mtl008 Chapter 242 "One who stays near ink gets stained black?" Can you be as black as you?
Chapter 242 "One who stays near ink gets stained black?" Can you be as black as you?
At first, the murmurs were a little quiet, but after the old lady of the Xiao family spoke, they also felt that Lu Yangyang was really unruly, so they stopped hiding their opinions and their indignant voices grew louder and louder.
Every word and phrase reached the ears of Old Madam Li and Duke Sheng.
The two men looked extremely grim.
These people verbally criticized Lu Yangyang for being ill-mannered, but in reality, every word they uttered was a slap in the face to the Duke of Sheng's mansion.
Hearing these words, Madam Li almost fainted from anger.
Lu Yangyang listened to the insults, but still smiled, as if she was not affected at all.
She took a few steps forward and stopped not far from Sheng Yunzhu, smiling as she looked at the old lady of the Xiao family. "Old lady, may I ask what your relationship is with the Duke of Sheng's mansion? Are you relatives? Or do you have some special relationship with this third young lady of the Sheng family?"
Seeing her so presumptuous, Madam Li hurriedly shouted, "How dare you! This is the old lady of the Xiao family, the mother of the current Imperial Concubine Xiao, and the maternal grandmother of the Third Prince."
Lu Yangyang nodded as if suddenly realizing something: "The Third Prince's maternal grandmother!"
"You know that, so hurry up and apologize!" Old Madam Li glared at her.
Lu Yangyang looked puzzled: "That's even stranger. Does the Third Prince's maternal grandmother have any connection with the Duke of Sheng's mansion? Or does the Third Prince have any connection with the Duke of Sheng's mansion?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Duke Sheng hurriedly tried to stop her. The Third Prince was only interested but had not yet revealed his intention to arrange a marriage. If this got out now, wouldn't people think he was deliberately trying to curry favor? If it reached His Majesty's ears, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Even though His Majesty now favors the Third Prince, he would never allow anyone to deliberately form cliques for personal gain. Unless the Third Prince takes the initiative to propose this marriage, His Majesty absolutely cannot reveal this intention first, lest it lead to misunderstandings.
"So, this Madam Xiao has no connection with the Duke of Sheng's mansion. In that case, I'm quite curious, what's the custom behind Madam Xiao's abrupt meddling in the Duke of Sheng's family affairs? Madam, since you're so knowledgeable about etiquette, why don't you explain it to me?"
"What a sharp-tongued girl!" The old lady of the Xiao family was highly respected, and it had been a long time since anyone had dared to speak to her like that, especially not to such a lowly young girl.
When Madam Li, who was standing behind Madam Xiao, heard Lu Yangyang's words, she almost couldn't breathe. Her vision went black. She grabbed the arm of Madam Sheng and desperately looked at the Duke of Sheng with her eyes. If she didn't stop this brat Lu Yangyang from talking nonsense and offend Madam Xiao, how would she end up?
Suddenly, a sharp voice came from behind them.
"Lu Yangyang, you shameless little bitch who doesn't know your place, what do you think the capital is, some backwater village? You can't afford to offend anyone here. I advise you to get out of here while you still can, or you won't even know how you died!"
Cheng Shujin and her third brother, Cheng Qianjun, walked in from outside.
Cheng Shujin had lost face at the Prince of Qing'an's mansion last time. Although she had received an invitation from the Duke of Sheng's mansion, she didn't want to come because of the thought of seeing Lu Yangyang.
But when she went out this morning, she suddenly heard a strange rumor on the street that the matter of the real and fake heiress was related to the Duke of Sheng's mansion. She also heard that even the old lady of the Xiao family and the sixth princess had gone to the Duke of Sheng's mansion. She immediately couldn't sit still.
So he rushed back to the mansion and called Cheng Qianjun, and together they came to the Duke of Sheng's mansion.
As soon as she entered the manor, she heard about how Lu Yangyang had so audaciously destroyed Sheng Yunzhu's dress. She almost burst out laughing. Well, she had finally caught another opportunity. Today, she was determined to see Lu Yangyang make a fool of herself!
She moved with lightning speed, afraid of missing a good show if she was delayed for even a moment. Sure enough, as soon as she entered, she heard Lu Yangyang provoking the old lady of the Xiao family.
That little bitch Lu Yangyang is really unlikable!
"Cheng Er, are you out of your mind? Why are you everywhere?" Sheng Yun glared at Cheng Shujin with a huff. What kind of fly is this? Why is he so annoying?
Cheng Shujin raised her chin smugly, looking disdainful: "They say you become like those you associate with. Sheng Si, you were already wild enough, but after hanging out with Lu Yangyang, this wild girl, for so long, you've become even more like a wild girl. If you can't get married in the future, you'll have something to cry about."
"You get stained by your surroundings? Can you be stained as black as you?" Sheng Yunjiao wasn't going to tolerate her and retorted immediately.
Seeing that her daughter was about to suffer a loss, the second wife, who had been silent all along, hurriedly spoke up: "Miss Cheng, we are very happy to welcome you as a guest to our mansion, but it is not appropriate for a young lady to keep talking about marriage."
Cheng Shujin was furious and had no choice but to turn her anger towards Lu Yangyang again. Thinking of what she had just heard, she rolled her eyes and said, "I knew Lu Yangyang was a troublemaker with no parents. Now she even dared to cut Yunzhu's dress. Who knows what she might do in the future? Aren't you going to kick her out?"
After saying that, he snorted and found a seat.
Cheng Shujin's interruption drew everyone's attention back to Lu Yangyang.
Lu Yangyang spoke softly, "Of course I was born of a mother, didn't Miss Cheng? Miss Cheng says I don't have a mother, so how could I possibly have sprung out of a rock? Or is it you, Miss Cheng, who sprung out of a rock?"
"Of course I'm my parents' biological child! Stop talking nonsense! You're the one who popped out of a rock!" Cheng Shujin almost jumped up. "My parents are both alive and well. What about you? Why don't you call your parents out here so everyone can see them? Should I send you a few sticks of incense?"
The Duke of Sheng's face was beyond ugly; it was so gloomy it looked like he was about to devour someone.
He remained silent, but those in the Sheng family who knew about Lu Yangyang's background could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Sheng Junye, in particular, has grown up a lot in the past two years and knows that he made many mistakes by listening to Sheng Yunzhu's instigation. Especially after his elder brother punished him, he gradually calmed down and began to practice martial arts properly, hoping that his elder brother could take him to the military camp for training when he returned this time.
He hadn't originally come to Sheng Yunzhu's coming-of-age ceremony today, but he heard that Lu Yangyang had ruined Sheng Yunzhu's dress, and he was a little worried about Lu Yangyang, so he came along.
He never expected to hear such things, and what disappointed him even more was that his father and the others were completely unmoved! Didn't they feel ashamed to let these people insult Lu Yangyang?
Sheng Junye's face turned red with anger. He couldn't help but walk over and say coldly to Cheng Shujin, "It's your business who gave birth to you, but let me tell you, Lu Yangyang has parents. She's not an orphan!"
"Xiao Wu, shut up!"