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Jin Lan's righteous words were like a loud and clear slap that fiercely landed on the faces of Zhao Qianrong and the rest.

"You, you dare to insult me?" Since young, Zhao Qianrong had never suffered such a loss before. Her face immediately flushed red, but she didn't know how to refute that. After all, everything was true.

Upon seeing this tit for tat scene, the silent Ye Jinwei was overjoyed. She stepped forward and revealed her face, "Sister Zhao, this sister is still young and doesn't know what's going on, I hope you don't bother with her."

"Who do you think you are? Do you think it's your turn to speak here?" Zhao Qianrong was in a rage, the moment Ye Jinwei took a step forward, she immediately became the first bird to take the lead, as all the anger in her body scattered onto her, "It's only something made from a bastard, how can it be worthy to sit together with us?"

Ye Jinwei was so humiliated by these words that her body started to tremble. She bit her lower lip and dared not look at Zhao Qianrong with venomous eyes, but instead, shifted her gaze onto Jin Lan.

She sneered and turned her head, and said to Zhao Qianrong indifferently: "These words are not meant to insult Sister Zhao, but to tell Sister Zhao what it means to be fair and honest."

"Ye Jinlan!" "You …" Zhao Qianrong screamed in anger, she suddenly raised her hand and waved it down towards the little face that made her jealous!

No one expected Zhao Qianrong to make a move, even Jin Lan was not able to react in time.

Meng Ruhan had been staring at Zhao Qianrong the entire time, only to see her suddenly stepping forward and blocking in front of Jin Lan.

Pow! Zhao Qianrong's palm ruthlessly slapped onto the arm Meng Ruhan was blocking in front of him.

"Sister Ruhan!" Jin Lan was shocked. He immediately grabbed her hand to check her injuries, but she gently pushed him away.

"Zhao Qianrong, what you see is the truth. As the guest, you actually dared to make a move on the host. Just who is arrogant and despotic?" Meng Ruhan scrunched his face, and looked at them coldly: "So what if it's like the rumors? What have I done to you? Could it be that you all want to have a taste of being seriously injured by me? "

Xu Qing Ting was shocked and fearful at the same time. She couldn't help but take a step back, "You, what do you want to do?"

Zhao Qianrong also felt fear at this time, but she resisted the urge to retreat, raised her chin, and clamored, "You dare!" Her voice trembled imperceptibly.

The corner of Meng Ruhan's mouth raised into a cold smile, "You want to try?" With that said, she suddenly followed Zhao Qianrong's actions and raised her hand.

"Ah!" Zhao Qianrong finally could not hold on any longer and screamed as she retreated several steps.

"You're really as timid as a mouse, to be afraid of dirtying my hands even after hitting you!" Meng Ruhan's hand did not swing out at all. Looking at Zhao Qianrong's miserable state, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Meng Ruhan, you, you are too much! How does she look like a girl from a famous clan? " Xu Qing Ting was trembling as she stood off to the side.

"Hmm?" Jin Lan turned his head to look at Xu Qing Ting, his eyes flashing with ridicule, "Could it be that you want to learn from the rumours outside that speak nonsense to become a girl from a famous clan?"

Zhao Qianrong was played around with by Meng Ruhan in front of everyone, her delicate face turned green and purple. She looked at the faces of everyone, trying to find a helper.

Among all the ladies, only Jin Lan, Meng Ruhan and Zhao Qianrong had the noblest status. Even though the other ladies were close to Zhao Qianrong, they weren't willing to offend Jin Lan and Meng Ruhan at the same time for her.

Zhao Qianrong cursed, she just stomped her feet and ran out, "Meng Ruhan, Ye Jinlan, just you wait!"

Seeing that Zhao Qianrong had left, Xu Qing gritted her teeth and quickly followed along. Soon after, the beautiful figure in the octagonal pavilion disappeared, and in a moment, only Jin Lan, Meng Ruhan, and Ye Jinwei remained. Even Ye Jinwei followed along.

Jin Lan was worried about Meng Ruhan, but Ye Jinxian was still by her side, so she did not say anything.

After thinking for a moment, she turned her head and said softly to Ye Jinxian: "Third sister, I'm afraid that the banquet is about to begin. Go back and inform mother that Sister Ruhan and I are late."

Ye Jinxian raised her eyes that were filled with worry, "Big sister Second Sister, what you did just now.

Jin Lan's gentle eyes suddenly focused. How did Ye Jinxian know what her mother planned to do?

Feeling Jin Lan's probing gaze, Ye Jinxian's heart tightened, she lowered her head and blessed herself, "I hope big sister will consider, I will return first." With that, she ran out of the octagonal pavilion and returned to the room where the feast was being held.

Jin Lan narrowed his eyes as he looked at her gradually disappearing back. He seemed to be deep in thought.

"What is it? What's wrong with your sister? " Meng Ruhan casually asked, as she sat down along the railing. She turned her head to look at the Blue Water Lotus and sullenly said: "After everything that has happened, do you also think that I'm a despotic evil girl?"

Jin Lan retracted his distant gaze, looked at Meng Ruhan's slightly disappointed face, sighed, walked to her side and sat down, then pulled her hand and said seriously: "Good and evil are only the eyes of the bystanders, you don't need to care about them, as long as you have no regrets."

Meng Ruhan stared at the golden waves until a gentle breeze brushed against her face. Suddenly, she felt her cheeks go cold, and realized that she was crying.

She raised her hand to wipe it away and then looked back into her eyes. "I did make a move, but it's because she wanted to help an outsider design big brother."

Jin Lan understood, the one Meng Ruhan was referring to should be the injured little sister Shu.

"At that time, I only gave her a push, but she fell to the ground and even crashed into a pillar. Father just happened to pass by …" In her entire life, she had never seen her father act so strict.

She sniffed with her nose and endured the bitterness in her eyes as she continued, "No one believes what I say. No one believes that she did it on purpose. Even mother …"

Jin Lan didn't expect that in just half a month's time, so many things would happen to Meng Ruhan from the time she came to the Meng Mansion for help.

With Meng Ruhan's and Meng Zhanxuan's relationship, it was normal for them to attack each other when they first heard about such a thing. However, since this little girl wanted to scheme against Meng Zhanxuan, how could she let him know so easily? Lord Meng passing by was just too much of a coincidence!

Jin Lan thought for a while, then said gently, "I think Aunt still loves you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you out to relax."

"Of course I know that mother loves me, but …" No matter how she explained, her mother was not willing to listen. In fact, she even asked Qing Yu to take her away the moment she opened her mouth.

"Speaking of which, that little sister Shu is really unlucky, causing Sister Ruhan to receive a message. However, Sister Ruhan's luck is not that good, Master Meng must be really angry, and might even implicate Aunt." Jin Lan lowered his head and muttered, as if he was secretly sighing with emotion, but that voice was not loud, which allowed Meng Ruhan to hear it clearly.

Meng Ruhan turned her head and looked at Jin Lan in a daze. Then, she suddenly became enlightened and stood up, "So that's how it is!" As she spoke, he took a few steps forward and was about to leave, but she remembered that Jin Lan was still in the pavilion. Then, she ran back and grabbed Jin Lan's hand. "Little sister Lan, it's all thanks to you this time!"

Jin Lan tilted his head, feigning ignorance: "What does Sister Ruhan want to say?" This was, after all, a matter of Meng Family, and as an outsider, it would indeed be inconvenient for her to interfere.

Meng Ruhan did not say much either, and only said one word at a time, "Little sister Lan, you only need to remember that I owe you one!" With that, she impatiently pulled her out, "We should hurry up and go back. If we can't make it to the banquet, it would be terrible."

Jin Lan pursed his lips and smiled. "Alright."

From beginning to end, Jin Lan and Meng Ruhan who were walking further and further away, didn't notice that not far away to the right of the octagonal pavilion, there was a craggy rock garden, and behind the rock garden, a lady wearing a big red flower dress was reading the whole scene from start to finish.

"That girl with the lily on her back is not bad. Which girl is she?" The palace maid stared at the distant figure with interest.

The other girl accompanying her was the daughter of the Lu mansion, Lu Jing. She thought about it carefully before replying, "It's the third lady of Meng Mansion, the direct daughter of Lord Meng Zhiyuan."

"So the other one is Ye Jinlan?" "She looks like a young girl who hasn't grown up yet, but her mind seems to be very sharp, so she's a good candidate." The interest on the woman's face grew. It was as if she wanted to grab the person who had walked far away and examine them.

"County …" Cousin, let's go back. It looks like the banquet is about to begin. " How could she have expected that this esteemed cousin of the County Princess would actually be interested in the Meng Family and the Ye Family of the lady? She insisted on letting her bring her to take a walk.

It was important not to let her mother speak of her identity.

The woman suddenly felt bored. She snappily glared at Lu Jing, "What are you so anxious about? It's not easy for you to come out for a trip."

Lu Jing pouted with a grumbling expression, "Cousin is definitely not in a hurry, but if mother knows that I've brought you out for a stroll on my own, I won't be forgiven."

"Alright, let's do it like you. I've been muttering all day, and my ears are starting to get calluses." With a snort, the woman lifted her foot and followed the direction that Jin Lan had just left in. She slowly walked back as if she were taking a stroll in the courtyard. Behind her was Lu Jing, who had an aggrieved and resentful expression on her face.

Jin Lan and Meng Ruhan purposely increased their pace, and before long, they saw the courtyard of the main house from afar.

Seeing that they were in time, Jin Lan heaved a sigh of relief, "Sister Ruhan, ahead is the place for the feast, let's quickly go."

Meng Ruhan nodded and followed closely by Jin Lan's side.

But after walking a few steps, Jin Lan saw a figure running over from the courtyard. When he got closer, he saw that it was Hui Xiu.

Hui Xiu's hasty appearance shocked Jin Lan. Before he even got close, he asked from afar, "Big Sister Hui Xiu, what's wrong? "So flustered!"

Hui Xiu rushed in front of Jin Lan, and without bothering to catch her breath, she said with a panicked expression: "Miss, go back quickly! Just now when the old master sent the Attendant over to deliver the message, he said that something big has happened in the Palace! "