All signs indicate that if it wasn't him who was so "insolent" just now, who else could it be?
The maid also reacted, her face turned pale, and she knelt on the ground, "This servant deserves to die, please calm down, Your Highness."
Xiao Chen seemed to be slow to react, as if he had just noticed that everyone was looking at him.
"What's going on? Aren't you here to watch the dragon boat race? Why are you all looking at me?"
Then, as if he had just remembered something, he asked Gu Jinyan beside him uncertainly, "I think I heard someone say outrageous just now. Who said that? Who was it talking about?"
Without waiting for Gu Jinyan to speak, he continued, "With so many distinguished guests here today, we really can't be presumptuous."
Then, just as he had just seen the maid kneeling on the ground, he asked, "It was you who said 'impudent' just now! Who did you say was impudent? How was it impudent? Tell me so that I can take care of it for you. Punish that impudent person."
How could the maid dare to talk to him? She kept knocking her head against the wooden stand, making a loud banging sound. "This servant was wrong. I didn't know it was His Royal Highness Prince Chen just now. Please spare my life."
Xiao Chen looked at Gu Jinyan as if he had suddenly realized something. "So the person she just called 'impudent' was me?"
Gu Jinyan nodded in agreement, "It should be."
Xiao Chen suddenly said innocently: "I just drank a cup of tea, how could I be so presumptuous?"
Gu Jinyan cooperated again and said, "It seems that it's because you disturbed Miss Jiang and Duke Zhao."
"oh!"
"Miss Jiang."
"Who is it?"
When Jiang Wanmeng heard Xiao Chen mention her name, she finally stopped pretending to be mute.
As if she had just discovered Xiao Chen, she hurried over to pay her respects, "I didn't notice that His Royal Highness Prince Chen was here. I'm sorry for being so rude. Please don't blame me."
Xiao Chen looked at her with contempt, and said with an unfamiliar look on his face: "You are Miss Jiang!"
Then, with a frightened expression, he pulled Gu Jinyan and complained, "Her maid just said that I disturbed her conversation with others and said that I was presumptuous. I'm so scared! Will she have someone beat me up?"
Gu Jinyan almost burst out laughing at his exaggerated acting. After a long pause, she said, "That shouldn't be the case! You are His Royal Highness Prince Chen after all."
I thought Xiao Chen had had enough fun and it was time to get serious. But this guy pointed at Jiang Wanmeng with an exaggerated look of horror and said, "How can it not be? She is Miss Jiang!"
That expression seemed as if "Miss Jiang" was a very powerful person.
"Puff..." sounds gradually rang out from the crowd.
The Wu and An brothers were the first to burst out laughing. Damn! Why didn't they know before that Xiao Chen was so... Ugh! I don't know how to describe it, it's really hilarious.
The masters and servants who were still kneeling on the ground looked as miserable as they were when they came.
Jiang Wanmeng clenched her fists tightly, so hard that it seemed as if her nails were digging into her palms. Everyone thought she would run away crying in shame.
Unexpectedly, she was quite calm and managed to stop her tears. They just hung on the edge of her eye sockets, looking like she was about to cry but couldn't. She turned her head pitifully and looked at Zhao Yiming.
"Brother Mingyu, do you really not recognize Wanmeng?"
Zhao Yiming said the same thing, "Ms. Jiang, don't randomly claim relatives. Shuhua is one of the people who can barely be considered my sister."
What he meant was, who do you think you are, Jiang?
Jiang Wanmeng clenched her fists and glanced at Tian An, seemingly with a hint of provocation.
Then her mouth pursed, and she finally let the tears fall. "Brother Mingyu, you said before that you would marry me, how could you not remember?"
These words shocked everyone present, and everyone looked at Zhao Yiming with expressions as if Zhao Yiming was really a scumbag.
Even Tian An raised his eyebrows and looked at him, "You said that?"
Zhao Yiming shook his head quickly and said to Jiang Wanmeng, "Miss Jiang, please be careful with your words. My prince and I lived in the countryside together and only came to Beijing a few years ago. When did I ever say this to you?"
"You said that before you went to the countryside." Seeing that he didn't recognize her, Jiang Wanmeng hurriedly said.
"Nonsense! My husband has a fantastic memory. I remember everything from the age of three until now, no matter how big or small. I never said that at all. Don't make up stories that will cause my fiancée to misunderstand you."
Jiang Wanmeng said subconsciously, "I said it before I was three years old."
Suddenly, everyone fell silent, and for a moment it seemed as if even the air had quieted down.
Jiang Wanmeng spoke too quickly and only then realized that something was wrong.
Before she could come up with a plan, Zhao Yiming sneered, "How old was Miss Jiang before this Duke was three? You're so young and you already remember things?"
He looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Your Highness Prince Chen has been staying in the capital. Have you heard the rumors that Miss Jiang is a child prodigy?"
Zhao Yiming should be about two years older than Jiang Wanmeng, so when Zhao Yiming was three, she should have been less than one year old! If he could remember things before he was one, what else could he be but a child prodigy?
Xiao Chen shook his head decisively, "No." Then he looked at the others, "Have you ever heard of it?"
The rest of the heads would be shaken like rattles.
Zhao Yiming looked at Jiang Wanmeng coldly, "Could it be that Miss Jiang named this child prodigy herself?"
Jiang Wanmeng's face flushed red, and after a long while she managed to utter, "Maybe, maybe Wanmeng remembered it wrongly. It was the Empress Dowager who said that Wanmeng would be betrothed to Brother Mingyu."
"How dare you!" Zhao Yiming scolded, "Miss Jiang, you just said it was the Duke who said it, and now you're saying it was the Empress Dowager. Who are you going to blame later? What are your intentions?"
"Brother Mingyu, I didn't lie to you. The Empress Dowager really said that. If you don't believe me, come with me to see the Empress Dowager!" As he said that, he was about to step forward and pull Zhao Yiming.
Zhao Yiming looked frightened by her and hid behind Tian An, "Stay away from me," as if he was some dirty thing.
Jiang Wanmeng's eyes were stung by Zhao Yiming's disgusted look, but not only did she not blame Zhao Yiming, she even directed her anger at Tian An in a strange way.
"You're very proud, aren't you? If Brother Mingyu hadn't left Beijing, we might have gotten married long ago. You wouldn't have had any part in it then."
Tian An was almost laughing at her anger. "Miss Jiang, you don't dare to say anything to the Prince of Chen, and you can't argue with the Duke of Zhao, so you want to take your anger out on me, a weakling?"
It’s a pity that you also said it was “maybe”. How can you bring up such an uncertain thing again and again?
Regardless of whether Duke Zhao or the Queen Mother really said those things to you as you said, now that so many years have passed and His Majesty has already granted Duke Zhao and I a marriage, it means that those words no longer count.
No matter how much you insist on it, it will only make people disgusted, and in the end you will be the only one who is embarrassed.
I would like to advise Miss Jiang that instead of making a big deal out of this, it is better to cherish your reputation so as not to hinder your future marriage."
Tian An swore that she was absolutely sincere in advising her.
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