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Chapter 5144: 5.0896 Dignity is Earned!

They say women are thin-skinned and possess a sense of shame. But in Qiao Mu's view, this Su Xitao had no shame whatsoever. Her vanity always got the better of her, putting on airs for everyone she met. She was clearly nothing, yet she insisted on acting like a princess wherever she went. Qiao Mu didn't know whether to call her ignorant or Prince Zheng utterly ignorant.

Qiao Mu shook her head and chatted with her mother in the carriage for a few moments.

The coachman suddenly scurried over and said, "Crown Princess, Madam, the road ahead is clear; we can proceed."

Wei Ziqin nodded, pulling her daughter to sit properly. The carriage started moving forward shortly, though not very fast. After about fifteen minutes, they finally reached the main entrance of the Marquis of Huainan's residence.

Before Wei Ziqin and Qiao Mu could even alight, they saw a competent-looking old nanny in green clothes, holding an umbrella with one hand, quickly approach. She curtsied and greeted them.

"My Lady is slightly indisposed and specifically instructed this old servant to await Madam Qiao and the Crown Princess here." With that, she turned and nodded to the coachman. "Please, drive the carriage directly into the front courtyard. Follow me."

Qiao Mu sat back down. Just as the mother and daughter's carriage was about to follow the old nanny inside, a shrill curse, utterly out of place, carried on the wind.

"Why can their carriage drive in, but ours can't? Is our Princess somehow inferior?"

The old nanny in green blocked the unruly maid, scolding angrily, "Who are you?"

The maid acted like a shrew, abandoning her umbrella and standing with her hands on her hips in the rain, yelling at the nanny, "Are your dog eyes blind? You don't even recognize our Princess Tao. What, you old wicked slave, are you trying to rebel?"

The old nanny in green was so furious her face turned red.

She had personally reviewed the invitations and guest list given by the Marchioness. She had truly never heard of any "Princess Tao," so she couldn't be blamed for her ignorance.

Su Xitao was sitting in her carriage at this moment, the curtain rolled back. A servant was kneeling beside the carriage, waiting for the young lady to alight. Su Xitao coldly watched the old nanny in green, her expression fluctuating between cloudy and clear. The foot she had extended was pulled back, and she remained perfectly still in the carriage.

Dignity is earned. As the eldest young lady of Prince Zheng's estate, how am I any less than others? Why can other people's carriages drive directly into the Marquis of Huainan's residence, while I have to get out in this public thoroughfare, like those other madams and young ladies, and walk into the residence under an umbrella? Although it's only a few minutes' walk, the symbolic status is immediately different. Among all the carriages allowed to drive into the Marquis of Huainan's residence, which one doesn't belong to a high-ranking official's wife or an aristocratic young lady? What am I, Su Xitao, lacking compared to others? I am also the undisputed eldest young lady of Prince Zheng's estate, alright?

Just then, a middle-aged woman in a peacock green dress, with golden swaying fabric pins in her hair, who was past her prime but still attractive, walked over with a swaying gait. She covered her mouth and chuckled at the old nanny in green. "Oh, it's Madam's Liu Ma. What you're doing is really wrong. This is Princess Tao of Prince Zheng's estate. You cannot be so rude to others. Why aren't you kneeling to greet Princess Tao?"

The old nanny in green was stunned. Just as she was about to reply, the little Crown Princess's cold laugh came from behind her curtain. "Princess Tao has quite the imposing manner. Showing off her might right in front of this Princess, how truly formidable!"

Su Xitao was startled.