Yan Ling wakes up the next day, and feels refreshed. It seems that she has not been so comfortable for a long time.
Concubine De’s banquet is going to be held as planned. Yan Ling hears from Liang He that Liang Yi has gone to the palace early in the morning, saying that he needs to help his mother to prepare the banquet. In fact, Yan Ling could guess his real purpose.
Yan Ling thinks that there is a great possibility that Liang Yi goes to Concubine De’s and waits to see if she would attend today and what she would look like when she appears. And in the last two days, Liang Yi has come to the Prime Minister’s House and asked to see Yan Ling.
Yan Ling would not see him, especially now. So she sent a maid to tell Liang Yi that she didn’t feel comfortable and it was inconvenient to meet him.
If she is correct, Liang Yi now is almost certain that Yun Shen is Yan Ling. He is just waiting for the final verification.
After all, according to Liang Yi’s suspicious character, he will not confirm a thing before he sees the final answer.
However, Yan Ling is also planning to use this: to make the truth false and the false true, so that Liang Yi can’t distinguish between the two clearly.
“I think it’s almost time now. Let’s go to the palace. After all, the Third Prince has been waiting for us. We can’t keep him waiting.” Yan Ling purses her lips and says to the two maids around her.
Liyi was worried about Yan Ling. However, the next day Yan Ling came back as if had nothing happened. Liyi doesn’t think much, and feels excited to see Yan Ling is okay, so she ignores some problems.
Qingyu has considered that. She saw Yan Ling’s pale face when she was taken out of the lake yesterday, so she knows that Yan Ling does not seem as relaxed as she appears to be.
Therefore, Qingyu has been keeping an eye on Yan Ling and finds that she is really fine. Then she doubts herself: she must have thought too much so that she would have such an idea.
Yan Ling sets out for the palace with them as usual, but runs across another carriage at the gate of the palace.
Yan Ling’s carriage arrives first. But another carriage hurries up when they are about to enter. The two carriages block each other and no one makes way.
At first, Yan Ling thought it is just a coincidence, but she stops being polite when she finds that the other carriage is from Imperial Censor Bai and they are doing this on purpose.
Yan Ling opens the curtain to look out and understands. Although it’s the carriage of Imperial Censor Bai, Yan Ling knows that Bai has several daughters. This one seems to be one daughter of his concubines and Yan Ling has never seen her before.
This time Yan Ling cannot bear it. After all, she is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister. If she is humiliated by a daughter of a concubine, then the whole Prime Minister’s House will feel insulted.
What’s more, although she doesn’t know the purpose of this woman, it’s obvious that she is deliberately embarrassing her. Blind tolerance will only make her more aggressive. It is better to give her a lesson and let her understand that she is not so easy to be bullied.
As the old saying goes, people will always pick the soft persimmons. The more concessions Yan Ling makes now, the less satisfied she will be. If Yan Ling did not tolerate others’ bulling constantly in her previous life, how could she be bullied by even a servant now?
If it’s the previous Yan Ling, she will be scared now. However, how could Yan Ling be afraid of such a small difficulty? Since she has a chance to live her life again, she will not repeat the same mistakes.
“Who is there? Why do you block my carriage?” Yan Ling pretends that she doesn’t know who that woman is and says with a cold voice.
“They all say that the eldest daughter of Prime Minister is knowledgeable and reasonable. In my opinion, she is no better. How can you say that I block you? I can say that I got here earlier.” It seems that the Bai girl has someone backing her, so she says without any fear.
Of course, Yan Ling doesn’t rule out the possibility that the Bai girl is so unbridled because of her widely-known weak character. It seems that she doesn’t care about Yan Ling at all.
“May I know which lady is dissatisfied with me?” Yan Ling purses her lips and says with a smile. The more arrogant she looks, the easier she is to be handled.
“Ah, listen carefully, Lady Yan. I’m daughter of Imperial Censor Bai. My name is Bai Yiyi.” Bai Yiyi snorts. She has been so provocative, but Yan Ling still doesn’t get angry. What a coward.
“Bai Yiyi? I don’t remember that Imperial Censor Bai has a daughter called that name. Is there a fraud from nowhere who pretends to be a noble daughter?” Yan Ling says with a smile.
Bai Yiyi turns pale when she hears this. Bai Yiyi’s mother was a prostitute. What she has heard the most since her childhood is that her mother and she are not clean, and that they are frauds.
Originally, Bai Yiyi thought Yan Ling has no temper and is easy to be bullied. But she did not expect that the soft persimmon unexpectedly becomes hard at this time and hurts her like a needle hidden in silk floss.
“What do you mean? How can you call me “a fraud”? Are you cultured?” Bai Yiyi cries in an instant.
“You are just a daughter of a concubine who cannot appear on social occasions. Now that you are released today, and you cause quarrels here. I think you are begging for a lesson.” Princess Zhaoyan’s voice suddenly comes.
Just when Bai Yiyi blushes, Princess Zhaoyan has arrived without being noticed. When she hears that, she reprimand her sharply.
Originally, because two carriages were blocked in the middle of the road, many other carriages stopped around, but they were all watching the fight in high spirits. Now the coming of Princess Zhaoyan immediately breaks the deadlock and people around begin to help.
One is a daughter of Imperial Censor Bai and his concubine, the other is the Prime Minister’s eldest daughter who has the help of Princess Zhaoyan. It’s simply clear who they will help.
Bai Yiyi just wanted to embarrass Yan Ling, but she didn’t expect that Princess Zhaoyan would come out at this time and help Yan Ling, which directly has led to Bai Yi’s embarrassment and she is besieged by all the people.
Bai Yiyi has been preparing for this wonderful play for a long time, but she didn’t expect that the curtain falls so quickly, which makes Yan Ling feel funny.
However, Yan Ling doesn’t plan to let the one who intended to embarrass her go so easily. Since she wants to fight against others, then she must be ready to accept her failure.
People get quiet gradually. Bai Yiyi, though angry, knows that it is not the time to fight back.
Yan Ling smiles and says to the crowd, “sorry for the delay because of this. I apologize again and hope everyone here could forgive us.”