Lu Yuer and others were afraid of irritating her again, so they all avoided his topic and only talked about the shops they were going to visit tomorrow.
Chen Anning maintained a persona of little knowledge and happily collected the spoils, while joining in the discussion from time to time.
After the loot was counted and the shops to visit tomorrow were almost decided, a maid hurried over to report: "Madam, please go to Qiushi Hall."
After Lu Yuer secretly glanced at Chen Anning's face, she asked, "Did mother say what she was going to do?"
The maid quickly glanced at Chen Anning and replied cautiously: "Madam didn't say anything."
"Since I didn't say it, it's not important." Lu Yuer said, "Go and tell mother that we are tired of shopping today, so we won't..."
Chen Anning stood up and said: "Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting, wouldn't it make them look down on you even more?"
"You're right!" Lu Yueyun said, "Aren't it just Hua Jin and Hua Rong who are here? There are so many of us, but there are only two of them. No matter whether they are beaten or scolded, they cannot be our opponents!"
After Lu Yuer squeezed her wordlessly, she said: "Since Miss Chen Er wants to go, then we will go. No matter what they want to do, they can't succeed as long as we are here."
Chen Anning nodded.
After following them to Qiushi Hall, Chen Anning immediately saw Xie Xun and Hua Jin and Hua Rong sitting next to him.
Hua Rong also saw her at a glance.
After seeing her, he couldn't help but raise his chin provocatively.
Chen Anning calmly curled up the corner of her mouth, sat down in the chair opposite them, her eyes deliberately fell on them, looked at Xie Xun, and said with a cold face: "Don't you want to say something, Mr. Xie? "
Lu Deqiu, Mrs. Lu and all the concubines immediately pricked up their ears.
Lu Wenjun and others quickly sat up straight.
"Second Miss Chen misunderstood," Hua Jinze looked at Xie Xun shyly and said softly, "The ranch has many accounts and my third cousin doesn't have enough manpower. It just so happens that I have been in charge of the accounts at home for the past two years. Since I still have some experience, I went over to help him out."
This short sentence has so many hidden meanings.
He not only scolded her for only knowing how to play, but also secretly praised her for being good at accounting, and also reminded her overtly and covertly of the difference in their identities.
After Chen Anning looked at Xie Xun with a half-smile, she scolded him coldly: "I'm asking Mr. Xie, why are you interrupting!"
Hua Jin's smile suddenly froze.
Hua Rong said angrily: "My eldest sister is kind enough to explain to you, why are you shouting!"
"I didn't yell at you, why are you angry?" Lu Jingyun shot back not to be outdone.
Hua Rong sneered: "It's none of your business that I'm talking to Miss Chen Er!"
Lu Jingyun said: "It's none of my business if you talk to Miss Chen Er!"
"Rong'er," Hua Jin quickly glanced at the cold-faced Xie Xun out of the corner of his eye, gently tugged on her sleeves, and said softly, "Stop arguing. It turned out that I didn't say hello to Miss Chen Er, so I Miss Chen Er should be angry because she rashly followed her third cousin to the ranch."
"What should I do?" Hua Rong said angrily, "She is the one who doesn't have the ability to help her third cousin check the accounts. Why should she say this to you! Do you really think that the emperor has given her and third cousin a marriage, so that's a big deal!"
Chen Anning looked at her and asked calmly: "Miss Hua San, why don't you tell me, it's not a big deal for the emperor to grant you a marriage, so who can give me a marriage?"
"Stop wearing such a big hat on me, I won't let you do this!" Hua Rong ignored Hua Jin's dissuasion and said disdainfully, "I don't have the ability, so I just want to rely on the emperor's marriage to show off my power. If you don't think it's embarrassing, I won't. Shame on you!”
"Because I respect the emperor, I will rely on the emperor's marriage to show off my power." Chen Anning glanced at Xie Xun, who had nothing to do with him, and said slowly, "Are you embarrassed for me? You are laughing so hard, knowing that your third cousin has already Being granted a marriage by the emperor, yet shamelessly rushing to please him, who is more embarrassed?"
"That's right!" Lu Yueyun gloated, "If you don't think it's embarrassing, I'll be embarrassed for you!"
Chen Anning's words undoubtedly touched Hua Jin's sore spot.
Hua Jin took Hua Rong's hand in shame and anger and said, "Rong'er, stop talking."
"Why don't you say it!" Hua Rong looked at Xie Xun angrily, "Third cousin, are you just watching Miss Chen Er bully the eldest sister like this?"
"Otherwise?" Xie Xun half-smiled, "She relied on the emperor's marriage to flaunt her power, and you have embarrassed her. I want to speak for you, so wouldn't it be even more embarrassing for you to flaunt your power on my behalf?"
Hua Rong said dissatisfied: "Then you can't watch her bullying eldest sister like this!"
Xie Xun said casually: "Why did you bully your eldest sister?"
Hua Rong said angrily: "If she talks about eldest sister like that, isn't that called bullying?"
Xie Xun glanced at Chen Anning and chuckled: "If you don't mess with her, won't she stop saying that?"
"Besides, she comes from the countryside and doesn't understand any rules. You were raised carefully by your uncle and aunt since you were young, why do you need to be like her?"
"Xie, tell me clearly, who doesn't understand the rules?" Chen Anning said angrily, "If you don't make it clear, I will poison them to death!"
"Okay, okay, I don't understand the rules." Xie Xun coaxed.
Chen Anning hummed proudly at Hua Jin and Hua Rong, "That's pretty much it!"
Hua Rong was so angry that fire almost burst out of her eyes.
After Hua Jin pulled her, he stood up and clasped his hands towards Chen Anning and said, "Rong'er's words and deeds were reckless and I asked Miss Chen's pardon for bumping into Miss Chen Er."
Chen Anning hummed and raised his head.
Hua Jin lowered his eyes slightly and continued: "Please Miss Chen be more careful when speaking later. I came here today because my grandmother asked me to invite my third cousin to stay in Washington for a while. Seeing that my third cousin is busy with official duties and can't spare any time, I just want to help Yi Er. If Miss Chen Er is unhappy, I won’t come here in the future."
"Why don't you come?" Hua Rong said angrily, "We are going to come, not only we have to come, but we have to come every day!"
"Rong'er, don't mess around." Hua Jin stopped him.
"Why am I fooling around?" Hua Rong said dissatisfied, "The emperor gave her and her third cousin a marriage, which is good, but what's wrong with us coming here to help our third cousin openly? If she's not happy, just ask her aunt to follow her if she can. We’ve cut off all contact!”
Hua Jin lowered his eyes: "Rong'er!"
Hua Rong snorted and turned her head.
"Don't worry, I won't ask Princess Guangling to cut off all contact with you." Chen Anning said proudly, "If you want to help him, then help him. Anyway, no matter how much you help, you can only be a little kid and suffer from me for the rest of your life. command!"
"You!" Hua Rong stood up angrily.
Chen Anning tilted his head and looked at her with a smile that was unflattering, "Am I right?"
Hua Jin suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, quickly glanced at the indifferent Xie Xun, and said sadly: "Miss Chen Er..."
"Okay," Chen Anning interrupted her impatiently, "You want to help Xie, and I have already agreed. What else do you want?"
"I'm warning you, don't go too far, otherwise I won't mind poisoning you to death! If you don't believe it, you can ask Xie to see if I dare!"
Xie Xun nodded repeatedly: "She dares! She is so brave!"
