A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace-Chapter 1022: Rumors and Gossip

Xia Ruyi sneered.

"Thanks to you, I’m doing quite well, and I’m about to become the Sixth Princess Consort!"

"But..."

"You don’t need to curry favor with me!"

"How you treat me now, I’ll remember it all in my heart, don’t worry, I won’t disappoint you in the days to come!"

Ni Manxue and Xia Caiying looked at each other upon hearing this.

"What... have we done to you?"

Xia Caiying sneered.

"Our conscience is clear, why do you accuse us without reason?!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Xia Ruyi’s voice suddenly raised a few notes.

"Indeed, as the Second Miss from the Hou Mansion, you are knowledgeable and cultured, forming sentences with ease, truly admirable!"

"But..."

"Xia Caiying, don’t be smug!"

"A sparrow is still a sparrow, even if it flies to the treetops, it won’t become a phoenix!"

"You, a minor daughter of a concubine, will always be a minor daughter of a concubine, no matter what, you can’t rise up!"

Xia Ruyi’s words were like sharp blades piercing Xia Caiying’s heart.

Her face turned pale with anger, and Ni Manxue’s expression also turned sour.

The two were about to retort.

Unexpectedly, Xia Ruyi immediately targeted her.

"Don’t be smug either!"

"Ni Manxue, you may be the legitimate young lady at your mother’s home!"

"But you married the second young master, a lesser son of the Xia Family!"

"You are our Xia Family’s concubine! Your status is just slightly higher than the servants!"

"When I speak, it’s not your place to interrupt!"

"You...!"

Ni Manxue was too angry to speak.

Xia Caiying’s face turned dark as she suddenly stood up.

"Xia Ruyi, don’t go too far!"

Xia Ruyi also stood up.

"Me, too far? Who is really going too far?"

"The rumors in the Capital City were stirred up by you two, right!"

"Saying that... I’m not worthy of the Sixth Prince!"

"Bah! You, a daughter of a concubine and a concubine, have the nerve to say I’m not worthy? Aren’t you ashamed!"

"Today, I’ll put it here!"

"Whatever schemes you have, bring them on! Don’t play dirty tricks behind my back!"

"If I catch your wrongdoing!"

"Even if the Empress supports you, you won’t get any advantage!"

Xia Ruyi spoke effortlessly and defiantly.

Her domineering, harsh, selfish, and venomous demeanor was just like Lady Yao of the past.

Although she was only thirteen this year.

She was almost fully grown, with a bit of plumpness and early maturity.

Her chest was already significantly developed.

If she were on the street now, she would be a perfect embodiment of a street-shouting shrew.

No one would believe she was only thirteen or fourteen.

At first, Xia Caiying could hear her words clearly.

Later, she could only see Xia Ruyi’s mouth opening and closing in front of her.

Beside, there was a swarm of buzzing flies.

It took a while for the sound to finally fade away.

Beside her, Ni Manxue’s face had long turned dark, and her body trembled as she spoke.

"Xia Ruyi, you... don’t know what’s good for you!"

Only then did Xia Caiying feel her heart tighten.

Speaking of knowing what’s good for her, Xia Ruyi truly didn’t know.

She supported her sister-in-law, her eyes glaring sharply at her.

"You don’t need to measure others’ intentions with your own!"

"I’ll tell you honestly, those words weren’t said by us!"

"Believe it if you want, if not, so be it!!"

"We have things to do, we won’t stay!"

Upon saying this, the two held hands ready to leave.

Suddenly, Xia Ruyi blocked them, still with a forced smile.

"Hey! Don’t go!"

"Arguments aside, we’re still family, aren’t we?"

"The dishes are coming up, have some before you leave!"

The words were soft, the attitude was firm.

But no matter how strong her attitude was, Xia Caiying wasn’t easy to deal with, and Ni Manxue even less so.

With a sneer, she pushed away Xia Ruyi’s arm.

"No need!"

"I’m a concubine’s wife, she’s a minor daughter, unworthy of dining with a legitimate young lady!"

"Even less worthy of this lavish restaurant!"

"Let’s go!"

With that said, she pulled Xia Caiying and left.

Pan Zhu stepped forward to ask.

"Miss, do you want someone to bring them back?"

Xia Ruyi shook her head.

"No need!"

"Just now, Xia Caiying said... it wasn’t them!"

"Though these two are lowly, their words seem somewhat believable!"

She sat down slowly, pondering.

"But if it wasn’t them..."

"Then who could it be?"

She didn’t know, neither did Pan Zhu.

The master and servant sat to think for a while without results and eventually left.

As they left.

The waiter had just brought the dishes.

Xia Ruyi, frustrated, hastily paid two hundred taels of silver, sent him off, and abandoned the dishes.

The waiter was completely stunned.

"This customer is too... loaded with money!"

"A banquet of two hundred taels, just abandoned like that..."

"Hey! No problem! I’ll pack it up and take it home to delight my wife and kids! Ah!"

Rich people pay up; it’s not stealing!

The waiter happily began packing.

But unexpectedly, Pan Zhu, who just left, returned in a hurry, speaking urgently.

"Our miss changed her mind, pack the food and deliver it to our mansion later!!"

"Remember, don’t go to the front yard!"

"There’s a small corner door on the southwest side of the backyard, knock three times on the door handle and someone will open it for you, remember!"

Pan Zhu finished speaking and left briskly.

Leaving the waiter dumbfounded, he eventually recovered and gave a sarcastic smile.

"Haha!"

"Look at your figure; you’re twice as big as your master!"

"I bet this isn’t for your master, but you can’t bear to part with it!"

Yet, the most troubling was that he couldn’t refuse her.

The delightful table of dishes vanished just like that, the waiter grew increasingly annoyed.

Spitting several times into the food finally alleviated his anger.

...

Prince Zhe Mansion.

Hai Feng, draped in the softest and most luxurious silk robe, was reclining on a beauty couch sipping fragrant tea.

Beside her, a trusted maid was reporting today’s events.

Detailed and thorough, not a drop missing,

After hearing it all, Hai Feng smiled radiantly.

"Really?"

"They truly fell out?"

The maid responded in Western Xia.

"Yes, Commandery Princess!"

"Lady Hou and the young lady of the Minister’s Mansion emerged with ashen faces!"

"Definitely a fallout with no doubt!"

Hai Feng’s smile widened upon hearing this.

"Wonderful!"

"Xia Ruyi may be a bit dim and of lower status, but as a borrowed knife for murder, she’s quite useful, not bad!"

"This bit of instigating we did was excellent!"

The maid smiled, flattering.

"Truly, the Commandery Princess is wise!"

"Someday, when you have eyes near the Emperor, then... our plan!"

Hai Feng’s finely crafted face lit up with beauty.

"By that time, not just Xia Ruyi, but the Great Chu’s Emperor and throne, will all be mine!"