Chapter 303
Seeing this, Pearl stepped forward and said, "Young Madam, do you think Aunt Chen's words... are believable?"
Yun Wan's eyelashes trembled slightly: "I heard that Aunt Chen used to be my mother-in-law's personal maid. We've all seen her situation, so..."
The facts are clear: what Aunt Chen said is probably true.
Yun Wan couldn't help but gasp.
It seems she really needs to rethink how to get along with Mrs. Zheng.
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Meanwhile, Zheng and his entourage had already arrived at their destination, the residence of the Minister of Personnel, Wang.
Although the Minister of Personnel was also an important official, he was far inferior to the Marquis's mansion. The scenery in the mansion was simply not worth seeing for Zheng and her party.
So the group went straight to the place where the banquet was set up.
Madam Wang was busy entertaining guests when she saw Madam Zheng arrive. She quickly came to greet them, saying, "Madam Hou, what a rare guest you are!"
As she spoke, Madam Wang looked at Yao Susu, who was dressed up, and then at Yunxi, whose face was covered by a veil.
Noticing her gaze, Madam Zheng smiled and said, "These two are my cousins' children. This child is named Susu, and she is of marriageable age. The young lady is shy and insisted on having her older sister come with her. However, her older sister is already married and it is not appropriate for her to show her face. Please forgive her, Madam."
Madam Wang immediately understood what was going on.
Since they are cousins, their husbands must not be from their circle. It's probably because the two sisters are close in age and they didn't want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings, so they did this.
"Understood, understood!" Madam Wang said with a smile. "Madam Hou, ladies, please take your seats first. We can move around after everyone has arrived!"
Madam Zheng smiled and nodded, Yunxi curtsied, and Yao Susu said sweetly, "Thank you, Madam."
Madam Wang's smile deepened: "I love this child's temperament! Please, please come in!"
After leading the three to their seats, Yao Susu couldn't help but start looking around.
There were already quite a few people in the garden, mostly teenagers around the same age as Yao Susu. Some of them who knew each other were already standing together, but most of them, like Yao Susu, were sitting on the side.
Yao Susu's gaze swept around the courtyard and suddenly caught sight of a somewhat familiar figure.
She turned to Yunxi and lowered her voice, saying, "Xi'er, that guy over there, we seem to have met before."
Yunxi blinked.
She was wearing a veiled hat, so she couldn't be seen clearly from a distance. At this moment, no one knew who Yao Susu was talking about.
"It's the doctor we went to for the free clinic last time, the one who said he knew you, but you didn't know him."
As soon as Yao Susu said that, Yunxi knew.
It's Li Ze.
"Isn't this flower-viewing banquet for young people to find partners? That guy looks like he's over thirty. Why is he coming to a place like this? Is he trying to find a concubine among these young women? How shameless!"
Clearly, Yao Susu had a very bad impression of Li Ze.
However, her words puzzled Yunxi.
yes.
At that age, he really shouldn't be at an event like this.
Besides, even Shen Rang was busy with official duties, so how could he, as the commander of the Imperial Guards, have the time?
Yunxi lowered her eyes in thought, completely unaware that the subject of their conversation was looking at her.
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