"Forget it!" Su Yan said, "I will stay for three more days at most."
Su Yan looked at his two sons and said, "After the banquet, you will leave with me. If you want to stay, I will take my people back to the border first!"
Three days was enough time. As long as everything at the banquet was successful, they would have done a good thing for the Marquis' Mansion.
Su Jingnian nodded and said, "Don't worry, father. After the banquet, Cheng Jiang and I will go back to the border with you."
"Let's eat."
During the meal, no one else except Old Madam Su occasionally spoke a few words to Su Jinyue.
This big family seemed to ignore her. Su Zhiyao deliberately wanted to disgust Su Jinyue by affectionately picking up food for everyone at the table except Su Jinyue.
Mrs. Liu praised Su Zhiyao, "Zhiyao is still sensible. It's no wonder that your aunt has loved you for so many years."
Su Zhiyao shyly picked up some food for Jiang Caiping, "Aunt, you are teasing Zhiyao again."
The whole family was having a great time, but it seemed like they had inadvertently forgotten about Su Jinyue.
After Su Zhiyao picked up some food for Jiang Caiping, she acted coquettishly towards the Marquis's wife and looked at Su Jinyue with pride.
Unexpectedly, Su Jinyue just lowered her head to eat, and she didn't see the "performance" just now at all.
Su Zhiyao didn't see Su Jinyue being unwilling to accept the loss, she pursed her lips and said, "Sister, why don't you say a word?"
The originally happy atmosphere paused, and everyone's eyes fell on Su Jinyue again.
She calmly picked up the handkerchief beside her and wiped her lips, then raised her eyes to look at Su Zhiyao, "Don't talk while eating, isn't this the rule for eating?"
Su Zhiyue's face flushed and she bit her lips feeling a little aggrieved.
Su Yan spoke up at this time, "We are all family, there are no rules or regulations."
Knowing that Su Yan always sided with Su Zhiyue, Su Jinyue just said "oh" and had no other reaction.
"Sister, this steamed sea bass with rice flour is delicious, would you like to try it?"
As she spoke, Su Zhiyao picked up a piece of fish with her chopsticks, stood up and put it into Su Jinyue's bowl as if to show her courtesy.
Su Jinyue raised her slender fingers to block it, and looked at Su Zhiyue coldly, "If you want to serve food to others, use the serving chopsticks properly."
Her eyes fell on Su Zhiyao's chopsticks. "You use your chopsticks that are covered with your saliva to pick up food for others. You don't think it's disgusting, but I think it's dirty."
It was this bland voice that made everyone at the table look suddenly ugly!
Jiang Caiping had already brought a mouthful of dish to her mouth, but when she heard Su Jinyue's words, her eyes fell on the leaves. She suddenly felt a little nauseous and put the dish back into the bowl with a frown.
"I..." Su Zhiyao looked like she was about to cry, "Sister, do you dislike me?"
Su Jinyue nodded and said, "You have been in the Marquis' Mansion for so many years. If you have not learned the rules of serving food, you can stand behind and learn from Xiaotao."
This sentence mocked Su Zhiyue for wanting to be a maid. Even a dumb guy like Su Chengjiang could hear it, and he couldn't help but come out to speak up for Su Zhiyao.
"Su Jinyue! Zhiyao wants to get close to you, why are you being so aggressive!"
"Sorry." Su Jinyue looked at Su Chengjiang coldly, "I really don't have the habit of eating with other people's saliva. If you like, I won't stop you."
Su Zhiyao shed tears, "Sister, you are right to dislike me. With my background, I shouldn't stay in the mansion and continue to be an eyesore to you."
Su Jingnian also frowned, "Zhiyao thinks of you in everything, but you say this about her. You really have no heart."
Bang!
“That’s enough!”
Jiang Caiping slammed the table heavily and looked at Su Jinyue with a sullen face, "If you don't want to eat, get out!"
Su Jinyue put down her handkerchief dignifiedly at this moment, stood up and said, "It's just right, I'm done with it, everyone continue."
After she finished speaking, she bowed in the direction of Old Lady Su and Su Yan, "Father, Grandma, I'm going back first."
Su Jinyue was very polite and considerate, as if Jiang Caiping's words just now were not directed at her.
Jiang Caiping's anger did not subside as she watched Su Jinyue and Xiaotao walk out of the front hall.
She has always been a straightforward person. If Su Jinyue confronts her head-on, she naturally has a hundred ways to make her surrender.
But it was Su Jinyue's look of complete indifference that made Jiang Caiping's punch seem like hitting cotton, and the anger was stuck in her throat and she couldn't swallow it!
After leaving the front yard, Xiaotao hid behind Su Jinyue and wiped her tears.
Hearing the sobbing sound behind her, Su Jinyue turned around and saw Xiaotao crying. She couldn't help laughing, "Why are you crying?"
"Miss, they are going too far!"
Xiao Tao wiped her tears and said, "You are Madam's biological daughter. Su Zhiyao was clearly trying to disgust you on purpose!"
"But Madam spoke in her favor. You are the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and Madam should love you!"
Su Jinyue smiled faintly, "In this world, is there anything that should be done as it should be?"
If it weren’t for her experience in her previous life, Su Jinyue would not be willing to believe that her mother really didn’t love her.
Suddenly, Su Jinyue thought of Xiao Duo.
Not long after collecting her body, the young general Fenglangjuxu was framed by people around him and died in the battlefield.
"All I know is that good people shouldn't die so tragically."
"What?" Xiao Tao didn't hear Su Jinyue's mumbling clearly.
Su Jinyue shook her head. "Nothing. Let's go back."
After returning to Wangyuexuan, Su Jinyue went to the backyard first, but the scene in front of her made her blood boil!
"Xiao Tao!"
Xiao Tao followed behind, already frightened, and only came to her senses when she heard the young lady's sharp voice, "Young lady!"
He looked at the medicinal garden that he had taken good care of, which was now in a mess.
All the herbs in the medicine garden were pulled out, and the wilted ones were thrown on the ground. Su Jinyue's voice was completely cold.
"Go, call Lan Shao and the others over here. Anyone who resists will be immediately taken away and beaten!"
"Yes, miss!" Xiao Tao took the order and turned around and ran out in a hurry!
In less than half an incense stick of time, Lan Shao and Lu Wu entered the backyard, followed by several servants and maids.
Su Jinyue sat at the stone table and looked at Lan Shao who was standing in front of her with a cold look, "Who picked the herbs in my backyard?"
Lan Shao didn't say anything, and the maids and servants on both sides of her didn't say a word either, as if they were determined to be on the same page with her.
Xiao Tao said angrily: "Miss asked you a question and you are all mute?!"
Lan Shao glanced at Su Jinyue and lowered her head again. "The young lady has ordered us not to enter the backyard. How can we, as servants, know what's going on in the backyard?"
"If not you, who else could it be?!" Xiao Tao was so angry at her sophistry that she almost jumped up and down.
Lan Shao, however, looked nonchalant, "It's not us anyway, Miss, you should check it more carefully."
"good."
Su Jinyue smiled and said, "Since no one admits it, then everyone will be whipped twenty times as a punishment."
Lan Shao immediately raised her head, eyes full of dissatisfaction, "Why?! We are all good friends! Even if you are the eldest lady, you can't punish us at will!"