After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 258 Making a fool of yourself
Shen Ling slapped the girl's hand away.

"Rong Jia, don't do that. You can't pinch a child's face!" Shen Ling said.

Princess Rongjia continued to smile wantonly, saying, "Why can't I pinch them? Children's faces are so tender, and it feels the most comfortable to pinch them. My concubine sisters at home also let me pinch them."

Princess Rongjia still didn't take it seriously and reached out to pinch him again.

Niu Niu was so scared that she hid behind Shen Ling, but Shen Ling blocked her tightly.

Seeing her like this, Rongjia County Lady rolled her eyes and said, "It's boring. You won't even let people play with you."

Shen Ling's face darkened: "Rong Jia, Niuniu is my friend, not your toy."

Princess Rongjia still looked indifferent and said with a smile: "A girl from a small family would be secretly happy if she could get close to us. You don't really treat her as a friend, do you?"

Someone behind Rongjia County Lady echoed, "She is just the daughter of a poor scholar, not a very important person. Ah Ling, you think too highly of her."

Shen Ling's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death.

Niu Niu, who was originally hiding behind Shen Ling, suddenly tugged at Shen Ling's sleeve.

Shen Ling looked down at the little girl.

Although the little girl still looked frightened, she did not hide behind someone. She stood up and faced Lady Rongjia.

"My father is indeed just a juren, but he is a real man. He is filial to his parents and loves his wife and children. He can do everything to the best of his ability. He is the best man in the world. I don't allow you to say that about him!" Niu Niu said loudly.

Princess Rongjia was stunned when she heard this, and her originally playful look gradually turned into a cold one.

"You are a daughter of a poor family. Who gives you the courage to speak to me like that? Kneel down!" County Lady Rongjia scolded.

Niu Niu recalled that the last time she was treated harshly like this was more than a year ago, when she was at Zhang's house.

The little girl was so scared that her body was shaking and tears were welling up in her eyes, but she still stood there with her neck stiff and said, "I did nothing wrong, why should I kneel down!"

She remembered what her parents had taught her. She had not performed any formalities when she had just paid her respects to the princess, so why should she kneel down to this unreasonable bad guy in front of her?

"I am the county lord and you are just an ordinary woman!" said County Lord Rongjia.

Niuniu still didn't kneel down, and said, "Heaven, Earth, Sovereign, Parents, and Teacher, which one do you possess? Why should I kneel down to you?"

In this dynasty, even when ministers met the king, they seldom performed the ceremony of kneeling and bowing, so Niu Niu had the confidence to say such things.

Even though Princess Rongjia was born into a royal family, she did not dare to respond to Niu Niu's words. She couldn't say that she had the character "Jun" in her name.

Shen Ling, who was standing aside, opened her eyes wide and looked at Niu Niu in disbelief.

The little girl was small and looked like she was easy to bully. Shen Ling never expected that she was so brave. Before Shen Ling could even offer her help, Niu Niu retorted against Princess Rongjia herself.

"Well, you are so young and yet you are so sharp-tongued. You are such a cunning little girl. I will teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents!"

As Princess Rongjia said this, she rushed forward and was about to hit Niu Niu.

Shen Ling quickly stretched out her hand to stop Rong Jia County Lady and scolded her, "Rong Jia, you've gone too far! I'm going to report this to my mother!"

After hearing this, Princess Rongjia did not dare to continue fighting.

She said to Shen Ling: "We are cousins, but you are so devoted to protecting this little girl?"

Shen Ling had never thought that Princess Rongjia was so annoying before, and said, "You think you have the right to bully others? The Princess's Mansion is not a place where you can act wild. If you want to act wild, go somewhere else!"

Princess Rongjia had a dark face. She glared at Shen Ling and Niu Niu angrily, then turned around and was about to leave.

"Sister Ling..."

Before Niuniu finished her words, she opened her eyes wide again. It turned out that the Rongjia County Lady, who had been so arrogant just now, was walking forward on the flat ground with a proud attitude, but someone accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt and then fell forward.

Princess Rongjia fell down and reflexively pulled others to her. Her fall also caused chaos in the group of followers behind her. A group of girls dressed up in fancy clothes bumped into each other and suddenly became a mess.

"Who stepped on my hand! Get out of here!" Princess Rongjia shouted sharply.

Although Shen Ling disliked Princess Rongjia, she still had to step forward to deal with the accident. She waved her hand and several maids came running over to help lift up the girls who had fallen to the ground.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

Even though Princess Rongjia's hair was disheveled, she completely ignored Shen Ling's suggestion for her to tidy up her appearance. Instead, she turned around and stared at the other young girls with eyes like sharp swords.

"Who! Who stepped on my skirt? Stand up right here!"

Since Princess Rongjia is a person who is not easy to deal with, naturally no one would dare to stand up to her.

But Rongjia County Lady was not someone who could be fooled. She rolled her eyes and said, "Did anyone see who stepped on the hem of my skirt? You, tell me now!"

The girl pointed out by Rongjia County Lady was so frightened that she trembled and said, "County Lady, I was standing at the back and I couldn't see clearly who stepped on it."

Princess Rongjia reached out and hit her hard on the arm: "Useless thing! What about you!"

The next lucky person she pointed at took two steps back in fear: "No, I didn't see it either..."

But Rongjia County Lady became impatient and said, "You said you didn't see it, but who knows if it was you!"

When the lucky girl heard this, she was so frightened that she was about to be blamed. She recalled frantically and then said, "The person wearing pink shoes stepped on you!"

Among the group of people who fell to the ground, there were two people wearing pink shoes, and both of them had fear on their faces.

The lucky one looked at the two little sisters wearing pink shoes, weighed the pros and cons in his mind for a moment, and pointed at the one with a worse family background: "It's her, the county lady she stepped on!"

Princess Rongjia stared viciously at the girl who was being pointed at.

Ji Huiyi shook her head like a rattle at this time: "County Lady, it's not me, it's really not me!"

But someone had already taken the lead, and the other followers immediately pointed at Ji Huiyi: "That's her! I remember her too!"

Ji Huiyi's face suddenly turned pale.

Niu Niu stood in the crowd and heard someone whispering in her ear.

"Ji Huiyi has been doing a lot of bad things behind Rongjia County Lady, and now it's finally her turn to be in trouble. She deserves it!"

"Why do you have to hang out with Rongjia County Lady when you can do something else?"

"Why else? It's because the younger brother of Princess Rongjia was praised by His Majesty a few days ago. Everyone thought he would be adopted as the heir, so he must stick to Princess Rongjia."

Niu Niu opened her eyes wide, eating the melon with great interest, and did not think about her situation at all. She had offended Princess Rongjia. When her brother became the emperor in the future, would he settle accounts with the Gu family?

At this time, Lady Rongjia pulled Ji Huiyi and dragged her straight to the fence of the waterside pavilion. She pressed Ji Huiyi under the railing viciously: "Bitch, you actually made me look bad! I'm going to throw you down to feed the fish now!"

Ji Huiyi didn't expect Rongjia County Lord to be so cruel, and said: "County Lord, I was wrong... Please..."

At the critical moment, Shen Ling stood up again: "Rong Jia, what are you doing? Do you want to kill someone in the princess's mansion?"

Princess Rongjia has always acted without scruples, and her face was full of ruthlessness at this moment. She didn't dare to touch Niu Niu who was protected by Shen Ling, so how could she not dare to touch Ji Huiyi, the daughter of a minor official?

But on the surface, she still said: "A Ling, I don't dare to act rashly in the princess's mansion, but I'm sorry, my hands are shaking."

Princess Rongjia pushed Ji Huiyi into the water with a casual push.

But she didn't expect that after pushing the person, her body suddenly tilted. Before she could stand firmly, she felt a sense of weightlessness and fell straight towards the water!