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Chapter 352: 352: Chaos

Leaving the Princess Consort with an ashen face.

Princess Consort of Wei secretly clicked her tongue. Her maid whispered, “I’ve long heard that the Princess Consort of Yu is formidable. Seeing her today proves it. How dare she treat the Crown Princess like that?”

This was simply a public humiliation, tearing off the face of the Princess Consort and grinding it into the ground.

“Why wouldn’t she dare?”

“Prince Yu is already like that. She should be staying behind alone and behaving with propriety. She should be careful in her actions…”

“Hmph.” Princess Consort of Wei sneered, “You’ve probably forgotten who her parents are.”

The maid’s face revealed realization: “That’s right, she’s Prime Minister Jiang’s daughter.”

“Not just Prime Minister Jiang, it’s said that General Jiang will arrive in a few days. In consideration of these two brothers of the Jiang family, let alone the Princess Consort of Yu messing with the Crown Princess, even if she went overboard, the Emperor will not reprimand her.”

The maid showed envy, “Having the backing of one’s family really makes a difference.”

“Yeah, unlike me, I wouldn’t dare do such a thing.” Princess Consort of Wei’s tone was sour.

It was at this moment a loud crash sounded.

Princess Consort of Wei looked over, and it turned out that the Crown Princess’s porridge bucket had been overturned.

The ruffians and hooligans who dared surround the Crown Princess were fearless. The imperial guards violently drove them away, provoking the crowd to create a ruckus.

During the pushing and shoving, the porridge bucket was toppled.

The wooden bucket rolled outwards, scattering its steaming hot contents everywhere.

Some old people stomped their feet in distress.

The Crown Princess’s face turned deathly pale. She stood there helplessly, not knowing what to do.

This wasn’t just about a bucket of porridge. The original intention was for the royal family to show their closeness to the people and shape their image. But now it had turned into this.

The Crown Princess had hoped to do this well, leaving a good impression on the Emperor and Empress, and then plead for the Crown Prince’s banishment to be lifted earlier.

Now, there was no hope of lifting the ban. It might even provoke the Emperor and Empress’s further dissatisfaction.

Ms. Ma’s mind went blank, unaware that bigger chaos was coming.

As the porridge splattered, the chaos intensified.

A group of beggars from somewhere started pushing and shoving, and began snatching the porridge.

They even surrounded the Crown Princess, several dirty hands grabbing at her skirt.

Ms. Ma was scared to tears.

The other noblewomen saw the situation deteriorating and immediately dropped their ladles, boarded their carriages with their maids, and fled the scene.

The Princess Consort of Wei also ran away quickly.

After the beggars had made trouble and gained some advantage, they quickly dispersed.

With a pale face, Princess Consort Ma was escorted to the carriage and returned to the palace.

Only leaving behind the mess and the remainder of the End-of-Year Sacrifice Festival porridge in the shed.

Soon afterward, Jiang Fu and several women returned, smiling, swiftly cleaned up, and called out, “Come on, come on, line up for porridge! This year’s porridge is sweet and glutinous. It’s good for the elderly and children to eat.”

Due to the disturbance, the people who had run away gradually returned.

The women rolled up their sleeves and began ladling porridge again.

Since they were accustomed to working, the women were quick and efficient, much better than the delicate maids from noble families.

After all the porridge was distributed, the women cleaned up the porridge shed, then climbed into the carriage and were taken back to the Prince of Yu’s mansion by Jiang Fu.

Jiang Ning was roasting sweet potatoes and drinking porridge in the courtyard with Jiang Yi, Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yan.

Jiang Fu came in to report that all the porridge had been distributed and the area had been cleaned up..