The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Chapter 572 Extra Thank You Banquet (39)

At this time, a timid lady who didn't want to cause trouble whispered a reminder: "Shh, keep your voice down. She is the wife of the prince now. Her status and position are not something we can afford to offend..."

Someone said disdainfully, "Tsk, why should we be afraid of her? We are, after all, legitimate ladies from aristocratic families. To be honest, she only stole her status as the Crown Prince's wife from Wanqing..."

The noble lady who said this was from a branch of the Qi family. Her voice was quite loud and immediately attracted the attention of the other noble ladies who were secretly listening in.

Seeing this, she raised her chin proudly, clasped her hands across her chest, and put on a proud attitude, continuing: "Who in the capital doesn't know that Taifu Li is Mr. Xie's mentor? As the daughter of Taifu, Wanqing's relationship with Mr. Xie is naturally extraordinary." (Warm reminder: This is mentioned in Chapter 30 of the article)

"They were a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, a story that should be considered a good one, but suddenly a young lady from the countryside showed up and got there first..."

Before she finished speaking, all the noble ladies turned their eyes to Li Wanqing, who was admiring the flowers beside a large cluster of golden peonies.

She was wearing a moon-white dress with gold threads and hundreds of butterflies on it. Her face was beautiful, gentle and dignified.

Although Li Wanqing didn't seem to react much, her hands were actually clenched tightly under her sleeves.

From her childhood to her prime now, she has liked Xie Zhiyan for more than ten years.

Xie Zhiyan was not interested in women and would only speak politely to her when he was around her. Moreover, the wife of the Marquisate also liked her very much. Li Wanqing had thought that she would be the most likely candidate to become the wife of the Prince of Yong'an Marquisate, but who knew...

She had waited so long for her lover to reach the age of marriage, but she had to watch him marry another woman in such a grand manner. How could she not feel resentful and angry?

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Li Wanqing maintained a gentle and decent smile on her face: "Sisters, please forgive me for joking..."

"Xie Senior Brother and I...were just childhood friends, it's all in the past."

"Now that he's married, you'd better stop making fun of me..."

She said this beautifully, expressing both her helplessness and inability to forget this friendship, and her own virtue and magnanimity.

As soon as she said this, an indignant noblewoman stepped forward to defend her: "Wanqing, you are too kind. You don't fight or compete, so you let others take over your position!"

Li Wanqing smiled indifferently in response and said nothing more.

But the more gentle and generous she acted, the more resentful the noble ladies became towards Jiang Wantang.

The noblewoman of the Qi family snorted coldly and sneered again, "What was snatched away is snatched away. I wonder if I can keep my position as the wife of the prince in the marquis's mansion."

"That's right, that's right. The prince was just temporarily bewitched by this vixen. Sooner or later, he will grow tired of her..."

"..."

The noble ladies were talking to each other, and their words were full of jealousy and belittling of Jiang Wantang.

However, Jiang Wantang had already walked to the magnolia tree not far away, and their conversation fell into her ears word for word.

The sarcastic and mean look stunned even the trusted maidservant beside Princess Rongyi who was leading the way. She secretly wrote down everything these noble ladies said and prepared to report it to the princess later.

Seeing that they were getting more and more outrageous, she wanted to ask someone to step forward and warn them, but Jiang Wantang raised her hand to stop her.

Jiang Wantang smiled indifferently, but her eyes turned to Li Wanqing, who was wearing a moon-white dress among the noble ladies...

The daughter of the Grand Tutor, Li Wanqing?

A golden boy and a beautiful girl?

Jiang Wantang curled his lips slightly and smiled sarcastically.

To be honest, with Li Wanqing's appearance which could only be described as pretty, she was not worthy of Xie Zhiyan at all, not to mention that her words were deliberately intended to make people misunderstand that she should be the Crown Prince's wife, as if Xie Zhiyan had let her down.

With just this little bit of thoughts, it's probably not enough in front of that vixen Xie Zhiyan. There's no way he can like her.

Even without me, Li Wanqing would have a hard time entering the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.

Yun Shang, who was following Jiang Wantang, saw the mocking curve on the corner of her mouth and immediately had a bad feeling.

Since she entered the mansion, the two have been almost inseparable.

Therefore, Yun Shang knew very well what such a smile of hers meant.

So, Yun Shang pulled Jiang Wantang's arm and reminded her in a low voice: "Sister, there are many people in the Princess's Mansion today, you..."

Jiang Wantang knew what she was worried about. He patted the back of her hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

The people attending the banquet today were all from aristocratic families. If she really argued with these noble ladies in public, she would lose her reputation even if she was right.

She would not do anything that would hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt herself by eight hundred.

Of course, it won't make things easier for them...

So, amid the dissatisfied discussions of the noble ladies, Jiang Wantang appeared in front of them.

She was wearing a long red and gold shimmering brocade dress that shone with a captivating brilliance in the spring sun, and her high bun on her head was adorned with gorgeous pearl hairpins of the twelve flower gods. She was truly stunningly beautiful and unattainable.

As soon as she appeared, the flowers in full bloom around her seemed to lose their color in an instant.

When the noble ladies saw her charming and beautiful face, they immediately felt ashamed of themselves in comparison.

They all twisted the embroidered handkerchiefs in their hands in jealousy, but did not dare to say another word.

At that time, in the attic far away opposite, Xie Zhiyan, who had never appeared, was sitting there with a jade chessboard placed in front of him.

The loft has an excellent layout and overlooks the entire backyard rockery.

Therefore, everything that happened in the garden just now fell into his eyes.

Besides, he knows Kung Fu and his hearing is very good.

He snorted coldly and threw the chess piece in his hand into the jade chess basket. His face was as gloomy as water, and there was a murderous aura surging in his gloomy pupils.

The man sitting opposite him, legs crossed, drinking tea and watching the show, was none other than the playboy Zhao Yi, who had snuck out from among the beauties in the flower hall.

"Tsk tsk..." He looked at Xie Zhiyan, who had a gloomy face, and said teasingly, "You can't listen to it?"

"It's just a few words between girls. Why make such a fuss?"

"However, I do remember this Li Wanqing. She has always been courting you, but you haven't even looked at her carefully in all these years, and you've kept her at a distance..."

At this point, Zhao Yi said with emotion: "Come to think of it, Ah Yan, didn't you say that you would marry a gentle and virtuous wife in the future? Now this one doesn't look like that... uh uh... ahem..."

Before Zhao Yi finished speaking, Xie Zhiyan's slender fingers had already swept across the green jade plate, grabbed a handful of cakes and stuffed them all into his open mouth.

Pastry crumbs fell onto his priceless cloud-patterned brocade robe, and the sweet filling filled his mouth.

"Ahem!" Zhao Yi choked on a mouthful of tea, his handsome face flushed red. He frantically reached for the teacup: "Pooh...Pooh!"

"A Yan! I just mentioned it, and you want to kill me to silence me?"

As he spoke, he pretended to be sad and said aggrievedly: "We said we were brothers for life, but you valued love over friendship!"

Xie Zhiyan glanced at him coldly and sneered, "Don't say anything that's detrimental to brotherly love in the future."

"I don't like gentle ones now, I like her like this!"

Zhao Yi's pupils widened, and just as he was about to say something, he heard a loud "bang" in the courtyard...

Then came the panicked screams of the noble ladies and cries for help...