The Humble Family’s Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!
Chapter 817 - 723, Stealing Chicken without Gaining, Losing Rice Instead (Two-in-One Large Chapter)_3

Chapter 817: Chapter 723, Stealing Chicken without Gaining, Losing Rice Instead (Two-in-One Large Chapter)_3

For the first time since her birth, she felt utterly belittled, a mix of anger and humiliation roiling within her as she stared at the radiant face before her, yearning to slap it away.

But she restrained herself.

Not because of status, but because she knew she couldn’t win against Yan Yiyi.

Thinking of this only made her chest feel tighter!

"Yan Yiyi, I know that for families like yours, Brother Yeyang is like a piece of fat meat. Once you’ve bitten down, you won’t let go. However, I advise you to watch out for yourself. Don’t forget that Brother Yeyang’s mother is still alive. Given the repeated conflicts between the Yan Family and my Guo Family, do you think my aunt would agree to Brother Yeyang marrying you?"

This remark indeed made Daohua pause for a moment.

There were only a few people who could influence Xiao Yeyang’s marriage— the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, Prince Ping, and Xiao Yeyang’s mother.

She roughly knew the stance of the first three; her affair with Xiao Yeyang was orchestrated by the old lady herself, with the Emperor and Prince Ping sure to agree in the end. As for the Empress Dowager, as long as the Emperor insisted, she could at best use her status to give them a bit of trouble.

The first three wouldn’t be an issue, but Xiao Yeyang’s mother...

With so little information, she indeed felt uncertain.

Seeing Daohua’s uncertain gaze, Guo Xueming felt a weight lift off her chest and, with a cold snort, did not say more and turned to leave.

That Yan Yiyi, with her clever tongue, if the conversation continued, Guo Xueming feared it would turn into Yan Yiyi accusing her instead!

"Miss, are you alright?"

Wang Manman and Bi Shi hurried over to Daohua’s side as soon as Guo Xueming and her maids left.

Daohua shook her head: "What would be wrong? Guo Xueming thought she could flaunt her cousin’s authority over me, but that still depends on whether I agree."

Thinking of how Miss Guo had just been rendered speechless by their young lady, Wang Manman and Bi Shi exchanged knowing smiles.

"Madam has looked over here several times, we should head back."

Daohua nodded and walked toward the pavilion.

As she passed by the daughters of the various families, Daohua noticed that, unlike before, when there were secretive looks, these people were now pointing at her openly, many with obvious disdain and mockery in their eyes.

"No wonder she dared to confront the two Madams of the Jiang Family at the table. It turns out she’s depending on the Little Prince’s power!"

"Look at how she looks; one glance and you know she’s not well-behaved. The Little Prince, being alone in Zhongzhou, inevitably felt lonely. Seduced by someone with an agenda, look, he couldn’t control himself."

"Do you think she might have already... with the Little Prince..."

"Oh my, don’t talk about it, it’s embarrassing. Some people are indecent, let’s not dirty our ears!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

Snippets of gossip reached their ears, infuriating Wang Manman and Bi Shi.

"How can they speak of the young lady like that?"

Daohua’s face darkened too. She didn’t care much about what others thought, but in this ancient time where one’s honor impacted the whole family, if her reputation were to be tarnished, the Yan Family would be affected!

Damn Jiang Family!

Without having to think, she knew it was the Jiang Family that had spread this news.

Seeing the daughters of the other families taking the rumor as the truth, Daohua’s eyes deepened, probably the Guo Family was adding fuel to the fire as well.

Before Daohua reached the pavilion, Madam Li came out with Han Xinran and others: "It’s getting late; let’s go pay our respects to the Princess and take our leave."

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Main courtyard.

Princess Huijia, hearing that Madam Li was leaving, did not try to keep them but glanced over Daohua before signaling her personal maids to see them out.

Wu Xirong, watching the departing figures of the Yan Family, tugged at Kang Naixin: "Do you think the thing between Countess of Shengping and Xiao Yeyang is real?"

Kang Naixin pondered: "It should be. When Second Madam Jiang leaked the information, she had Madam Guo bear witness. Those two families are rivals; neither would conceal the other’s matters. I think there’s a nine out of ten chance it’s true."

"Also, didn’t you think the Countess of Shengping was a bit too confident at the banquet today? The Yan Family wouldn’t dare confront the Jiang Family." She shook her head, clicking her tongue, "I always thought Xiao Yeyang didn’t like women."

Wu Xirong shook her head silently.

With the Jiang Family’s subtle and sometimes overt encouragement, within a single day, all the prominent families in Beijing had heard about Xiao Yeyang and Daohua’s affair.

With the evident disparity between Xiao Yeyang and the Yan Family, everyone naturally chose to believe that Daohua had seduced Xiao Yeyang.

Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager, upon hearing the news, was so enraged she shattered a set of porcelain: "Foolish! The Emperor was never against Yeyang marrying a Yan Family daughter; he had merely considered my and Prince Ping’s views before, hence, he did not grant the marriage straight away."

"Now, look at this mess. Everyone knows about Yeyang and the Yan Family’s girl, and with the girl being a countess personally titled by the Emperor, thanks to the success of the high-yield grains, the Yan Family has quite a reputation among the common people and officials. For the sake of his own dignity, the Emperor will grant the marriage. They are practically gifting Xiao Yeyang to her!"

The Empress Dowager was truly beyond furious. She wanted to influence Xiao Yeyang’s marriage affair to control him and restrain the Ma Family, making the Empress feel at ease about raising the Tenth Prince, to prevent the Ma Family from becoming arrogantly certain that the title of Prince Ping’s Residence was destined for Xiao Yechen.

Alas, her plans were now foiled.

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