As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Chuchu's face turned cold, and the look she gave Ling Qingwan became even more ferocious.
"Your mother knows best why she raised me. Don't try to deceive me with the so-called filial piety. I have been just your shadow from beginning to end. Now that you are back, where is my place in this big house?" Ling Chuchu snorted coldly.
A look of disgust flashed across Ling Qingwan's eyes.
If Ling Chuchu had said frankly that she was greedy and wanted to escape from the Marquis's Mansion and climb up the social ladder, Ling Qingwan would still respect her. From the beginning to the end, no one had forced her. All the evil things she did were her own will, and she had to give herself a high-sounding excuse. Such shamelessness is truly unprecedented.
"Ling Qingwan, the people in the mansion gave in to you before because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince. Now that His Royal Highness and I have made an engagement, and the Seventh Prince has been kept hanging by you for so long, I'm afraid he no longer has any interest in you. How long can you remain so proud?" Ling Chuchu became more and more confident as she spoke, and her body became straighter than before.
"Instead of wasting your energy fighting me, you should think about how to explain this to Grandma and Daddy."
What Ling Chuchu didn't know was that she had cut off all contact with Wei Xun herself. As for Ling Chuchu showing off her engagement with Song Zhiqing in front of her, Ling Qingwan found it even more funny.
If she still had a little bit of feelings for Wei Xun, Ling Qingwan had always wanted to distance herself from Song Zhiqing. She hoped that Song Zhiqing and Ling Chuchu would grow old together and stop causing trouble for others.
"You don't have to worry about it. My grandpa will take care of it for me." Ling Qingwan raised the corners of her mouth slightly and smiled at Ling Chuchu.
Ling Chuchu was extremely angry and unwilling to give in, so she clenched her hands into fists.
"I also want to remind you. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pursued me openly in the beginning and made the matter known to the whole city. Now he is in love with you and turns to propose to you. I don't know if he will change his mind and fall in love with other women in the future." Ling Qingwan chuckled, as if she had expected that Song Zhiqing's treatment of Ling Chuchu was just a temporary impulse.
"Ling Qingwan! What do you mean!" Ling Qingwan's words hit Ling Chuchu's soft spot. She was furious and yelled at Ling Qingwan in a stern voice.
"Besides, you used a trick and relied on self-torture to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince fall in love with you. His feelings for you will disappear even more easily." Ling Qingwan continued to speak as if she could not hear Ling Chuchu's words.
Ling Chuchu's cheeks flushed red, and she wanted to tear Ling Qingwan apart. She saw that she couldn't win the argument with Ling Qingwan, and was really afraid that something would happen at this time, causing Song Zhiqing to regret, so she found an excuse and left the yard.
Ling Qingwan knew that Ling Chuchu was scared. After hearing what she said today, Ling Chuchu might cling to Song Zhiqing even more in the future, which would make him suffer.
Letting the two of them torture each other, Ling Qingwan was happy to be alone. But even when she was relaxed, she sometimes couldn't help but think of that person.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and since that day, Ling Qingwan never saw Wei Xun again.
At first, Ling Qingwan would remind Qiao'er to lock the doors and windows before going to bed, but later she didn't care about it anymore. In the blink of an eye, there were only two or three days left before the annual banquet was held in the palace.
All the civil and military officials and their families would be invited to attend, so Ling Qingwan would inevitably meet Wei Xun. Whenever she thought of this, Ling Qingwan was reluctant to go. But she couldn't come up with any excuses no matter how hard she tried.
I pretended to be sick once, and I pretended to be drunk twice. I have tried both.
An Yi still loves to stick to Ling Qingwan, but Ling Qingwan is depressed. She was born gentle and kind, but now she looks even more dull. The little girl noticed that Ling Qingwan was different, and took advantage of the New Year to take Ling Qingwan out for fun.
Ling Qingwan couldn't refuse the kindness, and she had been stuck in the marquis's mansion for a long time, so she agreed reluctantly.
The carriage stopped in front of a shop in the south of the city. Ling Qingwan got off the car and looked up to see the three words "Yu Shengyan" on the plaque. They were written in gold-plated regular script with vigorous and powerful strokes.
An Yi jumped and pulled Ling Qingwan into the store.
"My lord, I am sorry for not coming in person to greet you." The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, with a small mustache and dark skin. When he spoke, his eyes were half-lit and he looked very kind.
It seemed that An Yi must have come to this shop often before. Ling Qingwan looked around. The shelves were filled with jade jewelry, so dazzling that it was hard to choose.
"Wanwan, you can choose whatever you want in this store. The New Year is coming soon, so I'll give it to you as a gift." An Yi was very generous. She took Ling Qingwan's arm and pulled her around the store.
The shop sells jade, and sells anything carved from jade, including jade Buddha statues and women's jewelry.
Just a ring with an emerald gemstone is worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.
"Wan Wan! Look!" An Yi's eyes lit up, and she pointed to a jade Ruyi pendant in the cabinet. The pendant split into two, and when it closed, it was a picture of a hundred flowers in full bloom. "How about you take one of this jade pendant and I take one?"
An Yi tilted her head, waiting for Ling Qingwan's response with anticipation.
This jade pendant is indeed beautiful, and An Yi is just happy. Although Ling Qingwan feels that it is too expensive and is embarrassed to let An Yi spend money, she does not want to pour cold water on her at this time. After considering for a moment, Ling Qingwan nodded.
"Boss! How much is this?" An Yi urged Ling'er to come forward and pay.
As soon as he finished speaking, two women came over and one of them threw the purse in front of the shopkeeper.
"We want this jade pendant." The shorter woman said to the shopkeeper.
Ling Qingwan and An Yi had just come in and hadn't noticed that there were other customers in the store. Suddenly, someone came out to grab something, and An Yi got angry and immediately retorted to the woman.
"I picked out the jade pendant first, why should I give it to you?"
"Have you paid? If you didn't pay, why do you say that you picked it out first? Or do you have the ability to say that everything they see is yours?" The woman's words were full of sarcasm.
The two women obviously didn't know An Yi's identity, but the shopkeeper knew. Among the most noble young women in the entire Tokyo City, An Yi was at the top. Unless these two women were princesses, they would never be as good as An Yi. If they were princesses, An Yi would be the first to recognize them, not to mention the shopkeeper.
"This jade pendant is indeed theirs. There are other jade pendants in the store. Why don't you two girls take a look at the others?" The shopkeeper said as he trotted to the cabinet, took out the jade pendant, and carefully handed it to An Yi.
"Ling'er, give me the money." While An Yi was speaking, she was still staring at the woman she had just fought with.
"I want this!" The woman was also a person who refused to admit defeat and insisted on competing with An Yi. "Whatever the original price is, I will buy it for ten times more."
“Sister, forget it…” The taller woman next to her carefully pulled the sleeve of the shorter woman.
Ling Qingwan frowned calmly.
Judging from the way these two people were dressed and the way the shorter woman spoke, I thought they came from wealthy families. If they were not from an official family, they were the daughters of wealthy families. The larger the family, the more careful they were about respect for hierarchy and etiquette. It was unreasonable for the tall woman, who was the eldest sister, to be so submissive in front of her younger sister.
"Since I was little, no one has ever dared to snatch what I want from me. I want this! You must give it to me today!"