Chapter 201 The Second Miss's Schemes
The Jade King looked at Meng Yanzhi with some surprise, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether she was telling the truth or not. But Meng Yanzhi had this ability to speak with a completely bewildered expression.
Soon, the Jade King regretted it. Perhaps Meng Yanzhi really didn't know about their relationship, or perhaps he shouldn't have said those things at all!
He frowned, looked at Meng Yanzhi, then smiled and said calmly, "Actually, it's not a big deal. You can just go back and ask your father. Then you'll know how to speak to me in the future!"
hehe.
Meng Yanzhi sneered inwardly. How could she not know that these two were in cahoots? But for some reason, looking at the Jade King like this, Meng Yanzhi felt that the relationship between the two was probably not as simple as she thought!
She didn't react at all, but just smiled at the Jade King: "After Consort Liu comes out, will we settle the matter?"
Upon hearing this, the Jade King burst out laughing. His gaze towards Meng Yanzhi became increasingly slick and greedy, yet he still nodded: "Good, good indeed, a fair exchange. We'll do as you say!"
"Yes, this humble woman takes her leave!"
Meng Yanzhi stood up, gave a proper bow, and strode outside.
Watching Meng Yanzhi's retreating figure, the Jade King found it even more interesting. He hadn't seen such an interesting young girl in many years, and it was hard not to like her.
Soon, the Meng family's banquet began. Prince Yu was sure to come and join in the fun. From early morning, Meng Yanzhi was busy in the kitchen.
Those things were definitely unusable before, but fortunately, Qingdao was quite skilled, so he delivered fresh ingredients, which temporarily solved my immediate problem.
Meng Yanzhi is highly skilled and works very efficiently. Even though there are only two people in the kitchen, her and Qingdao, she is not flustered at all.
From the moment she discovered the problem with the ingredients, Meng Yanzhi had already guessed that the kitchen would likely be anything but peaceful today.
Sure enough, they transferred everyone from the kitchen, leaving Meng Yanzhi with a mess, just to watch her go crazy!
As for the Meng family's future and reputation, these people seemed to care completely, which surprised Meng Yanzhi.
However, Meng Yanzhi didn't say much, just kept her head down and worked. Qingdao was even helping out, but she still said, "This second young lady is really going too far!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Chen led her people into the courtyard. Without saying a word, she started helping with the chores. She was just a concubine and had no right to attend such a banquet, but she couldn't get anyone else to help, so she had to do it herself.
Seeing that Aunt Chen was working quite well, Meng Yanzhi couldn't help but smile softly: "Aunt, you can help me from now on. Look at how well you cut these vegetables!"
"I came from a poor family, otherwise who would want to be a concubine?" Aunt Chen smiled gently. "If I could, I would also like to marry well and become a proper wife, but unfortunately, I was not born with such good fortune."
While it was bustling and lively outside, the kitchen was incredibly busy.
Xiao Ce arrived early, but after searching around, he couldn't find Meng Yanzhi and was a little disappointed. But at that moment, Meng Anxian walked over with a smile.
"Crown Prince, you've finally arrived! Come here quickly, everyone's been waiting for you!"
Meng Anxian naturally took Xiao Ce's arm. Since everyone already knew about their engagement, there was nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, it highlighted the closeness of their relationship.
Sure enough, as Meng Anxian walked over with Xiao Ce, everyone looked at them with envy, especially the young girls, who were extremely envious of how intimate Meng Anxian and Xiao Ce were.
Putting aside the fact that Xiao Ce is the crown prince, his physique and looks alone make him the dream lover of countless young girls. Now that his dream lover is about to get married and the two of them are still so close, how can he not feel disappointed?
"Where is the young lady?" Xiao Ce asked Meng Anxian with some curiosity after taking a sip of wine, seemingly casually.
But this was precisely what Meng Anxian cared about most, so upon hearing this, her face was filled with displeasure: "Did Crown Prince come to see me or my sister today?"
"My sister knows we're short-handed at home, so she's busy in the kitchen right now. Don't worry, Prince, she'll definitely come over." Meng Anxian sighed somewhat resentfully, clearly unhappy.
Xiao Ce already loathed this woman, and now seeing her throwing a tantrum in front of so many people, he was even more embarrassed. He slammed his hand on the table and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
No, no!
Meng Anxian was startled. Meeting Xiao Ce's angry gaze, she cursed Meng Yanzhi several times in her heart, but still forced a smile, afraid of being laughed at.
On the other side, Ling Xiao took Xiao Yue directly to the kitchen. He had known for a long time that Meng Yanzhi was going home to do hard labor, but he never expected that the kitchen would be like this.
Watching Meng Yanzhi and a few others bustling around, Xiaoyue felt a pang of heartache: "Sister Meng!"
"Your Meng family is so big, how come you have so few people to do the work?"
"Is this going to make you the only one suffering?"
Xiaoyue quickly ran to Meng Yanzhi's side and asked in a wronged tone.
Meng Yanzhi never expected Xiaoyue to come over. She quickly wiped her hands, gently patted Xiaoyue's head, and said with a smile, "Good Xiaoyue, it's not clean here. Why don't you go play in the front yard?"
"I thought you were so capable, but I never expected you to be so pathetic?" Ling Xiao walked over at this moment, arms crossed, looking at Meng Yanzhi with a leisurely air.
Weren't you so fiercely defiant when you were arguing with Xiao Xingyuan before? Why did you become so cowardly after you got home?
Meng Yanzhi knew this person was there to gloat, so she rolled her eyes at him and said irritably, "Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important. You don't understand that principle, do you? Of course you do. Who else does the Imperial Preceptor care about besides himself? Of course you don't understand that principle."
If it weren't for the fact that a woman's fate is entirely dependent on her family, Meng Yanzhi would never be here today, enduring this humiliation!
Ling Xiao never expected that Meng Yanzhi, who was already overwhelmed with problems, would speak to him so rudely.
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