Chapter 1085 - 1082: Rebuttal

This was about her being conferred a title.

Ye Muyu carried a gentle smile, “I also congratulate Madam Yan.”

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Third Miss Yan Bingnuan of the Yan family was rescued by the second son of the Governor’s Family. Regardless of whether the Yan family was satisfied internally, for the sake of reputation, the marriage between the two families was thus settled.

Yan Bingnuan had already had her hairpin ceremony, and the governor’s son was also of age, usually studying in the school, and had not yet participated in the imperial examination. It was said that he would participate next year. Even so, as the governor in the state government office wielded local military power, actually holding real authority, the Yan family gaining a connection with his family was advantageous.

Of course, it depended on what the Yan family thought.

Madam Yan wasn’t the slightest bit displeased, “Bing Nuan mentioned last time she came home that the cream from Madam Chu’s rouge shop was very effective. I had the servants buy some afterward, and indeed, it was very good. Now, I can’t sleep soundly without using the cream from The Beautiful Face Shop.”

“I wonder where Madam Chu finds such skilled craftsmen to make the cream so appealing to us women.”@@novelbin@@

Ye Muyu’s eyes smiled as she humbly said, “It was purely by chance. To have the ladies like it is my fortunate affair.”

She completely avoided mentioning how the cream was actually made.

Madam Yan was not surprised and casually asked, “I also heard that the lady started a noodle workshop, which sells cheaper than flour. Doesn’t it lose money?”

“It’s all small business after all,” replied Ye Muyu.

“Indeed, the noodle workshop could hardly compete with the rouge shop’s earnings,” Madam Yan said with a smile in her eyes, “Madam must now be the richest among us.”

This was putting her at the center of everyone’s arrows. If Ye Muyu’s silver came from dubious sources, she would naturally be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and a single wrong word could easily give others a handle against her.

But evidently, she was not.

This silver, she had earned righteously; her own bit of silver didn’t amount to much in the entirety of Great Chu, she had nothing to feel guilty about.

“Madam Yan jests, the Yan family has been passed down through generations, while Chu family is but newly nobled, just budding, how could it compare with Madam’s household? Please stop teasing me, Madam. Look, now I can hardly even afford to buy hairpins,” Ye Muyu casually shifted everyone’s attention to the dresses of the ladies present today.

Ye Muyu was not one to seek the limelight; her attire was quite ordinary, not out of place, but not conspicuous either.

Madam Yan had always lived a life of luxury, and naturally, she dressed to the nines for such events. Standing beside her, Ye Muyu’s contrast was apparent, and it was clear who was wealthier.

Many of the ladies breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, even if the Chu family’s rouge shop did well, it couldn’t compare to the accumulated wealth of these noble families; after all, the Chu family’s foundation was too shallow.

This was everyone’s thought.

Madam Yan saw Ye Muyu deflect her words with just a few sentences, speaking directly and honestly, yet she was the one who ended up embarrassed and was quite displeased.

“Madam Yan, please go take a seat, we can talk slowly, there’s no rush today,” Madam Zhao voiced out, reminding her to mind the scene.

Madam Yan drew a cold breath internally, she hadn’t expected that Madam Zhao was indeed intending to get close to Ye Muyu.

She left unwillingly.

When she took her seat at the banquet, Ye Muyu was sitting beside Zhao Qingqing and Madam Zhao.

“Sister Ye, just talk with me, those ladies are all so pretentious,” Zhao Qingqing said casually while eating, not forgetting to quietly complain to Ye Muyu.

Ye Muyu smiled, handing her a marinated chicken claw, “Don’t say everything out loud, I enjoy the quiet.”

“Is it tasty?”