Chen Qingyin frowned slightly.
"Miss Liang, do you want to enter the palace?"
Of course Liang Ruosheng wanted to.
And she never expected that such a big pie would fall from the sky.
He is the Ninth Prince. As long as she catches his eye, she might even be able to become his concubine in the future.
Liang Ruosheng laughed at Hu Mianmian for being young and stupid and not knowing how to seize opportunities.
She smiled at Chen Qingyin in a flattering manner.
"Because I think the young lady doesn't want to enter the palace to study with you, but if I refuse His Highness's request, I'm afraid I will offend His Highness."
"It just so happens that I have been in the Hu Mansion and have nothing to do. I might as well go in place of the young lady to repay the Hu Mansion for taking me in."
Chen Qingyin had a cold face and sneered in his heart.
This Liang Ruosheng is just like her mother Liang Yunyan. She wants to climb up when she finds an opportunity.
Chen Qingyin was about to refuse, but unexpectedly, Hu Mianmian agreed very quickly.
"Okay, go ahead, mother, let her go."
Hu Mianmian wished that someone would suffer in her place as soon as possible.
Chen Qingyin really didn't expect that even her daughter supported her.
She no longer wanted to agree, but she couldn't help but ponder.
"Well, since Mianmian has no objection, housekeeper, you can take Miss Liang to see the palace maid and tell her that Mianmian is not feeling well today and cannot enter the palace."
The housekeeper bowed: "Yes, Miss Liang, follow me."
Liang Ruosheng's eyes were filled with joy: "Thank you, Madam."
She followed the housekeeper in a hurry.
The senior palace maid sent by the Ninth Prince was waiting in the main hall with six attendants.
Seeing Liang Ruosheng coming, the senior palace maid looked her up and down.
"This is the young lady of the Hu family? Hu Mianmian?"
The housekeeper quickly explained, "This is Miss Liang who is staying in our house. She is not feeling well today, so the Madam asked me to come and apologize to you all."
The head maid frowned: "How can this be possible! The Ninth Prince wants the young lady of the Hu family, not someone else."
The housekeeper was stunned. He didn't expect that the head maid would get angry.
Liang Ruosheng winked at him, then stepped forward and whispered a few words to the head palace maid in a low voice.
"Please calm down, my lady. To be honest, the reason why the young lady couldn't come is not because she is not feeling well, but because she has a terrible birthmark on her face. We are all afraid that she will scare the Ninth Prince, so the doctor sent me here."
The senior maid frowned in confusion: "Birthmark?"
Liang Ruosheng nodded and lowered his voice: "Just ask around in the mansion, everyone knows."
The head maid was whispering with the female attendant behind her, and it was unknown what they were discussing.
Finally, the head maid could only say solemnly: "Then please follow me, Miss Liang, into the palace. I will meet His Highness the Ninth Prince and report the facts to him later."
Liang Ruosheng was delighted: "Yes."
The butler escorted her to the carriage to the palace.
In Hu Mianmian's courtyard, Chen Qingyin was holding the little guy's hand and patiently asked: "Why doesn't Mianmian want to enter the palace? Is she afraid that the Ninth Prince will be difficult to get along with?"
Hu Mianmian said in a soft voice: "Mom, I don't like him. I want to stay away from him."
Humph, she dislikes cats the most!
Chen Qingyin smiled when she heard this. Children have their own ideas, and she respects them.
"Well, if you don't want to go, then don't go. If the Ninth Prince sends someone again next time, mother will help you refuse."
Hu Mianmian happily hugged her mother's neck: "Thank you, mother, baji~"
She kissed Chen Qingyin on the face, making Chen Qingyin laugh so hard that she couldn't stop.
After coaxing Hu Mianmian into a nap, Linlang came in to pour tea for Chen Qingyin.
Linlang: "I heard from the housekeeper that when Liang Ruosheng got on the carriage, her mouth was almost smiling to her ears. Even the old lady knew about it and praised Liang Ruosheng for being blessed and that she would soon be able to get married."
Chen Qingyin played with a strand of her hair and said in a faint voice: "Flying onto the branches, oh, it's easy to think about it."
Regardless of the Ninth Prince's personality, Liang Ruosheng's status meant that she had absolutely no chance of staying with him.
Even if the Ninth Prince wanted her, Chen Qingyin would not give them this opportunity.
Because she would expose the affair between Hu Yunshen and Liang Yunyan to the public.
Hu Mianmian had a wonderful nap.
But she had just woken up and slept for only half an hour when she heard that Liang Ruosheng had been driven back and seemed to have been beaten, and was crying in the main hall.
Linlang came in hurriedly: "Madam, the old lady asked you to carry the young lady over. I heard that... Liang Ruosheng is in a very bad condition. Madam, be careful that the old lady will vent her anger on you and the young lady."
Hu Mianmian's eyes widened.
How miserable is it? Liang Ruosheng will not be bitten to pieces by the white tiger!
The little guy was shivering.
Chen Qingyin was very calm: "Liang Ruosheng wanted to go there herself. Whatever happened to her was her own fault. I don't think anyone dares to blame me and Mianmian."
As she spoke, she picked up Hu Mianmian, put a veil on the little one, and took her to the main hall.
Before I even entered, I heard Liang Yunyan crying, "Old Madam, you must take care of our Ruosheng. Look at what she has become."
"Why is the Madam so vicious? She didn't want her own daughter to go, but asked Ruosheng to go instead. She is my good daughter..."
Chen Qingyin walked in with Hu Mianmian and looked at them coldly.
Liang Ruosheng and Liang Yunyan hugged each other and cried bitterly. Old Madam Hu had a gloomy face and leaned heavily on her crutches.
"I will definitely make the decision for you!"
Just as she looked up, she saw Chen Qingyin coming. Old Madam Hu scolded her angrily, "You vicious woman, the Ninth Prince sent someone to summon Hu Mianmian to the palace, why didn't you let Hu Mianmian go? You insisted on letting Ruosheng go instead. Now, you've angered the Ninth Prince, and Ruosheng got beaten!"
Chen Qingyin said in a cold tone: "It was Miss Liang who proposed to replace Mianmian to enter the palace. Why didn't the old lady ask clearly and blamed this matter on me? If you don't believe it, you can call the housekeeper to ask."
Old Madam Hu paused. Is this really true?
Liang Yunyan cried even more: "Madam, our Ruosheng said after she came back that the young lady had offended the Ninth Prince. If you had told me earlier, our Ruosheng would not have been so confused as to take the beating instead!"
"Ridiculous!" Chen Qingyin sneered, "Mianmian has been following me, how come I don't know that she has offended the Ninth Prince?"
Hu Mianmian had been hiding behind her mother, sticking her little head out to observe Liang Ruosheng's injuries.
But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't tell where she was hurt.
Hu Mianmian asked bluntly in a soft voice: "Where are you injured?"
Liang Ruosheng's humming sound suddenly stopped.
She raised her head sharply, and pointed at her teeth, crying.
"How dare you ask, you...you! Wuwu..."
Now, Hu Mianmian and Chen Qingyin both saw it clearly and were slightly stunned.
Liang Ruosheng's two front teeth were gone! Oh my God!
Hu Mianmian trembled even more: "He, he, he pulled out your teeth?"
The little fellow said this, covering his mouth, as if he were actually there.
Fortunately, she didn't go, otherwise how would she eat meat if she had no teeth!