Chapter 119 Hostility

"Second Miss, it's so beautiful here!" Qingzhi supported Yuan Ziyu and looked at the peach forest with sparkling eyes.

"Yeah!" Yuan Ziyou smiled and nodded, "She's really beautiful!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard laughter coming from the peach forest. The laughter came from far away and got closer. Before Yuan Ziyu and his master and servant could get away, three girls came out of the peach forest with their maids.

Yuan Ziyu knew two of them, namely Miss Fang and Miss Chen San, whom he met during the Lantern Festival. As for the other one, Yuan Ziyu was quite unfamiliar with her.

The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a pink dress and gorgeous hairpins and ornaments, but she looked a little out of place in Fatan Temple. She was pretty, but the obvious arrogance on her face diminished her beauty.

Now that they have met, they have to see each other.

Seeing that the pink-dressed girl was looking at him arrogantly, Yuan Ziyu naturally did not rush to approach her. He just nodded slightly as a greeting.

When Miss Fang saw her, she smiled and introduced the pink-dressed girl to Yuan Ziyu: "Second Miss Yuan, this is the legitimate daughter of Grand Tutor Liu, Liu Xueqing, the Third Miss Liu."

Then he turned to Liu Xueqing and said, "This is the newly promoted first-rank general, the legitimate daughter of General Yuan, Yuan Ziyu, the second Miss Yuan!"

Before Yuan Ziyu could speak, Liu Xueqing sneered, "I was wondering who it was. It turned out to be the famous Miss Yuan Er."

This was not a good tone.

Yuan Ziyou smiled faintly: "Miss Liu San, you are too kind. I don't deserve the word famous!"

"Hmph!" Liu Xueqing snorted coldly, "You fought a fierce battle against villains during the Lantern Festival, had Prince Xuan take the knife for you, opened a famous dim sum shop in the capital, and even received a plaque from the Empress Dowager. If Second Miss Yuan doesn't deserve the title of famous, who else can? Second Miss Yuan, don't be too modest. After all, we can't even dream of such fame!"

Yuan Ziyu narrowed his eyes slightly, not understanding where Liu Xueqing's hostility came from as soon as they met.

"I think you all have something else to do, so I won't disturb you!" Yuan Ziyu was too lazy to pay attention to Liu Xueqing. He smiled faintly and said this, then took Qingying and Qingzhi into the peach forest.

"Second Miss, that Third Miss Liu is really too much. It's just the first time we met, but she's already sarcastic and mocking. If you don't know, you might think we've provoked her!" Qingzhi said indignantly after they were far away.

"Why bother with her? She's just someone we have no connection with!" Yuan Ziyu didn't care about Liu Xueqing at all, so he naturally didn't care what Liu Xueqing said.

Liu Xueqing is the legitimate daughter of Grand Tutor Liu, and presumably the younger sister of Liu Haozhe. Yuan Ziyu has no interest in making friends with anyone from the Liu family.

Tutor Liu was an upright official, but for some reason, the children he raised were all either arrogant and domineering or lustful and dissolute.

It's really puzzling.

"The second lady said don't pay attention to her, just pretend you didn't see her!" Qingying said with a smile.

"But I still feel that Miss Liu San is too much. How can she say such things to someone as soon as she meets him? She doesn't have the manners of a girl from an official family at all." Qingzhi said with a frown.

"Let's go. Don't pay attention to those irrelevant people. Let's go appreciate the peach blossoms and let our Qingzhi calm down!" Yuan Ziyu and Qingying looked at each other and laughed.

"Second Miss!" Qingzhi pursed her lips in embarrassment, then thought about it and laughed: "Second Miss is right, why should people who have nothing to do with her care?"

Let’s not talk about Yuan Ziyu and his master and servant strolling in the peach forest to admire the scenery, let’s just talk about Liu Xueqing.

Miss Fang carefully glanced at Liu Xueqing's expression and said with a smile, "Sister Liu, there's no need to be angry about Miss Yuan Er. Prince Xuan also helped Miss Yuan Er to block the knife in a hurry. Besides, Miss Yuan Er is already engaged. Besides..."

"What's more?" Liu Xueqing glanced at Miss Fang.

Miss Fang smiled flatteringly at Liu Xueqing: "Besides, Miss Yuan Er is really an amazing martial artist. It's better not to provoke her if you can."

During the Lantern Festival, Miss Fang witnessed the fight between Yuan Ziyu and the bad guys with her own eyes, and she was really afraid of Yuan Ziyu.

"Hmph!" Liu Xueqing glared at Miss Fang. "Fang Ruying, your father is only a third-rank Dali Temple official. It's your business if you're afraid of Yuan Ziyu. My father is the Grand Tutor, a first-rank official. What's more, my aunt is a noble concubine. How can I be afraid of her? What a joke!"

After being scolded by Liu Xueqing, Fang Ruying was secretly annoyed, but she didn't dare to show it. She could only smile and said, "Sister Liu is right. With Sister Liu's status, how could she be afraid of Miss Yuan Er?"

"Hmph, I'm glad you understand!" Liu Xueqing glared at Fang Ruying with disdain and said, "Follow me from now on. If you continue to destroy your own ambition and enhance the prestige of others, you'll be sent to a cooler place as soon as possible."

"Ruying understands!" Fang Ruying quickly pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled.

"Humph!" Liu Xueqing glared at Miss Chen San again: "And you, Chen Yao, remember to learn this lesson!"

"Yes, Sister Liu!" Chen Yao also responded quickly!

After scolding Fang Ruying and Chen Yao, Liu Xueqing felt a little better. She said to them graciously, "Alright, I don't blame you. I only blame Yuan Ziyu. He's completely shameless. He's already engaged, yet he's still trying to seduce Prince Xuan. He's truly shameless!"

After hearing this, Fang Ruying and Chen Yao didn't dare to respond, but just nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the two were obedient, Liu Xueqing raised her eyebrows proudly and asked Fang Ruying, "By the way, you just said that Yuan Ziyu is engaged. Who is the family he is engaged to?"

"It seems to be the Prince of Xuanping Marquis!" Fang Ruying responded quickly.

"What?" Liu Xueqing opened her eyes wide and stared at Fang Ruying, "Are you talking about the Marquis Xuanping's son, the Huo prince?"

"It seems to be him, but I'm not very sure." Fang Ruying recalled the situation at that time. She vaguely remembered that Master Huo told Master Xuan that Yuan Ziyu was his fiancée. She originally wanted to confirm it with Yuan Zitong, but she didn't expect that Yuan Zitong never left the house again. Even until now, she didn't know whether what she heard was true or not.

"How come that damn girl has such a good life!" Liu Xueqing pulled the peach branch next to her angrily, causing the peach petals to fall all over the ground.

Suddenly, she seemed to see a figure, and without saying anything, she hurriedly chased after it. However, after only a few steps, she lost the person!

When Fang Ruying and Chen Yao caught up, Liu Xueqing asked, "Did you see that just now? Was that Prince Xuan?"

"Ah!" Fang Ruying and Chen Yao blinked: "We didn't notice!"

"What a waste!"

Liu Xueqing stomped her feet angrily, looked in that direction unwillingly a few times, and had to return to the guest house.

(End of this chapter)