Shengjing Noble

Chapter 368 4 Great Families

"Ah! What are you doing?"

Su Lanxin was furious when she saw the water on the dress she had carefully prepared.

Li Yulian stood up from the ground and was stunned by this scene. She turned to look at Su Lanyin, with resentment flashing in her eyes.

"It's you! It's all your fault. You suddenly kicked over the table and tripped me. You have to take responsibility!"

She pointed at Su Lanyin and spoke sternly.

Su Lanxin looked at the skirt with heartache. It was custom-made at a high price. If it got wet, it would fade and deform, and be completely ruined.

"Su Lanyin, you did this on purpose, didn't you? Seeing that I was dressed better than you, you got jealous and let others pour water on my clothes. Did you want to make me look bad in public?"

"Yes, that's what she was thinking. She's so vicious!" Li Yulian quickly agreed.

Although she also disliked Su Lanxin, this was the only way she could shift all the blame to Su Lanyin at the moment.

She didn't want to be accused of misbehaving in front of the palace.

What's more, she has liked King Xiaoyao for a long time, but he has never been interested in women and has refused to marry.

Now that he has finally returned to Beijing, he has brought Su Lanyin into the palace. How can she bear this?

And another noble daughter of the Wang family, Wang Ruohan, finally came out. In the previous life, it was she who took Su Lanyin to change clothes.

She hurriedly stepped forward with a concerned look and said, "Oh, Miss Lan Xin's clothes are wet. It will be bad if the noble sees it later. Why don't you go downstairs and change your clothes first?"

As she spoke, she said enthusiastically, "I brought some spare clothes. Since our figures are similar, I'll take you to the side hall to change."

Su Lanxin thought about it and realized that it was true. After all, she wanted to make a good impression on the emperor and empress today.

So he nodded and agreed: "Okay, but I won't let this matter go, Su Lanyin, I'll settle the score with you when I come back!"

Her chest was soaked, and the material of her clothes was thin, so you could almost see her skin underneath.

So the most urgent thing is to change your clothes quickly to avoid being seen by other men.

She is now close to the prince. If she is seen by another man, what should she do if the prince pursues the matter?

So she followed Wang Ruohan without any doubt and left the garden and walked towards the side hall.

Su Lanyin stood there with her arms folded across her chest, watching the two of them disappear behind the archway, a wicked smile on her lips.

In her previous life, when she walked through that door, she was still grateful for Wang Ruohan's help.

Unfortunately, the next second she saw the evil nature of human nature.

Li Yulian, who was standing by, glared at her fiercely, walked up to her and whispered, "You knew I was coming for you, so you kicked the table over, right?"

Su Lanyin didn't comment, but she just thought her self-exposure was too funny.

She hadn't even asked him yet, but the idiot was already rushing to seek death.

"Come for me? Miss, who are you?"

Su Lanyin looked at her with pretended doubt, her face confused.

Li Yulian became even angrier. She was full of hostility and resentment, but the other party didn't even know who she was.

This is such a humiliation!

"You don't need to know who I am, but King Xiaoyao is definitely not someone a lowly merchant's daughter like you can marry. I advise you to stay away from the prince in the future!"

Su Lanyin just found her provocation ridiculous.

"I am the county lady, who are you? Why do you think I am lowly? Then you who are not as good as me, aren't you even lowly enough?"

This sentence might be useful to Su Lanxin, but Li Yulian felt like she was listening to a joke.

"Humph, what's so great about a mere county lady? Even if you're a princess, so what? My last name is Li, and my family is one of the four great families. What can you do to fight me?"

Su Lanyin had indeed heard of the four major families, which, in order of power today, were: Wei, Lan, Li, and Wang.

The Li family is not the best, but it is not the worst either.

It is said that the ancestors of the four major families were all founding heroes more than a hundred years ago. The family power has been passed down to this day, and the men in the families have sought important positions in the court, while the women have married into the harems of the previous dynasties.

In short, it is better to offend princes and nobles than to offend the aristocratic families.

There are some families that even the emperor has no idea how to deal with.

For example, the Li family and the Wang family are not as well off as their ancestors, but their younger generations have all passed the imperial examinations and are now holding positions in various places.

The older generation also occupied irreplaceable official positions in the court, held various powers, big and small, and were deeply trusted by the emperor.

Therefore, if they did not have a huge family backing them up, how could Li Yulian and Wang Ruohan dare to cause trouble at the prince's birthday banquet?

Thinking of this, Su Lanyin smiled and said, "Miss Li, I have never thought of fighting with you, but since you intend to provoke me, I will definitely not be afraid of you. You can use whatever abilities you have, but if you are counterattacked, don't regret it."

After saying that, she gave a meaningful smile and turned away.

Li Yulian looked at her back, clenched her fists and her eyes were full of anger.

"You little bitch, you dare to seduce King Xiaoyao, wait and see how I deal with you!"

……

At this time, in the side hall.

Wang Ruohan had a flattering smile on her face and kept praising Su Lanxin.

"Miss Su, you have such great skin, and this dress really suits you. I think you are the only one in the world who can wear it in such a graceful way, no one else can compare."

Su Lanxin raised her chin proudly, and was very pleased with these words.

"Of course, this dress and jewelry were carefully selected by me."

"It must be very expensive, right?"

"Can't you tell? Of course it's worth a lot of money." Su Lanxin said as she lifted up her sleeves to reveal her fair wrist with an emerald green bracelet on it.

"Look, this was given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He said that a beauty should be paired with a beautiful jade. How about it? Isn't it very beautiful?"

She was so busy showing off that she didn't notice the vicious look that flashed across Wang Ruohan's eyes.

"Yes, the water content of this jade bracelet is so good, so crystal clear, His Highness is so good to you."

Wang Ruohan praised with a fake smile.

It was no secret in Shengjing that she liked the prince, but the Wang family did not dare to compete with the Wei family, so they always planned to let her enter the prince's mansion as a concubine.

It’s fine that the one from the Wei family is competing with her, she is indeed inferior in terms of family power, but why would the daughter of a sixth-rank official dare to be so proud in front of her?

Today, she was determined to let that little bitch Su Lanxin know that it wasn't so easy to enter the Prince's Mansion.

Originally, out of respect for the Crown Prince, he had no intention of attacking Su Lanxin today. He only wanted to embarrass Su Lanyin.

But Su Lanxin just happened to be unlucky and ran into him, so don't blame her for being rude.

As they talked, the two of them walked to the door of the side hall.

Wang Ruohan deliberately said, "Miss Su, there are many decorations on the back of your dress. Come forward and let me see."