"I've protected the Su family's fortune with my own abilities. How can I be so lowly?" Su Wan said calmly, "I heard that Madam Lin has been following her family's business since she was young. She's a businesswoman, after all. Miss Lin, you'd better be careful with your words and actions."

Lin Mengran's face looked very ugly.

Minister of Revenue Lin Ming had no great talent. It was all thanks to his wife, Mrs. Lin, who was the daughter of a famous wealthy businessman in Tianjin, that she used money to help him get to the position of Minister of Revenue step by step.

Everyone knew about this, but they avoided talking about it openly. Lin Mengran was often ridiculed in private by the noble ladies because her mother came from a merchant family.

Just now she said that merchants were all lowly people. Now Su Wan reminded her that she and her mother were also from merchant families. She used this statement to humiliate Su Wan, which was also a humiliation to herself.

The noble ladies around her turned to look at her. Although no one spoke, she always felt that there was mockery in their eyes. She was so angry that she wanted to tear Su Wan's mouth apart on the spot.

She thought so and did so.

"Come here, help me teach Shopkeeper Su what the rules are."

The maid beside her immediately understood what she meant, stepped forward and raised her hand to slap Su Wan.

Qinglan grabbed the maid's raised hand.

"The young lady of our Taifu Mansion does not need others to teach her the rules."

Qinglan has been following Old Madam Su since she was a child. The aura of her being is not comparable to that of a little maid. Just one look from her can scare the little maid so much that she dares not move.

"How dare you! Who do you think you are!"

Lin Mengran became angry and shouted loudly.

Wang Qingyi and Wang Jingcheng saw this scene as soon as they came in. They knew Su Wan, as they had seen her when they visited the Taifu Mansion that day.

Seeing Su Wan was about to be bullied, he immediately stepped forward to support her, walked up to Su Wan, and said to Lin Mengran,

"What are you yelling about? You're so uneducated and you don't have the demeanor of a lady at all!"

Su Wan was slightly startled when she saw Wang Qingyi and Wang Jingcheng suddenly appear. Wang Qingyi nodded at Su Wan, signaling her not to be afraid. Su Wan felt warm in her heart and nodded and smiled.

Lin Mengran didn't know where this unknown woman popped up from, and actually said that she was uneducated!

At this moment, she was so angry that her face turned blue. Wang Qingyi also had a hot temper, and the two of them started arguing with each other.

"I'm uneducated? Even if I were uneducated, I wouldn't show my face in public every day! How shameless!"

"Who are you calling shameless?"

"Of course I'm talking about her!" Lin Mengran pointed at Su Wan and continued to mock her, "She wants to be the richest woman, but she's just a woman. Who knows how she managed to gain a foothold in Kyoto!"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll teach you a lesson!"

The two quarreled more and more fiercely, and even started fighting. Wang Jingcheng and Su Wan quickly pulled Wang Qingyi away. The noble ladies around did not dare to step forward. Lin Mengran accidentally fell to the ground and cried in pain.

"What's going on?" Lin Junmao walked over, followed by many students from the Imperial College.

Looking at Lin Mengran crying on the ground, her carefully dressed hair and clothes were messy, and the makeup on her face was also smudged.

On the other hand, Wang Qingyi on the other side was in extremely good condition and was fine. She adjusted her skirt lightly and stood beside Su Wan.

Lin Junmao quickly helped the man up and said, "Whoever did this to you, I will never let him go!"

Lin Mengran immediately pointed at Su Wan and the others, crying and complaining, "Brother, it's those two. Su Wan is still unmarried and is learning business. What decent girl would do such a thing? I just said a few words, and they both teamed up to beat me!"

After hearing this, Lin Junmao was immediately furious.

"I don't know which family you two are from, yet you have insulted my younger sister like this. I will definitely write a letter to your fathers and demand an explanation!"

Wang Qingyi was about to speak, but Su Wan hurriedly held her back, and Wang Jingcheng stepped forward and said.

"Brother Lin, this is all a misunderstanding. My sister is young and naive. It's just a small quarrel between girls. I apologize to you on my sister's behalf."

After saying this, he bowed. Lin Junmao was currently studying at the Imperial College, so he naturally recognized this person, Wang Jingcheng, the second son of the head of the Wang family of Langya.

This year, two candidates tied for first place in the Imperial College's spring recruitment.

One is Gu Shaoheng, the eldest son of the Wuling Gu family, and the other is him.

"No, what's the point of your apology? I want Su Wan and this woman to kneel down and apologize to me!"

Lin Mengran resolutely refused, pointing at Su Wan and Wang Qingyi and refusing to give in.

"Shut up!" Lin Junmao shouted.

Wang Qingyi had just arrived in Kyoto, and many of the noble ladies did not know her. Lin Junmao naturally knew her, but how could the Shangshu Mansion, a mere mansion, dare to ask a girl from a prominent family to kneel down and apologize to a girl from an official family.

Lin Junmao glanced at Su Wan, who had a calm expression behind the two of them, and narrowed his eyes slightly. It was all this woman who caused the trouble!

"Brother Wang, this matter has nothing to do with Miss Wang. My sister was just talking nonsense in a moment of excitement. Please ask that Su Wan to kneel down and apologize to my sister!"

Although Lin Mengran didn't understand why Lin Junmao didn't pursue the other woman, she reluctantly accepted that Su Wan could kneel down and apologize to her.

She straightened her body and looked at Su Wan with contempt on her face.

Su Wan's expression remained unchanged, she just looked at the brother and sister coldly.

"Your sister insulted me for no reason, and you want me to kneel down to her? I, Su Wan, walk upright and sit upright. I kneel to heaven, earth, and my parents. I will never kneel down for humiliation."

Lin Junmao didn't expect that she was still so stubborn. She was just a merchant girl, yet she dared to challenge them!

"You are a woman, but you don't stay in your boudoir to embroider and learn the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Instead, you run out to do those men's things. My sister said you have no sense of shame. How can it be considered an insult? That was her kind advice."

Lin Junmao's words were even more contemptuous when he mocked her.

"It's fine if you don't thank her, but you even hurt her. If you refuse to kneel down and apologize, then we'll see you in court!"

Su Yuejian, Zhou Wangzhi and Zhou Min just walked to the door when they heard Lin Junmao forcing Su Wan to speak.

His expression instantly turned cold, "Who dares to make my eldest sister kneel down?"

The woman's voice was as clear and cold as snow, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw two women and a little boy standing at the entrance of the boat. One was wearing a pomegranate red dress, and the other was wearing a gauze skirt and a veil hat.

Those who came to the Hibiscus Tea Party were all young men and women from prominent families in Kyoto. They recognized that they were Princess Langning and the young marquis of Jingyang Mansion.

As for the person who spoke just now, it was another woman, wearing a sky-blue lotus gauze dress with wide sleeves and flowing fairy-like patterns, a pearl-jade waist belt outlining her graceful figure, and a vine-colored shawl. Before her face was revealed under the gauze hat, she already exuded an elegant and extraordinary temperament.

This woman actually called Su Wan "elder sister"?

Everyone was feeling confused when Su Yue saw a few people coming over.

Su Yuejian walked lightly to Su Wan, gently held her hand, and looked at the person opposite.

He said coldly, "Why do you want my eldest sister to kneel down to you?"

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