Chapter 1131: Realised Who She Is
Chapter 1131: Chapter 1131: Realised Who She Is
The senior maid beside her, however, finally processed the clues. Her face turned pale as paper. She hurriedly stepped back, leaning close to Lady Pin An’s ear to frantically whisper the truth. She had finally recognised the famous face from the high-society rumours and was now frantically informing Lady Pin An of the girl’s true identity.
As the maid’s desperate whispers entered her ears, Lady Pin An’s arrogant sneer visibly froze. Her gaze slowly, stiffly drifted back toward Bai Xifeng, her eyes widening in realisation as she re-examined the girl’s striking, fearless face. In an instant, the horrifying reality crashed down upon her like a thunderbolt.
Bai Xifeng!
The biological daughter of Great General Bai! The girl who had once been mockingly dubbed a useless, pitied good-for-nothing because of her blocked meridians. The very same girl who had recently made a triumphant, terrifying return to the Capital City.
Lady Pin An’s face drained of every drop of colour, turning as white as a bedsheet. She looked up at Bai Xifeng again, only to find the young girl staring back at her with a calm, razor-sharp smile.
It was not a warm or friendly smile by any means. It was a cold, deeply amused smirk, as if Bai Xifeng were watching a pathetic clown put on a cheap show and had already seen right through every dirty thought in her mind.
A cold fear seized Lady Pin An’s entire body. Her knees buckled uncontrollably under the weight of sheer dread, her strength completely failing her as she lost her balance and collapsed awkwardly onto the marble floor.
"Lady Pin An!"
The horrified servants behind her snapped out of their daze and frantically rushed forward, surrounding her to pull their mistress back up.
Yet Lady Pin An did not care about how pathetic or embarrassing she looked right now. She was not completely stupid. She knew with terrifying clarity who stood before her.
At first, she had foolishly believed that Bai Xifeng was merely a lucky brat relying solely on her father’s military clout. In her mind, Bai Xifeng’s status was purely borrowed from Great General Bai’s shadow. But Bai Xifeng had changed. She was no longer weak. She was a formidable cultivator in her own right. She was wildly powerful, fiercely ruthless, and had just marched up to the imperial gates riding a legendary Lord Rank beast!
Lady Pin An’s mind raced back to the terrifying rumours circulating among the court nobles about Bai Xifeng’s recent exploits. She remembered that Bai Xifeng was no longer the helpless, delicate girl anyone could step on. She was a monster who would not hesitate to crush anyone who provoked her.
If she truly enraged a person like Bai Xifeng right here, she might literally lose her life on the spot. And even if Bai Xifeng did end up slapping her to death or crippling her right now... What could the Emperor actually do to punish Great General Bai’s cherished daughter?
Absolutely nothing!
His Majesty might be furious, but he would never dare risk starting a rift or provoking Great General Bai into rebellion over a mere, replaceable concubine like her.
Lady Pin An understood the cold politics of the inner court all too clearly. The Emperor would simply swallow the insult and sweep the matter under the rug.
The devastating realisation made Lady Pin An’s face turn even paler, cold sweat drenching her back. She had just blatantly insulted and tried to humiliate the one person in the entire kingdom she absolutely could never afford to offend. And worst of all, she had done it publicly in front of a dozen witnesses. For the very first time in her life, Lady Pin An felt a deep, terrifying regret for her own unchecked arrogance.
"Do we really need to stay standing around here?" Bai Xifeng asked, crossing her arms.
"No, Young Lady Bai. We can get moving now." The leading eunuch answered hurriedly, bowing his head.
"Then what on earth are you waiting for? Let’s move. The sooner I meet His Majesty, the sooner I can leave this damn, forsaken place." Bai Xifeng mumbled under her breath.
The eunuch was left completely speechless.
Countless people bled and fought just to enter the inner palace walls, especially the young noble ladies of the Capital City. For them, receiving an imperial summons and meeting the Emperor in person was considered the absolute highest honour imaginable. Some of them would literally be beside themselves with excitement for days just from getting the chance to catch a glimpse of His Majesty from a distance.
Yet Bai Xifeng loathed the palace so intensely that she casually referred to it as a "damn, forsaken place" right in front of the court staff.
Bai Xifeng was indeed cut from a completely different cloth than every other noble lady in the realm.
The eunuch could only swallow his grievances and silently lead the way.
Eventually, they arrived at the Mental Cultivation Hall. The grand throne room where the high ministers gathered with the Emperor to debate state affairs, discuss regional problems, and decide the fate of the kingdom.
Bai Xifeng glanced up at the familiar, sweeping roofs of the grand hall. This was the exact same place where her grand engagement with the Crown Prince had once been publicly announced to the entire court.
It was also the very hall where that same ridiculous engagement had later been bitterly cancelled. Thinking back on those events, a faint, mocking smile touched her lips. She certainly did not harbour a single fond memory of this place, but at least one undeniably good thing had come out of it. Her forced marriage to that useless Crown Prince had been thoroughly shattered right here.
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