"The Spring Banquet is for everyone to make friends, not to make enemies. Qi Yang, as the host of the banquet, you should have set an example today, but now you have made such a scene. Don't you feel ashamed?"
After Qiu Wan greeted everyone, she first criticized Qi Yang rudely.
Qi Yang didn't expect that she would be the first to be bombarded, so she said unconvinced, "I didn't want to argue with them. They bullied others too much. What do I have to be ashamed of?"
Qiu Wan had figured out the ins and outs of the matter before she came, but now she just didn't want to make the matter a big deal and wanted to save some face for Qi Yang so she didn't speak too harshly.
I didn't expect Qi Yang to have such an attitude.
Even Qiu Wandang was no longer polite.
"Princess, do you mean that what happened today was not caused by the princess's provocation?" Qiu Wan asked rhetorically.
Qi Yang still said stubbornly, "Of course not."
Hearing this, Qiu Wan only said to a little maid who came with her, "Go and call the waiter in charge of today's banquet."
Hearing Qiu Wan's direct attack on her life as soon as she opened her mouth, Qi Yang actually regretted talking back to Qiu Wan.
But she couldn't speak at this time, so she could only watch as the waiters who were responsible for pouring wine for Jiang Nianjiao and the others were called over.
When the servants saw Qiu Wan coming, they felt that something was wrong. If Princess Qi Yang hadn't been here, they would have directly begged for mercy.
But now, although they would not confess as soon as they saw Qiu Wan, the three of them immediately fell to their knees when they saw Qiu Wan.
Although Qiu Wan is a woman, her methods are more ruthless than those men.
It has to be this way so that the harem can be so peaceful.
I saw the three of them coming. Qiu Wan did not ask them anything, but directly said, "I heard that you asked someone to exchange a large number of food items from outside the palace the day before yesterday?"
This question was irrelevant, and the three people kneeling on the ground were stunned at the same time. However, this matter would be clear to them just by asking. Naturally, they did not dare to hide it, so they only said in unison, "It is indeed true."
"That's good. Is this the silver ingot you used?" Qiu Wan suddenly took out a silver ingot made into a plum blossom pattern and asked.
When they saw the silver ingot that Qiu Wan took out, the three people's faces turned pale at the same time. This silver coin was given to them by Princess Qi Yang. Qi Yang likes plum blossoms, so even the silver he usually uses has to be cast into the shape of plum blossom cakes. If nothing unexpected happens, there is Qi Yang's name engraved underneath.
They felt it was inappropriate after Princess Qiyang gave them the reward, so they immediately asked palace servants who often went outside the palace to buy it to spend it for them.
The palace people did spend the money as they expected, but how could this thing fall into Qiu Wan's hands now?
"This...this doesn't belong to you." One person still thought that as long as the thing was not on him, he could deny the matter.
"It's not yours. Do you need Yang Gui to confront you about this matter?" Qiu Wan asked coldly.
Yang Gui was the palace servant who did shopping with them that day. When they heard this, the three palace servants suddenly turned pale.
If Yang Gui is called to confront him, there will be no room for change in the matter.
When Qiu Wan saw that they were no longer silent, she deliberately settled the matter. She scolded her coldly, "You are so brave. You even dare to steal the silver in Princess Qiyang's palace. Do you know that there are penalties for stealing palace property and flowing it into the private sector?" What kind of punishment?”
Stealing palace property is not even a matter of being beaten to death by Ye Ting's palace servants. In serious cases, it will harm your family.
This crime is much more serious than being a spy for Princess Qiyang and plotting against these two young ladies outside the palace.
Although they were also afraid that Princess Qiyang would be in trouble in the future, it was the Queen who made the final decision in the palace.
And Queen Min is a very strict person. If this matter comes to Queen Min, their punishment will definitely be pushed to the most severe level.
Finally, someone was the first to be unable to withstand such pressure and immediately begged for mercy, "Aunt Qiu Wan, spare your life! We did not steal this silver pattern! It was given to us by Princess Qiyang!"
"A reward for you? I remember that you are not the servants of the princess palace, and if the princess thinks that you have performed well, everyone should share it. Why is it only the three of you, but not others?"
Qiu Wan seemed to be able to imagine that they would not confess so quickly, and that they would have to find some other excuses to rationalize the existence of the plum blossom pattern silver, so she only considerately blocked these excuses.
However, Qiu Wan still thought they were too promising. One of them immediately moved all of them as soon as Qiu Wan finished speaking. "This silver pattern was not given to us for any other reward. It was Princess Qi Yang who asked us to prepare today's banquet in the middle of the process." It was given to us only after the lottery tube was replaced!"
As soon as this person opened his mouth, others naturally followed suit in order not to be heavily blamed. "What Zhang Luo said is absolutely true. Princess Qiyang's palace is heavily guarded. How can we, the palace servants of the Ritual and Music Department, be so capable as to dare to steal from the Princess?" of silver."
Qi Yang was tricked by these three palace men at this time, but he didn't even say a word.
Qiu Wan kindly reminded her, "The three of them slandered the princess. Doesn't the princess have nothing to say?"
Qi Yang only glared at the three unsatisfactory palace servants, but in his heart he was very clear about the little tricks she played underneath that she thought were hidden today. In fact, Fengchen Palace had already noticed them.
He thought that if he brought this matter up to Queen Min, he would be punished.
So she just admitted her mistake honestly and said, "Aunt Qiu, I was wrong. I was just distracted for a moment. Please spare me this time. Please don't tell the Queen about this, okay?"
Empress Min sent Qiu Wan out with the intention of minimizing the big issue and leaving some room.
Naturally, Qiu Wan had no intention of bringing this matter to the Queen from the beginning.
However, in order to make Qi Yang be more honest and save these three dishonest people from continuing to cause such troubles, she just said with a straight face, "Why are you apologizing to me for this matter? Whoever you punished for this matter should be apologized to." Apologize, if someone insists on bringing this matter to Queen Min, is it useful for you to apologize to me?"
Qi Yang naturally understood Qiu Wan's words. Although she was unwilling to give in, in order not to get in front of Min Hou, she could only face Jiang Nianjiao and Chen Changnian beside her with a face and said, "I'm sorry! I was wrong."
The reluctance on her face was obvious.
Seeing that she was not being criticized today, Chen Yannian felt a little erratic for a moment. She just said, "What did you say? I can't hear you clearly?"
Qi Yang's teeth were itching with hatred, so he could only grit his teeth and raise his voice to apologize.
"sorry!"
This sound was loud enough, but the anger in her heart was obviously even louder.
Chen Hongnian still wanted to find fault, but Qiu Wan turned to Chen Hongnian with a light look.
Chen Changnian was more successful than Qi Yang, so Qiuwan immediately shut up without even opening her mouth.
At any rate, she often walks around in front of her aunt, if she doesn't have such a sharp eye. She really might as well die.
And although Queen Min was her aunt, she thought that every time she went to see her aunt, she would be read to those chess, calligraphy and painting skills that a lady must have, or be scolded by her aunt.
Thinking of this, she naturally waved her hands and said, "I don't need to apologize. After all, you didn't trick me. If you want to apologize, you should apologize to Gillian."
Although Jiang Nianjiao had little contact with Queen Min, she had also heard about Queen Allergy's behavior.
So she also said, "This matter is not a big deal at all. There is no need to bring it to the attention of the Queen."
Seeing that it was rare for the three of them to reach a tacit agreement, Qiu Wan naturally just scolded Qi Yang a few words and asked Chen Hongnian to be more tempered next time.
Both sides were warned, which was really not a glorious thing.
When they returned to the banquet site, the banquet was still being held, but the host was replaced by a maid sent by Queen Min.
After the banquet, the young men at the male guests' table obviously couldn't sit still. They only asked the servants around them to deliver a peach blossom branch with a love letter to the woman they liked.
This is also the custom of the spring banquet, which is called Tanchun.
If the woman is interested at this time, she will naturally accept the other person's peach blossoms and understand them.
Some brave women, or women who already share the same feelings with the other party, will even give back embroidery embroidered by themselves.
Jiang Nianjiao originally thought that her table would be filled with peach blossoms, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see a single peach blossom.
Finally, a few people came over, but all the peach blossoms were given to Jiang Zhi.
This shouldn't be the case!
At this time in her previous life, although her thoughts were not with these people, she still received many love poems and peach blossoms expressing her love.
But today, these men abandoned her and chose others one by one.
Could it be that she behaved too fiercely today, so she gave away all her peach blossoms.
But at one glance, Chen Changnian, who was more fierce than her, actually received the peach blossom from Zhi Jinwu.
She found nothing.
Now she has decided to change her mind and live a good life with a new man.
Why didn't God give her a chance? Could it be that today she was asked to take the initiative to give an embroidered handkerchief to the male guest opposite?
When she was thinking about the feasibility of this, she saw that her cousin Zhao Nianze also asked her servant to bring peach blossoms over.
But without any surprise, this peach blossom was delivered to Su Zhirou.
However, Su Zhirou did not accept the peach blossom, nor did she give away her embroidery.
These two people are clearly double arrows.
Shouldn't we happily express our feelings to each other at this time?
Thinking of Su Zhirou's performance at the banquet just now, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but wonder if the two people really had a conflict?
If that were the case, it would be really satisfying.
After all, she has decided to give up pursuing her cousin.
He was also forced to accept this fate.
But there was no way for her to sincerely bless these two people.
It's a pity that she hasn't seen enough of this drama. The system that deducted 79 points from her suddenly appeared again after a few days of inactivity.
"The heroine seems to have something on her mind. Please ask the host to untie the heroine in time, get the heroine to give her the purse she embroidered, and complete the date."
Hearing the mission issued by the dog system, Jiang Nianjiao immediately refused and said, "What does it have to do with me that they are in love? I won't go."
"If you refuse the task, 50 points will be deducted. The host has now -79 points. When the negative score is 100, the host will be punished. Are you sure you want to continue deducting points?"
After hearing the system's words, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but grit her teeth and said, "Damn it!"
But thinking about her previous angina pectoris, although she was unwilling to do so, she could only silently accept this mission.
But before accepting the task, she asked the system again, "No matter what method I use, as long as I ask Su Zhirou to give away the handkerchief and the two of them go on a successful date, will my task be considered completed?"
