The sixth day of July came soon, and Yun Zishu arrived at Xiao's house with Leng Yue, Leng Shuang, Xue Yi and Grandma Cao.
Two carriages stopped outside the Xiao family gate. The servants had different expressions when they saw Yun Zishu. Some of them had never seen the ninth princess who was once not valued by the Xiao family and Xiao Yunheng's first wife.
Yes, because Yun Zishu stayed in the inner courtyard and never went out.
The higher-ranking steward maids had more or less given her the cold shoulder. When they saw her now, they felt a little embarrassed and uneasy.
After the divorce, Yun Zishu became famous throughout the imperial capital, not to mention the Xiao family. After all, even the eldest princess Jinning did not look down upon her, and she did not give congratulatory gifts to Concubine Wu on her birthday.
A princess who can even openly express her desire to serve as a servant... Word of it spreads from person to person, who doesn't know about her glorious deeds?
Some say she is bold, some say she is arrogant, some say she is arrogant and stupid.
But there is no doubt that those who oppose her seem to have gained nothing.
Not to mention whether she is really arrogant to the point of stupidity, even if she is, what will happen to her in the future is a matter of the future, at least for now, almost no one who offends her can take advantage.
The servants of the Xiao family bowed respectfully and welcomed Yun Zishu in.
When the guests were seated separately for men and women, and there were women with women, Grandma Cao was walking behind and to the left of Yun Zishu, with a tense and unsmiling expression, looking serious and unable to speak.
Entering the front yard, she saw that the guests were all servants, and shouted coldly: "Is this the rule of the Xiao family? When the princess of the country comes to the door, no one in charge of the family comes out to greet her?"
After the words fell, the air around him became silent.
The servants suddenly looked frightened.
Although they had never seen Nanny Cao and did not know that she was someone close to the Queen Mother, they could hear the aura. This nanny spoke with great authority and authority, and was definitely not a bluff.
When a maid came to the middle gate and heard these words, she smartly turned around and ran into the inner courtyard, apparently to inform the master of the house.
Sure enough, after a while, Mrs. Xiao led Li Xue and many maids, and the nuns swarmed out. Her face was ugly at first, but when she saw Aunt Cao next to Yun Zishu, all the dissatisfaction and anger were visibly condensed on her face.
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"Cao...Mother Cao? Why are you here?"
"Mrs. Xiao actually saw me, an old servant, at first sight?" Aunt Cao frowned, and the dissatisfaction in her tone was not concealed at all, "Her Royal Highness the Princess of Zhenguo is standing here, can't you see?"
As she said that, she glanced coldly: "Didn't you see it?"
Fear and uneasiness appeared on the faces of the people of the Xiao family, and then there were people kneeling on the ground, front, back, left and right, and the sound of worshiping was heard sparsely: "Come... see your royal highness, the princess."
Mrs. Xiao's face turned pale, white and red, and finally she bowed her knees to Yun Zishu and saluted: "My wife, Madam Li, please see your Royal Highness the Princess. Your Highness is a thousand years old."
Li Xue almost gritted her teeth. She originally wanted to feel proud in front of Yun Zishu and let her know that she was about to become Brother Heng's first wife, but she didn't expect that she would be given a disgrace.
Li Xue bowed reluctantly, and Li Xue bit her gums until they hurt.
"You don't need to be polite." Yun Zishu's voice was light, and her bearing as a royal princess was fully revealed at this moment, "I just came to attend General Xiao's birthday banquet with an invitation. I have no intention of causing trouble. No one has given me anything today.
If you are looking for trouble, I will stay quietly for a while and then leave. If someone deliberately makes me unhappy, then I will not be blamed if the trouble ends badly."
Mrs. Xiao's face turned gloomy. Did Yun Zishu deliberately come to cause trouble?
However, no matter how dissatisfied he felt in his heart, he did not dare to show it on his face at all. He had to bow respectfully and signal: "Princess, please come in."
Yun Zishu hummed, and under the guidance of the Xiao family manager, she walked to the lotus garden where the female guest was.
General Xiao's birthday banquet was held grandly, but most of the excitement was on the men's side, because they were all colleagues in the court, military generals, and children of aristocratic families. The women, on the other hand, stayed with the wives of Mrs. Xiao's generation. They were young and had not yet left the cabinet.
The girls were all arranged in the small attic near Lianhu Lake.
Girls like poetry and painting, sitting in front of the window looking at the lake, admiring lotus flowers, reciting poems and painting, which creates a unique artistic conception.
When Yun Zishu walked up the stairs, the attic was already filled with two tables of young women. Seeing Yun Zishu coming up, the relaxed laughter suddenly stopped.
The knowledgeable woman quickly stood up and saluted: "I have met the princess."
Regardless of whether she knew him or not, Yun Zishu had a very calm attitude towards this kind of daughter of an aristocratic family who knew etiquette: "There is no need to be too polite."
As for those women who seemed not to have seen Yun Zishu...
"Princess Baozhu, Princess Huazhu, Miss Wu, Mrs. Xu." Aunt Cao called the names one by one, her eyes falling on the faces of the women, "Don't be polite when you see the princess. I don't know what the rule is.
Who taught me? When I return to the palace today, the old slave will report the truth to the Queen Mother and see if she should bring the princesses and ladies into the palace to learn the rules, or send special nuns to teach you at your house."
Leng Yue secretly took a selfie and cheered, feeling happy in her heart.
Aunt Cao's momentum is really incredible. One person can hold up thousands of troops, and there is no need for her or Leng Shuang to speak.
Sure enough, what came out of the Queen Mother's palace was different.
If Leng Yue had spoken or Leng Shuang had taken action today, even if he could have the upper hand, he would inevitably end up with the reputation of a legitimate princess who failed to supervise her servants and allowed them to act like a coward.
When Grandma Cao takes action, who dares to say anything wrong?
To say that she is wrong means to say that the Queen Mother is wrong; to be dissatisfied with her means to be dissatisfied with the Queen Mother.
Who dares to point at her nose and say that she is bullying others, pretending to be powerful?
Princess Baozhu, Princess Huazhu, Wu Jingyi, and Xiao Yunwu looked unwilling and stood up stiffly and walked over to greet Yun Zishu.
Aunt Cao looked around, walked to the head seat of the table in person, wiped the stool with a handkerchief, "Your Highness, Princess, please sit here."
That position was exactly where Wu Jingyi sat before.
Yun Zishu didn't give in. She didn't need to give in.
After sitting down calmly, Yun Zishu said calmly, "Everyone, please sit down. Aunt Cao will also sit down."
Aunt Cao bowed and said, "I'd better stand here, so you can have a better view. If anyone is dissatisfied with you later and whispers bad things about you, I'll be able to write it down."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ladies present turned pale and they all sat upright.
Wu Jingyi was so angry that her face turned green.
Originally, when she learned that the Xiao family had invited Yun Zishu over today, she planned to ridicule her, but she didn't expect that she actually brought Aunt Cao, who was next to the Queen Mother, to support her.
coward.
So you know you're afraid?
Wu Jingyi believed that Yun Zishu had no confidence, so she brought Aunt Cao to support her. Naturally, she didn't know that Yun Zishu was simply too lazy to argue with them and didn't want to show off her rhetoric.
She needs to cultivate herself now and has no interest in getting into trouble wherever she goes. Although there is nothing to be afraid of, it will greatly affect her mood.
After all, she can't do it every time, otherwise she will look too violent.
It was quiet in the attic, no one spoke.
Yun Zishu took a sip of tea and said in a calm tone: "You guys should talk about whatever you want, just pretend that I don't exist."
The noble ladies just want to laugh.
With such a big living person sitting here, how can they pretend she doesn't exist? What kind of joke are you talking about?
"We were indeed chatting just now." Wu Jingyi walked to the table and sat down, her eyes slightly raised, her expression dignified and elegant, "We were talking about the Xiao family."
Yun Zishu raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"
Wu Jingyi smiled softly: "Is the princess interested in listening?"