On a summer night, thousands of palace lanterns were lit in the Ouchi Zening Hall in Kyoto to congratulate the Empress Dowager.

Zhao Shun led Shen Qinglan out of the carriage, and the surrounding nobles saw it and began to discuss in a low voice.

"Look, that is Shen Qinglan, Princess Regent, who is really like flowers and jade, with beautiful eyes, like a fairy descended into the world."

"Princess Regent's dress is really beautiful, and the waffle she wears looks like it's made of gemstone beads. It's so expensive and luxurious, but it doesn't look tacky at all."

"Her shoes are also so beautiful, moon white brocade with gold silk embroidery, few nobles in the entire capital city can afford to wear them."

"What is gold silk embroidery? What's so great about it? You come from a merchant, even if you become the regent princess, you're nothing more than a sparrow flying on a branch."

"But the regent princess is beautiful, and the family has a fortune of millions. Wealth can rival a country, and we can only hope that we can't match it."

"Heh, with the stink of copper all over, how can he be compared to the civil servants of the Qingliu family?"

"That's right, if you don't have much ink in your belly, it's useless to have a lot of wealth."

……

Not far away, He Xiner took a deep breath and looked at her clothes.

Her elaborate attire was no match for the priceless emerald hairpin on Shen Qinglan's head.

Suddenly, infinite hatred rose in her heart.

If she hadn't been too arrogant back then, the position of princess regent would have been hers.

Now Zhao Shun is only fascinated by Shen Qinglan's appearance and wealth.In his heart, after all, she still has a place.

Childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart, who can match such affection?

Zhuo Zihong was also invited to the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu Banquet.Originally, General Zhuo didn't allow her to go out, but she begged for a long time in front of her grandmother and promised that nothing would happen, so she was able to attend the banquet.

Seeing Zhao Shun and Shen Qinglan walking side by side, jealousy ignited in her heart.

Except for the current regent, she can no longer tolerate other men.

At this time, the carriage from Nanyang Houfu also arrived.

Mu Xingze helped his mother get out of the car, and when he turned around, he saw Shen Qinglan and Zhao Shun.

Madam Hou followed his gaze and sighed secretly.

"Xingze, our family has not been implicated in the affairs of the Wei clan, it all depends on your uncle's help, today you have to respect your uncle." Madam Nanyang Hou said.

The pain in Mu Xingze's heart is unspeakable. If his mother hadn't insisted that he marry Wei Junqiao in order to return to Beijing, their family would never have encountered such a thing. He and Sisi would have been a couple for the rest of their lives. .Now that he has fallen into such a field, he can only be grateful to Uncle Shun...

Seeing that he didn't speak, Madam Hou asked again: "Xingze, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Xingze smiled wryly, "Okay, mother, I understand."

"Xingze, you're here!"

Luo Zirui walked towards Mu Xingze, and saluted Nanyang Hou and his wife, "Nephew has met Nanyang Hou, Mrs. Hou."

"Zirui is here too, Xingze, you go first." Madam Nanyanghou said.

"Yes."

After Mu Xingze and Luo Zirui left, Jiang Zheling, the wife of Marquis of Nanyang, sighed.

Nanyang Hou walked up to her and asked: "Now that Xingze is depressed all day long, Madam is regretting her original decision?"

"What's the use of regretting? I just hope... our Xingze can cheer up. I heard that my younger brother is currently staying at Linchuan's residence. I want to go and have a look at it another day." Mrs. Hou said.

"Forget it, don't you know Zhe Nian's temperament? Let him go." Nanyang Hou said.

Zhao Shun and Shen Qinglan walked towards the main hall together, looking at the palace lanterns on both sides, Shen Qinglan couldn't help sighing: "My lord, these lights are so beautiful..."

"If you like it, I will ask the craftsmen in the palace to make dozens of lamps and hang them on the side of the gravel road near Jialan Residence." Zhao Shun said.

"That's not necessary, I just found it fresh for a while. Besides, if it's because of the incident in our mansion, the craftsmen in the labor palace will not have a good reputation for you. Let's just see what happened." Shen Qinglan said.

"My princess is so virtuous, this king is very pleased."

After Zhao Shun finished speaking, he took Shen Qinglan's hand.

Shen Qinglan broke free immediately, and said in a low voice: "There are so many nobles present, my lord, don't break the rules."

"What rules are there? This king is holding his concubine's hand, who dares to say anything?" Zhao Shun said.

"Forget it, if you do this again, I'll go with my sisters-in-law and ignore you." Shen Qinglan said.

Zhao Shun smiled, "Then, will the concubine want to make up for the king tonight?"

Shen Qinglan glared at him, "What are you talking about! I hate it to death..."

After all, she turned her head and ignored him.

"Sisi, are you a little scared?" Zhao Shun asked.

"Today, many officials are present, I'm afraid... someone will deliberately make things difficult." Shen Qinglan said.

Zhao Shun glanced at her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

"It's okay, I can deal with it myself, and you can't protect me even if you are at the table. As the regent princess, I can't lose your face, and our Shen family's face as well." Shen Qinglan said.
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In the Zening Hall, the banquet has been prepared, all the male guests are seated in the main hall, and the female relatives are in the side hall.

Sitting next to Ye Shuyue and Zhao Anning, Shen Qinglan felt much more at ease.

After everyone congratulated the Empress Dowager on her birthday, the banquet began, followed by the dancers.

After a few dance songs, the Empress Dowager said: "My dear family members, although today is Aijia's birthday, you don't have to be restrained, just have a good time. By the way, Princess Regent, you don't often meet with everyone. Today I borrow Take this opportunity to get to know everyone.”

Shen Qinglan got up gracefully, picked up the wine glass, and said generously: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is rare to take this opportunity to meet you all. Qinglan drinks a glass by himself as a little respect."

After finishing speaking, she covered her face with her long sleeves and drank the wine in the glass.

"How can we dare to be the regent princess? The jade hairpin on the princess's head is very beautiful. It's the first time I've seen it. I don't know where the princess can find such a good hairpin?" A lady asked.

Shen Qinglan sat down and said: "I don't know about this princess, nor do I know where the prince found such a good hairpin. He only gave it to me two days ago."

The lady's face changed, and she said again: "The prince really cherishes the princess."

Shen Qinglan smiled and said nothing, this guy just wanted to mock her background, as long as she said that this hairpin was a gift from Zhao Shun, she would have nothing to say.

"In the end, it's our blessing. I haven't seen such a good thing before. The princess came from a wealthy family. There must be many treasures like this?" asked another lady in a dark blue brocade dress.

"Yes."

Shen Qinglan only replied two words, said nothing else, picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine with the second sister-in-law.

The first eldest princess chuckled, these idiots actually wanted to humiliate the regent princess with this, they were really asking for trouble.

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