Today is a victory celebration banquet, and many court officials and their families have been invited. So when Li Youran and his party arrived, there were already quite a few people there.

Because Li Youran was a princess, her seat was relatively close to the front, not far from the other women in the harem. After taking her seat, Li Youran looked up at Consort Li sitting to the side.

"Lady Li, it's been a long time."

Li Youran had a good impression of Consort Li. When she first entered the palace, Consort Li and the three of them went through thick and thin together.

However, Li Meiren, who was sitting to the side, did not show any enthusiasm, but only nodded symbolically.

Li Youran was surprised, after all, Li Mei was usually very warm and friendly, but her behavior today was very unusual.

Just as Li Youran was about to turn around, she noticed that Li Meiren's fingers were gripping her clothes, as if she were conveying some message.

"Several of the princes have made great contributions, and the epidemic has been brought under control in just a few months."

As the emperor spoke, he continued, embracing his beloved concubine.

"Everyone is free to relax and unwind today."

The concubine in the emperor's arms smiled sweetly, which the emperor found incredibly endearing. After speaking, the emperor burst into laughter and kissed the concubine on the cheek.

This beautiful concubine is none other than the favored concubine whom Li Youran caught having an affair with Imperial Physician Ma last time.

Unexpectedly, in just over a month, she had already gained so much favor that she was able to sit beside the Empress in place of the Empress on such a formal occasion.

This shows how much the emperor doted on Consort Jiao, even using the character "娇" (jiao, meaning delicate or charming) in her title.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on your upcoming marriage to the Fourth Prince's consort. It is truly a double celebration!"

Sitting opposite Li Youran was His Highness the Fourth Prince. After the banquet began, many ministers went to toast His Highness the Fourth Prince.

"These people's faces change so quickly. Just a few days ago, they were fawning over the Second Prince. Now that the Emperor has granted the Fourth Prince such a marriage, they're taking the initiative to curry favor with him."

While eating, Li Youran glanced at the Fourth Prince without leaving a trace. Suddenly, a voice appeared beside her, startling her.

As Feng Yu spoke, he sat down next to Li Youran.

"Their intentions are all out in the open. They just feel that the emperor values ​​the Fourth Prince and want to curry favor with him."

"Young Master Feng, please show some self-respect in public."

When Li Youran saw that Feng Yu had actually brought chopsticks and was eating the food on her table, she couldn't help but frown.

Boys and girls should not sit together after the age of seven. Li Youran did not believe that Feng Yu was unaware of this principle. In front of everyone, Feng Yu sat with her so brazenly. Li Youran believed that Feng Yu did this on purpose.

"Xiao Hong, help me go outside to relieve myself."

Before Feng Yu could get up, Li Youran stood up first. Xiao Hong grabbed Li Youran's outstretched hand and helped her leave the banquet hall.

"Young Master Feng, is it because you don't have enough food on your own table that you're coming to the Princess to beg for alms?"

As Wu Yong spoke, he walked over with a smile, holding a wine glass in his hand.

"I'm going to offer a toast to His Highness the Second Prince. Would you like to come along, Young Master Feng?"

Feng Yu was amused by Wu Yong's laughter, and his face darkened. He snorted coldly, stood up, and, holding his wine cup, went with Wu Yong to toast the Second Prince.

"Princess, this is something my lady asked me to give you."

Just as Li Youran and Xiao Hong came out, a palace maid chased after them. She hurriedly stuffed a note into Li Youran's hand and then left in a hurry.

"Princess."

Seeing this, Xiao Hong hurriedly approached Li Youran, who did not say anything but led Xiao Hong to the toilet.

Originally, Li Youran only intended to escape Feng Yu and get some fresh air, but now she knew there was definitely a pair of eyes watching her. If she didn't go to the restroom, she feared it would arouse suspicion.

"What exactly happened...?"

After Li Youran used the restroom, she noticed that even the restroom had aromatherapy and candles, so she took out the note in her hand and hurriedly looked at it.

"I had a feeling from the beginning that there must be something going on behind this concubine, and I never expected it to be true."

After reading the note in his hand, Li Youran reached out and placed it on the candle, burning it to ashes.

"Your Majesty, please wait."

Li Youran had just reached the entrance of the banquet hall and was about to slowly step inside when she was stopped.

Li Youran turned around and saw Hu Qinqin dressed in plain clothes.

She frowned slightly, clearly knowing that Hu Qinqin calling him was definitely not for anything good, and that she might be up to some wicked scheme again.

"Miss Hu, please accept my condolences."

Li Youran turned around and nodded to Hu Qinqin.

"Princess, please speak this way."

Hu Qinqin curtsied as a greeting. She spoke to Li Youran as she walked towards the side of the banquet hall.

"Has the princess had any dealings with Hongxiu before?"

Li Youran was slightly taken aback when she heard Hu Qinqin's words, but then nodded gracefully.

"I'm not afraid of Miss Hu laughing at me, but before I recognized the Second Prince's wife, I had a conflict with Hongxiu and even beat her up, which made us enemies."

Hu Qinqin clearly did not expect that the person from the reason would tell her these things so openly.

"Does the princess know where Hongxiu lives?"

Seeing that Li Youran was slightly surprised, Hu Qinqin sighed and said.

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