"Silence!" Xi Lan shot a fierce glance, and the maids immediately fell silent, though their expressions remained discontented.
Yaohua felt even more impatient. How dare these lowly maids show disrespect to the clan leader? It was clear how arrogant these two clans had become on a daily basis.
Xi Lan was at least intelligent. After silencing the maids, she discreetly sized up Yaohua. Seeing the tall and graceful young girl with a beautiful and charming face, and recalling the rumors in the Immortal Realm today, she had a plan in mind.
When they arrived at the herb garden, a maid pointed at the person working in the field and said, "Hey, the one farming, there are honored guests here. Why don't you bow quickly?"
The farmer looked up and smiled good - naturedly.
The maid grew impatient. "What are you grinning about? Lower your head and don't look around. Our princess is not someone a lowly phoenix like you can look at!"
"This is my fifth elder brother, Zhu Yuan!" Yaohua's face darkened. "Moreover, the Phoenix Clan has a noble lineage. Even the lowest - ranked phoenix is a hundred times more noble in blood than those miscellaneous birds. I wonder what you mean by saying such things?"
Xi Lan gave a signal, and the maid retreated haughtily. Then she smiled slightly and said gracefully, "It's just that the maids are naive. I hope the two clan leaders won't take it to heart?"
"It doesn't matter if the maids are naive, but if the master indulges them, it's an intentional insult to our Phoenix Clan," Yaohua said, pursing her lips.
Xi Lan laughed. "What are you saying? It's really that our Ibis Clan doesn't know how to discipline the maids. We never let them manage farm affairs on weekdays, which has spoiled them and led to today's misunderstanding. I must apologize to all of you."
Having said that, she bowed gracefully to Zhu Yuan.
Zhu Yuan waved his hand. "It's okay."
Xi Lan said softly, "The fifth young master has a noble status, yet he is willing to farm in the fields personally. It's really admirable. But Xi Lan also wants to give a small suggestion. The young master belongs to the upper clan, with a handsome appearance and a noble lineage. It's a pity that he can't enjoy the banquet but is buried in the fields."
Yaohua raised her eyebrows. This woman was usually so arrogant, but she was extremely gentle and amiable when she met her fifth elder brother. Could it be that she took a fancy to her fifth elder brother's farming ability and wanted to poach him?
"The herbs are here. Princess, if you want to see them, go ahead," she said.
Xi Lan nodded in agreement, and her eyes naturally fell on Zhu Yuan. "I've always heard that it's all thanks to the fifth young master's efforts in cultivating the herbs. Could the fifth young master please help introduce and explain them?"
Zhu Yuan was good - tempered and naturally wouldn't mind her previous offense. He nodded and showed her the herbs.
Suddenly, he grabbed Xi Lan's hand.
The latter blushed slightly. "Young master, what are you..."
Zhu Yuan said seriously, "You can look at the herbs, but don't touch them randomly."
The maids chattered and surrounded them. "What do you mean by touching randomly? Our princess just took a few extra looks."
"Fifth young master, it seems that you're the one touching our princess randomly now?"
In the chaos, Yaohua, who was not far away, suddenly noticed an unusual spiritual energy fluctuation. She saw Xi Lan secretly using her magic power, actually trying to break off a spiritual herb and take it away.
"A dignified princess, why do such a thing as stealing?" She stepped forward directly and grabbed Xi Lan's other wrist.
Whether in terms of magic power or physical strength, she was stronger than Xi Lan. At this moment, filled with anger, she used a bit more strength.
Xi Lan cried out in pain. "What are you doing?!"
She looked at Zhu Yuan with teary eyes. "Please believe me, young master. I really just wanted to take a look. I didn't mean to offend."
She was a famous beauty in the Three Realms. At this moment, she weakly begged Zhu Yuan for help, and the latter quickly let go.
Yaohua said unhappily, "Brother, she wanted to steal our spiritual medicine!"
"I didn't," Xi Lan said with tears in her eyes, thinking she could gain sympathy with this trick.
But Zhu Yuan didn't hesitate at all and directly said, "My sister never lies. Princess Xi Lan, why do you do something bad and still not admit it?"
Yaohua coldly shook off her hand and warned, "Please respect yourself, princess."
Xi Lan's expression froze on her face. After a while, she calmly wiped away her tears. "If the Phoenix Clan doesn't welcome us, just say so. Why pretend to receive us and then deliberately ignore and frame us?"
Yaohua frowned severely and was about to speak when she saw Xi Lan fling her sleeves and leave, not giving them a chance to refute. "I've really experienced the Phoenix Clan's way of hosting guests today. After I return to the Immortal Realm, I will surely report the truth to the God - Lord!"
Looking at the backs of the Ibis Clan members walking away, everyone was stunned.
"Is the Ibis Clan always so overbearing?" Even the gentle - tempered Zhu Yuan was a bit indignant. "It was clearly them coveting our clan's spiritual medicine, but they're going to file a complaint with the God - Lord and say that we didn't host them well?"
Qing Cang shook his head with his hands behind his back.
Yaohua thought for a while. "We can't let them play the victim first. I have to go to the Immortal Realm first and report the situation to the God - Lord."
"I'll go with you," Zhu Yuan said immediately. "Those people in the Immortal Realm are very bad. What if they bully you? Didn't the same thing happen at Cangshan before?"
Seeing her elder brother's worried expression, Yaohua felt a warm feeling in her heart. "Brother, don't worry. The Immortal Realm is in need of people now, and the God - Lord will give me some face. He won't be as one - sided as before."
After leaving the Phoenix Clan, the maids who had been noisy just now calmed down. One of them asked timidly, "Princess, are we really going to file a complaint?"
Although the Phoenix Clan was poor and in decline, it seemed that it was really their fault to steal the spiritual herbs from the Phoenix Clan.
Xi Lan snorted. "The mere Phoenix Clan actually dares to monopolize the spiritual herbs and be disrespectful to me. It shows how arrogant they are! No wonder that yellow - haired girl dared to covet Chongming and ruin my marriage."
The maids looked at each other and whispered, "You're right. The God was chatting happily with the princess today, but it was Rong Chu who spoiled the mood. Knowing that the princess was there, he came in and said that Yaohua had left... which made the princess be driven away."
Xi Lan's expression became even uglier when she thought of this. "That bitch clearly took advantage of Chongming's good temper and deliberately played the role of a dejected woman!"
The maids echoed, "That's not all. When the princess visited again this afternoon, God Chongming said that you should visit less. That bitch would deliberately act coquettishly and attract the God's attention as long as she saw you getting close to the God. She's really a fox spirit, using any means possible!"
"The last time I got close to Chongming, that girl ran into the ice field and made Chongming worried," Xi Lan became angrier as she thought about it. "Let's go to the Immortal Realm! How can I be bullied by a yellow - haired girl like this?"
When they arrived at the God - Lord's hall, she said aggrievedly, "God - Lord, you must uphold justice for me! The Phoenix Clan knew that I was going there by your order, but they dared to humiliate and slander me for stealing the spiritual herbs. It's clearly disrespectful to you."
The God - Lord propped his head up with one hand, looking speechless. "Are you sure?"
He waved his hand, and a memory spiritual slip flew out. In mid - air, it clearly showed the scene of Xi Lan trying to steal the spiritual herb.
Xi Lan was struck like by lightning. "This... How did you..."
"Half an hour ago, Yaohua gave this to me," the God - Lord crushed the spiritual slip and said sternly, "Considering that you've always been steady, I'll just act as if this never happened. But in the future, don't do such stupid things again!"