"Xu Jiuyan, what do you mean?"

The princess shielded Liu Huan behind her and looked at the arrogant man.

"She stepped on my shoes, so why can't I push her away?" Xu Jiuyan showed no remorse whatsoever.

Liu Huan tugged at the princess's sleeve and said, "Princess, don't worry, I'm fine."

She didn't want the princess to clash with her future sister-in-law because of her.

Seeing that the princess remained silent, Xu Jiuyan became even more smug. "So it really is as the rumors say. She does have some tricks up her sleeve, completely captivating our master. Look at her, she really has the ability to seduce people."

Xu Jiuyan's sarcastic remarks drew snickers from those nearby.

However, they dared not say these things in front of the princess, as none of them were the princess's future sister-in-law.

If the princess can tolerate this, she is not a member of the Li family.

She leaned over to Xu Jiuyan's side and swung her hand at her personal maid. "You lowly servant, you stepped on my shoes."

The maid immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, while the young lady next to her was so frightened that she dared not move.

Xu Jiuyan's expression changed drastically. "Princess, what are you doing?"

"You still know I'm a princess? Didn't you see that lowly servant step on my skirt?"

Xu Jiuyan protested, "Everyone saw it, where did she step on you?"

The princess looked at her with a stern gaze. "I said I stepped on it, and that's final. What, you have a problem with that?"

Xu Jiuyan remained silent, preparing to attack Liu Huan again, when the princess grabbed her hand. "Xu Jiuyan, who do you think you are? Once or twice, but there won't be a third time."

Xu Jiuyan's face turned bright red with anger, "You..."

The princess continued, "You don't think that just because I'm going to marry your brother, you can boss people around me around, do you?"

The more she spoke, the more disdainful her eyes became: "You're not qualified. Bah, what a piece of trash. Huanhuan, let's go."

After saying that, she took Liu Huan's hand and left. Miss Shen immediately followed in front of her, saying, "Princess, please calm down. Jiu Yan didn't do it on purpose."

Xu Jiuyan was left standing there, her eyes filled with hatred, while the young lady beside her looked at her hesitantly and with concern.

She looked at everyone with disdain, said "What are you looking at?" and then strode away.

However, the princess did not leave in the end. Although she really wanted to leave, she thought that if she left, people would definitely gossip about her, so she endured her displeasure and stayed.

"Huanhuan, are you really alright? Please don't hold it in. If Xu Jiuyan hurts you, I will definitely repay her maid tenfold."

Liu Huan shook her head, "This servant is really fine, Your Highness, please don't worry."

"That's good. If you get hurt, watch how I tear that little bitch apart."

"Princess..."

The princess took her hand and said ingratiatingly, "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more, don't be angry."

Although Liu Huan felt a lot of pain in her thigh, she still dared not show it. If she angered the princess and she got into a fight with Miss Xu, then when she returned to the princess's palace, the princess would blame her for being a troublemaker.

When the other ladies returned, everyone pretended that nothing had happened and happily ate their snacks.

"This is really good, you should try it."

"Indeed, it's delicious."

The princess sat in the main seat, eating her food by herself, without speaking to anyone else.

To ease the awkwardness, Miss Shen said, "Everyone, let's play a game of musical chairs."

What about the loser?

A girl in red standing nearby said, "Then let the mistress punish the maid if she loses; make the maid drink."

Liu Huan knew that this round was specifically targeting him.

The princess had a sullen face and didn't want to play, but the people around her kept saying, "No one should object, so let's begin."

Liu Huan winked at the princess, not wanting the princess to make enemies of everyone because of her, since they would still have to interact in the future.

She was confident in her alcohol tolerance, and had never been afraid of drinking baijiu, red wine, or beer before.

Everyone was in high spirits. A servant brought over a bouquet of peonies, and the young lady called her maid to stand beside her.

He was just waiting for his maid to drink for him when he lost.

A group of people deliberately caused this; the princess lost the most, and Liu Huan drank the most.

Her face started to turn red in just a short while.

...

When Xu Zijing finished her shift, she ran into Su Yi on the way home and invited him, "Brother Su, would you like to come to my house for a while?"

Su Yi refused without even thinking, "I'm not going."

Xu Zijin looked regretful. "Oh well, never mind then. I was originally planning to go to the Shen residence to pick up my sister, and the princess is there too. But since you're not going, then forget it."

Su Yi glanced at him. "Lead the way."

Xu Zijin sat back in the carriage. "Alright."

Two carriages arrived at the entrance of the Shen residence, where a group of green and yellow maids and colorful young ladies stood crookedly at the gate.

Xu Zijing quickly stepped forward, "What happened?"

The princess helped Liu Huan, who was about to faint, and said, "Brother Xu, could you help me support her? She's so tired."

"I can still drink, Princess, don't be afraid, I'll drink them to death." The woman in the princess's arms muttered to herself, adding gestures with her hands.

The strength was so great that the princess almost lost her balance.

Looking at the other maids, they were also swaying and staggering, but none of them were as eloquent as her.

Xu Zijing dared not help her up. He looked behind him and saw Su Yi taking Liu Huan with a dark expression.

Liu Huan looked up, her eyes glazed over, "Shi Tou, let's drink together."

Su Yi helped her up, his tone stern: "Stand still."

He looked at the princess and said, "Princess, I will take her back tonight and send her back tomorrow."

The princess felt a little embarrassed when she saw Su Yi. "Take good care of her. Give her a day off tomorrow."

Su Yi nodded. "Thank you."

Just as they were about to leave, a young woman came over. It was Xu Jiuyan, who had just argued with the princess. However, she didn't have any maids with her, so she had probably already helped the carriage up.

"Brother, are you here to pick me up?"

Her voice was sweet, and she put on an innocent face, but the princess rolled her eyes inwardly, thinking, "What a piece of trash."

Then she looked at Su Yi and said, "So Brother Su is here too. Are you going back? Brother, why don't we take Brother Su back first?"

"It's so noisy, it's irritating."

Liu Huan didn't know what she was doing; she only knew that hearing that sound made her very uncomfortable.

Su Yi didn't even look at Xu Jiuyan, patiently coaxing the person in his arms, "Just bear with it a little longer, we'll be going back soon."

Turning to the side, he said, "No need to trouble yourself, I'll take her back first, goodbye."

After saying that, he helped Liu Huan into the carriage.

Xu Jiuyan stared at his back, her hands clenched tightly, her eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

Seeing her smug look, the princess smiled and said to Xu Zijin beside her, "Brother Zijin, I envy them so much. They're childhood sweethearts, a perfect match."

Completely disregarding Xu Jiuyan's opinion, she continued, "This Scholar Su has good taste. My Huanhuan is so beautiful."

Xu Zijing glanced at his younger sister, who was on the verge of tears. He was torn between his beloved and his own sister.

He immediately stopped the impending argument, "Alright, Princess, I'll take you back first. Sister, let's take the Princess back first and then go back together."

Xu Jiuyan didn't even look at her brother, and said, "It's not like I don't know the way back." She then got into her family's carriage and scolded the driver, "Hurry up and go."