Scolded angrily

  As the little mouth hidden under the curtain was indeed covering her lips and smiling secretly, seeing Li Xiu's anger and embarrassment simultaneously appearing on his face, she finally vented her bad temper. Especially the guards behind Li Xiu, some were still confused like a monk who couldn't reach the top of his head, while others seemed to be thinking deeply, suddenly enlightened. If it weren't for this occasion, Ru Qing really wanted to roll around in the carriage and laugh loudly three times.

  Xiang Chen pinched Ruo Qing's waist, hinting that she shouldn't be too proud and forget herself. Ruo Qing also thought so, clearing her throat with a sincere expression, "Since the prince thinks it's enough, I'm at ease. Prince, please forgive me for being rude, I'll take my leave first." The coachman outside cracked his whip on the horse's back, and the carriage started moving. Ruo Qing gave Li Xiao a very genuine and friendly smile before lowering the curtain.

  Li Xiu's anger was so great that one Buddha was born and another ascended to heaven, but after the extreme rage passed, she became extremely calm again. She narrowed her eyes and stared at the gradually disappearing stone-green curtain-decorated carriage, muttering to herself: "Indeed a sinister, hypocritical, pretentious and detestable little girl, actually daring to play such a trick on me." He stroked his chin, and the storm brewing in his eyes was gradually replaced by interest...

  Just now, Li Xiu's summoning of Ruoqing was quickly seen by other noblewomen who had just come out of the Wangfu. Among them, a luxurious black wheel blue curtain decorated with four corners inlaid with large red pearls drove rapidly towards Ruoqing's carriage. When the two carriages were driving side by side, the coachman on horseback shouted to Ruoqing: "Fourth Miss Fang, please stop for a moment. My lady wants to see you."

  As soon as he heard this sentence, the driver slowed down and gradually stopped, gesturing to the driver outside to shout at each other.

  A pink-cheeked maid with a pale pink jacket and a white silk handkerchief around her waist got out of the other carriage. She came to the front of Ruo Xian's carriage and said in a crisp tone, "Miss Fang, I am a maid from the household of Huang, the governor of Shanxi. My mistress has ordered me to invite you to come forward and speak with her."

  As soon as she heard this, she became furious and slightly lifted the curtain, scolding: "Although my family is not wealthy or noble, although I am an unmarried girl who has not learned all the worldly etiquette, I have never heard that an unmarried girl must be summoned at someone's beck and call. Especially in such a grand and public setting, it is unreasonable for the lady of your esteemed household to behave this way."

  After scolding him, he put down the curtain and coldly ordered the coachman to drive the horse. The coachman did not dare to be slow and hurriedly shook the reins, driving away quickly.

  Escorted by the emotional ones were also several armed guards in armor, including General Zheng and a few others with swords, who followed closely without looking around.

  That girl ate a humble pie, the old folks on both sides followed and started booing again, also embarrassed to blush, and turned back to the car with a snort.

  While the anger has not dissipated, that Mrs. Huang is really too unreasonable. She had just tricked her in front of everyone at the Crown Prince's mansion, and now she dares to bully her on the street as well. It's truly outrageous. Even if she doesn't count for much, after all, she is an unmarried young lady, yet she was treated with such disdain. I don't know whether it's because Mrs. Huang looks down on her or is being arrogant and rude, or perhaps she had offended her in some way, causing her to be so unscrupulous and disregard her dignity and status.

  Madam Huang's husband was a provincial governor, and the governor was a second-grade official directly dispatched by the imperial court to govern one or several provinces. The Qing dynasty valued civil officials over military officers, so although the Shanxi governor had the same rank as her brother, all military officers had to obey the civil officials, no wonder Madam Huang was so arrogant and domineering.

  As the matter of directly refuting Madame Huang just now still makes me somewhat uneasy, in our imperial court civil officials have more power to speak out than military officials. If Madame Huang bears a grudge against her from now on and goes back to whisper in Commander Huang's ear, it could be troublesome.

  As soon as the emotions expressed their concerns to Zhiyi, Zhiyi pondered for a moment, "That Huang Zi Jing was in Shanxi for less than three years, and his character has always been disliked by me. As the saying goes, 'a husband is like his wife', today this person is so unreasonable to you, it's not hard to see that this couple is extremely arrogant and rude. Sister rebuked her today, I suppose she must be harboring resentment in her heart. However, sister doesn't have to worry, this person has a handle in my hands, I reckon he won't dare to act rashly."

  "Does this hilt have any lethal power on him?" asked Qing curiously.

  "Fatal? Haha, little sister is really good at describing. It's enough to be a handle for brother to lose his official position and his life."

  As soon as she put down her heart, but then thought of something and said: "Today at the Crown Prince's palace, the princess actually kept pointing at me everywhere." Then she simply told Zhiyi about what happened at the Crown Prince's mansion, and finally, indignantly said: "This princess and Huang Furen are really hateful. Even if I am lowly and shallow, I still represent my brother's name. They teased and humiliated me like this, it's really too despicable." Then she also poured out what happened when Huang Furen stopped her on the street and wanted to talk to her.

  Zhi Yi's eyebrows shot up, and he burst into a rage. "You old hag from the Huang family, you really don't know life or death! I didn't expect that even my sister would dare to make things difficult for me in public? Does she think I'm easy to bully?" Then he turned to Ru Qing and said calmly, "Don't worry, little sister. The humiliation you suffered this time, I will avenge tenfold."

  Ruyi nodded and sweetly said, "I know that brother has always been fond of me. Actually, it's not a big deal for me to suffer these grievances, but I'm worried that these people might be instructed by someone to deliberately make things difficult for brother." After all, Ruyi was in Shanxi and had also been invited to the Daiwang Fu, which meant she represented Zhiyi, so making things difficult for her was equivalent to provoking Zhiyi.

  Zhi Yi sank into thought for a moment, "The Wang Fu has always wanted to pull me in, and even wanted to marry the Junzhu off to me, but I politely declined. I reckon the Junzhu deliberately targeted you, probably also having some dissatisfaction with her brother. However, there's no need to worry about the Junzhu's affairs, anyway she'll be getting married soon. The Guangdong Governor's office is located in Jilin. Before long, the Junzhu will be marrying into the Hong family of Pingyang, and even if she wants to cause trouble, it won't work."

  Ru Xiang suddenly felt a pang of guilt and lowered her head, thinking that the little scheme she had deliberately come up with today would make life very interesting for this county lord's daughter after she married into the Hong family.

  "As for the old lady of the Huang family," Zhiyi hesitated for a moment, "Li Xiao and I have already obtained preliminary evidence of Huang Zijin's collusion with the Tartars. We still need to wait for some time before we can take him down. However, once the Imperial Guards make their move, their good days won't last long."

  Just as she was feeling happy, she heard about Li Xiu mentioning her and her heart skipped a beat. She quickly said: "Today at the gate of the Dai Wang Fu, Li Xiu asked me if I liked the gift he sent. Brother, did Li Xiu send me a gift? How come I've never received one?"

  "It was intercepted by me."

  "Huh?"

  "Do you really want it?"

  Ru Yu hastily shook her head, thinking of Li Xiao's temperament and the ill-intentioned expectation in his eyes, what he sent would definitely not be a good thing.