"I said you are really inexplicable. Today I am sitting here admiring the flowers, and you two are taking turns to find trouble with me. What's the matter? There are more of you, so you are more powerful?"
Phew...
I don’t know who laughed out loud.
King Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "Jing'er has a weak character and never takes the initiative to cause trouble. You have always bullied her since she lived in your Lian family. You plotted against me at the palace banquet and you were jealous that she entered Prince Cheng's palace... …”
"Stop it!"
The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes.
"She has a weak temperament and will not take the initiative to cause trouble. Does the prince mean that I am evil?"
Lian Suisui said angrily, "First of all, let's not debate who was plotting who at the palace banquet. The jealousy is even more groundless. She, Xia Jing'er, is only our Aunt Zhang's niece, but she has lived in my house for a few days as a cousin. Years ago, her food and clothing expenses were higher than the standard for a concubine in our family, how could our family treat her badly?"
"As the head of the house, my mother even helps raise my concubine's niece. Isn't there anyone who can say a word for my mother? Now she will be criticized by the prince."
The movement here made many people look over.
"My aunt is gentle and virtuous, and everyone in Shangjing City knows her. His Highness King Cheng should be careful about what he says."
Chunfang Garden is a large place. For this flower viewing feast, the eaves on all sides were specially opened. The spacious hall is connected to the corridors on all sides. The rooms and courtyards are filled with peonies in full bloom.
Lian Suisui looked sideways when he heard the sound, and a young woman wearing an apricot gauze skirt came out from behind the peony screen. The woman's face was like the bright moon, her eyes were filled with stars, and her beautiful eyes looked over under her willow-leaf-like eyebrows.
Calling her mother aunt... Xiao Tao's words to Xia Jing'er that day popped into Lian Suisui's mind.
"Sister is..."
The woman smiled lightly and said, "The last time I saw my sister Sui Sui, we were in Spring Garden. My aunt went to see us off. After so many years, my sister Sui Sui has grown taller."
Chunyuan is the residence of Uncle Yongding. Lian Suisui vaguely remembers going to Chunyuan to attend a banquet with Mrs. Qin a few years ago. At that time, she only went to the front yard to peek at the young talents attending the banquet, and forgot about going to Chunyuan. What's the purpose.
Prince Yongding went away for training that year, and it seems that he did not return to Beijing until this year.
Lian Suisui suddenly realized, no wonder she had no impression of the Yongding residence, and her mother didn't make it clear at the time!
"It turns out to be Sister Chen!"
Lian Suifu saw the gift in person, and Chen Wanli returned the gift.
King Cheng was left aside.
"Miss Chen's words are serious. When did I say that Mrs. Lian was wrong?"
The Chen family had just returned to Beijing, and the purpose of attending such a banquet was to get back into the eyes of the powerful, not to climb up the ranks.
Chen Wanli smiled politely and said: "Your Majesty accuses Sister Suisui of treating Aunt Xia harshly, which is a disguised way of accusing Aunt Xia of failing to fulfill her responsibilities as a mistress of the house. How could Aunt Xia know that Sister Suisi treats her harshly while the Prince is in the front court? Woolen cloth?"
This is a fair question.
If King Cheng hadn't discovered it himself, it would have been Xia Jing'er who complained to him. This not only shows that Xia Jing'er is an uneducated person who likes to gossip behind his back, but also shows that she doesn't know what to do and is not well-educated.
It would be even more extraordinary if King Cheng found out by himself. The majestic prince pays attention to the affairs of the court's back house.
If he dares to pick off Xia Jing'er today, he will wait to be impeached by the official tomorrow!
Even the Sui Sui holds the palm of his hand to express his joy.
"Yes, how did the prince know that I treated my cousin harshly? Did my cousin complain to the prince?"
"The court's laws require conclusive evidence to convict a prisoner. The prince did not ask why, but just believed Xia Jing'er's words and concluded that I bullied her... The prince is so perceptive!"
Even Sui Sui is unreasonable and unforgiving.
King Cheng was speechless.
"You are using strong words to make sense!"
"You are being unreasonable!"
Chen Wanli watched the two people arguing and smoothed things over: "Sister Suisui, don't be rude. My aunt asked me to invite you over."
She had a quarrel with King Cheng, and Mrs. Qin was worried, but she couldn't interfere in the affairs of her descendants, so she asked Chen Wanli to help.
"Where is mother?"
She craned her neck and looked around the hall.
"You come with me."
Chen Wanli took her out and walked along the corridor to the backyard. There was a lotus pond in the middle of the backyard. The young leaves that had just grown were floating on the water. The raindrops rolled on the lotus leaves and gathered in the depression in the middle of the lotus leaves. Overwhelmed, it leaned to one side, and the rainwater poured into the pool, causing ripples.
In an elegant room, there is an extra bejeweled lady.
As they entered, Mrs. Qin sighed and introduced, "This is my useless daughter. She has become more and more disgraceful in the past few years."
The Chen family has been back in Beijing for a while, and Mrs. Qin has never taken Lian Suisui out. As she said, it is really embarrassing.
The noble lady and Mrs. Qin only have similar eyes, but they are both equally beautiful!
"Why don't you come and meet Aunt Song?"
The aunt of the Song family, the aunt who was born in the Shouchang Hou Mansion and later married to the Yongding Bo Mansion as the crown prince's wife and had a good relationship with her mother?
Chen Wanli returned to Song.
"Mom, I brought my cousin."
Lian Suisui obediently stepped forward and called her aunt.
There was also a beautiful sister standing next to Mrs. Song. Different from Chen Wanli's calmness, this sister rolled her eyes at her as soon as she saw her, as if she looked down on her.
But it is undeniable that the two girls from Yongding House are very beautiful!
Lian Suisui lowered his eyes and looked at his body shape. The girls from other families were all slender and beautiful, each with their own characteristics. Unlike her, who was ugly and unique, and the only one in the capital!
Mrs. Qin scolded her with a straight face: "You have only been in Ansheng for a few days, and you are causing trouble for me again!"
Lian Suisui was embarrassed to scold her in front of her relatives.
"Mom, it wasn't me who caused the trouble, it was the trouble that caused me!"
"It's not that you don't know how to behave yourself!"
The beautiful sister next to Song said.
Lian Suisui looked over after hearing the sound and thought for a long time, unable to figure out where he had offended the other party.
"We were also present at the last palace banquet. My cousin was only focused on chasing the king, so why did she take us seriously?"
Mrs. Qin looked embarrassed and glared at Lian Suisui.
Mrs. Song scolded: "Yan Xin, don't be rude!"
The girl stamped her feet and said angrily: "Mom, I'm not wrong. Her reputation as a nymphomaniac is well known. Fortunately, I prepared a gift for her last time. Even if I lost the sachet I made, I didn't give it to her. she!"
"You guys talk, I'll go out to enjoy the flowers, sister, come with me!"
The girl took Chen Wanli with her and made it clear that she did not want to be in the same room as Lian Suisui.
Mrs. Song couldn't control her daughter, so she turned around and apologized to Mrs. Qin.
"The children are ignorant, sister, don't take it to heart."
Mrs. Qin said with an iron heart: "It was indeed... a bit ridiculous before Sui Sui. I don't blame them."
Lian Suisui: "..."
Yes, she has offended two more people before she can clear her name.
After exiting the private room, I stood alone on the corridor. The rain was still falling, and a puddle of water gathered in the uneven areas of the yard. The raindrops hit it and made bubbles.
The reflection of Lian Suisui's majestic body was reflected in the water.
She sighed and leaned against the pillar, worrying.
She thought she was mentally strong enough to be unafraid of other people's rumors, but at that moment, seeing her mother unable to hold her head up in front of others, her heart tugged.
"I have to work harder to clear my name..."
"The third lady is in trouble!"
Lian Suisui's clenched fists stopped in mid-air, and he looked up at the maid next to Lian Xiaoxiao, holding up her skirt and running towards her in the rain.
"Something happened to my lady!"
