As soon as the tea was brought to her lips, Xu Wanyan was stunned by these words.

After a pause, she took a sip. The West Lake Longjing tea was indeed refreshing, leaving a lingering fragrance on her lips and teeth, and refreshing her heart.

"How do you know?"

The person asking the question was a girl in a purple dress, and it was obvious that she was very interested in this matter.

"My sister-in-law's brother has a friend who is an imperial physician, and the news leaked out in the palace."

"Crown Princess...how is the situation?"

"I don't know, I only know that he is bedridden."

Xu Wanyan didn't say anything. She looked up at Xu Wanqing and saw that she was talking to someone else. She seemed not interested in the Crown Princess' illness.

"Why isn't the Prince's Mansion open to welcome visitors?"

"The Crown Prince has always kept a low profile. He naturally doesn't want to bother everyone with the affairs of his family."

Xu Wanyan took a look and saw that it was still the girl in the purple dress.

When she talked about the prince, her face showed a bit more spirit and a hint of arrogance.

"What are you looking at me for?"

Xu Wanyan pursed her lips and smiled, "I think you are right, so I look at you."

"Humph! What I said is of course right."

Xu Wanyan smiled but said nothing. She must be a spoiled girl.

"Jiaoxue, this is Second Miss Xu's first time here, you must not scare her!"

"Since you are so delicate, it's better to stay at home and not come out."

Everyone could hear the sarcasm in her words, and the others started to chuckle as well.

Xu Wanyan remained calm, but the two words "Jiaoxue" stirred up a storm in her heart.

If she remembered correctly, in her previous life, there was a woman who competed with Xu Wanqing for the position of Crown Princess, and in the end, her entire family was executed.

It ended up with the same fate as Prince Chen's Mansion.

I just don't know if the person in front of me is Yang Jiaoxue.

She picked up the glass of water again, but this time she didn't drink it, she just held it to her lips.

"Oh, don't bully my sister like this. My sister is pretty, but she's just well-behaved. If you bully her again, I'll never let you go."

After saying this, Xu Wanqing pretended to be angry.

Seeing this, the others quickly laughed and joked, "Wanqing, you are so kind to your sister. With you around, we dare not bully her."

"That's good. Everyone here is a well-educated and talented woman. How about you accompany my sister in a poetry reading? She's been reading poetry lately."

"How difficult is that? I, Yang Jiaoxue, wouldn't claim to be a learned scholar, but I am certainly well-read. Come, I'll take the first line. 'Dancing Low on the Willow Tower's Heart Moon,' Second Miss Xu, you're right, aren't you?"

Looking at her arrogant look, Xu Wanyan believed that she was the Yang Jiaoxue who died tragically at the hands of Xu Wanqing.

She shook her head and replied calmly, "Ms. Yang, I can't."

"No? No, what are you doing here?"

"that is."

“.......”

Xu Wanqing was feeling proud. She was going to trample Xu Wanyan's face under her feet today and make her notorious in the capital.

"It's not that I don't want to learn, but my sister told me that you guys are proud of the fact that women are virtuous even if they are not talented. If a woman reads too much, she will be disliked by her husband's family, and even..."

She didn't dare to say anything and looked at Xu Wanqing aggrievedly.

Xu Wanqing's head was buzzing. What was wrong with this damn girl? Why did she say anything?

"I, I..., ah, Wanyan, you misunderstood me, that's not what I meant."

Xu Wanqing was in a hurry to explain because those people looked at her with displeasure.

"What do you mean, sister? Didn't you tell me that your friends only read a little bit and aren't very talented?"

Looking at her innocent expression, Xu Wanqing wanted to reach out and tear her face apart.

But, with so many people watching, and she is a famous lady from the capital, how could she do that?

Although she felt very uncomfortable, Xu Wanqing still forced a smile, "Don't listen to what my sister said, she, she said..."

"Wanqing, we consider you a friend, yet you actually say this about us behind our backs."

"That's right, what a bunch of bullshit. A woman without talent is virtuous. Which man would like that kind of stupid woman?"

"Wanqing, you really disappoint us."

Xu Wanqing was so anxious that sweat broke out on her head. Among them, only Sun Caiyun's family background was not as good as hers, and the others were better than her.

She was able to get in because of her grandfather's status. Now, if she offends them, how can she have a place among the noble ladies in the capital a hundred years later?

What future can my father have, other than relying on my grandfather's reputation to get a sinecure?

"Don't listen to her, she herself..."

"Sister, am I wrong? But you said all these to me."

"Tell me, you'll only tell me if you're nice to me."

As she spoke, she forced out two tears.

What was there for the people present to not understand? Xu Wanqing was deliberately belittling them in order to flatter her own sister.

They didn't care how she treated her sister.

However, they could not tolerate such blatant slander. After all, their future husbands' families attached great importance to women's knowledge.

"Xu Wanqing, what else do you have to say?" Yang Jiaoxue looked at him coldly.

"Jiaoxue, I, I..."

For a moment, Xu Wanqing didn't know how to explain.

Seeing the pitiful Xu Wanyan beside her, she couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "Xu Wanyan, why do you slander me like this? Have I been bad to you? I have always protected you, and you..."

Xu Wanyan burst into tears immediately. She stood up in a panic and bowed to Xu Wanqing and the other women. "I, I didn't know that these words couldn't be said. You, please don't blame my sister. I'm leaving now. I won't spoil everyone's fun."

After saying that, she covered her face and ran out.

"I tell you, what she just said was false. We..."

"Xu Wanqing, your sister ran away, why didn't you chase her? She never left the house, if she got lost..."

"It's better to lose it. You keep talking nonsense all day long."

"hehe......"

Although the people inside didn't say anything else, they still believed Xu Wanyan.

It was obvious that the girl was a timid and simple girl, and she would definitely not lie.

Xu Wanqing looked at their half-smiles and quickly added: "I'm serious, I didn't say that at all..."

Xu Wanyan stood outside the door, a sneer appeared on her face, and then she left.

"Miss, why did you come out?"

Qiao Yun was very surprised to see Xu Wanyan.

Looking behind him, he found that only the young lady was there.

"Where's the young lady?"

"They are still here. Let's go to Aunt Huang's parents' home and take a look."

"Miss, what did you say?"

Qiao Yun couldn't believe her ears. Was that what her mistress said?

Does she know where Aunt Huang’s parents’ home is?