Ye Qingli calmly sighed.
"Well, I would hide the fact from the imperial concubine about not being informed of the palace feast until today. The messenger insisted that since I was invited, I should attend the palace feast. If it weren't for that, I would still be at the Ye family's estate. Due to the invite being so rushed, I didn't think too much about it. I also thought that I was just required to come to the palace to chat with my aunt, and just sit around. I didn't expect such a grand banquet..."
As she talked, her eyes began to turn red.
"This civilian girl is not someone who does not understand the rules. Even this dress is not appropriate for a banquet at home, let alone a feast in the palace. This civilian girl here pleads guilty to the emperor and the imperial concubines! I must not be like this!"
A young girl in a yellow dress sitting beside Imperial Concubine He sneered.
"So this is the eldest Young Miss of the Ye family?"
A female officer snorted.
"The Fourth Princess has asked you a question, why haven't you answered yet!"
Ye Qingli didn't know who this princess was, but judging by her position, she should be Imperial Concubine He's daughter.
The Fourth Princess seemed to remember something. She covered her mouth with a napkin and said, "I've heard that Eldest Young Miss Ye is quite famous outside."
As soon as she said this, many famous heirs laughed suddenly.
Well-known ladies tried to maintain their dignity and courtesy. Being famous for a lady was not a good thing!
Ye Qingli was still wondering why the mother and daughter were so hostile to her.
However, she blinked and saw the Fourth Princess secretly winking at Ye Yun Xiao, and she immediately understood.
It turned out to be her third sister's ally.
Today, she is here to deliberately ruin me!
The Fourth Princess laughed and said, "Mother, I think we do not need to ask further. I heard that this Miss Ye not only opened a few shops on her own, but she mingled with other men everyday, and she went on to run the business by herself. Everyday she would fight fiercely with her shopkeepers and customers."
"If you mingle with men every day, how could you also wear this kind of clothing?"
With these words, people's facial expression changed.
Looking at Ye Qingli's eyes, she seemed to look weird.
The empire was a country that paid a lot of attention to etiquette.
Although women were not prohibited from doing business, that was only for them to look at the ledgers and give some business strategies. They did not really have much say in a business.
As for customer affairs and relationships, it was left to the shopkeeper to do it.
Women would just hide behind the scenes.
As for Eldest Young Miss Ye, how dare she mingle in all this business?
What kind of honorable people were those employees?
What was more, she hung around all day long ...
Ye Qingli's eyes narrowed suddenly.
The Fourth Princess was clearly being sinister towards her.
With just a few words, they were ruining her reputation!
As for the questions that were directed at her, they were insults towards her.
In a few sentences, her reputation was already in a ditch.
Ye Qingli rolled her eyes.
Suddenly, she started to cry loudly.
"Oh, my poor mother, you died so soon. Why can't you live just a little longer?"
"If only you had lived for a few more years, you would be able to take care of Qing'er. This way, I would not have been bullied! I would not only not have enough to eat, lack enough clothing to keep warm, or even have a place to live in. I don't even have a proper attire to wear to the banquet tonight!"
She cried the words loudly and continued to she weeps.
It was a scene enough to make the world move.
This definitely attracted many eyeballs on Ye Qingli.
For this girl to cry like this, wasn't it definitely staged?