Di Lanmo watched Chu Zhiyan's departing back and sighed silently in her heart, "Fortunately, I've made such a mess on my face. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing to be called 'Dad' in public."
Di Tingyu had no idea what wild thoughts were going on in Di Lanmo's mind. Seeing her staring blankly at Chu Zhiyan's back, she felt annoyed and jealous. "Sister, His Highness the Prince of Qin is your fiancé after all. Why don't you go up and say hello?"
Before Di Lanmo could even give Di Tingyu a warning look, she heard her do something stupid and shout, "Your Highness the Prince of Qin!"
The shout was as loud as a ringing bell, attracting the attention of many people on the palace path.
Di Lanmo mentally slapped her forehead. She knew better than anyone how honorable her current status was. She wanted to make Lin and Di Tingyu look bad, but being stared at like a monkey was a bit of an eyesore.
But her well - behaved son didn't even pause after hearing Di Tingyu's shout.
Di Lanmo thought to herself, "This is really embarrassing."
However, Di Tingyu didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all. She still shouted loudly, "Your Highness the Prince of Qin, my sister is engaged to you. How about walking together?"
Walk your father!
Di Lanmo wished she could slap this annoying little schemer up into the sky to be shoulder - to - shoulder with the sun.
"Tingyu, stop being naughty!" Finally, Di Mingye spoke up and stopped Di Tingyu.
Maybe he also thought that Di Tingyu's shouting and attracting onlookers was embarrassing to him.
There were already quite a few people in the inner courtyard of the palace at this time, which showed that Di Mingye's reputation in the court was really not good.
From behind, there were still the occasional whispers of a group of people.
"Could the so - called 'Two Beauties of the Capital' have bought their reputations with money?"
Di Lanmo felt that she really didn't deserve this title at the moment.
What 'Two Beauties of the Capital'? Was there anyone else worthy of being compared with her?
"Who knows? Looking at that face, she might be the ugliest in the capital!"
"Don't say that. Although she's a bit ugly, at least she has some sense. But what is that second young lady? Is she seducing her brother - in - law in public? Even the girls in the brothel aren't that... cough cough"
The unfinished and hesitant look was really thought - provoking.
These words were not meant to be kept secret. Di Lanmo even suspected that these people were deliberately saying them for Di Mingye to hear.
In the imperial palace, even if Di Mingye was unhappy, he couldn't turn around and argue. If this matter spread, he would lose all his face.
One of his daughters was extremely ugly, and the other was rude and had no sense of propriety. It would surely be a laughingstock.
They entered the Golden Palace extremely aggrievedly. Although Di Lanmo didn't care what kind of face she had for a short time, the looks of those people who wanted to stare but pretended to avoid her, only to be caught by her, were really interesting. It made her sit at her seat and couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Hey, ugly girl, what are you laughing at?"
A voice came from her left.
Di Lanmo turned her head and faced a baby - faced boy.
She sized him up and down. Judging from his height, he should be sixteen or seventeen years old, a bit older than her. But his face looked like that of an eleven - or twelve - year - old boy. "How old are you?"
The boy didn't seem to like people asking him this question. He pointed at Di Lanmo and said, "You! You ugly girl!"
Hearing the commotion, Di Tingyu quickly got up. "Greetings to Your Highness the Third Prince. This is my sister. She is ugly in appearance and didn't mean to offend Your Highness's ears and eyes. I hope Your Highness will forgive her for my sake."
Two thoughts flashed through Di Lanmo's mind: So this is the Third Prince; For Di Tingyu's sake? Who does she think she is?
Sure enough, the little kid straightened his face and said, "Who are you?"
"Pfft!" After laughing, she realized it was inappropriate. "Sorry, I didn't mean to." There was still a smile on her face when she apologized, which was quite insincere.
The little kid didn't seem to care about this. He just plopped down next to Di Lanmo and asked, "Why are you so ugly?"
"Poisoned." Di Lanmo thought that the time was probably right, and there were quite a few people now.
Moreover, because of the Third Prince, many people were looking in her direction. This was just a good time to attract attention.
"What?" The little kid looked surprised. "I'll ask the imperial doctor to detoxify you." As he said that, he was about to call for the imperial doctor.
"No need. I have a way to detoxify myself."
The little kid looked at her in surprise and suspicion.
Di Lanmo thought that the little kid was probably suspecting that she was crazy now.
"Then detoxify yourself!"
Di Lanmo nodded. She took off the sachet from her waist, poured out the medicinal powder inside, and mixed it with the fruit wine on the table.
The little kid stared intently at Di Lanmo's hideous face. After the medicinal powder entered her mouth, the pimples on Di Lanmo's face disappeared at a visible speed. He immediately exclaimed, "Wow, the medicine works instantly!"
"It's poison," Di Lanmo corrected.
Everyone was staring at this side. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but murmur, "If she can detoxify, why does she still go out with such a face to scare people?"
Not only the guests in the banquet hall had this doubt, but the Third Prince also looked at Di Lanmo curiously.
Maybe she had no temper when facing the little kid's face, or maybe this question was exactly what she wanted to answer. "If I detoxify this time, there will be another time. Why bother?"
Although the hall fell silent instantly because of this sentence, Di Lanmo could still hear the "Oh, I see" in everyone's hearts from their hard - to - calm faces.
Everyone's eyes on Di Lanmo couldn't help but show a bit of sympathy.
They were all smart people. How could they not know who had poisoned her?
The second young lady of the Di family had been making the eldest young lady, who had to pretend to be ugly, look bad all the time. As the daughter, so the mother.
Even the looks in people's eyes when they looked at Di Mingye were a bit meaningful.
When Chu Zhiyan saw her face, he was also stunned. It was her!
"His Majesty the Emperor is coming!" The eunuch announced in a shrill voice. Everyone quickly got up and bowed.
The Emperor was in his thirties. His appearance was somewhat similar to Chu Zhiyan's. After allowing everyone to rise, he said a few polite words and then called Di Lanmo and Chu Zhiyan forward.
"Zhiyan, you're not young anymore. It's time to get married."
Chu Zhiyan hung his head and said nothing.
The Emperor continued on his own, "The girl from the Di family is both talented and beautiful. She's a good match for you. I got a pair of dragon - and - phoenix jade pendants a few days ago. I'll bestow them on you two as tokens."
"Brother Emperor!" Chu Zhiyan looked up at the Emperor.
The eunuch had already carried a yellow - rosewood tray and presented the two jade pendants, one with a dragon pattern and the other with a phoenix pattern.
Di Lanmo's eyes lit up. The jade pendants had good luster and were worth a lot of money!
"Thank you, Your Majesty." With that, she took the jade pendant and hung it on her waist.
Chu Zhiyan had no choice but to accept the dragon - patterned jade pendant.
Seeing this, the Emperor said a few more nice words and then let the two of them return to their seats.
In the second half of the banquet, Chu Zhiyan's eyes would occasionally glance at Di Lanmo, while the Third Prince had been staying by Di Lanmo's side since the Emperor left.
This made Di Tingyu grind her teeth in jealousy.
When the banquet was over, it was already getting late. Di Lanmo followed Di Mingye and Lin out of the palace.
"Lord Di, wait a moment!" It was Chu Zhiyan's voice from behind.
Di Lanmo's heart skipped a beat. She always felt that this person was coming to break her dog legs.