"Only when you are dirty do you think others are dirty."
"You audacious lackey, how dare you bark at your master!"
Before Xiaohong could finish speaking, Hu Qinqin stepped forward and slapped her hard across the face.
Seeing this, Li Youran stepped forward and moved closer to Hu Qinqin.
"What do you want to do? I am the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's family."
Although Hu Qinqin was skilled at the power struggles among the wealthy, she had never seen Li Youran's demeanor before, and she immediately panicked.
"How dare you reprimand my servants? I'll return the favor with this slap."
As Li Youran spoke, she slapped him hard across the face.
"You country bumpkin, how dare you lay a hand on me?"
Hu Qinqin was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. She covered her cheeks and said fiercely.
"Cousin, that's not right of you."
Wu Yong, who was standing by, saw clearly that it was Hu Qinqin who instructed her servants to insult Li Youran first, so he stood up for Li Youran.
"Cousin, how can you side with outsiders? Li Youran hit me!"
Seeing this, Hu Qinqin cried even harder.
She never imagined that Wu Yong would be so biased.
Originally, Hu Qinqin intended to insult Li Youran and make her leave in shame. However, unexpectedly, the plan failed, and she lost her cousin's heart instead. Hu Qinqin gritted her teeth in hatred.
On the other side, the Second Prince's Consort and Madam Wu were listening to Master Wukong preach about Zen, but they didn't expect that the Prime Minister's wife would also come. The two were taken aback, and then they knew what had happened.
The three of them knew exactly what was going on, but none of them said anything. After finishing their tea hastily, they left.
"I didn't expect to run into you two here, what a coincidence."
When the Prime Minister's wife saw Hu Qinqin and the other two together, she knew that her plan had succeeded. So she smiled and said to the Second Prince's wife and Madam Wu.
"Yes, what a coincidence."
When Li Youran and the other two walked up to the Second Prince's wife, they almost burst out laughing when they saw Hu Qinqin's swollen cheeks.
"However, we have other things to attend to, so we'll be leaving now."
After the Second Prince's Consort finished speaking, she left directly with Li Youran, without giving the Prime Minister's wife a chance to speak.
"mother……"
With only his aunt and cousin left on the erhu, he threw himself into the arms of the prime minister's wife and burst into tears, looking utterly aggrieved.
“Sister-in-law, I have always treated you well. Whenever there is good news, you and Yong’er are the first people I think of. But today you have done such an absurd thing.”
Seeing that there were no outsiders present, the Prime Minister's wife decided to get straight to the point and speak frankly.
Seeing that the Prime Minister's wife was speaking frankly, Madam Wu no longer tried to hide anything.
"A son is no longer under his mother's control once he grows up; I'm just respecting my child's wishes."
Madam Wu's words were quite clear: Wu Yong did not take a liking to Hu Qinqin.
"Your father and mother are still alive. It's not your place to decide Yong'er's marriage in the Wu family."
After the Prime Minister's wife finished speaking, she stormed off with her erhu.
Hu Qinqin has suffered such a great injustice today, the Prime Minister's wife will not let it go. She will make Li Youran pay tenfold or a hundredfold.
On the way back, the Second Prince's Consort lay on the soft-sleeper bed, pretending to doze off, without uttering a single word of reproach to Li Youran.
However, Li Youran couldn't sit still any longer. Like a child who had done something wrong, she felt uneasy and troubled.
"Sister, why don't you ask me what happened..."
Li Youran lacked confidence and spoke softly.
"It was just a slap. If I were there, I would have stood up for you too."
The Second Prince's Consort opened her eyes, looked at Li Youran, and said with a smile.
Even without asking, she could tell that Hu Qinqin must have done something excessive, otherwise Li Youran wouldn't have hit her.
The Prime Minister's residence and the Second Prince's residence have always been at odds, so this little bit of grudge won't make a difference.
"I think Young Master Wu is quite good. What do you think?"
Although the Second Prince's Consort tried her best to appear casual when she said this, Li Youran, with her sharp nose, still sensed a conspiracy. It turned out that there was a scheme behind taking her to the temple today!
"I didn't mean to hide it from you..."
The Second Prince's Consort felt a little guilty after being glared at by Li Youran, and hurriedly turned her face to the side, pretending to look at the scenery outside the window.
"Sister, you mustn't make arrangements like this again."
Seeing this, Li Youran shook her head and sighed helplessly.
“Li Youran is of noble status, I dare not provoke her.”
Wang Xiangyu sipped her chicken soup while speaking in a sarcastic tone.
"Things are different now. These days, Li Youran could kill me with a stomp of her foot. I'd rather avoid her than provoke her."
As Wang Xiangyu spoke, she rolled her eyes dramatically.
Seeing this, Zhou Yingying smiled awkwardly.
"Don't think that just because Li Youran attained enlightenment, her whole family can benefit from it. She won't let us off easily after how we treated her back then."
Upon hearing Li Youran's words, Zhou Yingying's smile froze.
"No matter what, I'm now remarried to her older brother, and I'm pregnant with a child from the Li family."
"Don't forget, Li Youran is the Second Prince's sister. Your Li family has no relation to her."
Zhou Yingying was interrupted by Wang Xiangyu before she could finish speaking.
"This won't work, that won't work, what should I do?"
Seeing that Zhou Yingying was angry, Wang Xiangyu stopped being coy and handed the chicken soup to a servant. With a wave of her hand, the maidservant serving her withdrew and closed the door.
"If the Second Prince falls from power, will the Second Prince's sister still be important?"
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