Chapter 45 You are unkind, I am unjust

Looking at the topic of the poetry reading in her hand, Su Yue went from being shocked to being clear-headed. Xiaoduo would probably find out that something was missing soon, so she had to come up with a response plan quickly.

There was no time to think at this point, so Su Yue quickly returned to Pingyuexuan, picked up a piece of paper and pen, carefully imitated the handwriting on the paper, and began to revise the questions accordingly.

There were four questions in total for this poetry contest, and she planned to change the last two questions. After all, it would be boring if Su Xin knew that the questions were wrong from the beginning.

She wanted to deal a fatal blow to Su Xin when she was extremely confident.

Soon, Su Yue copied a new piece of paper. Without waiting for the ink to dry, he rushed out of the room, walked quickly, and used the wind created by his walking to dry the paper.

Su Yue stopped only when he was almost there, carefully folded the paper according to the previous folding marks, and began to walk slowly over.

At this time, Xiaoduo was already there as if she was looking for something. The red slap mark on the right side of her cheek was clearly visible. Xiaoduo had tears in her eyes and was walking while looking down.

Just now when she went to see the eldest lady, under the eldest lady's happy gaze, she actually discovered that her sleeves were empty. At that moment, she felt like the sky was falling.

She must have accidentally lost it when she was rushing back. If someone else picked up the note, even if she had ten lives, it would not be enough for the young lady to kill her.

Her face was still aching slightly. The eldest lady had used a lot of strength in that slap, and even her gums began to hurt. Tears blurred her eyes, and she didn't notice Su Yue's existence at all.

Su Yue took advantage of Xiaoduo's inattention and threw the note in front of her. Then she dodged and hid behind the rockery, observing Xiaoduo's movements through the gaps in the rockery.

Xiaoduo searched for a long time and suddenly found the folded note in front of her. It seemed that no one had discovered it. She secretly said "God bless you" and excitedly picked up the note and ran towards An Xinxuan without any doubt.

Su Yue looked at Xiaoduo's quickly departing back and gave a meaningful smile.

Tomorrow's poetry reading is very interesting.

Early the next morning, Su Yue was woken up by Xiao He. It turned out that the Prime Minister was afraid that Su Yue would look embarrassing in her appearance, so he ordered the housekeeper Su to bring clothes and jewelry for Su Yue to change into.

Su Yue did not refuse. After all, she didn't have many presentable clothes since she came back.

Su Yue was seen wearing a gold brocade jacket and an emerald green cotton skirt. Her light green outfit made her look extremely pretty and lovely.

Because she had not yet reached the age of marriage, Xiao He had her hair combed into a pigtail, which was simply embellished with two flower hairpins made of pearls and green jade. It looked cute yet dignified.

Just when Su Yue was dressed up and ready to go out, she stumbled and moved a little too violently, and with a "rip" sound, her jacket was torn into a big hole.

"Let Butler Su in." Su Yue stared at the cotton wool on her coat, a fierce light flashing in her eyes.

If he had not tripped and moved too much when he went out just now, this shame would have been exposed in the palace, in front of the Queen and the families of all officials.

As soon as Butler Su entered the room, he saw Su Yue holding a jacket that he had taken off. There was obviously a huge hole in the jacket.

"Second Miss, this was not done by me. You helped me find my daughter, and I am grateful to you. How could this happen..." Butler Su was afraid that Su Yue would misunderstand, so he knelt down in a hurry to explain.

"Butler Su, I don't blame you. I know it wasn't you. But who else could have gotten this dress except you?" Su Yue certainly believed that it wasn't the butler who did it. Who else could have done this shameful little trick to make herself look bad in the palace except the two mother and daughter?

Butler Su thought for a while, met Su Yue's eyes, and shook his head silently.

He had indeed never left the clothes along the way.

"Okay, Steward Su, there's no need to think about who did it now. Anyone with a discerning eye can see who in this mansion hates me. Steward Su, I want to ask you to do two things for me."

Su Yue's thin and slender fingers gently stroked the tattered clothes. Since her left hand was not seriously injured, she didn't need to bandage it anymore. But her right hand had not healed yet. For the sake of appearance, she directly removed the cloth strip. As long as she was careful, the scab on the palm of her hand would be fine.

Since they are so unkind, don't blame yourself for being unjust. Since you want to embarrass others so much, then someone must do it today.

"Second Miss, you have been very kind to my family. I am yours now. No need to ask for permission." Butler Su looked at Su Yue solemnly.

"Okay, Butler Su, first, find me a tailor right away to fix my clothes as soon as possible. Just in case, fix my skirt as well. Second, go to the pharmacy for me and get some medicine, grind it into powder and bring it to me."

After Su Yue finished speaking, he walked directly to the desk, wrote a prescription with a few strokes, and handed it to Butler Su.

Butler Su was very efficient. After a while, he asked someone to bring three experienced tailors. The three of them worked very quickly and finished sewing the clothes in a short time.

And just as she was about to go out and get on the carriage, Butler Su unnoticeably stuffed the medicine bag into Su Yue's hands.

Su Yue and Su Xin were sitting in a carriage. From the moment Su Yue got on the carriage, Su Xin had been looking at her clothes intentionally or unintentionally, but Su Yue pretended not to see it.

As the daughter of a concubine in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Xin usually had few opportunities to go to the palace. So taking advantage of this poetry gathering, she naturally dressed up carefully.

She simply threw away her cotton-padded jacket and put on a Hundred Flowers Flying Saucer brocade dress with a long flowing skirt. The light pink dress made her, a seventeen-year-old girl, look even more beautiful.

In order to keep warm, she put on a white fox fur coat, the collar and cuffs of which were spliced ​​with milky white fur, which made her look more beautiful than a flower.

The white jade and jadeite bell hairpin on her head is even more valuable.

It seems that Aunt Liu has invested a lot of money to enter the palace this time. Su Yue glanced at Su Xin indifferently and didn't say much.

Instead, Su Xin talked to her intentionally or unintentionally along the way, but Su Yue didn't talk much on the grounds of feeling unwell, and even showed her scabby right hand to prove that what she said was true.

In the end, the two of them walked in silence all the way until they arrived at the gate of the imperial palace.

According to the rules of the palace, no matter who enters the palace, they are not allowed to ride in a carriage, so many officials and young ladies got off here at this time. The usually deserted palace gate became much more lively because of this poetry meeting.

"Oh, isn't this the concubine's daughter of the Shangshu family? After all, the emperor's grace is so great that only this poetry gathering can give concubines' daughters like you, the concubines and maids, the opportunity to compete with our legitimate daughters."

As soon as Su Yue got off the carriage, she heard an extremely sharp female voice, the arrogance in the words could not be concealed at all.

She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young girl in a bright red jacket and skirt standing in front of a little girl about the same age as Su Yue with a look of contempt.

When Su Xin, who was beside her, heard the word "bastard daughter", her expression changed slightly, but she didn't dare to say anything. After all, she knew the girl in red. She was Chen Wanwan, the daughter of the current Grand Marshal Chen Yanjie.

In the current court, the Grand Marshal's power is so great that even the Prime Minister has to avoid him. Chen Wanwan's arrogant and domineering demeanor is quite consistent with her father's position in the court.

The woman who was being laughed at was Li Yan, the daughter of Shangshu Li Wei. Li Yan looked lonely, with her palm-sized face full of grievances and tears in her beautiful eyes. If there were any men present, he would definitely hold her in his arms and comfort her.

"Hey, sister, look at that girl, she's so pitiful, she's almost crying because of being bullied."

Su Xin deliberately spoke in a voice that only Su Yue could hear. After all, based on Su Xin's understanding of her, her sister used to be particularly fond of standing up for the weak.