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Chapter 5151: 5.0903 Making up a Chapter

"What do you mean, Miss Li?" Fang Mingyue maintained her stiff smile, gritting her teeth inwardly. Are these legitimate daughters conspiring to deliberately humiliate me? This Miss Li is merely the legitimate daughter of the Honglu Temple Vice Minister, a tiny official. How dare she look down on a young lady from the Marquis of Huainan's residence?

Fang Mingyue was not a person of broad mind; she was already furious at Miss Li's few words.

The noble lady beside Miss Li quickly tugged at her clueless friend, smiling apologetically to Fang Mingyue. "Miss Li is outspoken; her words were unintentional and not meant to mock the Second Young Lady. Miss Fang, please don't overthink it."

Fang Mingyue smiled without warmth. "Oh, it's Miss Jiang, the legitimate daughter of Imperial Censor Jiang. I've always heard that Miss Jiang and Miss Li are good friends. You two truly have a deep bond and are inseparable."

Miss Jiang smiled gently, not taking the bait. Miss Li was also being held back by her, so she didn't speak either.

Fang Mingyue mentally noted the two of them, then turned, pulling at the corners of her mouth, to look at the woman leaning by the pond.

"Princess, what do you think of our pond?"

"Not bad," Princess Tao said, arrogantly tilting her head. She pointed at a koi not far away. "Our Prince's estate has that kind of golden koi, and this, and that! We have all of these. Overall, the koi in your family's pond can only compare to one or two tenths of those in my Prince's estate."

Everyone gasped at her words. This Princess Tao truly has low emotional intelligence! It's one thing for her to praise Prince Zheng's estate in various ways, but she didn't need to say that the koi in someone else's pond are less than one or two tenths of those in Prince Zheng's estate…

Fang Mingyue's face darkened further, and she couldn't help but inwardly curse Su Xitao, that idiot. If it weren't for the sake of Prince Zheng's estate, why would she, a dignified young lady of the Marquis of Huainan's residence, have to listen to her nonsense so humbly here?

Princess Tao's words immediately created an awkward silence! Everyone silently stared at the koi in the pond, occasionally scattering some fish food, falling into quiet observation.

Just then, a koi suddenly leaped out of the water. The young ladies joyfully pointed at the leaping koi, exclaiming with laughter, "Look, look! This koi must have become a spirit! It's so lively and active."

Everyone pushed slightly. A few girls originally wanted to squeeze to the railing to get a closer look. As a result of this push, they accidentally bumped into Su Xitao. Su Xitao's bent calf hit the railing with a thud, making her face contort in pain. A shriek escaped her mouth, "Who, who bumped this Princess??"

She was truly unlucky. Earlier, when she was kicked out of the carriage by those two dead guards beside the Crown Princess, her knees hit the puddle hard and were already bruised. Now, being squeezed and bumped again, she might even be bleeding.

She angrily turned her head and immediately saw a familiar woman, who had stumbled back several steps.

"It's you, you cheap woman again! Are you deliberately trying to make trouble for me today?!" Princess Tao instantly flew into a rage, her eyes glaring fiercely at the woman who had retreated several steps.

"No, not me, no." This was precisely the illegitimate daughter of Assistant Minister Zhang, whose carriage had collided with Princess Tao's carriage, causing the Princess's carriage to overturn. Earlier, with the carriage incident, Miss Zhang had already experienced the ferocity and awfulness of this Princess Tao. She hadn't expected them to run into each other again now.