Noble Lady

"A Yuan, what did you break on the Ninth Princess?"

"...Xue Chenyu, what do you want to do now?"

Du Jingyuan was startled by her sudden nickname and got goosebumps.

"Just say what you're told to say. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Du Jingyuan: Oh my god, that sweet and adorable Xue Chenyu is gone! She’s so fierce now!

No matter how much she played or how much she joked, she still said it.

That day, she followed her mother's wishes, submitted a letter to enter the palace, and then went to the Ninth Princess.

Unexpectedly, on the way, he met Caidie, the palace maid of the Ninth Princess, and asked her to help bring an inkstone over.

Du Jingyuan didn't think much about it and just took it. As a result, she tripped as soon as she entered the door. Being caught off guard, the inkstone naturally broke into pieces.

The Ninth Princess immediately jumped out and said, "This is a gift from His Majesty! Miss Du, how many heads do you have left?"

Du Jingyuan tried to explain, but the Ninth Princess refused to listen and insisted that she was the one who broke her beloved inkstone.

He even ordered his servants to surround her on the spot and demanded that she pay compensation.

Although Xue Chenyu is not familiar with the Ninth Princess, it sounds like there is something fishy about this matter.

"Du Jingyuan, you're already so old, yet you're still being fooled around by a little girl."

Du Jingyuan got furious when she heard that.

However, before she could really explode, Xue Chenyu calmed her down with a few words.

"Before you lose your temper with me, think about this for a moment. If you had something so precious and dear to you, would you just give it to an outsider?"

Du Jingyuan wanted to say that this was not her first time entering the palace and meeting the Ninth Princess, so how could she be considered an outsider?

But she didn't even need to say it out loud, she herself felt it was ridiculous.

She went to the palace to pay a visit to the Ninth Princess and establish a relationship with her. The Ninth Princess had seen many people like her, so how could she think she was an exception?

Seeing her expression darken again, Xue Chenyu knew that she knew what was going on.

"Du Jingyuan, this matter may not be solved by the money you earned from selling the dagger. You'd better bow your head to your family."

Du Jingyuan's expression changed from surprise to shock, and then she seemed to suddenly understand.

Oh I see.

"Xue Chenyu, we had some unpleasant things in the past. I admit that it was because I was angry, so I took it out on you. I admit my mistake to you, you..."

She took a deep breath and made a huge decision. "I want to ask you to help me this time. I want to know what is going on behind this matter."

Xue Chenyu asked her, "The power of your General Du's Mansion is far greater than that of our Wu'an Marquis Mansion. Besides, I'm already married and just a woman who indulges in the harem. How do you think I can help you?"

Du Jingyuan: I knew you were stingy!

She is just a woman who indulges in the inner chambers. This is what Du Jingyuan said to her to mock her after Xue Chenyu got engaged.

I didn’t expect that she still remembered what I said so long ago!

"I admit that I was outspoken before, but this time I'm serious. Even if I have to fail, I want to do it clearly. I, Du Jingyuan, will not accept such a muddled failure."

Fearing that Xue Chenyu would not agree to her request, she quickly said, "As long as you can help me get this done, I will give you this dagger."

Xue Chenyu smiled and said, "Then you have to think of the reason for giving it to others. It's not appropriate to give away gifts given by the emperor casually."

The items given by the emperor cannot be pawned or sold. If Du Jingyuan takes them out to pawn, and if they are discovered, both the buyer and the seller will be in trouble.

It is possible to send it as a gift, but the prerequisite is that you have to be a family.

Du Jingyuan was awakened by her words, "Xue Chenyu, you lied to me from the beginning? You won't buy it at all!"

"You've lied to me so many times before, so what if I lied to you once? What, do you still want to pull my hair?"

Du Jingyuan curled her lips and tactfully stopped talking about it.

How could she not know that she was in the wrong?

"I'm going to ask you a question. Tell me the truth. Don't lie or deceive me."

"You say." Du Jingyuan's disgusted expression seemed to be saying, who would want to lie to you nowadays.

"If one day you have no choice but to accept your family's arrangement and marry that poor scholar Chen Mingxuan, will you do something unfaithful to your wife?"

"Xue Chenyu, are you crazy? Even if I'm reluctant, I've already married you. How can I joke about my reputation and life?"

She knew how harsh the world was to women, but she had to embarrass herself by asking such questions.

This petty-minded Yu was indeed still resentful of what he had said to her: after marrying into the He family, no matter how beautiful a girl was, she would just be a woman who indulged in the inner chambers.

Xue Chenyu was not angry after being scolded, but laughed instead.

That’s right, this is the Du Jingyuan she knows.

It is impossible for Du Jingyuan to be as fickle and have affairs with other men as others had said in her previous life.

She is just strong-willed by nature, not someone who doesn't love herself.

She would rather die than be allowed to mess around with other men.

"It's getting late today, I have to go back first. Let's meet somewhere tomorrow. You need to tell me everything about your interactions with the Ninth Princess recently so that I can help you with your advice."

Du Jingyuan didn't expect that she was really willing to help, and she immediately smiled happily.

"Okay, where do you want to meet? A teahouse or something?"

"Let's go to Jinyi Pavilion." Xue Chenyu quickly decided on the time and place. "At noon, I'll wait for you there. It won't be too late."

"I will be there on time!" Du Jingyuan promised.

After saying that, he wanted to take back the dagger, but Xue Chenyu took it back in a flash. "Lend me this thing for two days. It's all used as collateral."

Du Jingyuan: "Look how stingy you are."

Xue Chenyu: "Look how stingy you are."

The two of them rolled their eyes at each other at the same time, and the conversation ended.

Afterwards, Xue Chenyu sent Du Jingyuan to an alley near the side door of the General's Mansion before leaving.

Although he said he was leaving, he actually asked Qiuhua to follow him quietly and take a look.

Seeing her daughter's worried look, Yuzhu couldn't help but smile and said, "My daughter still cares a lot about Miss Du."

"You are the smartest." Miss Xue was very arrogant when her secrets were revealed.

Qiuhua went away for a while, and when she came back she nodded to Xue Chenyu.

"Miss, Miss Du did go back secretly. Only her maid knew that she came out. No one else knew about it."

"Well, go back and find someone to monitor Du Jingyuan's every move at the General's Mansion. If there's anything unusual, report it at any time."

Xue Chenyu originally had no intention of getting involved in Du Jingyuan's mess.

But since the matter involves the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, she has to investigate Chen Mingxuan thoroughly.

She just heard the name Chen Mingxuan from Chen Lizhu today, and then there was the Du Jingyuan incident. She felt that God was helping her.

Chen Lizhu hopes to hire Chen Mingxuan to be Xue Xiaohuai's tutor at the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, and today she has already agreed to it.

If there is no suitable reason, it is not good to regret it, otherwise you will offend Chen Lizhu.