Chapter 87 What are you babbling about? Sister, you're so beautiful!

Zijuan squatted down in front of her, extremely puzzled: "Princess, it's really strange. I clearly saw that the palace maid was acting very strangely. Her hands were trembling, and she seemed to want me to guard the door and not let her in. But I don't know why, in the end she didn't say anything and went out on her own."

Sheng Sheng is also strange: "Hmm, Sheng Sheng is also strange."

Zijuan buttoned up her outer garment from bottom to top, her gaze suddenly fixed on the inside of the left lapel.

The outer garments of noblewomen of the Yu Kingdom, whether cross-collar or front-opening, all had hidden buttons made of the same color silk thread coiled into a "panchang knot," which symbolizes good fortune and continuity. A small tassel would hang from the end of the knot, appearing and disappearing as they walked.

The hidden buttons on this outer garment were actually small buttons with a "回" (hui) pattern pressed from copper sheets, with a smooth silk padding sewn into the buttonholes. Although the workmanship was exquisite, it lacked the gentle and graceful style unique to the Yu Kingdom.

Zijuan frowned: "That's strange. Does our Yu Kingdom have such hidden ties?"

He lowered his head and looked quite different from usual.

However, ordinary clothes come in all sorts of styles, and even Zijuan can't tell them all apart, so how could Shengsheng possibly distinguish them?

As Zijuan was examining the hidden clasp, Caidie suddenly exclaimed from the doorway, "Princess, the Second Princess is changing clothes inside! You can't go in!"

"Get out of the way!"

A spoiled voice rang out, and then the door was pushed open forcefully.

Sheng Sheng was taken aback and looked towards the doorway, where she saw a girl who was about the same age as Xie Yunwen leading the group.

The girl had an angry expression, and was dressed in luxurious clothes; even the pearl earrings on her earlobes couldn't compare to her luster.

Despite her spoiled and even willful demeanor, she was like a crabapple blossom with dew on its branches, so beautiful that it was impossible to look away. Her slightly upturned eyes quickly locked onto the soft and cuddly little dumpling.

Sheng Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up. Wow, what a bright and beautiful lady!

Her eyebrows resembled distant, dark mountains, and her eyes were slightly upturned at the corners.

Xie Yunjia glanced at Sheng Sheng sideways. Her almond-shaped eyes, which were always upturned, were like glass tempered with ice shards. Although her eyes were clearly shimmering with water, she always frowned when looking at people, as if everyone owed her something.

With a slender waist and an upright back, anyone could tell that beneath this beautiful exterior lay a domineering and arrogant nature.

She is only in her early teens, yet she already possesses stunning beauty.

Sheng Sheng instantly forgot all about the hidden and overt deals, staring blankly at the newcomer, her little mouth forming an "o" shape.

"So beautiful... such a slender waist, I really want to hug it. It feels so soft and smells so sweet..." She unconsciously swallowed.

Zijuan suppressed a laugh and whispered a reminder to her, "Princess, this is your eldest sister, the eldest princess."

Sheng Sheng snapped out of her daze and immediately flashed an incredibly bright smile: "Hello, Your Majesty!"

Xie Yunjia paused for a moment under her intense gaze, coughed lightly, and then glanced at the room with disdain, the pearl on her earlobe swaying slowly with her movements.

"So you really came here to change clothes?" Xie Yunjia muttered softly. She wasn't embarrassed at all for guessing wrong; instead, she became even more self-righteous. "You, are you Xie Yunsheng?"

"Yes, yes, Sheng Sheng is Xie Yunsheng! Oh no, Sheng Sheng is your little sister, sister~"

Sheng Sheng's eyes lit up with stars, her heart and eyes filled with Xie Yunjia. She took two steps forward and quietly inhaled the fragrance emanating from her.

There was no way around it; she only had one older sister, and such a beautiful and charming one at that. She simply couldn't ignore Xie Yunjia's face, which could "use her beauty to commit crimes"!

But Xie Yunjia misinterpreted those words. She frowned, glared at her, and said unhappily, "Are you provoking me?"

Sheng Sheng was stunned: "Huh?"

"Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I don't know that Xie Yunsheng is my sister?"

After saying that, Xie Yunjia herself paused, feeling that what she said sounded silly.

Sheng Sheng tilted her head, looking completely bewildered.

Xiao Tao, standing behind Xie Yunjia, looked apologetic and advised, "Princess, the Second Princess is indeed changing clothes here. Why don't we go out first?"

Xie Yunjia snorted coldly and crossed her arms: "This princess is not leaving."

Xiao Tao: "Princess, the banquet will begin in less than an hour. You should hurry back to the palace to get ready."

Hearing Xiao Tao say this, Sheng Sheng suddenly remembered that she seemed to have heard the female official Meng mention that Xie Yunjia would be performing the pipa tonight.

Sheng Sheng immediately smiled and asked her, "Royal sister, royal sister, I heard you're going to perform the pipa today?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yunjia thought to herself: Is this finally the time to start being sarcastic and sarcastic? Hmph, today this princess will give you a taste of your power!

Xie Yunjia proudly raised her chin, boasting smugly, "Of course! This princess has been learning the pipa since I was a child, almost ten years now. I've been playing the pipa longer than you've lived. What, are you envious? Jealous? Scared?"

"Hmm? Envious of... what?"

Sheng Sheng was quite puzzled. Why could she never understand what her elder sister was saying?

Xie Yunjia tossed her hair, her tone proud and disdainful: "Of course they're envious and jealous that I shone so brightly at the palace banquet, afraid I'll steal Father's favor. This dress was made by four of the finest..."

Sheng Sheng: QAQ?

Xie Yunjia casually lifted her foot and gently walked towards her, lowering her head slightly to examine her. She walked around her, her tone arrogant: "How about it, the princess who has returned to the palace, overnight transformed from a pitiful little unwanted girl into a spoiled and arrogant little princess in the palace..."

Xie Yunjia walked up to Shengsheng, leaned down close to her, and said, "You must be feeling very proud of yourself, right?"

"...Ah? Royal sister, I..."

"Hmph!" Xie Yunjia snorted again, straightening up. "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? With me gone, you're the only princess in this palace, so of course Father Emperor spoils you rotten. I heard that not only does Second Brother like you, but even His Highness the Crown Prince and Fourth and Fifth Brothers are very close to you? It seems you really do have some talent. It's just a pity that someone as cute as you is so scheming."

Sheng Sheng was alone and bewildered in the wind; she couldn't even get a word in edgewise.

Xie Yunjia became more and more excited as she spoke, and she had lost all sense of the world around her.

Zijuan felt puzzled and aggrieved on behalf of her princess. What was she even saying?

Her princess was smiling and wanted to greet her, how did that turn into a provocation? What kind of provocation is this?

The two female officials, Zhao and Meng, who were hiding outside the door, were also shocked. Everyone knew that this eldest princess was willful and capricious, but they never expected that she would attack her own younger sister indiscriminately.

Xie Yunjia has been extremely arrogant since childhood, and she cannot tolerate anyone saying a single word against her.

To put it nicely, it's arrogance; to put it bluntly, it's being unreasonable.