The breeze blows on my face and the air is fresh.
There were ripples on the lake.
Princess Chen and Rong Jinyue were sitting in the flower hall, leaning on the railing, looking down at the koi carps playing in the lake.
Sprinkle a handful of fish food, and the koi carp swarm over and immediately start scrambling to grab the food.
Nanny Lu and some maids were waiting on the side, silently.
"Mother Lu." Rong Jinyue suddenly said, "Is Brother Nine Emperors' injury better?"
Aunt Lu respectfully replied: "Fifth Princess, Your Majesty is much better, but it's just not appropriate to go out for the time being."
Rong Jinyue narrowed her eyes: "Then can I meet Brother Nine Emperors?"
Nanny Lu looked embarrassed: "Please forgive me, Fifth Princess. Even the old slave cannot enter Shuanghua Courtyard without Princess' permission."
"You can't enter Shuanghua Courtyard either?" Rong Jinyue turned around with a worried look on her face, "Is Chu Yunfei imprisoning Brother Nine Emperors in disguise?"
"There is absolutely no chance of the princess." Mother Lu shook her head quickly, "The prince holds military power, and the princess is just a weak woman. How dare you do such a thing?"
"Only she knows whether she dares or not." Rong Jinyue thought of the purpose of her visit today and did not want to continue to conflict with Chu Yunfei. "Go and inform Chu Yunjiao and ask her to come and take care of you."
"Chu Yunjiao is still recovering from his injuries and cannot serve the fifth princess for the time being." Chu Yunfei arrived at the flower hall with Baochan and said in a calm tone, "She was injured in the days when she entered the mansion. She has to kneel down and stand as a penalty every morning and dusk. No. Time to recuperate, I’ve only had time to rest in the past few days.”
Rong Jinyue's expression changed slightly: "Sister-in-law of the Nine Emperors has taken care of the Nine Emperors brothers personally, and she still has time to set rules for Chu Yunjiao?"
"It won't waste my time to set the rules, but it's just a matter of words." Chu Yunfei said in an indifferent tone, as if she didn't take it seriously, "Does the fifth princess still feel sorry for a concubine?"
"you--"
"Brothers and sisters misunderstood." Princess Chen spoke up at the right time to smooth things over, "Jin Yue just thought you wouldn't come so early, so she wanted Chu Yunjiao to come over and talk to relieve her boredom. There was no other meaning."
Rong Jinyue gritted her teeth and suppressed her anger.
"I'm just going back to change clothes. How long will it take?" Chu Yunfei raised his head and looked at the sky, "It's getting late. Since we are going to Prince Yu's Mansion, we should go there early."
Rong Jinyue hated Chu Yunfei's cold and sarcastic tone the most. He always spoke with a bit of ridicule, as if he didn't take anyone seriously.
Why is she, the daughter of a third-grade servant, so arrogant?
If she hadn't been scolded by her father yesterday, Rong Jinyue would never have apologized to her, let alone swallow her anger here.
Princess Chen stood up and said, "Since my brothers and sisters have changed their clothes, it would be better to go there earlier."
Chu Yunfei hummed, turned around and walked out.
So Princess Chen and the Fifth Princess, who only had a moment to sit down, stood up and left Prince Zhan's Mansion without exchanging a few words.
Walking outside the palace gate and looking at the carriage prepared by Butler Cheng, Princess Chen smiled slightly and said, "My carriage is big enough to seat the three of us."
Chu Yunfei refused: "I don't like riding in the same car with others."
Princess Chen was silent for a moment, and her smile faded a little: "Brother and sister, don't you believe me?"
"I really don't believe it." Chu Yunfei nodded calmly and walked to her carriage, "I am pregnant now, so there is no harm in being careful. After all, you know who you are and who you are but who you are not."
Princess Chen's expression was condensed, and her smile seemed much stiffer.
"You think you are a treasure after you have a baby?" Rong Jinyue sat in the carriage and sneered coldly, "Don't worry about the baby not being able to keep it. Let's see if she can still be so proud."
"Fifth sister, don't talk nonsense." Princess Chen bowed and approached the carriage, lowered her voice and said, "She is pregnant with Ninth Brother's child."
Rong Jinyue sneered: "What happened to Brother Nine Emperors' child? She is not the only woman in the world who can give birth to children."
Princess Chen's eyes were dark.
It is true that Chu Yunfei is not the only one who can give birth to a child, so whether the child can be saved or not should not matter to the King of War.
"I want to meet Chu Yunjiao." She said in a calm tone, with a cold look in her eyes, "What can fifth sister do?"
Rong Jinyue frowned, thinking of Chu Yunfei's attitude of guarding against thieves, she couldn't help but get angry: "Let me think about it first."
Princess Chen hummed and stopped talking.
Chu Yunfei, who was in a carriage alone, leaned against the carriage and couldn't help thinking that Princess Yu Zhao Yunling was born in the Duke's palace and was the legitimate daughter of the Protector.
She didn't go to the Duke's Mansion to attend the birthday banquet yesterday, but today Zhao Yunling invited them to have tea with Prince Yu's Mansion. Wasn't he too eager?
It's not easy for the Protector to get to where he is today. It's better not to be treated as a pawn.
The two carriages soon arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion.
The three of them got out of the car one after another and were led by their nanny to the flower hall for tea. Only then did Chu Yunfei realize that she really couldn't believe what Princess Chen said.
There were at least seven or eight women sitting in the flower hall.
Except for Princess Yu herself and Princess Heng, most of the others are noble ladies from aristocratic families. In addition to the belated Princess Chen, Princess Zhan and the fifth princess, there are far more than ten people. Compared with the "only three" Princess Chen said, The gap between "four people" is not small.
And the candidates present today are quite interesting.
Zhao Yunrou, the daughter of Zhao Shangshu, the second wife of the Zhao family, is cousin to Princess Yu.
Jiang Qian, the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Palace, is a biological sister to Princess Chen Jiang Ying.
Dou Huiran, the daughter of the Minister of Civil Affairs, became friends with the Jiang sisters.
Rong Huaiyue, the princess of Prince Rong's Mansion, was on good terms with the fifth princess.
Xie Danshu, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family and the niece of the current empress, has remained neutral. She has never been particularly close to anyone and does not like to make enemies.
Shen Nanyue, the legitimate daughter who supervises the Yushi Mansion, was also invited here to accuse Chu Yunfei of being "unreasonable" when necessary?
Chu Yunfei had already had a premonition that today was the Hongmen Banquet.
But she didn't expect that this Hongmen Banquet was so blatant that she didn't want to hide it at all.
"Princess." Nanny from Prince Yu's Mansion stepped forward to report, "Princess Chen, Princess Zhan and the fifth princess are here."
As soon as these words came out, the women in the flower hall turned their heads one after another with different expressions.
"Princess Zhan actually dared to show up? It's really gratifying." A look of ridicule appeared on Zhao Yunrou's face, "Isn't it because the sun is coming out from the west?"
Chu Yunfei walked into the flower hall, waited for Princess Chen to sit down, and then calmly sat down on the seat beside her.
"I heard that King Zhan plans to divorce his wife." Jiang Qian, the second daughter of the Jiang family, raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Princess Zhan has been staying at home recently. Is she trying to be gentle and virtuous to win over King Zhan?"
Chu Yunfei raised her eyebrows: "The prince is injured, isn't it natural for this wife to take care of her husband?"
Jiang Qian sneered: "It will really put a dent in your face."
"Jiang Qian." Princess Chen frowned and said, "I invited Princess Zhan. You are not allowed to be rude to her."
Shengxia frowned, what Princess Chen said was ridiculous.
The implication is that the status of King War is not as noble as that of King Chen, so her princess still needs Princess Chen to protect her?
So if the princess comes by herself, does she deserve to be ridiculed, humiliated and abused?
"Are we rude?" Zhao Yunrou stared at Chu Yunfei gloomily and sneered again and again, "Obviously it was Princess Zhan who was rude. The emperor valued our Zhao family, so he took good care of my grandmother, but Princess Zhan didn't care at all. Our Zhao family takes it seriously."
Shengxia frowned: "What did Miss Zhao say——"
"Midsummer." Chu Yunfei said calmly, "There's no need to talk too fast with her."
"Don't you disdain to talk to me?" Zhao Yunrou continued to sneer, without any intention of settling the matter, "A concubine who is about to be abandoned and goes out actually dares to act like a princess? It's really laughable! "
"Miss Zhao is wrong." Chu Yunfei looked at her calmly, with a powerful look in his eyes, "I just think that there is no need to argue with words. The following offenders only need to be taught a lesson according to the rules."
Zhao Yunrou froze: "What did you say?"
"Mo Xue." Chu Yunfei held the tea cup and said in a very calm tone, "Zhang Zui."
