Itâs not just about having Xie PanâEr betray the sect, but she also gains so many benefits!
Hmph! Even a minor folk princess can bring Xie PanâEr great benefits!
Now she has to figure out how to endear herself to this true royal princess, the benefits she can get will certainly be even greater!
"Princess, your words are mistaken. There are many legitimate young ladies here, but there is only one truly uncultured person!
Taking advantage of a childâs affection, she forsakes her ancestors, not only abandoning her own forebears but also running to othersâ mansions to seduce their young master, attempting to climb up in status with her looks!
Princess, how can such a person be compared to you?"
Upon Xie Yingyingâs words, everyone in Ningxiang Courtyard couldnât help but gasp!
Their eyes involuntarily turned towards Xie PanâEr!
The old Madam Xie, however, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself: Xie Yingying indeed has a formidable mother. Though todayâs move is risky, if she plays well, she will surely turn the tables!
As she thought this, indeed Princess Lianchunâs puzzled voice came to her ears!
"What do you mean by this?
I see you and PanâEr are of a similar age, and you even have some resemblance between your brows; do you have some relation?"
Hearing Princess Lianchunâs words, Xie Yingying became entirely excited.
"Replying to the princess, your female servant is Xie Yingying, the eldest granddaughter of the Xie Family in Wuliuxiang!
You do not know, that the so-called beautiful aunt in that little girlâs words and I are cousin-sisters, but she has a vile character, aiming high and reaching low, even betraying and forgetting the sect; how can such an opportunistic person be compared to you?"
When Xie Yingying spoke such a long string of words, everyone in the courtyard was in an uproar!
People began to whisper.
"So it turns out the person who was the subject of all the rumors around the capital lately is her!
She is Xie PanâEr!
This indeed is an ungrateful creature; you must not learn from her, do you understand?"
At once, many madams and old madams immediately pointed fingers at Xie PanâEr.
Some even used her as a negative example to educate their own daughters, granddaughters, and so on!
Xie PanâEr was entirely numb, dazed, stunned, her mind a blank, knowing nothing.
She stood there dumbly, her left ear buzzing, her right ear hissing, and her head pounding, hurting beyond bear!
She reached out instinctively, forcefully covering her ears!
A hand reached over and directly grabbed her wrist, "PanâEr! PanâEr!"
The familiar breath, the gentle language, finally calmed her down.
"Mother!"
"Donât be afraid! Mother is here!"
PanâErâs mother looked at her with heartache, reaching out to gently stroke her face!
"Donât be afraid!" She repeated "donât be afraid" once more, and it immediately warmed Xie PanâErâs heart!
PanâErâs mother took Xie PanâErâs hand, passing through the surrounding crowd step by step towards Princess Lianchun and the old Madam Ji.
Seeing their actions, everyone couldnât help but hold their breath. After a while, someone in the crowd continued whispering,
"Even daring to approach, if it were me, Iâd duck my head like a quail, how can one still have the face to move towards the princess?"
"Exactly, is this not enough shame?
Or is she not satisfied with just associating with a folk princess, so now she wants to connect with the true royal princess?"
Some people in the crowd spoke without restraint.
Just like the Li Family of Zhongshu Province, ever since their little Lucky Star returned from Yunhang, their family leveraged the event of the little Lucky Star shielding the National Master from a blade, staging a grand event and holding a banquet.
Through the banquet, they made a good connection with many people.
Yet unexpectedly, not two days later, the little Lucky Star was taken away by the National Master and hasnât stepped out of the National Masterâs Mansion ever since!
Yet compared to this bringer of misfortune, according to that rural grandmotherâs account.
She indeed is an undeniable jinx, but why does the royal family so fondly favor her?
This baffled Li Xuâs wife from the Imperial Secretariat to no end.
Thus, at this moment, watching the two Xie girls who had broken off and divided into separate sects fighting here, she couldnât help herself but try to drag that Li Suisui into the mix!
Thus, in the crowd, she whispered a sentence!
Though she whispered, in fact, everyone around heard it, including Princess Lianchun!
"And which family does that lady belong to?
She seems to know quite a lot about the Xie Family affairs!
I have traveled outside for years and have just returned, not knowing much of the capitalâs affairs, Madam, care to tell this palace?"