Wu Xinxin's expression changed. Relying on the favor of her stepmother, she had ruined several marriage proposals in the past few years and didn't realize that she was getting older every year.
Moreover, she has a baby face and looks younger than her actual age. In fact, she doesn't look that old, and many girls always feel that she has only recently come of age.
Unexpectedly, Yun Manying remembered that she was a few months older than her.
Being asked to turn 18 this year has made him even more agitated.
Zhou Qingqian secretly resented Wu Xinxin's poor fighting ability, and then turned her attention to Shi Wenxia, "I heard that you incurred several thousand taels of debt last time to host Madam Yun's birthday banquet, and you even had to borrow money from my mother to pay it off? How can you, the wife of a duke's heir, have to borrow money from others to pay off a few thousand taels of silver?"
Shi Wenxia's expression changed again.
For the past few months, she had tried every means to get the Crown Prince to bring up the matter of managing the household affairs, but the Crown Prince just wouldn't agree.
She couldn't very well ask her mother-in-law for control over the household affairs.
So the five thousand taels of silver owed to Madam Xiao remained unpaid, and she was extremely anxious.
Zhou Qingqian exposed the matter in public, which made her both angry and annoyed.
Upon hearing this, Su Youran deliberately brewed a pot of tea. "Oh, sister-in-law, you're actually short of a few thousand taels of silver? Why didn't you say so earlier? If you needed money, you should have asked my mother. There's no way my mother wouldn't be willing to give you a few thousand taels of silver. Why would you ask your aunt for a loan?"
The Yun family is far wealthier than the Zhou family, yet they have to borrow even a few thousand taels of silver from outside the Yun family. This is simply a slap in the face to the Yun family.
Moreover, Su Youran's words, while sarcastic, also revealed her good intentions, making her a perfect example of a manipulative woman.
Su Youran's goal is to follow the path of green tea and leave green tea with nowhere to go.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Shi Wenxia felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.
If she hadn't wanted to gain favor with the Su family, why would she have begged the young master to borrow money from the Zhou family?
Now that Zhou Qingqian is using this against me, it's really embarrassing.
Xiao finally rushed in. She had just added nearly six more tables outside to accommodate the extra guests and was calling everyone to start the feast.
At this moment, Princess Qingping arrived late from outside the door.
She really didn't want to come; just seeing that annoying Su family and Yun family made her want to vomit.
However, the Zhou family did not have an ancestral matriarch, the Princess Consort of Rong was of too high a seniority, and the Crown Prince's wife and heir were in their fiefdom, so they had no choice but to send their daughter, Zhou, over.
So they dawdled and arrived at the exact time.
Reluctantly, she prepared to get off the car. As she lifted her skirt, she looked up and saw the steward escorting out a white-clad young man with rosy lips and white teeth.
Judging from his attire, he must be a doorman from some household, and he is extremely handsome.
She was immediately captivated, and without even getting out of the carriage, she instructed the maid to present the gift. Then, she winked at the two guards beside her and pointed, "That one!"
The guards were already familiar with her tactics, so they didn't say anything, but stepped forward and grabbed the doorman on both sides, stuffing a handkerchief into his mouth.
The doorman panicked and, before he could even cry for help, smelled a strange fragrance from the handkerchief and immediately lost consciousness.
Princess Qingping had no time to spare for the old Grand Tutor Zhou's birthday banquet. She immediately ordered the coachman to change course and return to her residence.
Since her divorce from Jiang Mingyi, seeing that Yun Yue's prospects were even more hopeless, she had no choice but to gradually give up on her feelings for him. In recent years, she has become increasingly arrogant, often abducting handsome young men from the streets and taking them to her residence.
Fortunately, she mostly robbed ordinary people or those dressed as servants. When the families she robbed came to make a scene, she would just pay them some money and that would be the end of it, so there was no real trouble.
So at this moment, she lay on the carriage looking at the unconscious young man, not even asking which household he belonged to, but just staring at his handsome face with fascination and joy.
Upon arriving at the princess's residence, she immediately had someone clean and prepare the young man, while she herself sat in the room waiting for her new favorite.
Less than half an hour later, she heard a noise outside and immediately went out to greet it.
Sure enough, the handsome young man was helped over, half-conscious.
After washing up and changing into a white nightgown, he looked even more handsome and alluring than before.
She happily helped the person into the room and led them to the bed.
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard.
She turned around quickly and saw that the door to her bedroom had been flung open, and a tall figure was standing outside.
She ran out in astonishment, only to be stunned by the person in front of her.
The person before him was dressed in flowing white robes, with a face as fair as jade, and stood tall and straight like a banished immortal.
He may look older, but his calm and reserved demeanor is something that no teenager can match.
Such unparalleled beauty made her instantly forget about the teenage boy in the room.
The visitor was none other than Wu Wang. Upon learning that his doorman had been taken away by Princess Qingping, he immediately came to confront them.
He didn't bother to say anything more. He glanced at the boy lying in the room, took a few steps, reached out and grabbed the doorman, then quickly left the room and disappeared into the air with a light touch of his toes.
Princess Qingping was mesmerized.
Several figures rushed down beside her and knelt down, saying, "Your subordinate failed to stop this person, causing the princess to be frightened. Please forgive us, Princess."
After saying this, four of them cast ambiguous and teasing glances at An Wu.
If the princess was angry, they would usually have Anwu appease her in bed to calm her down.
This time, the guards were already furious when they saw that she had once again forcibly brought back a young man, so they didn't care about their companion's request.
Qingping woke up with a start, but didn't even glance at the guards, only angrily saying, "How dare you! Find out who this person is at once!"
An Yi immediately clasped his hands and said, "Master, the person who came is the Grand Preceptor. The doorman you just brought back is a celestial child from the Grand Preceptor's residence."
Princess Qingping was first startled, then delighted, and then her eyes became infatuated as she murmured to herself, "So he is the Imperial Advisor..."
The guards' gazes toward An Wu turned to pity.
At first, they were quite envious of the secret guards, who were able to become their master's intimate guests.
Even after the princess got married, An Wu was still the only person besides her husband, and they even had a daughter.
This subtly elevated Anwu's status among the guards. After all, he was an orphan since childhood, an unregistered person who wasn't even considered a servant. He wouldn't even dare to dream of being promoted to a higher position.
However, in recent years, the people around the princess have changed one after another.
They were all younger and more naive than the last.
Naturally, he also suffered a lot of open and covert ridicule behind the scenes.
Judging from the princess's expression now, is she about to fall for someone else again?
That's the Imperial Advisor!
Rumor has it that he has extraordinary abilities, even able to foresee the earth dragon turning over three hundred miles away. How could a worthless woman like the princess possibly imagine such a thing?
Anwu thought maliciously.
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