flattery. What's worse, Princess Anji is narrow-minded. So remember, you can be casual while talking with Princess Linchuan and Princess Qingxin, but you have to be polite to Princess Anji no matter when. Even if she is nice to you, you still have to be polite. Understand?"

How would Wei Changying dare to offend such a princess who could threaten to take off her sister's clothes? She had even done it to an imperial madam! Wei Changying bore this in mind and asked, "Although Princess Anji has gone too far, there was a reason for her to treat the imperial madam like this. But this time, she is dealing with Princess Linchuan."

"She's neither afraid of death nor punishment, so what can the Emperor and the Empress do to her?" Madam Su hemmed and said in a low voice, "After all, she is not favored, so she doesn't need to worry whether his Majesty will dislike her more or not. However, Princess Linchuan is afraid that the Emperor will dislike her if she complains to him too many times."

...So this is the so-called "the poor are not daunted by the rich".

Wei Changying understood. Princess Anji and her mother were both unfavored by the Emperor, so no matter what she had done, as soon as she didn't do anything too bad, the Emperor wouldn't abandon her, because she was his daughter. Also, punishments are nothing to Princess Anji!

As for Princess Linchuan, things were not so easy. Her natural mother, Concubine Mao had passed away. Although her stepmother Empress Gu was noble, she wasn't Linchuan's biological mother. What was more, both of her children, the Crown Prince and Princess Qingxin, were favored by the Emperor. Therefore, no matter how nice Empress Gu treated Princess Linchuan, she wouldn't consider so much for her as a natural mother would.

What was more, it seemed that Empress Gu had something to do with Concubine Mao's death, and Princess Linchuan didn't seem to be of one mind with the Empress....

Although the Emperor doted princess Linchuan, his Majesty had already changed three Empresses and Crown Princes, let alone the concubines in the palace. His Majesty had doted on too many imperial concubines and children!

Maybe he couldn't even remember how many he had doted on.

Therefore, Princess Linchuan dared not complain to his Majesty every time she was bullied. Who knew whether she would be disliked after complaining?

After all, Empress Gu cared a lot for Princess Linchuan for two reasons: one was for her own reputation, the other was because Linchuan was doted by his Majesty.

If Princess Linchuan was unfavored, Empress Gu would deal with her, because she suspected that it was Empress Gu who had caused her mother's death, and she had the intention to put herself against Empress Gu and cooperate with Honored Consort Deng.

Therefore, even if his Majesty doted on Princess Linchuan more than on Princess Anji, Linchuan could only rely on herself every time she had a conflict with Anji....

Princess Anji was extremely fierce. Take the case of the imperial madam as an example. Princess Anji was only 13 or 14 years old now, but Wei Changying hadn't heard about this case since she was married, which meant people had forgotten it. Generally, people needed to take several years to forget such a big case.

Going back to several years ago, how old was Princess Anji by then? Perhaps she hadn't turned ten yet!

Maybe the imperial madam didn't struggle for she was afraid that she would hurt the princess, but Princess Anji wasn't tall enough to reach her shoulder by then, and she made the madam's head bled! This can prove how fierce Princess Anji was. She could fight with most women even if she hadn't practiced martial arts...

That's why Princess Linchuan couldn't do anything to Princess Anji even if she was older than Anji. Because she had so many things to worry about, she could only be bullied by Princess Anji...

No wonder Wei Changying's cousin and mother-in-law were afraid of Princess Anji. Wei Changying thought, "So everyone is afraid of bad people. "