The carriage soon arrived at the gate of the Fourth Prince's residence, and the two of them got off the carriage one after the other.

Yinzhen wanted to go to the young consort's courtyard with her, but Tong Cheng'er didn't really want to face him.

Tong Cheng'er thought of herself as a coward. In fact, she was scared. On the way back, all she could think about was her interactions with Yinzhen these past few days. She knew exactly why.

She was afraid of getting too involved and also afraid of being unable to extricate herself, so she wanted to cut her losses while she was still relatively unaffected.

"You've been keeping me company these past few days, so you must have something important to do. I won't bother you, you go ahead and do your thing!"

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen looked surprised and then went to the front yard.

In the study in the front courtyard, Yinzhen sat in a chair. He didn't know why, after only going back home to miss his family, his wife had become distant from him. This was too strange.

Tong Cheng'er returned to Yaocheng Courtyard alone, unable to concentrate on her reading and somewhat absent-minded while petting the cat.

The more Tong Cheng'er thought about it, the more she felt it was all Yinzhen's fault. Why did he keep appearing in her mind? It was so annoying.

She was feeling angry when she suddenly heard her nanny report that several of Yinzhen's concubines from the inner courtyard had come to pay their respects.

Tong Cheng'er immediately felt dejected. Was it finally coming?

She realized she might have overestimated herself, and the thought of sharing a husband with so many women made her feel nauseous.

At the same time, she also had some uncontrollable feelings for Yinzhen, which made her feel somewhat self-loathing.

Tong Cheng'er nodded and let them in.

Outside Yaocheng Courtyard, Song Yuerong, Li Shi, and Wu Shi looked at the plaque outside the courtyard, their eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Yaocheng Courtyard," what a beautiful name!

Yao has been known as a beautiful jade since ancient times. Putting Yao and Cheng together is like comparing the Fujin (wife) to a beautiful jade. The plaque for Yao Cheng Courtyard has been hung up long ago.

They wondered incredulously if the Fourth Prince already had someone else in his heart, which was why he ignored them.

Looking at the plaque, Wu felt even more complicated. She thought she could remain calm, but who knew her heart would be so chaotic.

So when Li Shi and Song Yuerong came to find her, she hesitated for a moment before agreeing to come along.

She was curious about what kind of stunning beauty the princess consort was that could make the Fourth Prince carry her around the mansion.

Ru Xue came out and said coldly, "Princess ladies, the Princess invites you in."

Ru Xue's attitude towards them was really not good.

Inside Yaocheng Courtyard, Tong Cheng'er sat at the head of the table, watching three beautiful women walk in.

The three of them dressed up especially for today.

Song Yuerong's appearance wasn't particularly outstanding, but she had a charming, petite and delicate appearance.

Li's features were delicate and charming, her demeanor graceful yet natural, even her simple act of bowing was captivating.

As for Madam Wu, she seemed the most proper. Her bows were graceful and elegant, befitting a refined lady. Her eyes were cold and aloof, like a female scholar, and she looked like a proud plum blossom blooming alone in the dead of winter.

Although Tong Cheng'er wasn't particularly comfortable, she didn't make things too difficult for them. However, expecting her to be nice to them was out of the question.

"Get up, all of you!" Tong Cheng'er said coldly.

The three of them stood up and began to secretly sized up Tong Cheng'er.

All three were somewhat disappointed. Although the princess was beautiful, she did not possess a beauty that could topple kingdoms.

It's not quite what they expected.

They all assumed that a woman who could be treated differently by the Fourth Prince must be exceptionally beautiful.

They felt that Tong Cheng'er wasn't exceptionally beautiful, which disappointed them. At the same time, they thought that with their own looks, they might be able to snatch the Fourth Prince away from the Fujin (the wife of the deceased prince).

So the three of them started trying to elicit information from each other.

The three of them thought Tong Cheng'er was young, but they failed to get any information out of her. Instead, it made them seem like they were acting rather improperly.

Tong Cheng'er talked to the three of them for a while, and was immediately disappointed. They were all beautiful, but she couldn't have a good conversation with them. They were also always speaking in a sarcastic tone, which made her feel uncomfortable.

In the end, Tong Cheng'er lost patience with them and started to shoo them away: "I'm a little tired, you can all go back now. Besides, you don't need to come and pay your respects unless I give you an order."

Upon hearing this, none of the three expected her to say such a thing; it was against the rules.

Lady Li thought of another problem and said, "But Madam, we haven't served you tea yet!"

Tong Cheng'er had no idea that tea was to be served, so she casually said, "I'm not thirsty today, so there's no need to serve tea."

Upon hearing this, the three women felt a pang of unease. What did the Fujin mean by not allowing them to serve tea? Was she not going to acknowledge them?

Madam Li reacted swiftly, her eyes instantly reddening: "Your Highness is truly humiliating us. Although we are concubines, we entered the manor only after passing through layers of selection in the imperial concubine selection. Even if you dislike us, why do you refuse to even offer us tea? We know our status is lowly, but we are still the master's women. You are the master's primary consort, how can you not tolerate our lowly status?"

With Li taking the lead, Song Yuerong also reacted, and her eyes reddened. She said aggrievedly, "Sister Li is right. As the master's primary wife, how can you not tolerate a lowly concubine like me?"

Wu Shi didn't follow along; she couldn't lower her head, feeling that she was inherently proud!

Tong Cheng'er finally cheered up this time. She couldn't stand being wronged. She didn't look down on them in the first place. She was more disgusted by Yinzhen's other women. Now that they all said she hated them, she couldn't just take that reputation for nothing!

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