eurekapd Chapter 225 Someone from the Palace Invites You
Chapter 225 Someone from the Palace Invites You
Lan Zhi's lips curled slightly, and she reminded him sternly.
“Please watch your words, Miss Lin. Although I come from a farming family, I am not lowly. Farm girls are kind, gentle and virtuous, unlike the pampered daughters of wealthy families, and they don’t have the bad temper of those daughters.”
"Don't make veiled accusations..."
"It's better than you just swearing at me."
"you……"
"Yuwei..."
Seeing Lin Yuwei bristle like a rooster ready for battle upon seeing Lan Zhi, Madam Lin immediately called out to her.
"What did I tell you before you came? You're getting more and more rude."
"Mother, you are, after all, the wife of an imperial censor, a first-rank noblewoman personally bestowed by the emperor. Why are you being so respectful to her? The fact that she doesn't accept your gifts shows that she doesn't respect you at all. What are we still standing here for? Let's go home!"
After speaking, she stood up, picked up the jewelry box next to Lan Zhi, and gave her a contemptuous smile.
"Don't think I'm here to curry favor with you. Let me tell you, my mother forced me to come. I'm just following her orders. Remember this: from now on, we'll keep to ourselves. If you don't bother me, we'll live in peace. Otherwise, I won't let you off the hook."
After leaving those words, she turned to leave, but Lan Zhi called out to her coldly.
"and many more……"
She stood up from her seat, her face grim, and walked over to her, raising her voice to remind her:
“Miss Lin, you’d better know your place. Even if you become the Princess Consort of Prince Xun, you still have to bow and pay your respects to me, the Crown Princess. What are you so arrogant about in front of me? Who gave you the audacity? If you dare to say anything disrespectful or nonsensical again, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
"How do you intend to treat me rudely? You just said it yourself, my family is powerful and wealthy, how could a country bumpkin like you compare? Even if you become the Crown Princess, you can't shake off your poor, country bumpkin ways..."
"Snapped!"
In front of Madam Lin, Lan Zhi raised her hand and slapped Lin Yuwei across the face. Before Lin Yuwei could react, she angrily rebuked her:
"You're already this arrogant and domineering before you've even become Princess Consort. If you do become her, you'll be so arrogant and domineering."
Lin Yuwei covered her face, which had just been slapped, and stared at her in astonishment.
"Ling Lanzhi, how dare you hit me? What right do you have to hit me?"
As she spoke, she prepared to raise her hand to return the favor, but was stopped by Madam Lin.
"Yuwei, you mustn't be rude."
While trying to stop her, Madam Lin attempted to pry her hands off to see her face, but she dodged away. She then yelled at Madam Lin:
"Mother, she hit me in front of you, and you still say I'm rude? Don't you think she hit not only my face, but also yours and Father's?"
Madam Lin gritted her teeth and glared at Lan Zhi, her face showing displeasure as she angrily asked:
"Ling Lanzhi, I'll remember this slap you gave Yuwei. I brought Yuwei here today to give you face, but since you don't want that face anymore, don't blame us for being impolite in the future."
"If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. What kind of daughter can someone who likes to steal petty things raise?"
Lan Zhi was already displeased about Madam Lin stealing the pair of silver bells, and now that Madam Lin dared to accuse her, she decided to be blunt.
Madam Lin pursed her lips, feigning composure as she questioned him.
"Who are you calling a petty thief? Explain yourself clearly..."
"Whoever stole it knows..."
As she spoke, she shook the pair of silver bells in her hands again, raised the corners of her mouth, and arrogantly snorted:
"What's mine, no one can take away."
Seeing this, Madam Lin placed her hand on her chest, bit her lip, and rebuked:
"Ling Lanzhi, you slapped my daughter today. I'll let it go because of your pregnancy. But remember this: don't fall into my hands again, or I'll make you pay a hundredfold."
After saying that, she stepped forward, pulled Lin Yuwei up, and stormed off angrily.
Lan Zhi's lips curled slightly, and she snorted disdainfully.
"I'm accusing you of petty theft, why are you too ashamed to speak up?"
Ah Qi strode in at that moment and whispered a reminder.
“Master, when I went out just now, I heard Madam Lin and Lin Yuwei say that they would pay for the slap in the future. You have to be careful of them.”
Lan Zhi smiled, completely unconcerned.
"I will not offend anyone unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them."
After muttering to herself for a while, she raised her hand in a gesture.
"Ah Qi, help me back to my room..."
Ah Qi rushed over to help her up. She placed her hand on Ah Qi's hand and asked curiously,
"What's wrong with Xiangxiu lately? She seems absent-minded?"
Ah Qi looked up at Xiang Xiu, who was standing there in a daze, pouted, and shook his head.
"I don't know, and she won't tell me even when I ask her."
"Xiangxiu..."
"Xiangxiu..."
"Xiangxiu..."
She called out three times before Xiang Xiucai responded.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"what's on your mind?"
Xiangxiu hurriedly shook her head.
"I didn't think anything of it."
Is something on your mind?
Xiangxiu shook her head again.
"No, really not."
Although Xiangxiu denied it outright, Lanzhi could tell from her expression that she must have something on her mind.
However, she was unwilling to talk about it, and he couldn't force her to. So he decided to observe her slowly.
What she didn't know was that the day before yesterday, Ling Jiawei confessed his feelings to Xiangxiu, saying that he liked her and wanted to marry her.
But Xiangxiu knew she wasn't clean, so she didn't dare agree, and she was too ashamed to agree. She decisively rejected him.
Ling Jiawei didn't understand why, and had been feeling sad and upset for the past few days.
He was sad, and Xiangxiu was also upset.
But faced with reality, she was powerless to change it and could only silently endure it all.
In the evening, someone from the palace came; it was Qin Shun himself.
The moment he saw Lan Zhi, he hurriedly got into the sedan chair and bowed, saying:
"Your Highness, the Emperor summons you to the palace immediately."
"Now?"
She looked at Eunuch Qin with trepidation.
"It's getting late. If they enter the palace now, could it be the Crown Prince...?"
Qin Shun hurriedly waved his hand.
"No, the Crown Prince isn't in the palace. It's Consort Lan; something happened to her."
Upon hearing the name Consort Lan, Lan Zhi frowned and asked:
"What's up with her?"
"She... seems to be having a miscarriage. The Emperor said you are a skilled physician and asked you to come to the palace to take a look."
Ling Lanhua flaunted her pregnant belly in the palace all day long, which made many people resentful of her. It was already a miracle that the child survived for three months.
She originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but Eunuch Qin came to invite her personally, which showed how much the Emperor valued this matter, leaving her no choice but to go.
She instructed Ah Qi:
"Give me some clothes to change, and take my medicine kit with you. Let's go to the palace!"
After Ah Qi followed her back to the house, he helped her change her clothes while pouting and muttering:
“You are even further along in your pregnancy than Consort Lan. It’s getting dark soon. How can His Majesty bear to put you through this?”
"Alright, this is the Emperor's decree. Do you dare disobey it?"
"That Ling Lanhua, relying on the fact that she is carrying the emperor's child, acts arrogantly in the palace all day long, and doesn't even respect the empress. It's a miracle that she's still alive."
"No matter what she does, the child in her womb is innocent. Besides, I know medicine, which is common knowledge. If I can help, I should."
“Master, she treated you like that, and you still help her? You're probably being too kind.”
"Ha! I'm not helping her, I'm helping my own conscience!"