Chapter 77 Virtuous and Gentle

Caught off guard by Shen Qingyu's kick, the Zheng sisters immediately knelt down.

They immediately felt incredibly embarrassed.

"Do you think you're worthy of making us sisters kneel?"

"Why don't you look in the mirror..."

"My cousin isn't worthy? Then am I worthy?" The Seventh Prince's voice suddenly rang out behind Shen Qingyue.

The Zheng sisters, who were about to stand up, were stunned and quickly knelt down again.

Not far away, the Seventh Prince, dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, was walking this way with the three Shen brothers.

In addition to wearing a full moon-white outfit, the seventh prince even replaced his golden crown with a white jade crown.

Her entire body was covered in plain colors, without a single bright color.

"Greetings, Seventh Prince!" The people who came with the Zheng sisters, including their mistress and maids, all knelt down at once.

The Seventh Prince snorted, but didn't tell him to get up. He simply walked over to Shen Qingyu's side.

"Cousin Yao, little sister Yu'er, were you scared?" the Seventh Prince asked softly.

Shen Qingyue shook her head.

Shen Qingyu ignored the Zheng sisters and ran over.

"Cousin, her maid bumped into me and then accused me of blocking her way."

Then the two older sisters said that my sister lacked magnanimity and was not worthy of being the Princess of Pingning.

They even said my father was useless his whole life, all he did was earn my sister a princess title?

Shen Qingyu began to complain.

Everyone present...

It was a maid from the Zheng family who hit someone, but it seems the rest of the story doesn't mean that!

"Your Highness, that's not how it is..." Zheng Mengli hurriedly tried to explain.

"I don't want to hear your explanations."

I have eyes and ears, and my cousins ​​and I have been listening there for quite a while.

Previously, because all those present were young ladies from various families, they did not come to avoid suspicion.

I didn't expect you guys to go so far.

My cousin's title of princess was personally bestowed by the emperor.

My cousin is right. Why should she, a princess of the second rank, listen to the nonsense of you lowly people?

Your disrespect for her is disrespect for my father, the Emperor, and for imperial authority!

You don't want to perform the proper greetings?

Then kneel down properly today and reflect on whether you've been bowing too little.

"Kneel for an hour first!" the Seventh Prince said calmly.

He originally wanted to reason with them.

But when he thought about how unreasonable the Zheng sisters had been, he suddenly didn't want to reason with them anymore.

It's just the Duke of Anguo's mansion. No matter how powerful you are, you still have to bow when you meet the royal family.

Therefore, the seventh prince decided to act willfully this once.

"Your Highness has ordered me to kneel, and I dare not refuse. However, the imperial family has always been benevolent, and the Crown Prince and Prince Qin have also treated their subjects well."

"Seventh Prince shouldn't have made such a punishment based on only one side of the story," Zheng Mengli quickly said, bowing her head.

"Punishment?"

So Miss Zheng thought kneeling was punishment?

If everyone under heaven were to kneel and bow before my father, that would be a punishment.

So that's how the Zheng family rules are!

Then I must ask my third brother, do you all treat him the same way when you see him?

Hu Zhouquan watched as these people knelt for a full hour.

After the Seventh Prince finished speaking, he led the others towards the top of the mountain.

The young novice monk at the temple said the maple leaves on the mountaintop were the most beautiful, and he insisted on going to see them with his older cousins ​​and younger siblings...

As for those kneeling...

Kneel down first!

It seems he'll have to go back to the palace today and then go to each of them to file complaints...

Hu Zhouquan was a eunuch sent by Emperor Xiao Jing to serve the seventh prince, and he was also the adopted son of Eunuch Hu in the palace.

He clearly remembered how his master was forced to kneel by the Empress Dowager and how his leg was injured.

"Ladies, kneel down properly!"

"What this novice has in his hands is no joke." Hu Zhouquan's high-pitched voice reached the ears of these young ladies and maids.

Everyone knelt down, too afraid to move.

Even a prince without a mother is still a prince.

Moreover, it is said that the imperial family dotes on the seventh prince, and that they will give him anything he wants.

The Zheng sisters nearly ground their teeth to powder.

Just wait! It's just the Seventh Prince, isn't it?

Once their cousin, the Prince of Qin, ascends the throne, they will definitely ask him to target the Seventh Prince. Whether he is demoted to a commoner or imprisoned, it's all just a matter of a word from the Duke of Anguo.

And what about the Duke of Dingguo's mansion? Isn't it just a toothless, dilapidated duke's mansion?

Once their cousin takes office, they will definitely demand that he confiscate the property of the Duke of Dingguo's family and exile them.

Adult men were exiled, and underage men were sold to brothels.

As for the women, they were all sold to the brothels...

A gentleman takes his revenge, even after ten years...

No, a young lady's revenge is never too late, even after ten years.

Unlike the Zheng sisters' anger.

The young ladies from the Marquis of Wuding's mansion and the Earl of Ping'an's mansion, who felt they had been affected, were full of complaints.

It wasn't a big deal, but your Zheng family's maid offended the Shen family's young lady. Shouldn't you apologize properly?

You insist on showing off and even mock the Shen family.

Now look what's happened, everyone has to kneel down with you.

If I don't kneel down with them, I'll probably be targeted by these two sisters.

I can never go out with those two Zheng sisters again; I'm sure I'll run into something bad.

"Kneel down, everyone! An hour will pass quickly, ladies, please bear with it!" Hu Zhouquan paced back and forth around the group of ladies, holding a whisk in his hand.

If only he could draw, he would definitely paint this scene and show it to his master.

Never mind, I can just write it down in my head. When I get back, I can still tell my master about it.

The Seventh Prince took the young masters and ladies of the Shen family to the mountaintop to see the autumn leaves.

These noble ladies from prominent families all knelt obediently on the path leading up the mountain.

Similarly, Madam Shen and Shangguan Jin, who originally wanted to take a rest, were not idle either.

They're both busy receiving guests!

The old lady of the Duke of Anguo, who also came to burn incense today, personally visited them in their meditation room.

No matter how tired they were, they couldn't bring themselves to embarrass the Duchess who had come to their door.

Thus, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began a series of verbal exchanges with the old lady of the Duke of Anguo.

"You're right. The eldest daughter-in-law of our Duke Dingguo's mansion will be the one to support the entire mansion in the future, so she must be an outstanding person."

Putting everything else aside, isn't this virtue and gentleness the most basic requirement one should possess?

Madam Shen looked at the old lady of the Duke of Anguo with a smile.

Haha, so no one wants any of the girls in your Zheng family? You all want to stuff them into other families, don't you?

So, after scheming over his eldest granddaughter's marriage, he's now eyeing his eldest grandson's?

Don't even think about it!

Madam Shen was furious inside, but she had a smile on her face.

"Do you think what I said makes sense?" Old Madam Shen added.

Lady Anguo smiled, then could only nod awkwardly.