Flip the table! The reborn villainous woman takes down her entire family and seizes her life.

Chapter 81 Successfully Entering the Palace

Gu Liang tilted her head back slightly.

Seeing Jiang Zhi glance at the jade bottle again, she quietly moved it a little further away.

For some reason, he felt a bit hot.

What he didn't expect was that his princess not only loved snacks, but also seemed to have some interest in alcohol.

He coughed lightly. "What do you know about me?"

Jiang Zhi looked at him, blinking her innocent, watery eyes, "I want to know about Your Highness's past."

"I want to know where you used to live."

"Do you want to know what you were like before we met, and whether you had the same personality before? I want to know all of these things."

Gu Liang didn't know where she learned these words, but he actually started to believe them.

"Alright," Gu Liang said. "Tomorrow, I will go to court. You can wait for me in the palace."

That night, the masters of Liangwang Mansion all returned home very late.

Apart from the guards hiding in the shadows, no one knew that their prince had been taken to the night market by the princess.

Actually, it can't really be considered a night market.

After the princess came out of Chunzhuo Tower, she refused to get into the carriage no matter what.

She said she hadn't seen such a lively scene in a long time and wanted to walk from one end to the other.

The King of Liang seemed to want to lift her up, but she grabbed his wrist.

“Let’s go together,” Jiang Zhi said.

Shopping is always more fun when there are lots of people around.

Gu Liang wanted to refuse.

But when he looked down, he saw that Jiang Zhi's pretty cheeks were flushed red and her eyes were sparkling. Was she... drunk?

She only had one drink.

Gu Liang suddenly wanted to see if she was truly drunk or faking it.

"Just walk over?" he asked in a low voice.

Jiang Zhi nodded firmly, looking very clear-headed.

“Okay,” Gu Liang took a step back, “You go forward, I’ll stay behind you.”

Jiang Zhi looked up, glanced around, and smiled more broadly. "Stay close to me."

The guards, left standing to the side, watched as the two of them walked one after the other towards the front of the street.

Their queen walked with light steps, and their prince followed leisurely behind her with his hands behind his back.

The figures, one in green and one in black, gradually blended into the bustling crowd...

early morning.

Doctor Han was practicing a new brocade technique in Yangzhi Courtyard when Qinghuai came over carrying a pile of items.

He placed these things on the table, filling it completely.

Doctor Han stopped what he was doing and walked over. "What's this?"

"The Princess bought this for you last night." Qinghuai's expression was complicated. "His Highness asked me to bring it to you."

The South Korean doctor chuckled, "Let me see, let me see."

The table was laden with a dazzling array of dishes, and most notably, there was a box of roasted meat.

Dr. Han, the little old man, happily spun around with the butcher in his hand.

"This is good."

Seeing that he was grinning from ear to ear, Qinghuai reminded him, "Old Han, you're beholden to someone who gives you a gift."

Qinghuai wasn't on duty last night. I heard that all the guards who went out with His Highness received a box of roasted meat as a midnight snack.

If it were an ordinary butcher shop, it wouldn't matter, but it happened to be Sun Erniang's shop.

That butcher shop is very popular, and there's always a long queue.

I wonder if the princess lined up for this, or...

When Qinghuai recalled Gu Liang's expression when she asked him to deliver something that morning, he decided it was best not to inquire.

Jiang Zhi followed Gu Liang to the palace.

He went to the imperial court and told her to wait for him obediently.

Having successfully entered the palace, Jiang Zhi naturally went to find Min Youxiang.

According to the information Bai Xiaotang gathered, Min wanted to be assigned to sweep and clean the Yun Shen Ting in the palace.

That place wasn't the main palace, but just a northernmost side courtyard, with few guards.

Jiang Zhi headed directly north.

We encountered many patrolling guards along the way.

However, since she held the title of Princess Consort of Liang, naturally no one dared to stop her.

Jiang Zhi took a long detour and was a little lost for a while, but the further north he went, the closer the mocking voices became.

"Ah Cai, tell me, why did you have to offend Consort Duan for no reason?"

"Having backbone isn't enough; you also need to have the life."

"Even if you have a lot of backbone, you have to accept your fate. You are destined to spend your whole life in the inner palace."

"That's right, how about this, you crawl between our legs and we won't hit you."

"If not, then don't blame us."

Jiang Zhi lifted her skirt and walked quickly forward, only to see a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old kneeling in the distance.

The boy knelt on the ground with his head down, wiping the floor bit by bit.

Behind him were eunuchs who were all older than him.

One of the thinnest eunuchs walked over and kicked the boy in the stomach, knocking him to the ground.

The young eunuch shouted angrily, "Hurry up and clean it up, Eunuch Zhang will come to inspect."

"If we get punished, we'll hold you responsible."

"What a tough guy."

Several eunuchs, upon seeing Jiang Zhi, were unsure how to address him, and immediately knelt down.

See also...

“Princess Liang,” Jiang Zhi added.

"Greetings, Princess Consort of Liang."

Jiang Zhi glanced at the eunuchs, his voice icy, "What did he do to deserve this?"

The eunuchs all lowered their heads and whispered, "He offended Consort Duan."

Jiang Zhi scoffed, "Offending Consort Duan is her prerogative; it's not something you can bully as you please."

Several eunuchs escaped.

She slowly squatted down, looking the boy up and down.

She was certain that the face in front of her was the same as the portrait Bai Xiaotang had given her.

Jiang Zhi asked in a low voice, "Are you Min Youxiang from the Min family?"

Min paused, clenched his teeth, and subconsciously shook his head.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhi asked again, "Your brother's name is Min Xiang?"

The boy was silent again.

Do you want to live?

The boy was stung by Jiang Zhi's words and looked up at him.

A few simple words stirred the boy's heart.

He said firmly, "I want to live to see my brother."

Jiang Zhi got up, helped the boy up, and headed towards the pavilion ahead.

Jiang Zhi handed the three drawings to Min Youxiang; the papers were covered with complex annotations.

Did you learn Go at the Min family home when you were a child?

Min nodded immediately, "I've studied it."

Jiang Zhi's gaze fell on the stains on the boy's body where he had just been kicked.

On his face and arms, one could still faintly see the marks of torture he had suffered.

Her lips twitched slightly.

Min paused, her hand holding the painting still.

The two exchanged a glance, his eyes unusually solemn.

"My brother is my only family."

"I want to get out of here alive to see him."

“If you want to get out of here alive to see him,” Jiang Zhi said, “you must understand everything on the paper, memorize it all, and reproduce it. It would be best if others knew that you knew Go, but you must not let others know about this painting.”

"The more people in the palace who know you can play Go, the better."

"You must endure this for now."

Min then tried to hide the painting in the depths of his clothes.

"Thank you, Princess Liang."

Jiang Zhi left first.

Behind her, the boy's gaze remained fixed on her, lingering for a long time.

Perhaps his family was wiped out, and after being abducted and sold into this place, no one remembers his real name anymore. Outside, he is just a dog using the alias Ah Cai.

Today, someone firmly told him that he is Min Youxiang from the Min family.