"But the lady came this morning and already knew that the young lady had a fever. You see, young lady, the lady still loves her in her heart." Qingzhu helped the person up.

Hongye scolded him, "What are you saying? How can a mother in the world not love her daughter?"

"Yes." Ji Mengshu said, "That makes sense."

Ji Ningqiu was driven back home. After Ji Mengshu left the palace, in just one day, Liu Huachao knew that Ji Ningqiu had many tricks, and he had long disliked her.

The person the Queen Mother was protecting was Ji Mengshu, not her, Ji Ningqiu.

Liu Huachao didn't have the patience to call her sister, and humiliated her without hesitation, "Ji Ningqiu, your fifth sister has already left the palace, what are you still doing here?"

"Your Majesty has shown me great love and I have received some rewards. Although Fifth Sister is unruly and did not ask Your Majesty before leaving the palace, as her elder sister, I still have to explain the reason to Your Majesty before I leave the palace." Ji Ningqiu played with the exquisite jade gourd in her hand and asked with a smile, "Does the Imperial Concubine have anything else to say?"

Oh, what a good farewell.

Liu Huachao sneered, "You don't like Ji Mengshu, but don't forget that she is the real daughter of the prime minister. But no matter who you are, His Majesty will not like you. I'm here to advise you to put away your frivolous thoughts. If you dare to have any ideas about His Majesty, don't blame me for being ruthless. Pack up your things and get out of the palace tomorrow!" Liu Huachao said harshly and walked out of the bedroom without even turning his head.

Xiao Cui said dissatisfiedly, "Miss, the imperial concubine is very angry."

"She is the only favorite among the six palaces, but she was born as a foot-washing maid. She has a bad temper, but it is just to cover up her background that is not presentable." Ji Ningqiu was silent. When Ji Mengshu left the palace, she could not avoid the fate of leaving the palace. Before leaving, she was also scolded by Concubine Liu, which was really uncomfortable.

Concubine Liu acted flamboyantly and vented all the grievances she suffered from Ji Mengshu on Ji Ningqiu. Didn’t she say that she was his elder sister?

Since she took advantage of Ji Mengshu's sister, she must also bear the anger of Ji Mengshu that made her angry.

Before Ji Ningqiu left the palace, everyone in the palace knew that Ji Ningqiu had to leave the palace because she was insulted by Concubine Liu. As she walked on the palace road, she could hear the palace servants whispering from time to time.

"Look, she is the second daughter of the Ji family. I heard that she was rewarded by His Majesty. Look, neither the Queen Mother nor His Majesty showed up, right?"

"Who says she isn't? Compared to our Imperial Concubine Liu, she is really far inferior. Otherwise, why would she be driven out of the palace in such a miserable state?"

Xiao Cui gritted her teeth and heard their unbridled conversation. She retorted, "You! Who are you talking about? Who was driven out of the palace? Our girl was not driven out of the palace."

"Okay," Ji Ningqiu grabbed Xiao Cui's arm and shook his head, "Let's go. Why bother with them?"

Xiao Cui was indignant, but she had no choice but to follow them out of the palace. The area outside the palace was wide, but there was obviously no carriage to pick them up. "Miss, the fifth lady is coming home, didn't they know to send a carriage to pick you up? It would be fine if they left us behind on purpose, but do they want us to walk back?"

Ji Ningqiu had not expected this to happen, and hurried back to the gate, but was stopped by two guards, "All outsiders, get out of here!"

"Hey - who do you say are the outsiders? We just came out from here, we are from the Ji family!" Xiao Cui was so anxious that she was about to get angry.

Ji Ningqiu motioned her to shut up, and said to the two guards at the gate, "We don't have a carriage ready at home. Can you please allow me to go to the palace first?"

The cold-faced guard said, "No one is allowed to enter without permission."

Once you go out this door, you can't go back.

Ji Ningqiu also realized the reality and walked away alone with Xiao Cui. "At worst, we can rent a carriage. It's such a long way, we can't walk back on foot."

It was difficult to leave the palace. Ji Ningqiu was a young lady who had never had to deal with women. She had always had everything she wanted, and there was always a carriage to pick her up when she went out. But once she lost the Ji family as a backer, she was like a headless fly, unable to find the direction of the wind.

It's easy to say that she would rent a carriage, but she had no cash on her, and she was reluctant to use the reward Ning Huaixuan gave her.

Xiao Cui persuaded the coachman to give up one of the gold hairpins, and then exchanged it for silver after arriving at Ji's house.

The carriage wobbled to the front of the Ji Mansion. The two people outside the door saw that it was the Second Miss and hurriedly bowed. Xiao Cui called Uncle Zheng and asked for some money to pay for the carriage rental.

Uncle Zheng said in embarrassment, "Xiao Cui, it was your young lady's idea to rent the carriage. You can't take money from the public treasury."

"But the palace didn't send anyone to pick up the young lady. The cost of renting the carriage should be paid by the public, right?"

Uncle Zheng still waved his hand, "It's a private rental, you pay for it yourself."

"No - hey -"

The carriage waited outside the mansion for a long time, holding the handkerchief in hand. When the maid did not come out, she could not help but joked to the people in the carriage, "I wonder if you are an unpopular lady? Your maid has been gone for so long, why hasn't she come out yet? If you delay any longer, I will charge you more... It's just a small amount of money, it's really a waste of time."

"What did you say?" Ji Ningqiu was so angry that she almost died. Her last name was Ji, and she was a daughter of the Ji family. How could she be penniless? As she spoke, she got off the carriage and pretended to enter the mansion.

"Hey - what are you doing? You haven't given the silver yet!" Seeing that the person was about to leave, the coachman quickly grabbed her and shouted.

How could Ji Ningqiu be so fussy with a groom in public? Ji Ningqiu threw away her sleeves, "I said I would give it to you!"

"Where's the silver? Give it to me?" The coachman's shouting gradually attracted a crowd of onlookers. Seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, Ningqiu felt that she was going to lose all her face. She handed the gold hairpin to the carriage and said, "Is this enough?!"

"Hey, that's enough!" The coachman smiled and pulled the carriage away. Ji Ningqiu hurried back to the mansion, and could not see Xiao Cui anymore.

When she returned to Zelanxuan, she saw Xiao Cui rummaging through the drawers in her bedroom. Without time to ask anything, Ji Ningqiu was furious. What a stupid girl! She actually left her out in the open and went out to steal things!

With a "slap" sound, a slap landed on Xiao Cui's face, leaving a red mark instantly. "Xiao Cui, you traitor, what are you doing?"

"Miss, Miss, please listen to my explanation," Xiao Cui covered her face and told Ji Ningqiu everything that happened, crying and angry, "Miss, the housekeeper said that we can only use our private money. Xiao Cui was afraid that you would wait for a long time, so she came here directly to find some money..."

Gongzhong refused to take even the money.

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