Lin Huihui felt very resentful.
"Miss Lin, the princess requests your presence." The maid's voice interrupted Lin Huihui's thoughts.
She followed the maid to Princess Xilan's side.
"Godmother." Lin Huihui bowed to Princess Xilan.
"Hmph!" The Lady of Anning Township, who was standing to the side, got angry as soon as she saw Lin Huihui and snorted coldly.
Happy birthday, Anning!
An Ning's attitude did not seem to affect Lin Huihui, who still offered her kind blessings.
An Ning ignored her and said to Princess Xi Lan, "Mother, I'm going out now."
After Anning left, Princess Xilan said to Lin Huihui, "Huihui, Anning has such a temper, I've spoiled her, don't mind her."
"I know Anning is jealous, but she's not a bad person." Lin Huihui wouldn't be foolish enough to confront Anning head-on.
Having suffered such a great loss, she should have grown up by now.
“Didn’t you want to see Yang Cui? She’s here,” Princess Xilan said.
"Then I'll go first."
Lin Huihui had actually seen Yang Cui a long time ago.
She sat among a group of noble ladies, dressed in the most fashionable and beautiful clothes of the moment, yet she was in no way inferior.
"Auntie," Lin Huihui called out as she mustered her courage and walked over.
Yang Cui almost didn't recognize Lin Huihui after not seeing her for over a year; she had changed so much.
Yang Cui had long heard that Lin Huihui had recognized Princess Xilan as her godmother and received instruction from a famous teacher. Now it seemed that Princess Xilan was indeed good to her, at least in terms of dress and appearance, she was no less than her biological daughter Anning.
"Miss, could it be that you've mistaken her for someone else?" Yang Cui really couldn't bring herself to like her.
Lin Huihui's expression changed drastically.
Without hesitation, she knelt down in front of Yang Cui and said, "Aunt, I'm sorry."
All eyes turned to them.
Yang Cui remained calm and slowly said, "What do you mean by this, young lady? Why are you acknowledging me as your aunt on the spot? I dare not accept such a title."
“Aunt, I am Daya. I know that I was ignorant before and could not distinguish right from wrong. I made many mistakes with my grandmother. I will change in the future.”
As expected of the cold-hearted Lin Huihui from the original novel, at this moment she was still only thinking about shifting the blame onto the Fan family and trying to absolve herself of any responsibility.
But which of the women present wasn't a master of domestic power struggles? Who wouldn't understand?
Who would think you're a good person if you shift the blame onto your grandmother?
"So you're the daughter of Lin Tanhua! Forgive my poor eyesight, I really didn't recognize you. I heard your father was dismissed from his post and stripped of his academic honors. Logically, your father and grandmother should have returned to their hometown by now. What are you doing here?"
Lin Huihui pursed her lips, unsure of what to say.
“Madam Cen, Huihui is my goddaughter. I left her here.” Princess Xilan appeared.
"She's still a child. Adult grudges shouldn't involve children. Besides, Huihui was raised by you, don't you think?"
“I don’t quite understand what the princess means. It’s as if I did something to her. I don’t need to go into details about what Miss Lin did back then.” Yang Cui looked at her coldly.
Lin Huihui was also feeling very uneasy, and if she were to say it out loud, she would find it even harder to maintain her composure.
Yang Cui continued, "Even if you wanted to apologize to me, you should have sent an invitation to the General's Mansion, instead of doing this at your own daughter's birthday banquet. It seems the princess still needs to teach you some manners and etiquette."
Lin Huihui's face turned deathly pale.
She had considered going to apologize in person, but she knew in her heart that Yang Cui would not see her.
Why can't she treat me better, since we're both nieces and daughters of Lin Shih-kang? Why does she always have to dwell on the past?
Lin Huihui's eyes were red from crying, and she felt extremely wronged.
Anning looked smug when she saw her get the short end of the stick.
Princess Xilan: "The reason Huihui chose to apologize to you here is because she was worried that you wouldn't see her. Madam Cen, why make things difficult for her in front of so many people?"
"Difficult? Princess, what makes you say that? How have I made things difficult for her? We have long since severed ties, and the enmity between me and her father and grandmother can never be resolved. If I treat her the same as before, she will be caught in the middle, and that would be the real difficulty for her."
Princess Xilan was speechless after being rebuked.
Yang Cui continued, "When did Miss Lin arrive in the capital?"
Lin Huihui didn't know why Yang Cui was asking this, so she hesitated for a moment and said, "It's been more than a year."
"It's been over a year. That means you were already in Kyoto around this time last year. I remember your father was still serving in Gan Ning then, right?"
After speaking, Yang Cui turned her gaze to Princess Xi Lan, her eyes filled with a meaningful look, "The princess and Lin Tanhua have such a deep relationship, she actually helped him raise his daughter so early on."
It would be shameful for a princess to raise a child for a married man without any status or title. Which noble family in the capital wouldn't laugh at her behind her back?
This also affected Anning's marriage, which is one of the reasons why Anning hates Lin Huihui.
"Miss Lin, since you've been in Kyoto for so long, why didn't you come to pay your respects during the Spring Festival?"
Lin Huihui was speechless at Yang Cui's question.
Whether your apology is sincere or you have ulterior motives, we are now two separate families. It's best if we each go our own way from now on.
Yang Cui had put it this way, and Lin Huihui was too ashamed to stay any longer.
However, she is not the same person she used to be.
Lin Huihui kowtowed three times to Yang Cui: "It was Huihui's fault. It's just a pity that Huihui matured too late. It is also my Lin family that has let down Aunt. Huihui kowtows three times to Aunt, hoping that Aunt will have a good future."
Despite suffering so many losses, Lin Huihui has indeed made progress.
The more she acted this way, the more distrustful Yang Cui became of her.
It's time to put an end to all of this...
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