Chapter 600: First Chance (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Tang Jinyun couldn’t help but interrupt her. “Third Miss Lu, Sister Zeng is just advising you with good intentions. Why are you…”
“Oh, the two of you are so concerned about the Hua family!” Lu Qin raised her voice to suppress the other party’s voice. She deliberately looked back and forth at Zeng Ya and Tang Jinyun and clapped her hands heavily. “I understand. I think the two of you have been longing for Young Master Hua for a long time. That’s good. Two sons of the Hua family have died, and someone needs to get married. I can help the two of you matchmake. I won’t accept money from the matchmaker.”
“Since the two of you are so close, you can be sisters-in-law!”
Lu Qin spoke non-stop, and every word was quite sharp.
Anyone can speak freely. It was just a matter of who could shout the loudest, right? If they had the ability, they should learn to curse like the market women; after all, these noble women cared the most about their reputation!
Vulgar. These noble ladies are really vulgar! Zeng Ya and Tang Jinyun’s faces turned from red to green and then from green to white. There was no way to refute them. They had been taught since they were young to be quiet and elegant.
Even if they wanted to scold someone, they had to do it in a roundabout way and not leave any dirty words. This would make the other party so angry, with nowhere to vent!
No one scolded others as Lu Qin did!!
Their chests heaved up and down. After a long time, they squeezed out dryly, “You… are simply unreasonable!”
Wei Jiaoniang and Fan Mushuang exchanged another look, their eyes exceptionally bright.
Ah Qin’s mouth is really amazing!
Wei Jiaoniang smiled and helped Lu Qin. “Miss Tang, Miss Zeng, don’t worry. Our Air Qin has always been straightforward and says whatever she thinks. She’s not the kind of person to beat around the bush. You don’t have to stand on ceremony with her. If you want to marry Young Master Hua, feel free to do so!”
Since Lu Qin was straightforward, it was obvious that she was referring to Zeng Ya and Tang Jinyun.
The commotion caused by the girls attracted the attention of many people by the lake. Many eyes looked over from all directions.
Zeng Ya gritted her teeth so hard that they were about to shatter, but she didn’t leave. She couldn’t help but glance at Gu Yanfei from the corner of her eye.
Lu Qin, Wei Jiaoniang… Gu Yanfei and the others are all birds of a feather. All of them are shameless!
Zeng Ya almost broke the handle of the fan. She held her breath, but her voice was still gentle and appropriate. “In a few days, I’ll be returning to Huaibei in Xuzhou. Perhaps I won’t have the chance to see Third Miss Lu, Miss Wei Jiu, and Second Lady Gu again in the future.”
“We know each other after all. We’re just concerned about Miss Lu out of goodwill.”
She turned her head slightly and looked across the lake from afar. Because she was still far away, she could vaguely see seven or eight young masters walking onto the wooden bridge on the lake.
Wei Jiaoniang wouldn’t believe Zeng Ya’s nonsense. She said bluntly, “Who wants you to care!”
Compared to the domineering Wei Jiaoniang, Zeng Ya looked a little delicate.
She bit her lower lip slightly, and her eyelashes trembled slightly. She said seriously, “I misspoke today. As the saying goes, sit quietly and think about yourself. Don’t gossip about others. Third Miss Lu, I really shouldn’t talk about your private matters.”
“Miss Lu San, you won’t hold it against me, right?”
As she spoke, she bent her knees and bowed dignifiedly. She was elegant and generous, and her tone was always gentle. Her pitcher’s actions displayed the demeanor of a noblewoman, making it impossible to find fault with her.
Wei Jiaoniang beat Lu Qin to it and said, “What if we have to argue with you?!”
Zeng Ya’s eyes darkened.
“Thud.”
A longan-sized incense ball in her sleeve fell to the ground. Beside her, Tang Jinyun accidentally stepped on the incense ball and exclaimed apologetically, “Sister Zeng, I was too careless.”
“It’s fine,” Zeng Ya said generously. She instructed the servant girl, “Just go and get another one.”
After a while, a young woman in green with a bun walked over obediently and respectfully handed a new incense ball to Zeng Ya.
“Miss.” The young woman’s voice was filled with flattery.
Zeng Ya raised her hand and took the new straw-patterned incense ball. She casually plucked it between her fingers. A faint fragrance floated out of the incense ball.
The young woman bowed and was about to leave when her gaze gently swept across the three girls on the bench in front of her and landed on Gu Yanfei, who was sitting on the far right.
The young woman widened her eyes in shock, and her pupils constricted. Her gaze froze on Gu Yanfei’s face.
“Erya!” The young woman blurted out in surprise.
“Huh?” Zeng Ya raised her eyebrows slightly.
Gu Yanfei looked straight at the delicate-looking young woman in front of her. Because of the other party’s call, memories surged like a tide, and her eyes darkened.
So it was her, Li Zhaodi.
Li Zhaodi stared intently at Gu Yanfei, her eyes filled with crazy jealousy.
In her memory, Erya’s skin was dark, rough, and her figure was thin. She was subservient, wooden, and weak.
Compared to this fair-skinned and beautiful girl in front of her, she was simply worlds apart.
Li Zhaodi could only confirm from the other party’s familiar eyes and outline that this was indeed the Li Erya she had watched grow up.
Li Erya didn’t have a name. Her father had been a money-losing gambler since she was young and called her that wretched girl. Outsiders all called her Li Erya. As they called her, Li Erya seemed to have become her name.
Zeng Ya played with the fragrant ball in her hand again and smiled faintly. She also looked at Gu Yanfei. “Second Lady Gu, do you know each other?”
As she spoke, Zeng Ya’s understanding gaze returned to Li Zhaodi’s face. She could clearly see the jealousy in her eyes.
Zeng Ya was smiling, but there was no smile in her eyes.
She was from an aristocratic family.
Their Zeng family was a big family name in Xuzhou.
This time, she had spent a lot of effort defeating a few sisters and cousins in the family before obtaining the opportunity to come to the capital with her father and brother. Her goal was to become the Eldest Prince’s concubine and become empress in the future. From then on, she would leap above everyone else.
Who would have thought that this shameless wild girl from the countryside would be a step ahead of her!
“I… I…” Li Zhaodi’s eyes were bloodshot. She was so jealous that she was about to go crazy.
First, it was Gu Yunrong, then Li Erya.
These two people were clearly her sisters, but they lived a completely different life from her. They lived in the sky, but she was the only one who sank into the mud.
Jealousy, resentment, unwillingness, and other emotions were like an inescapable net that tightly trapped her.
Why wasn’t I the one who was replaced back then?!
How can a timid and weak little girl become so rich!
Riches raise people. Li Zhaodi finally understood the meaning of these words, and her mouth was filled with bitterness.
In a daze, she heard Zeng Ya’s gentle voice enter her ears. It sounded close but also distant. “Zhaodi, do you know Second Lady Gu?”
“Second Lady Gu is the Second Lady of the Gu family… Just now, the Emperor and Eldest Princess Feng Yang personally presided over her coming-of-age ceremony.”
Every word stabbed her heart like a poisonous thorn, and her eyes turned even redder.
Jealousy almost drowned her. Li Zhaodi said without thinking, “This is my sister.”
She stared fixedly at Gu Yanfei. Her scorching gaze wished it could burn two holes in her face.. She couldn’t help but take a step closer to her and call out, “Erya!”