Song Wanqing sneered and glanced around sharply.
"Since you know that this scar came to save King Chu, and even the emperor praised me very much, how dare you make fun of my face here?"
She suddenly looked at the leader, Shangguan Yunyang, "This is a serious crime of disrespect to the emperor and the king of Chu!"
The smiles on everyone's faces immediately disappeared.
"Sister Wanqing is serious." Shangguan Yunyang smiled sarcastically, "We care about you, that's all."
"Yes, yes, sister Wanqing, don't be angry, we don't mean any harm."
Others immediately echoed with apologetic smiles.
Song Wanqing snorted again and looked at Song Zhiqiu, "As for the marriage with the King of Chu, I have already gone to the palace to meet the Holy Emperor and ask the Emperor to withdraw the decree of marriage."
Several people looked at each other in disbelief.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask my sister," Song Wanqing quickly brought the flames of war to Song Zhiqiu, "I also chose to withdraw because I saw her deep love for the King of Chu."
Although Song Wanqing's biological mother is gone, she is her eldest daughter after all. As a concubine, Song Zhiqiu dares to tease her about her eldest sister's marriage?
Absolutely shameless and audacious.
Everyone immediately looked at Song Zhiqiu with contempt.
"No, elder sister misunderstood. I have no selfish intentions towards King Chu." Song Zhiqiu quickly defended himself.
She grabbed Song Wanqing's arm and said, "Sister, please stop being willful. The King of Chu's affection for you is obvious to everyone. How can I dare to have extravagant hopes?"
"Don't you dare?" Song Wanqing sneered, "But the hairpin you are wearing today was a gift from the King of Chu, right?"
She looked at everyone and laughed at herself, "I don't have any."
Song Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. The hairpin on her head was indeed a gift from the King of Chu. How could Song Wanqing know?
In her previous life, Song Wanqing didn't know that after getting married to the King of Chu, she saw that the queen, the mother of the King of Chu, also had the same hairpin.
She tossed and turned for several days before carefully asking Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi explained that it was just a coincidence and blamed Song Wanqing for being too suspicious, even for her own sister.
Because of this incident, she never dared to doubt Song Zhiqiu again.
Thinking about it now, there must be more than just this hairpin. Song Zhiqiu had countless things given to her by the King of Chu. She wore them every day and walked around in front of Song Wanqing. She felt secretly happy!
"Eldest sister, you misunderstood. This hairpin was indeed a gift from the King of Chu," Song Zhiqiu looked anxious and was about to cry, "but he wanted to bribe me to convince eldest sister to agree to the marriage."
Song Wanqing crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows, "Then why do you wear it on your head? To provoke me?"
"..." Song Zhiqiu was speechless for a moment.
She could feel the eyes from all directions, including contempt, ridicule... and more of disgust.
She was a concubine, but because her aunt was the first of the four concubines, these people were willing to associate with her, but they looked down on her from the bottom of their hearts.
"Sister, if you like the King of Chu, go ahead boldly." Song Wanqing patted Song Zhiqiu on the shoulder, "I saved people that day not because he was the King of Chu. If it were any sister present, I would have saved him."
Shangguan Yunyang was the first to applaud and praise, "Sister Wanqing is indeed the granddaughter of the old Chinese doctor and a heroine!"
"Yes, the burn on my sister's face is okay. I have high-quality jade muscle powder at home. If my sister needs it, I can send someone to get it anytime."
"Sister, please don't refuse the marriage with the King of Chu because of some people's wishful thinking. The gain outweighs the loss."
Song Wanqing sighed softly, "But the King of Chu is obviously interested in sister Zhiqiu. I don't want to beat the couple."
"How could His Highness the King of Chu fall in love with a concubine?"
"Yes, don't think it's because some people used some unscrupulous and underhanded methods to confuse the King of Chu."
"Oh, it's almost time." Song Wanqing shook her head, "Let's go to the main courtyard."
Shangguan Yunyang and others immediately surrounded Song Wanqing and left, leaving Song Zhiqiu alone.
They were all legitimate daughters in the family, and they had basically suffered from the tricks of concubines, so they deeply hated Song Zhiqiu's behavior.
When Song Zhiqiu's girl Dongrong saw this, she immediately stamped her feet angrily, "What's going on with Shangguan Yunyang and the others? Why did they leave the young lady and follow Song Wanqing alone?"
"They are just jealous of me." A trace of hatred appeared in Song Zhiqiu's eyes, "Don't worry, they are just a bunch of brainless pigs."
She turned her head and looked at Dongrong, "Is mother ready?"
"Yes, don't worry, miss." Dong Rong looked very happy when she thought of something, "This time, Song Wanqing can't escape."
A smile appeared on Song Zhiqiu's lips. She took out the veil that Song Wanqing had just given her and asked Dong Rong to put it on her.
"Wow, Miss is so beautiful wearing this floating cloud gauze." Dong Rong clapped her hands and praised, "When we go to the main courtyard in a while, everyone will be attracted by Miss's beauty."
Song Zhiqiu smiled proudly. She wore the veil and walked in front of Xiao Yi to see him apologize to her.
——
The auspicious time is approaching and most of the guests gather in the main courtyard.
Chen Qinglian has a good relationship with the eldest princess Xiao Mingyue. She is talking to Xiao Mingyue at this time, and there are many ladies around her.
She saw Song Wanqing coming in surrounded by a group of noble ladies, with some confusion in her eyes.
"Qing'er, come here quickly." Chen Qinglian winked at Xiao Yi, who was not far away.
Xiao Yi quickly stood up and followed Song Wanqing to the eldest princess.
"I've met the eldest princess." Song Wanqing saluted respectfully, "I've met my mother, I've met all the ladies."
Xiao Mingyue's eyes swept over Song Wanqing's face with disgust, and she said in a dissatisfied voice, "Why don't you wear a veil to cover your face?"
"Back to Princess, I applied ointment on my face. Wearing a veil is not conducive to my recovery." Song Wanqing was neither humble nor arrogant. "Besides, this injury was done to save others. No one should dislike it, right?"
Xiao Mingyue's face darkened, obviously she didn't expect Song Wanqing to be so sharp-tongued.
"Aunt, Qing'er was injured to save me," Xiao Yi took the initiative to stand up and speak to Song Wanqing, "I feel so distressed, so don't talk about her."
Chen Qinglian smiled at the right time and said, "Yes, Princess, this injury also shows that the two children have a deep relationship, so don't pursue it."
"What? Do I seem to be an unreasonable person?" Xiao Mingyue sneered, "Okay, for the sake of Qing'er's deep love for our third child, I won't say anything."
As soon as she said this, the other ladies immediately agreed.
"Indeed, this Qing'er has liked to chase King Chu since she was a child. Unexpectedly, she has ruined her face for King Chu now. She is obviously very affectionate for King Chu."
"The King of Chu is also affectionate and loyal, and will never leave Qing'er. It has become a good story in the capital."
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you and Miss Qing'er have already made a private decision for life, right?"
Xiao Yi lowered his head and smiled, completely acquiescing to everyone's words.
Chen Qinglian looked at Xiao Mingyue with satisfaction.
Obviously, they want to take this opportunity to solidify the close relationship between Song Wanqing and the King of Chu.
