Han Nianyu then noticed that Ye Lanyin's expression was not good, and immediately said angrily:

"This is truly absurd! The mistress is unwell, yet she can still ask outsiders to manage things. Allowing a concubine to attend the eldest son's wedding banquet is already chaotic enough, but now she's even managing the banquet herself. The Marquis of Zhenbei really dares to do this!"

The other women said:

"Yes, even if a concubine's daughter gets married, there's no reason for her to go out with her. This concubine is directly riding on the head of the mistress. It has to be said that the Marquis of Zhenbei favors his concubine over his wife!"

Madam Sheng angrily said:

"Lanyin, I think they're just bullying you because there are too many of them!"

Just then, a maidservant from not far away rushed over.

"It's terrible, Madam! There's a commotion outside!"

Ye Lanyin frowned. "What's wrong? Could it be a problem with the food too?"

"Madam is incredibly insightful; all the food outside has gone bad."

"The old lady is so angry that she has fainted."

Ye Lanyin immediately stood up, glanced at the noble ladies present, and then bowed to them. "Ladies, I am truly sorry. On behalf of the Marquis's Mansion, I apologize to you. Please wait for me for half an hour. The tea will be ready soon."

The ladies looked at Ye Lanyin with sympathy and nodded, saying, "Madam Lin, please go ahead. We'll wait here."

lobby.

The VIPs stood up angrily, trying to leave.

Lin Shixuan was utterly humiliated and had no idea what to say.

Lin Rui'an and Lin Chang'an sat quietly without saying a word.

Just then, Ye Lanyin walked over from the corridor.

"My lords, I am so sorry. I did not expect such a mistake to happen. I did not expect my concubines to make such a mess of things. It is all my fault. I should not have agreed to let them participate."

"Lan Yin apologizes to everyone here."

As she spoke, she picked up the glass of wine in front of her, tilted her head back, and drank it all in one gulp. Her movements were so fluid and graceful that everyone present was full of admiration.

The officials, in particular, couldn't help but envy the Marquis of Zhenbei for having such a capable wife.

"Everyone, the Marquis's residence will go to Hongxinglou to purchase food as quickly as possible. Please wait for half an hour; they will be there soon."

Upon hearing that the dishes were from 'Hongxinglou', everyone couldn't help but show smiles that hadn't been seen in a long time.

Lin Shixuan cast a grateful glance at Ye Lanyin.

"My lord, please go and get the silver so the servants can settle the bill," Ye Lanyin called out to the stunned Marquis of Zhenbei.

"What, isn't the Marquis going yet?"

Upon hearing that he was to go and get the silver, the Marquis of Zhenbei immediately refused to move.

Seeing the Marquis of Zhenbei's hesitant manner, the others couldn't help but jeer, "My lord, hurry up, or we'll all be gone!"

Marquis Zhenbei stood up unwillingly, then turned away weakly and went back to his study.

Ye Lanyin smiled and chatted with a few officials she was familiar with for a few minutes. She also instructed Lin Shixuan to treat them well before returning to the backyard.

The noble ladies were still discussing the concubines of the Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion, but upon seeing Ye Lanyin, they all fell silent.

"Lanyin, is everything taken care of?"

"Alright, ladies, please wait a moment. While you have some time, take a look at which flowers you like, and I'll have the maids wrap them up for you."

The ladies became interested after hearing this and happily went to look at the flowers that Ye Lan had planted.

[Hehe, that scumbag dad's furious!]

All the money is gone.

The eldest princess listened to her heartfelt words and shook her head with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Madam Sheng didn't even try to hide her laughter and burst out laughing.

The princess glared at her, and she then pretended to cover her mouth.

Half an hour later, the dishes from Hongxinglou were finally brought back and served in both the front and back halls.

Looking at the dishes of the Manchu Han Imperial Feast, everyone ate with relish, praising Ye Lanyin as a true lady of a prominent family, calm and wise in the face of adversity, something no concubine could match.

They completely forgot that the food was bought with money by the Marquis of Zhenbei.

Marquis Zhenbei finished the banquet with a dark expression.

He had been eagerly anticipating his son's wedding, never imagining it would end in such a humiliating way.

This wedding immediately became the hottest topic of conversation in Bianjing.

No sooner had everyone left than he ordered his servants to summon all his concubines to the front hall.

"Bang!"

He threw the teacup on the table onto the ground.

The concubines trembled with fear.

"You lot! You've really turned a perfectly good wedding banquet into this!"

Yu Shuang kowtowed in terror, "Master, spare us! We concubines had no idea such a thing would happen..."

"Yes, yes, my lord, I never expected things to turn out this way. We were both studying very hard," Shuxue said, her voice trembling with tears.

Lingwei had a sudden inspiration and pointed to Zou Shuang'er kneeling on the other side, "Master, it was Concubine Zou, it was her, it was her who did it, we were just helping out."

Zou Shuang'er was so frightened that she looked up at Ling Wei with disbelief.

"No, it wasn't me, I didn't..."

"It's you. We're all learning from Madam, but you're the only one who doesn't study seriously and just keeps laughing."

"Later, when we got back, you were jealous of us, so you took the opportunity to slap my face. Now that the banquet has gone wrong, you want to blame us."

After Lingwei finished speaking, she kowtowed to the Marquis of Zhenbei, "My lord, we concubines know that we are not as favored by you as Concubine Zou, but we will never admit to doing anything we did not do, even if you beat us to death."

Shuxue immediately agreed with Lingwei's words.

He was afraid that if he admitted it, he would be blamed by the Marquis of Zhenbei.

“Sir, it was her. We saw it clearly. That day she hit Sister Lingwei. Afterwards, she said she would host the banquet. We thought she was favored by you, so we didn’t dare to compete with her and could only assist her.”

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