Noble Lady

Even if she confirmed the princess's feelings for Chen Mingxuan, she could also prove that the news at home had leaked out, causing the Ninth Princess to hate her. How could she make the Ninth Princess stop hating her?

You can't just go to the Ninth Princess and tell her that she's not interested in Chen Mingxuan, right? That would mean that the Ninth Princess's past will die even faster.

"Go find Chen Lizhu, the third lady of Duke Chen's mansion. Maybe she can help you with this."

Du Jingyuan just glanced at Xue Chenyu and said with a smile.

"But I don't know her well. We've only met twice at palace banquets. How can she help me?"

Xue Chenyu: "Ms. Chen San certainly wouldn't help you for no reason."

Du Jingyuan: I knew it wasn’t that simple.

"This dagger is all I have. What else do you want? I'll do my best to get it for you."

"It's not that troublesome. If this matter can be resolved satisfactorily, you can just do me a favor."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Du Jingyuan looked her up and down uncertainly, fearing that she would set a trap for her.

Xue Chenyu saw through her thoughts at a glance: "Okay, I really want to set a trap for you, but why bother with so much trouble? I can just dig a pit and make you fall flat on your face."

"Look at what you're capable of. Who wasn't fooled by me when they were little?"

"You're talking about childhood, but I'm not the fool I was when I was little." Xue Chenyu held her chin and looked her up and down like her. "But you, it's been so long, and I don't see how you haven't made any progress at all."

"Xue, Chen, Yu!"

Xue Chenyu was so amused by her jumping appearance that she fell backwards with laughter.

Miss Du's complexion, which had just improved, turned dark again without hesitation.

However, this only made Xue Chenyu laugh even more happily and louder.

"Just laugh, laugh, laugh, all you do is laugh. You can only bully me. If you have the guts, go and bully the Ninth Princess, you stinky fish!"

Seeing that she couldn't convince her, Du Jingyuan angrily said something harsh and hurried home to confirm their guess.

Seeing Du Jingyuan's angry expression, Yuzhu couldn't help but gloat over her misfortune and said, "She used to bully us, and now it's like she's getting her revenge."

Xue Chenyu drank tea and ate snacks elegantly, and did not deny it.

But Yuzhu was also puzzled. The girl had had an unpleasant quarrel with Miss Du before, and they quarreled again after the engagement, and they stopped communicating since then.

When the girl got married, all the dowry from the Du family was sent in the name of the general's wife, and Miss Du never showed up. Why would the girl take the initiative to help Miss Du so much this time?

She asked whatever she thought.

Xue Chenyu smiled and said mysteriously, "Maybe he has figured it all out after going through some things."

Although Du Jingyuan used to lie to her and trick her into wearing newly made clothes, it was actually just a small matter, and she only exchanged clothes with herself, and returned them after wearing them twice, and they would not be damaged.

Then, when he found out that she was engaged to He Minzhi, he said a few sour words, but actually he didn't do anything bad.

At that time, she felt that she had been deceived by the little sister she had been in contact with, and was criticized in person for her newly arranged marriage. She couldn't bear it and broke off her friendship with Du Jingyuan.

But if you think about it carefully, every word Du Jingyuan said to her after she found out that she and He Minzhi were married made sense.

——"What's the point of marrying a poor scholar instead of becoming a lady from a noble family?"

——"He only chose you when he was powerless, because he needed you and your family's influence to help him get to the top; once he has power, you will be the first one to be kicked out."

——"No matter how nice your Wu'an Marquis Mansion sounds, you are still a warrior. They claim to be from a noble family, so no matter what they say, they think you are marrying above your station."

"If you really marry him, even if you build a new house for them and give birth to a few children for him to have more children, it will all be your due. Who knows, you might even be asked to give him a few beautiful concubines."

——"You'll be reduced to a mistress who can neither be envied nor hated. No matter how beautiful a girl is, she will be nothing more than a woman who indulges in the harem. When the time comes, you won't even have anywhere to cry."

Now that I think about it.

What Du Jingyuan said at that time was truly precious.

Wasn’t this how it was when she married into the He family in her previous life?

No, her situation in her previous life was even worse than what Du Jingyuan said, and she even lost her family.

While eating, Xue Chenyu suddenly put down the pastry.

"Yuzhu, please call the shopkeeper up."

The shopkeeper came up in a hurry, thinking that he had done something wrong.

Unexpectedly, Xue Chenyu just asked him, "The taste of today's dim sum is quite special. It seems to be different from the usual taste of Ruyifang?"

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and immediately flattered her, "The girl figured it out right away, how amazing!"

"Today's dim sum is indeed not from Ruyifang. We bought it from the newly opened Xunweilou. We knew the young lady was coming today, so we sent someone to buy it."

"From what the shopkeeper said, the dim sum at Xunweilou is actually as good as the century-old Ruyifang?"

The shopkeeper said that although the dim sum at Ruyifang is delicious, they are always the same ones, and people are used to eating them and a little tired of them.

The newly opened Xunweilou has a lot of creative ideas for its tea and dim sum, which has immediately attracted people to buy. As soon as it opened, there was a long line of people waiting at the door to buy dim sum, and the supply was limited every day, so the demand could not keep up with the supply.

However, if you have tea at Xunweilou, you can order as many dim sum as you want. The difference is that you can only eat in and not take out.

Xue Chenyu suddenly became interested and decided not to go back home first, but to go to Xunweilou to take a look.

……

Xunwei Building.

A brand new gold-plated sign hangs high in front of the door, and everything looks like it has just been renovated and is brand new.

Xue Chenyu took a quick look and saw that three-story teahouses were not uncommon in Kyoto, but the long queue of people waiting at the door to buy snacks was a sight to behold.

"Let's go in and take a look." Xue Chenyu put on the veil hat handed to her by Yuzhu, and got out of the car gracefully, holding up her skirt.

Qiuhua helped Xue Chenyu, then turned around and helped Yuzhu who was behind her.

The waiter at Xunweilou greeted someone immediately upon seeing them arrive. "Ladies, would you like some tea? We have a private room on the second floor, more suitable for ladies like you."

Enthusiastic but not fawning, neither humble nor arrogant, which is a little different from other companies.

Xue Chenyu couldn't help but take another look.

The waiter led the way and they quickly went up to the second floor.

Passing by a private room with the door half open, she just glanced casually and saw the person sitting inside.

Although it was only a side profile, the man was indeed Prince Cheng's son Situ Zhen.

He seemed to be talking to someone, and the expression on his face was more relaxed than when he was in their mansion, and his smile was very genuine, as if he was talking to someone very close to him.

The person opposite him should be someone he trusts and likes very much.

At this time, Xue Chenyu felt that she should not go up to disturb them, but if she did not go up to say hello, it would seem that she was impolite.

Unexpectedly, the other party saw her first.