Because of what happened to Xu Rui earlier, Zhang Linghui's previously high enthusiasm suddenly dimmed a lot, and when she went back, she was a little absent-minded.
She was so distracted by the fact that her favorite play was being performed on the stage that she could not pay attention to it. She was wondering what had happened that worthy of Shuntian Prefecture sending someone to invite Xu Rui over.
Princess Chun'an reached out and poked her, somewhat surprised: "What's wrong with you? Why do you look absent-minded? It's time to reward me!"
Zhang Linghui finally reacted, smiled and stepped forward to bow to Princess Mingchang and the others, "Ah, look at me, I'm so engrossed in the show, Your Highness, do you think they sang well?"
Princess Mingchang always liked the Desheng Troupe's performances. At this moment, she handed her reading glasses to the maidservant beside her and said with a smile, "Great! I also heard that the most popular member of the Desheng Troupe is Fengqing's sister Xiaocuixian. Come here and let me have a look."
The head of the Desheng Troupe pushed the performer over to show her. Princess Mingchang looked at him carefully for a while and then laughed, "Good! He is indeed good, he sings well, and he looks very handsome in this costume!"
Princess Mingchang liked it, and Zhang Linghui breathed a sigh of relief. She smiled and said, "Tsk tsk, since Your Highness is praising it, it must be really good. I'll give you fifty taels of silver as a reward!"
Giving fifty taels alone is considered very generous.
Everyone laughed.
Princess Mingchang smiled and pointed at Zhang Linghui, then said to Xiao Cui, "I will give you a reward of one hundred taels of silver."
The atmosphere suddenly became lively, but Xiao Cuixian suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, I don't want any reward money!"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect her to speak out suddenly.
But this sound is like a lark on a branch, so sweet to the ear that it makes people not angry.
Princess Mingchang paused for a moment before saying, "No reward money? That's really new..."
The head of Desheng class was shocked and reached out to pull Xiaocui away.
Xiao Cui knelt on the ground and trembled, but still gritted her teeth and said: "I am a lowly person with little influence and no other strengths, but I have a natural good voice, which was given by my mother. Your Highness, I don't want any reward money, I just want you to make a decision for my mother and give her justice..."
Princess Mingchang was very unhappy to encounter such an accident while visiting a guest.
Zhang Linghui was also a little annoyed. This Xiao Cuixian was really too ignorant and bold.
She immediately asked the leader of the Desheng Troupe to take the others down and went to support Princess Mingchang: "Your Highness..."
Before she could finish her words, Xiao Cuixian broke free from the head of the Desheng class and suddenly blocked Princess Mingchang's way. She cried and kowtowed to her frantically, "Your Highness! My mother was the maid who served the Crown Prince's wife. Back then, the Crown Prince's wife clearly asked my sister to pass a message to the Crown Prince, asking him to go to another villa for a tryst. But later, the Zhang family found an excuse to poison my mother and sell her off..."
Everyone was shocked.
Everyone knows that Zhang Linghui and Su Rong broke off their engagement because of Xu Rui.
But even though everyone knows the truth, no one will really talk about it, as we are all respectable people. Even if we want to, there is no evidence.
As everyone knows, the Zhang family broke off the engagement with the Su family, and then married the Xu family.
But it is different now. What this girl said has completely torn off the fig leaf that the Zhang family and the Xu family had been covering in the circle of power and wealth.
It also confirmed the fact that Xu Rui and Zhang Linghui had been having an affair before their marriage.
... ... .
Even Princess Chun'an was stunned. She looked at Zhang Linghui and then at Xiao Cuixian who was kneeling on the ground, and asked doubtfully, "Who is your mother?"
Princess Chun'an and Zhang Linghui had a close relationship and they were close friends before they got married.
But the version she heard back then was not like this.
It was obvious that Su Rong's behavior was extreme and weird. He made up stories and made groundless accusations about things that did not happen at all. He also ruined Zhang Linghui's reputation and forced Zhang Linghui to marry Xu Rui.
Over the years, there have been rumors that Xu Rui and Zhang Linghui have been secretly in love with each other for a long time. She has always felt sorry for her friend and thought that Su Rong, a narrow-minded person, was deliberately ruining Zhang Linghui's reputation.
Xiao Cui raised her head and cried, looking angrily at Zhang Linghui: "My mother's name is Hongyue. She was the eldest maid who followed Miss Zhang. Later, she was poisoned and mute by the Zhang family and sold out at random. She ended up in a brothel and was rescued by my father..."
Those who had known Zhang Linghui before looked at her with different eyes.
Princess Chun'an's face turned pale and blue, and she felt like a complete fool. All these years, she thought Zhang Linghui was innocent and always spoke up for her.
But I didn’t expect that Zhang Linghui is really that kind of person!
Princess Mingchang was also extremely angry and embarrassed.
She came here as a guest, but encountered such a thing.
Ask her to give justice, what justice can she give
Zhang Linghui's mind was stunned for a moment, and she felt as if she was thrown into a frying pan. The blood in her body was boiling and roaring. The frying pan seemed to reflect the faces of thousands of people, and all of them had expressions of contempt.
Her face suddenly turned purple, and she took a few quick steps in extreme anger. Her hands were faster than her brain, and she slapped Xiao Cuixian to the ground.
This slap seemed to wake up everyone present.
Princess Mingchang snorted coldly, stamped her cane and asked loudly: "Where is Yunzhang!? Go find her, it's time to go back!"
Princess Yunzhang is her granddaughter and has always been her sweetheart.
As soon as she said this, everyone else woke up and hurried to find their girls, not wanting to stay here any longer.
If I stay any longer, I don’t know what shocking words Xiao Cui will say first.
Although they still didn't want to say anything more about the matter due to the power of the Duke's Mansion, they were still somewhat uncomfortable with the fact that the matter was exposed in front of so many people in such an undignified way, and they didn't want their children to see or hear such a thing.
Zhang Linghui was stunned for a moment. The sun was shining brightly, but she felt cold all over. For a moment, she was shaking all over.
Mrs. Zhang, who had just returned from the backyard after changing clothes, had no idea what had happened. Seeing the ladies in a commotion and Princess Mingchang in a hurry to go out, but her daughter still standing in front of the hall motionless, she couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Princess Mingchang happened to pass her and was about to leave, so she hurriedly asked attentively: "Your Highness, why are you leaving now? Didn't we just perform two plays? There are more to come..."
She felt something was wrong as she spoke, and Princess Mingchang ignored her.
Everyone's eyes and expressions were so strange. They looked at her as if she was looking at something that they couldn't avoid.