"Princess, would you like to take a look at Miss Chen's invitation? She said she's inviting you to a restaurant to express her gratitude."
The next day, Rou Niang received an invitation from Miss Chen. It turned out that the woman she had saved was indeed Miss Chen! Liu Runiang sighed inwardly.
She naturally didn't know the woman's surname, because the woman only said that one sentence and then left in a hurry. She was probably too scared at the time, so she didn't say anything more.
"Princess, are you going? How did you come to have any connection with Miss Chen?" Chunhong asked curiously.
Liu Rou Niang then recounted how she had saved Miss Chen at Baihua Manor that day.
"But I find it strange that since there were so many people that day, why was she all alone by the pond without a single servant by her side?" Chunhong asked curiously.
"This servant also finds this situation strange. Perhaps we should decline Miss Chen's invitation, Your Highness," Mingyue suggested, just to be on the safe side.
However, Liu Rou Niang shook her head and said, "We should still go and see him. We were in such a hurry that day that we didn't say anything. If I don't go, I'm afraid that Miss Chen will overthink things. It would be better to meet him and talk things out. No matter what the reason is, I was the one who saved him. He wouldn't scheme against me, would he?"
"Well then, you are indeed a princess. This servant will accompany you tomorrow," Chunhong said with a smile.
Mingyue frowned, vaguely sensing that things shouldn't be so simple at this point, but she didn't say anything more, after all, there was no evidence.
The Chen family wasn't well-known, so their reputation was so-so. But nothing really bad had happened, so it was fine for them to go.
This time, Liu Rou Niang did not bring her three children. Since it was Miss Chen who came to express her gratitude, and Miss Chen was still an unmarried young lady, it would not be appropriate for Liu Rou Niang to bring her children. Therefore, she took Chun Hong with her instead.
"This is the one personally appointed by His Majesty. He is also supporting Princess."
However, to Liu Rou Niang's utter surprise, the Chen family's young lady warmly introduced her to all the young ladies present, and everyone hurriedly bowed to her, leaving Liu Rou Niang at a loss. She had originally thought it was just the two of them, but she never expected it to be such a large gathering.
“Your Highness, I originally invited you here to attend my poetry gathering, where we can all get together and discuss poetry and literature. Now that Your Highness is here, why don’t you also compose a poem so that we can all admire it?” Miss Chen said with a smile.
Liu Rou Niang frowned and quickly waved her hand, saying, "Of course I can't write poetry."
"How could that be? Her Highness is always modest." At this moment, Miss Chu also stepped forward, seemingly with great enthusiasm.
This put Liu Rou Niang in an awkward position. The other young ladies looked at her with either goodwill or sarcasm. It wasn't that she didn't understand, but she just didn't understand why the Chen family's young lady would maliciously set up this scheme after she had saved her.
Everyone knows she comes from the countryside. It's already quite impressive that she knows a few words, so how could she possibly be versed in poetry and prose?
She can only recite those simple poems, which are hardly considered refined. This Miss Chen deliberately put on this show, inviting her over with such unclear explanations, just to embarrass her.
"How dare you!" Chunhong stepped forward and shouted angrily.
“If Your Highness is unwilling, then so be it. Why make such a fuss?” Miss Chen retorted, feigning ignorance.
"I do have some questions and would like to ask Miss Chen for advice." Liu Rou Niang wasn't the type to back down easily. She didn't want to cause trouble, but she wasn't afraid of trouble either. Since trouble had come knocking on her door, she wasn't going to back down.
"Please enlighten me, Your Highness," Miss Chen said, gesturing with her chin.
“Miss Chen, you invited me here, but you didn’t mention composing a poem. That’s why I came.”
Even if it were to be poetry, everyone knows I come from the countryside and have no talent for it. I'm only here to listen to your poems and broaden my horizons. To insist on having me write one is clearly an attempt to embarrass me, and to embarrass me is to disregard royal dignity.”
Rou Niang's words turned the young ladies pale; they hadn't meant it that way at all. They had only come to compose a poem and didn't want to cause trouble for their families.
"Miss Chen, I haven't finished yet." Seeing that Miss Chen was about to retort, Liu Rou Niang waved her hand and continued, "Yesterday I saved you at Baihua Manor. I came here today thinking that you would apologize and I was afraid that you would be embarrassed, so I only brought a maid with me. But I didn't expect you to pull this stunt. Then I have to ask you, why did you go to a secluded and deserted pond at the Baihua Banquet and jump in by yourself when there were no servants around?"
I disregarded my status to save you, and instead of thanking me, you did these things to embarrass me. Why is that?
"You... Your Highness, even if you are a princess, you cannot slander someone's innocence! She is not even married yet, and you say such things. Do you want me dead? I didn't fall into any pond. You cannot slander me. If you are a princess, what evidence do you have? Let us confront each other!"
Miss Chen was a little anxious because she didn't expect Beef Girl to say things so directly. She quickly said something.
Everyone, however, had an "I see" expression on their faces.
There were quite a few people in the Baihua Mountain Villa area yesterday, and everyone knew perfectly well that the secluded spot was probably where Young Master Wei frequented.
Because of its tranquility, Young Master Wei often went there to paint. Young Master Wei was the son of Dean Wei of the academy. He was handsome, charming, and the dream lover of many young ladies in the capital. He was also the number one scholar in the capital.
Unexpectedly, this Miss Chen, who seemed so well-behaved, had so many wicked thoughts in her heart.
Seeing the many young ladies looking at her with mockery, Miss Chen felt extremely annoyed. She covered her face with her handkerchief and ran out crying.
"Your Highness, you've gone too far." Miss Chu and Miss Chen were usually very close, and she said this with some annoyance. Although it was somewhat disrespectful, it was also somewhat reasonable.
Before Liu Rou Niang could speak, she hurriedly went to chase after Miss Chen.
Liu Rou Niang was still very angry. Was she not even allowed to say a few words after being wronged?
However, she only wanted to say a few words to Miss Chen and didn't intend to cause any trouble for the Chen family afterward.
After all, arguments are common in the village, but she never expected this. Just as she turned to leave, Miss Chen, who had run out, came running back, her face pale. She said in a trembling voice, "Something terrible has happened! Miss Chen has been hit by a carriage."
"What!"
Everyone was shocked and rushed to the window to look, only to see that the street was already crowded with people pointing and whispering. The person lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, although their face was not clearly visible, was undoubtedly Miss Chen, who had just run out.
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