Chen Anning didn't recognize her, thinking that she had a grudge against the ladies of the Prefect's Mansion, so she kept silent.
"If you don't say it, don't say it. No one cares. Let's go!" Lu Jingyun snorted lightly, took Chen Anning's arm and left.
Hua Rongjiao scolded: "Stop! You can leave, but she must stay!"
For her?
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows slightly and quickly searched her memory to confirm that she did not recognize her.
So her hostility...
"Who do you think you are, and why should I listen to you?" Lu Yuer also took Chen Anning's arm and pulled her into the restaurant.
Seeing that Chen Anning was not struggling, Hua Rong was so anxious that she couldn't help but said loudly: "Chen Anning, don't regret it if you dare to go with them!"
"Rong'er, don't be unreasonable!" Hua Jinshi calmly held the maid's hand and got out of the carriage, glanced at the ladies in the prefect's residence, then glanced at Chen Anning, nodded slightly and said, "Rong'er is used to being arrogant at home. Okay, please forgive me if I offended you, Miss Chen Er."
"Home is home, and outside is outside. Which young lady here is not arrogant at home?" Lu Wenjun said disdainfully, "If there are no rules, there are no rules. Stop talking about arrogance!"
"I no longer have any rules, and I don't shamelessly pester Mr. Zhao like some people," Hua Rong retorted, "What do you think I won't marry unless he is the one!"
"What's wrong with my second sister pestering Mr. Zhao?" Lu Yuer asked, "Do you have to be like Miss Hua, who is about to be nineteen, but she hasn't said goodbye yet, and she just wants to stay at home and be an old girl for the rest of her life?"
"Who are you talking about, old girl!" Hua Rong was so angry that she was about to rush forward and beat her, her face red.
Lu Yue'er hid behind Lu Wenjun and said, "Of course I am talking about Miss Hua!"
"See if I don't tear your mouth apart!" Hua Rong rushed up.
"Rong'er, stop!" Hua Jin shouted, "Don't forget what we came here to do!"
Hua Rong glared at Lu Yuer hatefully, then glared at Chen Anning, then retreated behind Hua Jin and said angrily: "Just wait for me!"
Lu Yuer said: "Just wait and wait!"
"That's enough." Hua Jin glanced at Lu Yue'er coldly, then looked at Chen Anning again, "Please forgive me, Miss Chen Er, for interrupting me and Rong'er rashly. Actually, my grandmother heard that my third cousin came to Jincheng County. We specially asked our sisters to come over and invite him to come over to talk to Miss Chen Er."
Third cousin?
Xie Xun?
Chen Anning glanced at Hua Jin, then at Hua Rong, then at Hua Jin, and then at Hua Rong, who was full of hatred for her. A vague thought came to her heart: maybe inviting them to Washington It’s more than just talking.
"Don't listen to her," Lu Yueyun whispered, "They must be unkind when they invite you over."
"Are you not being kind? It's not your turn to make the decision!" Hua Rong snorted coldly, "Besides, we are inviting third cousin. Are you willing..."
"Rong'er!" Hua Jin looked at her helplessly, then apologized to Chen Anning, "Miss Chen Er..."
"Since you didn't invite me," Chen Anning said while walking to the restaurant, "then you can just do it."
"Miss Chen Er misunderstood, we..."
"It doesn't matter if it's a misunderstanding or not," Chen Anning turned around, glanced at Hua Rong, and said, "I can't afford Washington's hospitality."
"That's right!" Lu Jingyun agreed and followed her into the restaurant.
"You don't want to go by yourself, don't blame us for not inviting you!" Hua Rong sneered twice, then pulled Hua Jin and said, "Sister, leave her alone, let's go to the prefect's mansion to invite our third cousin. Don't let her go." Grandma is impatient!"
"You," Hua Jin looked at Chen Anning who was going upstairs and sighed, "When my third cousin asks about the crime, I'll see what you do."
"Third cousin won't ask me about my sins." Hua Rong supported her and said playfully while walking to the carriage, "Even if my third cousin wants to ask me about my sins, I won't be able to do it when my eldest sister is here."
A trace of gloom quickly flashed across Hua Jin's face.
"Don't worry, eldest sister," Hua Rong hugged her hand after getting into the carriage, "Then Chen Anning was only with her because the emperor granted her a marriage, and the third cousin had no way to resist the decree, so he had no choice but to be with her."
"But what does she have?"
"Eldest sister must have seen it just now. Everything she was wearing was given by Lu Wenjun and the others. Even decent clothes had to be given as gifts, and she dared to follow her third cousin everywhere. She is not embarrassed. I will do it for her. She’s a disgrace.”
"Anyway," Hua Jin said, looking at the crowded streets, "the emperor granted her a marriage to her third cousin, and she is also a disciple of a miracle doctor, so her status is not comparable to mine."
Hua Rong sneered disdainfully, "It's good that she is a disciple of the miracle doctor, but have you forgotten that you and your third cousin are still childhood sweethearts? Childhood sweethearts can't compare to the emperor's gift of marriage, but how can the love be compared to a gift of marriage? Besides, my aunt said long ago that she would marry my eldest sister to my third cousin."
"snort!"
"She must have coaxed the eldest princess into asking for the marriage the emperor gave her and her third cousin!"
"What a scumbag!"
"Third cousin may not be unwilling to the emperor's marriage offer." Hua Jin's heart ached with pain, "otherwise, why didn't he return to Washington after he had been in Jincheng County for so long?"
"Why else?" Hua Rong said angrily, "Miss Chen must have known that Third Cousin liked the eldest sister, so she pestered Third Cousin and refused to allow him to return to Washington!"
Looking at the Taishou's Mansion getting closer and closer, Hua Jin faintly asked, "Is that so?"
But why did she get the news that the third cousin was pestering Chen Anning and even lived in the Chen family regardless of his status?
"Of course it is!" Hua Rong held her hand and said affirmatively, "If eldest sister doesn't believe it, she will find out when she meets her third cousin later."
"That's all." Hua Jin quickly stopped him, "I will meet my third cousin later. We must not say that we have met Miss Chen Er, and we must not mention the marriage that the emperor granted him."
Hua Rong was puzzled: "Why?"
Because she has always had wishful thinking towards Xie Xun.
Xie Xun had never had any affection for her.
Hua Jin lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the sadness in his eyes, and said slowly: "It is a fact that the emperor granted marriage to the third cousin. Regardless of whether the third cousin is willing or not, Miss Chen Er has already been married to the third cousin. Madam, if you mention it rashly and make our third cousin unhappy with us, wouldn’t it mean that Miss Chen is getting an advantage?"
Hua Rong leaned on her shoulder, rubbed her gently, and said, "If I don't mention it, it would be wronging the eldest sister. She is the legitimate daughter of the Hua family, but she has to live behind a country girl."
Hua Jin said with emotion: "As long as I can be with my third cousin, it doesn't matter whether we are big or small."
"Of course it does matter!" Hua Rong blurted out and quickly added, "For a marriage without love, at least you will have an identity when you become a big person, but you will have nothing if you become a small child."
"Fortunately, eldest sister doesn't have to worry about this."
"Although the eldest sister cannot be the third cousin's wife, she has a childhood sweetheart relationship with the third cousin and has a relative like her aunt. Even if she is older, she will have to rely on the eldest sister's support in the future to survive!"
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Prefect's Mansion.
After Hua Rong comforted the uneasy Hua Jin for a few more words, she raised the curtain of the car and was about to reveal her identity to the gatekeeper when she saw Xie Xun coming out of the prefect's mansion with sharp eyes. She immediately waved and shouted: "Third cousin !”
