amaotonovel Chapter 320: Isn’t this a slap in my face?
Chapter 320: Isn’t this a slap in my face?
Lin House.
"What did you say!"
Lin Xiyan stared at her maid, "Say it again!"
Her scream frightened the maid, but she still said, "Miss, the Princess of Jialin County donated the Shen family's grain in Licheng to the border troops to fill the food gap before the imperial court's grain arrived. The emperor ordered that the Shen family be awarded a plaque with the words 'Good Merchants Helping the World'..."
Before the maid could finish her words, Lin Xiyan smashed the teacup at her head.
"Ah--" The teacup cut a hole in her delicate skin, and blood gushed out in an instant.
The maidservant didn't care about these things. She knelt down with a plop and kowtowed to Lin Xiyan repeatedly, "Miss, please spare my life, please spare my life!"
Seeing her like this, Lin Xiyan frowned and said with some disgust: "Waste, get out now! You're dirtying my eyes!"
The maidservant felt as if she had been pardoned when she heard this, and retreated in panic with blood all over her face.
The personal maid beside her quickly stepped forward to comfort her, saying, "Miss, please don't get angry. You might get yourself hurt by anger."
Lin Xiyan slammed the table in anger. "How can I not be angry? I was at the Food Bowl Restaurant saying that the Shen family was a shady business, and now the Emperor has bestowed a plaque on the Shen family, saying they are good businessmen. Isn't this a slap in my face?"
Those diners who heard it at Shidinglou before must be laughing to death now!
And Shen Qionghua must be laughing at her now!
The maid choked and spoke a little rudely for a moment.
What can I do? I can’t go to the emperor and ask him to revoke his decision, right?
Lin Xiyan has always had a bad temper, and the maid was afraid that if she didn't vent her anger, she would suffer.
She glanced at Lin Xiyan's gloomy face and asked tentatively, "What does the young lady want to do?"
Are we going to take action against the Shen family?
Lin Xiyan's expression was gloomy and unclear, changing several times, and finally a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "What should I do? I don't plan to do anything."
Ok?
A hint of surprise flashed in the maid's eyes. This was not like her young lady's temper.
Lin Xiyan snorted coldly.
She was wrong just now.
Although she disliked Shen Qionghua, she felt that she was fickle and could please both sides. She was obviously with Prince Rui, but she was also flirting with Prince An. She was a two-timing bitch.
But fundamentally, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Although Shen Qionghua was named a county lady by the emperor, it could not change the fact that she came from a merchant family. Even if the Shen family was praised by the emperor as good merchants, so what?
Merchants are merchants after all and cannot be put on the stage.
Even if she wanted to enter Prince An's mansion, being a concubine would be an honor for her.
If Shen Qionghua really intends to enter Prince An's Mansion in the future, she will have plenty of ways to punish Shen Qionghua.
After all, what is a concubine?
It's just a thing of low status that can be resold at will.
When Prince An gets tired of her, he can send her away, beat her, or get over her silently. It will all be up to her with just a word.
Why rush at this moment?
Right now, her attention should not be on Shen Qionghua, but on Zhou Lingyi.
Zhou Lingyi, that bitch, had instigated her several times before, asking her to deal with Shen Qionghua, causing her to lose face in front of Shen Qionghua.
She was planning to take advantage of the conflict between her and Shen Qionghua so that she could reap the benefits.
I was deceived by her appearance and was fooled by her. It was a great shame and humiliation.
Fortunately, Zhou Lingyi's methods were despicable, and even God could not tolerate her actions, so he let Zhou Lingfu expose her and let him see her true face.
She actually coveted His Royal Highness Prince An.
His Royal Highness Prince An, considering the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, regarded Zhou Lingyi as his own sister and did not want to hurt her. He even believed that Zhou Lingyi had no intention of harming her.
Lin Xiyan didn't believe that Zhou Lingyi had no intention of harming her. Maybe what Zhou Lingfu said before her death was true.
Zhou Lingyi wanted to kill Zhou Lingfu on the wedding night of her and Prince An, and then put the blame on her. If Zhou Lingfu had not told him about this vicious plot herself, she would have fallen into the trap.
Not only can he not explain himself, he couldn't even guess who was behind the scenes. He could only blame himself for his bad luck.
After all, no one could have imagined that Zhou Lingyi, a girl from the boudoir, would interfere in the palace and even kill her own cousin with her own hands, just to frame her and ruin her reputation.
The viciousness of the means really frightened Lin Xiyan.
Furthermore, Zhou Lingyi is different from Shen Qionghua. Giving Shen Qionghua a concubine was an honor given her background, while Zhou Lingyi has the support of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and her aunt, Concubine Zhou.
Even if Prince An only treated Zhou Lingyi as his own sister, it was not impossible for Zhou Lingyi to enter Prince An's mansion with the help of Concubine Zhou in the future.
Could it be that Prince An would disobey Concubine Zhou?
Once Zhou Lingyi entered the palace, even if she could not become the principal wife, she would definitely be the concubine.
Although she had clashed with Zhou Lingyi several times, Concubine Zhou mostly stood on her side.
But human hearts are unpredictable, who knows whether Concubine Zhou will change in the future.
If Concubine Zhou changed, an aunt who was the concubine of the prince's biological mother would be much more threatening than Shen Qionghua, a mere concubine.
What's worse...if Prince An is really destined to have that position, Zhou Lingyi will be the next Concubine Zhou, and he will have the support of the Queen Mother.
If the child is born in this way, won’t it take the place of the child that originally belonged to her?
No matter how you look at it, Zhou Lingyi poses a much greater threat to her than Shen Qionghua in the current situation.
Moreover, based on what happened before, Zhou Lingyi must be at odds with Shen Qionghua, otherwise he would not have repeatedly instigated her to cause trouble for Shen Qionghua.
She couldn't be stupid again and become a knife in Zhou Lingyi's hand for free.
Judging from the relationship between these two people, if the Shen family won the plaque of "Good Merchant", I'm afraid Zhou Lingyi would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Lin Xiyan disliked everything about Zhou Lingyi and wished she could get rid of him as soon as possible.
But now she has not yet married Prince An, so her marriage is not legal. The Yongning Earl's Mansion where Zhou Lingyi is located is Prince An's mother's home, so she has been patient and can only make minor quarrels.
Now that he had received such "good" news, he naturally couldn't let go of the opportunity to make things difficult for Zhou Lingyi.
Lin Xiyan's eyes rolled, and a wicked smile appeared on her pretty face. She beckoned to the maid.
The maid stepped forward hesitantly.
Lin Xiyan said something softly.
The maid froze, "Miss?"
"Do as I say!" Lin Xiyan said sternly.
She looked straight ahead, her eyes full of arrogance.
Zhou Lingyi, you have been playing tricks on me for so long, and now it is finally my turn to laugh at you.
Seeing that she insisted, the maid could only nod in agreement, turned around and retreated, returned to the house where she lived, and then went to Lin Xiyan's warehouse.
After an incense stick of time, the maid came out of the Lin Mansion with two brocade boxes.