Chapter 46: Looking for a Beating
Prince Duan's Mansion has a courtyard specially provided for guests to drink tea and rest. In addition, according to the custom of Yueqi Country, boys and girls are not allowed to sit at the same table after they are seven years old. The banquet is held in a separate courtyard.
Before the banquet started, the officials and nobles who came to watch the ceremony were all in the front hall, chatting and laughing.
The ladies and young ladies can enjoy the flowers, drink tea and chat in the pavilion in the garden. Except for the backyard of Prince Duan's mansion, they can walk around freely in other places where there are guards and maids.
Yun Li didn't like to join in the fun, so she took Cherry and Bai Zhi and found a secluded pavilion with few people. There was tea and snacks on the stone table in the pavilion. She sat down casually, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and cracked them boredly.
After a while, the eunuch shouted at the door:
"The Emperor has arrived, the Empress has arrived, and the Consort Shu has arrived!"
The guests in the front hall came out to pay their respects and knelt on the ground.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empress! Long live the Empress! Long live the Concubine Shu!"
The emperor, clad in a bright yellow dragon robe, exuded a majestic aura without even getting angry. He laughed heartily, "Haha~ My dear ministers, please stand up! Today is a joyous day. There's no need to make you feel restrained just because I'm here!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Although the emperor said this, the atmosphere was still not as lively as when he came. Everyone was a little nervous. Fortunately, he did not stay for long. He and the queen returned to the palace after a cup of tea.
Prince Duan is the son of Concubine Shu, so naturally Concubine Shu will be left at Prince Duan's mansion to handle the wedding.
Because of the arrival of Concubine Shu, the ladies were gathered together under the leadership of the palace maids, just like having a tea party.
Yun Li was glad that she hid far away, otherwise she would have to kneel down...
Just as she was propping her head up with her arms, cracking melon seeds out of boredom, she turned around and saw a group of colorful women gathered by the lake, chattering.
After a careful look, she found that she only knew Huang Ying'er and Wei Sisi. She had never seen the other three.
She didn't come back to her senses for a moment, and the group of women all looked at her at the same time. She took off her veil while cracking melon seeds. When Huang Ying'er noticed her, her face changed instantly.
Yun Li turned her head calmly and continued to crack melon seeds, but Huang Ying'er thought that Yun Li was provoking her and did not look at her directly!
She was immediately furious and walked towards the pavilion with a group of noble ladies.
Bai Zhi looked at the direction they were coming from and sighed slightly: "Miss, you can't hide away from the idleness again..."
Yun Li glanced at him and said with a helpless smile: "Someone is itching to get beaten up and always rushes to get beaten up. There's nothing I can do..."
The oriole was still under the pavilion, walking with her head raised and calling:
"Oh, who was this? It turns out to be the Third Miss of the Xiangfu! Today is your sister's wedding, a big day, and you're wearing all white to attend the funeral? I wonder if Princess Duan knows about this, it's really bad luck!"
"Yeah, who is this? It's such a happy wedding day, and she's wearing all white to ruin the party, right? How can she be so wicked!"
"Who says it's not? If I were Princess Duan, I would definitely kick her out!"
The ladies around her echoed Huang Ying'er, mocking Yun Li one by one.
Huang Ying'er came up and stood opposite Yun Li, with her hands on her hips, pointing at her angrily.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!"
Yun Li turned her head, still resting her arm on the stone table and supporting her chin, and said calmly: "Miss Huang? I'm not deaf, so you don't have to yell here, like a crow, it's so noisy! And what I wear is none of your business. If you don't like it, you can think that someone in your family has died, and I'm here to attend the funeral for you, okay?
Your mouth stinks, you must have just eaten shit in the toilet..."
Huang Ying'er's face flushed with anger, and she pointed at her nose and cursed, "You...you bitch! You seductive vixen..."
Yun Li curled her lips calmly: "You said I was a foxy enchantress, so did I seduce your man? Or did I seduce your father? And I'm a bitch, so what kind of trash are you?
"You are a young lady, yet you curse so harshly. Do you have good manners? Is this how your parents taught you? Did I provoke you by sitting here for no reason? Or is it because I am prettier than you that you don't like me?"
His eyes swept over the women beside Huang Ying'er: "And you, we don't even know each other. Are you mentally ill or do you want to slap your mouth? You make fun of me one by one, and you feel like you're important, right?
Baizhi, Cherry, come up and slap each of you three times!"
Yun Li finished speaking, but the women still hadn't reacted.
Baizhi and Yingtao hesitated for a moment, then made up their minds and said, "Yes, Miss!"
When Huang Ying'er and the other maids heard Yun Li ordering her servant to come and beat their young lady, they all stood up and stretched out their arms to block the way.
Huang Ying'er gnashed her teeth and looked at Yun Li, as if she had heard a joke: "You dare to hit me?"
Yun Li stood up slowly and walked towards Huang Ying'er step by step. Huang Ying'er stepped back unconsciously.
"See if I dare to hit you!"
The words and the slap fell together
The ladies next to them were shocked for a moment. Yingtao and Baizhi also stepped forward and, following their mistress's instructions, they both started slapping the ladies at the same time.
Their maids tried to stop them, but Baizhi and Yingtao started to fight with them, and for a while, there was chaos.
Yun Li took out the medicine from her sleeve while no one was paying attention and stuck it on the bodies of several noble ladies except Huang Ying'er.
After a while, the ladies rushed towards Huang Ying'er, punching and kicking her like crazy.
Several maids couldn't hold her back, and Huang Ying'er was pinned to the ground by several noble ladies and beaten violently.
Baizhi and Yingtao stood by, dumbfounded, and for a moment they didn't react to what had happened.
When everyone was in a mess, Yunli winked at Baizhi and Yingtao, and the three of them left the pavilion.
Huang Ying'er, who was pinned to the ground in the pavilion, kept shouting, "You hit the wrong person! I am Huang Ying'er!"
"Wrong number..."
No matter how she called out, no one listened to her, and in the end her voice became smaller and smaller.
His clothes were torn to shreds by several people, his hair and makeup were ruined, and there were scratches on his face. Half of his face was swollen like a pig's head! He looked like he had been abused... It was a horrible sight.
Yunli put on a veil and pretended to be passing by the lake. She walked up to a guard and pointed at the pavilion and said, "Who is up there? Why does it look like a fight?"
The guard looked in the direction she pointed and indeed saw many people in the pavilion in a mess.
The guard hurriedly ran towards the pavilion, and when he got there, he saw several young ladies pinning another young lady to the ground and beating her. It was forbidden for men and women to touch each other. In addition, the people who came to attend the prince's wedding banquet today were all rich or noble people in the capital. It was not something a small guard like him could afford to offend. He did not dare to force them apart, so after thinking about it, he decided to report it first.
After a while, the palace's housekeeper came with a group of people to pull these people apart, and also informed the Concubine Shu.
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