At the return banquet, Lin Minglang invited several familiar officials and had a very harmonious chat with the prince in the front hall.
Liu Mei was surrounded by the old lady and Lin Yazi and came to the inner room. A group of aunts and uncles from the side branches of the Lin family surrounded her, and everyone's face was smiling like a chrysanthemum.
Everyone had just sat down, and Lin Yushu, who was at the end, was suddenly called before she could even sit down.
"How are cousins Shu and Rou these days?"
Liu Mei acted like a Crown Princess, sitting on the mahogany armchair with her chin held high, staring at Lin Yushu and Lin Qingrou with contempt.
Lin Qingrou seemed like a different person. She stood up from her seat obediently and bowed slightly to Liu Mei.
"Thank you for your concern, cousin Liu. Rou'er is doing well."
Without waiting for Lin Yushu to answer, Liu Mei slammed the teacup in her hand onto the table with a bang, and the tea inside splashed everywhere.
But Liu Mei seemed to be completely unaware of the heat on her hand, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in her eyes.
"Cousin Rou is the most polite, isn't she? Why don't you call me Crown Princess or pay me respect? Do you look down on me as Crown Princess, or do you look down on the Crown Prince?"
One crime is more serious than another. Liu Mei's words made the warm atmosphere in the room suddenly cold, and even the old lady's face turned ugly.
Liu Mei seemed to be completely unconcerned about the reactions of the people around her and just stared at Lin Qingrou fiercely.
Lin Qingrou's face turned pale and blue, she clenched her teeth tightly, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.
The handkerchief in her hand was almost twisted to pieces by her, but Lin Qingrou knew that she had to endure it.
Kneeling on the cold marble floor with bent knees, Lin Qingrou kowtowed to Liu Mei with red eyes.
"Rou'er pays respect to the Crown Princess!"
The sentence was spoken very slowly, and seemed to be mixed with countless sorrows and resentments.
The moment he saw Liu Mei kneeling down, Liu Mei's cold face suddenly melted and revealed a satisfied smile. She turned her eyes to look at Lin Yushu who was still standing behind him.
"Cousin Rou, please get up. I was just joking. Please don't be angry with me."
As he said this, he asked Hong'er behind him to hand Lin Qingrou a small jade ruyi. The quality and workmanship of the jade ruyi were the same style that Lin Qingrou usually used to reward her maids.
Liu Mei was blatantly humiliating her!
But Lin Qingrou was now much calmer. She took the jade ruyi with a smile and sat down again.
Liu Mei's eyes turned and she said to Lin Yushu with a fake smile, "Cousin Shu hasn't come over to greet us yet."
Lin Yushu had a sarcastic smile on her face.
"My dear Crown Princess, you are so forgetful that you may have forgotten that I am the Princess of Shuyi County, conferred by His Majesty personally. I am a second-rank official, and the Crown Princess is a first-rank official. I am only half a rank lower than you, so there is no need for you to kneel down and pay homage."
With just one word, the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees.
Lin Yazi knew how evil Lin Yushu was. She was also involved in the assassination. She didn't want Liu Mei to provoke this bitch.
"Alright, alright, we're all family, why bother talking about politeness or not?
Several aunts from the surrounding side branches also joined in the conversation.
"What if I make you kneel?"
Liu Mei's smile disappeared completely, and the hatred in her eyes pierced Lin Yushu like substance. Her hatred was so strong that everyone around her was frightened by her devil-like look.
Hearing this, the old lady's breath caught in her chest.
Lin Jiang has already told the old lady that this Lin Yushu is likely to have connections with other forces in the capital, so don't provoke her and leave it to him to deal with.
So after the assassination attempt failed, the old lady asked everyone to pretend that nothing had happened and try not to have any more arguments with Lin Yushu.
Now that Liu Mei suddenly attacked Lin Yushu, the old lady lost her temper and kept winking at Liu Mei.
However, Liu Mei's temper became more and more uncontrollable, and she even ignored the old lady's expression.
Oh, do you really think your wings are strong enough?
Liu Mei no longer cares about the old lady. After she becomes the Crown Princess, she is destined not to be valued by the General's Mansion. The old lady will only support Lin Qingrou with all her strength in the future.
So the only one she could rely on was her father, Duke Liu.
Liu Mei didn't even look at the old lady, but just stared at Lin Yushu viciously with a sinister look on her face.
"Oh? I didn't study for many years, but I know the origin of my title. The Crown Princess claims to be a person of etiquette, but now she says such words."
"Then I want to ask the Crown Princess, if I dare to kneel, do you dare to accept it?"
The sonorous and powerful words made Liu Mei's heart tremble. She was suddenly enlightened by Lin Yushu that this word "Yi" was not an ordinary title.
The difference in character rank between those with titles and those without titles is at least half a level, while those with special titles are at least half a level higher.
In other words, in the eyes of outsiders, she is of the same rank as Lin Yushu.
If Emperor Ming knew that Lin Yushu, who was given the title of Emperor Ming's grandmother, knelt down to her, he would certainly be displeased with her.
So Liu Mei really couldn't bear this kneeling!
But she is the Crown Princess!!
Liu Mei was unwilling to accept this. She had suffered so much, endured so much hardship, and spent half her life to become the Crown Princess, but she couldn't even get Lin Yushu to kneel down in front of her!
The old lady's face was so gloomy at the moment, and with a "bang", she slammed the table heavily.
"That's enough! Today is a happy day when the Crown Princess returns home, so please be quiet."
"Especially Shu girl, even if you are of the same rank as the Crown Princess, she is a member of the royal family, you must know the difference between the high and the low."
Lin Yushu's sharp eyes turned to the side, and her arrow-like eyes fixed on the old lady, as if she wanted to stare a bloody hole in her body, and her tone was meaningful.
"My grandmother taught us that as a person, we should not only know the difference between superiors and inferiors, but also know ourselves!"
The old lady suddenly felt guilty and frightened, like a pig being targeted by a cheetah, and dared not move easily.
She suddenly realized that they had been plotting and even assassinating Lin Yushu all along.
Now they take it for granted that as long as they stop arguing with Lin Yushu and treat her well, Lin Yushu should go with the flow and even be grateful.
But can Lin Yushu really let them go?
The old lady felt a splitting headache and wished she could leave right then and there and get away from Lin Yushu's annoying sight.
The atmosphere in the room was like an ice cellar, and Lin Yazi's face was gloomy. She knew that Liu Mei had angered the old lady, so she could only put on a smile and try to liven up the atmosphere again.
Everyone was chatting reluctantly in the awkward excitement. Liu Mei, Lin Qingrou and Lin Yushu all sat there drinking tea in silence, their faces uglier than each other.
As they were chatting, a woman suddenly ran in from outside.
"Madam, there is a man outside the mansion who claims to be from your family and the Crown Princess's cousin, and wants to come into the mansion to visit."
The old lady and Lin Yazi looked at each other, both of them were surprised, cousin?
The old lady’s family fell into decline many years ago. Her brother had passed away many years ago, and his descendants were all far away in Jiangling.
Who is this person coming?
In a corner where no one could see, Lin Yushu lowered her head to hide a smile.
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