Chapter 258 Embarrassment

Shen Ling knocked the girl's hand away.

"Rongjia, don't do that. You can't pinch a child's face!" Shen Ling said.

Rongjia County Lady still laughed very wantonly and said, "What can't be pinched? Children's faces are tender and it's the most comfortable to pinch them. My concubines at home let me pinch them."

Rongjia County Lady still didn't take it seriously and stretched out her hand to pinch again.

Niuniu was so scared that she hid behind Shen Ling, and Shen Ling also blocked her tightly.

Seeing her like this, Rongjia County Lady rolled her eyes and said, "It's boring. You won't let anyone play with you."

Shen Ling's face darkened: "Rongjia, Niuniu is my friend, not your toy."

But Rongjia County Lady still looked indifferent and said with a smile, "A girl from a small family would be happy if she could get close to us. You don't really treat her as a friend, do you?"

Someone behind Rongjia County Lady echoed, "She is just the daughter of a poor scholar. She is not a great identity. Ah Ling, you think too highly of her."

Shen Ling's frown was so tight that it could kill a fly.

Niuniu, who was hiding behind Shen Ling, suddenly pulled Shen Ling's sleeve.

Shen Ling looked down at the little girl.

Although the little girl was still afraid, she did not hide behind him. She stood up and faced Rongjia County Lady directly.

"My father is indeed only a scholar, but he is a great man who stands tall and proud. He is filial to his parents, loves his wife and children, and can do everything to the best. He is the best man in the world. I don't allow you to say that about him!" Niuniu said loudly.

Rongjia County Lady was stunned when she heard this, and her originally playful eyes gradually turned cold and stern.

"A daughter from a poor family, who gave you the courage to talk to this county lady like this? Kneel down!" Rongjia County Lady scolded.

Niuniu recalled that the last time she was bullied like this was more than a year ago, when she was at the Zhang family.

The little girl was so scared that her body was shaking, and tears kept rolling in her eyes, but she still stood there with her neck stiff, saying, "I did nothing wrong, why should I kneel down!"

She remembered what her parents taught her. She didn't perform the ceremony when she met the princess just now, so why should she kneel down to the bad guy in front of her who was making trouble.

"Just because I am the county lady, you are just an ordinary woman!" Rongjia County Lady said so.

Niu Niu still didn't kneel down, and said: "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teacher, which one do you have? Why should I kneel down to you?"

Even if the ministers of this dynasty met the emperor, they rarely kneeled down to pay homage, so Niu Niu had the confidence to say such words.

Even though Rongjia County Lady was born in the royal family, she didn't dare to respond to Niu Niu's words. She couldn't say that she had the word "emperor".

Shen Ling, who was standing aside, looked at Niu Niu in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

The little girl was small and looked like she was easy to bully. Shen Ling didn't expect her to be so brave. Before Shen Ling could help, Niu Niu herself retorted to Rongjia County Lady.

"Well, how old are you, but you are so eloquent, what a cunning little girl, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents!"

As Rongjia County Lady said this, she rushed forward to hit Niu Niu.

Shen Ling quickly stretched out her hand to stop Rong Jia County Lady, and scolded: "Rong Jia, you've gone too far! I'm going to report to my mother!"

After hearing this, Rong Jia County Lady didn't dare to continue fighting.

She said to Shen Ling: "We are cousins, but you are only protecting this little girl?"

Shen Ling had never thought that Rong Jia County Lady was so annoying before, and said: "You want to bully people and you have the right to do so? The Princess's Mansion is not a place where you can act wild, if you want to act wild, go somewhere else!"

Rong Jia County Lady had a dark face, glared at Shen Ling and Niu Niu indignantly, and turned to leave.

"Sister Ling..."

Niu Niu opened her eyes wide before she finished speaking.

It turned out that Rong Jia County Lady, who was just arrogant, was walking forward arrogantly on the ground, but someone accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt, and then fell forward.

Princess Rongjia fell down and pulled others reflexively. Her fall also caused the group of followers behind her to be in chaos. A group of girls dressed up in fancy clothes bumped into each other and suddenly became a mess.

"Who stepped on my hand! Get out of here!" Princess Rongjia shouted sharply.

Although Shen Ling disliked Princess Rongjia, she still had to go forward to deal with such an accident. She waved her hand and several maids ran over to help the girls who fell to the ground.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

Even though Princess Rongjia's hair was messy, she completely ignored Shen Ling's suggestion to tidy up her appearance. Instead, she turned her head and stared at other young girls with a pair of eyes like a sharp sword.

"Who! Who stepped on my skirt? Stand up!"

Naturally, no one would dare to stand up to Princess Rongjia, who was not easy to mess with.

But Rongjia County Lady was not easy to fool. She rolled her eyes and said, "Did anyone see who stepped on my skirt? You, tell me!"

The girl pointed out by Rongjia County Lady was so scared that she trembled and said, "County Lady, I was standing at the back and I really didn't see who stepped on it."

Rongjia County Lady reached out and hit her arm hard: "Useless thing! What about you!"

The next lucky person she pointed out took two steps back in fear: "No, I didn't see it either..."

But Rongjia County Lady was impatient and said, "You said you didn't see it, who knows if it was you!"

The lucky person was so scared when she heard this that she was about to be blamed. She recalled frantically and said, "The person wearing pink shoes stepped on you!"

Among the group of people who fell to the ground, there were two girls wearing pink shoes, and both of them were full of fear.

The lucky one looked at the two little sisters wearing pink shoes, and after weighing it in his mind for a moment, he pointed at the one with a worse family background: "It's her, it's the county lady she stepped on!"

The county lady Rongjia stared at the girl who was pointed at viciously.

Ji Huiyi shook her head like a rattle at this time: "County lady, it's not me, it's really not me!"

But someone had already taken the lead, and the other followers immediately pointed at Ji Huiyi: "It's her! I remember it too!"

Ji Huiyi's face suddenly turned pale.

Niuniu stood in the crowd and heard someone muttering in a low voice in her ear.

"Ji Huiyi has been doing a lot of bad things behind Rongjia County Lady, and now it's finally her turn to be in trouble, she deserves it!"

"Why do you have to get involved with Rongjia County Lady?"

"Why else? It's because Rongjia County Lady's younger brother was praised by the emperor a few days ago. Everyone thought he would be adopted as the heir, so he had to stick to Rongjia County Lady."

Niuniu opened her eyes wide, eating melons with interest, and didn't think about her situation at all. She had offended Rongjia County Lady. When her brother became the emperor in the future, would he settle accounts with the Gu family?

At this time, Rongjia County Lady pulled Ji Huiyi and walked straight to the fence of the waterside pavilion. She pressed Ji Huiyi under the railing viciously: "Bitch, you actually made me look bad! I'm going to throw you down to feed the fish now!"

Ji Huiyi didn't expect Rongjia County Lady to be so cruel, and said: "County Lady, I was wrong... Please..."

At the critical moment, Shen Ling stood up: "Rongjia, what are you doing again? Do you still want to kill people in the princess's mansion?"

Rongjia County Lady has always been reckless in her actions. At this time, her face was full of fierceness. She didn't dare to touch Niuniu who was protected by Shen Ling. Didn't she dare to touch Ji Huiyi, the daughter of a small official?

But on the surface, she still said: "A Ling, I don't dare to make trouble in the princess's mansion, but I'm sorry, my hands are shaking."

Rongjia County Lady pushed Ji Huiyi into the water with a push.

But she didn't expect that after pushing her, she suddenly tilted her body. Before she stood firm, she felt weightless and fell straight to the water!