The Prime Minister didn't want to explain, since explaining would be useless and wouldn't make things clear anyway, so he replied irrelevantly, "Princess, you misunderstand. Yesterday, only A-Chong and Xi-Zhu accompanied you because I was afraid Your Highness would feel uncomfortable with too many people."
However, yesterday I discussed it with His Majesty the Prime Minister, and it is a great honor for Your Highness to stay at our residence for a while. Therefore, after Your Highness has become familiar with the Prime Minister's residence in a few days, we would like to hold a flower-viewing banquet here so that everyone can join you in the festivities. What do you think, Your Highness?"
Rong Ning turned her head, took a deep look at the Prime Minister's wife, and slowly said, "Alright... let's all have some fun together."
As expected, experience matters. He not only solved Rong Ning's sudden predicament but also presented her with a new one.
After all, everyone in Nanyang City knew that Rong Ning never attended banquets hosted by other families. Her appearance at the Prime Minister's banquet made people think that the Prime Minister's family and Rong Ning had a good relationship!
The Prime Minister's wife was quite adept at dealing with unreasonable demands.
She's definitely a woman who can manage a household!
Seeing Rong Ning agree, the Prime Minister's wife smiled and looked at Xie Xiyue, instructing, "You may leave... you don't need to wait here anymore!"
"Yes, Grandmother," Xie Xiyue bowed, "Your Highness, I shall take my leave now!"
After saying that, he quickly retreated.
Xie Xiyue came out of the courtyard and went straight to their second family's courtyard.
Although her mother sometimes acted without thinking, she was still her mother, and it was impossible for her to stand idly by.
Before even entering the courtyard, one could hear a chorus of curses. The maids and servants outside all lowered their heads and pretended to be dead, wishing they were deaf.
Xie Xiyue frowned and said coldly, "Everyone here today, shut your mouths. If you hear any rumors outside, I will not let any of you off the hook!"
"Yes... Miss!"
The servants in large mansions are easy to control because their indentures are in the hands of the master. If the master wants to deal with them, it takes no effort at all!
When Xie Xiyue entered, her mother was sitting on the couch, raging. Seeing her come in, her expression didn't improve at all. Instead, she picked up a teacup and smashed it against Xie Xiyue's face, yelling, "What are you doing here? Did you come to see me make a fool of myself?"
Xie Xiyue barely managed to dodge it, and looking at the teacup that had almost injured her face, her heart sank even further.
If a woman were disfigured, it would be a terrible disaster, but her mother didn't consider that at all.
It's truly... laughable!
She kicked the teacup aside and said coldly, "Mother... what happened today was your recklessness. Everyone in Nanyang knows what kind of person Princess Ningding is. Don't you know?"
When you try to be clever in front of her, have you ever considered that she might retaliate?
"Trying to be clever?"
How could you say that about me?
"Let me tell you, Xie Xiyue, anyone can criticize me, but you can't. Putting aside the issue of filial piety weighing on your head, who am I doing this for? Isn't it for you?"
"For me?" Xie Xiyue felt she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Ask yourself honestly, is it really for me? Or for my brother? So that I can act as a matchmaker for my brother in front of the princess?"
Her mother dismissed the idea, saying, "What's wrong with doing this for your brother? You'll only get better if your brother gets better. We'll all have to rely on your brother from now on! What's wrong with that?"
What's wrong?
It seems like there's nothing wrong with it!
"And you... you're useless too! If you had even a fraction of Xie Xizhu's talent, you wouldn't be in this state now."
And Princess Ningding, everyone in Nanyang knows what kind of person she is, yet she's putting on airs at the Prime Minister's residence... If..."
"Enough!!!"
As she continued speaking in increasingly absurd terms, Xie Xiyue interrupted sharply, "Mother is truly beyond saving!"
"How dare you speak ill of a princess like that? If you're tired of living, just smash your head against a pillar and die. Don't drag me down with you, and don't drag the entire Prime Minister's mansion down with you!"
After saying this, he left the room and instructed his trusted men to guard the courtyard and prevent anyone from escaping.
Her mother has gone mad, and it's best not to leave the yard until she returns to normal, lest something else goes wrong.
Xie Xiyue kept the news tightly under wraps, but Rong Ning's informant still managed to find out some details. During lunch, A Ying told her about it as a joke.
Rong Ning did laugh a few times, and she was in a very good mood.
Judging from what Xie Xizhu said last night, her second aunt has always been dissatisfied with the Prime Minister and his wife's favoritism towards the eldest son's family. She is also cunning and competitive.
Someone like that, who embarrassed her in front of so many people, will definitely hold a grudge.
Holding grudges is a skill.
Someone of Rong Ning's status, even if she was the instigator, wouldn't dare to do anything, but the Prime Minister's wife is different.
They are a family!
How could she not hate her family for treating her like that?
I hate it even more now!
It is easier for a large family to gradually disintegrate due to internal discord than to be destroyed by external forces.
In a tightly knit family, even the slightest crack can be exploited.
Rong Ning had always felt that there was no breakthrough in the Prime Minister's residence, but perhaps this second branch of the family was a breakthrough.
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