Zia Xia shook her head to help, saying, "Eldest Miss, maid didn’t an that."
"Then what do you an?"
"Anyway, Eldest Miss shouldn’t dine at the sa table as Big Bull."
"Why?"
"Eldest Miss, are you stupid? He calls you wife, which, if spread, will ruin your reputation. Should the Prince find out, he’d surely be furious, which would harm your relationship."
In the hos of important families, als are a matter of etiquette, where boys and girls shouldn’t sit together from the age of seven. However, here in the countryside, where material conditions are poorer, such strictures aren’t observed.
Xuexue glanced at Big Bull beside her with a hint of implication and asked, "Angry?"
Big Bull shook his head, "Not angry."
Zia Xia imdiately got angry, glaring fiercely at Big Bull, "My Miss didn’t ask you, why are you replying? Do you think you’re the War Prince? Keep dreaming!"
This young maid always guarded against him like a thief. Long Rui found it hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Ever since arriving at the Mo Family Village, outside of als, he couldn’t approach Xuexue because of Zi Xia. He didn’t have the chance to explain the situation with Lady Li.
Xuexue was still angry at Long Rui for deceiving her, so she turned a blind eye to Zia Xia’s difficulties for him.
This fellow speaks nonsense, he deserves a good punishnt.
As the master suffered, Long Yi, of course, stood up to help him out, "You little girl, how are you speaking? Regardless, he’s a relative of the Prince. You, a servant, how is it proper to speak to the master this way?"
Zia Xia was speechless, but she mumbled to herself, "Is the Prince stupid? Knowing he has designs on our Young Miss, yet he still sent him to escort her—is he asking to wear a green hat?"
"You little girl, what nonsense are you talking about, do you have a death wish?"
"Well, that’s how it is. Just look at Big Bull calling our Miss his wife, never minding the occasion. If it were in the Capital, our Young Miss’s reputation would have been ruined by him long ago."
The village head laughed, "You little girl, you’re just being fussy. Things aren’t as bad as you think. Big Bull is pure-hearted. He’s not that kind of person."
Zia Xia looked displeased and said, "Even if he has no intentions, he still did it."
"Stop talking so much, take your seats, the food’s getting cold." The village head invited everyone to sit and went through the formalities of speaking to the villagers before the banquet officially began.
In truth, to the villagers, it didn’t matter what the village head said. What mattered most was that tonight, they could finally eat at. As soon as the village head gave the order, everyone gobbled up their food like wolves, fearing they’d lose out on a piece of at by eating slowly.
Compared to the villagers devouring their food, those at Xuexue’s table appeared very refined, clearly of a different social standing.
While everyone was dining, a woman’s scream ca from the center of the banquet, "Xiuzhi? Is that you, Xiuzhi? Why is your belly so big? Oh my! You seem unmarried, whose child is in your belly?"
This shriek, like a bolt from the blue, erupted among the crowd.
The villagers, who were devouring their food, all stopped their actions.
Oh my heavens!
Mo Xiuzhi pregnant out of wedlock—such explosive news far surpassed the allure of the at on the table.
Sitting with Xuexue, Mo Shaoxing’s face instantly turned as pale as a sheet, though due to the dim lighting, no one could discern any unusual expressions.
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