Chapter Thirty-Six: The First Time Entering the Palace

  Afterwards, the big madam scolded more and more harshly, even the third madam who was sitting below looked a bit frightened. The big madam was probably stimulated by Shui Muyao's matter, so she didn't care about her image as the main mother and lost her composure like this.

  Looking at Shui Lian Yue again, being scolded by the first wife like this, she didn't get angry, but instead smiled and remained silent. The third wife slightly shook her head, if it were an ordinary person, who could endure the first wife's treatment? If it weren't for this girl's good temperament, or if she was hiding too deeply, just looking at those smiling eyes, the third wife felt something was unusually strange.

  "Enough of your insults?" Shui Lianyue had already taken in the expressions of the three madams, and now the first madam stopped her verbal abuse, staring at Shui Lianyue with a gaze like an enemy, panting slightly.

  "Hmph, remember this well: if a single word of today's events gets out, neither you nor your mother will be able to live in peace. Get out! Don't let me see you again, get out!" The madam was about to say something else, but changed her mind and slammed the table instead.

  Shui Lianyue still had a smile on her face, and the angrier Madame became, the happier she was. Her heart felt more and more relieved, and with just a few words, she could make Madame so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. It seemed that she had indeed overestimated this vicious woman's composure.

  "Miss, just now the madam's scolding, fortunately you can still bear it, Hongying almost...almost couldn't bear to...", on the way back to Lanxiang Pavilion, Hongying had an unpleasant face, as soon as she finished speaking, her hands clenched into fists and she took two steps forward, suddenly standing in front of Shuiyueyue.

  "You, still can't control your temper, getting flustered with just a few words. How will you accomplish anything in the future? If she likes to scold, let her scold, I'm not missing any arms or legs. Look at her furious and exasperated expression, it's quite amusing." Shui Lian Yue said calmly and lightly, smiling faintly as if this was a trivial matter that didn't concern her. Indeed, it was of no concern to her.

  "Miss......", Hong Ying was so anxious that she stomped her feet, although she understood what the miss meant, but she just couldn't bear someone slandering her master in front of her, no way, it was unacceptable!

  "Alright, Hong Ying, you've been following me for quite some time now. Have you ever seen me compromise even a bit? Those three have repeatedly made things difficult for me, but I only needed to make one move and they were thrown into disarray. If I had put in a bit more effort, the consequences... you can imagine them. Don't think that Miss is so useless."

  "Miss, you know I didn't mean it that way...", Hong Ying thought to herself, but she didn't dare think that about her own miss, and for a moment, she was actually made somewhat unhappy by Shui Lian Yue's words.

  "Alright, stop pouting, go back and be happy, don't let Mother notice anything, I don't want her to worry," after saying that, he pulled Hongyan's small hand towards the gate of Lanxiang Pavilion.

  At this moment, for Shui Lian Yue, it was undoubtedly the best moment, but the good mood was completely ruined by a decree at noon.

  After lunch, someone from the palace came to invite Fourth Mistress and Fourth Miss to enter the palace to pay respects to Consort Yun, saying it was by order of Her Highness Consort Yun.

  When the Fourth Mistress heard the house servant report, she thought she had misheard and only believed it when the servant reported again. Since entering the Water Mansion as the Fourth Mistress, the Empress Dowager had summoned her into the palace only three times. The first time was on the third day after their wedding, which could also be considered a return to her natal home, since the Fourth Mistress did not have a natal family of her own and the Empress Dowager naturally became her maternal figure. The second time was when she had just become pregnant with Yuè ér, and the third time was on Yuè ér's full moon day, when they were granted permission to marry by the Emperor, and she and Master entered the palace to thank him.

  Fourth Mistress thought to herself, it seemed like these were all distant things now. These years she had lived in the Water household had been so miserable, she didn't believe that Concubine Yun was unaware of them. Although Concubine Yun claimed to be a member of her natal family, after all, she was also the elder sister of her husband, born of the same mother. If she were to help herself, then she and Moonchild wouldn't have ended up in such a state. If she didn't help, then she couldn't say anything about it either. After all, Concubine Yun was a noblewoman of high status, someone that Fourth Mistress couldn't hope to reach.

  After all, it was just her luck and fate being thin.

  Because she was going to the palace, Fourth Mistress had Cuiyun dress her up before coming to Shuilianyue's room. This was Moonchild's first time entering the palace as an adult, so she had to make a good impression on Consort Yun after all, since Consort Yun could be considered half of her future mother-in-law.