Chapter 68: A Family Feud, While She Remains Relaxed

How could the Xu family cousins ever have been to such a place?

Although the Xu family had married into the Xue family, they were not close to them and rarely interacted. Moreover, the Xu family would not be able to leap into the ranks of the powerful in the capital just because they had married off a daughter.

How many people in the capital were waiting to change their family’s destiny? How could it be their turn?

They naturally had no chance to enter such a place where the descendants of the powerful gathered.

The Xu family cousins were in a complex mood, but thankfully, their faces only revealed a hint of clear stupidity, nothing else.

“Who allowed you to bring so many servants in?” The Fourth Princess was the first to attack.

Xue Qinyin was very well-behaved and first bowed, then straightened up and said, “Who said they are servants? These are all my brothers.”

The Fourth Princess was so shocked that she almost dropped her fan. “You have so many brothers?”

Xue Qinyin sat down calmly and said, “Yes. But of course, they are not as noble as the Princess’s brothers.”

The Fourth Princess didn’t feel happy after hearing this, only sarcasm.

She had a strange expression, then instantly fell silent and stopped reprimanding Xue Qinyin.

She first thought of the King of Wei.

Then she thought of the King of Xuan.

The Fourth Princess gritted her teeth fiercely.

Annoying!

Why did they all like Xue Qinyin?

Xue Qinyin’s brothers were all around her, protecting her, while me, if I dare to do anything to Xue Qinyin, my brother… will only beat me up!

The Fourth Princess was still secretly angry.

On the other side, the Qiao family girl and the Lu family girl exchanged glances, thinking that since they could make the Fourth Princess wary, there must be something behind the Xue family girl.

Naturally, no one dared to be the first to point fingers at Xue Qinyin, saying that she was arrogant and inappropriate.

This scene immediately opened the eyes of the Xu family cousins.

“However, today we are all gathered together, mostly women. It might not be appropriate to have Miss Xue’s brothers here to talk together.” Finally, Qiao Xinyu spoke up.

She spoke calmly and appropriately.

Xue Qinyin naturally wouldn’t deliberately antagonize her.

So she turned her head and sent the Xu family cousins off to wander around the Heron Garden by themselves.

“They seem to listen to you quite well.” The Fourth Princess said sarcastically.

Xue Qinyin nodded, accepting her praise without any hesitation.

The Fourth Princess felt bored and turned to ask, “Is Second Miss Xue here yet?”

Her maid replied, “Your Highness, she arrived long ago.”

Xue Qinghe was then brought over.

The Fourth Princess smiled, “Why didn’t you sisters come together?”

Xue Qinyin smiled and asked her back, “Your Highness should be very clear about this, shouldn’t you?”

The Fourth Princess curled her lips and said, “Oh, I heard that you and your father, Minister Xue, have fallen out… When I heard it before, I didn’t believe it. Now it seems it’s true.”

It spread so quickly?

Xue Qinyin raised an eyebrow.

Wouldn’t Xue Chengdong be furious? He was a very face-conscious person.

The Fourth Princess continued, “Xue Qinyin, Xue Qinyin, you are so bold, how dare you disobey your father?”

Xue Qinyin asked softly, “Are you envious, Your Highness?”

The Fourth Princess was taken aback.

Her face changed slightly, and she angrily said, “What am I envious of?”

“Such freedom, living only for yourself, regardless of others’ opinions.” Xue Qinyin said.

The Fourth Princess pursed her lips, once again being hit where it hurt.

Princess, it sounds like a noble position, holding power. But what are you really? Being in the palace, you are bound by the rules of the palace.

Even the girls from the Qiao and Lu families, after hearing Xue Qinyin’s words, unconsciously shook their heads.

The Fourth Princess snorted coldly, “How could Minister Xue have a daughter who is so disrespectful?”

“A father’s fault in not teaching his child well, you should ask my father about that.” Xue Qinyin said with a click of her tongue.

“…”

Xue Qinghe, who was sitting beside her, couldn’t help but open her mouth wide.

How could her sister… how dare she speak to the princess like that?

The Fourth Princess was no different from before, seeing that she couldn’t get anything good out of Xue Qinyin, she could only resort to her usual methods.

She called Xue Qinghe over and had someone give her a plate of crispy sugar.

A gift from a noble, no matter what it is, is a blessing!

Xue Qinghe bowed and thanked her before sitting down.

Xue Qinyin remembered something at this moment. She looked at Qiao Xinyu.

“I haven’t had much contact with Miss Qiao before.” Xue Qinyin started.

The others secretly thought, you haven’t had much contact with her, huh? Your reputation in the past… any noble girl with a good background wouldn’t want to play with you.

Actually, everyone was surprised that the Fourth Princess would invite her here today.

Only to hear Xue Qinyin continue, “But I don’t know where I offended Miss Qiao…”

As soon as these words came out, everyone perked up.

Qiu Xin, who was guarding Xue Qinghe, trembled all over, her eyes wide.

She lied earlier, saying that the Qiao family girl pushed her, in order to provoke a fight between the two.

But she never thought that Xue Qinyin would be so naive! She actually asked directly!

“Miss Qiao actually instructed someone to push me into the lake.” Xue Qinyin spoke at the same time.

A look of confusion flashed across Qiao Xinyu’s face. She quickly denied, “When did this happen? I swear to heaven, I have no grievances with Miss Xue! I would never instruct anyone to push Miss Xue into the lake!”

Xue Qinyin said, “The day we went boating.”

The Fourth Princess quickly questioned, “Didn’t you have nothing happen that day?”

Xue Qinyin pointed at Xue Qinghe, “Yes, the person got it wrong and pushed Second Miss Xue down.”

The Fourth Princess choked. It’s a pity you didn’t drown.

“Her head was even cracked, poor thing.” Xue Qinyin sighed.

Qiao Xinyu’s face turned cold, “It seems someone deliberately used my name to harm someone. This matter must be investigated thoroughly. What if someone is targeting my Qiao family…”

“Perhaps… it was Second Miss Xue who lied?” Liu family girl suddenly spoke up.

Xue Qinyin burst out laughing, then leaned on the armrest of the chair, looking at the Liu family girl with a smile.

Liu Yuerong was so frightened by her laughter that her back felt cold.

At that moment, she realized that even Qiao Xinyu and Lu Shuyi were looking at her…

Liu Yuerong panicked.

She had said the wrong thing!

She shouldn’t have said that!

Xue Qinyin clapped her hands and said, “Well, Miss Liu’s words are not unreasonable. Why don’t we ask the eyewitnesses if they lied?”

Qiao Xinyu followed up, “Oh? Where is that person?”

Xue Qinyin pointed at Qiu Xin, “This is our Second Miss’s personal maid, and it was she who identified Miss Qiao.”

Qiu Xin was so scared that her soul almost flew out.

The eldest miss actually… actually directly exposed her!

What to do? What to do?

Deny it? Or admit that she lied?

Both a Liu and a Qiao, neither were someone a mere maid could offend?

Qiu Xin looked at Xue Qinghe for help.

But Xue Qinghe didn’t understand her meaning, she only said softly, “Don’t be afraid, just tell the truth.”

Under extreme tension and fear, Qiu Xin felt dizzy.

She knelt down with a “thump”, but pointed directly at Xue Qinyin, “It’s… it’s the eldest miss who wants to accuse Miss Qiao, I… I never said such things.”

The surroundings fell silent for a moment.

Qiu Xin carefully raised her head and looked around, only to realize that everyone was looking at her coldly, some with a mocking smile in their eyes.

Even Xue Qinghe looked at her incredulously, filled with disappointment.

Qiao Xinyu shook her head, “This accusation is really clumsy. If Miss Xue intended to point at me, she wouldn’t have asked me directly today.”

Qiu Xin’s face turned white.

It’s…

She shouldn’t have accused Xue Qinyin in her panic. These words, on the contrary, proved that Xue Qinyin was innocent.

Qiu Xin kowtowed and squeezed out a voice from her throat, “I… I’m telling the truth. It’s just that… because… I found out that it was Miss Liu who pushed her. I was afraid of offending her, so I just pointed at someone randomly. I didn’t expect to point at Miss Qiao.”

Liu Yuerong smashed a cup, “You lowly thing, how dare you slander me? You should be sold!”

Qiao Xinyu said coldly, “Since you can recognize Miss Liu, but you can’t recognize me? Is the Qiao family too small? Even a maid can ignore us?”

Qiu Xin was so frightened that she kowtowed again, “No, no, I have no such intention…”

Lu Shuyi laughed, “I think this wicked maid probably wants to help her mistress fight against the eldest miss of their house, so she made a fuss. But she didn’t expect that Miss Xue is not good at hiding things, she actually said it directly.”

Qiu Xin raised her head in shock, feeling terrified.

Her thoughts were actually seen through.

Xue Qinyin couldn’t help but click her tongue, thinking, this Qiao girl and Lu girl are really smart, coming from a prestigious family!

She turned her head and glanced at Liu Yuerong’s pale face.

Perhaps only this Liu girl is a little stupid.

And also a little bad.

This love-brained girl is no different from the original body!

At least the original body liked He Songning before, which was better than the King of Wei!

“I think this whole thing was caused by this wicked maid trying to help her mistress to defeat the eldest miss of their house.” Lu Shuyi said, turning to look at Qiao Xinyu, “Xinyu, you and Yuerong will both enter the King of Wei’s mansion in the future, you should be as close as sisters. It’s impossible for Yuerong to frame you.”

Lu Shuyi’s words were very skillful, instantly escalating the situation.

Instead, it made Qiao Xinyu and Liu Yuerong suspicious of each other.

Xue Qinyin sighed lightly on the side, even taking the time to eat a piece of pastry.

The Fourth Princess, at this moment, didn’t think Qiao Xinyu was smart, nor did she think Lu Shuyi was skillful.

She looked at Xue Qinyin, her heart churning with waves –

Xue Qinyin had only started, and she had successfully extricated herself, caught Liu Yuerong, and also dealt with her own younger sister’s maid, establishing her authority in front of her younger sister!

Now Liu Yuerong and Qiao Xinyu were at odds with each other, while she was still leisurely eating her pastry!