Chapter 116: Narrow Escape

straight. Despite clenching his fists in evident nervousness, his voice remained calm as he articulated her grievances. The little boy who used to scamper after her had grown up without her noticing,...After a moment, Meng Jin Yao's gaze shifted from the audience on the first floor and landed on her two maidservants. "Why aren't you crying" she asked.

Qing Qiu:：“……”

Ning Dong: "... "

They were just crying, their eyes are probably still red. Didn't the mistress see

Seeing their silence, Meng Jin Yao looked at them carefully. Then she nodded lightly: "Well, you've cried. Your eyes are red and your eyelashes are wet."

Ning Dong asked, "Madam, there is another act coming up. Would you like to hear it"

Meng Jinyo pondered for a moment, then shook her head slightly: "No, I'll take a look next time. Let's go for a walk."

Two maidservants responded and called for the chamberlain to settle the bill, then left.

The capital is not so big, there are always times when enemies meet.

As the trio of master and servants reached the staircase, they encountered Meng Jin Yu. At this time, Meng Jin Yu was accompanied by a beautiful young girl. The girl was dressed in fine garments, radiating nobility from head to toe. It was evident that the girl came from a high-ranking family, but Meng Jin Yao did not recognize her.

It's no wonder she didn't know them. The Yongchang Marquis Estate was a fallen house, and the upper-class families wouldn't invite them to their banquets. Even middle-class families looked down on them for living off their ancestors' wealth and having nothing else going for them.

This was a gathering of young ladies, something she rarely attended. Even when she did go, she had never met this girl before. After all, she usually mingled with the daughters of mid-level and lower officials. The daughters of prominent families wouldn't look twice at her, someone from a fallen household. She had no reason to get close to them.

As for after she got married, she had attended some banquets, but they were all gatherings of official wives and she hadn't seen any of them bringing this young lady along.

Meng Jinyu naturally saw her, and pretended to be surprised with a glance: "Isn't this big sister What a coincidence. I didn't expect you to come and watch the play too. Before, when grandma celebrated her birthday and invited a troupe of actors to perform, big sister couldn't understand and fell asleep directly."

Meng Jin Yao said softly: "That's quite a coincidence."

She said no more, and she didn't want to pay any more attention to Meng Jinyu. Taking a step, she was about to leave.

At that moment, the young girl beside Meng Jin Yu cried out, "Impudent! Do you not know how to show respect to a princess"

Meng Jinyao was taken aback. This young lady was a county princess

Meng Jinyu, with a hint of amusement in her eyes, watched Meng Jin Yao's surprised expression and felt a wave of satisfaction wash over her. It had been a long time since she had seen Meng Jin Yao look so flustered. She softly introduced, "Big sister, I forgot to introduce you. This is Jingning County Princess from Liang Wangfu."

Upon hearing this, Meng Jiny Yao was startled again. The Liang King was the emperor's younger brother, sharing the same mother, and enjoyed great imperial favor. Among all the county princesses, Jingning County Princess held the most esteemed status. She was the biological granddaughter of the Empress Dowager. How could Meng Jinyu have met Jingning County Princess

Meng Jinyao paid her respects with a curtsy: "I greet you, Princess Jingning. I was blind in my moment and did not recognize your presence, please forgive me."

Qīngqiū and Níngdōng also hastily followed suit and bowed.

Jing Ning County Princess frowned, her expression displeased as she glared at the three of them, master and servant. She made them remain in their bowing posture and did not allow them to rise. Instead, she spoke to Meng Jinyu, clearly intending to make things difficult for them.

She didn't call for help to get up, so Meng Jingyao and her two servants naturally couldn't get up themselves.

Meng Jinyu looked at them, a sense of satisfaction welling up in her heart. She chatted with Princess Jingning about the interesting things she had heard, as if she hadn't seen the three of them, master and servant.

Some people happened to see them passing by the staircase. They also saw Meng Jinyao and her three companions' bowing posture, which they found strange. However, they didn't linger for long, lest they attract unwanted attention. That richly dressed young lady looked intimidating enough.

After about half a quarter of an hour, Meng Jinyu feigned surprise and said: "Oh, Miss, my older sister is paying her respects to you."

Jingning County Princess glanced at them with surprise and said, "I didn't expect my rude elder sister to actually know how to show respect to this County Princess. I thought she didn't know any better. She didn't even give me a proper look when she saw me." She then said coldly to the three servants, "Alright, you can all get up now.

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Meng Jinyao rose, her expression as usual, with not a hint of displeasure. She spoke softly, "This servant has something else to attend to and will take her leave first. I won't disturb the county princess's leisure."

She said, then nodded slightly to Jingning County Princess, and then led her maid to prepare to leave. Just as she took two steps, she saw a leg stretch out, and hurriedly dodged sideways to the left with lightning speed, narrowly avoiding being hit by something rolling down the stairs.

However, Meng Jinyu wasn't so lucky. With a shriek of "Ah!", she tumbled down the stairs.

Meng Jin Yao reacted quickly, grabbing her wrist with one hand and the railing with the other. She pulled with all her might, then let go. Meng Jin Yu fell back to the flat ground behind the stairs.

"Ah!"

Meng Jinyu fell to the ground, letting out a cry of pain. Her face turned pale, and her heart pounded in her chest as she stared fearfully at the top of the stairs, still shaken by the incident.

Even Quiet Princess was frightened by what had just happened, her face paling considerably.

Meng Jin Yao stood above Meng Jin Yu, her gaze cold and piercing. A knowing smile curled on her lips as she spoke slowly, “Second sister, in the future, please don’t stand at the top of the stairs. It’s very dangerous. If you were to accidentally trip and fall again, you could seriously injure yourself. Thankfully, I was there this time, or else second sister would have had to be carried back home.”

Hearing this, Meng Jinyu's heart tightened, her pupils constricting suddenly. The fear in her eyes was hard to hide. She knew in her heart that if Meng Jinyao hadn't pulled her back at the last moment, the consequences would have been unimaginable. At the same time, she also knew that Meng Jinyao must have seen her kick.

Meng Jiny Yao nodded again to Jingning County Princess, then to her two maidservants: "Qingqiu, Ningdong, let's go."

In a short while, the master and his two servants left the theater.

Nüng Dongqi huhu said, "Madam, Princess Jingning just now was deliberately making things difficult for you. You have no grievances with her, she made things difficult for you like this, it must be the Second Miss slandering you in front of her."

Meng Jinyao softly said, "Indeed, it's obvious. I just don't know how she managed to get close to the Lady Jingning."

Qing Qiu pondered for a moment and said, "The second young lady has ambitions and likes to socialize. It's estimated that they met at some banquet."

Meng Jin Yao nonchalantly nodded her head: "I guess so."

Ying Dong recalled the terrifying scene just now, her anger rising: "Madam, I saw it all! The second young miss secretly stretched out her foot to trip you. If you hadn't reacted quickly, you would have rolled down the stairs by now!"

She said, raising her eyes to look at her master, and asked with great perplexity, “She is so wicked, why do you still want to save her”

Meng Jin Yao half-closed her eyes, opening her lips slowly: “Just at that position I was so close to her, if she fell, I would become the biggest suspect. Plus, Princess Jingning was there, from her angle she couldn't see clearly. If she felt sympathy for Meng Jinyu and accused me of being cruel and pushing her down, wouldn't I be left speechless And you girls are my maidservants, even if you told the truth, you would be seen as lying to protect me.”u Ming asked in a low voice, "Waner, is it Meng Jin Yao that wretch"Li Wan'er uttered a confused "Huh""I knew it was that vile Meng Jin Yao! Gu Xiu Ming gritted his teeth with hatred, "That poisonous...