Chapter 37: Doesn’t She Just Look Down on Him?
Shen Yinning pieced together the general course of events through Gao Zheng’s words.
Initially, she was worried that Yin Shanshan might deduce her relationship with Lu Ying through the cherries, but it turned out this girl didn’t have the brains for it after all.
She used her round fan to cover the lower half of her face and feigned distress. "Oh dear, my little sister has seen through my thoughts—what’s to be done now?"
"Hmph!" Yin Shanshan was both smug and disdainful. "Isn’t it all because you resent that ever since I entered the household, Zheng-lang has loved me exclusively? You envy me for having a powerful elder brother and are jealous that my brother has earned favor before the Crown Prince, while you’re just a pitiful woman with no support who can’t even bear children! But Shen Yinning, no matter how much you resent me, you shouldn’t have tampered with the gifts from the Crown Prince! Do you even understand that thunder and rain are manifestations of imperial favor, and that the Crown Prince’s gifts must never be discarded at whim? This time, it was fortunate that I picked them back up. Otherwise, your skin would have been flogged to death!"
She spoke in an assured manner, adopting an air of one well-versed in palace regulations.
"Amitabha Buddha!" Gao Mother hurriedly recited a Buddhist blessing, thumped her chest in lingering fear, and said, "Shanshan, oh dear, who knew there were so many rules in the Capital? We are so ignorant of them! Luckily, we have you. From now on, you must teach the Shen woman proper conduct so she doesn’t commit more mistakes!"
Yin Shanshan nodded confidently. "Mother, please rest assured. I will teach elder sister about the rules."
Although the identity she crossed over to was that of a farm girl from Gan State, in the modern world, she had read countless internet novels!
She knew perfectly well how to address nobles and perform proper bows!
Unlike Shen Yinning, a country woman with a big chest but no brains!