Chapter 1783: Chapter 1783

Chapter 1783: 069. Meeting and Chatting_4

Lin Yuan instinctively furrowed her brows, feeling somewhat unimpressed by this young girl.

“The Commandery Princess is right, the title bestowed by His Majesty should not be discussed lightly. But you know, Princess Hexiu has no real power at all. When others are titled princesses, they are usually rewarded with gold, silver, jewels, lands, or houses, yet she only has a title. Tsk tsk, you don’t know, many noblewomen in the Capital city secretly mock her!”

As she spoke, the young girl covered the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and giggled.

Although her words were unpleasant, they were factual. Even when Lin Yuan was conferred as a Commandery Princess, the Old Emperor specially rewarded her with some land outside the city!

Now, Cheng Yuexiu as a princess has nothing at all. Although she is just a Princess for Marriage Alliance, shouldn’t the apparent things be complete? Even if they don’t give her land or shops, they should at least reward her with some silver taels or jewels!

What a pity, she has nothing!

A young lady sitting nearby also laughed and said, “People have been treating her as a joke for more than a day or two, why is this so surprising to you, sister?”

Lin Yuan’s attention was successfully drawn by this young lady.

Seeing her words attracting everyone’s attention, this young lady’s face glowed with excitement, and she continued to laugh.

“Who in the Capital city doesn’t know she fancies the First Scholar Sir Ma? She eagerly goes every day trying to cozy up to Ma’s sister. And what happened? Haha, when the Crown Prince of Xiliang asked her if she was betrothed yesterday, did you see her? She was still longingly looking towards Sir Ma! But unfortunately, Sir Ma didn’t even pay attention to her, calmly sitting there drinking as if he didn’t recognize her at all!”

“Isn’t it so? She misplaced her affections; I heard she made quite a fuss upon returning to the mansion. If Sir Cheng hadn’t sent someone to keep an eye on her, she might have jumped into the river to end it all!”

“Huh? It wasn’t just jumping into the river! I heard she cried in her room all night last night! Tsk tsk, during the New Year she cried all night, what’s the meaning of that?”

“How could she not cry? Abandoned by her lover and sent to marry in Xiliang, if she could laugh, that would be bizarre indeed!”

Listening to these young ladies speak one after another about Cheng Yuexiu’s gossip, Lin Yuan’s mouth twitched, picking up tea to cover her sneer.

These people appear clever and virtuous, but none are easy to manage, even the young lady she thought somewhat resembled Tian Xuan has a rather unclean mouth.

Cheng Yuexiu was conferred as a princess to marry for alliance, ultimately it was Cheng Yuexiu’s own choice, or rather her father’s choice.

If when the Crown Prince of Xiliang asked her about being betrothed, she just said she was, would the Crown Prince of Xiliang require her to hand over the person on the spot?

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Did not Yan Ruchun and Wei Boyu have merely a verbal agreement, without any evidence whatsoever?

But now it is too late to talk about this, and it is irrelevant to Lin Yuan.

However, she has realized one thing clearly; the young ladies here are all envious of Cheng Yuexiu. After all, being personally chosen by the Crown Prince of Xiliang for marriage is indeed an honorable affair!

The people opposite continued to babble about Cheng Yuexiu crying and creating a fuss at home, not daring to go out, when Shui Xian hurried in from outside.

“Miss, Princess Hexiu has sent you an invitation, inviting you to a gathering at Cheng Mansion tomorrow. She said it is New Year, a lively time, and requests you not to decline.”

As soon as these words were spoken, those gossipy young ladies immediately fell silent, and their faces flushed with schadenfreude couldn’t hide quickly enough, turning red as Lin Yuan casually glanced at them.

Just now, they were talking about how she was seeking death, and now the person in question has sent invitations to gather and enjoy the festivities. Such a slap in the face, it’s indeed a resounding one!

Lin Yuan took the invitation from Shui Xian with a faint smile, glanced at it unintentionally, and couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly. Indeed, things are different once one becomes a princess; even the invitations are made with gold embossing and fine materials.

The former Cheng Yuexiu wasn’t this generous, because even if she wanted to be, she couldn’t afford it.

Because she had no money!

Putting the invitation aside, Lin Yuan casually asked, “Do you know which young ladies have been invited?”

Shui Xian respectfully replied, “I specially inquired just now, it seems there are Miss Yao’s Mansion, the Daughter of Su Mansion, and several officials’ daughters from the Capital city.”

Daughter of Su Mansion?

Lin Yuan hesitantly furrowed her brows and heard Shui Xian quickly add, “The little maid who delivered the invitation said the Daughter of Su Mansion is ill, and she might not be able to attend.”

If she can’t attend, that’s best, as it avoids an argument upon meeting.

Listening to Shui Xian’s words, the young ladies present all showed a bit of embarrassment, their fathers’ official positions were not high, the highest being that of a Fifth-Rank Official, so it seems this invitation would not be sent to them.

But this only further exposes their ignorance, as they lack qualification to meet Cheng Yuexiu, they ought to sit down obediently, yet they insist on listening to hearsay and thereby disgrace themselves.