Chapter 143: Dragon Boat Race 2 The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife The Sly Lady (1/2)

Chapter 143: Dragon Boat Race (2)

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

“Although my elder brother doesn’t serve in the court, he has succeeded to our father’s title and receives grainforrations every month, who could be rendered as the official of the court. Besides, during the Dragon Boat Festivals before, we have always had seats in the front. Why not this year?”

“The officials in the court have increased year by year, while the seats are mostly fixed. They can’t add more. In order to make sure those officials who are really doing things for the country and their families can appreciate the dragon boat race, of course those holdovers would be removed out of the list.”

said Song Qingyan smilingly, with all gloat in her eyes: Murong Ye is just a coxcomb who is having neither civil nor martial virtues. He is not qualified to sit with those meritorious officials at all. It’s already his luck to be delisted till now.

“Really?” said Murong Xue while leering at Song Qingyan, then said word by word, “Qingyan my cousin, you are always staying in your boudoir, how is it possible you are so familiar with things in the court?”

“That’s because the one who undertakes the dragon boat race is my uncle!” Song Qingyan raised her chin, with all arrogance in her eyes.

Murong Xue raised her head and looked at the high platform. The one who was issuing orders was exactly Du Yi, Song Qingyan’s uncle…

“My uncle told me there’s no seats for you and Murong Ye there. So you don’t have to go ask for an insult. Go to the stand in the southeast to watch the race…” said Song Qingyan arrogantly, with all contempt under her eyes.

The stand in the southeast was quite small, remote and had bad view. Standing there to watch the race?

“When others have undertaken the dragon boat race, me and my brother always have our seats, while after Du Yi takes it over, our seats are gone. You are abusing public power for your personal grudge…”

mumbled Murong Xue with a voice that could be heard by those nearby. Then the crowd all turned their heads and sized Song Qingyan up, making her feel quite uneasy. She then plumped out, “What nonsense are you talking about? Your brother is a dandy, ignorant and incompetent, who has never done anything useful for the court, while my second uncle has made great contributions for the country. Shouldn’t you and your bother offer your seats to him?”

Murong Xue was a little stunned. Then she suddenly remembered that Murong Jian and his wife had been away from the capital for ten years, so their seats had already been taken. Now if they wanted to watch the dragon boat race, they had to edge out two people. Instead of edging out officials with lower positions, they snatched her and her brother’s!

“So this isn’t personal, but a turtledove takes over the nest of a magpie!”

“Murong Xue, watch your language!” said Song Qingyan angrily, “They are not a turtledove and you are not a magpie! Those two seats belonged to them.”

“Yes, yes, yes. His Excellency Murong Jian is noble and dignified who has made great contributions, while my brother is still young, simple-minded, who has been tricked intocockfight, gambling, and nearly the whorehouse. He is a total dandy, who has no right to compare with His Excellency Murong Jian at all. Those two seats should belong to him…” said Murong Xue flatly with kind of unnoticeable ridicule under her eyes…

The way people looked at her was with all sympathy, parents both gone, no one caring about her, family properties being coveted, elder brother wasted, and she herself was weak and sickly… And now she finally got a chance to watch the dragon boat race at the Skywater Lake, her seat got snatched away…Poor Murong Xue…

Now Song Qingyan’s attention was all on Murong Xue, so she didn’t notice the crowd’s reaction at all. On seeing her ‘compromised’, she said wearing a cocky expression, “You are smart! Not bad, huh?”

Now people all laid their eyes with disdain, contempt on Song Qingyan. She and her uncle had snatched things from Song Qingyan, but it looked like Murong Xue was playing the bad. So shameless!