The servant knelt on the ground trembling with fear: "The eldest master had important things to do and left early this morning. I don't know when he will come back."
Wanruo immediately grabbed Xie Xiulin's hand and quietly took a few steps back to avoid being implicated.
As expected, the eldest lady slammed the table and angrily scolded him, "You bastard! All the noble ladies in the capital came here today just to see him, and you didn't even stop them!"
The servant kowtowed repeatedly: "Slave, we can't stop you..."
"A bunch of trash! All the servants in Songhe Garden will be fined half a month's salary! Send someone to find the eldest young master immediately. If he doesn't come today, I'll make you suffer!"
As soon as the eldest lady gave a shout, the servants kneeling on the ground immediately thanked her, then hurriedly got up from the ground and ran out to look for someone.
"Mother, please don't get yourself sick from anger. Big brother is probably busy with court affairs and has no time to come and see me. Since Big Brother is busy, why don't we help him choose a sister-in-law?"
Xie Xiuzhu hugged the eldest lady's arm and shook it.
The eldest lady scolded him harshly, "What do you know? Even though I was looking for him, he wouldn't even show up? This Spring Banquet was specially held for him!"
Xie Xiuzhu pursed her lips and didn't dare to say anything else. She just muttered softly, "It's not me who told him not to show up, why should I do that?"
Xie Xiulin whispered to Wanruo, "It's a good thing we didn't go forward, or even Sister Xiao would have been scolded."
Xie Xiuzhu was the eldest lady's daughter and was the most favored. She almost had her way at home. Xie Xiuyun was jealous and envious of her.
"But why doesn't the elder brother show up?" Xie Xiulin was puzzled.
Wanruo shook her head: "Maybe it's really urgent."
In fact, she could probably guess why. Xie Xianyu didn't take this Spring Banquet seriously at all. A favored child of heaven like him always had everything he wanted. When would he need to consider others?
The eldest lady lectured Xie Xiuzhu with a cold face: "Today's banquet is attended by distinguished guests. You better be careful and don't make mistakes and bring shame to the Xie family!"
After saying this, the lady turned around and left. The guests who came today were all distinguished guests and they should not be neglected.
Xie Xiuzhu stomped her feet in anger. She had given some advice with good intentions, but it turned out to be her fault and she was even scolded!
Xie Xiuyun arrived late, laughing with a gloating smile: "Sister, you must listen to the eldest lady's words today and behave yourself. I wonder if you have improved your etiquette and rules these days. Don't make a fool of yourself again."
Xie Xiuzhu's expression turned even uglier: "It's not your turn to teach me a lesson yet!"
"I'm not teaching you a lesson, I'm just giving you good advice. It's bad enough that you've embarrassed your sister, but you've also brought shame upon the Xie family."
Xie Xiuzhu sarcastically said, "You are good at learning etiquette and rules, but I don't see others like you very much. I heard that you are thinking of marrying into the Yongchang Marquis's mansion recently? The Marquis's wife has come to the mansion several times recently, but I haven't heard her mention you once."
Xie Xiuyun's face froze instantly.
Xie Xiuzhu sneered: "Fourth sister, please be more quiet and stop jumping around. It's embarrassing."
After saying that, she raised her head proudly and turned away.
Xie Xiuyun was so angry that her face turned blue. When she turned around, she saw Wanruo and Xie Xiulin standing not far away, and her face became even uglier.
She was so angry she couldn't vent it, so she started cursing, "At a banquet like today, you guys can just run around like that?! Do you have any manners?"
Wanruo frowned slightly. These troubles were happening one after another and there was no way to avoid them.
Xie Xiulin was afraid of her, so she took two steps forward and said softly, "Fourth sister, I was just about to go look for you..."
"Looking for me? I think you're looking for a man!"
She reached out and ripped off the hairpin on Xie Xiulin's cheek, sneering, "Who are you showing off to with all this red and green? Are you trying to get high up with a prince at this banquet? Don't you even look at your face in the mirror? You're really a maid. No matter how you dress up, you still look like a maid."
Xie Xiulin's face flushed red as he was told what was on his mind. He stammered, "I, I didn't..."
"No? You vixen, your worries are written all over your face, right? I'm going to teach you a lesson today on behalf of your mother!"
As Xie Xiuyun spoke, she threw the hairpin to the ground and raised her hand to slap her.
Wanruo took two steps forward and grabbed her wrist.
Xie Xiuyun cursed: "How dare you stop me!"
Wan Ruo said coldly, "Today is the Spring Festival Banquet. Even the Madam is paying close attention. Do you want to cause trouble openly?"
"It was this bitch who tried to seduce men. I was just teaching her a lesson!"
"If this gets really serious, who's going to care about you? Outsiders will just think it's a fight between sisters. A girl from the Xie family doesn't know how to behave. Not only will her own reputation be ruined, but also the reputation of the Xie family. Let's see if the Madam will let you go. If you don't believe me, just try it."
Wanruo immediately let go of Xie Xiuyun's hand and looked at her coldly.
Xie Xiuyun's expression changed, but she didn't dare to do anything in the end.
She glared at Wanruo and Xie Xiuyun fiercely and said viciously, "I'll deal with you later!"
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