Chapter 570: Bowing your head and polluting yourself
The situation was temporarily stagnant because of the relentless pulling of the rice flowers.
Aunt Jia stood up and looked at the rice flowers with a serious face. She really didn't expect to meet such an impolite lady among the wives of local officials.
There are such ladies in the capital, but most of them are of noble birth and have strong confidence. But this Miss Yan is just the daughter of a fourth-rank official. How dare she?
She is a member of the Empress Dowager's palace. Not giving her face is not giving face to the Empress Dowager. Offending the Empress Dowager is not something a fourth-rank official can afford.
Looking at Daohua's calm and composed eyes, Aunt Jia felt a little depressed. This was someone who was not afraid of making things worse.
When it comes to dealing with ladies who care about their reputation, she has plenty of ways to make them speechless, but when dealing with such a bold lady, she also has to be cautious.
She was the empress dowager's person, and she relied on the empress dowager's power, but she also had to protect the empress dowager's reputation. If the news spread that she humiliated the daughter of a court official, the empress dowager would not look good.
Thinking of this, Aunt Jia really had a headache. She had already apologized, so what else did she want from her?
Daohua looked at Aunt Jia indifferently. Of course she wanted to make a big deal out of it. She had been seriously hurt by rumors several times and knew how harmful they could be.
Good color.
Daohua sneered in her heart and looked around at the women present. She was sure that if she did nothing, after today, rumors about her being lustful would surely spread all over the Ningmen Mansion.
In ancient times when a woman's reputation was more important than her life, with such a reputation, could she still live a good life in the future?
Only by making the matter completely out of proportion and forcing Aunt Jia from the palace to bow her head can the gossips be silenced, and at the same time, everyone can know that the girl from the Yan family is not to be trifled with.
Seeing Daohua was not giving in, Mrs. Jiang was very angry. Today was her family's banquet, and this eldest daughter of the Yan family was making trouble here. Did she still take the Jiang family seriously?
Mrs. Jiang asked with dissatisfaction, "Miss Yan, Nanny Jia is an elder who works for the Empress Dowager. She has already apologized to you. What else do you want to do?"
Daohua smiled and looked at Madam Jiang: "Madam Jiang, how could I dare to do anything? I've just been deeply affected by the rumors and don't want to experience it again."
As he said this, he smiled.
"Come to think of it, didn't Miss Jiang suffer the same kind of trouble as me last time? Madam, please think about it. If we hadn't clarified the matter in time, what would the consequences have been?"
"Originally, my family and I were extremely happy to be able to attend the banquet at your house. Who would have thought that I would be humiliated for no reason just because I was sitting there properly? As the host, shouldn't your wife make decisions for her guests?"
"Even if Madam is not in a position to make the decision, she should at least let me get to the bottom of it and find out exactly how I offended Aunt Jia. Otherwise, if I attract her attention in the future, I'll be burdened with some unpleasant reputation for no apparent reason."
Hearing this, Mrs. Jiang was furious. Seeing the avoidance glances of the other women present, she sneered, "Miss Yan is really very clever with her words!"
Daohua smiled and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your praise. People who have committed crimes have the opportunity to defend themselves. As someone who has suffered a disaster, you must let me speak a few words for myself."
Mrs. Jiang frowned tightly. While she was angry at Daohua, she was also a little dissatisfied with Aunt Jia. After all, she was someone close to the empress dowager. How could she be so tactless in doing things and speak ill of a girl's reputation in public?
Now that the eldest daughter of the Yan family has caught her, she is in an embarrassing situation.
When Aunt Jia saw that Madam Jiang's face turned ugly, her heart sank gradually. At this moment, she felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have been so quick to speak. There would be plenty of opportunities to deal with an unmarried lady in the future. She really shouldn't have lost her temper in an occasion like today.
Seeing that Madam Jiang and Aunt Jia were both troubled by Daohua, Madam Guo and the other ladies present changed their expressions. Although many of them were just waiting to see the show, they still admired Daohua's courage.
The ladies from each family were also looking at the rice flowers. Compared with the complicated mentality of the adults, they were much simpler and more admiring. They thought to themselves that if they were spoken to like that by the maids from the palace, they would probably choose to endure it with grievance.
Everyone's backyard is always filled with all kinds of calculations, and almost all the ladies present have suffered losses in silence, so when they saw Daohua confronting Aunt Jia head-on, they actually imagined that they would suffer the same injustice, and they felt inexplicably happy.
Jiang Wanying had seen how powerful Daohua was, and although she was a little surprised at her fighting ability, it was not a surprise.
This was the first time Guo Xueming met Daohua today, and she was extremely curious about her. The first impression of this eldest daughter of the Yan family on her was very deep. She was romantic and bright, and her lively black eyes seemed to be able to speak. Such a girl was very easy to like.
Although she didn't take these things to heart, seeing her confronting Aunt Jia made her take the eldest daughter of the Yan family seriously.
He seems to be relentless and arrogant, but in fact he is trying to save his reputation.
If the Yan family, a fourth-rank official, gets a reputation as a "lustful person" from the maids in the palace, and this gets out, who knows what kind of monsters and demons they might attract in the future.
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What she was more curious about was where did she get the confidence to think that Aunt Jia would bow her head?
After all, for Aunt Jia, who came from the Empress Dowager's palace, being willing to apologize is probably her biggest concession.
Mrs. Li looked at Daohua with a worried look on her face. At this moment, she really hated herself for not being able to protect her daughter and forcing her daughter to face other people's difficulties on her own. She was really unworthy of being a mother.
The other members of the Yan family also had worried expressions on their faces. They now knew that since they were in the same family, they would all rise and fall together, especially when it came to matters concerning a woman's reputation.
Just as everyone was lost in thought, a palace maid suddenly ran over with a pale face.
The palace maid no longer cared about etiquette at this moment. She didn't even greet the ladies present. She ran to Aunt Jia and whispered a few words to her.
"Mammy, please go back quickly. The young prince has returned and is throwing a tantrum in the mansion. He has even trapped Hongxiu and Sister Tianxiang and is threatening to beat them to death."
Aunt Jia's body swayed and she was about to leave.
At this time, the palace maid spoke again: "Mammy, the young prince also asked you to take care of things here, otherwise he would not dare to want someone who stirs up trouble everywhere."
When Aunt Jia heard this, she immediately understood that the young prince was going to support the eldest daughter of the Yan family.
Everyone saw Aunt Jia's face change, and then she knelt down directly towards the rice flowers.
This kneeling shocked everyone, even Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Guo looked incredulous.
"Miss Yan, it was my fault just now. To be honest, I am a fool and illiterate person, and my words often fail to express what I mean. I did not mean to humiliate you. I just said the wrong thing. I just wanted to praise you, but I didn't expect to use the wrong words, which caused you and everyone else to misunderstand."
"I beg you to forgive me, young lady. I also ask all the ladies and girls present here not to take my foolish words seriously and tarnish Miss Yan's reputation. Otherwise, I will be punished with death."
Daohua looked at Nanny Jia, then at the newly arrived maid, and said with a smile, "So Nanny, you misunderstood me. I was telling you that Nanny is someone close to the Queen Mother, so you should be the most polite and well-behaved. Now that I've made myself clear, please get up."
With the help of the palace maid, Aunt Jia stood up, looked up at Daohua, who was smiling and no longer had the stubborn and fierce attitude she had before. Her eyes were a little dim, and she said goodbye to Madam Jiang stiffly and left in a hurry.
It was not until Aunt Jia disappeared from sight that everyone came back to their senses from their shock.
Old Madam Chen glanced at her granddaughter Chen Jiarou, and was actually somewhat glad that her family had not had such a bad relationship with the eldest daughter of the Yan family before, forcing the maid in the Empress Dowager's palace to kneel down and defile herself in public. This kind of fighting power is really not something that ordinary people can do.
"Don't get into conflict with the eldest daughter of the Yan family in the future. She is not afraid of trouble."
Chen Jiarou nodded. She didn't want to have much contact with the eldest daughter of the Yan family, who was straightforward and didn't know how to be tactful.
(End of this chapter)
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