NCCnovel Chapter 195: The Young Lady of the Zhenguo Mansion
Chapter 195: The Young Lady of the Zhenguo Mansion
The noble lady from the capital city was not willing to give in. Although they were dressed in gorgeous clothes, their demeanor was that of country bumpkins. She sneered, "You? You country bumpkins from other places, are you qualified to compete with me for things?"
Xia Xuelian was angry when she heard this, and stepped forward to argue: "I want this hairpin today!"
The waiter saw that something was not right and hurried to the back hall to invite the shopkeeper over.
Some ladies in the store stopped and watched the two girls quarreling.
The noble lady from the capital turned her head away and ignored Xia Xuelian. The maidservant beside her went up to her and started to scold her: "Where did you come from, you bumpkin? Even if you bought this hairpin, would you wear it?"
He rolled his eyes and walked over to the girl and said, "Miss, why bother with such a person? Even if you put a feather on a phoenix, it's still a chicken."
The girl smiled proudly: "Waiter, I don't want this hairpin anymore."
At this time, the shopkeeper came out from the back hall and saw the girl was about to leave. He immediately came out and said, "Miss Chen, I'm sorry for the rudeness. Please go upstairs and buy the new goods that just arrived yesterday."
At this time, Xia Xuelian learned from the whispers of people around her that this was Chen Yayuan, the eldest daughter of the Shuntian Prefecture's prefectural governor.
Xia Xuelian didn't understand the size of the official system, but she knew that it should be a very high-ranking official.
But she is the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and her official rank should not be lower than her father's.
But what the maid said made her furious. It turned out that not only was her identity uncertain, but her clothes were also very rustic in their eyes.
At this moment, she thought of other people who would stand up for their master, while her maid was just standing there like a piece of wood.
He turned around and slapped Xiao Zhu without hesitation: "Are you a dead person?"
Liu was also angry. After thinking about it, she realized that, yes, other maids knew how to stand up for their masters, but what about her? She just hid aside and watched the fun.
Regardless of the occasion, he went up and slapped Xiao Zhu again.
Xiao Zhu had never been beaten since he entered the Duke's Mansion, because the Duke's Mansion never treated servants harshly. So Xiao Zhu was stunned for a moment.
When he realized what was happening, he fell to his knees in fright.
"Miss, please spare my life. I...I, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong." Xiao Zhu kept kowtowing and soon her head was broken.
No one around knew Xia Xuelian and Liu.
"Which country did this person come from? How can he treat his servants so harshly?"
"Look at his clothes, he must be a nouveau riche from the countryside, otherwise how could he be so vulgar?"
Xia Xuelian couldn't bear to listen any longer, and whispered to Xiao Zhu, "Get up!"
Liu also noticed that people around them were pointing fingers at them, so she asked the waiter to quickly wrap up the hairpin.
"How much silver?"
The waiter looked down on the two men and said, "One hundred taels."
Xia Xuelian and Liu were shocked when they heard this: "This broken hairpin actually costs one hundred taels of silver!"
Xia Xuelian looked very unhappy and quickly took out a silver note and handed it to Xiaozhu. Xiaozhu quickly took it and handed it to Xiaoer.
The waiter examined the banknote very carefully.
Seeing that the waiter was so unconvinced by the banknotes her daughter had taken out, Liu shouted, "Why? You actually doubt the banknotes from the Duke's Mansion? Do you know that this is the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion?"
The waiter was indeed startled. He could not afford to offend such a person. He quickly said, "Please forgive me, Madam. I will pack it for you right away."
Liu snatched the box and rolled her eyes, knowing that they could not afford to offend the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
A woman standing nearby raised her head and looked at Liu, then at Xia Xuelian. Could this be the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion who had been missing for more than ten years?