Snow Color

"Concubine, let's hold a wedding banquet for Master Shi here today. Aren't you afraid of being rude and making a fool of yourself by having such a banquet with a large tent?" Mingyu Gege stood beside her sister and looked down upon the birthday banquet organized by Concubine. Her tone was mocking.

"The prince has instructed that we hold a festive family banquet. Ruolan thinks that this arrangement will be polite and the princes can drink freely." Ruolan explained softly.

"Really? But there's no scale, so you don't know how heavy it is." Mingyu couldn't stand it.

"Ming Yu"

"Concubine, you have put a lot of thought into the Tenth Master's birthday banquet." Minghui stopped Mingyu and said lightly.

"Look, the eighth brother's wife and the eighth concubine met, and Mingyu and that girl named Maertai Ruoxi had a quarrel." The third concubine saw this scene as soon as she looked up.

"You've already taken advantage of me with your words, and you still want to pretend to be generous." Ruoxi said unconvinced.

"Ruoxi." Ruolan hurriedly stopped her.

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"What do you think? This Maertai Ruoxi is a troublesome person."

"It's like Eighth Brother's wife, who, because of the favor of Eighth Master, doesn't properly discipline the people in the mansion, just like this." The Third Lady said with displeasure.

"I'm afraid this concubine is not an easy person to deal with, otherwise why would the Eighth Master hand over the affairs of the mansion to her." The First Wife felt that the Eighth Concubine was not as indifferent as she looked.

"What did you say?" Ruoxi heard these words just after she sat down. When she heard someone slandering her sister, she stood up angrily, turned around and questioned.

"I don't think I need to report to you what I said." The Third Lady saw that Ruoxi dared to stand up and question her.

"You're talking about my sister."

"I said, what happened to her?"

"Madam, you say bad things about people casually, aren't you afraid that others will know?" Ruoxi walked over and said to the Third Madam angrily.

"Maertai Ruoxi, what I said is not true." The Third Lady watched Ruoxi walk up to her and ignored her.

"Of course it's not true. My sister is gentle and kind. She is the concubine of the Eighth Prince. She is not like some people who only dare to say bad things about others behind their backs." Ruoxi said sarcastically.

"Ruoxi." Ruolan hurried over and when she heard Ruoxi's words, she hurriedly stopped her.

"Eighth Concubine, you have to discipline your sister well to prevent her from saying anything sinister." The Third Concubine was very angry. When she saw Ruolan coming, she spoke in a bad tone.

"I think you should watch your mouth." Ruoxi said unconvinced.

"Eighth Concubine, I shouldn't say anything to you, but you have to control your sister's behavior. Such a presumptuous and rude girl who doesn't know the rules should be strictly disciplined." The eldest concubine, who was displeased with her, looked dissatisfied.

"Madam, I will definitely discipline my sister, but my sister has always been outspoken and has no bad intentions." Ruolan was angry at Ruoxi's lack of etiquette, but she still defended Ruoxi and was dissatisfied with what Madam said about Ruoxi.

Xueying saw the dissatisfaction in Ruoxi's eyes, it was only because Ruolan stopped her. Hearing Ruolan's words, Xueying couldn't help but laugh.

"Concubine, I think this kind of woman who doesn't know the rules and commits crimes should be properly disciplined to avoid bringing harm to others. Others think that all the women in the Maertai family are like this." Xueying said lightly.

A trace of panic flashed in Ruolan's eyes, and she quickly pulled Ruoxi to kneel down, "I understand, I will discipline her strictly." Ruolan knew that if Ruoxi continued like this, the reputation of the women in the family would be affected, and she couldn't let the family members bear the consequences for them.

"Ruolan, why are you here? Get up quickly." Mr. Ba came over and saw Ruolan kneeling on the ground, so he walked over to help Ruolan up.

"Sisters-in-law, what's wrong? If Ruolan has done anything inappropriate, please forgive her." The Eighth Master asked the ladies gently, intending to protect Ruolan.

"Eighth Prince, how can you say that?" The Third Lady was displeased when she heard it.

"Sister Maertai Ruoxi, the concubine in your mansion, was disrespectful in her words and offended me. You should give me an explanation." The Third Concubine did not want to let the matter end there. She wanted the Eighth Master to give her an explanation.

"How did I offend you? You talked about my sister behind her back, and I haven't told Master Ba yet." Ruoxi was dissatisfied when she heard that she was going to convict her.

"Third sister-in-law, is that so?" When the Eighth Master heard his third sister-in-law talking about Ruolan behind her back, the expression on his face turned dull.

"Eighth Master, what did I say about the concubine? And what did I say was wrong?" the Third Lady asked back.

"You" Ruoxi wanted to argue after hearing this and was about to speak, but was stopped by Ruolan.

"Third sister-in-law, I think the people in my house are not under your jurisdiction." The Eighth Master said with a faint expression.

"Eighth Master, we didn't seem to say anything bad about the concubine. Let's talk about who hosted the birthday banquet here. We just mentioned the concubine, and the legitimate wife didn't host it, but let the concubine host it instead. It's normal to have doubts about this." The First Concubine walked to the Third Concubine and said dissatisfiedly to the Eighth Master, who came here only to protect Ruolan.

"Good luck to the Eighth Master." The Eighth Lady looked solemn and hurried over with Mingyu. She had never expected that Maertai Ruoxi would be so presumptuous as to disrespect the Third Lady. She was concerned about the Eighth Master's reputation and was afraid of being implicated, so she hurried over to apologize to the sisters-in-law.

"Dear sisters-in-law, it is Minghui's fault. I have not managed the mansion well and have disturbed you. The Eighth Master is very busy with affairs, and Minghui should manage the mansion properly. Minghui apologizes to you sisters-in-law here." After saying this, the Eighth Lady bowed down to apologize.

"Eighth sister-in-law, this is not your fault. You don't have to apologize for others." The Third Lady calmed down a little and helped the Eighth Lady up in a soft voice.

Xueying stared at the usually arrogant and proud Eighth Lady, the once noble Princess Minghui, who dared to love and hate, but now put down her pride for the one she loved. She couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, as if she saw Minghui's broken heart.

The Eighth Prince beside him was perhaps dissatisfied with the Eighth Lady's apology. He remained silent and just cast his eyes on Ruolan beside him. This scene made Xueying feel deeply sorry for Minghui, as if Minghui's dignity was gradually withering away in the Eighth Prince's disregard.

Everyone had no choice but to stop investigating. The Eighth Master told the Eighth Concubine not to target the Eighth Concubine, and then turned and left. The others looked at each other after seeing this scene, and they really disdained the Eighth Master's behavior.

The eighth concubine Ruolan took her leave and left with Ruoxi, who had an emotional look on her face.

Xueying and the others asked the Eighth Lady to sit down and chatted with her for a while.