Tianliangyuan

Chapter 118: Four people teaming up to insult someone, so satisfying!

Princess Leyang turned her head and said quietly, "Is that so?"

Xu Zhaozhao looked like she had said something wrong: "Oh dear, I misspoke. Jiang is just one of the prince's concubines, which is to say, a concubine. According to the laws of Daxing, a concubine's family members cannot be considered proper relatives of the husband's family. If that's the case, it's not impolite for the princess to call him by his full name."

Well, after going around in circles, they've managed to insult the entire Jiang family.

The family members of the concubine, who are now standing here to stand up for a concubine's daughter, look even more ridiculous.

Princess Anhe naturally noticed this first and casually remarked, "No wonder Young Master Jiang stood up for her; it's because they share the same plight that they empathize with each other. However, we are here to testify that Princess Leyang had no intention of blaming Princess Qingping, nor did she ever bully her. It's your constant portrayal of yourselves as victims that easily leads people to make assumptions."

Xie Yun chuckled: "I remember that my uncle's concubines often acted this way. My aunt tried to teach them many times, but they never changed. I thought they were just stupid, but I didn't expect it to be a common problem?"

The group's words were a barrage of criticism and attacks, completely discrediting Jiang Wenhe and Princess Qingping!

Jiang Wenhe was furious. He was clearly the legitimate son, the eldest grandson, so how could he have been reduced to a concubine's plaything by these young ladies?

Jiang Wenhe is a talented writer, and naturally, he is also eloquent.

He has always argued with others about the merits of their writing, but he has never argued with a young lady like this before.

Does he feel proud of winning?

If you lose, aren't you even less than a woman?

For a moment, Jiang Wenhe found himself in an extremely awkward situation.

Fortunately, Princess Leyang received a hint from Xu Zhaozhao and gave him a way out.

“Young Master Jiang, this place is full of women. How did you end up here? Did you get lost? I will send someone to guide you to where the young men are reciting poetry. It is the fault of the Prince’s Palace for its poor hospitality, which caused you to take the wrong turn.”

As soon as Princess Leyang spoke, her head maid immediately stepped forward to bow and then gestured for her to enter.

This polite way of sending him away is already giving him a lot of face.

At least, to the unsuspecting women, the Qi Prince's residence was very courteous, and Jiang Wenhe seemed to have suffered no loss.

Jiang Wenhe originally wanted to escape this place as soon as possible. How could he, a dignified man, argue with these young ladies?

Since Princess Leyang had offered him a way out, he accepted it without hesitation. However, before leaving, he didn't forget to glare fiercely at Xu Zhaozhao.

After taking two steps, Jiang Wenhe stopped. He couldn't help but feel that Princess Leyang's words, "You've taken the wrong path," were an insult to him!

Well then, women and petty people are the hardest to deal with. I'll be magnanimous and not stoop to their level!

Princess Leyang glared at him: "What does he mean by this? Does he hate you?"

Xu Zhaozhao didn't care: "The Jiang family has always regarded me as a thorn in their side. Whether or not this incident happened, they don't want me to have an easy time."

Princess Qingping, who was standing to the side, overheard these words.

Xu Zhaozhao noticed the change in her expression and sneered, "Your allies have all left. Are you staying here because you think we're easy to talk to?"

Princess Qingping's face stiffened, then she bit her lip, glared at Xu Zhaozhao, and turned to leave.

Xu Zhaozhao didn't care about her hostility at all. Anyway, she knew that this Princess Qingping wanted to deal with her, so she just waited and saw who was more skilled.

Xu Zhaozhao thought that the concubines of the Prince's mansion would also be out for a banquet today, and their families would probably take the opportunity to come and reunite.

After all, Princess Qingping had made such a suggestion, and Princess Qi was a virtuous and generous woman, so she would surely take the opportunity to allow them to meet their families, and there might even be a chance for them to dine together.

As expected, Princess Leyang confirmed this.

Halfway through the banquet, someone accidentally soiled Xu Zhaozhao's dress, so Princess Leyang naturally arranged for someone to take her to the guest courtyard to change into a different dress.

Generally speaking, ladies attending banquets would keep a dress in their carriages just in case.

Now that it came in handy, Xu Zhaozhao didn't let Princess Leyang accompany her. Instead, she took Dingxiang and Shaoyao with her to change clothes.

Princess Qingping had been waiting for this moment.

This is the Qi Prince's residence. Although she wanted to harm Xu Zhaozhao, she knew that there were some things she couldn't do.

For example, she cannot do things like scheming to make Xu Zhaozhao lose her virginity here.

This would damage the reputation of the Prince's Mansion, and she was an unmarried princess who would have to choose a husband in the future, so she could not allow such a thing to happen.

Ultimately, she did it for herself.

Besides, there are many other ways to ruin Xu Zhaozhao's reputation.

The blame lies with Xu Zhaozhao for offending too many people.

After Xu Zhaozhao left her seat, she led Dingxiang and Shaoyao out. The maid who was leading the way was naturally very surprised: "Miss Xu, the guest quarters are over here."

"I know, but I need to go to the carriage to get a spare dress."

“Miss Xu, your clothes are stained now, it would be very indecent to go out like this. Just send a maid to fetch them. You can come with me to the guest courtyard to wait.”

Xu Zhaozhao smiled and said, "That's fine too. But which courtyard are you taking me to?"

The maid felt that Xu Zhaozhao's smile was a little creepy, perhaps because she was about to do something wrong. She couldn't bear it and lowered her head, not daring to meet her eyes: "The guest courtyard is not far from here. This servant will lead the way for you."

Before long, a maidservant came in a hurry to report that Madam Hua had been pushed and had been confirmed to have miscarried.

Princess Qi was displeased. Today was her birthday, and such an ominous event was a curse upon her.

Moreover, Hua's belly was already more than four months along, how could she still be so careless?

"How could someone have pushed you down? Do you know who did it? Where are your servants?"

"Your Highness, according to Madam Hua, she prepared a birthday gift for you and wanted to deliver it personally to bring you a smile. However, she was shoved hard on the way, and she and her maid fell to the ground. After that..."

The rest is history.

Being more than four months pregnant and suddenly falling to the ground and getting hit is definitely not a good thing.

"Do you know who the murderer is?"

"Your Highness, Madam Hua is still unconscious. I have already invited a doctor to examine her. According to the maidservant who serves her, it was a distinguished guest of our palace who pushed her."

"Dignified guest?"

Princess Qi's expression turned solemn, and she subconsciously began to scrutinize everyone present.

Wang Ruolan and Li Shi also subconsciously looked over and found that Xu Zhaozhao was missing.

A chill ran down their spines. Could this matter be related to Zhaozhao?

What are you afraid of?

Princess Qingping immediately suggested, "Mother, please calm down. Let's see which distinguished guest is missing. The culprit will then be revealed."