The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 4

Just as Qingyan was about to carry out her course of action, a dignified voice was heard.

"What's the matter for this clamor here?"

However before Qingyan could even reply, Su Qingyuan's drenched body was thrown up ashore. Su Ming watched as his daughter was rescued ashore and respectfully said to the young man next to him while smiling, "Thank you for your trouble, Shizi*."

(*TN: This is a title not a name, this title is granted to the appointed successor, usually a son, of a Prince or Lord, who are usually related to the royal family - Since there's no english equivalence I've left it as is.)

Su Qingyuan glared at Xiahe who was next to her, opening her mouth in discontent as a slap flashed across Xiahe's face, "This lowly servant*, didn't you see me fall into the water?"

(*TN: equivalent to calling her bitch)

Xiahe knew that she was in the wrong herself, so she only covered her reddening cheeks as she stood to the side.

"Such beauty, how could I not be willing to save." The young man didn't put his line of sight on Su Qingyuan, but turned his head to look towards Su Ming, "I presume this must be Sire's daughter, she's grown quite elegantly."

Su Ming just realizing just how rude Su Qingyuan's action was earlier, he looked to the young man apologetically, "I apologize for having Shizi see such an embarrassment, this is my daughter Su Qingyuan." He pointed to Su Qingyuan with flattering smile. Afterwards, when he looked to Qingyan, there was clearly a bit of disdain in his eyes, "this is the daughter of my elder brother, the Dingguo* General."

(*TN: his nobility rank title plus his position as general)

Qingyan completely ignored that smudge of disdain in Su Ming's eyes. She looked the to young man before her and bowed, "Please to meet you, Shizi."

"Just what happened earlier? Yuanyuan, why did you fall into the water." As he said this, Su Ming placed his sight on Su Qingyan that was to the side, that look was like as if he was about to swallow Su Qingyan whole.

"Second uncle, I was just coming to walk in the gardens with my two maids after eating, who knew I would just happen to witness big sister carelessly fall into the water." Qingyan replied looking to Su Ming while grinning, "Unfortunately, neither my servants nor I could swim." With just a few words, she was able to cleanly push away all the blame.

As Su Ming listened to Qingyan, he glared at her, then glancing at Xiahe, he impatiently said, "Hurry up and take her to go change."

"I......understood." Just as she said this, she helped Su Qingyuan, who had a poor complexion, leave."

Watching Su Qingyuan's figure from behind, the man took a few steps up next to Su Qingyan, whispering next to her ear in a low voice, "That was quite the show."

As the young man's breath reached her ears, Qingyan unconsciously took a step back, and with a face full of smiles replied, "Qingyan doesn't understand what Shizi means by this. If there's nothing else, uncle, please excuse Qingyan for leaving first." Saying this, she immediately turned to leave, with Zizhu and Baizhi, following after her.

Seeing Su Qingyan's retreating figure in the distance, Su Ming's brows tightened, he then looked to the young man still with a face full of respect, "That girl, though was raised by my wife's side, but in the end is still born from a military family so she doesn't have any manners, I hope Shizi won't take offense."

"Oh." the man's ending tone rose. And when he looked to Su Ming, his tone abruptly turned cold, "Does that mean that Sire looks down on the military?"

"I wouldn't dare to." Su Ming clearly did not expect the young man would say this."

"Hmph." Tossing his sleeve, the man turned and left.

But recalling that scene he'd just witnessed, his lips faintly smiled, thinking in his mind: that girl, was actually quite interesting.

After they'd returned to the room Baizhi, with great detail, told Huangcen and Lue what had happened. As they listened, they grasped their stomach from laughter.

"Baizhi, if in the future, should we ever end up on the streets, this storytelling talent of yours may even come in handy." Qingyan said this while softly laughing and drinking tea.

How could Baizhi not realize that Qingyan was teasing her. She replied while blushing in discontent, "Miss how could you make fun of me like that."

"How is young miss making fun of you, isn't this praising you, " Zizhu said with a face full of smiles while looking at Baizhi, "If it's really like how Miss said, then Baizhi would be our benefactor."