Guo Zi'er shrank her neck in fright.
She bit her lip and then ordered the maid next to her, "Go and have a look. If there are any birds that the princess mentioned, catch them and bring them to her."
Several noble ladies around her looked at her when they heard this, with contempt in their eyes. A concubine is a concubine, and she never forgets to flatter her wherever she goes!
One of them was the legitimate daughter of the Guo family. She looked at Guo Zi'er coldly, her face as cold as ice, and became cold and ugly. She obviously hated Guo Zi'er for embarrassing the Guo family, but everyone was here. If she opened her mouth to reprimand at this time, she would only Even more embarrassing.
However, Guo Zi'er had no choice but to face difficulties. If she couldn't handle this errand, she would definitely not be able to bear the consequences later.
But if she achieves her goal, she and her aunt will be able to stand up!
Guo Zi'er's maid also bravely entered the rockery quietly, and almost came out as soon as she entered, "Inside, there is nothing inside..."
"No?" Guo Zi'er's face turned pale. He took a few steps to the rockery pass and took a look. Then he turned around and his face became even paler: "But, maybe I heard wrong. The bird has already flown away..."
"Uh-huh..." Someone sneered, clearly laughing at her for not being able to flatter her, but for being embarrassed.
The third princess glanced at Guo Zi'er and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just a beast, nothing unusual."
Cold sweat broke out on Guo Zi'er's back, and she always felt that there was something in the third princess's words.
At this time, Xue He, the maid next to the third princess, came with an obviously anxious look on her face. She walked closer and saw that the third princess was safe and sound. She relaxed her steps slightly and stood behind the princess without saying a word.
The third princess said calmly, "Okay, let's go back."
Everyone then turned back to the garden.
When no one was paying attention, Xue He whispered: "Just now, my servant was tripped by someone and was delayed for a long time. Princess...are you okay?"
The third princess shook her head: "Before they came over, someone reminded me."
Xuehe asked in surprise: "Who is it?"
The third princess shook her head: "I don't know. It seems that this person knew that someone was deliberately trying to harm me, so he helped me. But did that person know about me?"
Since Song Linlang didn't know about this, it was certainly unlikely that this person was from Xiang Xiang's Mansion. Xuehe thought for a while and said, "This person may be among these noble ladies."
"Well...and that Guo Zi'er, does she have any dealings with the Eleventh Princess?"
"Slave, I will have someone check it out as soon as possible."
When everyone returned to the banquet, they saw Li Qingyi sitting there eating fruit. Someone asked, "I haven't seen you for a while, where have you been?"
Li Qingyi lazily raised his head, glanced around the crowd, and his eyes fell on Guo Zi'er: "I haven't gone anywhere. I have been in the garden and haven't left? But you, one by one, have disappeared."
No one had any doubts when they heard this, because they had been talking about the Goddess Tu, gathering in twos and threes in the garden, and not paying attention to Li Qingyi all the time.
But the look between Li Qingyi and Guo Zier caught the attention of the third princess.
Li Qingyi showed no signs of guilt, but Guo Zier's eyes dodged and he quickly looked away.
Li Qingyi sneered inwardly, fearing that someone had instigated Guo Zi'er to uncover the third princess's affair, but Guo Zi'er knew the danger and wanted to blame the matter on her and reap the benefits. And since she was being targeted by Song Linlang everywhere today, she would only suspect that Song Linlang was setting her up behind her back.
Unfortunately, Li Qingyi was not fooled and reminded the princess again, causing Guo Zier to fail and expose himself.
At this time, the servants of Xu Xiangfu moved several long tables together and spread rice paper on them.
When everyone saw that the painting was indeed three feet long, they immediately started talking excitedly and soon forgot what had just happened.
Among all the people present, the third princess had the most distinguished status. Xu Hanzhang led her to sit in the middle seat and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please go first."
The third princess smiled at her.
Xu Hanzhang is the master, and the goddess picture was arranged by Xu Xiangfu. She is naturally qualified to sit next to the princess. Others also hurriedly stepped forward to occupy a conspicuous position.
Song Linlang was about to sit on the other side of the princess when she heard the third princess say to Li Qingyi, who was watching the excitement: "Miss Li is so beautiful, it would be a pity not to be included in the painting. Please sit next to me."
Song Linlang's expression froze, she glanced at Li Qingyi with disgust, and sat next to Xu Hanzhang.
When Li Qingyi saw the third princess showing favor to him, he thought that this princess was not stupid. He just went to see Guo Zi'er on purpose to give her a hint.
Someone who couldn't get a good seat would inevitably look displeased with Li Qingyi and muttered: "Why should she..."
The third princess glanced over and the speaker immediately shut up.
Li Qingyi ignored the looks of others and saluted the third princess generously, "Thank you for your love, princess."
The third princess nodded and smiled: "What are you standing for? Sit down and talk."
The noble ladies around were a little confused watching the interaction between the two. They didn't know what happened for a moment, and they all looked at Song Linlang.
Song Linlang's face was even more ugly, but she was still confused!
Everyone present knows how to look at their faces, and it is impossible to offend the third princess.
When Song Linlang targeted Li Qingyi just now, those who had nothing to do with themselves and did not express their position could not help but smile sarcastically. The timid ones were glad that they did not talk nonsense, while those who had gossiped before immediately changed their direction and changed their smiling faces. Attempt to redeem.
"Although Miss Li doesn't often go out and about, I have long heard that Miss Li has outstanding appearance and is a first-class beauty. When I saw her today, it was true."
"I have met Miss Li before, and she is truly unforgettable."
"..."
Everyone was talking and praising Li Qingyi to the highest level.
Li Qingyi and the third princess looked at each other tacitly after hearing these words. Guo Zi'er seemed to feel something, and the fingers in her sleeves were trembling slightly, which she could hardly hide.
The third princess smiled meaningfully and stopped talking.
Huang Chongfeng's painting skills were top-notch. Once he started painting, he was fully focused. Everyone soon forgot about the messy things and worked hard to maintain a good posture so as not to fall into the inferior position in the picture of the goddess.
It's just that the page is too huge. After a while, the ladies' waists and legs were so tired that they couldn't stand up, especially when they stood at the back and had to put their feet up.
Huang Gongfeng noticed that everyone looked tired, so he said: "I have memorized the appearance of the nobles, and you can draw them by yourself. Please help yourself."
"Can you really remember so many people?"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
The third princess obviously knew Huang Chongfeng's painting skills well and was the first to get up.
Xu Hanzhang smiled and said, "In that case, I will order my servants to prepare the table."
The third princess nodded.
During the banquet, everyone was still discussing the picture of the goddess with great interest, and some people were talking about it with different thoughts.
After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion in the afternoon, Li Qingyi got off the carriage at Wangjiang Tower as instructed, took the maid she had detained and the other three princesses to come for questioning.
