When the banquet is over, Concubine De, on the pretext that she is tired and wants to go back to have a rest, asks everyone to help themselves. She also asks the Third Prince to go with her.
Yan Ling was intended to go home directly, but Princess Zhaoyan insists on having a walk together in Concubine De’s palace because she has never been there before.
Yan Ling knows that Princess Zhaoyan loves to play and she seems to be very interested in the palace that she has never been to before. Thinking that the unpleasant person has already left, and now there is nothing for her to do at home, so she accepts her proposal.
Originally they walked together, however, Princess Zhaoyan disappears later.
Yan Ling feels helpless. She doesn’t like to wander around with others. So she stays here quietly and waits for Princess Zhaoyan to notice her disappearance and come back to her.
Liang He said that he would accompany them. However, Yan Ling told him that he didn’t have to accompany them and should go to work on his own first if he had business to do. And they would leave after hanging out there for a while.
Probably Liang He is really occupied. Hearing Yan Ling’s words, he has hesitated for a while and then decides to go first. If this is not the case, Yan Ling would not be alone at this time.
Yan Ling really wants to be alone, but she didn’t expect that someone has been watching at her all the time, and doesn’t want her to be so quiet.
In fact, Bai Yiyi has been watching Yan Ling since the end of the banquet. She was worried that Yan Ling would go home directly, then she would have no chance to do it. Fortunately, Yan Ling stays with Princess Zhaoyan.
However, in a period of time after that, Yan Ling has been walking with Princess Zhaoyan, which makes Bai Yiyi scared.
If Yan Ling is alone, Bai Yiyi is kind of confident to win, but if Princess Zhaoyan has been around, she dares not to start.
“I never thought that Lady Yan has time to be here alone. Where is Princess Zhaoyan who accompanies you all the time?” Bai Yiyi comes here from somewhere and says with a provocative tone.
“Why am I here alone and where has Princess Zhaoyan gone? Do these things have anything to do with you?” Yan Ling says lightly, with some disdain in her tone.
Of course, this disdain is not because Bai Yiyi is just a daughter of a concubine and not noble enough to talk to her, but because Yan Ling feels it is very ridiculous that a self-contemptuous person like Bai Yiyi is obsessive to show off in front of the people weaker than her.
She feels like if she can bully a few people, she will be the same with those powerful, noble ladies who get their family’s support no matter what they do.
Yan Ling says this to show that she doesn’t want to talk to Bai Yiyi. However, it seems that they are not on the same channel. In Bai Yi’s mind, Yan Ling said this to maintain her face, so she sneers immediately.
“Lady Yan, what’s the matter with you now? Are you angry? I think you were very proud when you were at the gate of the palace.” Bai Yiyi ridicules.
Yan Ling looks carefully at the person in front of her, and suddenly remembers the words that Princess Zhaoyan used to call her: “crazy woman”. She has to admit it does make sense.
After all, Yan Ling really doesn’t understand that when and where she behaves as an “angry” and “very proud” person. And she doesn’t know either how she has provoked this “Lady Bai”.
Yan Ling doesn’t plan to entangle with such people in the palace. In addition, there is no one else around here. If something really happens, she doesn’t have a witness.
Yan Ling doesn’t want to talk to Bai Yiyi and wants to leave directly, but some people don’t want her to achieve it. Bai Yiyi has been ambitious and confident, how could she let Yan Ling leave now?
“What? Now Lady Yan stops being arrogant and wants to go? It’s not so easy.” Bai Yiyi obstructs Yan Ling and says rightfully.
Yan Ling just feels angry and funny, and is it she or Bai Yiyi who is arrogant? She really cannot understand what a crazy woman is thinking about.
“Then I have to ask, what is your purpose to keep me here, Lady Bai?” Yan Ling calls Bai Yiyi the same way Bai Yiyi called her.
Yan Ling deliberately stresses “Lady Bai” so that Bai Yiyi can understand her meaning.
Seemingly, Yan Ling is revenging on Bai Yiyi in the same way. However, she is also mocking her.
Bai Yiyi called her “Lady Yan” to imply that Yan Ling is bullying others by relying on her status. However, in any case, Yan Ling is also a real Lady.
However, even if Yan Ling calls Bai Yiyi in the same way, what can Bai Yiyi be? If others know that Bai Yiyi is called “Lady Bai”, they will only feel ridiculous.
“Yan Ling, what do you mean? Do you think you are better than anyone else just because you were born well and have a high status?” Bai Yiyi says angrily.
If anyone else says this, Yan Ling might not feel anything. After all, there are not a few people who were not born well but have achieved great importance with their efforts. However, Bai Yiyi now says this, which only makes people feel funny.
“No, Lady Bai, you are wrong. I’ve never thought I’m better because I was born well and have a high status. I just think those who are not born well and don’t have a high status, but think she is better than anyone…” Yan Ling doesn’t finish her sentence, but shows her a meaningful smile at the end.
Bai Yiyi has heard that Yan Ling is weak, incompetent and easy to be bullied, but she didn’t expect her to be such a sharp-mouthed and difficult person. She hasn’t gained any advantages since the beginning.
“It seems it’s not all correct that other people say that Lady Yan is reasonable and polite.” Bai Yiyi failed in her last proposition and doesn’t know what to say, but she still insists on saying with a smiling face.
“The hearsay doesn’t count, right?” Yan Ling says with a smile because she does not care about this kind of bubble reputation.
Just when Bai Yiyi couldn’t answer, Yan Ling once again hooks her lips and says with a smile, “and I still remember that Lady Bai said this sentence at the gate of the palace in the morning, but the result is…”
It seems that Yan Ling likes keeping her sentence unfinished when she is talking with abhorrent people. Seemingly her doing this is to save face for them, but the mocking smile on her face lets people understand clearly that it’s not like that.