Chapter 61 Today I Have Seen the Power of the Gossip Girl
No, no, no, that won't happen. The young prince won't be possessed by an alien spirit, otherwise, why would Xiao Si never mention him?
Madam Yun took a deep breath, suppressed all the random thoughts, and forced herself to calm down.
"Oh, I don't know."
Princess Jing sighed and looked worried. After a moment, she looked at Yun Wanning who was looking around, her eyes full of envy.
"Let's not talk about him, Madam Yun. From what I've seen, your fourth daughter has lively eyes and a lively personality. She looks like a wealthy and powerful woman."
[I don’t deserve to be rich and powerful. I’m just a small cannon fodder. ]
[But it’s true that I’m lively by nature. Baby, I’m very cheerful and outgoing. ]
Hearing Princess Jing talking about her, Yun Wanning turned her head and looked over, causing Madam Yun to burst out laughing.
"Hey, the little girl seems to know that I'm talking about her." Princess Jing said in surprise, and looked at Yun Wanning with even more surprise.
"It's like he's replying to me."
[Yes, you guessed it right. I do know you are talking about me. ]
Yun Wanning smiled proudly at Princess Jing.
This smile made Princess Jing stunned. She murmured, "Did I see it wrong? I actually saw the little girl smiling at me..."
Madam Yun: “…”
Yun Wanyao: “…”
The little baby is sure that others don't know her little thoughts and can't guess her origins, so she unscrupulously shows that she is different from other babies.
At the table.
The ladies and young ladies sat neatly in two rows, whispering to each other, making the place very lively.
"Miss Yun is about to reach the age of marriage, right? Have you set a date for your wedding with the King of Qi? When do you plan to get married?"
Suddenly, a noble lady looked over with a smile, and with just one sentence, Yun Wanyao was pushed to the top of the wave. All eyes in the field instantly focused on her, and all eyes were filled with gossip.
Being stared at by so many people, Yun Wanyao was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
[This annoying elder sister, is she the wife of the Minister of the Central Secretariat? ]
[You are really bringing up something irrelevant. If you have time to care about my sister's marriage, you might as well care more about your son. Do you know that your son slept with his stepmother? ]
[The little son born to your concubine is your son's offspring.]
[He is your grandson after all. What a pity! That child, who is less than one year old, will soon die at the hands of his own grandmother. What a sin.]
Yun Wanyao: ???
Madam Yun: ???
What? The son of the Zhongshu master actually did something with the Zhongshu master's concubine?
And gave birth to a child?
According to Xiao Si, the child will be killed by Madam Zhongshu in no time? The mother and daughter looked at Madam Zhongshu with wide eyes as if they had heard something incredible.
Mrs. Zhongshu felt inexplicably uncomfortable under the gazes of the mother and daughter, and could not help but frown.
"My daughter Yao'er is still young. It won't be too late to set the wedding date after she reaches the age of 15."
Realizing that she had lost her composure, Mrs. Yun quickly came to her senses, smiled slightly, and spoke gently.
Some people in the crowd couldn't stand seeing her like this, and after hearing what she said they couldn't help but sneer, half mocking and half ridiculing.
"Madam Yao, have you forgotten that the marriage of Master Yun Qi and Master Yun has not been settled yet? I'm afraid it will take some time for Miss Yun to set a date for her wedding."
"That's right. Master Yun Qi is almost twenty this year, right? Why doesn't he want to date me? Does he plan to never marry?"
"Alas, Master Yun Qi hasn't divided the family yet, and the eldest brother is like a father. I'm afraid he can't make the decision on his marriage."
"Madam Yun, as brother and sister-in-law to you and Duke Ning, why don't you pay attention to Mr. Yun Qi's marriage? You raised him and you are so kind to him. Even if he gets married, he won't compete with you for the family property. Why do you delay him so cruelly?"
“…”
Several ladies talked at the same time, one after another, clearly criticizing the Yun couple for being cruel and deliberately ignoring Yun Zhan.
Some people also ridiculed Yun Wanchen for having crippled legs but rejecting the Su family's marriage proposal without considering his own abilities, saying that it would be difficult for him to find a husband in the future.
Madam Yun was used to hearing these words, and apart from finding them harsh, she didn't have much emotion. However, Yun Wanyao and Yun Wanning were almost mad with anger.
[Wow, today I finally got to see the power of a gossipy woman.]
[I am not good at anything, but I am the best at gossiping. 】
[Your own backyard is a mess, and you still have the time to worry about my seventh uncle's affairs. My seventh uncle and sister Yin Shuang are doing well, there is no need for you to worry about them. ]
[My eldest brother's legs are almost healed. I'm not saying this, but have you forgotten how all the unmarried ladies in this room were paying him lip service before my eldest brother's legs were injured?]
【……】
After complaining for a while, Yun Wanning still felt unsatisfied. She stared at the ladies who spoke the most unpleasantly and listed their ugly deeds one by one in her mind.
[You should be glad that I can't speak, otherwise I would make sure you won't be able to face anyone again.]
[Mrs. Lu, you were the one who just said that my parents wanted to monopolize the family wealth and that’s why they deliberately didn’t want my seventh uncle to see her, right?]
[You are really the thief crying thief, aren't you the one who did these dirty things? ]
[In order to seize the power of the housekeeper, he took advantage of Lord Lu's business trip to kill his mother-in-law, and also bullied the orphan girl of the second wife, training her like a dog. After torturing the orphan girl to madness, he chained her up and locked her in the woodshed in the backyard.]
[You have seized all the dowry of the mother and the second wife's property and left them to your own daughter. Even Lu Zhi is not as cruel as you. 】
[And that Mrs. Fan, you were the one who just said that my eldest brother's legs were crippled, right? ]
[My elder brother's legs are just injured, how can it be compared to your special hobby and attract more attention? ]
[You look fair and tender, quite pretty, why do you like to smell the smell of stinky feet? Because of this habit, I didn't allow Master Fan to wash his feet for several months. Every night I held Master Fan's stinky feet and smelled them. When I couldn't help myself, I couldn't help but kiss them a few times.]
[Ugh, this is hard to understand. How can there be such a fetish in the world? ]
[Just thinking about it makes me want to pinch my nose. Stinky feet that haven't been washed for months are probably as bad as biological weapons, right? ]
【……】
Yun Wanyao: “…”
Madam Yun: “…”
The mother and daughter widened their eyes in disbelief, and looked at each lady named by Yun Wanning one by one, with a look of disbelief on their faces.
Especially when talking about Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Fan, the mother and daughter couldn't help but smile.
That Madam Lu, how could she be so cruel? The second wife was the daughter of the richest man in Nanzhou Prefecture. When she got married, her dowry was ten miles long, and the shops and land deeds alone filled a whole box, which shocked the whole of Gaojing.
Five years ago, the second wife of the Lu family encountered a mountain torrent while they were away and unfortunately died, leaving behind only a nine-year-old orphan girl and countless gold and silver shops.
Now, the orphan girl from the second family is probably only fourteen years old.
Some time ago, I heard that the girl fell ill due to grief over her grandmother's death, but I didn't expect that the inside story was so shocking.
The poor little girl was tortured to death and driven crazy by her own aunt. She was chained and locked in the woodshed in the backyard, and the aunt took away the dowry and all the family property of the second wife.
As for Mrs. Fan, let’s not talk about her…
The mother and daughter of the Yun family clenched their fists tightly, their hearts filled with sympathy for the poor little girl. It was just a pity that even an honest judge could hardly judge family affairs.
The little girl has gone crazy. Even if they want to seek justice for her, I'm afraid she won't cooperate.
There seems to never be a shortage of evil people in this world, and there never seems to be a shortage of people who die in vain.
He has a kind heart but lacks the ability to strike with thunder.
A deep sense of powerlessness emerged in the hearts of both mother and daughter.
"Today, I, the princess, invited you all to attend the little prince's birthday banquet, not to ask you to talk too much. You are going a little too far."
Hearing those harsh remarks, Princess Jing's face turned cold. She pinched her handkerchief and looked at those ladies who were looking for trouble with displeasure.
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When the ladies who were talking at once heard the princess' words, they looked embarrassed for a moment, smiled awkwardly and shut up.
Madam Yun also came back to her senses, looked at Princess Jing with gratitude, then nodded and looked at the other ladies.
"Don't worry about the Yun family's affairs."
"Speaking of which, if all the young ladies in the capital are as gossipy as you are, I think it would be a good thing for Old Seven and Chen'er not to marry, so as to avoid disturbing the family after marrying them, and making them miserable like you adults. What do you think?"
"puff!!!"
Hearing this, Princess Jing couldn't help laughing, but she reacted quickly and covered her mouth with a handkerchief, looking like she was having a hard time holding it back.
It would have been fine if she didn't laugh. But when she laughed, those gossipy ladies couldn't hold back anymore. Their faces turned red and they were filled with shame, but they didn't know how to refute.
[Wow, beautiful, beautiful, what mother said is so beautiful. ]
[We must applaud our mother. ]
[That's right, with this bunch of nagging girls, whoever marries them will suffer, right? It's better to remain single. ]
[You can't even handle your own family affairs, but you keep staring at other people's families all day long. You are really bored and just want to be scolded for nothing. ]
【……】
Yun Wanning praised her mother highly in her heart and applauded her. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yun's lips curled slightly.
She looked at Madam Lu and said meaningfully, "Madam Lu, I take what you said just now very seriously."
"I remember that the wife of the second branch of the Lu family was the daughter of the richest man in Nanzhou Prefecture. When she married into the Lu family, her dowry was ten miles long and caused a sensation throughout Gaojing. Now that something has happened to the second branch, why hasn't the girl from the second branch shown up?"
"Swish..."
Mrs. Lu's face turned pale in an instant.
What did Ye Xiwei mean by specifically mentioning the second house's dowry and the girl from the second house? Could it be that she knew something? No, no, no, that's not possible. The powerful people in Beijing are so busy, who has time to pay attention to a little girl?
The Second House has never had any interaction with the Yun Family, especially Ye Xiwei, who is busy taking care of the Yun Family's inner house affairs all day long. How could she have the time to pay attention to that little bastard?
It must be because of what she said before that angered Ye Xiwei, so she deliberately brought up this matter to embarrass her. She just had to deny it.
She didn't believe that Ye Xiwei would vent her anger on behalf of that little bastard.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu relaxed all over and put on a decent smile on her face.
"Huan'er is weak, so she seldom goes out. Besides, a lady from a wealthy family shouldn't show up in public all day. If Madam Yun wants to see Huan'er, she can come to our house to visit her another day."
"Really? Then when I come to visit you next time, I hope Madam Lu will not turn me away."
Does Ye Xiwei really want to come to visit, or is he just talking casually?
Madam Lu pursed her lips and looked at Madam Yun with inquiring eyes. She couldn't help feeling a little nervous, but she was an old and cunning woman, so she didn't show it on her face even though she was panicking inside.
However, Madam Yun was too lazy to pay attention to her. She turned her head to look at Princess Jing and said, "Princess, my little four needs to be fed. Can I borrow a room for you?"
"Come with me."
Princess Jing stood up and spoke a few words to the ladies in the room. Then she left the nanny and others to accompany her. She personally took Madam Yun to a courtyard, and Yun Wanyao followed behind her.
After leaving the table, Madam Yun said apologetically, "Princess, there are so many people at the banquet. It would be a shame to leave them behind. Why don't you stay with them and let the servants take me there?"
"No problem."
Princess Jing smiled faintly and said, "Just let Madam accompany them."
She also couldn't stand that group of nagging. If the palace hadn't had dealings with their family's masters and hadn't given them a lot of money as gifts, she wouldn't have wanted to invite them to Han'er's birthday party.
"Madam Yun, I didn't know that you are quite good at talking. You just made those ladies speechless."
Thinking of this, Princess Jing laughed again while pinching her handkerchief.
After knowing each other for so many years, this was the first time she had witnessed Mrs. Yun being so sharp-tongued.
[Indeed, indeed, my mother's performance today was perfect. ]
[If my mother continues to behave like this, those ladies will never dare to use words to provoke her.]
[Mom, don’t indulge them in the future. If someone says something that makes you unhappy, just say it back.]
[The more you don't argue with them, the more they will think you are soft-hearted and easy to bully, and they will only become more arrogant. ]
【……】
Yun Wanyao and Madam Yun took this to heart.
In the past, they cared too much about their reputation and felt embarrassed about everything. When others said a few words, they just wanted to endure it and keep things calm.
But I forgot that if I endured it, everything would be peaceful, but I would feel very depressed and uncomfortable.
How cool is it to say it out loud?
Mrs. Yun just felt refreshed now.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh, Princess."
"How could that be? This princess feels very relieved."
When wealthy families hold banquets, they will prepare emergency rooms for guests in case of emergency. Prince Jing's Mansion is no exception and has prepared several side rooms.
However, Princess Jing did not take Madam Yun to the prepared wing, but went to the main courtyard.
From a distance, they saw a boy in gorgeous clothes standing on the steps, looking in their direction with a gloomy expression.
The boy is as delicate and exquisite as a jade doll.
"Han'er, you're out?"
Princess Jing strode towards the boy, bent down in front of him, and looked at him with joy on her face.