The carriage stopped at the gate, and before Xiao Yunying could get off, she heard a commotion coming from the courtyard.
Not knowing what had happened, she told the driver to leave and pushed open the door herself.
Three unfamiliar girls were standing in the courtyard. Luo Xin and Zheng Yunwan were blocking their own doorways, while Luo Chen and the others were standing nearby.
Hearing her open the door, everyone turned around and looked at her.
Xiao Yunying then got a good look at the three unfamiliar girls. Judging from their clothes, they must be young ladies from some family, along with two maids.
Confused, she asked, "Is there something you ladies need?"
The maid on the left spoke up: "Are you a servant of this household?"
Luo Chen shouted sternly, "How dare you! This is my mother, the current matriarch of the Luo family!"
Xiao Yunying blinked. Wow, this kid's expression is quite imposing right now.
"Silver Pearl, you must not be rude."
The elegantly dressed young woman gave a soft reprimand, but her tone and eyes revealed contempt. She looked Xiao Yunying up and down and then said, "You are Xiao Yunying?"
Xiao Yunying has always treated others the way they treat her.
She immediately changed her attitude and said calmly, "I am Xiao Yunying. Who are you? What are you doing at my house so late?"
Luo Xin ran over, her eyes red and looking wronged. She pouted and complained, "Mom, this person wants to stay at our house and even tried to take your room. Aunt Yunwan stopped them and got beaten up."
Xiao Yunying's face turned cold. She quickly walked to the door of her room and carefully looked at Zheng Yunwan's face.
It was dark, and she hadn't noticed it until she got closer and saw a red handprint on Zheng Yunwan's face.
The girl behind me finally spoke up: "I'll be staying at your place for a while. The other rooms here aren't furnished at all, only yours is decent..."
"Who hit you?"
Xiao Yunying ignored what the girl was saying and simply asked Zheng Yunwan, "Who did it?"
When the girl saw that Xiao Yunying was not listening to her, a hint of annoyance flashed in her eyes, but then she suddenly remembered something and suppressed her anger.
Zheng Yunwan said softly, "Sister Yunying, I'm fine."
This girl looks like she comes from a wealthy family; she can't cause trouble for Sister Yunying.
It was just a slap; she could take it.
Luo Xin didn't think too much about it and pointed to the maid who had spoken first, saying, "It was she who hit him."
Xiao Yunying turned to look at the maid: "Did you do this?"
The maid was startled by Xiao Yunying's gaze, but quickly calmed herself down. She was just a peasant girl; what did she have to be afraid of?
"She was the one who disrespected my young lady first. It's your good fortune that my young lady has taken a liking to this room..."
A sharp "snap" interrupted the maid's words.
Before the other person could react, he slapped him again with his backhand.
The maid named Yinzhu covered her face, stammering, "You...you..."
You stammered for a long time without saying another word.
The elegantly dressed girl raised her voice: "How dare you hit my people!"
Xiao Yunying looked at the elegantly dressed girl and said, "Where did this dog come from, barking in my house? Since the owner can't control his own dog, don't blame me for being impolite and disciplining it myself."
The elegantly dressed girl was furious: "How dare you speak to me like that! Do you know who I am?!"
Zheng Yunwan nervously grabbed Xiao Yunying's sleeve; this girl was clearly not from an ordinary family.
Xiao Yunying patted her hand to comfort her, then said coldly, "I don't care who you are, get out of my house now."
"You dare tell me to get lost? You have some nerve! My father is Zuo Heng, the Minister of Revenue, and I am Zuo Lanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Minister's family."
Xiao Yunying pondered for a moment. She wasn't quite sure about the specific official ranking of this dynasty, but the Minister seemed to be at least a second-rank official.
Moreover, the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of money and held the financial power of the entire country, making it a truly powerful and wealthy official position.
But Xiao Yunying's momentum didn't falter: "So what? Does that mean the eldest daughter of the Minister's mansion can just run to other people's homes, occupy their houses, and beat them up at will?"
If you can't suppress it with your social status, then try it with your morals...
The girl said loudly, "I... what do you mean by 'at will'? I came with Aunt Luo, and it was Aunt Luo who agreed to let me stay here."
Xiao Yunying thought to herself, "Just as I thought."
How could their own family possibly provoke the daughter of a high-ranking official for no reason? It could only be related to the Luo family.
"Is Luo Sheng's mother coming?"
Upon hearing this, the girl didn't answer but instead asked, "Didn't Brother Luo Yong tell you? Aunt Luo is coming to see the young masters Luo. She's almost at Donglin City now, and I was in a hurry, so I came ahead of time."
Xiao Yunying's face was extremely ugly. That bastard Luo Sheng didn't even tell her that his mother was coming.
Then he looked at the girl in front of him with disdain.
It's one thing for his mother to come, but to bring such an annoying thing along with her.
Zheng Yunwan whispered behind her, "This girl arrived in the evening, saying that Old Madam Luo was about to arrive in Donglin City, so Young Master Luo took that guard named Wan Jun to pick her up."
"I see."
Xiao Yunying looked up at the daughter of the Minister and said, "In that case, please leave my house and wait for them outside."
Zuo Lanzhi said incredulously, "What did you say? You want to kick me out? What right do you have to kick me out!"
Xiao Yunying said, "Luo Sheng probably left in a hurry and didn't explain clearly to you that this is not his property. It's a house that I built with my own money, so you can't live here."
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