320, Flower Viewing Banquet

320, Flower Viewing Banquet

Two days later——

Zhennan Palace Flower Viewing Banquet

Today, the Zhennan Palace held a flower-viewing banquet, and the wives of the major aristocratic families and officials in Yunzhou City received the invitations a few days ago.

On the day of the flower viewing banquet, they all brought their unmarried girls to the banquet.

They all knew that their prince had returned to Yunzhou City from Kyoto Prefecture last year. And, more importantly, their prince had yet to marry, and the position of Crown Princess was still vacant.

They had never heard that their prince had any concubines or women around him.

However, they heard that a princess had come from Kyoto Prefecture to marry their prince.

However, the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion did not announce this matter to the public. Instead, their princess held a flower-viewing banquet at this critical juncture. They had to guess that their princess had other purposes for holding this flower-viewing banquet.

In short, as long as the position of the Crown Prince's Consort is vacant, the girls from their family will have the opportunity to sit on it.

Their Nanjun has now become independent and no longer depends on the imperial court. They have hundreds of thousands of soldiers to guard the south, so they are not afraid of the imperial court attacking them. It is not certain who will win when the time comes.

Today, the status of the Zhennan Palace is no longer what it used to be.

Their prince is the king of Nanjun, and their prince will inherit everything in the palace in the future.

If their daughter could become the Crown Prince's consort now, she would be the future Crown Princess, and she would surely enjoy wealth and glory in the future. A married daughter could also help her father and brothers, which was a great way to kill two birds with one stone.

With this thought in mind, the ladies of each family brought out their unmarried girls. As long as one of them was favored by the princess and the prince and entered the palace, good days would come for their family.

Therefore, there were a lot of guests attending the flower viewing banquet on this day. These ladies dressed up their unmarried daughters beautifully and brought them to the palace for the banquet.

On this day, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses in front of the Zhennan Palace.

As soon as the first carriage left, two more carriages stopped at the gate of Zhennan Palace.

"Princess, be careful." The maid helped the princess get off the carriage.

The fifth princess got off the carriage with the help of her maid, and her feet landed on the ground. She looked up at the gate of the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, then turned to look at the carriage behind, and just saw the people in the carriage getting off.

Lu Mingfei got out of the carriage and walked forward. Standing in front of the Fifth Princess, he gestured for her to come in. "Princess, please."

The fifth princess glanced at Lu Mingfei, then walked towards the gate of the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion step by step.

The maid walking in front handed the invitation to the steward at the door.

"Your Highness, Lord Lu, please come in." The steward remembered that Lord Lu had visited their palace just two days ago. The girl with Lord Lu must be the fifth princess who was engaged to their prince.

Knowing the special status of these two guests and fearing any mistakes, the steward personally led the two distinguished guests into the mansion and into the garden.

Every March, flowers bloom in Nanjun.

There is a large garden in the Zhennan Palace, where many rare flowers and plants are planted. In spring, the garden is full of flowers and is a beautiful sight.

There was a pavilion in the garden. Princess Zhennan sat in the main seat in the center, surrounded by ladies sitting in a circle and many young girls standing.

These girls are the daughters of various mansions and the maids they brought with them.

Ever since their prince went to Kyoto Prefecture as a hostage, the Prince of Zhennan's Palace has not held a banquet for more than ten years.

Therefore, they have not had the opportunity to show up in front of the princess for many years. Taking this opportunity, these ladies all want to get close to their princess.

After sitting down, they began to find things to talk to their princess.

"Princess, the flowers in your house are really well cared for."

"I just saw some peonies in the garden..."

"Why haven't you seen our prince?"

"I ran into our prince on the street a few days ago. He was so handsome, and looked a lot like the prince when he was young..."

There was only a small space in the pavilion, and only a few prominent ladies could sit inside and talk with the princess. Most guests were still walking around the garden admiring the flowers and chatting.

There are many guests attending the banquet today, and the garden is full of guests.

Seeing two unfamiliar guests being brought into the garden by the steward of the palace, the guests who had already arrived stopped talking and looked at the two unfamiliar guests.

One girl asked the sisters around her, "Who are these two people? Why haven't I seen them before?"

"I heard from my mother that someone came from Kyoto Prefecture. They might be the people from Kyoto Prefecture..." said a well-informed young lady.

Among these girls, one lady noticed the young man among the two guests and said, "That young man is so handsome."

"Shameless!"

“…”

A group of young ladies burst into laughter in front of the guests.

Lu Mingfei followed the steward and led the fifth princess into the garden. He felt everyone's eyes were on them.

Seeing so many people looking at them and laughing, the Fifth Princess frowned and felt unhappy.

A maidservant accompanying their princess saw these young ladies staring at their princess so brazenly and laughing there. She said to their princess with some displeasure, "Princess, these young ladies from Yunzhou City don't look like ladies from a noble family at all."

The fifth princess didn't say anything, but it was obvious that she felt the same way.

Lu Mingfei, who was walking in front, heard what the maid said. He glanced at her with a warning look and said to the steward who was leading the way, "I wonder if the princess is here? Please take us to see the princess first."

"Our princess is in the pavilion. I will take you there." The steward also heard what the maid said just now. He was not very happy that these maids from Kyoto Prefecture dared to look down on the girls from their Yunzhou City.

If even a maid dares to say such things, how good can the Fifth Princess be?

At this time, the fifth princess had no idea what others were thinking of her. She was immersed in her own thoughts and world.

From the moment she entered the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, she felt an indescribable irritation in her heart.

She didn't want to enter the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, but she knew she had to come in.

She recalled the night before she left the capital, when her mother had said many things to her. One of them was asking her to marry the Crown Prince of Zhennan and persuade him to submit to the imperial court.

However, she does not like Qi Jun, she never liked him in the past and she will never like him in the future!

She liked the man in front of her, but this man did not like her, and would not disobey the emperor's order for her and take her away to a place where no one knew them and live the life of an ordinary couple.

From the moment she walked in here, she felt like she was walking into her own destiny.

Perhaps it should be said that this fate had already begun from the day her father was still alive and agreed to the marriage proposal from the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion.

She tried to resist fate, but she still fell into the trap of fate and could not resist or change her fate.

The steward led the two guests outside the pavilion and said to the maidservant beside the princess, "Young lady, please tell the princess that the Fifth Princess and Lord Lu have arrived."

"Okay, wait a moment." The maid glanced at the two guests, then turned and went into the pavilion to pass on the message.

The princess sitting in the pavilion heard that the Fifth Princess and Lord Lu had arrived, so she said to the maid who came in to announce them, "Bring them in."

"Yes." The maid responded and turned to go out.

Then he led the two distinguished guests into the pavilion.

Entering the pavilion, the Fifth Princess saw many ladies present. She immediately spotted the noblewoman sitting in the main seat and knew she was her future mother-in-law.

Their eyes met, and she lowered her head, bowed slightly to her future mother-in-law, and saluted, "Junior Xuanyi, greets the princess."

"I am Lu Mingfei, your humble servant, greeting the princess." Lu Mingfei was two steps behind the fifth princess, standing outside the pavilion, and did not enter.

The pavilion was full of female guests, so it was inconvenient for him to go in.

"No need to be so polite." Princess Zhennan's eyes fell on the fifth princess, with a look of scrutiny.

"Thank you, Princess." The Fifth Princess didn't really like the way Princess Zhennan and the people around her looked at her, but she still held back and didn't get angry.

"Thank you, Princess." Lu Mingfei thanked her calmly and stood up straight.

When the guests in the pavilion saw the elegantly dressed Fifth Princess and the man who called himself Lord Lu, they knew the identities of the two men.

[I think this is the fifth princess from Kyoto Prefecture.]

[This fifth princess isn't that good looking, not even as pretty as their daughter.]

[This Lord Lu, on the other hand, is young, handsome, and has an extraordinary bearing.]

When many ladies here saw the fifth princess from Kyoto Prefecture, they compared her with the girls in their own families.

Many ladies felt that the fifth princess only had the advantage of a good family background, and was inferior to the girls in their family in other aspects.

However, when they saw the young official who came with the fifth princess, many ladies' eyes lit up.

Even many of the young ladies and maids who were accompanying him in the pavilion couldn't help but take a second look at the young and handsome Lord Lu when they saw him.

He is such a good-looking person that one can't help but take a second look.

At this moment, someone outside shouted, "The prince is here——"

The cry of "The prince is here" drew everyone's attention outside the pavilion.

Then, Prince Qi, dressed in white, came gracefully and immediately attracted the attention of all the girls.

Qi Jun walked into the pavilion with a jade fan in his hand and a faint smile on his face. The first thing he saw when he entered the pavilion was the Fifth Princess standing there.

Hearing the footsteps, the fifth princess turned her head slightly and met Qi Jun's gaze. She was stunned for a moment and slightly lowered her eyelids to avoid the gaze that was looking at her. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, muah! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading