Chapter 111 It’s embarrassing and embarrassing
Helian Jing saw Brother Chunyu staring at the background of the young lady in a daze, and teased: "Brother Chunyu, are you interested in her? Do you want me to ask which family the young lady is from?"

Xia Chunyu glanced at him and said, "Your brother asked me to help you choose a wife. I'll take a look and see which family is suitable."

Helian Jing sneered, "Come on, he hasn't even gotten married yet, why would he care about me?"

Lord Mu saw Xia Chunyu and Helian Jing and hurried forward to greet them.

"Master Xia, the young prince."

Xia Chunyu bowed in return.

"Xiao Jing, congratulations." Mu Qinchu called Helian Jing by his nickname in a familiar manner.

Helian Jing rolled his eyes at him and said, "Fuck you, your daddy always respectfully calls me 'little master, little prince'. Why are you trying to get close to me, you bastard?"
Mu Qinchu was embarrassed, and Minister Mu scolded him in a low voice: "Why are you calling people? Do you know any etiquette?"

Mu Qinchu bowed again and called out, "Little Prince."

Wei Liujiang bowed and said, "I pay my respects to the young prince, Lord Xia."

"This is my nephew. He won the first place in the Jinan Prefecture last year and came to Nanjing to take part in the imperial examination." Minister Mu introduced with a smile.

Xia Chunyu curled his lips in a nonsensical manner and said, "Sir, please come in and have some tea." He completely ignored Wei Liujiang.

Minister Mu was embarrassed and thought: Are my son and nephew so inferior? Lord Xia and the young prince didn't seem to like them very much.

Mu Qinchu and Wei Liujiang were feeling uneasy. It seemed that Xia Chunyu was still holding a grudge against Helian Jing over the last incident, and he was not in a good mood towards them either.

Ye Jinrong was dressed extraordinarily luxuriously today, wearing a white silk dress made of ice silk, a lotus-colored soft smoke gauze on the outside, and a lotus-colored flower-sprinkled mist pleated skirt underneath. The delicate flowers and peaches on the skirt were all embroidered with gold thread, and the embroidery was exquisite. This kind of gold thread soft smoke gauze cost more than 100 taels of silver for one zhang, which was very expensive. She had a red gold necklace around her neck, and the pearl flowers and gold hairpins on her head were also the most popular styles at the time.

She had just arrived in Jinling and had this opportunity to show up, so naturally she had to dress up nicely.

Madam Mu Qi was in the front, looking indifferent. In fact, she didn't want to bring her nephew's wife here today. Such occasions were a good opportunity for families to promote their children. She wanted to bring her own daughter to show off, but Liu Jiang kept pestering her and insisted that she bring Jin Rong here. Alas, there was no other way. For the sake of her elder sister, she agreed this time.

The housekeeper led them to the flower hall for tea.

The flower hall was already filled with noble ladies from the capital. It could be said that except for the women in the palace, all the most powerful women were present.

Qi recognized some of them and went over to greet them one by one. Ye Jinrong followed behind with a smile on her face. Her every move showed her good upbringing, so some young women started chatting with her.

Seeing that she was doing very well, Qi ignored her and went to talk to the ladies she was familiar with.

"So you are the eldest daughter of Yang Tongzhi. By the way, my maiden family is also from Yangzhou. Maybe I have some relationship with your family." A scholar's wife said with a smile.

Ye Jinrong smiled gently: "What's your maiden name, sister?"

"My surname is Zhu."

"But the Zhu family is a century-old prestigious family?" Ye Jinrong pretended to be surprised.

The lady smiled and said, "That's right."

Ye Jinrong said happily: "That's really a friendship. I still remember that the eldest lady of the Zhu family came to visit my home."

"Really? The eldest lady is my mother..."

The two of them became familiar with each other immediately.

Maids serving tea and fruit came in and out, and the housekeeper came from time to time to report to Princess Yide.

"The ancestor is ready, right? Shall we go to the theater now?"

Yide smiled and said, "Let's go now! You take the ladies to the theater, and I will go to welcome the old ancestor myself."

Let’s move to the back garden.

The palace’s gardens consist of an outer garden and an inner garden. The outer garden hosts jugglers, while the inner garden hosts opera troupes.

Everyone was chatting and laughing when a maid came towards them. She was stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Jinrong. Ye Jinrong was busy chatting and laughing with Zhu and others whom she had just met, so she didn't notice her.

"Second Miss?" the woman called softly.

No one knew who she was calling and no one paid any attention to her.

She chased after him again and stopped in front of Ye Jinrong. She was so excited that she said in a trembling voice, "Second Miss, it really is you. I thought I was seeing things. Second Miss, you have disappeared since the eldest lady married into the Wei family in Jinan. It has been half a year. We thought you were depressed and did something stupid. I didn't expect to see you here today. Second Miss, where have you been for the past six months?"

Ye Jinrong finally recognized that this was Li, a servant of the Ye family. Why was she here and telling everyone her secrets without any reservation?

"You... who are you? I don't recognize you." Ye Jinrong said in panic. It happened too suddenly and she was not mentally prepared at all.

"Second Miss, how can you say you don't recognize me? I am Li, and I served you when you were a child! You also have a red mole on the back of your neck. I still remember it..." The people next to her couldn't help but look at the back of Ye Jinrong's neck, and there was indeed a red mole.

Xia Youshi heard the commotion behind her and turned around to ask, "What's the commotion about?"

Yi De asked her to help greet the guests, so naturally she had to ask.

Without waiting for Ye Jinrong to speak, Li said, "Madam, I was excited when I saw my second young lady who had been missing for half a year. I did not mean to offend you. Please forgive me, Madam."

Ye Jinrong was extremely anxious, and her aunt was not around at the moment.

"You are talking nonsense. Who is your second young lady?"

Zhu was full of suspicion. The maid could point out the red mole on the back of Ye Jinrong's neck, which showed that she recognized Ye Jinrong. She kept calling Ye Jinrong the second young lady and said that the eldest young lady married into the Wei family in Jinan. Could there be some fishy thing going on here?
"I just heard you say that the eldest daughter married into the Wei family. What's the matter? How many daughters in your family married into the Wei family?" asked Zhu.

Li replied, "There is only one daughter of our Ye family who is married, and the second and third daughters have not yet been engaged!"

Ye Jinrong's forehead was covered with sweat, and she could only scold him, "I don't even know you, what nonsense are you talking about here? How could there be such an ignorant servant in the palace?"

Yi De was accompanying the old princess over there. She didn't hear anything else but this sentence. She couldn't help but feel a little angry. Which arrogant little hoof dared to scold the servants in the palace? Was it her turn to discipline the servants in the palace? And on such a happy day.

He immediately said coldly: "The servants in my palace were ignorant and offended Madam. I, the head of the family, apologize to you, Madam."

Everyone could hear the anger hidden in these words.

Who can afford to apologize to Princess Yi De?
The ladies who had just been walking with Ye Jinrong all took a few steps back and kept their distance from her.

Ye Jinrong was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She thought to herself, this is bad. She has offended the princess. She said hurriedly, "Princess, you are too harsh. I was angry and presumptuous. Please forgive me."

Princess Yi De glanced at Li and felt that she looked unfamiliar. She didn't remember there was such a servant in the mansion. Maybe she was called here temporarily by Manager Liu because of the birthday banquet.

Those who were summoned temporarily were also working for her palace, so they were considered her people.

But the old ancestor was still here, so there was no need to make him angry for such a small matter. She said, "The show is about to begin, so don't waste time. Mother Gui, take this maid down to ask her clearly. If she really did something wrong, our palace has rules."

Everyone followed Yide and the old princess to watch the play, leaving Ye Jinrong alone. Ye Jinrong was so upset that she wanted to cry. Why was she so unlucky? She actually met the servants of the Ye Mansion here.

Qi arrived late and saw Ye Jinrong standing there in a daze, so she stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you go to the garden with them to watch the play a while ago?"

Ye Jinrong's eyes were red, and she didn't know what to say when she saw that there was someone else beside her aunt.

Those people were also tactful and said to Qi: "Let's go first."

When there was no one around, Ye Jinrong told her aunt what had just happened.

After hearing this, Qi complained repeatedly, "It's terrible. I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming. You should have stayed away from others after doing such a thing. If I were you, I would never go out again in my life. But you insisted on joining in the fun. Now you've been exposed on the spot. If this gets out, not only will you be embarrassed, but you will also delay Liu Jiang's future and bring shame to our Mu Mansion..."

"Aunt..." Ye Jinrong sobbed. She felt extremely regretful when she thought of the serious consequences. But who could have thought that the servants of the Ye family would come to the palace to work?
"Where is that maid now?" After all, Qi had seen the world, so she quickly calmed down and tried to find a way to suppress the matter. As long as the maid changed her words and said she had recognized the wrong person, everything would be fine.

"He has been taken away by the people around the princess. They said he would be interrogated." Ye Jinrong said weakly.

Qi was so depressed that she almost vomited blood. If she were to be interrogated, how could she keep it secret?

She was at a loss as to what to do, so she called a servant over and whispered a few words in his ear. The servant immediately went out the second door to look for Lord Mu.

Over there, Minister Mu was chatting with a group of court officials. His son Mu Qinchu and nephew Wei Liujiang went to watch a circus with a group of young people. When Minister Mu heard the news, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Something big has happened.

He also ordered people to find Wei Liujiang.

When Xia Chunyu saw the servants of the Mu family coming to find Minister Mu, he knew that the matter was accomplished, so he also stood up and left.

Song Qi was waiting for him outside.

"My Lord, this is wonderful, so wonderful. That Li is really courageous. She called the Second Miss in front of so many people."

"It wasn't too serious, was it?" Xia Chunyu was also afraid of disturbing the old princess's mood, which would make him feel a little guilty.

"No, Miss Ye got anxious and scolded Li, and the eldest princess happened to hear it. The eldest princess also ridiculed Miss Ye. But now Li has been taken away by Mother Gui who is by the eldest princess' side."

Xia Chunyu said: "It doesn't matter, just follow the plan."

He knew the eldest princess' temper very well. She would never give up even if she was right. The Mu family was greatly humiliated this time.

As for Li's matter, just say hello to Helian Xuan and say that you are here to help temporarily.

(End of this chapter)