Noble Lady

"I haven't heard any news about the Ninth Princess recently. Has she settled down?" Xue Chenyu asked curiously while peeling lychees slowly.

Chen Lizhu was tired from eating and drank some salt water. "How can I be at peace? It's clear that Concubine Wei has locked me up in the palace and won't let me even take a step out of the palace."

"What's new about this? How come I don't know about it?" Du Jingyuan immediately became excited when she heard the gossip.

Xue Chenyu: "Nothing can stop your gossiping heart. I even doubt that when you are getting into the bridal sedan, you can make it stop just because of gossip."

"How is that possible? Could I be that kind of person?" Du Jingyuan raised her chin proudly, her expression completely different from what she said.

Chen Lizhu almost laughed again, but she still wanted to share the matter of the Ninth Princess with Xue Chenyu and Du Jingyuan.

"A few days ago during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you all should know about the wedding of Yu Hongxi, the eldest grandson of Lord Yu, right?"

Xue Chenyu nodded, "Of course I know how grand the wedding of the Yu family's eldest grandson is."

When she left the He family and went to Jingzhao Prefecture, she met a wedding procession on the road.

More than half of the civil and military officials in the court went to attend the Yu family's wedding. However, my father was a retired military commander from the front line. He only had the title of third-rank marquis and now only held an idle position in the Ministry of War. Naturally, he could not enter the Yu family's door.

My father didn't like to join in the fun, so he just stayed at home with his family to eat mooncakes and celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival.

"I saw it too," Du Jingyuan also said, "The bride's dowry was huge. She must be a favorite at home. I haven't heard that she comes from a wealthy family, but judging by the situation, her family is quite wealthy."

Chen Lizhu nodded, "The Ninth Princess was grounded because of this."

Xue Chenyu and Du Jingyuan exchanged a glance. "Are you saying that the Ninth Princess originally intended to sabotage this marriage?"

Chen Lizhu nodded again. "She's more than just trying to sabotage this marriage. I heard she did a lot to get Yu Hongxi. She's truly thrown away all her female modesty and put her whole face on the line."

These words aroused Du Jingyuan's curiosity.

She had been kept at home recently, busy with matters related to the three books and six ceremonies, and had no chance to go out, let alone hear about what was happening outside.

If Xue Chenyu hadn't sent the invitation, she would still be detained at home, under the pretext of letting her embroider her wedding dress and wait for her marriage, but in fact, she was not allowed to go out.

Otherwise, she should have come to congratulate Xue Xiaoyu on escaping from the sea of ​​suffering a long time ago. Why would she wait until today?

"The Ninth Princess gave Yu Hongxi that kind of medicine..." Chen Lizhu gave a brief description. Even she was too embarrassed to speak out.

Moreover, the Ninth Princess did not just say this. After getting entangled with Hongxi at Qinglong Temple, she has been entangled with him everywhere -

She followed Yu Hongxi wherever he went. She did everything, such as taking the opportunity to strike up a conversation at palace banquets, asking palace maids to deliver handkerchiefs, etc.

But Yu Hongxi ruthlessly rejected them all, and even scolded her harshly: "I have already told the princess that I am engaged and will be married soon."

"I care about my fiancée very much and regard her as my life. I will never look at other women differently. So I will never do anything to make her unhappy, and I will not fall in love with someone else just because she is a princess."

The Ninth Princess has had almost everything she wanted since she grew up.

The first person to reject her was Chen Mingxuan. He was clearly just a scholar with no background, a small instructor at the Imperial College, yet he dared to reject her and even asked her to respect herself.

But he just asked her to respect herself.

But she didn't expect that when she met Yu Hongxi, he would speak so harshly, which greatly frustrated her self-esteem.

"Yu Hongxi, I am a princess, the most beloved imperial concubine of His Majesty. Why won't you even look at me? Your fiancée is just a country girl. In terms of family background, wealth, beauty, and power, how is she better than me?!"

"Why are you so stubborn? Do you have to kill her before you'll even look at me?"

But these words aroused Yu Hongxi's strong disgust, and he pushed her away fiercely. "Princess, even if you are a fairy from the ninth heaven, I only love my fiancée!"

"Whether you are beautiful or ugly, or what your background is, it has nothing to do with me."

"Ninth Princess, you are a princess of a great country. You have all kinds of men you want. Why are you entangled with me, a married man, and even resorting to such despicable means? Aren't you afraid that if this gets out, everyone in the world will stab you in the back?"

"I fought for it with my own ability. What if everyone in the world provokes me?" The Ninth Princess hugged her desperately, "Yu Hongxi, as long as you are willing to look at me for a moment, it means you want me..."

Before she could finish, Yu Hongxi shoved her away again, "How could such a proud daughter of heaven be so willing to be so lowly?"

The way he looked at her was just like a prostitute.

The Ninth Princess was deeply hurt, and when she returned, she made a plan to give Yu Hongxi that kind of medicine and make it a fait accompli.

Of course, the Ninth Princess has been too obedient for more than ten years and cannot tolerate anyone disobeying her.

He also used various methods to deal with Hongxi's fiancée, writing love letters to others in her name to frame her; pouring wine on her at the banquet, luring her to change clothes, taking the opportunity to frame her for having an affair with others, etc.

Yu Hongxi also grew increasingly disgusted with her and was on guard against her at every turn. He finally figured out the scheme set by the Ninth Princess and prevented her from succeeding. ...

"Unfortunately, the Ninth Princess only knew that a handsome young man like Yu Hongxi, with his rosy lips and white teeth, shouldn't marry an ordinary woman. However, she didn't know that Yu Hongxi's wife was his childhood sweetheart, who had been betrothed to him since they were young."

"Her grandfather was Grand Tutor Sun, who retired more than a decade ago. Even though Grand Tutor Sun has been retired for over a decade, he was the Emperor's tutor back then. Madam Sun's father, brothers, and uncles are also slowly rising in power."

As she spoke, Chen Lizhu looked in the direction of the Marquis Mansion's private school and said, "Perhaps you don't know that Grand Tutor Sun, but just like that Old Master Lu, they are both powerful figures who can command the attention of hundreds of people."

The descendants of the Taifu who has retired for many years are rising in power, which proves that the emperor values ​​them.

Xue Chenyu and Du Jingyuan exchanged a glance, "So, the Ninth Princess has offended both the Yu and Sun families."

Chen Lizhu shrugged. "Otherwise, that always arrogant Consort Wei would have resorted to all means to confine her daughter to the palace, fearing that she would cause a catastrophic disaster that could not be resolved."

Du Jingyuan: "Tsk tsk tsk, luckily I have the protection of the Yu and Sun families. If it were me, who is so weak and alone, I would probably be killed by her."

Xue Chenyu: You are so smart. You were harmed by someone in your previous life.

However, Xue Chenyu thought about it carefully. In his previous life, he had never heard of the Sun family or Tutor Sun. It was only after Lord Yu lost his great-grandson and his grandson's wife escaped death that he frantically cultivated his own clique, suppressed military generals, and united with his clique to attack dissidents.

Was it because she was trapped in the backyard at that time, with only He Minzhi and his mother Liu in her mind, that she didn't notice these things?

Or was it the minor changes in this life that led to changes in the overall situation, causing the Sun family to appear early?

Xue Chenyu thought it should be the latter.

Because of her rebirth, many things are slowly changing.

However, she did remember that in her previous life, when the eldest grandson of the Yu family got married, she also invited her father to

How come she helped the Yu family once, but ended up leaving her father behind? … She felt like she had overlooked something, but for the moment, Xue Chenyu couldn't figure it out.

I can only give up.

"Actually, I called you here today because I have something to tell you two." Xue Chenyu cleared his throat and suddenly became serious.

Du Jingyuan sat up straight, "...Xue Xiaoyu, just say whatever you want to say. I'm a little scared of you like this."

"You two have some spare money, right?"

"...What are you doing?" Du Jingyuan quickly covered her small purse.

She is getting married soon, how can Xue Xiaoyu have the nerve to think about her little money?

Chen Lizhu didn't know what she was thinking about. Her eyes fell on the lychees and she asked, "Is it related to the South?"

Xue Chenyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "As expected of the daughter of Duke Chen, she is well-informed."