Su Yurou, after long deliberation, finally decided to let it go for now.
At this moment, she had no way to do anything to Su Xiaoqi.
At least the silly girl Du Yiyi by her side didn't know what sort of enchantment she had drunk from her, as she trusted her completely and wouldn't listen to any of her persuasion.
Hmph, then she would just watch closely, until the day Su Yurou regretted it.
Su Yurou wanted to withdraw, but Su Xiaoqi wouldn't allow it.
This was because when Su Yurou had been accusing her of all sorts of bad behavior to Du Yiyi, she had never considered giving her any face.
She even rejoiced as the crowd of onlookers around them grew larger and larger.
Su Yurou intended to ruin Su Xiaoqi's reputation, making Shen Yun dislike her for self-preservation and divorce her.
Then, she would slowly approach him, and when he passed the imperial examinations, she would discuss marriage with him again.
With Su Xiaoqi's later more forceful rebuttals, the onlookers' eyes lit up even more as they watched the two of them confront each other.
They didn't know who was right or wrong between the two.
In any case, based on the snippets they revealed, they began to elaborate on their own.
For example, when some heard what Su Yurou had said earlier, they began to criticize Su Xiaoqi.
They said that although this person looked good, she was actually so troublesome, so vulgar, and so wicked.
But when Su Xiaoqi retorted, and threatened to report Su Yurou to the authorities, while Su Yurou dared not accept the challenge, they felt as if they had found the truth.
It must be that this rich young lady was bullying others by relying on her family's wealth.
Otherwise, why would she be guilty and not dare to respond to the authorities?
Du Yiyi couldn't stand seeing Su Xiaoqi being wronged and immediately started the narrative:
"Alas, in this day and age, some girls who look good on the outside, but no one knows if they are human or ghost on the inside.
So, when choosing a wife in the future, one must be very discerning and identify them properly."
"Exactly, exactly. It's not important to have a good appearance, the key is to be kind-hearted."
Du Yiyi added, "That's right, having a good appearance and wealth means nothing.
It must be like my Sister Xiaoqi, who is beautiful and kind-hearted, and even gave free grain seeds to the people of Tongchuan County, and was even praised by the Prefect."
"Oh, so this young lady is that great philanthropist.
My cousin's family is from Tongchuan County, and he received grain seeds and took his whole family there the other day."
"You know, I really remember it now. The day before yesterday, I accompanied my uncle to pick up the grain seeds, and I happened to see this young lady.
She was distributing grain seeds with the Prefect's eldest daughter."
"Oh, the young lady is a good person."
"Yes, yes, yes, the Prefect's wife and eldest daughter are also good people, one distributing porridge in the front, and the other distributing grain seeds in the back..."
"Also, I heard that a shop here is being renovated to open a Chen Jin Ji, and their pastries are delicious."
"Hey, old man, your eyesight isn't good, but this is indeed the place. It hasn't opened yet, you have to wait."
"Oh, then when it opens, I'll have to come and buy more pastries."
For a moment, the square became exceptionally lively, and the topic quickly shifted from the one Su Yurou had instigated to the recent interesting events in the prefecture.
Du Yiyi, feeling it was enough, sent someone to announce:
Saying that their shop was still under renovation and would only open in five days, and they could go back now and come to support them when it opened.
Everyone had a very good impression of her, and what she said made sense, so they dispersed with a "whoosh."
Su Yurou's face was flushed red at this moment, and her bulging chest rose and fell violently.
She was really furious.
She had never suffered such indignity in her life.
But Su Xiaoqi was protected by Du Yiyi, and she herself had suddenly become very eloquent, so she really didn't know what to do with her.
She could only call out, "Xiaoqi, let's go."
Hearing the familiar name, but it wasn't calling her own Sister Xiaoqi, but a plain-looking little maid.
Du Yiyi was indignant. She stopped Su Yurou and pointed at the maid Xiaoqi:
"Wait, what are you calling?"
"I'm called Xiaoqi..."
Before she finished speaking, she was sharply interrupted by Du Yiyi: "Shut your damn mouth, you slut, how dare you call yourself 'I' in front of this young lady, who gave you the right?"
"I, I, this servant girl is called Xiaoqi." Xiaoqi cowered, already terrified.
She thought to herself how unlucky she was. She had been called Cai Xia perfectly fine before, but after her young lady went out to meet Master Shen, she insisted on changing her name to Xiaoqi.
This caused her to be inexplicably targeted.
Just last time, the real Su Xiaoqi had thrown her into a fish pond, making her smell of fish.
"Phoenix perching on the Wutong tree, but the Wutong does not perch. You, born of lowly status, are not qualified to use this word, change your name."
"Servant, servant girl..." Xiaoqi wanted to say that as a servant girl, she had no right to choose her own name; it was bestowed by her master.
"Did you hear me? Change this maid's name, or I will whip you every time I hear it." As Du Yiyi spoke, she took off her whip with her right hand and cracked it fiercely in front of Su Yurou, sending a gust of wind.
Su Yurou was about to say that it was just a name, but was so startled by this move that she fell silent.
She pouted, almost crying.
She wondered what was wrong with her today that she thought of coming to trouble Su Xiaoqi.
Yes, Xiaoqi had told her.
A surge of hot blood rushed to her heart, and she slapped Xiaoqi: "You slut, is the name Xiaoqi something you are worthy of calling?
From now on, you will be called Ye Cao. Sluts are only worthy of vulgar names."
Although Su Yurou said this to Xiaoqi, or rather, now called Ye Cao, her eyes were actually fixed on Su Xiaoqi.
The implication was very strong.
Su Xiaoqi would not be angered by such a thing.
However, she would not miss the opportunity to further anger her: "Yes, a slut should have a slut's name, so that she can complement her master."
How noble could the master served by a slut with a vulgar name be? Su Yurou was about to explode with anger.
Yet Du Yiyi, as if nothing had happened, laughed naively: "Hahaha, Sister Xiaoqi speaks so well."
Su Yurou's chest tightened, and suddenly a sweet, bloody scent rushed out. She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and when she took it away, it was stained with traces of crimson.
Heavens, why was she spitting blood? What was happening to her?
She was scared to death, her body shaking violently, on the verge of fainting.
Ye Cao was terrified and panicked.
She had come out with her young lady. If anything happened, her loving father would not just bestow a vulgar name upon her, but would surely flay her alive.
Crying, she called out to the carriage not far behind her: "Young Master, please come quickly to help me, my young lady is going to faint."
The carriage immediately rushed forward a few steps and stopped in front of Su Yurou. A pair of slender, fair hands reached out, lifted the curtain, revealing a face as beautiful as jade.
Su Xiaoqi muttered to herself, this person is a young master, where did this young master come from?
Du Yiyi was more astute. She whispered in her ear: "Lady Yong'an Hou is visiting her maiden home and heard that she brought her eldest son, who was recently enfeoffed as Young Master."
Another Lady Yong'an Hou. Su Xiaoqi thought of the expensive lotus root powder incident, and the smile on her face deepened.
While they were whispering, the Young Master of Yong'an Hou had alighted and was actually personally carrying the tottering Su Yurou into the carriage.
Su Xiaoqi stared wide-eyed, um, was there no such thing as gender segregation in this era?
Du Yiyi saw the undisguised surprise in her eyes and smiled, explaining: "There are only a few of us here, and no one will see. Besides, their two families might have had this intention long ago."
This was a gesture of marriage, otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting in the same carriage.
Su Xiaoqi's mind became even more muddled. Since Su Yurou already had such a good-looking and noble prospective match, why was she still fixated on Shen Yun?
Indeed, was it true that what one couldn't get was the best?