Chapter 1091: Chapter 1091: What a Disgrace
Rong Yuan also reacted, shrieking, "What do you mean? Weren’t we supposed to move to a new place? The selection hasn’t even officially started yet. Why are we being eliminated?"
She entered the palace in preparation to be chosen as the Fourth Prince Consort.
Her aunt had made it very clear, the Princess Consort position wasn’t likely for her, as the Eldest Prince needed to find a powerful family as his in-laws.
The Fourth Prince, however, was another story. He didn’t have any hope of ascending to that position and would simply become a wealthy idle man in the future.
Therefore, the role of the Fourth Prince Consort naturally should stay within the family, as the wealth shouldn’t go to outsiders.
Everyone else could leave, but she couldn’t.
The other ladies understood as well after Rong Yuan’s words, and they started clamoring too.
Ruru had heard the commotion outside from the room. Earlier, Xiao Lu had inquired and mentioned that the girls were moving rooms, so she hadn’t paid attention.
But now the noise outside was too much. Without needing Ruru’s instructions, Xiao Lu went out to investigate.
Xiao Lu squeezed into the crowd and listened for a while, then understood. It turns out these girls were going to be sent back.
The reason for this was still unclear.
She quickly slipped back and told Ruru, "The ladies in the courtyard outside are said to be sent back home."
Ruru sat up abruptly from the couch, "Back home?"
"Quick, quick, pack my things. I’m going home too."
She tidied her dress and instructed Xiao Lu, "I’ll go wait for you outside first. Hurry up and come out when you’ve packed everything."
Wu Miaomiao panicked, "If you leave, what will I do?"
Ruru replied while walking out, "Just stay here obediently and wait to be selected as a Prince Consort. I’m leaving first."
Upon leaving the room, she saw the courtyard was crowded with people, and nobody noticed her, so Ruru quickly squeezed into the crowd.
She overheard a girl nearby speaking in an unfamiliar dialect, "I traveled for half a month just to come here for one day, and now I’m being sent back. It’s so frustrating."
A girl in front of her wept, "Wooo, I won’t go back. I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m not going back!"
Ruru looked around with a cheerful smile, finding it all very amusing.
Nanny Xu coldly watched the commotion of the girls. After a while, she signaled Nanny Liu.
Nanny Liu took a deep breath and then shouted, "Quiet!"
"Quiet!"
"Quiet!"
After shouting three times, the girls finally quieted down.
Nanny Xu sneered, "Do you know why you’re being sent back?"
"The Emperor heard that you complained about the poor accommodation and caused a ruckus. He said you girls lack proper demeanor and directly ordered the Empress to send you back."
"Ha! Look at yourselves, still causing a scene. Where is your decorum? Do you still resemble noble ladies?"
Nanny Xu did not conceal her disdain in the slightest.
After hearing that it was the Emperor himself who gave the order, some of the girls were filled with regret, while others still harbored grievances, but no one dared to speak out anymore.
Rong Yuan stood anxiously within the crowd. She had sent her maid to report to the Noble Consort, but as soon as her maid squeezed out of the crowd, she was sent back by a palace maid and told not to run around and to wait for the others to leave together.
Now she was at a loss for what to do, knowing only that she absolutely could not be expelled.
She knew it was Nanny Xu who had the authority. Squeezing out of the crowd, she approached Nanny Xu with a fawning smile and whispered, "Nanny, I am the Noble Consort’s niece, and since moving into Yuexiu Palace, I have always conducted myself properly. Could it be that the palace maids have made a mistake—"
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