Chapter 220 Consort Su's plans have failed again.

In this scene, Empress Cheng and the Jiang family were all in a harmonious and happy mood. Everyone was chatting happily, and Empress Cheng also chatted with the families of the officials about everyday matters.

At this moment, Su Tingwan walked up to Empress Cheng and respectfully bowed, "Your Majesty, this concubine greets Your Majesty." She represented the Su family, but unfortunately, only men from the Su family came. Someone of Aunt Liu's status was not qualified to enter the palace, otherwise it would have been a real slap in the face to Madam Su, who was far away on the border.

Empress Cheng couldn't possibly give Su Tingwan a hard time, after all, the Emperor treated her father and elder brother as honored guests, and she was also the concubine of Prince Heng, which meant she was also his daughter-in-law.

Empress Cheng smiled and said, "Wanwan, don't stand on ceremony, come and sit down with me!"

Upon hearing this, the Jiang family members' expressions stiffened slightly, but they quickly put on smiles again and made way for each other.

Everyone loves gossip, and they all felt that between the Princess Consort and the Concubine, the Princess Consort was definitely better. Just by looking at the scene of Prince Heng leading the Princess Consort into the banquet hall, everyone understood that the Prince preferred the Princess Consort, while the Concubine had come to the banquet on her own.

At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten the deep affection that Xie Shang and Su Tingwan had been rumored to have. When Consort Su entered the Prince's mansion, she didn't even have a bridal sedan chair. She was, after all, the daughter of the dignified General Su! There was actually a reason why she married into the Heng Prince's mansion.

It is said that the City God Temple in the suburbs...

Su Tingwan felt that everyone was looking at her strangely, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

What she really wanted to show was that her father was a general guarding the Great Zhou Dynasty, and that she should be the one in the spotlight.

At this moment, Jiang Fenghua became the most dazzling one.

She suddenly glanced at Ye Susu in the guest section. Jiang Fenghua probably didn't know that Xie Shang liked Ye Susu. It would be good for her to annoy Jiang Fenghua and stop her from showing off.

Su Tingwan took the initiative to start a conversation, "Mother, you may not know this, but the Prince was seriously injured at the border. The doctor who treated the Prince was a very skilled physician. She is not only skilled in medicine, but also very talented. She is at the banquet now."

Upon hearing this, Empress Cheng exclaimed, "Which doctor is so skilled? He saved Shang'er's life. I should thank him properly."

"Your Majesty, I will have someone invite her over," Su Tingwan said.

Empress Cheng didn't know it was a woman because news of Xie Shang's injury hadn't reached her yet. She only found out later, when Xie Shang's injury was almost healed. "Go and invite him over. I must reward him handsomely for saving Shang'er's life."

"Yes." Su Tingwan also understood. Since Xie Shang no longer liked her, she couldn't let Jiang Fenghua be his exclusive favorite.

Soon, Ye Susu was brought before everyone. Her face was gentle and delicate, and her eyes were filled with a poetic beauty.

When people saw her face, they naturally thought of that aspect. Having spent more than a month with Heng Wang and being the prince's savior, it would be strange for any man not to be tempted by such a beautiful woman.

It's likely that Prince Heng had a romantic relationship with this woman while he was away fighting.

"This humble woman greets Your Majesty the Empress. May Your Majesty live a thousand years!" Ye Susu knelt respectfully on the ground to pay her respects.

Empress Cheng also thought she was very beautiful and charming, and as her son's savior, her smile deepened. "Get up. What is your name and where do you live?"

"I am Ye Susu, my home... used to be in Jiangnan, but now, my family has been swept away by the flood..." Ye Susu hesitated, her eyes red, "Now I have no home."

Overwhelmed with compassion, Empress Cheng took Ye Susu's hand and said, "Poor child, there's no one left in your family, and you're going to the border to be a doctor. There's a war going on there. Aren't you afraid?"

"Don't worry, treating the sick and saving lives is a doctor's responsibility," Ye Susu said. "My family has been practicing medicine for generations. My father ran a clinic for decades, so I have learned some things. I'm just showing off my limited skills, and I can't compare to the great doctors. I'm still learning."

Su Tingwan said, "Physician Ye, you're too kind. Your medical skills are clearly excellent, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to heal the prince's injuries!"

Actually, it wasn't Ye Susu who cured him at all. She just took the opportunity to change the dressings. At this moment, she tacitly admitted it and didn't explain, saying politely, "Susu really didn't do anything. Treating the wounded is what Susu should do. When we were at the border, the conditions were really harsh. It was only because Your Highness was very capable and overcame the difficulties that you were able to recover so quickly..."

Jiang Fenghua listened quietly. She never expected that the person she had personally sent to the border to deal with Su Tingwan would now be standing in the same trench as Su Tingwan.

Su Tingwan thought she would be furious, but Jiang Fenghua said, "Mother, when Miss Ye was in Shengjing, she taught everyone medicine at Jishantang, and her medical skills were indeed remarkable."

"Does Ruan Ruan know Physician Ye?" Empress Cheng had actually sensed the ambiguity between Xie Shang and Ye Susu, but she hadn't brought it up. It wasn't impossible to bring a respectable woman into the household, as long as she had a clean background. These matters should be left to the Princess Consort to ensure they were handled according to the rules.

Jiang Fenghua pointed out, "Miss Ye's ancestral home is in Jiangnan. The Prince once went to Jiangnan to provide disaster relief, and Miss Ye came back with the Prince. Besides Miss Ye, there are some other refugees from Jiangnan. I saw that she had nowhere to go, so I settled her in Jishan Hall."

"I see," Empress Cheng said, it seemed that Shang'er had no other feelings for her.

Su Tingwan then realized that Jiang Fenghua had known Ye Susu for a long time, and that Jiang Fenghua had arranged for the doctors to go to the border. Ye Susu happened to go to the border, and she only realized this belatedly. Was there some connection between them?

Did Jiang Fenghua know that Ye Susu wanted to curry favor with the powerful and seduce Xie Shang?

If she knew, she probably wouldn't have let Ye Susu go to the border!

Su Tingwan had originally intended to give Ye Susu a push, but Jiang Fenghua explained it all away in a few words. Speaking of the flood in Jiangnan, she suddenly remembered that Ye Susu was the woman Xie Shang had brought back from Jiangnan, but nothing happened afterward, so she hadn't paid much attention and forgotten about it.

Zhang Yumo smiled and said, "When did Physician Ye meet the Prince? My husband's injuries had already been treated when he left the Prince to return to Shengjing. I heard that it was the military doctor who treated him. Later, because the injuries affected the Prince's journey, he did not see Physician Ye at that time!"

Ye Susu was stunned and didn't know how to answer. She hadn't actually treated Prince Heng's injuries; it was just that she had done the dressing changes afterwards.

Moreover, the military doctors in the camp were already quite skilled. Prince Heng was of noble status and would never allow a common doctor to approach him unless it was a desperate emergency.

Jiang Rumeng also said, "Just now, Consort Su said that the Prince's injury was healed by Physician Ye. Did Consort Su see it with her own eyes? I've heard that it's a crime to claim military merits without authorization. Consort Su should know that, right?"

Su Tingwan only wanted to spite Jiang Fenghua, so she said, "I only went there later..."

"Wanwan, your father wants you to come over." Suddenly, a deep male voice came from behind her.