The poisonous girl becomes a phoenix

Chapter 392 The Beginning of the Banquet
Fortunately, in front of the queen, everyone wanted to show their gentle and submissive side, and nothing that Su Xiyun was worried about happened.

Soon it was night.

Su Xiyun followed the queen, and set off from Kunning Palace to the imperial garden together with the rich ladies in the main hall.

The imperial garden was brightly lit, and the banquet was already filled with people. As soon as they saw the empress, everyone immediately left the table and bowed their heads to pay their respects. Although they were all boudoir women, their voices of greetings resounded through the sky.

"Everyone, get up!" The queen walked slowly to the high platform and sat down slowly. Although there was a smile on her face, the majesty that belonged to the superior was still fully revealed.

The girls led by Su Xiyun who came from the Kunning Palace together with the empress walked to the banquet when everyone got up one after another.

Not far away, Su Qianyun was waving towards this side behind a table of melon and fruit mooncakes. Su Xiyun saw her at a glance, she smiled slightly, and walked over.

Suddenly, Su Xiyun's feet faltered, and she turned around quickly, just in time to see that Li Jinlan, the lady of the servant's mansion, retracted her outstretched foot in embarrassment, and there was half a very conspicuous footprint on Su Xiyun's own skirt.

"Miss Su San, I'm sorry..." Li Jinlan accompanied Zui in embarrassment, the smile on his face was almost unstoppable.She has tried this trick on countless young ladies, and none of them have failed, but does Miss Su San of Cheng'anbo Mansion have eyes on the back of her head?He reacted so quickly!
Su Xiyun looked down at the half footprint on the skirt, and said calmly: "Miss Li, please go first." Saying that, Su Xiyun stepped aside.

"I, I'm not..." Li Jinlan was about to explain, but the several daughters who came together said: "Come on, do you want to lose face by standing here?" Because she was afraid of being heard by the empress on the high platform, The speaker's voice was very low, and only a few people standing here could hear it.

Embarrassment and shame appeared on Li Jinlan's face, she stomped her feet, and finally passed Su Xiyun and walked forward.

Su Xiyun nodded to those young ladies, and then walked out. This time, she walked to Su Qianyun's side very smoothly, and sat down at the seat she had reserved for her a long time ago.

"Sister Su." Bai Ruiqi, Bai Ruifeng's younger sister, greeted Su Xiyun with a smile on her face.

Su Xiyun just nodded her head, and then she saw another smiling face.

"Miss Su San." Bai Yinghong changed her eyes-over-the-top look when they first met, and put on a smiling face that was almost the same as Bai Ruiqi's.

"Second Miss Bai." Su Xiyun nodded politely and distantly, then turned her gaze away.In her mind, this Miss Bai Yinghong was no different from the group of ladies in front of the Empress just now.

"What happened to you just now?" Su Qianyun asked in a low voice.

Su Xiyun smiled faintly, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that someone accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt."

She said it calmly, but Su Qianyun knew that being stepped on the hem of her skirt was no small matter. It could range from a fall to serious injuries and disfigurement. What's more, today's scene, since it is the palace, There were so many people in the arena, if Su Xiyun really fell, it would really embarrass her!

Then Miss Li is really not a good person!Su Qianyun cast an angry glance at Li Jinlan who was sitting not far away.

Before the banquet started, she was very angry.

Seeing this, Su Xiyun hurriedly wanted to comfort her, but at this moment, she heard a delicate female voice: "Sister-in-law, is sister Xiyun okay? Don't be angry, you will grow old when you are angry."

Su Xiyun couldn't help but glanced at Bai Ruiqi scrutinizingly, but this little girl's big eyes were clear to the bottom, without impurities at all.

Maybe it's because I'm overthinking it?Su Xiyun thought to herself.

When Su Qianyun heard Bai Ruiqi's words, her complexion really improved a lot.

After a while, the banquet started, and everyone watched the moon while enjoying the melon and fruit mooncakes on the table. The queen was surrounded by a few young concubines who were now in full swing. They were chatting and laughing happily. This scene infected a lot of ladies and daughters, and while admiring the moon, everyone chatted softly with the people around them.

Su Xiyun originally wanted to take the time to ask Su Qianyun a few words, but after looking at the people around her, she finally put away the questions in her heart and only said some innocuous words.All in all, seeing Su Qianyun today is a worthwhile trip, Su Xiyun thought to herself.

At this moment, Su Xiyun suddenly heard a rather excited voice: "Miss Su San, don't come here without any harm!"

She turned her head slowly, and immediately saw a graceful and luxurious woman sitting on the next table. Su Xiyun couldn't recognize her for a while because of her heavy makeup, until the woman turned her head and glanced at a certain person who was huddled beside her. A woman sarcastically said: "Qiangyun, your third sister is here, why don't you go up and say hello to her?"

Hearing the roll call, the woman trembled all over.

Su Xiyun looked incredulously at the woman who was hunched over and shivering behind Princess Xian, and saw that she was thin and had little flesh on her body, her cheekbones protruded high on both sides, and her face was wrinkled. Her appearance seemed to be that of an old woman in her thirties and forties, but her facial features were undoubtedly Su Qiangyun's.

Su Xiyun was a little surprised, Su Qiangyun had only been married for two months, yet she had already been tortured to such an extent!Although she is not a good person, but how can the evil king and his wife be so cruel?
I don't know if the old lady Qi in the East Mansion will regret it when she knows that her favorite granddaughter has become like this?Su Xiyun was deeply moved in her heart, and then she turned her head and searched in the crowd.

There is no figure of Concubine Jing.The Princess Jingyi, who loves to laugh and make trouble, and must attend every palace banquet, did not come this time, and it seems that even the princess of the county did not come.

It's fine if you don't come, with the county prince's mansion here, presumably the virtuous king Qi Yan would not dare to do anything to Princess Jingyi.

When Su Xiyun thought of the day before Su Qianyun's wedding, Princess Jingyi came to give her a gift of makeup, and she felt sad after all.

At this moment, Su Qiangyun, who was shivering beside Princess Xian and hadn't shown her face in front of people for a long time, finally mustered up her courage, and said to Su Xiyun, "Third Sister, long time no see."

Just as Su Xiyun was about to answer, a lady with heavy makeup sitting on the other side of Princess Xian pointed at Su Qiangyun and asked curiously, "Princess, who is this?"

Concubine Xian glanced back at Su Qiangyun lazily, and said with disdain in her eyes: "My lord's new concubine."

The noble lady was startled and said: "Concubine? On such an occasion, how could you bring a concubine who is not on the stage?" The noble lady looked at Princess Xian with accusations in her eyes.

However, Concubine Xian smiled slightly and said: "It's my fault. I didn't think about it so much, I just thought that she is Miss Su San's younger sister, and I brought her here so that their sisters can get together. It was my negligence." gone."

"Miss Su San's younger sister?" The noble lady suddenly exclaimed, causing the eyes of many people around to turn away, even the empress who was talking and laughing on the high platform looked sideways.

Concubine Xian did not see a trace of nervousness, she smiled slightly, and deliberately said in a slow tone: "Yes, she is indeed Miss Su's younger sister."

Everyone looked at Su Qiangyun's combed woman's hair, and then looked at her shabby clothes, all showed disdainful eyes.Some people even turned their heads and quietly sized up Su Xiyun.

However, Su Xiyun still sat there steadily. To Su Qiangyun's greeting, she only replied indifferently: "Sixth cousin, go back to Dongfu to have a look when you have time, she misses you very much."

In one sentence, everything is clearly explained.

Everyone looked away feeling bored, Su Xiyun also lowered her head, picked up a roasted fragrant peanut from the table, slowly peeled off the shell, raised her hand and put it in her mouth.

Here, Princess Xian saw that Su Xiyun could not be humiliated, so she glared at Su Qiangyun resentfully, and said in a low voice: "Don't back down from the embarrassing things!"

Tears welled up in Su Qiangyun's eyes that were too big because of her thinness, she didn't dare to say anything, she just knelt down, quietly left the seat, and left the banquet area.

No one in the venue noticed this scene. After all, it was something that should not have happened for a concubine with a low status to appear on such an occasion.

Everyone started eating and drinking slowly again, Su Xiyun raised her head and was about to talk to Su Qianyun, when suddenly, she felt her arms burn.Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of teacups breaking.

Su Xiyun lowered her head violently, and saw that the sleeves on her arms were already wet with tea, and on the ground next to her, there was still a broken teacup rolling down in eight petals.And Bai Yinghong was standing beside her with her hands raised in embarrassment. As soon as she met Su Xiyun's gaze, she said awkwardly: "Sister Su, I just wanted to pour you a cup of tea, but I didn't expect to wet your clothes. sorry!"

Su Qianyun at the side quickly reached out to grab Su Xiyun's arm, and carefully wiped the water stains on it with a handkerchief.But it's a pity that the clothes that have been soaked can't be wiped dry.

Su Qianyun immediately turned her head and gave Bai Yinghong a reproachful look. She had just married into the Bai family, and she didn't dare to shame Bai Yinghong just like this, but she was very angry in her heart.

"Sister-in-law, I, I didn't do it on purpose..." Bai Yinghong burst into tears when she saw Su Qianyun's eyes.All of a sudden, the scene became even more difficult to control, and everyone at the banquet turned their gazes over again, and at the same time wondered in their hearts: Why does Third Miss Su have so many things?
"It's nothing, you don't have to blame yourself." Su Xiyun said lightly.As soon as she heard Bai Yinghong's cry, she felt a sense of disgust in her heart. It was obvious that the other party spilled tea on her body on purpose, and she actually acted as if she was sorry for her.

"..." Bai Yinghong's crying paused, she glanced at Su Xiyun cautiously, and said tentatively: "Sister Su, your clothes are wet, how about I accompany you to change them?"

(End of this chapter)