As soon as everyone entered the front hall of the Duke of England's mansion, a maid came forward to serve them tea.
Ming Wang sat in a wheelchair, casually pinching the cup lid and fiddling with the teacup from time to time, making some small, annoying noises.
The Duke and Duchess of England sat at the bottom and looked at each other, both of them feeling unhappy. He was obviously a prince, so why was his every move so vulgar?
He has no manners at all. No wonder the late emperor disliked him.
Then they looked at Lan Shuang, who was sitting beside Ming Wang with her eyes fixed on the ground, and instantly became angry.
It’s all because of this jinx!
Although no one said this out loud, the look in the Duke of England's eyes clearly conveyed this meaning.
"Dad, Mom, it's rare for the prince and sister to come back, why aren't you talking?"
Lan Yuning walked in supported by her maid. She smiled as soon as she opened her mouth, and her gentleness was accompanied by a kind of innocence that seemed to indicate that she was ignorant of the world.
Lan Shuang looked up and glanced at her. Wow, she changed her clothes. The style was almost the same as the previous one, but this time it was pomegranate color. Anyway, it was all red.
She looks more like a bride than she does.
"Yu Ning, sit here."
Lan Chunqiu warmly invited Lan Yuning to sit next to him.
"Yuning, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?" the Duke's wife asked with concern.
Prince Ming narrowed his eyes imperceptibly. Since they came in and sat down, this lady had not asked Lan Shuang a single question, and had not even given her a good look. However, when Lan Yuning came, she seemed to have come back to life and gained some popularity.
This family is really interesting, no wonder Lan Shuang said those things before.
He glanced to the side casually, intending to see how she wanted to deal with it.
How to deal with it?
Lan Shuang said, of course it’s a tooth for a tooth.
She sat up straight and looked at Lan Yuning with a smile: "Sister, how did you fall just now? You almost bumped into the prince."
Lan Yuning's smile froze: "?"
The others were also confused. What did he mean?
Lan Shuang opened her eyes and made up a story: "If I hadn't pushed the prince just in time, if this had hit him, not only would his dignity have been lost, but my reputation would have been lost, too. Where is your upbringing as a lady? How could you act so carelessly in public?"
As soon as she spoke, she put one hat after another on Lan Yuning, making the Duke's wife so angry that her face turned green.
"Shut up!" She slapped the armrest. "If it weren't for you, how could Yu Ning have fallen? And now you're blaming me? Princess, do you think that just because you're married, you're no longer a daughter of the Lan family, and I can't discipline you?"
Lan Shuang's eyes turned cold. "Oh? Madam, how are you going to discipline me? I'm the Princess of Ming, chosen by His Majesty, and I'm a First-Rank official. You're only a Second-Rank official. Who gave you the right to say the word 'discipline' to me?"
"I am your mother. I gave birth to you and raised you. Is that really a big deal? Yes, you are the princess, but does the emperor know that you have no respect for filial piety?"
The Duke's wife is not a pushover either. When it comes to filial piety, Lan Shuang is not in the right.
Lan Yuning was about to say something, but when she heard this, she immediately shut up.
It would be better to teach Lan Shuang a lesson, or even better to let Ming Wang see her true face.
She pretended to be deaf and dumb, but Lan Chunqiu, who was standing beside her, was immediately furious. He suddenly jumped up, his eyes wide open, "Princess Ming is so arrogant. She's showing off in front of her family. Isn't she afraid of making a fool of herself by letting the prince see her!"
"The grace of giving birth to a child is greater than heaven, and you, an ungrateful wretch, are you so ungrateful? If you weren't my daughter, how could you possibly be worthy of marrying the current prince?"
Hearing this, Ming Wang's eyelids jumped and he looked up at him.
Lan Chunqiu thought he agreed with him and even bowed to him: "Your Highness is very righteous and will definitely not go along with you."
"Pah!" The Ming Wang, who was wearing a tall hat, said: "..."
If you can't speak, you don't actually have to have a mouth.
He coughed lightly, and before he could say anything, Lan Shuang beside him looked over with a half-smile: "Really? Your Majesty?"
Prince Ming: "..."
He paused for a moment, then glanced at Lan Shuang, who immediately tilted her head. "Hmm?"
Prince Ming slammed his teacup to the ground with a cold expression. "I'm here today to honor the Emperor, not you. Why are you all barking like that? Do you really think I care about the Duke of Ying's Mansion?"
The Duke of Ying's face fell. Failing to play dead, he had no choice but to step forward to smooth things over. He first bowed to the King of Ming and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. My son has behaved badly. I will definitely punish him later."
Lan Chunqiu was unhappy: "Dad, I——"
"Shut up! You bastard, aren't you embarrassed enough? Get out!"
"father--"
"roll!"
The Duke of England glared at him fiercely and pointed in the direction outside the main hall.
Lan Chunqiu's chest was heaving with anger. He glared at Lan Shuang and then reluctantly retreated.
Prince Ming then snorted, supporting his head with one hand and looking at the Duke's wife.
The Duke of England rolled his eyes and scolded his wife again, "And you! Can't you speak politely? The prince is still here, and you scold the princess in front of him. Aren't you slapping the prince in the face? Who do you think you are?"
These words were very harsh to hear, and the Duke's wife's face changed, feeling extremely humiliated.
"You actually scolded me for her?"
The Duke of England felt very sad. It was really terrible that he married such a fool.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lan Yuning quickly stood up, walked to the middle, and knelt down in front of Ming Wang.
"Yu Ning, what are you doing?" The Duke's wife leaned over to help her.
Lan Yuning dodged the question and said, "This matter all started because of me. How can I sit back and do nothing? If you and the prince are angry, feel free to come to me. I have no complaints. But please don't let this damage the relationship. My parents are old, and they might get angry and hurt themselves."
There were tears in her eyes. After she said these considerate words of "good daughter", she looked at Ming Wang pitifully.
The Duke of England was stunned and looked at Lan Yuning with a thoughtful expression.
Before she could think about it, Lan Shuang picked up the teacup on the table, opened the lid, and said nonchalantly with her eyes downcast, "You must have made a mistake. We weren't talking about you. You jumped out on your own. I was just expressing my dissatisfaction with my parents."
"Ah..." Lan Yuning was stunned.
Why is she so direct? Isn't she afraid that people will say she's narrow-minded and unfilial?
Then she felt happy and looked at Ming Wang.
However, King Ming was also caught off guard by Lan Shuang. Is she going to throw the jar into chaos?
Lan Shuang raised her eyes calmly and looked at the Duke and his wife and Lan Yuning without any emotion, as if she was not looking at a living, breathing person, but at a dead object.
"Since you are so dissatisfied with me, let's talk it out today."
Lan Shuang put down the teacup, and with a "click" sound, it hit everyone's heart neither lightly nor heavily.
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