The carriage sped past without stopping, nearly brushing against those who were nearby.

"You said you could wait, yet the carriage is still going so fast. You're utterly hypocritical!" Zhou Yu appeared out of nowhere, hands on his hips, shouting loudly at the crowd.

The crowd began to stir, pointing and whispering at the carriage from time to time.

That's just how people are. If you've always been a good person in their eyes, and then one day you accidentally do something wrong, everyone will say, "Oh, you see, this person isn't all that great; they were just pretending before." But if you've always been a bad person, and then one day you do a good deed, everyone will say, "Actually, this person isn't so bad after all; we didn't realize it before." Isn't this world a mess?

Zhou Yu and Zhou Wan are a stark contrast.

However, Zhou Wan was not a truly good person. She was genuinely pretending to be beautiful and kind-hearted. One day, a trivial matter was enough to cause her bodhisattva image to collapse.

Inside the carriage, Zhou Wan closed her eyes, her chest heaving, her fingers gripping the sachet at her waist so tightly it deformed.

Before she could even disembark from the carriage, Qingci snorted coldly, her voice turning sharp: "How dare you slander the Consort! Third Miss, why do you insist on going against our Lady? In the past, our Lady indulged you, and you took all the good things from her. Now you want to ruin her reputation in the street. What are you really up to!"

Seeing a commotion ahead, Gu Nanjiao stood on tiptoe to look, but before she could see anyone, she heard Zhou Yu shout angrily, "Stop slandering me! It was clearly your concubine's carriage that almost hit someone. I couldn't stand it, so I said a few words. What, now that you're a concubine, you want to bully others?"

Qingci had endured Zhou Yu's slap in the face until now, but seeing Zhou Yu now, she was naturally filled with hatred. She snorted coldly and said arrogantly, "Third Miss, you slapped me first, and now you've blocked the concubine's carriage and spread rumors. Who gave you permission to do this? You've ruined the Crown Prince's concubine's reputation, which is tantamount to throwing mud at the Crown Prince. Or did someone give you some promise to deliberately smear the Crown Prince?"

Damn it! Such a huge accusation was slapped on her head. Zhou Yu's chest heaved with anger, and she was rendered incoherent by Qingci's words: "You...you...you..."

Everyone knows that the Zhou family only has two illegitimate daughters. The eldest daughter married the Crown Prince, and now only the third daughter remains unmarried. She will undoubtedly be betrothed to Prince Cheng. So, could it be that Prince Cheng instructed the third daughter to intercept and accuse the Crown Prince?

This is no longer just a dispute between sisters; it concerns the imperial court. The Chu Emperor is most averse to fratricide. If this matter reaches the Chu Emperor's ears, the Zhou family will be in deep trouble.

Zhou Yu's eyes darted around as she anxiously tried to think of a solution.

Lu Fu patted Zhou Yu's hand reassuringly, straightened her back for the first time, and went to meet him.

She bowed respectfully to Qingci: "Sister Qingci, who doesn't know that the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng are brothers, and that the Consort and my young lady are inseparable, like brothers from the same family? Why are you trying to sow discord between your masters? Could it be that you are acting on someone's orders, Sister Qingci?"

"How dare you! Who is your Sister Qingci? I am a female official of Youpin Street. From now on, you should call me Aunt Qingci. You are just a tasteless little maid. What right do you have to speak?" Qingci sneered. She had always looked down on Lüfu, who was always timid and hesitant. Now, Lüfu actually dared to criticize her.

Zhou Yu's face immediately lit up with a smile, and she gave Lü Fu a thumbs up. This girl was usually so timid and submissive that she found it annoying to even glance at her, but she hadn't expected her to be so reliable at a crucial moment.

No wonder her father chose her as a maid; he has excellent taste.

Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "What do you mean by 'a dog relying on its master's power'? Everyone, come and see. Could it be that since the eldest sister became a concubine, the maidservants around her have also started to bully others, acting arrogantly and domineeringly, leading four guards to make the people make way, and not even getting off to apologize when the carriage almost bumped into someone."

"Qingci, you mustn't be so insolent!"

Just as Zhou Yu and Qing Ci were arguing fiercely, a gentle female voice came and interrupted them.

Zhou Wan lifted the carriage curtain, her face flushed and pale.

People on the street began to whisper among themselves and point at each other.

Zhou Wan had never been so disrespected. Before she was married, everyone praised her as a female bodhisattva. After she married the crown prince, who did not respect her? When did she start pointing and whispering at her with such disdain?

However, she has always been known for her dignified, elegant, well-mannered, gentle and graceful persona.

Even though he wanted to kill Zhou Yu and smash the annoying Meiwuzhai, he held back for the moment.

She couldn't ruin the image of a beautiful and kind-hearted woman she had worked so hard to cultivate.

Zhou Wan adopted a dignified and elegant demeanor, softening her voice: "The maid was rude, and the carriage almost hit you all. I apologize on their behalf. I wonder if those who were frightened by the carriage would be willing to accept compensation in silver."

Listen to this! A dignified concubine dares to refer to herself as "I" and even condescends to apologize.

They even asked the lowly commoners whether they would accept silver as compensation.

How kind, gentle, and understanding she is.

Not only did they easily turn the embarrassing situation around, but they also gained a good reputation.

Another wave of praise for Zhou Wan came from the crowd, with many marveling at how lucky the Crown Prince was to have married such a beautiful woman.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a long time, then pouted unwillingly. Her older sister was always like this; she wouldn't make a move unless it was something like Naruto.

They're quite adaptable!

"Since you want to compensate, then hurry up and pay up the money!"

“Alright!” Zhou Wan said gently, instructing Qingci to take out the silver.

The people who were almost hit waved their hands, saying, "We're fine. The carriage didn't hit us at all. There's no need for the concubine to pay us compensation."

"Please accept it. It's my responsibility if the horse startles you." Zhou Wan said gently, and with Qingci's help, she gracefully boarded the carriage.

No one saw the sudden, ferocious look on her face as she turned around.

Zhou Wan boarded the carriage and left, while Gu Nanjiao leaned on the reception platform, watching the show with her fingers raised.

I didn't expect it to end so quickly. It seems Zhou Wan is quite capable. Zhou Yu, apart from being loud and boisterous, is no match for her at all.

After the commotion subsided, a long queue formed again outside the Delicious Food Shop. Zhou Yu scurried over to Gu Nanjiao. Her face fell, and she began to complain, "It's always the same. She always solves things with just a few words, while I, besides loudly taking her things, have no way to keep her in check."

Gu Nanjiao had no interest in listening to their stories of intrigue and backstabbing in the mansion; she was very busy.

Zhou Yu stepped forward again, grabbed Gu Nanjiao's arm, and said mysteriously, "Guess where Zhou Wan came from?"

"I'm not interested in guessing!" Gu Nanjiao tidied up the number plates in her hand and handed them to the guests at the next table. Then she turned around and went to attend to other things.