Chapter 464 Dispute
Cui Rulin was startled by the sound and quickly turned around to look.
I saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in red clothes looking at me with contempt. The girl was very pretty, but the arrogance on her face reduced her beauty a bit and made her look a bit mean.
"Hey, didn't you hear me talking? Are you deaf?" Seeing that Cui Rulin was just looking at her without saying anything, the girl in red scolded her impatiently, and as she spoke, she reached out to snatch the lantern from Cui Rulin's hand.
By this time, Cui Rulin had also reacted. She saw clearly the contempt in the red-dressed girl's eyes. She had always been doted on by her grandmother at home and was the best among her sisters. How could she have been looked down upon like this? Seeing the red-dressed girl trying to snatch the lantern, her temper flared up. She quickly dodged to the side and angrily said, "I saw this lantern first, and I was the first to hold it in my hands. Why don't you allow me to buy it?"
The girl in red didn't get the lantern, so she immediately opened her beautiful eyes wide and glared at Cui Rulin, saying, "You still dare to hide? Look at how poor you are, and you think you deserve to buy a lantern like this? Do you deserve it?"
The clothes Cui Rulin was wearing were not what was fashionable in the capital city nowadays. In the eyes of the girl in red, she looked down on him like a country bumpkin.
"You..." Cui Rulin's eyes turned red with anger. In the past twenty days since she came to the capital, the biggest feeling she had was the disparity in status. Although she was related to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she was not a member of the Yuan family after all. The more she envied everyone's respect and kindness towards Yuan Ziyu, the more she was aware of the huge gap in status.
It was also because of this that she was determined to marry in the capital, and even wavered between Yuan Zian and Huo Xifei, considering who would be more suitable for her to marry.
"Miss," Cui Rumei couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she stepped forward and said, "My younger sister chose this lantern first. You can't take it by force, no matter what."
"Hmph, so what if she likes it? Do you have the money to buy it?" The girl in red sneered, "This lantern is really valuable, at least twenty or thirty taels of silver. Can you afford it?"
This Flying Fairy Turning Heron Lamp is extremely exquisite. In order to create the gorgeous effect of flying fairies, gold wire and gold foil are even pasted on the lamp wall. Under the reflection of candlelight, it looks particularly gorgeous and dazzling. Therefore, it is very valuable.
"We..." Cui Rumei turned her head to take a look at the lantern, only to find that it was so luxurious. She was shocked. The lantern was too expensive. With the money she and Cui Rulin had, they really couldn't afford it. Although her cousin said he would pay for it, how could they let her cousin spend so much money to buy this lantern?
Cui Rumei was about to say we won’t buy it when she heard Cui Rulin snort coldly: “How do you know we can’t afford it? I still want this lantern.”
"You..." The red-dressed girl flew into a rage after hearing Cui Rulin's words. "You're so poor! The money you used to buy this lantern is enough to buy dozens of clothes. You can't even afford clothes, and you're still buying lanterns?"
The maid behind the red-dressed girl also sneered, "Exactly. You, a poor country bumpkin, dare to compete with our girl for the lanterns? You're so brave! Don't you even bother to find out who our girl is? Don't you want to die?"
"I'll just buy this lantern." Cui Rulin felt a little insecure due to her inferiority complex after hearing what the girl in red said, and wanted to take a step back, but the maid's words made her angry.
Compare power?
Her great aunt is the old lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
The Duke of Zhenguo has the merit of following the emperor. In the whole capital, apart from the royal family and the Duke of Cheng'en, who else can surpass him?
Thinking of this, Cui Rulin became more confident and was determined to protect the lantern in her hand at all costs.
"How dare you." The girl in red became even angrier. "Put it down right now. This is the one I like. Do you think you deserve it?"
"It's not up to you to decide whether we are worthy or not." Cui Rulin did not give in at all.
"You..." The girl in red was so angry that she wanted to hit someone. At this moment, a somewhat gentle male voice said, "Zhen'er, what's wrong?"
Zhen'er is the girl in red.
When Zhen'er heard the man's voice, she turned around and complained with a look of grievance: "Brother Zong, this woman stole my lantern."
Upon hearing this, Cui Rumei and Cui Rulin were both so angry that they laughed. This was really a case of turning the tables.
"Bah, it was obviously me who saw this lantern first, and it was you who wanted to steal it from me." Cui Rulin was so angry that her face turned red.
"Young lady." The man was no more than twenty years old, dressed in a royal blue robe and a jade belt around his waist. He had a good-looking appearance. He looked at Cui Rulin and smiled faintly, "It's just a lantern. Why bother arguing on the street? It's better to give in. Let the lantern girl go. I will definitely send someone to apologize to you later. Don't worry, I know your address and will never make the mistake."
Cui Rulin and Cui Rumei's faces paled at this. They weren't stupid; how could they not hear the threat in this person's words? It was just the two sisters and their maidservant, and Quanshan had just been sent by Cui Rulin to buy candied haws.
Cui Rulin bit her lip and asked, "Is this young master threatening us sisters?"
"Miss, you're overthinking it." The young master smiled and waved the folding fan in his hand: "I just want to express my apology to you, young lady."
"You..." Cui Rulin looked at the young master with some anger: "Okay, then the young master will go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion tomorrow to express his apology."
"Fourth sister..." Cui Rumei frowned slightly when she heard Cui Rulin use the name of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. After all, they were just relatives, and distant relatives at that. It was not good to use the name of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion like this.
Cui Rulin ignored Cui Rumei and just looked at the young master stubbornly.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?
Upon hearing this, Master Zong narrowed his eyes and looked Cui Rulin and Cui Rumei up and down. No matter how he looked at it, these two girls, dressed in ordinary clothes, did not look like they were from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. They looked very petty.
"Humph, you're so arrogant." Zhen'er sneered at the side, "You're still talking about the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? Why don't you just say you're a princess?"
"Zhen'er." Young Master Zong hurriedly stopped Zhen'er. This woman dared to mention the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion. If she was not from the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, she must have some support. After thinking for a moment, he said, "This girl..."
Before Cui Rulin finished speaking, she heard Quan Shan's voice: "Hey, isn't this Master Zong Wu? I wonder if there's any misunderstanding between our cousin and Master Zong Wu?"
Quanshan came over with a few strings of candied haws, smiling, and bowed to Master Zong Wu. He had just bought the candied haws when he heard Cui Rulin saying something to Master Zong Wu about apologizing to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. He hurriedly took a few steps forward and said with a smile.
When Master Zong Wu saw Quanshan, he was slightly surprised. He knew Quanshan. He was the trusted servant of Master Yuan. Master Yuan was the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo. Although he had not yet been named the Crown Prince, it was only a matter of time.
Nowadays, everyone knows that the Yuan family is the confidant of the current emperor. How many people dare to provoke them?
After hearing what Quanshan said, Master Zong Wu understood that these two girls were cousins of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
In this case, we have to give face to the Duke of Zhenguo.
So, Master Zong Wu hurriedly said with a smile: "So it was Brother Quanshan. It was just a misunderstanding just now. It's nothing serious."
After that, he turned to Cui Rulin and said, "Miss, I apologize for any offense I caused you just now. I hope you will forgive me."
After saying that, he nodded to Quanshan and took the reluctant Zhen'er away.
Cui Rulin pursed her lips and watched the two men leave, becoming more certain of the Yuan family's current status in the capital. It was obvious that the fifth son of the Zong family was not a son of an ordinary family. Such a person was so polite to a servant beside her cousin, so what about her cousin's wife?
My second sister is so lucky!
However, she felt that her second sister was not blessed enough and was afraid that she could not bear such a great blessing.
Among all the girls in the Cui family, my grandmother always said that Cui Rulin was the most blessed. So, no matter what, her blessings should be greater than her second sister's, and she should be better able to bear this blessing, right?
Second sister, you are really not worthy of your cousin.
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