Chapter 29: Wooden?

  The quarrelsome voices attracted Kangxi's attention, but as the emperor who was watching the Peach Blossom Festival, someone dared to make trouble like this, which made Kangxi feel a little uncomfortable and slightly furrowed his brow.

  "Your Majesty, I'll go take a look." Yunxiang asked for permission.

  Kangxi nodded, Daiyu felt someone tug at her and turned to see Zijuan. She immediately understood what she meant. As a member of the Jia family, she naturally had to show some concern for the young ladies of the Jia household. Here, any one of them might have a higher status than the Jias, and Yingchun and Tanchun were bound to be at a disadvantage.

  "Zi Juan, you go and take a look too, and come back to report to me. I want to see if there really is someone who dares to deceive the Emperor in front of Imperial Father." Dai Yu's one sentence raised the level of this matter by a lot, deceiving the ruler? This is a serious crime.

  Kangxi looked at Daiyu for a moment, didn't say anything, and was about to be used as a gun by this little girl again. But why wasn't he annoyed in his heart? Kangxi was also startled by his own thoughts.

  His icy gaze had always been fixed on Daiyu, she was always so cold, yet so radiant, and he found himself increasingly unwilling to reduce his attention towards her.

  On the other hand, Zi Juan followed Yun Xi to the place of dispute.

  "Pay respects to the Eighth Prince." The women in the inner chambers saw that it was Yongyi, and one by one they blushed. This Eighth Prince was handsome and had a very good personality, always with a smile on his face, but he was also their ideal candidate for a husband.

  "Everyone, get up. What's going on here?" asked Yongqi with a gentle and elegant smile, while in his heart he was extremely disgusted by these women. At the same time, he couldn't help but think that the difference between the women of Jiangnan and Daiyu was like heaven and earth.

  "Eight Brother, let me say..." A woman spoke up. Yongyi forgot the past and felt a little familiar, wasn't she the woman who was interrupted by Daiyu while playing the zither just now?

  "Eight brother is bullying me and my sister." Tan Chun argued back, refusing to let her speak first, otherwise she and her second sister would both be in trouble.

  Jia Zhen, who was nearby, had already knelt down and confessed his crime. "Eighth Master, my sister is still young, I hope you can forgive her."

  Yongqi glanced at Tanchun, and between her eyebrows and eyes, she somewhat resembled Daiyu. However, somehow he felt that she had more aura and vulgarity on her body. Tanchun's heart skipped a beat when Yongqi looked at her, thus beginning a lifetime of hardship.

  "Your turn." Yongji's gaze swept across everyone and finally stopped on Yingchun, who had a wooden expression. He felt that this little girl was not simple.

  "Go back to Eighth Brother." Ying Chun opened her mouth with some helplessness, originally not wanting to speak, not wanting to be noticed, but now she had become the target of everyone's attention. The princess was fearless, she had a noble status, but for herself, it was a big trouble. "Just now, I was discussing chess moves with my sister, that miss walked in front of us, and then she went up to break the game." Ying Chun carefully chose her words, actually she was also very certain that Ye Yan had heard her words, but she wouldn't say it out loud.

  "Second sister, she obviously heard your solution and broke the spell. How could it be so coincidental that she lingered around us for so long, heard the solution, and then left to break the curse?" Xiangyun called out somewhat discontentedly, why did second sister always act like this, always being a good person and letting others bully her.

  Ye Qian was somewhat surprised by Ying Chun's words, thinking she would report her, but when Miss Ye became powerful, she would never let her go. What Ye Qian didn't know was that she had already left a bad impression on Dai Yu earlier, and now she had also left a bad impression on Yin Xiang. She was destined to become a tragic figure.

  Yin Yun nodded, this woman was indeed one who didn't like to cause trouble and was very reserved. Behind her, Zi Juan furrowed her brow, why was the second miss still acting like this?

  "Although you say so, to be fair, this game is invalid, let's start again." Yintang made a decision, actually he originally wanted to say that this trial was invalid, anyway Daiyu wouldn't participate, it didn't make sense.

  "The servant immediately went to arrange it." The waiting Wang Shuxi licked his mouth and went to make arrangements.

  Ying Chun pulled along an unhappy Tan Chun back to her seat, "Second sister." Tan Chun called out in a low voice, unwillingly.

  "Their family backgrounds are higher than ours, we can't compete with them." Ying Chun sighed and gave an explanation.

  "But... " Xue Chun originally wanted to say that the Emperor would handle it fairly, but thinking of her own identity, she sighed and became even more determined to become a person of high status.

  Seeing the ambition in Tan Chun's eyes, Ying Chun sighed. In the Jia Mansion, one either had to live like her, dulling all sharp edges and relying on days passing by, or strive upwards with effort, competing fiercely, but would soon become a pawn of the Jia Mansion, just like her elder sister. Ying Chun thought of Yuan Chun, far away in Yuqing Palace, and felt sorry for her. With such beauty and extraordinary musical talent, she had still ended up as nothing more than a slave, only able to stand by and serve others.

  After Yinxiang went back, he simply reported the reason. Kangxi nodded and didn't say much. However, Daiyu sneered in her heart, "Well, what can be done? Miss Yexia, it seems you're really looking for death." But with this fly, I don't need to take action myself. Daiyu glanced at Yinxiang's face and found a hint of disgust flashing by, which was enough. This time, it seemed that Yinxiang and Yinxi were in charge of selecting the imperial concubines together.

  The chess game was soon over, and it was almost noon. All the games were suspended, and Daiyu and Kangxi went to have lunch together.

  On the other side, a slightly plump woman arrived late and said, "Younger sister, why are you late?" Xue Duan welcomed her, but her younger sister was already 10 years old this year. She had said she would come to participate, so why did she arrive after two events had passed?

  "Never mind." Baochai sighed, it's all her brother's fault. He said they should set out early, but he got drunk on wine last night and couldn't get up this morning. When he finally got up, he gave wrong directions, causing them to circle around Yangzhou for half a day before finding this place.

  "It's good that you're here, there are two more things, my cousin should be able to do something." Xue Duan lowered his head, covering up the disgust in his eyes. After the first and second branches of the Xue family separated, his own branch had declined since losing the imperial merchant title, now they still dared to order him around with an air of superiority, when he became successful, he would definitely make them die a terrible death.

  Baoyu was deep in thought, thinking of ways to surpass others in calligraphy and painting, and naturally didn't notice Xue Pan's gaze. In her eyes, this cousin who was only a few years older than her was nothing special, just someone with a timid personality, she could use him when she wanted to, and kick him away when she didn't want to. What Baoyu didn't know was that it was precisely this person who would push her into hell with his own hands, and watch with great interest as she suffered all sorts of torments.