She Became A Downfall Noble Lady
Chapter 734 - 732 Consider it Practiced

Chapter 734: Chapter 732 Consider it Practiced

If the words and actions of these noble daughters were to spread, wouldn’t the noble ladies of the capital become the laughingstock of the Great Xia Dynasty? How could these people, who have always been high above, dare to put on their proud and dignified airs in front of the commoners in the future?

If this Jiang Yifan were only a poor family’s Imperial Scholar, even if he had been a Top Scholar, with the power of their families, silencing him would not be difficult. But behind Jiang Yifan and Ye Xinyan are Duke An’s Mansion and Marquis Zhongyong’s Mansion, and now Madam Yin and Madam Sun both sit here with grim faces, which is the most difficult part.

Old Lady Li took a deep breath and said, "Lord Jiang, in all things one must not be too rigid in formality. On behalf of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, I assure Lord Jiang that I and Old Lady Pei will supervise each mansion and harshly discipline our children, restraining their future words and deeds, and we absolutely will not let today’s words spread."

Old Lady Pei also thought about it seriously. If they were to offend Duke An, the matter would probably become unmanageable. She suppressed her emotions and, following Old Lady Li’s words, said, "The young ladies visiting Shi Mansion today all have elders accompanying them. I can assure Miss Ye and her daughter that no rumors about Miss Ye will spread."

As she spoke, she looked at Madam Yin and Madam Sun, "Do you two find this acceptable?" Since the younger ones could not be persuaded, she decided to ask these two. Over the years, these two have been relatively reasonable among the noble women, and were somewhat easier to fool than Ye Xinyan and Jiang Yifan.

Jiang Yifan did not wait for Madam Yin to speak and replied, "It’s not that I do not trust the elders, but indeed, the misses and young madams of each mansion speak too unrestrainedly. If the ladies could teach them well, we wouldn’t have today’s incident."

Jiang Yifan’s eyes swept over everyone in the room and finally settled on Old Lady Li.

Old Lady Li felt this young man was not going to say anything pleasant. Her expression darkened as she stared at Jiang Yifan.

As expected, Jiang Yifan bowed to her and said, "I have heard that Ah Yan once visited your mansion after the New Year. At that time, it seemed that your mansion had also indicated that you would constrain Miss Han. However, in reality, Miss Han has not been restrained; otherwise, Miss Han would not be here today, stirring the waters, wanting to enjoy the spectacle of a subject’s female relatives as the Principal Wife of a prince."

Old Lady Li’s expression froze, and she heavily set her teacup on the table. Being questioned by a junior was embarrassing, but facing such a challenge, she was speechless!

Madam Jiang also looked displeased, angry at Jiang Yifan’s presumptuous words, and simultaneously upset at her own daughter’s thoughtlessness.

She had told her daughter on multiple occasions that Ye Xinyan was not the person she used to be, and that once she grasped even a minor mistake, she would cling like a plaster that was difficult to shake off, someone she should avoid provoking.

Entangling with a person like that will result in no benefit at all. As it turned out, she had spoken in vain, her girl did not take her defeat to heart and unbelievably, had stumbled again, leading herself into such a predicament.

The mother-in-law, unable to respond to being contradicted by a junior like Yufang, would surely reprimand her for being a negligent mother when they got home. Madam Jiang lamented in her heart that her daughter was truly a curse upon her.

Jiang Yifan glanced again at the people in the room and said indifferently, "The young ladies and young madams attending today’s Spring Welcome Banquet all have distinguished names and come from families with parents and backgrounds. Should today’s misdeeds be widely disseminated, I imagine the reputations of the various noble families and their daughters will soar. I would like to hear the public’s evaluation to see whether it is my fiancee’s past actions that have caused greater harm to other families’ young ladies, or if the female relatives from the noble mansions are even more venomous, being able to kill with words—a truly formidable ability indeed."

......

Even accompanied by His Highness Prince Yu, General Huwei was extremely irritated.

He was walking towards the living room with Han Yanhui and Liu Chengzhi, glaring angrily several times at Guan He and Zheng Pengfei crouching under the wall corner.

It was these two who were previously like door gods at the Second Gate of his house, and now they were squatting in the corner chatting as if nothing happened, looking like they were having a pleasant reunion after a long separation.

So it was just his bad luck? His daughter was about to enter the prince’s mansion, to become a secondary wife, and he wanted to take advantage of this brief time to build good relationships with the female relatives of various families to lay a foundation for her future status.

But just because of such a trivial matter, two experts were called in; not only did the Ye Family’s lady bring her skilled guard, but also an old friend who hadn’t been seen for ages.

Damn it! His luck must be against heaven, right?

As he was about to enter the door, Shi Zongyi turned back to glower at the two again, feeling even more that the heavens were unfair. With such good skills, what good was it doing anything else but fooling around with the girls in Duke’s Mansion, utterly wasting their talents.

He had just tried, and he couldn’t take down either of them. He, the court’s General Huwei, and neither gave him an extra glance, what was this mockery? How could he possibly make sense of it?

Jinrong greeted the two gentlemen at the entrance of the living room. After exchanging pleasantries, they entered and took their seats in the room.

Shi Zongyi felt somewhat embarrassed as he briefly explained to the two gentlemen what had happened in the inner court and then relayed the request put forth by Miss Ye from the Duke’s Mansion.

Upon hearing this, Han Yanhui’s face turned green. The Han Mansion must have offended the little lady of the Ye Family! No, that’s not right, Han Yanhui thought angrily and dismissively waved his hand; it was clearly that girl from the Ye Family who was at odds with all the young ladies of the capital.

Couldn’t they just meet without causing trouble? The last incident at the City God Temple could be put down to his granddaughter’s ignorance. But this time, it was still the fault of other families’ young ladies, and so many of them. This couldn’t be explained with reason, only with the mysterious and unfathomable matters of fate and birthdate.

It seemed that any girl who laid eyes on Ye Xinyan would become muddle-headed and lose all reason...

Han Yanhui asked Jinrong, "May I ask what His Highness Prince Yu intends to do?"

Jinrong let out a wry smile, spread his hands, and said, "What I think isn’t important, what’s important is what Elder Master Ye and Ye Xinyan think, and neither are people who listen to advice."

Han Yanhui and Liu Chengzhi, who had called each other adversaries for half their lives, strangely came to an agreement at this moment. The two exchanged a knowing look, silently acknowledging each other’s perspective: His Highness Prince Yu did not intend to intervene.

At this moment, a family servant reported that several families had come to visit. Accompanied by the heads of those families, Jiang Yifan also came out from the back courtyard to meet the two gentlemen and the visiting family heads in the living room.

Jiang Yifan, paying no attention to anyone’s facial expressions, respectfully greeted the elders and officials.

Before Jinrong could speak, Han Yanhui began to inquire, "Lord Jiang, could you tell this old man how the negotiations in the inner court are progressing?"

Jiang Yifan, who had just taken his seat, stood up promptly upon hearing Han Yanhui’s question and replied with a bow, "To reply to Lord’s question, the old ladies and madams do admit that their children are at fault but believe it to be inappropriate for the heads of each family to assure Miss Ye."

Liu Chengzhi twisted his beard and snorted coldly, shifting his gaze away, clearly expressing his disdain for the proposal.

Jiang Yifan did not show any other reaction but modestly suggested, "The official believes this matter can be compromised. If the two Lords and the heads of families think that making a solemn promise to a lady is beneath them, I can make a decision on behalf of Miss Ye and allow Elder Lord Duke An to receive everyone’s kindness instead."

"Oh." Han Yanhui was momentarily stunned when he thought of Duke An’s irritating demeanor and the fact that he couldn’t really be reprimanded by anyone. He immediately felt that Miss Ye’s status wasn’t really that low. Although she was a woman, she was a woman who had been summoned by His Majesty and whose talents were not inferior to men.

Making such a promise to a woman like her seemed to be justifiable after all.

Han Yanhui glanced at Liu Chengzhi; after all, he had already made a promise to that woman once before, in his own mansion, not in front of a large crowd, as if he had secretly practiced, so doing it one more time didn’t seem like much.

As for Liu Chengzhi, to have his face willingly rubbed in the dirt by a woman, that old fellow was probably going to have a hard time sleeping well for a good while, wasn’t he?