When the noblewoman saw this situation, she also knew that they couldn’t continue making a fuss. Xian’er still has to marry, and the effect of this on her reputation might ruin her for life.
“Miss, maybe you were too close at that time. When you walked around, she avoided you and accidentally fell and even misunderstood you. But this is merely a petty thing. You’re magnanimous, Miss, so please don’t deal with my daughter.”
“I’m not magnanimous. Your daughter has slandered me, and I even have to find some evidence to prove my innocence. Now that I did so, you’re praising me for being magnanimous and wanting to put the matter behind us. If I couldn’t find evidence, wouldn’t I have become the wicked girl who pushed someone? How many grievances would I have to suffer?” Liu Yusheng shook her head and stared at Fu Yuxian, “Apologize and don’t eat your words. You resort to trickery to serve yourself and slip away. You are an unmarried girl, and it is not good to develop such a temperament. Women should be pampered, but not spoiled. Madam Fu, you should also reflect on the way you teach your daughter.”
“Pfft!” Fu Yuzheng burst out laughing despite herself, but quickly covered her lips. Her gaze on the girl flashed radiantly.
Fu Yuxian stared at Liu Yusheng malevolently, but she remained calm and collected from beginning to end. The more she did so, the more she hated her in her heart! Asking her to bow and apologize to her – she couldn’t open her mouth!
“Apologize quickly. It’s just a matter of words. Apologize and then disperse. You’re blocking business, standing here blocking the door of other stores!”
“Exactly. If you hadn’t ‘misunderstood’ someone just now, wouldn’t you have this result now? Karma is a cycle, Miss!”
“Is she still the eldest Miss of the Fu family? They’re a poor family at the end of the day. The daughters they teach are so mean!”
The crowd opened their mouths, and the more they commented, the harder it was to hear.
The noblewoman’s face turned ugly. “Xian’er, apologize!”
“Sorry! It’s me who misunderstood Miss just now. Please forgive me more, let me go!” Fu Yuxian’s spine wasn’t hard enough in the end. She finally folded her back, and with a heart full of humiliation, anger and hatred, bowed to make amends.
Liu Yusheng pursed her lips and said breezily, “Please be careful when you are looking for a place to stand in the future, and don’t accidentally fall again. When that happens, I don’t know who you will blame.”
The crowd snickered and burst out laughing again.
Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng left side by side.
“Ah!” Only a few steps away, another cry of alarm sounded behind the crowd that has not dispersed. This time, the cry was real and didn’t sound fake.
Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitched in unison, and looked back.
As expected, Fu Yuxian fell again.
This time, she fell on all fours.
“Miss was right. She fell again! The ground is flat and level, and there is no puddle. Why is she unstable?”
“This time, no one beside Madam Fu has approached Miss Fu. Was it Madam Fu who pushed you?”
“Hahahahahaha!”
Fu Yuxian’s lips trembled. She burst into tears, got up and ran away from the crowd.
Madam Fu hurriedly chased after her, not forgetting to give Fu Yuzheng a fierce glare along the way.
When the crowd dispersed, Liu Yusheng spotted Shi Xianrou standing not far from the street.
They exchanged a glance with each other and went to a teahouse nearby.
After sitting down on the second floor of the teahouse, the three looked at each other and then dissolved into laughter together.
“I’ve been wondering why she fell again for no good reason. It was your doing just now, right?” Liu Yusheng wiped her tears and asked Shi Xianrou.
Shi Xianrou raised her eyebrows. “Doesn’t she love to fall? This time, I thought she would blame the ground for not being flat enough but didn’t expect her to only wail.”
Thinking of Fu Yuxian’s earth-shattering crying just now, the three shared another burst of stifled laughter.
The morning sun shone warmly through the second floor window, and three women of the same jaded age laughed and joked in the sun.
People couldn’t help but envy the vibrancy and beauty that emanated from them.
“Why are you on the streets at this hour? I thought you should be at the Qian Mansion teasing your future husband.” After laughing and joking, Liu Yusheng teased.
Shi Xianrou retorted, “Am I that obsessed in your eyes?”
Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng looked at each other and spoke in unison, “Yes.”
“..”Shi Xianrou looked at the sky speechlessly. “Okay, I am.”
She was on her way to tease her fiance, ready to bring Qian Wanjin’s favorite fried spring rolls to earn herself extra points at the Qian family restaurant. Unexpectedly, she just happened to witness that play.
But would never voice out this point, lest these two would laugh their heads off.
“What about you guys? Were you bored and ran out to go shopping?” Lest she remained the topic of conversation, Shi Xianrou shifted their attention.
“No, I came out to explore the enemy’s situation and visited many shops of the Liu family.”
Fu Yuzheng was quite taken aback. “Enemy situation?”
She only thought Liu Yusheng was here to see how the other side was doing, but she said she was here to investigate the enemy. She wanted to deal with the Liu family?
She wanted to deal with Consort Liu?
Even Shi Xianrou was surprised. She didn’t expect Lucky Nannan to have such a huge ambition.
But after thinking about it, she quickly figured it out.
It was probably all for Feng Qingbai.
The forces under Feng Qingbai and Consort Liu had been on stalemate in court over the years. With the triangular forces of Consort Liu couldn’t suppress Feng Qingbai, and Feng Qingbai couldn’t defeat Consort Liu in turn. Each had their own strengths and weaknesses.
If they wanted to break through the current distorted balance, they had to seek change.
Lucky Nannan was probably going to make that variable.
“If you need any help, just say the word,” Shi Xianrou said.
Half of this statement was for Qian Wanjin, and half of it was that she acknowledged Liu Yusheng.
They were friends.
Liu Yusheng smiled at her. “Don’t worry. If I really need it, I won’t be polite.”
The kind of friendship between the two that needed no words, subtle, but it let people feel an unbreakable bond.
Fu Yuzheng felt envious deep inside.
It was just that she didn’t have the ability to say those words so spontaneously like Shi Xianrou.
She was not that capable.
Her identity also did not allow it.
However, just now in the street, she would never forget the scene where the young girl shielded her in front.
From the short time they spent together, she also learned that Liu Yusheng wasn’t an aggressive person. However, for Fu Yuxian and her mother just now, her words bore an unforgiving momentum and trampled some on the two together. She knew that Liu Yusheng vented the anger in her place.
She was somewhat grateful, but still didn’t express it. She stored it in the bottom of her heart, remembering it for life.
In the midst of contemplation, her gaze fell on the tip of the girl’s index finger involuntarily, staring at the red color that came out of her fingertips.
“Are you looking at this?” Noticing her eyes, the girl smiled and flipped her finger over.
“We were in the bookstore but haven’t looked at any colored paper.” So the color on her fingers could not have been dyed red by red paper.
“No,” the girl smiled treacherously. She took out a small jade bottle from her waist pouch, poured it out, and showed them a small pile of red powder. “This failed medicinal powder I refined in the past comes in handy. The wicked lied and slandered, so we didn’t have to be so honest, right? I just contrived a little lie to prove my innocence.”
“Poof!” Shi Xianrou sprayed tea.
Peek-Aboo 
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