Wen Yu patted her chest: "You are scary, do you know that you can scare people to death?"
Lin Yuzhi's brows moved slightly: "So what is the princess doing here?"
"Shh-" Wen Yu raised her index finger to her mouth and then ignored him.
Lin Yuzhi curled up his lips, took two steps forward and walked to Wen Yu's side, and also looked towards the plum blossom forest.
At this time in the forest, Li Qingyi could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and he was simply bullying others too much.
She quickly walked to the snow, squatted down to pick up the hairpin that Chen Xiuling had thrown away, but as soon as her fingers touched it, a foot wearing a pink embroidered shoe stepped directly on it.
He even stepped on her hand without hesitation and crushed her hard.
Li Qingyi's fingers stung, she closed her eyes, and suddenly raised her head to meet Chen Xiuling's provocative smile.
"I said, if I throw this thing to a beggar, it's none of your business."
The ladies from each family gathered in a circle and looked at Li Qingyi squatting on the ground. Some of them showed a trace of unbearability, but they did not choose to stand up for her.
Not only that, but there were also a lot of gloating looks in it, as if they were happy to see such a scene.
Li Qingyi withdrew his red hand and stood up slowly.
She looked around with a dull face and felt unusually cold.
Dongxue was already very cold, but at this moment, she seemed naked, facing this gaze that was even colder than Dongxue.
There was no pity, no sympathy, no indignation, it seemed that she deserved to be treated like this.
She, a concubine, should not stand between the legitimate daughters.
At this moment, she suddenly understood why her eldest sister asked her to attend the New Year's Banquet this year. This was her purpose. She wanted the other eldest daughters to trample her pride and dignity under their feet.
Chen Xiuling took back her foot on the hairpin as if showing mercy, with a smile on her face: "Recognize your identity, the concubine of a fifth-rank official, don't think that you are on the same level as our legitimate daughters when you come to the New Year's Banquet. Yes, my aunt’s pickled stuff.”
As he spoke, he kicked away the hairpin in the snow, and the splash of snow fell on Li Qingyi's hem.
"You just deserve to wear such a low-class thing."
Chen Xiuling waved his hand with a sneer, and the group of people left in a hurry.
Li Qingyi stood there, staggered by their deliberately approaching shoulders, and fell to the ground.
She sat in the snow and watched everyone leave. She slowly lowered her head and squeezed it tightly with trembling fingers. A handful of snow slowly melted in her palms.
It was her fault that she came here by mistake. She, a concubine, was not allowed to come to such an occasion as the New Year's banquet.
At this time, a slightly lazy voice came from above her head.
"Still sitting? Won't you get up?"
Li Qingyi was in a daze for a moment. It was a girl's voice. Is there any girl in the New Year Garden willing to take the initiative to talk to her?
She raised her head, then her eyelashes trembled, a little stunned.
Wen Yu's lazy voice sounded again, this time with a hint of teasing in her tone: "I know I'm good-looking, but there's no need to look at me stupid, right?"
When Li Qingyi heard this, she came back to her senses, pursed her lips and said, "Young lady has an outstanding appearance, so she should look foolish."
Wen Yu nodded very helpfully and said, "Then you won't get cold sitting in the snow?"
Li Qingyi stood up slowly, patted the snow on his body, and said softly: "It's okay. Thank you for your concern, Miss."
Wen Yu picked up the hairpin that was kicked away not far away, and then handed it to Li Qingyi: "Take it."
Li Qingyi was stunned, then quickly lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and said softly: "No more."
"Why not? I just saw that you were reluctant to part with this hairpin."
Hearing this, Li Qingyi knew that this young lady had seen what happened just now, but he didn't know why she came up to talk to her. Could it be that she wanted to add insult to injury?
But she could not feel the vague disdain and malice from this young lady.
Li Qingyi did not take the hairpin, but said: "No, Miss Chen will know..."
"Take it as you are told." Without saying a word, Wen Yu reached out and inserted her hand into her bun.
Li Qingyi was startled, but did not dodge.
She reached out and touched the silver hairpin that she had found and fastened on her head again, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.
Wen Yu asked: "Whose family are you talking about Miss Chen?"
Li Qingyi was a little surprised that someone didn't know the eldest lady of Lin'an Marquis Mansion?
"She is the legitimate daughter of Marquis Lin'an, Chen Xiuling."
"What about you? Whose family do you belong to?"
"I am Li Qingyi, the second young lady of the Yin family in Shengjing Prefecture."
Wen Yu nodded and said, "A young lady from the Hou Mansion can humiliate people at will like this? It's really abominable."
Li Qingyi was stunned, and her tone was a little lonely: "They are legitimate daughters, I am just a concubine."
"In the final analysis, this New Year's Eve banquet is not something that a concubine should come to. She probably feels that her majesty as a legitimate daughter is offended, just like a native chicken suddenly appearing among a group of proud white cranes."
At this point, she laughed at herself: "It's nothing more than a chicken that stands out from the crowd."
Wen Yu looked surprised: "You don't think they bully you just because you are a concubine, do you?"
Li Qingyi was stunned for a moment: "What else?"
Wen Yu chuckled: "Of course it's because you have a useless father. Your father is just a fifth-grade official. It seems that the lowest official rank at the New Year's Banquet is fifth-grade, right?"
"If your father is a first-class person, or in other words, if your father is Lin Yuzhi and you are Lin Yuzhi's daughter, even if you are a concubine, do you think they would still dare to fart?"
Li Qingyi:......
Wen Yu took off an emerald hairpin from her head and handed it to her: "Do you know what one of the most beautiful virtues of human beings is?"
Li Qingyi didn't understand why she suddenly asked this question, and replied: "Respect the old and love the young?"
"...No." Wen Yu coughed, "It's about learning to shift the blame."
Li Qingyi was confused: "Putting the blame?"
Wen Yu nodded: "Yes, let's pass the blame."
As she spoke, she covered her heart and pretended to sigh: "Why am I just a concubine? Why should a concubine be bullied? Do concubines have no human rights? Is this what you think?"
Li Qingyi wanted to say no, but she knew that this was what she was thinking in her heart.
"You're still thinking that it would be great if I were your legitimate daughter, right?"
"..."
Wen Yu raised her eyebrows: "Instead of internally arguing about why you are a concubine, why not blame your father for being a fifth-grade official and a waste."
Li Qingyi:......
Wen Yu's words stunned Li Qingyi on the spot.
What this young lady said seemed to make sense, but something seemed strange. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
When she came to her senses again, Wen Yu's figure had disappeared.
She looked around, a little disappointed, and she hadn't asked the name of the young lady just now.
But since there is a New Year's banquet, she must be the direct daughter of some minister.
Thinking of this, Li Qingyi squeezed the jade hairpin in his hand and started walking to the banquet.
At this time, Wen Yu, who returned to the rockery again, looked at Lin Yuzhi speechlessly.
"Prime Minister Lin, when do you want to see me here? The banquet is about to begin, and you, the head of the officials, haven't arrived yet."
