Chapter 108: The Princessās True Face
Jiang Qingwan didn’t like hearing those words.
“The Princess has changed; she is very good to the Sentinels! Even though they loathed her so much, she treated them all with leniency and purified them thoroughly without holding a grudge!”
Jiang Qingwan frowned in refutation. “So I believe the First Highness should also view the Princess in a new light!”
“Guide Jiang, you are too naive.” Xie Kong shook his head. “You don’t understand my Imperial Sister at all.”
He sat back down on the sofa, a trace of distress appearing on his face. “My sister… she has been bright and clever since she was a child. Her schoolwork far surpassed my own results back then. Although she later neglected her studies, the genes are there, after all.”
“Coming up with a Guide reform plan is easy for her. But guess why she didn’t implement it sooner or later, but specifically when her three-year training was about to end?”
Jiang Qingwan was stunned. “Why?”
“Because she not only wanted to spend the maximum amount of time tormenting Sentinels for fun but also wanted to secure the right of succession simultaneously, so it would be convenient for her to continue tormenting those Sentinels after she ascends the throne!”
“Although I love my sister, I cannot stand by and watch the Empireās Sentinels be destroyed at her hands!”
Xie Kong spoke with absolute conviction. Jiang Qingwan pursed her lips, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face.
“But I truly feel… the Princess is genuinely becoming better.”
Xie Kong took a deep breath. “Forget it. Since you insist on believing she will change, then I can only let you see my sisterās true face for yourself.”
Jiang Qingwan blinked in surprise. “What do you mean, Highness?”
“The Imperial Husband trials are about to begin. Watch and see if she uses the trials to secretly torment these S-class Sentinels.”
A confident smile curled Xie Kongās lips. “When that time comes, Guide Jiang will know how ignorant her current thoughts are.”
Jiang Qingwan worriedly pinched the edge of her clothes, clearly wavering. “In that case, I will wait and see. If the Princess truly hasn’t changed her nature… I will lend the First Highness a helping hand.”
Xie Kong nodded with satisfaction. “It is good that you say so.”
He raised his hand to signal that Jiang Qingwan could leave. However, Jiang Qingwan stood in place without moving, hesitantly tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as if she had something to say.
He looked up in confusion. “Is there something else?”
“Um,” a sense of embarrassment from a lack of funds appeared on Jiang Qingwanās face. “First Highness… could you spare me some money?”
Xie Kong: …
Xie Kong said with a forced smile, “Guide Jiang is so upright and incorruptible; how could I bear to see you suffer? Go find the butler and ask for some!”
“Thank you, Highness!”
After drawing a large sum of money from the butler, Jiang Qingwan raised her wrist and turned on her lightbrain.
The lightbrain was perfectly fine; it hadn’t been broken at all. She transferred the money to the accounts of some poor Sentinels who had died on the battlefield, ensuring their families would receive an extra pension. Only then did she let out a soft sigh.
Just as she was about to turn off the lightbrain, a message suddenly popped up.
Seeing the contact name, her expression turned serious. After a quick reply, she hurried toward the depths of the palace.
She didn’t notice that atop the First Princeās palace, a silver fox watched her coldly before leaping down and quietly following her.
Because of the Imperial Husband trials, Hong Que and the others were kept in the palace, staying in a metal tower adjacent to the Princessās Palace.
Upon returning to the palace, Xie Qiang received gestures of goodwill from various major noble families. Gifts were sent to the Princessās Palace in heaps, quickly filling the entire hall.
The butler of the Princessās Palace was a capable middle-aged woman. Her sleeve was embedded with a micro-lightbrain, the screen displaying the gifts sent by each family along with corresponding information and photos, making it easy for Xie Qiang to quickly find the location of any gift she wanted to use.
Xie Qiang sat on the sofa, declining the milk tea offered by a maid as she flipped through the gift list on the light-screen.
Most of them were new pearl and gemstone jewelry, as well as currently fashionable designer clothes. Some even sent tickets to art galleries. A small portion consisted of the latest model lightbrains, high-efficiency healing medicines, holographic game consoles, two-person hovering cars…
“Put the jewelry and clothes in the walk-in closet. Send the high-efficiency healing medicines to the Sixth Combat Zone in my name. Put the game console in my bedroom. Send the two-person hovering car to the tower next door and let those men practice their driving skills.”
Xie Qiang directed skillfully, her bright feline eyes casually sweeping over the light-screen as she continued her orders. “Turn on all the lightbrains. Also, separate the list of people who sent art gallery tickets.”
Back in modern times, she had once received art gallery tickets from a certain executive in her adoptive fatherās company. When she went, she found the other party already waiting there, offering even more lavish gifts in the hope that she would put in a good word for them in front of her father.
As for the lightbrains…
Xie Qiang stroked the small Ragdoll cat spirit body in her arms, waiting for the maids to turn on the lightbrains one by one and open the payment accounts inside according to her steps.
With a quick glance, she saw that of the 23 lightbrains, 22 of the payment accounts already had hundreds of thousands of Star Credits deposited in them.
Xie Qiang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
The way these nobles tried to curry favor was exactly the same as those executives who sent her phones but actually stuffed the payment accounts with “pocket money.”
She pointed to the lightbrains and said to the butler, “Butler, please help me open a separate account and deposit all this money into it.”
“Yes.” The butler put away all the lightbrains. Seeing Xie Qiang pick up the art gallery entry tickets, she couldn’t help but ask, “Does the Princess intend to visit the exhibition?”
“Of course.”
However, although these tickets were for the same art gallery, they were for different time slots. Not only did they send enough for two people, but they were all clustered on the same day…
Xie Qiang propped up her cheek, feeling a bit conflicted. “Who should I invite to go with me?”
Translator’s Note: “Two sleeves of cold wind” (äø¤č¢ęø é£) is a classic Chinese idiom for being incorruptible or having no money.
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