Chapter 606 - Chapter 606: Hidden Malice
Chapter 606: Hidden Malice
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As she was a step too late, Madam Luo, an elder, personally led her out.
She even found a young miss from the residence to guide her.
Everything seemed to be insignificant but the other young misses did not receive treatment.
Yu Youyao couldn’t be blamed for thinking too much. Ever since she received the invitation to the Flower Festival at Duke Rongs Residence, she had never treated this Flower Festival as an ordinary one.
Before she came, her cousin had also reminded her to be more careful.
After Yu Youyao entered the Duke Rong’s Residence, she subconsciously became cautious.
When it came to other people’s houses, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
But now, she had been left alone. This was the first time she had come to the Duke Rong’s Residence, and she was not familiar with it. No matter where she went, she would be in the dark. It all depended on where Fifth Miss Yin brought her.
Just now, Fifth Miss Yin had taken the initiative to bring her into the crepe myrtle garden without her permission.
She did not believe that Duke Rong’s Residence would do anything bad to her.
However, if anything happened to her, who could she blame?
Yu Youyao’s eyes darkened.
“Sister Yao’er, there’s more crepe myrtles in front.” Fifth Miss Yin held Yu
Youyao’s hand tightly. Although she didn’t hurt her, she couldn’t break free for a moment.
Yu Youyao turned around and gave Chun Xiao a look. Then, she was pulled towards the white jade arch by Fifth Miss Yin without any explanation.
Looking in from the outside of the cave, she could see that the crepe myrtle was bright and colorful. It was beautiful.
“Fifth Sister, walk slower. I can’t keep up with you anymore. Can you pull gently? My hand hurts a little…” As Yu Youyao walked, she bent down with a cry.
She was pulling so hard because she did not want the person to break free easily.
She left quickly and anxiously because she did not want the person who was being pulled to have a chance to escape.
The young misses of wealthy families had all learned how to receive people and treat them well. No one would ignore the wishes of others and force them to go to places they had never been before.
If they did, whether it was unintentional or intentional, it would be against the rules and etiquette, so there was no need for her to cooperate.
She only wanted to lure Yu Youyao to the crepe myrtles. She did not want anything to happen to her because of her. It would be troublesome if there were additional complications.
Yin Jinwei was shocked. She quickly bent down and lowered her head to help her. “Sister Yao’er, what’s wrong?
Chun Xiao slashed her hand, and a maidservant that Yin Jinwei had brought along was silently knocked unconscious.
There was no need for Yu Youyao to pretend anymore. “Knock her out!”
Yin Jinwei was stunned for a moment. Before she could react, Chun Xiao hit her again. Yin Jinwei felt dizzy and swayed for a moment before falling to the ground weakly.
Yu Youyao smiled. “Not bad. You’re fast and ruthless. You haven’t learned from
Chang An for nothing in the past two years.”
Chun Xiao’s father knew some moves, so Chun Xiao had learned some from him since she was young. Later, when she became familiar with Chang An, she asked him to teach her proper martial arts.
Her cousin was happy to see this, and Chang An did his best to teach her.
Fortunately, Chun Xiao had some talent in martial arts.
Yu Youyao deliberately pretended to sprain her ankle to divert Yin Jinwei’s attention so that Chun Xiao wouldn’t cause trouble.
Chun Xiao blushed at the praise.
Xia Tao panicked a little. ‘Young Miss, what should we do next?”
Yu Youyao said calmly, “There was a pavilion on the way here. Leave them there. Yin Jinwei is the young miss of Duke Rong’s Residence. Even if she faints in the pavilion, nothing will happen.”
Chun Xiao received the order and carried her and her maidservant in one hand.
Xia Tao narrowed her eyes and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she felt a little relieved. The more she felt that Fifth Miss Yin had led Young Miss to a deserted place, the more she clearly had ill intentions.
Thinking of this, Xia Tao quickly asked, “Young Miss, what does Fifth Miss Yin want to do? Why did she lure you here alone?”
Just now, after following Fifth Miss Yin, she saw that there were fewer and fewer people on the road. She felt that something was amiss and secretly paid attention to the nearby movements.
Yu Youyao stood outside the crepe myrtle garden. The branches of the Purple Myrtle Tree were blooming, and she could see it from afar. The inside of the wall was bright. It was indeed a rare beautiful scene.
If it weren’t for the fact that she was vigilant and did not believe that the Duke Rong’s Residence was really “extraordinarily taking care of” her, she would have thought that Yin Jinwei was kind and thorough to her and never suspected her. Furthermore, she had never seen such a beautiful scenery. Since she was already here, she would have gone in to take a look.
Yu Youyao said calmly, “She only deliberately led me here and made a mistake at the Flower Festival. Along the way, there were fewer and fewer people.
When I arrived at the crepe myrtle garden, there was no movement at all. Even Second Madam Luo wouldn’t have the ability to make such a complicated arrangement, let alone Fifth Miss Yin, the daughter of a concubine.”
Yin Jinwei had said that it was because the Princess Consort of Duke Rong’s Residence liked crepe myrtle flowers that there was a crepe myrtle garden. This was the territory of the Princess Consort of Duke Rong’s Residence.
Xia Tao’s eyes widened. “Could it be the Princess Consort of Duke Rong’s
Residence? She has no grudge with Miss. Why would she harm you?”
Yu Youyao shook her head. “Who knows? These royal relatives are all strong on the outside but weak on the inside. On the surface, they look impressive, but they think that they’re superior just because they’re from the royal family. Even if they’re scheming against others, theyre so blatant.”
Xia Tao was so angry that she trembled. “Damn it! Just now, I saw that the
Princess Consort of Duke Rong’s Residence was kind and gentle to Young Miss.
She kept saying that the old Princess Consort was old friends with Young Miss’s biological mother. I didn’t expect her to have ulterior motives and scheme against Young Miss.”
Yu Youyao sighed softly. “Isn’t that so? If I suffer after this, it’ll be because I’m still young. It’s inevitable that I’ll overlook some rules and etiquette. I can’t blame the Duke Rong’s Residence. Without concrete evidence, I can only endure it. Otherwise, it’ll be slandering my relatives and looking down on the dignity of the royal family. Once this matter blows up, the entire family will be implicated. ‘ i
This was an issue with an imperial relative. As long as they took on the surname of the imperial family, no matter how down and out they were, they would have someone providing legal or political cover for them.
The Duke Rong’s Residence was fearless.
This was also the reason why most families in the capital were unwilling to interact with imperial relatives.
It was also the reason why her grandmother had specially worn her imperial mandate dress over today.
However, her grandmother probably did not expect that even an imperial edict would not intimidate them. These imperial relatives who thought highly of themselves and did not treat others as humans.
Xia Tao took a deep breath. “But the person who lured Miss over is the young miss of Duke Rong’s Residence. Duke Rong’s Residence can’t deny it. Isn’t this definite evidence?
Yu Youyao’s eyes were filled with mockery. “Fifth Miss Yin is the daughter of a concubine of the Second Mansion, and this concubine is Second Master Yin’s favorite concubine. One is a concubine, and the other is the daughter of a
concubine. It’s fine if she’s sacrificed.”
It wasn’t that she was scheming. When she received the invitation to the Flower Festival at Duke Rongs Residence, she had privately learned about everyone in the residence.
She had also heard that Second Master Yin had a favorite concubine.
Just now, when they were chatting, she had checked Yin Jinwei’s situation.
Yin Jinwei’s tone was a little smug. This was definitely not the attitude a concubine’s daughter should have..