I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

Looking at the bright-faced woman who suddenly stood in front of her, Cui Shuyan remained calm and responded with a polite smile without saying anything extra.

It was because the person in front of her was someone she didn't like.

But given her current situation, learning to smile back at people she dislikes is a necessary skill.

However, Gao Yuyao saw that Cui Shuyan did not show her a flattering smile as usual, and could not help but snorted: "Cui Shuyan, you are really capable now. You dare to bully Mingzhu!"

She spoke in a low voice, as if she was afraid that others might hear.

That's true. Gao Yuyao is now at the age to get married, and she has to always pay attention to her image in front of outsiders.

However, Cui Shuyan knew that Gao Yuyao had a cruel heart beneath her bright and dignified appearance.

Gao Yuyao is the niece of Mrs. Cui and the cousin of Cui Mingzhu.

In the past at Cui's house, Gao Yuyao had bullied her in many ways, such as putting caterpillars covered with thorns in her quilt and not allowing her to move.

To this day, Cui Shuyan still remembers the feeling of the caterpillar crawling into her trouser leg: itchy, numb, and after being crawled over, her body felt hot and painful.

Because she didn't know where the caterpillar would crawl to the next moment.

She was only seven years old at the time, but she already knew that no one in the world could help her.

She had no choice but to hold it in, because if she made the slightest scream, the caterpillar would be caught and thrown away, and Gao Yuyao and Cui Mingzhu would treat her in an even more cruel way.

Like, line up and slap her.

For example, ask her to hold an empty cup and slowly pour boiling water into it.

……

There are too many things like this.

At this moment, facing the imposing Gao Yuyao, Cui Shuyan smiled faintly: "How I treat her is my business. What, Miss Gao, are you going to speak up for your cousin?"

"Cui Shuyan, how dare you disobey me!"

Cui Shuyan glanced at her and said, "I didn't hear clearly what Miss Gao said. You can speak louder."

"You..." Gao Yuyao was about to get angry, but she held it back.

Xie Chunya sat aside, looking like she was enjoying the show, with no intention of intervening at all.

Gao Yuyao didn't say the next words after all. Seeing someone coming towards her, she flicked her sleeves and walked away angrily.

When she returned to her seat, Cui Mingzhu came over and said proudly, "Cousin, you must have taught Cui Shuyan a lesson, right?"

Gao Yuyao's face turned pale, and she said in a muffled voice: "That's right!"

"Great! I knew that Cui Shuyan was most afraid of my cousin!" Cui Mingzhu saw her best playmate and said impatiently, "Cousin, I saw Ke'er, I'll go find her! I'll talk to you when I come back later!"

Watching Cui Mingzhu leave, Gao Yuyao's face finally fell. She looked fiercely in the direction of Cui Shuyan and said in a low voice: "Damn Cui Shuyan, how dare she!"

Her personal maid Dongxiu came forward and whispered, "Miss, who is the person sitting next to Cui Shuyan?"

"Xie Chunya!" Thinking of Xie Chunya, Gao Yuyao became even angrier.

Xie Chunya always looked down on others. She was as arrogant as a hen that had just laid eggs. She always felt that no one was qualified to talk to her.

Previously, she wanted to take the opportunity of attending the banquet to make friends with Xie Chunya, but Xie Chunya not only glared at her, but also said something like "A mere granddaughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is not worthy of talking to her."

What a joke! Her grandfather was a third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and held such an important position in the Ministry of Revenue. Why would Xie Chunya look down on her!

Isn't it because her great uncle is in a high position? What a joke. If you don't know, you would think she is sitting in her great uncle's position. How can you look down on others?

When Gao Yuyao was feeling indignant, Dongxiu came over and said, "Miss, I have a way to kill two birds with one stone and deal with Xie Chunya and Cui Shuyan at the same time."

Suddenly, Gao Yuyao's eyes lit up: "What's the method? Tell me about it."

"Miss, Madam Xie didn't come today, but asked Cui Shuyan to bring Xie Chunya to the banquet. She must have asked Cui Shuyan to take good care of Xie Chunya. As long as Miss finds a way to embarrass Xie Chunya, Cui Shuyan will not be able to complete the task assigned by Madam Xie. Think about it, will Cui Shuyan be fine? I heard that Madam Xie treats people harshly. If she returns to the mansion, Madam Xie will peel off a layer of skin from Cui Shuyan! By then, she will have no place to stand in the Xie family!"

After hearing this, Gao Yuyao couldn't help laughing: "Dongxiu, you are still smart. Let me think about how to make Xie Chunya look bad."

It is so easy to embarrass a domineering person.

Gao Yuyao had made up her mind and was about to go over, but unexpectedly the wife of Marquis Anping came over.

With the arrival of Lady Anping Marquis, today's lotus viewing banquet officially began.

After all, she is from a marquis family. The wife of Marquis Anping has a graceful and elegant temperament. Everything she wears on her body is exquisite and gorgeous, which makes all the noble ladies stare at her in amazement.

Xie Chunya is no exception.

She looked at the jade hairpin on the head of the wife of the Marquis of Anping, and whispered to her personal maid Xiao Cui: "Xiao Cui, how much do you think the hairpin on the head of the Marquis of Anping is worth?"

Xiao Cui took a look and saw that the jade hairpin was of excellent quality, so she boldly guessed, "It must be worth at least one hundred taels of silver!"

Xie Chunya pouted: "It's so boring to talk to you! Don't you even look at the quality of that hairpin? Last time I saw a similar hairpin in the Treasure Pavilion, the water head was not as good as this one, and it cost a full one thousand taels of silver. Not to mention that the one on the head of the wife of the Marquis of Anping is an old item, and it is even more priceless!"

Xiao Cui was shocked when she heard this: Oh my god, she was a maidservant beside the young lady, and her monthly salary was two taels. If she wanted to buy a hairpin like this, she would have to go without food and drink for five hundred months to save up enough money.

After showing off in front of Xiao Cui, Xie Chunya glanced at Cui Shuyan again: "Hey, Cui Shuyan, you have probably never seen a hairpin of this quality, right?"

"So what if you see it? Can you see it above your head?"

Xie Chunya was a little angry: "Cui Shuyan, how do you talk like that?"

Seeing this, Nanny Rong immediately touched Xie Chunya's arm as a reminder.

Xie Chunya had no choice but to hold back and glared at Cui Shuyan fiercely.

Cui Shuyan didn't look at her, she just said slowly: "Chun Ya, mother asked you to go out today not to let you look at other people's jewelry with envy, but to let you be calm and show your demeanor as the eldest daughter of the Xie family."

"Cui Shuyan, do I need you to remind me? I know what I should do."

Cui Shuyan smiled faintly and said nothing more.

However, Xie Chunya's behavior today reminded her.

Speaking of which, the Xie family is not of low status, and Xie Chunya also has some decent jewelry.

But she showed such great interest in the jewelry of Lady Anping Marquis, which was enough to show that she did not have many jewelry.

At least, there aren't many expensive jewellery.

However, Madam Xie is in charge of the entire Xie Mansion, and she must have a lot of money in her hands.

After all, Xie Xingyuan had a fiefdom. Even without the fiefdom, the rewards His Majesty gave him every year were not small. If calculated in this way, Xie Xingyuan was definitely a wealthy man.

According to this, the Xie family should not be short of money.

But judging from Xie Chunya's performance, Cui Shuyan suddenly had a bold guess, that is - Xie Xingyuan's income was not included in the Xie Mansion's account.

Only this can explain Xie Chunya's behavior today.

Thinking of this, Cui Shuyan had an idea in her mind.

After the lotus viewing banquet begins, the main focus is naturally on viewing the lotus.

Ladies and young ladies from various families walked in groups of three or four along the stone path along the edge of the lotus pond, admiring the blooming lotus flowers.

Cui Shuyan also stood up and walked leisurely along the winding stone path with Xie Chunya.

The sun was not very strong today, and the Marquis's mansion had people place a row of ice basins around, so it was not very hot.

At this time, the breeze brings bursts of lotus fragrance, refreshing the heart.

"After all, they are a noble family. The annual cost of this lotus pond alone is probably several thousand taels of silver. Add to that the precious lotus flowers planted in it, and I'm afraid it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver..."

Listening to Xie Chunya's sighing coming from behind her, Cui Shuyan's doubts were increasingly confirmed.

She remained calm and continued walking.

Just then, she saw Gao Yuyao coming over.