Thinking of all the cold treatment she'd gone through recently, Jin Ying thought to herself, "But with her being favoured by Le An and County Prefect, would she be able to surpass Princess Lechen, her own granddaughter, in the empress dowager's heart?" Princess Lechen had always been doted on by the empress dowager and the emperor. Besides, she also had a favored mother, Wei Shufei and her prince brother.

Jin Ying pondered for a moment before walking up to Princess Lechen. "This servant pays her respects. Long live the princess!"

Princess Lechen had already revealed her identity several times. She thought that when the servants of the mansion heard that the princess had arrived, they would immediately open the door to receive her.

Who would have thought that these servants would not believe her words at all? They only said, "We have never met such a noble person who came without proper etiquette, not to mention that she has truly come in person. As servants, we have to report this to our masters first before our masters can come out to welcome her." He didn't want to let them in.

Lezhen was afraid that the commotion would be big enough to alarm Mrs. Marquis. Mrs. Han's second brother had been married to her own aunt, Royal Father's sister, the Jinghua head princess. If Mrs. Han found out, she would come out and stop him. That would make it difficult for him to find trouble with Le An.

The servants they had brought with them were useless. Even after fighting for a long time, they were still unable to enter the second door.

Lezhen was still fuming when she suddenly heard someone greeting her. She turned around and saw that the girl greeting her looked a little familiar. So he asked, "Are you a servant of this house? "How can you recognize me?"

Jin Ying replied respectfully, "Reporting to the princess, this servant was originally here to serve Esteemed Empress Dowager in the Palace of Tzu Ning. A few days ago, I was assigned to Le An County Prefect."

"No wonder you look so familiar, you used to be by my grandmother's side." When Lezhen heard that Jin Ying was from the Palace, she changed her tone. "Since Royal Grandmother sent you to Le An, why didn't you wait by her side and come to the outer court instead?"

Jin Ying replied, "This servant was following Le An's instructions and went to the front yard to deliver something to Young Master Fang."

Of course, Lezhen could hear the resentment in Jin Ying's tone, but this didn't stop her from adding fuel to the fire, "Tsk tsk, look at how extravagant our Le An County Prefect is. Even we sisters have to treat palace maid very well, to actually become a lass who runs errands for her."

A noblewoman beside him echoed, "That's right. I don't know if she still has us, Esteemed Empress Dowager, in her eyes. Princess, Le Ang, County Prefect, is so disrespectful. We can't just stand by and watch."

"That's right, the princess has to think for the sake of the imperial family's honor."

Lezhen, who was still fretting over not being able to find an excuse, sneered. "I'm the empress dowager's granddaughter, how can I tolerate an outsider giving her face like this? Come, let's go see Le An and County Prefect. I would like to ask, does she still have a Royal Grandmother in her eyes? "

After she finished speaking, she was about to rush inside again. The one guarding the door was Yu mama, who was only second to Nanny Qi. She wanted to block him, but was pushed away by Jin Ying, "This mama can clearly see that the person in front of you is the dignified Princess Lechen. Not to mention you, even the Madam has come. Do you think she would dare to stop the Princess? "

Senior Servant Yu was stunned for a moment before she was pushed aside by Princess Lechen's retainers. Immediately afterwards, a group of people majestically entered the Duskfall Gate.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Senior Servant Yu hurriedly led the servants down the small path to the garden to help the ladies get some fresh air. attendant had already sent a message to his wife just now, so he hoped she would come back soon.

Lezhen led the group inside as she asked, "What is that girl Le An doing?"

Jin Ying replied, "The maidservant beside County Prefect has been redeemed. County Prefect is in the back garden giving a feast for the maidservant."

"Dinner?" "Hmph, I remember that girl was still carrying a sense of filial piety, right? She actually drank wine amidst filial piety, truly disloyal and unfilial!"

Lezhen became even more pleased with herself after hearing that. "Good f * ck you! How are you going to argue when I catch you in the act?" Drinking in filial piety, even my royal grandmother wouldn't like it?

She led her followers and followed Jin Ying to the Rain Pavilion. Just as she was about to interrogate them, the scene before her made her swallow the words she was about to say.

Where's the promised banquet? What happened to drinking and having fun?

In the corridor in front of the music booth, there was a large bookcase. A six feet long piece of silk paper was spread out on top of it, and it was densely covered with pictures of the scenery of the garden. All the girls in Shen Mansion, including Faang Xinsu, were concentrating on drawing. Even the servant girls who were serving beside them were watching quietly by the side of the drawing table, as if they did not notice Lezhen's arrival.

Only when Lezhen could hold it in no longer did she say, "You guys sure are interested!"

It was only now that everyone realized Lezhen had arrived. They hurriedly went up to her and greeted her.

Lezhen didn't say anything, and the rest of them could only continue kneeling on the ice-cold stone road.

After passing by them, Lezhen went into the corridor and looked at the painting on the table. She sneered, "This painting is pretty good. Unfortunately, no matter how much you try to hide it, it can't hide the fact that you drank wine while being filial! "

Faang Xinsu replied calmly, "I don't know what the princess is talking about."

Lezhen sneered, "I never expected that Le An and County Prefect would lie too. I really should let my royal grandmother see your face. Jin Ying, what did you say just now? "

Jin Ying was putting herself on the spot to be roasted. However, there was no other way left for her. She could only hope that Princess Lechen would take down Le An. So she went up and said, "This servant just went to the front yard to deliver something to Master Fang on County Prefect's orders. Before I left, there was indeed a banquet in the garden. However, he didn't know when the banquet was dismissed. If you don't believe me, you can ask the others. "

"Others? Aren't all the people in this garden servants of the Marquis Mansion? Ask them, they still won't cover up for their master? "

Jin Ying replied, "Other than this servant, Aunt Mo, Xiuluo and the others who are with County Prefect are all from the Palace of Tzu Ning. I don't think they would lie."

Naturally, Lezhen's attendants went to find these people. Lezhen thought that these people might be dissatisfied after being placed beside County Prefect, who was from somewhere else. They definitely wouldn't miss such an opportunity to add insult to injury. Therefore, she calmly said, "Just tell me the truth. Did Le An and County Prefect drink here today at noon?"

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