Noble Lady

Chapter 136 Still Can't Hide

Although Liu had such an idea, it was not easy to say it out loud at the moment.

After discussing with Ji Minrou, it was decided that she would go first to lobby He Jixiang, which would also give her face.

If she refused to accept the toast, she would have to drink the wine as punishment, and then her biological mother Liu would come forward to deal with it.

By then she won't have any say in it, and she won't have any face left.

……

Wu'anhou Mansion.

"Xue Xiaoyu, you must help me this time!"

When Xue Chenyu was leading Mother Li and her daughter to return to the He family, she was blocked at the door of the Marquis' Mansion by Miss Du Jingyuan who came in a hurry.

Du Jingyuan grabbed her arm, her eyes red and tears about to fall.

Miss Du was dressed in a sky blue early summer dress, and was dressed up with two hairpins, two gold hairpins, and a jade hairpin on her head, looking very wealthy.

Judging from the looks of it, he must have just come down from a banquet or an important occasion.

"Du Jingyuan, let go first, you're hurting me!" Xue Chenyu was in so much pain that she wanted to push her away.

Du Jingyuan finally realized what was happening and quickly let go of her hand, apologizing with a look of regret, "I'm sorry, I was just too impatient."

"Are you so impatient that you want to kill me? You've broken my hands, don't you know how much strength you have in your hands?" Xue Chenyu didn't give her a good look.

If she wasn't at the door, she would have rolled up her sleeves to take a look.

It hurt so much when she grabbed me just now, my skin must be bruised by now.

"I, I really have no other choice, I..."

"Alright, let's talk inside if you have anything to say." Xue Chenyu interrupted her, "You are the eldest daughter of the Du family, and you are not afraid of being seen by others like this. If gossip spreads, will you still get married?"

"If you don't want to marry, then don't marry. It's not like I, Du Jingyuan, have to get married." Du Jingyuan followed her into the Marquis' Mansion, but she refused to admit defeat.

Xue Chenyu rolled her eyes right in front of her.

Du Jingyuan: “…” Who are you despising?

Furious.

The return of the young lady stunned the Marquis' wife for a moment, but when she saw Du Jingyuan with red eyes but dressed in gorgeous clothes, she knew that something serious had happened.

Otherwise, why would Yu'er be brought home for no reason since they had not been friends for so long?

I don't know what happened between these two girls? Well, although they are old enough to get married, it's early in this era. After all, they are still children.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xue ordered someone to lead them into the courtyard where Xue Chenyu lived before she got married, and also asked Mother He to send someone to guard the door and not allow anyone to enter without permission.

Xue Chenyu lifted up her sleeves and saw that they were indeed covered with bruises.

Du Jingyuan avoided her gaze, feeling guilty. "...I'm sorry, I was indeed a little impatient just now. I have medicine for injuries here."

Xue Chenyu rolled her eyes at her and said, "I don't care about yours."

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, thinking that I owed her in my previous life?

Then he told Yuzhu to get the medicine and Qiuhua to fetch water.

"I really didn't mean it. I won't touch you anymore." Du Jingyuan said aggrievedly.

She thought to herself that she would never dare to touch this delicate girl again next time. If she hurt her again, and the fish didn't care about her life or death, that would be bad.

Mrs. Xue felt distressed when she saw this. Her daughter was raised in pampered condition, and there were few noble ladies in Shengjing who could have such a beautiful appearance as hers.

Her arm was now bruised and purple. If the servant hadn't just told her, she would have known that Du Jingyuan had accidentally pinched her at the door, and she would have thought she had been severely abused.

"I have Doctor Xu's scar-healing cream. If you apply it, the scars will disappear faster." Mrs. Xue didn't want to get involved in her child's affairs, so she told Mother He to get the scar-healing cream and prepared to leave.

"Mother, there are some things I'd like you to discuss with me."

Mrs. Xue stopped when she heard this, exchanged a glance with Xue Chenyu, and then sat down.

Du Jingyuan was stunned when she heard Xue Chenyu say that. How could Madam Xue be involved as well? Wouldn’t that mean her affairs...couldn’t be hidden anymore?

But then I thought, if I can't hide it, then so be it. It's such a stupid thing, I can just take it as a lesson.

It was better to have an elder like Mrs. Xue to make decisions for her than to wander around like a headless fly.

"A Yuan, tell me what happened."

"Ah."

Du Jingyuan no longer had those messy thoughts she had before, and she only wanted to get through the difficulties in front of her.

"The story begins today when the Ninth Princess summoned me to the palace."

……

Yesterday afternoon, Du Jingyuan received a letter from the Ninth Princess in the palace, asking her to go to the palace today to accompany the Ninth Princess to study.

In the past, they would eagerly submit visiting cards to the palace, and whether they were willing to meet depended on the Ninth Princess's mood. This time, it was the Ninth Princess who took the initiative to send the card, and the meaning was completely different.

Mrs. Du happily asked people to prepare and send her to the palace today.

Mrs. Du didn't know about the relationship between the Ninth Princess and Du Jingyuan, but Du Jingyuan herself knew it very well.

The Ninth Princess didn't ask her to enter the palace just to read those crappy books. It was obviously because of Chen Mingxuan, whom she had never met, that she came to cause trouble for her.

Just for one sentence, the Ninth Princess treated her like a thorn in her side, targeting her everywhere. She tricked her into breaking an inkstone, and not only did she sell everything she had to compensate her, she even wanted her life.

So when Du Jingyuan came in, she tried to find ways to avoid entering the palace, either claiming to be sick or pretending to be sick. But this time she really couldn't pretend anymore.

Before getting in the car, Madam Du said to her attentively, "So many girls from other families want to be familiar to the Ninth Princess, but you are the only one who has truly achieved it. You must seize this opportunity to bring honor to our family."

Talking about earning glory is just nice to say.

How could Du Jingyuan not know that her mother wanted her to get close to the prince by being familiar with the Ninth Princess?

Although the Crown Prince's principal wife had been decided, the positions of the two concubines were still vacant. Her mother wanted her to rush to become a concubine.

Knowing that her family members were unreliable and that the Ninth Princess would not be polite to her, Du Jingyuan was on high alert, but she didn't expect that she couldn't escape even after entering the palace.

Because today not only she went to the Ninth Princess's place, but also the Crown Prince and Chen Mingxuan went there.

The Ninth Princess asked the Prince to bring Chen Mingxuan there. The Ninth Princess wanted to meet him herself and also wanted to test whether she and Chen Mingxuan were really engaged.

When she got there, she saw a scholar in a green robe as handsome as jade. The Ninth Princess said that it was Chen Mingxuan, and she figured it out.

She played coward from beginning to end, but Chen Mingxuan was a real tough guy.

The Ninth Princess said a lot of words to show her kindness to him, and even walked up to him with a wine glass to toast him. But Chen Mingxuan didn't even look at the precious and noble daughter of heaven, and only said coldly to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince:

"If I had known that Your Highness had summoned me to the palace for something like this, I shouldn't have turned down the opportunity to lecture at Huishan Academy today."

The implication was that accompanying the prince in drinking and having fun was not as important as teaching his students.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already had an annoyed look on his face, but considering that he was the crown prince, he had to be tolerant and tolerant. Moreover, what Chen Mingxuan said about teaching and educating people was also right. Even if he was in front of His Majesty, he was still right, so he could not get angry.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't say anything, and she couldn't bear to say anything harsh to Chen Mingxuan, the Ninth Princess took her anger out on her.