Chapter 3 Who is that little wild seed?

Duan Yingning was about to enter when Tuan Bao pulled her back.

"What's wrong, Tuan Bao?" she asked softly, lowering her head.

"Mother, don't be afraid, don't be sad! Even if Rong Shizi breaks off the engagement with you later, you still have me. I will always be with you!" Tuan Bao said earnestly.

Duan Yingning was moved and gently touched Tuan Bao's head, "It's okay."

Seeing Li Pozi catching up, she instructed her to take Tuan Bao back to the Hanchan Courtyard.

Tuan Bao refused and insisted on "backing her up."

But Duan Yingning knew that a tough battle was coming and didn't want Tuan Bao to experience such things, so she kindly persuaded him to leave.

In the main hall, Duan Yingning's mother, Mrs. Zhou, spoke warmly, "Rong Shizi, the marriage between our Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion is well known in the capital!"

"If you suddenly want to break off the engagement, where should our Duan family put our face?"

She then suddenly changed her tone, "If Rong Shizi insists on breaking off the engagement with Yingning, then see how our Qingyun is doing?"

"Our Qingyun just turned twenty this year, and her appearance is considered top-notch in the capital! Even the Queen Mother has expressed her intention to bring Qingyun into the palace. Rong Shizi should understand this, right?"

Duan Yingning, who was outside the door, couldn't help but sneer.

Was she afraid that Duan's daughter wouldn't be able to marry off?

Was she trying to push Qingyun to Rong Shizi like this?!

Qingyun was only twenty this year, and she had done such malicious things to her own sister when she was only fifteen. Yet her parents still protected her...

Duan Yingning suspected several times that the original owner was picked up by the Zhou couple!

"Madam Duan, the Marquis is here to break off the engagement, not to propose."

Rong Shizi's voice remained cold.

"I know, Rong Shizi must have heard some rumors about Yingning and that's why you are determined to break off the engagement."

"Rumors?"

Rong Shizi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Isn't Miss Duan already dead?"

As soon as the words fell, a voice came from the door, "Who said I'm dead?"

Rong Shizi looked in the direction of the voice and saw Duan Yingning, dressed in plain white, walking in with her head held high. It didn't look like she was here to meet her fiancé, but rather to fight!

It is said that the Duan family produces beauties, and the appearance of Duan's daughters in the capital is unparalleled!

In addition to her exquisite features, Duan Yingning had a touch of coldness in her temperament, which was quite different from her sister Duan Qingyun.

It was as if a celestial being had descended to the mortal world...

"Who is this?"

Rong Shizi's eyes flashed with a barely noticeable amazement, but he quickly regained his expressionless demeanor.

Upon hearing Duan Yingning's sudden appearance, Mrs. Zhou and her companions were also surprised and speechless!

After coming to her senses, Mrs. Zhou quickly stood up, "Why are you here? Someone! Don't you hurry up and take her..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Duan Yingning, "Mother, what do you mean? My fiancé is here, shouldn't I be allowed to see him?"

With that, Duan Yingning turned to Rong Shizi and smiled slightly, "Rong Shizi, are you well?"

"Are you Duan Yingning?!" Rong Shizi's eyes narrowed, frowning, "Aren't you supposed to be dead?!"

"If I were dead, would the person standing in front of you be a ghost?" Duan Yingning sneered.

No wonder Rong Shizi wanted to break off the engagement, he thought she was already dead!

The Duan family was ruthless. In order to conceal her illegitimate child, they didn't even bother to explain the rumors of her death!

Rong Shizi, as the heir of the Duke's Mansion, was used to being flattered.

Today was the first time he had been confronted by someone, and it was a young lady...

His expression turned cold, "If you're not dead, why haven't you appeared in these years?"

"I wanted to appear, did they give me a chance?" Duan Yingning raised her arms and looked at Mrs. Zhou and Duan Qingyun with a cold smile, "Rong Shizi, don't you know how I've been living these years?"

Her father, Duan Zhineng, had not yet returned home, so only Mrs. Zhou and Duan Qingyun were in the main hall.

Duan Yingning looked around and suddenly laughed coldly.

This laughter made Duan Qingyun and Mrs. Zhou feel uneasy.

The next moment, she said, "It is said that unmarried women should not meet men from outside the family."

"My younger sister hasn't even been married off, and she's in such a hurry to meet her future brother-in-law. Is she eager to enter the Duke's Mansion in the future?"

Duan Qingyun was stunned.

This Duan Yingning, how did her sharp tongue become so fierce in these years?!

She was deliberately provoking her!

But Rong Shizi was still here, and Duan Qingyun had to maintain a polite smile, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Was Duan Yingning going to throw a tantrum?

Then let her, the more the better!

It would be best to let Rong Shizi see what kind of shrew this woman was!

"Although women are virtuous without talent, someone like my younger sister who can't even understand simple words, is clearly born foolish!" Duan Yingning looked at her coldly.

"You..." Duan Qingyun gritted her teeth, trying to maintain her ladylike image, which was really difficult!

Since Duan Yingning came in, Rong Shizi's gaze had been on her.

He always felt that this woman was not ordinary.

Whether it was her temperament or her words and actions, she was different from the noble ladies he had seen before.

She was eloquent and lively...

Seeing that Duan Qingyun couldn't argue with Duan Yingning, Mrs. Zhou became anxious and whispered to Duan Yingning, "Yingning, what nonsense are you talking? Don't bully your younger sister!"

She thought that Duan Yingning would be more restrained with her mother's authority.

She was wrong!

The current Duan Yingning was no longer the same as before!

She sneered, "Is mother blind or deaf? Can't you see who started the provocation first?"

Mrs. Zhou choked.

How dare this wretched girl speak to her like this?!

Suppressing her anger, Mrs. Zhou said, "Yingning, I saw it clearly just now. It was you who blamed your younger sister as soon as you entered the room. When did she provoke you?"

"My engagement to Prince Rong is not approved by her. She came to see Prince Rong without my permission, which is a provocation to me."

When it comes to arguing, Duan Yingning has never been afraid of anyone!

Mrs. Zhou was choked again, and the pain in her chest began to bother her. "I allowed her to see Prince Rong!"

"So you are biased! Your second daughter hasn't even died yet, and you are so eager to marry off your third daughter to the fiancé of your second daughter. What does that mean?"

Duan Yingning sneered, "Are you afraid that your third daughter won't be able to get married? Are you so anxious to push her to Prince Rong?"

Her words just now were like a tongue twister.

It took Mrs. Zhou and Duan Qingyun a long time to figure out what she meant.

After understanding that she was mocking her for not being able to get married, Duan Qingyun couldn't bear it anymore!

"Doesn't it embarrass you to say such things, elder sister? I haven't done anything to disgrace the family and bring shame to our parents and the Duan family. How can I not get married?"

She glared at Duan Yingning in embarrassment and anger, "Since Prince Rong is here, why don't you tell us, elder sister, whose child is that illegitimate child of yours?!"

At this, Prince Rong's expression changed!