Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

Jiang Xue smiled brightly: "Your Highness is a great chess player. I admit defeat."

She put down the chess piece and smiled as brightly as the warm spring sun.

"Princess, Miss Lu sent a letter, asking you to go with her to choose jewelry."

One month after the Royal Competition, on the second day of February, was her wedding day. Since Jiang Xue had not prepared any decent jewelry, the Zhenbei Marquisate decided to have Lu Linyi accompany her to select the jewelry she needed for her wedding.

"When our Lu family's daughter gets married, she must be a grand bride and cannot be laughed at by others."

The pride and doting in Zhenbei Hou's words made Jiang Xue feel warm in her heart.

"It seems that Marquis Zhenbei is very concerned about your marriage." Although Xiao Zhan has prepared everything Jiang Xue needs, the Marquis Zhenbei's kindness cannot be replaced by any jewelry.

"If Your Highness has nothing else to do, why not go to the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion? Your uncle often speaks highly of Your Highness."

This was a good opportunity to enhance their relationship, so Xiao Zhan naturally would not let it go. He nodded, followed Jiang Xue's words, stood up to accompany her out, and he also got on a carriage to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

"Jiang Xue, this one is so beautiful." Lu Linyi held a hairpin in his hand, gestured on Jiang Xue's head, and exclaimed with a smile on his face.

This hairpin was made in the shape of a phoenix, with tassels hanging from the tail. The nine tails looked lifelike, and when worn on the head it looked as if a real phoenix was perched, swaying with every step, so lively and agile that Lu Linyi fell in love with it at first sight and felt that he and Jiang Xue were a perfect match.

"It's really beautiful." Jiang Xue's fingers gently slid across the hairpin, her love for it was beyond words.

"Boss, we want this one. Please pack it for us." Lu Linyi was a man of action. He took the hairpin and wanted to buy it.

Unexpectedly, before the boss could take it, the hairpin was snatched away by another swift hand.

Lu Linyi got anxious and reached out to take it back, but his fingers were cut by the tassel tail.

"Boss, I want this one. Please pack it for me." It turned out to be Xiao Min who came to buy jewelry. When she saw Jiang Xue enter the store, she followed her. Seeing that Jiang Xue had a special liking for this phoenix hairpin, she insisted on getting a hand in it.

"Oh, Sister Changle, you are here too? What a coincidence! Hey? Miss Gu, how come your hand is injured?" Xiao Min pretended to be surprised and acted concerned.

"My cousin and I came here for a walk, and we didn't expect to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess." Jiang Xue pulled Lu Linyi over and carefully examined her finger. Fortunately, it was just a scratch and there was no big problem.

"This princess is here to choose jewelry for her wedding. Is Sister Changle here to choose too?" Xiao Min deliberately emphasized the tone of "Brother Junli" and looked at Jiang Xue with a smug look on his face.

Humph! Listen carefully, Nanman girl! Brother Junli is mine! He chose me! I am the winner.

Jiang Xue found it a little funny to see her smug look. Xiao Min was probably not very smart. After so much time, everyone knew that she had already lost hope in Jun Li, but she was still self-indulgent, as if she had hit a sore spot.

"Oh? Then Changle would like to wish Prince Xichen and Princess a happy and long marriage."

Xiao Min would probably soon understand what kind of torment it was to be with a man as cold as Jun Li.

"You." Xiao Min originally thought that Jiang Xue would be furious, but it turned out to be like hitting cotton. Apart from being furious, he didn't gain any advantage.

"Boss, why are you still taking so long to pack up these hairpins?" Xiao Min's anger was directed directly at the shopkeeper, and he didn't even have the mood to pretend to be polite.

"This..." The shopkeeper was in a dilemma. The three women in front of him were all very important. How could he afford to offend them? Sweat beads slid down his forehead. He carefully explained to Xiao Min: "Your Highness the Fifth Princess, this hairpin was actually chosen by Princess Changle and Miss Gu first."

Before she finished speaking, Xiyan slapped him in the face: "You just took care of it when I asked you to. Doesn't our princess' words have any effect? ​​How can a random person be ranked ahead of our princess?"

"Who are you calling a bunch of clutter?" Xiaochun's anger flared up, and he took a step forward and shouted back.

Jiang Xue stretched out a hand at the right time to stop her.

"If Your Highness likes this hairpin, consider it as Changle's wedding gift to you in advance."

As he spoke, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the shopkeeper, then took the hairpin from him and put it on Xiao Min himself.

"This phoenix is ​​vivid and lifelike, with a noble posture. It is indeed the most suitable for the fifth princess."

After saying that, Jiang Xue took Lu Linyi and turned to leave. The moment she walked out the door, a barely perceptible smile appeared on her lips.

"Princess, why didn't you let me teach them a lesson just now?" Xiaochun became more and more angry as she thought about it on the way. When she thought of Xiao Min and Xiyan's contempt for the master and servant, she wanted to go back and teach them a lesson.

"Do you think your princess can be bullied easily?" Jiang Xue asked with a smile.

When Xiaochun heard this, she realized that the princess seemed to have a plan to deal with the situation, and looked at her curiously.

"Be patient and wait, there will be a good show tomorrow."

I just hope the fifth princess can withstand the coming storm.

In a blink of an eye, the day of the royal competition arrived, and members of the royal family took their seats one after another.

Also present were many nobles of Beiling and princes from various countries.

Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan, Jun Li and Xiao Min, the two pairs of couples who had recently been granted marriage, happened to be sitting next to each other.

While waiting for Emperor Beiling and Empress to enter, Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan were chatting and laughing. In contrast, Jun Li and Xiao Min were silent and had no communication at all.

Oh, looking at the brilliant smiles of Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan, Jun Li was furious. This smile should belong to him alone! Xiao Zhan, why did you snatch my treasure?

Jiang Xue, why can't you see my face?

By the way, Jun Li had completely forgotten that he used to be as cold as an iceberg towards Jiang Xue. He had destroyed all those good things that should have belonged to him.

"Brother Junli, look at this new hairpin tomorrow. Isn't it beautiful?" Xiao Min was unwilling to be left out. He tugged at Junli's clothes, his eyes full of anticipation, waiting for him to praise her.

"Yeah." Jun Li glanced at him coldly and responded perfunctorily without saying another word. He didn't care about how Xiao Min dressed up. His mind was full of jealousy towards Xiao Zhan and the desire to monopolize Jiang Xue.

"The Emperor and the Empress have arrived." A sharp eunuch's shout was heard, and a bright yellow-robed figure slowly walked into the hall.

"Greetings to His Majesty, His Majesty the Queen." Everyone stood up and saluted, bowing their heads respectfully.

The Beiling Emperor and the Queen looked at each other and waved their hands together: "Get up."

After standing up, the queen took one look at the hairpin on Xiao Min's head. Her originally dignified smile instantly became stiff, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

But Xiao Min seemed not to notice the change in the queen's expression. Instead, she puffed out her chest proudly, wanting everyone to see her new hairpin.