The wife of the Marquis of Ping'an could not bear to watch any longer, so she bowed to Princess Yonghe and Princess Yongqing and said with a forced smile, "Your Highness, this joke has made us a little nervous. It's almost time, should we prepare to bow?"
The wife of Marquis Huairen, who came in later, was also very frightened. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly pulled Mrs. Mei next to her and followed suit.
Chen Mianmian was so angry that her face turned pale, and her hand that was holding Wei An was shaking violently. She felt that Princess Yonghe was going too far.
It is understandable that she is angry because she cannot get the love of her lover, and it is also possible for her to vent her anger on Wei An, but this attitude is a bit too ugly.
After all, in this relationship, it is Shen Chen who has the final say.
Princess Yonghe could have gone to find trouble with Shen Chen, treating him this or that just because he didn't like her, then she wouldn't have been so angry. However, Princess Yonghe couldn't bully Shen Chen, or couldn't bear to make things difficult for Shen Chen, so she came to Wei An to vent her anger. This was really mean and unreasonable.
She felt sorry for Wei An, but Princess Yonghe suddenly smiled and looked at the wife of Marquis Ping'an with an unfriendly look. She still stared at Wei An persistently: "Why, not only did you not learn the etiquette well, but you can't even speak? Although you lacked parental education, I heard that you were also raised by your grandmother and grandmother. Why are the two old people too old and don't even understand these rules? Or do you think that you are beneath your status by bowing to this princess?"
There is nothing lowering about a princess' status by paying respects to the princess; this is simply what is right.
But Princess Yonghe had said a lot of nasty things to Wei An before, and hidden in these humiliating words were accusations against her father and disdain for her grandmother and her grandmother-in-law. If she really paid her respects to Princess Yonghe, the Wei family would no longer have any face to lose.
But if you don't pay your respects to Princess Yonghe, you will be charged with disrespect.
No matter what you say or do, it's wrong.
Princess Yonghe was clearly looking for trouble on purpose.
Although Wei An had previously warned her not to speak for her, Chen Mianmian could not help but speak up to defend Wei An at this moment: "Your Highness, Princess Shouning did not mean that..."
Princess Yonghe immediately said "oh" and continued to ask without even looking at Chen Mianmian: "What does this mean?"
The wife of the Marquis of Ping An frowned and said, "Your Highness, the time is almost up. Why don't you perform the ceremony first? It would be unlucky to miss the time..."
Princess Yonghe sneered, "Who is late? Shouning refused to pay respect to me, showed no respect to my father, and even contradicted my master. If there is any delay in the coming-of-age ceremony, it is her fault!"
After she finished speaking, she stared at Wei An and asked mockingly, "Is that so?"
Yes or no
Can Wei An say no
With Princess Yonghe's accusation, "no" became "yes".
She looked up at Princess Yonghe and said nothing.
Princess Yonghe became even more angry: "I asked her a question, but she dared not answer. Isn't this just not taking me and my father seriously? She is obviously relying on the great achievements of Prince Zheng to look down on others! Come, slap her in the face!"
At this point, the noble ladies who had been making so much noise before all shut their mouths and stopped talking. It was obvious that Princess Yonghe was not just making a small fuss, but was aiming to kill people with words. It was natural for them to help criticize and isolate people, as it would win the princess's favor anyway. But asking them to help kill people was a bit too much.
They didn't have any deep hatred towards Wei An, so there was really no need to kill them all.
But after a moment, Wei An raised his head and asked, "What did your highness just say?"
She asked, glanced at Princess Yonghe, and raised her voice: "Your Highness, did you just say that I didn't pay my respects to His Highness in time? So it's because of my lack of family education, and I'm relying on my father's great achievements to disrespect my superiors?"
Princess Yonghe sneered and asked, "Aren't you?"
Wei An looked normal, but his eyes were a little cold: "Of course not!"
She calmly denied it, and met Princess Yonghe's eyes without flinching. She spoke word by word, loud enough for everyone to hear, "If I remember correctly, I came in together with the girls in front of me, but we came in one after the other. When I came in, they had just stood up. But Your Highness made sarcastic remarks because of this, and even took advantage of the fact that I didn't have time to salute and insisted that I didn't want to salute. What's the logic behind this?"
Princess Yonghe's words were full of malice, so Wei An pursed his lips and sneered, "As for saying that my grandmother and my grandmother-in-law didn't teach well, that's even more ridiculous. Everyone knows that my grandmother and my grandmother-in-law are both from famous families. I wonder if Your Highness thinks that the Qi family's education is not good, or that the Ming family's education is not good? And when it comes to relying on merit, I dare not admit it. My father has always been loyal to the emperor and dared not take credit for anything. He thinks so, and so do I. How dare I look down on others because of some minor achievements? Princess, do you think my father has done something inappropriate?"
Compared with Princess Yonghe's sharpness and sarcasm, Wei An's words were extremely gentle, and there was not a single unpleasant word.
However, the chill in her words was no less than that of Princess Yonghe.
Princess Yonghe ridiculed her for having a bad upbringing, so she deliberately brought up the old princess and old lady Wei's backgrounds. If Princess Yonghe continued to talk about her rules, it would be a satire on the Ming and Qi families. But at this juncture, everyone knew that the Ming family was wronged, and it would be too embarrassing for Princess Yonghe to go against the Ming family.
Princess Yonghe's killer move was to say that Prince Zheng was arrogant and she bluntly said that Prince Zheng had no merit at all. She flattered Emperor Longqing without making a sound and expressed her feelings, and then said that Princess Yonghe said so deliberately.
In fact, he is also a difficult person.
Mrs. Ping'an Hou felt a little regretful that she had agreed to be the master of ceremonies.
I never dreamed that I would run into Princess Yonghe and Wei An, two difficult people, and have a quarrel with each other.
But neither of these two people is easy to deal with. They are both sharp-tongued and their words are full of traps, leaving no one around to support them.
She looked at the wife of Marquis Rongchang who was following behind her with a headache, indicating that it was time for her to stand up and say a few words.
The wife of Marquis Rongchang took a step back.
She was still too young and had no experience. After she got married, she was not in charge of the household chores and did not know how to deal with emergencies. When she encountered these two big Buddhas fighting, she did not want to and dared not interrupt.