As the fourth prince's wife, Tong Cheng'er gained notoriety for her jealousy, and because Emperor Kangxi suppressed it in time, the matter passed quickly.

Tong Cheng'er is lazy and doesn't have many close friends, so she rarely receives invitations to private events like flower viewing parties, except for weddings and funerals where she has to be invited.

She didn't care about any of that, and didn't feel rejected. On the contrary, she felt it was fine and quite comfortable.

"Madam, we received five more invitations to banquets today."

Tong Cheng'er was dumbfounded: Five portions!!

Only three servings yesterday, five servings today?

What's wrong with these ladies in Beijing? They used to think it was fine to forget about her, but lately they seem to have suddenly remembered her.

"Take a look at whose posts these are. If there's no particular reason, just push them away!"

She attended such banquets only twice at first, and what happened then!

It can't be said that it was all about swords and shadows.

But...

Those who were invited to the banquets were all from well-off families, and since the capital city was both large and small, everyone basically knew each other.

Therefore, it's inevitable that there will be some grudges and disputes, and naturally, there will be back and forth, with people exchanging words and "exchanging" their skills.

Tong Cheng'er was involved, and although she wasn't greatly affected, she found it all rather pointless.

She attended two such banquets, and afterwards she declined them whenever possible. After that, she received fewer invitations from others.

She thought there wouldn't be any more invitations like that, but she was wrong.

Two more days passed, and the invitations were still there, and judging from the way they were going to continue, it seemed like they weren't going to stop.

Tong Cheng'er suddenly became curious.

"Rulan, send someone to inquire about why the noble ladies in the capital have remembered me."

Rulan nodded: "Yes, Madam."

This matter is not difficult to investigate; it was found out very easily.

"Your Highness, I have found out. It was probably caused by the sofa in the Tong residence."

Tong Cheng'er looked completely bewildered: "Sofa?"

"What happened?"

Rulan explained, "Someone saw the sofa at the Tong residence, thought it was nice, and wanted it too. So they inquired about the sofa's origin and ended up coming here."