...

Xia Xiyue led Xia Yuemin to the side, to a less crowded spot.

After noticing that the people nearby couldn't hear her at all, she turned to her much taller sister, Yue Min, behind her and asked, "Yue Min, after you went back, was Eighth Prince treating you well?"

Before Xia Yuemin could answer, Xia Xiyue frowned again and clenched her fists: "Forget it, you don't need to answer. You can tell that your uncle's muddle-headed nature isn't good to you either. If you've been wronged, just tell me. If I can't solve it, I'll go tell His Majesty."

Xia Yuemin looked down at her elder sister, who had a delicate face and was exceptionally gentle towards her, and her heart softened.

"It's alright. You know my mother's temperament; she won't let him bully me."

Xia Xiyue nodded, "That's right, the Eighth Princess is very clever."

"And you, you absolutely must not go to His Majesty over my little matter, or His Majesty will blame you..." Xia Yuemin earnestly advised.

"Mmm." Xia Xiyue nodded perfunctorily.

Xia Yuemin: "..."

It was obvious at a glance that my cousin hadn't listened to a single word he said.

He frowned, unable to resist giving the instructions again.

As a result, Xia Xiyue changed the subject and opened her mouth.

Seeing that someone was talking, Xia Yuemin quieted down again.

Then he heard his cousin, who was like a sister to him, looking at him with a worried expression and saying, "Yuemin, I saw you this year, how come you've grown taller again? You were already very tall last year, and you're even taller this year, taller than some men. And your chest is too small. Didn't I tell you the secret to making pig's trotters and papaya soup? Sigh, it's not going to be easy for you to find a husband like this!"

Xia Yuemin, dressed as a woman: "..."

My cousin is really too perceptive.

"Hehe, it's alright, I'll go back and find another prescription."

"Okay, that's enough. You look a lot fairer lately."

"Really? I think so too. The recipe my third sister gave me, I used pearl powder on my face, and it felt quite comfortable. If it made my skin whiter, the recipe must be good. Yuemin, you can try it when you get home..."

Xia Yuemin casually changed the subject with some excuse and nodded perfunctorily.

Xia Xiyue chatted happily with "him" about skincare secrets before reluctantly leaving her beloved cousin Yue Min and returning to her seat.

Xia Yuemin finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Xia Xiyue leave.

Perhaps his tone was too obvious, because his half-sister Xia Xiyu, who was close to him, clearly heard his voice.

She, with her barely-there features, looked at her "elder sister's" beautiful and delicate face with envy and said resentfully, "Ha, that vixen knows how to please the princess, and she still dares to complain."

Xia Yuemin raised an eyebrow, her eyes full of provocation: "Second sister, you're lying. I'm just a little prettier, and the princess likes me a little. What's wrong with that? It's just that you don't understand that when people are far away, they like to sigh when they're tired. Who told you that you don't have the good fortune to sigh?"

"You!" Xia Xiyu's face turned red with anger, and she pointed at Xia Yuemin with trembling fingers.

Just as she was about to say something, a sharp, loud voice rang out from below, belonging to the ceremonial eunuch.

"His Majesty has arrived—"

She was seething with anger, but that bitch Xia Yuemin was still looking at her arrogantly, which made her even angrier, but she didn't dare to cause trouble in His Majesty's presence.

As Xia Yuemin performed the ceremony, she glanced at Xia Xiyu's expression out of the corner of her eye and clicked her tongue in disdain.

At this level, you're still comparing yourself to him?

That's both stupid and vicious.