Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 177: Seeking Parents’ Support

Who is the most honorable woman in the Great Yan Kingdom, the Queen? Wrong, it must be Concubine Yun, but she will not come to today's banquet. A princess of a small country is not worthy of being the Concubine.

Then came the two princesses. The third princess was now a county lady and was not qualified to come. The fourth princess was married and was not invited either.

Then there are the eldest prince's wife and the second prince's wife. These two have now been demoted to commoners and imprisoned, so they can no longer come.

The fifth prince is unmarried and has no family.

Then came the royal family members. Princess An Ning had also arrived.

After that came the noble ladies of the mansion. Xiao Wenchu ​​and the others had arrived a long time ago and were sitting next to Qiao Lili.

Who is this person who comes at such a bad time?

"Two young ladies from the General of Cavalry's mansion have arrived." The maid who led the way announced the names of the visitors.

The ladies looked at each other in bewilderment at first, and then began to whisper, "The General of the Cavalry is a second-rank military officer, right?"

"Yes."

"How dare you, the finale?"

"The young lady from the Zhenbei Palace arrived earlier."

"Princess Anping is here."

"Always arrogant."

"We have some problems with Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Don't you know?"

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So, she gave her some scientific knowledge and some reminders, and in a short while, all the noble ladies in the hall remembered that the old master of the General of Cavalry's Mansion sent his illegitimate son to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to be raised until he had many children and grandchildren and was over fifty years old. However, when the Duke Dingguo's Mansion seemed to be in trouble, he still asked to leave the clan and return to his roots. He was a real-life rogue and an ungrateful person.

After hearing the guide's announcement, Qiao Lili neither stood up nor raised her eyes. She leaned slightly, lowered her brows, and listened attentively to what Xiao Wenchu ​​said to her.

Tang Miaoke and Tang Miaofu, who followed the usher in with a haughty look, were stunned for a moment when they saw the noble ladies sitting neatly in the flower hall. Then, when they saw Princess Anping sitting in the guest of honor seat, they felt a little embarrassed.

However, their shame only lasted for a moment. When they saw that Qiao Lili did not greet them, let alone stand up to greet them, they became angry. Tang Miaoke pointed her finger at Qiao Lili and shouted, "Qiao Lili, you are so rude. You dare not greet the guests. You are so bold."

Qiao Lili seemed to have just seen them, and her eyes fell on the finger pointing at her, her eyes dim. Cai Qi flew forward and broke the finger she stretched out. Cai Qi shouted, "How dare you! You are so rude to the Crown Princess. What do you want to do?"

Tang Miaoke screamed in pain from her fingers. Tang Miaofu pulled out the whip from her waist and waved it while saying, "Crown Princess, you are such a daredevil slave. Qiao Lili, you are a filthy woman whose engagement was broken off. Why are you pretending to be a noble lady?"

Princess Anping tried to calm things down by saying, "How dare you, Miss Tang, put down the whip immediately. I can still persuade the Crown Princess to forgive you for your outrageous words. Otherwise, I don't mind reporting you to the Emperor's uncle."

Qiao Lili also sneered, "The people in the Hussar General's Mansion are really well-educated. They humiliate people as soon as they enter the door, and whip them as soon as they disagree with each other. Have they forgotten the lessons they learned so quickly?"

The whip in Tang Miaofu's hand was snatched away by a team of guards who entered the flower hall at this time.

Tang Miaoke ignored the pain in her hand and pointed at Qiao Lili and cursed, "Qiao Lili, you bitch, you deserve to be despised by General Bai. The Great Yan Kingdom doesn't even have a crown prince, how could you be a crown princess? You are so shameless."

Tang Miaofu was not to be outdone, and cursed and hurled filthy words at the two sisters. The noble ladies were ashamed and angry, thinking, this is really embarrassing for the noble ladies of the Great Yanjing City. In the future, when they see these two sisters, they will definitely avoid them.

Qiao Lili was not ashamed to be insulted like this. She was just wasting her breath because she wanted to make them feel the pain. She said slowly, "Cai Qi, Cai Xing, twenty slaps on the face."

"Yes, sir." Cai Qi and Cai Xing grabbed one person's collar with one hand and slapped him/her left and right with the other hand. Their movements were as if they were shouting slogans in their hearts. They were so synchronized that the sounds of the slaps overlapped.

The arrogant and domineering sister gang of villains, who would scold and beat others at will, were now like little lambs. They didn't even struggle and let Caiqi and Caixing slap them back and forth.

Why struggle? The collars of their clothes were tightly around their throats, making it impossible for them to breathe. The feeling of being on the verge of death overwhelmed them.

After twenty hits, Caiqi and Caixing's hands loosened, and the two of them piled on the ground like a puddle of mud, without any trace of their previous arrogance.

Qiao Lili saw that it was getting late. The princess of Lana Kingdom might arrive at any time. She could fight and make as much noise as she wanted behind closed doors, but she couldn't let others see the joke.

"Ding Heng."

"The minister is here."

"Take these two sisters to the court and hand them over to the General of Cavalry. Before the morning court is over, report to the emperor word for word everything the sisters have said since they entered this flower hall. Let the emperor judge whether they are right or wrong." Qiao Lili said it as a matter of course, as if the emperor she was talking about was not the emperor, but just her father, Duke Dingguo.

He was not at all shy or fearful. He acted like someone who had been bullied outside and was looking for support from his parents.

"Yes, please rest assured, Princess. I will not miss a single word." Ding Heng clasped his fists.

"Take the whip with you and hand it over to the General of Cavalry. We don't want their things." The more calm and composed Qiao Lili was at this moment, the more frightened she became in the eyes of the noble ladies.

"Yes." Ding Heng took the order and left.

Ding Heng and Ding Zong were originally the guards who protected the Sixth Prince when he went to Ganjiang. Because they were familiar with Qiao Lili, the Sixth Prince assigned them to be responsible for the guarding of Tuanyuan today.

The guards dragged Tang Miaofu and Tang Miaoke away mercilessly, and did not show mercy or slow down their movements just because they were women. This wave of actions made the noble ladies secretly pat their chests, fortunately, they were not the ones who overestimated their own abilities.

Everyone looked back and carefully examined their own words and actions, making sure they were all very decent, humble and polite, before they felt slightly relieved. The emperor had heard what the two sisters had just said and done, and based on what their father and brother had said about the emperor's liking for Qiao Lili, these two sisters would not have a good ending. Today, it was the best outcome for the General of Cavalry to not be dragged down by these two sisters.

As for these two sisters, I am afraid I will never see them again in this capital city.

Everyone looked at Qiao Lili with more awe.

However, Qiao Lili still looked calm and composed, as if the incident with the Tang sisters just now did not cause her any emotional fluctuations at all. She was indeed very shrewd. She continued to talk to Princess Anping on her left and answered the questions raised by Xiao Wenchu ​​on her right. There was a gleam in her eyes and a smile on her face, and she looked harmonious and peaceful.

Two maids came into the hall and quickly wiped away a few drops of blood on the floor. They were the blood that flowed when the two sisters were slapped in the face.

Afterwards, the maids came in one after another, replaced the tea for the ladies, and served them fresh fruits and snacks. From between a clump of tall bamboos, the sound of a musical instrument could be heard.