Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 414 - 413: Slander (1)

"Them?" Le Zhao chuckled lightly, "Just the sons of coarse people."

Everyone: ...

Lan Ruo couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The group of ladies hadn’t yet reacted to what was meant, when they saw a group of people had already stepped up to greet Prime Minister Ji.

"I wonder, the girl little Jie mentioned having her coming-of-age ceremony in a few days, which young lady is it?"

The Prime Minister’s wife had already composed herself by this time, letting Mrs. Liu and a maid support her as she walked over.

Shen Qinglan stepped forward and gracefully saluted, "Report to Madam, it is this humble girl."

The Prime Minister’s wife had already secretly appraised her when she stepped forward.

Seeing her calm demeanor, neither servile nor overbearing, and having no intention of flattery when facing herself, the Prime Minister’s wife couldn’t help but feel a bit more admiration.

Earlier, Yan Yijie had said that although this girl was from a rural family, she was exceptionally intelligent and well-mannered, no worse than those noble daughters of the Capital.

At that time, she had dismissed it, thinking that a peasant girl, no matter how clever, couldn’t be too exceptional.

But upon seeing her today, she found that in terms of both appearance and demeanor, as Yan Yijie had said, she was indeed no worse than those noble daughters.

The Prime Minister’s wife smiled, her voice inadvertently becoming much softer, "Little Jie said your name is Qinglan?"

Shen Qinglan nodded, "Yes, Madam!"

"Good child!" The Prime Minister’s wife smiled and nodded, "Everyone must be hungry, shall we sit down quickly?"

Everyone hurriedly gave a slight salute toward her and were about to head out when Yan Yijie happened to return.

Duan Yunfei and Le Zhao exchanged a glance, both knowingly with a mischievous smile.

"Hey? What are you doing?"

Yan Yijie, having his arms held by people as he was escorted out of the main hall, looked bewildered at the two of them.

"What are we doing?" Le Zhao laughed, "Naturally it’s to drink wine!"

Behind them, Shen Qinglan and the others exchanged glances and couldn’t help but laugh.

Lan Ruo said, "Hey, you all sit first, I’ll go with Qinglan to greet Aunt Yi and Mrs. Duan."

Song Ting nodded, "Go ahead!"

Shen Qinglan looked at Duan Yunfei and said, "I’ll head over first!"

Duan Yunfei laughed, "Come back quickly!"

"Alright!" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Shen Qinglan nodded, just as she and Lan Ruo passed by a table of drinks, she heard low murmurs.

"Is this the shameless daughter of a mud-legged person you mentioned?"

"Isn’t it just so!"

A familiar voice carried by the wind reached her ears, Shen Qinglan’s expression slightly darkened, but she didn’t stop.

"She truly has some appeal, no wonder Young Master Duan would be enchanted by her."

"I think Young Master Duan keeps her by his side, intending to make her a concubine?" someone sneered quietly, "But her status compared to Miss Ding is far off!"

"I’m curious, I heard Master Duan and Mrs. Duan also came today, seeing this, wouldn’t they say anything?"

"Say what?" someone retorted, "Young Master Duan is already eighteen, not some naive young master unfamiliar with the world, having a woman by his side isn’t anything, right?"

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"What are they talking about?" Lan Ruo frowned, "Qinglan, why do I feel they are targeting you?"

"It’s just some pretentious people playing tricks," Shen Qinglan chuckled, "No need to mind them."

"Are all the people in the Capital like this?" Lan Ruo pouted, muttering, "Isn’t it said that the ladies and young ladies of the Capital are gentle and virtuous, most knowledgeable of decorum? But why do I feel they aren’t even as good as us Jianghu children."

"There are good ones too," Shen Qinglan smiled, "You can’t judge everyone because of a few individuals."

Lan Ruo chuckled and nodded, "You’re right!"