Chapter 499 I don’t really want to hurt them
Jiao only thought her daughter's childish talk was funny. She stroked Yu Mingzhu's hair and said, "Silly Zhuzhu, that's your second brother. Think about your eldest brother. Has he stopped loving you after he got married? You are so jealous. It's unreasonable."
Seeing that her mother didn't take it seriously, Yu Mingzhu just smiled softly and said, "I was mistaken." She said half-truthfully, "My brothers have always loved me very much, and I was also worried that they would not care about me after they got married."
Jiao touched her daughter's long, silky hair and said lovingly, "Silly Zhuzhu, you are the apple of our family's eye. Who wouldn't love you?"
Yu Mingzhu smiled without saying anything.
This meant Mingzhu returned to her own room, where her favorite Jinxiuning incense was already lit.
Yu Mingzhu sat beside the table, looking indifferently at the incense burner with green branches and flowers on the table.
The maid Fengran came in quietly and closed the door gently.
Yu Mingzhu took the incense spoon and added a spoonful of incense to the incense burner. Without looking at Feng Ran, she just asked, "...How is it going, second brother?"
Feng Ran bowed her head and reported, "The Second Young Master went to look for Second Miss Wei, and the two of them started arguing again."
After hearing this, Yu Mingzhu finally smiled again.
She looked at the white smoke rising from the incense burner and murmured, "I don't like Wei Shuangyan. She has such a bad fate. I feel uncomfortable just being with her. I feel sick when I think about a woman like this becoming my second sister-in-law."
Feng Ran just stood there quietly without any reaction.
"Any news about the tower I asked you to look for?" Yu Mingzhu asked Feng Ran.
Feng Ran said, "The Prince of Jiping's Mansion has kept the news a secret. However, I have found a craftsman who built the tower at that time. He lives 180 miles away from the capital."
Yu Mingzhu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, Fengran, you are indeed my most intimate maid. I am relieved to leave this matter to you. Remember, you must do it without beginning or end."
Fengran took the order and went down.
Only then did Yu Mingzhu slowly reveal a relieved smile.
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Princess Qing'an sent out an invitation, inviting all the young ladies who had gone to the medicinal hot spring and witnessed the dispute between Yang Ruyuan and Xingxing to the hot spring villa in Prince Ying's mansion.
Xing Xing and Hu Ya naturally also received invitations.
Jiao and the mothers of two other noble ladies also received the invitation.
The group met in the main hall of the hot spring manor of Prince Ying's Mansion.
As soon as Jiao saw Xingxing, the feeling of closeness that surged from deep within her body surged into her heart again.
She was delighted and was about to talk to Xingxing, but she suddenly remembered what Yu Mingzhu had said before, that this child was unruly...
Jiao hesitated again, but finally did not step forward to say hello.
Wei Shuangyan had just had an argument with Yu Chongen, and now had a sullen look on her face, not looking very happy.
Jiao was even more upset, so she simply turned her head away and chatted with the lady next to her in a low voice: "...I wonder why the princess invited us here?"
The lady next to him was also puzzled: "I don't know. I asked my daughter, but she didn't know either."
Yu Mingzhu sat in the chair next to Jiao, with a slight smile on her face, looking good-tempered.
Fortunately, Princess Qing'an didn't have the habit of putting on airs, so when most people had arrived, she came over.
However, after Princess Qing'an arrived, she looked around and found that the most important person, Yang Ruyuan, was not there. Princess Qing'an, who was always good-tempered, could not help but look slightly gloomy, and turned to ask the maid beside her: "Didn't you go to invite the daughter of the Minister of Rites?"
The atmosphere in the main hall became slightly tense.
Everyone could see that Princess Qing'an was a little annoyed. She usually called Ruyuan, but now she directly called her "the young lady of the Minister of Rites."
The maid replied with some trepidation: "My lord, I have already sent someone to invite her, and Miss Yang has also promised to come."
"Then why haven't you come yet?" Princess Qing'an suppressed her anger, "Go and invite him again!"
"Yes." The maid's face turned pale and she hurried out to invite him. When she lifted the curtain, she happened to meet Yang Ruyuan who was walking over leisurely with her maid.
Yang Ruyuan even scolded him, "Why are you so rash?"
The maid was as happy as if she had been saved: "Miss Yang, you are finally here."
The maid was busy opening the door curtain for Yang Ruyuan, and she also remembered to announce, "Miss Yang is here!"
Yang Ruyuan frowned slightly, feeling that something was strange.
But she still went into the main hall first.
However, the first thing Yang Ruyuan saw when he stepped into the main hall was not the ladies who filled half the hall, but Xingxing, and the disgusting woman standing behind her!
Yang Ruyuan's expression changed instantly.
The two guards who were supposed to teach them a lesson hadn't returned yet, but the other party showed up here intact.
It would be strange if Yang Ruyuan didn't notice something was wrong!
Yang Ruyuan was about to turn around and leave, but Princess Qing'an called out to her, "You're leaving right after you got here. That's really disrespectful to me!"
Princess Qing'an seldom calls herself the princess. Yang Ruyuan paused, then turned back.
But to some extent, Yang Ruyuan's steps were still a little stiff.
All the ladies in the hall looked over.
They are not fools, and they have seen some subtle meanings from these unusual things.
"I wonder what the princess wants us to do here?" Yang Ruyuan's tone was somewhat stiff.
Princess Qing'an ignored Yang Ruyuan and said to the ladies in the hall: "I am sorry to invite you all here because something happened today. I also want you to be witnesses... Thank you for your help."
Princess Qing'an bent her knees slightly.
Princess Qing'an was of noble status and was treated with such courtesy, so everyone except Yang Ruyuan gladly accepted the offer.
Yang Ruyuan felt increasingly restless sitting still; she put her hands on the carved armrests of the chair, feeling uneasy.
Princess Qing'an looked around and said, "Perhaps the daughters have already told their families about what happened in the hot spring deep in the mountains today when they returned."
Jiao and several other ladies nodded, all somewhat puzzled as to why Princess Qing'an suddenly said this.
"In fact, this is just a trivial matter," Princess Qing'an said calmly, "There is no need to make a fuss about it. But..."
Princess Qing'an changed the subject and looked at Yang Ruyuan.
Yang Ruyuan had already guessed what Lord Qing'an was going to say. She tried to remain calm, but her eyes were a little wandering.
"Ruyuan."
Princess Qing'an called her.
"It was just a small quarrel, but you asked the guards to dress up as snipers and prepare to tie up Fusui Xiangjun and her friends!" Princess Qing'an looked serious, "This behavior is too much!"
Seeing that things had developed to this point, Yang Ruyuan did not deny it anymore. He just stiffened his neck and said, "...I just want to scare them and teach them a lesson. I don't want to really hurt them. Can't I just scare them?"