Chapter 8 Support

"I'm talking to you, don't you hear me?"

Xiao Mingyue's arrogant voice interrupted Yueli's memories. To be honest, she also hated Xiao Mingyue's arrogant look.

"Lianqiao, do you hear anyone talking?" Yueli asked doubtfully, "It feels like a bug is buzzing in my ear. It's so annoying. I really want to kill it."

"You!" Xiao Mingyue's eyes widened in anger. "How dare you call me a bug?!"

Yueli was surprised and asked, "How could I say Miss Xiao was a bug?"

"It seems that Miss Xiao is not only talkative, but also hard of hearing."

Xiao Mingyue stamped her feet in anger: "How outrageous!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand to hit Yueli.

Yue Li grabbed her hand and pushed her back violently, her tone instantly turning cold: "Insolent? I think Miss Xiao is the insolent one."

She took two steps forward and approached Xiao Mingyue. Xiao Mingyue subconsciously stepped back. When she realized what was happening, she suddenly became angry, but then she heard Yue Li say:

"In fact, I was personally conferred the title of Fifth Rank Beauty by His Majesty, while Miss Xiao has neither received an imperial decree nor inherited a title. You are a commoner, so who gave you the courage to disrespect me in the palace?"

Xiao Mingyue's face changed. She was born in a marquis's mansion, so what if she didn't have a rank? Who hadn't respected and given in to her since she was a child?

"You!" Xiao Mingyue pointed at her angrily, "I'm going to ask the Queen Mother for justice!"

Yue Li caught a glimpse of the bright yellow imperial carriage approaching in front of her, and suddenly a smile appeared on her lips, blocking Xiao Mingyue's way.

"Get out of here!"

"Miss Xiao is so angry, could it be that she is jealous of me?"

Xiao Mingyue's face froze, as if someone had discovered something on her mind. She instantly exploded: "I'm jealous of you?"

"You, a lowly Yangzhou skinny horse, actually said that I was jealous of you?"

She looked at Yueli's beautiful face, the malice in her heart continued to grow, and she spoke more and more without thinking: "People like you who grew up in those dirty places of fireworks, I feel disgusted when I stand next to you."

Yue Li smiled: "Miss Xiao has been infatuated with Your Majesty for many years, but your lover has always been indifferent. Now, I, a skinny Yangzhou horse as you call it, can be favored, but Your Majesty treats Miss Xiao as nothing..."

Her voice became increasingly soft and gentle: "In His Majesty's heart, you are probably even more despicable than a skinny horse from Yangzhou."

Xiao Mingyue's face was immediately filled with anger. She screamed and cursed, "How dare you! You bitch!"

She was so angry that she didn't care that they were in the busy palace street. She picked up the teacup on the tray held by the maid and poured it on Yueli's face.

It was a cold winter day, and Xiao Mingyue and she stood outside for a long time, so the tea had already gone cold.

“Ah~”

Yue Li staggered back two steps, the tea wet her face, small water droplets meandered down her slender neck into her clothes, and a few strands of black hair stuck to the sides of her face.

But Yueli didn't look embarrassed at all, instead she looked a bit fragile and broken.

"Your Majesty~"

Yue Li cried, walked past Xiao Mingyue, and threw herself into the arms of He Yanchen who had just come down from the imperial carriage.

The man subconsciously hugged her and patted her back with his broad palm.

Yue Li raised her little face slightly from his arms, her almond-shaped eyes were red and a little wet, it was hard to tell whether it was tea or tears, but her tearful look still made He Yanchen feel a little pity.

Tsk, she is my woman after all, how can she be bullied like this?

He didn't even bother to ask and directly convicted Xiao Mingyue:

"Where did this shrew come from in the palace? Drag her away and beat her to death."

Xiao Mingyue's face turned pale instantly. When she met the man's emotionless black eyes, she was so scared that she fell to her knees on the ground.

The imperial guards came forward without saying a word, grabbed her hand and wanted to take her away.

Xiao Mingyue struggled hard: "Your Majesty, I am Mingyue..."

At this time, the Queen Mother and the wife of the Marquis of Shou'an heard the noise and came out. Seeing this, they were also shocked: "What happened?"

No one answered her.

Yueli's small hand quietly grasped the man's sleeve, and her soft and boneless body almost completely leaned on the man's arm, and her pair of charming and seductive eyes looked straight at him:

"Your Majesty, the tea is so cold..."

"I am cold all over."

The empress dowager saw the wetness on her face, then looked at Xiao Mingyue's trembling appearance, and seemed to understand something.

"Your Majesty, Mingyue is young and naive. I will teach her well."

He Yanchen looked at the Queen Mother without much respect: "Teaching?"

"Is this what the Queen Mother taught you?"

The wife of the Marquis of Shou'an quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It is my fault that I failed to teach my daughter well. Please spare her life. I will teach her well when I return."

He Yanchen didn't say anything. Ji Ming observed her expression and said, "Madam, it was Lady Yu that Miss Xiao offended. The person she should apologize to is Lady Yu."

The wife of the Marquis of Shou'an still had something to understand, and she scolded Xiao Mingyue, "Why don't you apologize to Lady Yu!"

Xiao Mingyue clenched her fists tightly as she supported herself on the ground, but the wife of Marquis Shou'an did not tolerate her and directly pressed her head down, making her kowtow "bang bang bang".

Yueli calmed down a little after seeing this.

It feels good to have someone's support.

She was not afraid of being hated by the Queen Mother. Did she have to endure insults without fighting back just to please the Queen Mother?

Besides, what’s the point of trying to please the Queen Mother? She is not her concubine.

He Yanchen heard her moan softly, and her fingers, hidden under her sleeves, hooked his little finger and shook it gently, seeming to be very satisfied.

The man scoffed.

But he felt it was not enough.

How can you offend someone and just kowtow a few times to get away with it?

He Yanchen caught a glimpse of the thick book Lian Qiao was holding and suddenly asked, "What is that?"

"Your Majesty, this is the female instruction that the Empress Dowager asked Lady Yu to copy."

"Female Training?" He Yanchen smiled, "I think someone else should be copying Female Training."

He raised his hand, picked up the women's training book that was as thick as a brick, and smashed it directly on Xiao Mingyue's face.

"Ah!" Xiao Mingyue screamed in pain. A bloody mark was left on her cheek. She was scared to death and collapsed to the ground.

"Copy it a hundred times. If you can't finish it, you will never leave the Marquis' Mansion in your lifetime."

After he finished speaking, he took Yueli directly to the imperial carriage.