Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 771: The beggar complains that the food is rotten?

Meng Yunlan's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly. She looked Qiao Zhiyu up and down with a gloomy gaze: "You are so nice, yet you dare to mock me and threaten me! Are you tired of living?"

Qiao Zhiyu immediately knelt down and kowtowed to her in fear and trepidation: "How dare I, cousin! I dare not lie to you. The truth is, I have never seen the world and have never had anything good. My family is too poor and I haven't bought new clothes in several years. When I saw Shen Wantang having so many beautiful new clothes to wear, I was jealous and envious."

Meng Yunlan's expression changed and he didn't speak for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, she stood up and helped Qiao Zhiyu up personally.

She resumed her gentle and soft tone: "Cousin, what are you doing? You and I are sisters, why do you need to be so polite? Get up quickly, the ground is cold!"

Qiao Zhiyu had long been accustomed to the speed with which Meng Yunlan's expression changed. She stood up and thanked him repeatedly. After thanking him, she asked, "So...about the clothes?"

"You must throw this thing away, preferably somewhere where Shen Wantang can see it."

"Cousin, this..."

"Take it off now!"

Qiao Zhiyu's eyes widened: "Cousin, if I take it off, what will I wear? I can't just go back in my underwear, right?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? If I ask you to take this off, I'm going to give you a new one."

"Really? My cousin is going to give me new clothes? Thank you, cousin!"

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you take it off quickly?"

Qiao Zhiyu gritted her teeth and reluctantly took off her clothes and threw them on the ground.

Meng Yunlan stepped on it and said, "Haitang, find a new one for my cousin."

"Yes, young lady."

Haitang turned and went into the inner room. After a while, she came back with a new dress.

She handed it to Qiao Zhiyu and said, "Cousin, please put it on. This skirt was newly made by our young mistress and has never been worn before! The young mistress loves you so much, so please don't let her down!"

Qiao Zhiyu took it, shook it open and almost fainted!

This dress is so ugly!

The background is earthy brown, with yellow patterns, embroidered with bright red flowers, sparkling green branches and leaves, and decorated with peach pink buttons!

The sleeves are wide on one side and narrow on the other, the waist is as big as a barrel, and the shoulders are uneven.

Are you going to make her look bad by wearing this dress?

She could seduce Gu Qianhan with this? She could even climb into his bed? I'm afraid she would be kicked out of the Duke's Mansion by his men before she even touched the corner of Gu Qianhan's clothes!

Qiao Zhiyu was so angry that she was shaking all over, feeling that Meng Yunlan didn't treat her as a human being at all!

The hatred in her heart was almost impossible to suppress, and her eyes turned red in an instant.

"What's with that expression, cousin? Are you disgusted by the clothes I gave you?"

"Cousin, the color combination of this dress... is really too ugly. How can I wear it?"

"A beggar complains about rotten food?"

Qiao Zhiyu's teeth were almost broken and her nails had dug into the flesh of her palms, but she was completely unaware.

She secretly swore in her heart that in the future, when she climbed into Gu Qianling's bed and gave birth to a son, she would make sure Meng Yunlan also taste the humiliation she felt today!

"Cousin, please don't be ungrateful. The material of this dress is not cheaper than brocade. I just brought it back from my mother's house today. I originally wanted to wear it myself, but you begged me so much and insisted on wearing my new dress, so I had no choice but to part with it."

Qiao Zhiyu knew very well that Meng Yunlan had deliberately brought back such an ugly dress just to let her wear it.

She endured and endured, and finally suppressed the anger in her heart temporarily because she came up with a good idea.

She put the dress on and said humbly, "Don't blame me, cousin. You know I've never seen anything good, so I don't know the value of it. But since you say this dress is good, then it must be good. I'll wear it tomorrow. Thank you for loving me."

Meng Yunlan was satisfied: "That's more like it. I knew my cousin wasn't the kind of person who would be insatiable. It's getting late, go back to your yard! Fuling, you are now serving my cousin, so you must serve her wholeheartedly and do not neglect her."

Fuling immediately responded, "Don't worry, Madam. I will serve you wholeheartedly."

Qiao Zhiyu endured the humiliation and just turned to leave when she heard Meng Yunlan say again, "Wait."

"Cousin, is there anything else?"

Meng Yunlan took his foot off the clothes and said, "Take this rag and throw it in front of Shen Wantang's door."

"Yes, cousin."

Qiao Zhiyu picked up her clothes, turned around and left.

After leaving Yu Lu Courtyard, Qiao Zhiyu walked towards Qiong Hua Courtyard holding her clothes.

Along the way, Fuling followed her closely and stared at her, as if she was afraid that she would hide the clothes or throw them somewhere else.

So, even though Qiao Zhiyu was extremely reluctant, she had no choice but to walk to the gate of Qionghua Courtyard and throw her clothes there.

There is no harm without comparison. With comparison, she discovered that Shen Wantang, an outsider, is more generous and open-minded than her cousin Meng Yunlan.

She already understood Shen Wantang's intention in giving her the skirt. It was simply to get her to hook up with Gu Qianling and disgust Meng Yunlan.

But Shen Wantang's conspiracy convinced her, because the skirt he gave her was really presentable and made her look much more beautiful and decent.

Standing in front of Gu Qianling wearing that royal blue dress with gold brocade, there was indeed a possibility that Gu Qianling would look at her more.

In comparison, Meng Yunlan is too narrow-minded. He wants her to seduce Gu Qianhan, but refuses to give her a pretty dress to wear. He is so sinister and stingy!

In the moonlight, Qiao Zhiyu looked down at her hideously ugly skirt, raised the corners of her lips, and revealed a weird smile.

"Poria."

"what happened?"

"Is this the road that the Second Young Master usually takes?"

"Yeah, what are you going to do?"

"My cousin asked me to show my face in front of the Second Young Master more often, didn't you know?"

Fuling yawned, her tone lazily and disdainfully: "I know, but it's useless no matter how much you show off. The Second Young Master is different from those men out there. Be careful not to end up losing more than you gain."

Qiao Zhiyu pretended to be distressed: "Alas, what can I do? I dare not disobey my cousin's order, so I can only bite the bullet and do it. Tomorrow, remember to find out for me when the second young master is going out, so that I can go to him and try my luck. What if he takes a fancy to me?"

Fuling opened her mouth, wanting to say that she was wishful thinking, but remembering Meng Yunlan's instructions, she swallowed her words.

She really didn't understand why her master thought Qiao Zhiyu could catch the Second Young Master's eye.

The Second Young Master looked down on even the eldest daughter of the Grand Chamberlain, so how could he let Qiao Zhiyu climb into his bed? If his bed was really that easy to climb, why would the outsider Qiao Zhiyu have her turn? There were a bunch of beautiful maids waiting in the mansion!