The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 446 Birthday Banquet Dispute

When the old concubine heard this, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, and it was so fleeting that it was almost undetectable.

If Jing Li had not been observing the old concubine carefully, she would not have noticed this flash of emotion. It seems that this old man is not like the legend, and can get along with everyone!
The old concubine still smiled warmly: "Ah, it's Wei Lin's kid here, please come in quickly!"

When Wei Lin entered the door, she greeted the old concubine and Jing Li: "The Wei family's Arlin has met the concubine and the princess!"

Today was the first time that Jingli saw the eldest girl of the Wei family. Unlike the second girl of the Wei family, this eldest girl was born a little too ordinary.

Wei Lin has regular features and a slightly dull complexion. In this era where whiteness is regarded as beauty and even many men wear powder, her appearance is not even delicate.

After Wei Lin sat down, for some reason the original laughter and laughter in the flower hall seemed to be much less intense.

While they were talking, a group of granddaughters and granddaughters of the old concubine came in to congratulate the old concubine on her birthday.

"I wish my grandma may be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains!" What Bijun gave to the old concubine was a jade Guanyin.

"Grandma, I am not a great Guanyin, but I got it consecrated by the abbot from Lingyin Temple!"

The old lady nodded her granddaughter's forehead: "You little little monkey, grandma will be happy with whatever you give her!"

"Don't you want to meet your ninth aunt?"

"Now, this is your ninth aunt!" The old concubine introduced Jingli to Bijun.

Jing Li was stunned at first, and then realized that she had been promoted to an elder!

Bijun looked at Jingli with admiration in his eyes: "Aunt Ninth, I heard that you are good at martial arts. I will have to ask you for advice someday!"

Jingli looked like an elder: "Of course you can."

Bijun had a lively temperament and kept the women in the flower hall laughing. Jingli also liked such lively girls.

In fact, her temperament is not calm, and she likes to be more uninhibited. However, she has been carrying the responsibility of the whole village for so long that she can hardly remember what she looked like in her previous life.

The steward next to the old concubine came over and said: "My dear concubine, the banquet is ready, why don't you invite all the nobles to move to the covered bridge!"

The banquet in the Thai Prince's Palace was placed by the stream. The dense branches blocked the scorching sun. Sitting by the stream and listening to the sound of gurgling water, even in the midsummer of July, one could not feel the heat at all.

Across the stream, there is the seat for the male guests. They are far away from the female guests here, but they cannot see clearly and will not lose their etiquette.

The old concubine took Jingli and sat down. People in this era all sat cross-legged, which made Jingli, who was used to the imperial chair, very uncomfortable.

"Princess, please!"

At the male guests' table opposite, the third son of the Zhong family couldn't help but ask the people around him: "Is there a princess over there?"

Song Qingyu, who was sitting diagonally across from him and had always been at odds with him, sneered: "Today is the birthday banquet of the Dowager Empress, so the princess must be here!"

"What? How dare you even think about it?"

The third son of the Zhong family, Zhong Yuan, is the third eldest son of the Zhong Wennuo family. Although he is a concubine, he has always been popular with Zhong Wennuo.

This man was born handsome and elegant, but everyone around him knew that he was a troublesome man who only liked to seduce good wives.

Those women were ruined by him, but they tried their best to cover up for him, and they didn't dare to say anything for fear of letting their families know.

At this time, Song Qingyu took one look and knew what this bastard was thinking.

Song Qingyu cursed in his heart, he was so brave that even Princess Changling dared to think about it. "If you can seduce her, let alone the Yu Jiaojiao you fought with before, they are the ones in my house. Pick whichever one you like!"

Seeing that he was thinking, Song Qingyu came over from the opposite side, leaned into Zhong Yuan's ear and said, "I wonder if you, Zhong Laosan, have the guts?"

Zhong Yuan was drunk at this time, drank the wine in one gulp, and smiled obscenely at Song Qingyu: "I have dealt with countless women, and I have never failed so far!"

"That's Princess Changling!" Song Qingyu saw that he was thinking, and then added fuel to the fire. He knew that Zhong Yuan looked like a gentle scholar on the outside, but he couldn't stand the excitement on the inside.

Sure enough, Zhong Yuan's face turned red, and he said with drunken eyes: "What about Princess Changling? Prince Changling has been away for several months, and she just got married and stayed in an empty house. I guess she is a little lonely!"

"It's up to a good person like me to comfort him!"

The two of them smiled alike, each with a plan in mind.

Jing Li was talking to the old concubine and had no idea what the person on the other side was thinking.

The old concubine patted her hand and said, "You are truly blessed. Xiaojiu has never imitated his elder brothers in these years."

"On the wedding day, when I saw the way he looked at you, I knew that he really had you at the forefront of his mind."

Jing Li smiled and said nothing, lowering her head and pretending to be a little shy.

Bijun, who was sitting not far from me, asked: "Aunt Ninth, I heard someone said that you went to Anxi that day and brought back a woman who was almost drowned!"

Jingli nodded: "Yes!"

Bijun said excitedly: "Aunt Ninth, this woman is about to be drowned, and you can still save her. You are really amazing!"

Jing Li took the handkerchief and gently wiped the corner of her lips: "This world is not easy for women, and she is a miserable person. I just stretched out my hand to give her a hand, so I can't take it seriously!"

Someone from the next seat said, "Oh, I heard that this woman is the cousin-in-law of the eldest girl in the Wei family!"

"Girl of the Wei family, I wonder how bad your ex-cousin-in-law is so bad that your ex-husband's family and her natal family forced her to sink into the pond!"

This woman had a loud voice, and everyone around her could clearly hear what she said.

Jing Li squinted her eyes and looked over, and saw that she was a woman in her thirties. She was dressed in simple clothes and had a pretty face. She was a middle-aged woman. However, judging from how she spoke and dressed, she must be a member of a military family.

Her words were obviously malicious, and Wei Lin, who had planned to remain silent, suddenly became the center of attention at the table and seemed to have no choice but to remain silent.

Wei Lin kept her mother's words in mind today and had no intention of quarreling with anyone during the banquet, but this woman had already mentioned her family by name. If she didn't speak out, she might harm the reputation of the Wei family.

"Such an unfilial and disrespectful person has long been expelled from our Wei family. Why should Mrs. Tian mention it specifically?" Wei Lin looked majestic, with a hint of disdain on her face.

The person she called Mrs. Tian was the lady who just spoke.

Mrs. Tian covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Oh, when Miss Wei said this, doesn't it mean that it's all the fault of that fourth lady Huang?"

Wei Lin snorted coldly: "If she was not at fault, why would her mother's family and her husband's family want to sink her into the pond?"

"A woman is born to obey her parents and serve her husband, but she is unwilling to do so and is private with others. Shouldn't such a woman be left to die?"

"Okay!" Mrs. Tian suddenly smiled and said, "In that case, shouldn't the princess have saved her that day?"

(End of this chapter)