The Sixth Princess excused that she felt not well. After Hu Qianyue went out with her, several older madams of aristocratic families also found their own reasons to go out and strolled in the garden.
You Yue’e sat for a while, feeling depressed. She had been in poor health these days. She didn’t want to attend this banquet as she was pregnant. Besides, Hu Qianyue, a young lady from the Southern Barbarian Lands, who was about to marry into King Yan’s Manor, was also here. You Yue’e was not in the mood to enjoy this banquet at all.
However, Feng Yulei insisted again and again that it was time to establish good relationship with the Southern Barbarian Lands. Although Hu Qianyue’s status was lower than Princess Caifeng’s, she was powerful in the Southern Barbarian Lands. Now that Princess Caifeng had invited her to the banquet, Hu Qianyue would definitely accompany her. How could she, as Consort Yan, lose her grace? She had to attend the banquet to support her.
Besides, Feng Yulei also promised You Yue’e that he would ask the Sixth Princess to take care of her.
The Sixth Princess was Feng Yulei’s younger sister, and Feng Yulei did not hide it from her. When Imperial n.o.ble Consort Wen told him about it, he had told You Yue’e about it as soon as he returned home. Since You Yue’e was close to the Sixth Princess and knew that she knew medical skills, she could rest a.s.sured with her taking care of her.
There was no reason for her to refuse, so You Yue’e must come.
She did not dare to accept the item from the Southern Barbarian Lands. However, since it was sent by the Sixth Princess, she accepted it with a smile. The Sixth Princess knew medical skills, and she was her own sister-in-law. She must think that there was nothing wrong with the gift before giving it to her. Of course, there was nothing wrong with it. When she saw the Sixth Princess leaving, she felt a little uncomfortable.
You Yue’e had deeply sensed Princess Caifeng’s bad intentions. She was still pregnant, so there was no room for an error. She stood up immediately and said to Princess Caifeng with a smile, “Your Highness, I have some chest tightness. I want to take a walk in the garden. Can I?”
“Alright, I’m tired. Why don’t we go to the garden together?” Princess Caifeng nodded happily and then turned around to look at the other madams and young ladies present. The banquet was meant to be entertaining, and naturally, they could only sit together and chat at the banquet. Everyone nodded and got up to leave.
“Your Highness, where is the rest room in your manor? I want to rest for a while,” You Yue’e asked just as she walked out of the door.
She did not want to be with Princess Caifeng in the first place. In the past, Princess Caifeng was a princess from the Southern Barbarian Lands to marry into the Qin Kingdom. Back then, she had dared to attack Mo Xuetong in front of the Empress Dowager and the other princes. She was about to marry King Ning, Feng Yuzhen now. Feng Yuzhen had always been at odds with Feng Yulei. Who knew what would happen to her? The Sixth Princess was not by her side and You Yue’e was very careful.
When she noticed that Princess Caifeng wanted to accompany her, she quickly found an excuse to refuse.
Princess Caifeng stopped and asked with concern, “Consort Yan, are you really feel so bad? Do you want to find a doctor to check on you?”
“There’s no need. I’ll be fine after resting for a while. Just like Consort Xuan, it’s a chronic ailment.” You Yue’e smiled and mentioned Mo Xuetong.
“Ah, so that’s it. Wait a minute. I’ll get someone to find Qianyue and ask her to take you there to rest.” Noticing that You Yue’e’s expression was not very good, Princess Caifeng did not insist. She turned around and wanted to call her maidservant over.
“Princess Caifeng, there’s no need. Just let that maidservant take me there. Miss Hu is still accompanying Sixth Princess!” You Yue’e stopped her with a smile. She did not want to see Hu Qianyue. As long as she thought that this woman was not simple and was going to marry into King Yan’s Manor, she felt uncomfortable. How could she be willing to let her bring her to rest?
“So that’s how it is…” Princess Caifeng was in a dilemma. You Yue’e was King Yan’s legal wife and Hu Qianyue was about to marry into King Yan’s Manor as well. It was reasonable for Hu Qianyue to accompany the legal wife. However, Hu Qianyue had already gone with the Sixth Princess. Furthermore, the Sixth Princess was the main person she had invited to this banquet. She could not afford to offend her.
It was a little unreasonable to ask Hu Qianyue to leave the Sixth Princess alone and to accompany Consort Yan. It was not appropriate in terms of etiquette!
When she was in a dilemma, she suddenly saw a palace maid coming from the side path. It seemed that she was one of the two who had followed the Sixth Princess. When she saw the people coming, she recognized them and came over. First, she greeted Princess Caifeng; then she went to You Yue’e, took out a box from her pocket, and handed it to You Yue’e respectfully.
“Consort Yan, this is the medicine that our princess asked me to send to you. Her Highness said that you should take more rest after taking the medicine.”
The Sixth Princess knew medical skills. Although she was not professional in making medicine, it was not a problem for her to make some for You Yue’e to nurse her health. The Sixth Princess had asked someone to send the medicine to King Yan’s Manor before and it was contained in this kind of small box. Thus, You Yue’e thought that the Sixth Princess was afraid that she had ran out of it, so she asked her people to bring some to her.
Therefore, You Yue’e nodded and ordered the maidservant beside her to take it. In order to increase Princess Caifeng’s trust in her, she asked her people to bring her a cup of tea and had a pill on the spot. Then she asked the servant to put it away and said to Princess Caifeng, “Your Highness, you don’t have to feel embarra.s.sed or trouble Miss Hu. Please send someone to take me to rest with the palace maid of the Sixth Princess.”
Seeing that You Yue’e had taken the medicine and that the Sixth Princess had especially brought the medicine over, Princess Caifeng, who did not believe that You Yue’e was really ill, finally believed it now. She nodded in agreement.
So You Yue’e went to the room for rest accompanied by the palace maids of the Sixth Princess and Princess Caifeng.
The rooms for rest were all in one place, with the back to the Chuihua Gate. Because there was female guests rest here today, the Chuihua Gate was heavily guarded. Two old maidservants stood inside the door. When You Yue’e and the others were coming from afar, they noticed that the maidservants around them all wore jewelry. Realizing that they were of n.o.ble status, they both saluted respectfully.
You Yue’e waved her hand and brought her maidservants to a wing room to rest. She asked which Mo Xuetong’s room was. Seeing that the door was shut tightly, she knew that she was still resting, and thus she did not disturb her. She followed Princess Caifeng’s palace maid into another room. The room was very quiet and the quilts inside were all new. There was not a speck of dust on the table. It was evident that Princess Caifeng had put in a lot of effort.
After settling down with her own people, You Yue’e asked the palace maid of Princess Caifeng to leave first, leaving the palace maid of the Sixth Princess here. At this time, You Yue’e did not want to sleep. After taking the medicine of the Sixth Princess, she felt that her body was much lighter and her face was not as pale as before. She leaned against the bed and asked the palace maid, who was standing in front of the bed, for the situation of Sixth Princess.
Her maidservant had placed the Cloud Fabric that was given by Princess Caifeng on the table in front of the bed. The room was filled with fragrance.
You Yue’e was just asking casually. She had regarded the Sixth Princess as her younger sister, so some of her questions were detailed. The palace maid did not dare to reveal what the Sixth Princess had done. She answered the questions as much as she could. She just wanted to go back to accompany the Sixth Princess as soon as possible.
One is bound to have a slip of the tongue if he talks too much. If she said something wrong, the palace maid would tremble when she thought of the Sixth Princess’s means. She only hoped that You Yue’e would not ask any more questions and regretted taking the job.
The two maidservants and two palace maids had been guarding at the entrance of the corridor to the waterside pavilion. They did not speak to each other. Instead, but looked at each other warily. Their mistresses did not get along well with each other. How could the servants like each other?
After standing for a while, one of Hu Qianyue’s maidservants said that Hu Qianyue had told that she would go in for a while and then went to the waterside pavilion. After a while, she came out with the Sixth Princess’s medicine box. This medicine box was exactly the same as the one they had sent to Consort Yan before and it was also sent by them at that time, so the palace maid did not suspect her.
Then one maidservant took the medicine box and sent it to Consort Yan alone!
The Sixth Princess knew that Consort Yan was pregnant, and so did the palace maids of the Sixth Princess. They knew that everyone in King Yan’s Manor attached great importance to the child in Consort Yan’s belly. Not only did they hide the matter, but they did not dare to ask anyone to make medicine for her. Therefore, the Sixth Princess took the job and sent some medicine to Consort Yan from time to time.
This matter was also a secret in the palace, and only the personal servants of the Sixth Princess knew about it. When they saw Hu Qianyue’s maidservant take out the box and what she said was in line with what she knew, the two palace maids naturally believed it.
So a palace maid took the job and sent medicine to You Yue’e…
When Princess Caifeng saw that the main members of the guests had dispersed, she lost her previous interest and asked everyone to disperse and take a stroll in the garden. So the guests came to the garden of the backyard in groups. The manor was built after the friendly relations were built between the Southern Barbarian Lands and the Qin Kingdom. All the buildings inside were exquisite.
Seeing rockery and the streams were all exquisite, all felt overjoyed. It really took a lot of effort. From this, they could see how much the Emperor valued the Southern Barbarian Lands. Several madams and young ladies around Princess Caifeng also became more respectful to Princess Caifeng. Ling Mingyan also followed Princess Caifeng from a proper distance.
There was no one else around her except for her two maidservants. After hearing the words of the maidservant who came in a hurry, she stood under a tree with hatred and anger on her face. Then she walked to a secluded place. The two maidservants understood and followed her. This place was much quieter. The madams and young ladies all went forward. Although some people saw her, those who was familiar with her only nodded to her.
Ling Mingyan had always been arrogant. She thought that she enjoyed a high status and was very proud!
Those who had nodded to her just because they were superior to her. She had never spoken rudely to them in the past, so they had a bowing acquaintance with her.
“Is His Excellency really going to the waterside pavilion by boat?” Ling Mingyan did not pay attention to this and asked in a low voice with a gloomy face.
“That’s what I heard. I heard that the Sixth Princess went there especially.” The maidservant told Ling Mingyan what she had asked about in her ear in a low voice.
“B*tch!” Hearing this, Ling Mingyan felt suffocated in her chest and wanted to spit out blood. She pulled her handkerchief in anger and really wanted to tear the Sixth Princess up!
Ever since what happened last time, how could Ling Mingyan not understand the Sixth Princess’s feelings? She did not expect that as a n.o.ble princess, she would use such a dirty method in order to marry You Yuecheng. This made Ling Mingyan jealous, hateful, and annoyed, as well as a little frightened.
If it had really proved that the the incident that day had nothing to do with the Sixth Princess, and if nothing had happened to Consort Xuan that day, then Mingguo Manor would have admitted it and give an explanation to the royal family. Even if everyone hadn’t done it on purpose, You Yuecheng had to take responsibility for it. It was impossible for the Sixth Princess to have a low status in Mingguo Manor, and thus maybe she had to give up the position of the legal wife, which made Ling Mingyan hate the Sixth Princess more than anyone else.
She was now the person who hoped most that the Sixth Princess would marry into the Southern Barbarian Lands as soon as possible. The sooner she left, the better it would be.
She kept an eye on You Yuecheng even more closely. When she heard that You Yuecheng was going to enjoy the scenery by boat in the outer courtyard, and that the Sixth Princess was playing in the waterside pavilion, she immediately became alert. “Is that b.i.t.c.h up to something again?”
“No, I would never let the past repeat itself!”
