Too high to reach

Chapter 297 The Shameless

Mo Yuan remained silent.

He silently looked at the little girl kneeling at his feet.

Zhou Jiu gently advised her, "Yuanyuan, why don't you come with me to change your clothes?"

“Yes, Sister Mo, come to my room to change! I have a dress made of the same material as yours, it’s finished but I haven’t worn it yet,” Consort Tian also urged.

Mo Yuan smiled sweetly at them, but did not get up.

“Madam Mo…” Consort Feng arrived in a hurry.

When I saw that Mo Yuan's pale yellow gauze dress was splattered with a large blob of dark yellow soup, looking so disheveled... I was immediately "shocked"...

"Oh dear, how could this happen?" she said, looking both surprised and apologetic.

"Madam Mo, I'm so sorry... I really didn't expect this. Please forgive me!" Consort Feng gave a slight bow. Then, she turned her head and asked the maid sternly, "How could you do such a thing?!"

The little maid continued kowtowing and crying, "It's all my fault, please spare my life, Your Majesty."

"What good would it do me to spare you? You couldn't even afford to pay for Madam Mo's clothes with ten years' worth of monthly wages. Quickly apologize to Madam!"

The little girl turned to Mo Yuan again, her head banging on the ground, begging, "Please, Madam, spare my life!"

Mo Yuan glanced at them out of the corner of her eye and sneered, "Alright, alright, stop making such a fuss, it's annoying to watch. Little girl, this dress is indeed expensive, you can't afford to pay for it, but your family... the Consort can! Go quickly and beg her to save you!"

This doesn't fit the plot.

The young maid was prepared to be beaten and punished. But she never expected that this "Madam Mo" would actually demand she pay for the clothes. Moreover, she even wanted the concubine to pay for them on her behalf… "This servant dares not."

"Madam Mo is joking." Consort Feng didn't react for a moment, thinking that Mo Yuan was joking.

"Who's joking with you? Isn't this inner quarters of the Prince's mansion under your management? As a steward, you get paid for it. If you don't manage it well and something goes wrong, of course you have to pay compensation."

“Madam…” Consort Feng once again experienced this man’s shamelessness. “Then…”

"If you don't compensate me!" Mo Yuan interrupted her, "I'll sit here and wait for your mistress to return! If she still doesn't compensate me, I'll wait for the prince to return!"

"Alright, alright. I'll pay! Name your price!" Consort Feng said with a forced smile.

"Five hundred taels, just the cost price. Forget about the fright you suffered."

Consort Feng smiled calmly, then turned and instructed, "Mama Song, go to my private treasury and take eight hundred taels of silver. The extra three hundred is for Madam to calm her nerves."

She seems considerate and understanding, but in reality, she harbors a subtle insult.

Mo Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "I say... Consort, was this all a deliberate attack on me today?"

She was so blunt… Consort Feng thought to herself with resentment. Of all the ladies she'd dealt with, who would speak like that?

"What makes you say that? You are a distinguished guest in our home..." Consort Feng smiled, "It's just that I didn't know you were coming today. Otherwise, since the Princess Consort isn't home, I would definitely be there to greet you at the door in her place."

Is this a complaint that I came to your door without prior notice?

"Is that so?!" Mo Yuan blinked. "But this little girl seems quite well-behaved; she doesn't look like the type to just dump a fish plate on someone. But she did it anyway."

"Isn't it because Consort Feng is angry with me for coming to visit without an invitation, and for befriending the Princess and Consort Tian, ​​even staying at my house for meals... So, she instructed me to do this, deliberately trying to annoy me? As for A-Jiu, although she's just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire... perhaps there are other reasons why she offended you."

That’s true…

But Consort Feng's face immediately turned cold, and she said sternly, "Please be careful with your words, Madam Mo!"

Then, she gave Zhou Jiu an apologetic look.

Then he said, "The little girl has done something wrong and is still kneeling here. If you want to hit her, punish her, or make her pay, just tell me, and I'll do whatever you ask. This rambling is very impolite."

“Miss Ajiu has been living in the manor for a long time. She is not only an honored guest, but she also treats me like a sister or family member. I will not tolerate your underhanded tactics of trying to win one over while attacking the other. Although you are the princess’s sister, you are still a guest. In this world, no guest should make things difficult for the host, right?”

"Master? Which one is the master?" Mo Yuan looked around. "Xiangxiang and Qianqian are the masters, but they are still young. My sister is the master, but she's not here. Besides, even if she were here, as the older sister, I would be the one who suffers this humiliation..." She picked up the dirty piece.

"You can point at her and say a few words about her, right? As for you, you only have a titled lady-in-waiting, what kind of master do you think you are... Oh, Sister Tian, ​​I'm not talking about you..." She smiled ingratiatingly at Consort Tian. Consort Tian shook her head with a helpless bitter smile, fanning herself twice with her fan.

Consort Feng finally lost her temper and became blunt, "Madam Mo, I am a concubine of the Prince Qi's residence!" She suddenly smiled mysteriously, "The Eastern Palace also has concubines, right? What is the status of a concubine? What rights do they have? I'm sure Madam Mo has already experienced that, hasn't she?"

This was a precise and accurate remark, which did make Mo Yuan feel awkward for a moment.

But who is she?

With lofty ambitions, why would he care about this?

"Ha! You even know that?" Mo Yuan laughed first...

She wasn't embarrassed; it was others who were. Shamelessness is invincible. "Oh dear, look at your long ears and long tongue...tsk tsk, does your mistress know about this?"

"Madam, watch your words! This is the Prince Qi's residence!" Consort Feng finally turned red with anger, having underestimated the shamelessness of this vile woman.

Zhou Jiu tensed up, clutching his fist tightly. Oh my god, Yuanyuan…

"What's wrong with the Qi Prince's residence?" Mo Yuan retorted. "The Qi Princess is my sister, and the Qi Prince is my brother-in-law. In the Crown Prince's residence, my status is not as high as that of Consort Zhang. But in the Qi Prince's residence, I am still a distinguished guest."

I don't know where she got this theory from.

“You’re just… being unreasonable,” Consort Feng blurted out.

"Besides..." Mo Yuan completely ignored what she was saying and instead looked at Consort Feng with alluring eyes, "Consort Feng has such long ears, how come she didn't find out what happened to Consort Zhang?"

She stood up and waved her hand in front of Consort Feng, "She was on the estate... cooling off in the summer heat. As a result, she caught fire, burned her face, and broke her leg. I'm afraid she'll never be able to show her face again in this lifetime..." Perhaps she found it very funny, because she actually chuckled.

Consort Feng only heard that Consort Zhang had something going on, but didn't know the specifics. The matter of harming the Crown Princess's pregnancy was kept extremely secret and didn't spread.

Is this true? How could things end up like this? Looking at Mo Yuan, he secretly wondered...

"What a pity, she also had a son, just like you! She even had... two." Mo Yuan held up two slender white fingers and gave Consort Feng a flirtatious raise of her eyebrows.

"But what's the use? So... people..."

With good intentions and like a close friend, she advised Consort Feng, "Don't easily make enemies, don't easily offend people. Everyone in this world has their own life to live. There are plenty of people who are doing well. If you're always envious of others, won't you go blind?"
"Look at her! For no reason at all, Consort Zhang had to provoke me, and look what happened to her! How miserable! Shouldn't this serve as a warning to everyone?"

Consort Feng felt a tingling sensation down her back, but forced herself to reply to Mo Yuan, "I don't know what's going on at the Crown Prince's residence, and I don't care. I only concern myself with matters concerning the Prince Qi's residence!"

Mo Yuan continued to kindly advise, "Actually, you don't need to worry too much about the affairs of the Prince Qi's residence. This is something my sister should be concerned about... Once she sorts out her current affairs, she might... no, no, she definitely will! She'll definitely take over gradually!"
"Then you won't have to worry about anything. You can just enjoy tea and admire the flowers every day. You might not even need to teach your son anymore... How wonderful! I love this kind of life..." She chuckled.

When Consort Feng was a child, she had seen such tough neighbors, but she had never actually interacted with them.

I'm furious, but I don't know what to do. If I kick her out, she definitely won't leave, right?
Consort Tian covered half her face with her fan; this was truly fascinating. Oh dear, how could such a composed and steady Lady Mo have such a sister?

Okay, that's enough...

She stood up and pulled Mo Yuan, "Alright, alright! Hurry up and change your clothes, the smell is too strong. If it gets in your hair, even the cats will meow when they see you."

He pulled her outside, saying, "Princess, A-Jiu, let's take the food to my courtyard to eat! A-Jiu also has a set of clothes; come and try them on..."

Mo Yuan still didn't want to leave, so A Jiu went over to pull her along, saying, "Sister Tian said there's still some for me, let's go take a look!"

Qianqian was young and, although she didn't understand what was being said, she seemed nervous. All this time, she'd been secretly glancing at this and that, and now she was running ahead in a flash.

Princess Wenxiu, being the eldest daughter of the Prince's household, maintained her usual calm demeanor, rose, and followed suit...

Leaving Consort Feng behind, her eyes gleaming like knives... Shameless slut, just you wait!

Original text: With good intentions, she advised Consort Feng like a close friend, "Don't easily make enemies, don't easily offend people. In this world, everyone has their own life to live. There are plenty of people who are doing well. If you're always envious of others, won't you go blind?"
—Mo Yuan's character is absolutely impeccable to say such a thing.

Most people in the world can't do it.

The kitten really did have FIP; it was a mess from afternoon until evening.

In the end, I didn't choose to get the injection... it hurt too much.

Can you believe that a bottle of medicine, containing only ten small pills, costs nine hundred yuan?