Chapter 317: Rushing to Pay
Zhao Wenyu’s face flushed instantly. He had just accused Xie Lan of pretending to be the daughter of Prince Nanping, and the emperor issued an edict to confer the title of princess on her.

This imperial edict was undoubtedly like a loud slap in the face, slapped on her face in public.

Zhao Wenyu was both ashamed and annoyed, but she did not dare to lose her temper. She could only grit her teeth, suppress the anger in her heart, and go to the front yard with a group of noble ladies and girls to receive the emperor’s order.

Along the way, Zhao Wenyu was filled with resentment and resentment.

When they arrived at the front yard, Prince Nanping and his servants had already knelt in a solemn atmosphere. When Xie Lan came forward and knelt, the eunuch who was announcing the imperial edict unfolded the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand and began to read it.

Ever since the emperor arranged the marriage for Xiao Jin, he has already regarded Xie Lan as his daughter-in-law. Now that he knows that she is the biological daughter of Prince Nanping, he values ​​her even more.

Not only was Xie Lan given a title, he was even awarded a very rich fiefdom.

Zhao Wenyu listened to the long list of praises and honors for Xie Lan, and every word pierced her heart like a needle. After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, she followed the women back to the inner courtyard to entertain guests. Listening to everyone’s compliments to Xie Lan, Zhao Wenyu’s jealousy finally couldn’t be suppressed.

“What’s there to be proud of? You’re just a rough girl from a Taoist temple. A pheasant is a pheasant. Even if you are crowned a princess, it can’t change the fact that you are a wild pheasant.”

Zhao Wenyu’s words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing the ladies and wives present to frown.

Madam Gong’s face darkened and she shouted, “How dare you! Miss Xie is a princess appointed by the emperor himself. How can you, a girl from a marquis’ mansion, bully her at will? Come on, slap her in the face!”

Others might be wary of Zhao Wenyu’s identity, but the four maids beside Madam Gong and Xie Lan were all sent by the emperor himself, and they were not afraid of the Cheng’en Marquis’ Mansion at all.

At Madam Gong’s command, the maid Qingli raised her hand without hesitation and slapped Zhao Wenyu hard in the face with a “slap”.

Lady Cheng’en Hou couldn’t believe her eyes. Someone around Xie Lan actually dared to slap her daughter!

Seeing that the maid refused to stop after being slapped once and was about to continue, she was furious and rushed forward and shouted: “Stop it! Miss Xie, it’s really ugly to see you succeed. What my daughter said is also true. You were born in a Taoist temple. How can you be worthy of the eldest prince if you act so rudely? If you know what’s good for you, you should take the initiative to give up the title of the eldest prince’s consort, otherwise you will lose the face of the eldest prince when you go out in the future!”

Cao scolded Xie Lan in public. Madam Gong and several maids looked extremely unhappy. They were about to retort, but Xie Lan waved his hand at them.

He looked at the wife of Marquis Cheng’en calmly, “You want me to give up my title as the eldest prince’s consort? To whom? Your daughter Zhao Wenyu?”

The wife of Marquis Cheng’en indeed thought so in her heart, but for the sake of saving her face, she did not dare to admit it in front of everyone.

But since Zhao Wenyu knew that the emperor had arranged for Xie Lan to marry Xiao Jin, she was jealous and crazy. She was afraid that if she didn’t seize the opportunity, she would really lose Xiao Jin.

“Miss Xie, my cousin and I are childhood sweethearts, and he originally promised to marry me as his concubine. If you hadn’t stolen my love and used those seductive tricks to confuse my cousin, how could he have been deceived by you!”

The ladies and wives looked at each other in surprise. No one had expected that Miss Xie had actually stolen someone’s love.

Seeing that everyone was looking at Xie Lan with a hint of contempt, Tiechui became so angry that his face turned blue, and he almost couldn’t help but draw his sword to kill Cheng Enhou and his daughter.

Xie Lan looked calm, and looked at Zhao Wenyu calmly, “Does the eldest prince really want to marry you? Did he promise you personally?” The reason why Zhao Wenyu spoke out in public without caring about her face was that she wanted to use rumors to force Xiao Jin to marry her. Even if Xie Lan was a princess, her father was Xiao Jin’s uncle, and the emperor was her uncle.

Compared to that bitch Xie Lan, she believed that the emperor would definitely prefer her to be his daughter-in-law.

“That’s right. My cousin and I love each other and he has promised to marry me as the eldest prince’s consort. He promised it himself. And my father and mother have also agreed to our marriage. If Miss Xie still has any shame, she should go to the emperor to revoke the imperial decree of marriage, so that my cousin won’t think you are shameless and insist on marrying him.”

Zhao Wenyu became more and more excited as she spoke. She had admired her cousin for so many years, so why did this bitch snatch her cousin away as soon as she returned to the capital, and marry him to the daughter of Prince Pingnan, and even be named a princess.

Zhao Wenyu was waiting for Xie Lan to show a painful expression, but she didn’t expect a cold voice to suddenly come from the door of the flower hall, “Madam Cheng’en, your daughter has hysteria. How can you still be in the mood to attend the banquet? I advise you to take her to see a doctor as soon as possible, otherwise she will talk nonsense and offend you.”

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhao Wenyu’s face froze. She didn’t expect Xiao Jin to interrupt her in public.

The wife of the Marquis of Cheng’en was unhappy. “Xiao Jin, I am your aunt after all. How can you say that about your cousin? She is in good health. How can she have hysteria? Aren’t you afraid of hurting your cousin’s feelings by saying that?”

After Xiao Jin left the capital, he rushed to the cold pond day and night, and it took a lot of effort to kill the dragon snake. He was afraid that Xie Lan would feel unwell again when he was away. After killing the dragon snake, he did not dare to stop for a moment and rushed back to the capital without stopping.

But he had never thought that the mother and daughter of Cheng En would dare to make up stories behind his back while he was away. He had finally managed to coax his junior sister into agreeing to marry him, so how could he allow them to ruin it?

Xiao Jin ignored the wife of Marquis Cheng’en and directly ordered Yang Feng, “Go and invite Marquis Cheng’en over.”

Yang Feng saw that Xiao Jin was angry, and did not dare to delay. He ran to the front yard as quickly as possible to pull over Marquis Cheng’en, who was discussing state affairs with Marquis Pingnan.

Xiao Jin asked directly, “My Lord, your wife said that I personally promised to marry your eldest daughter as the Crown Prince’s consort. How come I didn’t know about this?”

Marquis Cheng’en’s face turned pale and blue, and then blue and white, and he felt both ashamed and annoyed.

Although he had thought about getting Xiao Jin and his daughter closer before, he knew that Xiao Jin had no such intention at all. He didn’t expect that the emperor had already granted marriage to the daughter of Pingnan Marquis, and his wife and daughter were so shameless and talked nonsense.

Xiao Jin was already dissatisfied with the Cheng’en Marquisate because his wife had not treated his mother well, so how could he possibly marry their daughter? Now he didn’t even call him uncle, but called himself this palace, and called him Cheng’en Marquis in public, which clearly showed that he was angry that Cao, his aunt, wanted to ruin his marriage.

“That’s not the case at all. Your aunt had a high fever a few days ago, and her mind was a little confused. She said some nonsense. Don’t take it personally.”

After listening to what Xiao Jin said just now, everyone knew that the mother and daughter of Marquis Cheng’en were lying. They just wanted to take the opportunity to climb up the social ladder because Xiao Jin had been crowned as the prince.

Now, after hearing what Marquis Cheng’en said, those ladies looked at Zhao Wenyu with even more contempt.

This is really shameless. The eldest prince has no interest in her at all and has never promised to marry her as a concubine. Yet she is actually rushing to pay for him.

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