Seeing Mu Lingzhu interrupting him, the Eighth Prince Chu Xin was a little upset, and said, "Then do you think it's my prince and third brother who are talking nonsense here?"
Mu Lingzhu didn't expect Chu Xin to choke her directly, she didn't know what to say for a while, she pursed her lips, and smiled embarrassingly, "The eighth prince is serious, Lingzhu didn't mean that."
In the Plum Blossom Court, the atmosphere was a little confused for a while, Mu Yunjin glanced at Mu Lingzhu's livid face, and immediately felt relieved.
"By the way, the Ai family also invited Li Er today, why haven't you seen him yet?" Qin Taifei looked at Shi Chen and frowned slightly.
Then he looked at Mu Yunjin again, "Jin'er, weren't you with Li'er just now? Why didn't you come here together?"
Mu Yunjin choked again, and cursed secretly in her heart, she and this Chu Li really couldn't get along.
Just when Mu Yunjin was a little confused about how to answer Qin Taifei's words, Qu Nanny's joyful voice came from one side, "Princess Taifei, look, the sixth prince is here."
After the words fell, everyone followed Nanny Qu's gaze.
In the direction of the Plum Blossom Garden, there was a dark black figure walking slowly, with a jade crown on his head, exuding an aloof and arrogant aura all over his body.
Mu Yunjin looked at the people who were getting closer and closer, and gave a cold snort in her heart, she was in such a good mood, and had time to change clothes.
On one side, Mu Lingzhu pursed her lips, watching the person she was thinking about day and night getting closer and closer to her, her heart almost jumped into her throat.
The sixth prince, Chu Li, was someone she had admired for many years.
Chu Li quickly entered the Plum Blossom Court, and first bowed in the direction of Concubine Qin, and then looked around.
After catching a glimpse of Mu Yunjin who was sitting next to Concubine Qin, Chu Li's eyes flickered, and he quickly looked away.
Mu Yunjin also happened to meet Chu Li's line of sight just now, and after staring at Chu Li in displeasure, she immediately averted her gaze.
The scene of these two people was watched by almost everyone, especially when Mu Yunjin stared sharply, in the eyes of everyone, it became a secret sign of flirting.
"Minister Lingzhu, pay my respects to His Highness the Sixth Prince." Mu Lingzhu sorted out her emotions, stood up first, and greeted Chu Li.
I heard that there is a large lot of hibiscus flowers in the prince's palace where Chu Li lives, so she specially chose a hibiscus brocade skirt today, hoping to firmly catch Chu Li's sight.
But who knows, Chu Li casually gave a grace, without even raising his eyelids to her.
Mu Lingzhu suddenly felt deflated, and her heart was full of bad feelings. She was the daughter of the Xiangfu after all, and she was raised by all the stars since she was a child. Why did she completely change when she left the house
Is it really useful to have a beautiful face
"Since everyone is here, let's go with Ai's family to the plum garden at the back. Ai's family has set up a banquet there." After finishing speaking, Princess Qin sat up, and with the support of Nanny Qu, went to the plum garden. Go to the plum garden at the back of the courtyard.
A group of people also walked to the plum garden.
Mu Yunjin was the last to get up, and just when she was about to follow up, Mu Lingzhu who was walking in front suddenly stopped, and Mu Yunjin stared, "Remember, don't talk nonsense for a while, you will lose our relationship. Let's see how your father treats you."
Mu Yunjin nodded, with a hint of cunning hidden in her eyes, she pretended to be obedient and said, "Sister, I understand."
"It's good to know, hum." Mu Lingzhu snorted coldly, and walked towards the Plum Garden.
In the plum garden. It's early spring, and the plum blossoms in this garden are in full bloom. Before you get close, you can smell the fragrance of plum blossoms.
Concubine Qin's banquet is being held in a place surrounded by plum trees.
After Concubine Qin took the seat, she turned her eyes to the juniors standing in front of her. For a moment, Concubine Qin's intention for holding a banquet today was clear to everyone.
"Li'er and Jin'er, just sit here." Concubine Qin pointed to the seat on the right, and said to Mu Yunjin and Chu Li.
Originally, everyone thought that the two of them would have to twitch for a while or raised objections to Concubine Qin, but they didn't know that the two of them sat down on the small table on the right side in tacit understanding without saying a word.
This had to make everyone explore the relationship between the two again.
Just as Mu Yunjin sat down, when she sensed the person on the left, she glanced sideways at Chu Li, frowned slightly, and was full of words that she wanted to complain about, but at the moment she could only hold back,
But sitting at the same table is the same table, and it's not like I haven't sat before.
Standing beside Chu Li, Ding Xian curled his lips when he saw this scene, and secretly said that he was familiar with it.
Immediately afterwards, Concubine Qin asked Chu Qing and Chu Xin to sit at the same table, on her left side, Yan Lingshang, daughter of the Ministry of Rites, and Wen Ruhan, daughter of the Minister of Industry, sat together.
Only Mu Lingzhu was arranged to sit alone at a table.
Seeing this scene, Mu Yunjin lowered her eyes slightly, with a smile on her lips.
It seemed that this Concubine Qin didn't like Mu Lingzhu either, so she came here today just to make Mu Lingzhu mad at her.
After several people sat down, several maids poured into the plum garden, each holding a tray with a wine jug on it.
"This is the plum blossom wine that the Ai family ordered someone to brew a few days ago. It is fragrant and sweet. I specially asked you to taste it together today. Don't say that the Ai family doesn't miss you juniors." Qin Taifei said with a smile, and ordered Pour the plum blossom wine to everyone.
Mu Yunjin looked at the full wine in the glass in front of her, sniffed it lightly, and really smelled a fragrance, she couldn't help holding up the wine glass happily, and took a sip.
Chu Li had a panoramic view of this scene, his thin lips curved slightly, but it was fleeting, and he returned to his original expressionless face.
"It seems to taste good." Mu Yunjin said in a low voice, and simply drank the wine in the glass.
"This wine is sweet, but it's easy to get drunk. It's better to drink less." Chu Li looked at Mu Yunjin's empty wine glass, and finally said the first sentence up to now.
Upon hearing this, Mu Yunjin turned her head and looked at Chu Li, "Thank you, the sixth prince, for your kind reminder."
"En." It was another faint word, Chu Li stopped talking and pursed his lips tightly.
At this time, Mu Lingzhu was holding the wine glass tightly, and her gaze was always on Mu Yunjin and Chu Li, especially when she saw Chu Li reminding Mu Yunjin, Mu Lingzhu wanted to smash Mu Yun to death with the wine glass in her hand. hibiscus.
This idiot is useless, why should he be favored by the sixth prince.
Thinking that this idiot had a marriage contract with the sixth prince, Mu Lingzhu's teeth itch with anger, and the hatred and murderous intent towards Mu Yunjin grew stronger in her heart.
On the main seat, Concubine Qin looked at the juniors below from time to time, her eyes rolled slightly, and she suddenly turned her conversation to Yan Lingshang and Wen Ruhan, who had been ignored by her all this time.
"Shang'er and Han'er, how old are they this year?" Princess Qin asked.
Yan Lingshang and Wen Ruhan who were named were immediately overjoyed. They thought they would be transparent to the end today, but Princess Qin finally remembered the two of them.
"Reporting to the concubine, Chang'er is sixteen this year and has just reached the age of Ji."
"The same goes for Han'er, who has just reached the age of Ji for two months."
Hearing this, Concubine Qin nodded knowingly, and glanced at Chu Qing and Chu Xin on the left, "Shang'er and Han'er are the daughters of Minister of Rites Yan Qiuhuai and Minister of Industry Wen Qi respectively."
Chu Xin blushed, and felt a little shy when Qin Dowager said that, he didn't look like a bully just now.
Chu Qing drank a sip of wine, with a casual look, and didn't even look in the direction of Yan Lingshang and Wen Ruhan.
The atmosphere was momentarily awkward.
From the beginning to the present, Mu Lingzhu understood thoroughly, why did Concubine Qin come to let her attend the banquet, she was clearly here to humiliate her.
What does it mean to invite four women but only three men
Didn't this intentionally put her aside!
I don't know what ecstasy soup Mu Yunjin poured into the old woman with that idiot, so that the old woman loves her so much, and insists on matching Mu Yunjin and the sixth prince.
Damn it!
The silk handkerchief that Mu Lingzhu was wearing with her was almost torn apart in her hands, and she thought to herself, when she returns home, she must make Mu Yunjin look good!
"The Empress Dowager has arrived—"
In the plum garden, a sound of notification came suddenly, and then, a figure in a bright red dress and brocade skirt stepped into the plum garden, followed by a group of attendants, in a great pomp and circumstance.
Hearing that the Empress Dowager was coming, Mu Yunjin looked away, and saw that the person who came was already full of white hair, and his face was a little old, but he was still wearing a bright red dress and a full head of pearl hairpins. Step shaking, it seems extremely abrupt.
Seeing this, Mu Yunjin suddenly remembered that Zixiang had told her that the current emperor's birth mother was Qin Taifei, so even if her status was one level lower than the empress dowager, almost everyone in the harem respected Qin dowager as the empress dowager.
Therefore, it is estimated that there is no harmony between this righteous Queen Mother and this Qin Taifei. This table of red clothes and fine clothes is probably also a demonstration to Concubine Qin, and by the way declares her own position.
"My son pays homage to the Empress Dowager—"
"The daughter of the people pays homage to the Empress Dowager—"
After paying homage to the queen mother one by one, Mu Yunjin stood where she was and digested what the princes called the queen mother just now.
Before these few came, they all called Qin Taifei affectionately "grandmother", but they all respectfully called the queen mother.
For a moment, Mu Yunjin always felt that there was an undercurrent surging here, and a bloody storm among women was about to unfold.
"Sit down." The queen mother said lightly.
After looking around with a pair of phoenix eyes, she turned to Concubine Qin who had never moved in the main seat, "Xiangxian, you are really in a good mood today, and you have invited so many juniors to be old this month. I don't invite you either. Ai's family came to join in the fun, Ai's family stayed in Fengming Palace all day, almost suffocated to death."
"Your Empress Dowager Zheng's eyeliner is everywhere in this palace. If the Ai family doesn't invite you, you will come here uninvited. Come and sit here!" Dowager Qin pointed to the chair that had just been brought by her side.
The Empress Dowager Zheng sneered when she heard the words, and glanced at Concubine Qin fiercely with her phoenix eyes, then walked slowly to the main seat and sat down.
After sitting down, Empress Dowager Zheng looked at the bottom, with a smile that was not a smile, "Xiangxian, Lier Qinger and the others are all princes. If you like any girl, you can just ask the emperor to order a marriage directly. Why do you need to spend so much time here?"
"Those who know will say that you have good intentions. Those who don't know, think that the prince of our Xiyuan Kingdom can't marry a wife and concubine!"