A slap

"Hiss..."

The maid hurt Lin Yunjiao's scalp, and she threw down the hairpin in her hand, almost hitting the maid.

The maid was so frightened that she knelt down, almost crying, "Miss, I didn't mean to!"

"Alright, hurry up and get up and comb my hair. I'm going to see my mother!"

The maid was stunned.

The girl didn't punish her?

Lin Yunjiao impatiently, "What are you spacing out for?"

The maid said, "Yes... I'll be right there."

Combing the master's hair.

Lin Yunjiao looked at herself in the mirror and became more and more satisfied. She was wearing the most fashionable clothes in Jiangqian, and the hairpin in her hair was made of ruby. It was a very precious piece of jewelry that her mother had given her when her father and mother got married. Now it was on her head.

"Hmph, you country bumpkin, what do you have to compare with me!"

Lin Yunjiao was in a great mood.

After she finished dressing and getting ready, it was already quite late when she left the Courtyard.

"Never mind, I won't go to pay my respects to Mother. I'll go directly to the Second Gate and wait there. Go and tell Mother."

This was the Lin family's first visit to Prince Huan's Residence, and it was also her first time there. If she arrived late, Prince Huan's Seal.

"Yes."

One of the young maids left, leaving five maids and several Matron to escort Lin Yunjiao to the Second Gate.

She soon saw someone she shouldn't have seen.

"Who is that...?"

Lin Yunjiao involuntarily slowed her pace. With her slender shoulders and long neck, she had a graceful figure and an extraordinary temperament. Her clothes were also... extremely luxurious!

Upon closer inspection, her eyes widened in astonishment.

She really is a wild child!

"How could this be...?"

A tomboy should wear ill-fitting clothes!

How could someone be dressed even better than her!

Lin Yunjiao furious and shouted, "You wild girl, where did you get these clothes?"

Lin Yunwan to look at Lin Yunjiao, then glanced at her own clothes, and said indifferently, "You're so disrespectful."

You're talking to me about size?

Lin Yunjiao: "This is my home, why are you talking to me like that!"

She was wringing her handkerchief when she caught a glimpse Xiruo Xiruo's clothes, and she was instantly furious!

"You... you..."

He looked at the fabric of his clothes again. Although the weaving techniques and colors were different, the material itself was the same!

How dare a mere maidservant wear the same fabric as her mistress!

How so!

"The old things I gave you... you shouldn't be wearing my unwanted clothes..."

Where did her old clothes go?

Lin Yunjiao finally saw the young maids from the Lin Residence behind her. The clothes that should have been worn by wild girls were actually on the maids!

"Fine! Lin Yun Wan, you actually dared to demote me to a maid!"

Lin Yunjiao couldn't hold back any longer. She glared at her head maid and snapped, "Are you all blind?! Strip them naked right now!"

The second-class maids were somewhat afraid of their mistresses, while the head maids, who had been by her side for a long time, were used to being domineering.

Two head maids rushed forward, first targeting the youngest maidservant beside Lin Yunwan.

Xiruo strode forward, grabbed a maid's wrist with one hand, and sneered, "Stripping young ladies of their clothes? Do you want to experience that feeling too?"

She had an unusually strong grip; with a casual exertion, the two head maids were in so much pain that they knelt on the ground.

"Rebellion! Rebellion! The maid is defying her master!"

Lin Yunjiao ordered the other maids and the Matron who had come with her, "Take her away!"

Five or six people attacked together, Xiruo one.

They were slapped so hard their faces made a loud slapping sound, and they all fell to the ground, crying out in pain.

Some falls are real, while others... are fake falls.

The scene was extremely unsightly.

Xiruo shook her head. "..."

None of them could fight back.

Lin Yunjiao was dumbfounded, looking at the maids Matron on the ground, and retreated repeatedly.

"You wild girl, your maid is too... too bold! This is the Lin Residence! Not the countryside!"

She was almost crying with fear, and said fiercely, "I'll make sure my father beats her to death!"

Xiruo stood beside Lin Yunwan, completely still.

Kill her...

It all depends on whether Lin Huabin has the guts.

Lin Yunwan was tired of standing, so she stepped forward and said, "Yun Jiao, if you keep making a scene, you won't be able to go to Prince Huan's Residence."

She glanced at Lin Yunjiao's outfit today; she had clearly put a lot of thought into it!

Lin Yunjiao was indeed frightened.

She wasn't afraid of the wild girl, but she was afraid of not being able to attend the banquet at Prince Huan's Residence.

Second Gate, Matron came in and said, "Miss, the sedan chair is ready. The master is also waiting outside."

Upon seeing the scene inside, everyone gasped in shock.

What's going on?!

Lin Yunwan ignored Lin Yunjiao and, leading Xiruo and her maids, said to the Matron, "Let's go."

Two sedan chairs escorted them to the side gate, from where they transferred to a horse-drawn carriage to go to Prince Huan's Residence.

Xiruo lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and said, "Eldest Miss, please get in."

Lin Yunwan bent down and sat inside, first reaching the side gate.

Zheng Shi hadn't slept well last night and arrived late. Rushing to the Second Gate, she saw the state of her daughter's maids and asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Lin Yunjiao couldn't hold back her tears and threw herself into Zheng Shi's arms, saying, "Mother, her maid wore my old clothes and even beat my maid!"

Zheng Shi was speechless.

After managing the household for so many years, this was the first time someone had ever slapped her daughter in the face!

"This is outrageous! Where is she?!"

Lin Yunjiao pouted and said, "She said if she kept making a fuss, we'd be late for Prince Huan's Residence, so she left first."

Zheng Shi, however, remained calm.

She said coldly, "That makes sense. Go to the banquet first. When you get back, I'll teach this ill-mannered wild girl a lesson!"

"Okay, go back and wash your face."

Lin Yunjiao nodded, but then noticed that her mother's face looked strange.

"Mom, your eyes are swollen... Did you cry last night?"

She didn't want to speak in front of the servants, so she spoke in a very low voice.

Zheng Shi held Lin Yunjiao's hand tightly and said, "Mother is alright."

Lin Yunjiao completely hated Lin Yunwan.

Anyone who dares to bully her, or even her mother, will not be let off the hook by that wild girl!

If she really becomes the Prince Huan Consort, she'll have her father personally slap that wild girl in the face! Let's see how smug that wild girl will be then.

Two carriages belonging to the Lin family approached the Prince Huan's Residence.

Xiruo said to Lin Yunwan in the carriage, "The Lin family is no peaceful place either."

Lin Yunwan smiled faintly, "Whose house is peaceful?"

She had been in charge of the household for many years and had seen many things that happened in the Inner Residence; very few of them were peaceful and quiet.

Lin Yunwan said, "Master can keep Madam and Second Miss in line when it comes to important matters, but he's a bit annoying when it comes to trivial things."

But it's something she can handle.

Xiruo nodded, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Miss, will we be able to see the Prince Huan's Residence today?"

Lin Yunwan's eyes brightened slightly.

"I have no idea."

She held the congratulatory gift she had prepared for him. Because of the rush, she could only write a piece of calligraphy, scented it with her own blend of incense, and then gave it to him.

Even if we can't meet, my feelings are enough.

Xiruo, said, "It would be best if you still saw the Prince."

The Prince should be informed about the Lin family's affairs.