Chapter 474: Only the Governor Can Set Fire
Lu Xiang turned his head and saw Chu Pan'er standing there. She was wearing a royal blue palace dress from the Ming Dynasty, a necklace on her forehead, and a pair of inch-long purple hairpins. Her hair was like splashed ink, her lips were red and her teeth were white, her hair was emerald green, and she had a slender figure and snow-white skin, as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water.
The premise is that she doesn't show an aggressive and distorted expression, which simply destroys the beauty.
"Get lost, who are you to be qualified to sit here?"
Chu Paner glared at Lu Xiang with eyes that were like knives, wishing she could torture her to death, so naturally the words she said were not nice to hear.
Chen Rujin's face darkened slightly. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Chu Ying'er, who had been sitting quietly beside her, stood up angrily: "Ninth Sister, if you don't like her, you can just go away. Why do you have to come here to humiliate her on purpose?"
Lu Xiang looked at Chu Ying'er in astonishment, a little surprised that this unruly little princess who always enjoyed playing tricks on others would take the initiative to speak for her.
The last time she testified for her in the Imperial Garden, she could understand that Chu Ying'er was kind-hearted and therefore unwilling to lie and conspire with Chu Pan'er to frame her.
But now?
The little princess obviously didn't want to pay attention to her, but she stood up to defend herself at the first moment.
Chu Pan'er felt so angry that her chest tightened when she saw that her sister, who used to follow her everywhere and obey her orders, was now willing to confront her just to help an outsider.
"Shut up, what do you want here?"
There was a flash of disappointment in Chu Ying'er's eyes.
Even though she already knew what kind of person the Ninth Princess she had always liked was, she still felt more and more heartbroken.
Lu Xiang stood up and perfunctorily bowed to Chu Pan'er, saying with a half-smile, "Ninth Princess, the palace banquet hasn't started yet. There is no rule that prohibits me from sitting here. Even if you want to manage it, you can't just focus on me. Otherwise, if it gets out, it will be suspected of bullying others by taking advantage of your power."
As she spoke, she glanced around the hall.
At this time, how many people were really sitting quietly in their seats, chatting and laughing? Not only were the young ladies and gentlemen from the noble families surrounded by people who took the opportunity to curry favor with them, but even the Sixth Princess was surrounded by many ministers' families. Are their status higher than that of the Sixth Princess?
Do you think her status is too low to sit with Chen Ruijin?
It's ridiculous to use identity as an excuse.
Chen Rujin looked up at Chu Pan'er with a slightly cold expression and said, "Ninth Princess, I was the one who dragged Lu Xiang to sit here. You are standing here bossing people around. Are you expressing your dissatisfaction with me? I don't know when this rule was established in the palace. Why don't we go and ask the Queen if this is the case?"
If you don’t like Lu Xiang, then just stay away. Who asked you to like him?
Her mother Chu Huining kidnapped herself to threaten Chu Jinyan. Lu Xiang didn't have any good feelings towards Zheng Wenshuang. Chu Huining was driven crazy by Chu Jinyan. If Zheng Wenshuang was more obedient, she would not vent her anger on her, but she was the one who made people hate her.
People who are of the same ilk as Liu Anyao are not good people either.
Zheng Wenshuang was shocked by Lu Xiang's arrogance. She had heard that the Empress was very fond of the third daughter of the Minister of Works and thought it was just an exaggerated rumor. When she followed her mother to leave the capital, Lu Xiang had not yet arrived. When she returned to the capital, her eldest brother drowned in a cesspool and her mother went crazy due to excessive grief. This made her silent for a long time and she had no direct contact with Lu Xiang.
When they met for the first time today, Zheng Wenshuang discovered that she had an innate aversion to Lu Xiang, and she couldn't help but feel sorry for Chu Paner.
Lu Xiang's fearlessness made Zheng Wenshuang frown.
She thought that as the daughter of a minister, even if she was favored by the Queen, she had to keep a low profile in the face of her absolutely noble status. After all, who knew if she would be disliked by the Queen in the next moment because of her arrogance?
Now he's barking here like a vicious dog. Isn't this just a slap in her face?
Can a princess do whatever she wants?
He hasn't learned enough from the previous lesson and has to find trouble with Lu Xiang today. He is simply crazy.
Whoever wants to be spoiled can be spoiled, but she won’t.
Chu Pan'er saw that everyone was helping Lu Xiang, and her face turned red and white with anger. She was even more defeated by Chen Rujin's words that she wanted to find the Queen.
Everyone knows how much the Queen Mother loves Lu Xiang. Those who don’t know would think she is her biological daughter.
Chu Pan'er only dared to gossip behind Lu Xiang's back, trying to embarrass him, but she never dared to do it in front of Queen Song.
"You are going too far."
Lu Xiang sneered: "Ninth Princess, you only allow the officials to set fires but not the people to light lamps. Weren't you the one who came here to bully people first?"
"I..." Chu Pan'er choked with anger and her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Lu Xiang, this bitch, how dare she talk to me like that.
Is it because the queen likes her?
At this moment, someone took Chu Pan'er's arm and looked at Lu Xiang with a sneer and disdain: "This lady is so bold that she dares to disrespect the princess. I don't know whose power she relies on. The Ninth Princess is a noble lady but she has been bullied like this, and she still doesn't know how to be arrogant in front of others."
The person who came was Zheng Wenshuang.
She wore a dark red top and a light red chest-length skirt. Her chest was tied with a large ribbon, with a red sash hanging down. She wore a glazed peach blossom hairpin with golden tassels on her head, which shone brightly under the light of the palace lanterns.
When looking at Lu Xiang, Zheng Wenshuang raised her chin slightly, looking down at him.
When Chu Paner saw the person coming, she immediately showed an aggrieved expression: "Cousin."
They are the same age, but Zheng Wenshuang is a few months older than Chu Paner.
Zheng Wenshuang gave her a faint smile, which gave Chu Paner, who was originally fighting alone, confidence.
"Heh..." A sneer sounded, and Liu Anyao behind Zheng Wenshuang said in a mocking tone: "The princess may not know that this Miss Lu, relying on the Queen's favor, has been arrogant for a long time. Not to mention being disrespectful to the Ninth Princess, she has never taken the Concubine Shu seriously."
Lu Xiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint light flashed across them.
"You are standing here sneering at me, Princess. Whose influence are you relying on? And Madam Xiao, if I remember correctly, Master Xiao committed a serious crime by setting fire to the Imperial College. As the wife of the Xiao family, you seem to be not qualified to attend the palace banquet. So whose influence are you relying on?"
Liu Anyao was provoked by Lu Xiang, and immediately became furious: "Lu Xiang, you are so presumptuous."
Lu Xiang lazily raised his eyelids: "Is this too presumptuous? You also said that the Queen likes me, why don't we see whether you will be driven out of the palace or I will be punished."
As she spoke, her cold eyes fell on Zheng Wenshuang again: "Princess, what do you think?"
Some people have to jump up and down to show their presence in order to prove their nobility.
She is not afraid of Chu Pan'er, so why would she be afraid of Zheng Wenshuang, a princess?
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