PNB Chapter 323 Am I an Ugly Monster?
Chapter 323 Am I an Ugly Monster?
Seeing how enthusiastic the two were, Xiao Siyue felt that there was nothing to do with Lin Qin and the others, so she might as well go and see what the young ladies of the upper-class circles in the capital were like, and agreed.
"Chuntao, go tell my mother that I'm going out to play with my friends," Xiao Siyue instructed Chuntao as she left.
"Yes, Miss." After saying that, Chun Tao quickly left, as she had to follow her mistress.
Xiao Siyue brought two maids with her today, one is Chun Tao and the other is Shi Qing.
Gu Xinglan pulled Xiao Siyue directly to the other side of the garden, where there was a large lake with a covered walkway around it and a large pavilion in the center.
All those young ladies were in that pavilion; it turns out I had gone to the wrong place before.
As Gu Xinglan stepped onto the veranda and entered the pavilion.
"Xinglan, you're finally back! Which Xiao family is this? She's so beautiful, I've never seen her before. Are you a relative of yours?" As soon as she approached, a girl in a light purple dress greeted her with a smile, her eyes scanning Xiao Siyue up and down.
“Lan Xin, you have excellent taste. But this is not a relative of mine. This is Xiao Siyue, the daughter of Minister Xiao.”
Gu Xinglan seems to have a good relationship with this person named Lan Xin, as she spoke in a very casual tone.
"So this is the extremely mysterious young lady of the Xiao family." Lan Xin showed a surprised expression, which puzzled Xiao Siyue.
What's wrong with her? Why are people looking at her so strangely, like they've seen a monkey? Could it be that something big has happened to her without her knowledge?
"Yes, this is it." Gu Xinglan said, glancing at everyone with a smug look in her eyes. Let's see if you dare to spread rumors again.
"No wonder you left in such a hurry earlier, so you went to see Miss Xiao." Lan Xin then realized that they had been chatting together, but Gu Xinglan's maid had said something to her, and Gu Xinglan had pulled Ye Mufan away.
"Come sit down, let's have a chat. We've been very curious about Miss Xiao, but we've never had the chance to meet her. We never expected her to be such an exquisite and beautiful woman." Lan Xin said, immediately gesturing for everyone to sit down.
Xiao Siyue was still completely bewildered, but she sat down next to Gu Xinglan.
Feeling quite embarrassed by the constant slapping from the crowd, Xiao Siyue finally spoke up, "Xinglan, why are they all looking at me with such strange eyes?"
When Xiao Siyue first came in, the other girls were chatting in twos and threes, but after Gu Xinglan introduced her, their eyes seemed to fall on her, and they would occasionally talk to the people next to them.
Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances, unsure of what to say.
In the end, Gu Xinglan said to her, "Siyue, don't be angry when I tell you, okay?"
Xiao Siyue was a little confused by Gu Xinglan's cautious tone: "It's okay, Xinglan, you can speak."
"Siyue, it's like this. You've always kept a low profile and rarely attended our banquets. Everyone was very curious about you. Eventually, the rumors started circulating, and people said that you must be ashamed to be seen because you're ugly, which is why you're hiding at home."
After Gu Xinglan finished speaking, everyone looked at Xiao Siyue, thinking that Xiao Siyue must be very angry, after all, that woman didn't care about her appearance or her reputation.
What Gu Xinglan didn't say was that some people said Xiao Siyue felt that she was a country bumpkin and couldn't fit in with them, which was why she didn't dare to come out.
To everyone's surprise, Xiao Siyue was not angry, and her expression did not change; she still had a smiling face.
"Siyue, aren't you angry? They said those things about you." Ye Mufan asked curiously.
"I'm not angry. What's there to be angry about? Rumors stop with the wise. Besides, I can't control what people say. Let them say what they want. It doesn't cause me any harm at all." Xiao Siyue had no need to pay attention to such boring rumors.
"But they haven't even seen you, yet they're spreading rumors. It's incredibly rude of them. And I don't know who spread these rumors, causing everyone to misunderstand you." Gu Xinglan was very angry. When she heard it before, she went up to argue with the people, but she couldn't control so many mouths on her own.
“They’re ill-mannered, so someone will deal with them. Besides, so many people saw it today, so the rumors will fall apart on their own. There’s no need to be angry, right?” Xiao Siyue comforted Gu Xinglan instead.
"Yeah, that's true. After today, let's see who dares to talk nonsense. Siyue, you should come out and let them see you sooner, so they can slap themselves in the face."
"Sigh, let's not talk about these upsetting things. Let's talk about something else. I heard that not only us came today, but also that person from the Yu family came back."
"The Yu family? Why haven't I seen them?"
"The Yu family always makes their appearance last, it's always been like that, and I guess it will be the same this time." Lan Xin pursed her lips.
"Hey, it's been years since I've seen you. I wonder if your temper is still the same as before?"
"I reckon it'll be the same as before. That guy was so arrogant before."
"I don't think so. After all, they've lost all face after what happened. How could they still be arrogant?" The group discussed animatedly.
Xiao Siyue realized she couldn't understand it again. Who was this person talking about?
"Siyue, do you not know what they're talking about?" Ye Mufan noticed Xiao Siyue's puzzled look and whispered in her ear.
Xiao Siyue gently shook her head.
“You haven’t been in the capital for long, so you really don’t know. The one they’re talking about is the young lady of the Yu family, one of the four great families. She’s the granddaughter of Grand Commandant Yu. A few years ago, she was harassed in the street by a member of one of the four great families. Because of this incident, Yu Xiruo hasn’t attended any banquets for several years. Everyone is very curious about her return this time.”
Xiao Siyue felt like she had heard this somewhere before. After thinking for a while, she remembered that it was something her father had told her when she was robbed by the fifth young master of the Chen family.
But that seems to have been four or five years ago, when Yu Xiruo was only a few years old.
"Mu Fan, how old is that Miss Yu now?"
"She's already nineteen. She's probably here to see how things are going, since she's not getting any younger." Actually, he had heard that the Yu family had already found a husband for that young lady back then, but Yu Xiruo was unwilling, so she had been waiting until now.