"Miss Yao, don't you think you are too noble to associate with us?"
"Alas~ Some people are so overconfident that they insist on snatching men from the princess~"
"Oh, don't say that. Maybe he just knows that His Highness Prince Han is unreliable, so he came to the lake to meet other young masters~"
What they said was really rude. Yao Yushu's maid frowned when she heard it. She was about to come forward to refute them on Yao Yushu's behalf, but was stopped by Yao Yushu. Although she didn't like their sarcasm, she never dealt with such things. What's more, what they wanted to say was not something she could change with just a few words, so there was no need to get away with it.
She stopped the maid, shook her head gently at her, and advised her not to be impulsive. The maid stomped her feet in anger, with a look of grievance in her eyes, and stared at the group of people who were looking for trouble with resentment.
"What are you looking at? What qualifications do you, a servant girl, have to stare at me? Do you look down on me?" Liu Wen, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, was jealous of Yao Yushu's talent. Seeing the situation between her master and servant, she immediately became angry and started pushing Yao Yushu. Yao Yushu was caught off guard and staggered when she was pushed.
Qiao Si was sitting at his desk, leisurely sipping his tea. Hearing a noise near the door, he looked over and saw Yao Yushu. The people surrounding Qiao Si also turned to look. They knew Qiao Si disliked Yao Yushu, and they flattered him, "Oh, isn't this Miss Yao? It looks like she's offended Miss Liu. Princess, why don't you go and take a look?"
It's just a way to watch the fun.
Qiao Si glanced at the woman who was talking and naturally knew what she was thinking. The woman broke out in a cold sweat when Qiao Si looked at her. Qiao Si then slowly stood up and said, "Then let's go and take a look together."
The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qiao Si get up and leave. She didn't expect Qiao Si to be so oppressive. Being stared at silently by her, she felt as if her thoughts were seen through.
Zhang You and the others followed Qiao Si and walked over. Seeing Qiao Si, the group of people made way for him. "Isn't this Miss Yao? What happened?" Qiao Si approached, his cold eyes scanning the area before finally landing on the somewhat embarrassed Yao Yushu.
"Princess." They all bowed to Qiao Si.
When Liu Wen saw Qiao Si coming, she exaggerated and spoke ill of Yao Yushuo: "What else could happen? Miss Yao failed to discipline her child properly and allowed her slave to commit violence~" As she spoke, she stared at Yao Yushuo with disgust, waiting for Qiao Si to teach her a lesson.
"You're talking nonsense! It was obviously you who bullied my young lady first! You just pushed my young lady! That's why I fought back and pushed you away!" The maid immediately raised her hand and pointed at her anxiously. Yao Yushu quickly pulled her hand down to prevent her from being bullied.
"Miss Yao is a lady from a noble family after all, and her father is the Grand Tutor. How could she not even teach a maid well and allow her to shout and scream at Madam Zheng's lake party? It's really disrespectful." Xu Rong stood beside Qiao Si with dignity, and looked at Yao Yusu as if he was looking at something dirty.
She was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's family and had been favored since childhood. She also had a high status among the noble ladies in the capital. With her status, she did not need to participate in this lake cruise banquet because her father intended to join the prince's camp, and she should be the future prince's consort, and would be more likely to move into Kunning Palace in the future.
However, a few days ago, his father's spies got the news that the emperor wanted to grant a marriage between Li Guanghan and Qiao Si. Yao Yushu's identity was an obstacle, making it difficult for the emperor. The prince wanted to please the emperor, so he proposed to marry Yao Yushu as his concubine, and the emperor acquiesced.
Yao Taifu was a veteran of two dynasties, so it was understandable that Yao Yushu could be the Crown Princess. For the first time, Xu Rong felt a sense of crisis.
Just at this time, an invitation arrived from Zheng Shangshu's mansion.
She knew Yao Yushu would come and was ready to make things difficult for her...
Qiao Si disliked Yao Yusu to the outside world, and similarly, he also disliked Xu Rong.
It wasn’t because of Li Guanghan, but because she was among those who bullied Qiao Nai back then.
Seeing her approaching to talk, Qiao Si took two steps away with disgust, a look of disgust on her face. She waved her hands as if to wave away some dirt in the air, "Miss Xu, don't get so close." Qiao Si only said half of her words. She looked at Xu Rong with disgust in her eyes. Although she didn't finish her words, people could already hear her disgust.
Because Qiao Si had never appeared in the same frame with her before, the people around them only then realized Qiao Si's dislike for Xu Rong. Seeing this, everyone just watched silently and did not dare to get involved.
The surroundings became quiet for a moment, and Qiao Si spoke to himself: "However, Miss Yao, you should discipline your maid. She is so narrow-minded and disregards hierarchy, causing trouble for others." Qiao Si glanced at the maid with cold eyes, shocking her so much that she lowered her head and dared not speak.
Yao Yushu's face turned pale at their ridicule. Seeing more and more people gathering around her, she could no longer bear it. She stared at Qiao Si with her sharp eyes and spoke word by word, neither humble nor arrogant: "My princess, you are not being fair and just taking things out of context."
"What are you talking about? Do you still need to teach me how to do this, Princess?"
"Don't take advantage of the fact that His Royal Highness Prince Han loves you and bully others!"
Seeing the noise growing louder, Minister Zheng's wife couldn't sit still and stepped in to mediate. "What's going on? We're all women of the same age. What's the grudge or grievance that can't be discussed? Come, for my sake today, let's shake hands and make peace." With Mrs. Zheng stepping in to ease the situation, the women naturally stopped quarreling and everyone fell silent.
Seeing that they had stopped arguing, Madam Zheng hurriedly said, "Everyone who comes is a guest. Don't stand here. The wind by the door is very hot. You should go in and sit down and have some tea and rest. Someone, please show the young ladies to their seats." Soon, a maid in pink and white clothes led the young ladies to their seats.
Qiao Si gave Yao Yushu a deep look and turned to leave. Madam Zheng's daughter, Zheng Jiaren, was a chivalrous woman. When Madam Zheng came to smooth things over, she had spoken up for Yao Yushu, but because of her mother's stern gaze, she dared not speak. She simply walked over to Yao Yushu, took her arm, and whispered to her to calm down. Now that everyone was seated, she personally took Yao Yushu to her seat.
Zheng Jiaren actually looked down on all the noble ladies in the capital, each of them extremely hypocritical and snobbish. In the past, whenever Li Xianyu was present, they all fawned over him; when Li Xianyu was under house arrest, they fawned over the Prime Minister's daughter, Xu Rong; now that Qiao Si had won the emperor's favor, they began to fawn over him again.
Because of her age, she had always been ridiculed by them and had no close friends. But now that she met Yao Yushu, she fell in love with her gentle and well-educated appearance at first sight and wanted to make friends with her.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
