Chapter 412 Birthday Banquet 7

At this moment, the Fourth Princess Consort also came over. When Xie Ruoyi saw her mother, she suddenly snuggled from the nanny's arms into the Fourth Princess Consort's embrace, saying, "Mother Consort."

"Don't be afraid, Yi'er, with your mother here." In front of Xie Shang, the Fourth Princess comforted her daughter gently.

"Where did Fourth Sister-in-law go? Why didn't she keep a close eye on the young princess?" Xie Shang asked the Fourth Princess.

The Fourth Princess blushed and said, "I went to find the restroom just now. I asked the servants to take Ruoyi to play in the Imperial Garden."

Xie Shang was a little embarrassed and quickly said, "In that case, Fourth Sister-in-law, please take good care of the young princess. Also, please find a reasonable and sensible servant for the princess, otherwise it will be bad if she is corrupted."

The Fourth Princess stared at Xie Shang, looking even more frail, and quickly said, "Yes, I remember."

After the Fourth Princess left with her daughter, everyone dispersed. Zhu Yiyi remained standing there. Suddenly, she handed the candy in her hand to Xie Ziyan with a gentle expression, "Little Princess, don't cry. How about I give you some candy?"

Xie Ziyan stared at the round fan in her hand, which was embroidered with butterflies that fluttered about. She thought it was beautiful and delicate. Suddenly, she reached out to grab it, but Jiang Rumeng quickly stopped her. "Thank you for your kindness, young lady, but the little princess is too young to eat sweets. It's bad for her teeth."

A hint of embarrassment flashed in Zhu Yiyi's eyes. She raised her head and said gently, "Yiyi just thought that children all like to eat candy, and that it would be enough to coax them with candy. Yiyi didn't think it through."

Xie Shang then saw her face clearly. At first glance, he thought she was clean, beautiful, and pure. He said, "Second sister, Yan'er doesn't want candy, she likes the fan in her hand."

Jiang Rumeng rolled her eyes. She was really observant; there were always beautiful women trying to get close to the Crown Prince.

Zhu Yiyi then looked at the fan in her hand and smiled sweetly, "So the little princess likes the butterflies on this. I embroidered it myself. If the little princess likes it, I will give it to her!"

Jiang Rumeng glanced at it; the embroidery was exquisite, but she wasn't impressed. She would embroider as much as Yan'er liked.

At this moment, Jiang Fenghua, having received the news, tidied herself up and rushed over. From afar, she saw Xie Shang and a woman in white standing by the garden, seemingly "chatting."

She stepped forward, her face beaming with smiles, and took her daughter from Xie Shang's arms, blocking Zhu Yiyi's view. "Mother was only gone for a moment, what happened to Yan'er? Her little face is all messed up from crying. Crying makes her less pretty."

Xie Ziyan smiled when she saw her mother arrive.

Xie Shang explained, "Just now, the young princess of Fourth Sister-in-law's family and Yan'er had a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding could such a young child have? I think Your Highness has some misunderstanding!"

For a moment, Xie Shang glanced at Zhu Yiyi with a knowing look in his eyes, even though he didn't recognize the girl.

Xie Shang, quick-witted, snatched her son from Feng Jingyuan's arms and held him in her arms, saying, "The kids are just playing!"

Zhu Yiyi was also clever. As soon as Jiang Fenghua arrived, she turned around and left without looking back. Before leaving, she glanced at Xie Shang, as if to say, "This subject takes her leave." However, she did not say it out loud, which made people feel that she did not want to disturb the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

Xie Shang seemed to be looking at her departing figure, lost in thought.

Jiang Rumeng took the initiative to say, "Xiao Yan'er and Xiao Hongyou are tired. Let someone take them back to the palace to rest! Ruan Ruan, you should go with His Highness to the banquet to keep the guests company. It is not appropriate for the host to leave the banquet."

Jiang Fenghua understood, but Second Sister, if a man wants to cheat, tying him to your waist won't help. She had already asked Granny Wang to check whose daughter this was, but she had no recollection of her at all.

Zhu Yiyi disguised herself too well, even deceiving Madam Zhu, who thought she genuinely cared for Zhu Zhenzhen.

Back at the banquet, the singing and dancing continued, and there would be a fireworks display in the evening, so everyone was enjoying themselves immensely.

Jiang Fenghua accompanied Xie Shang, but she did not see the woman in white from earlier. However, Granny Wang acted quickly and soon discovered that she was Zhu Yiyi, the eldest daughter of Imperial Censor Zhu.

She thought: Imperial Censor Zhu holds a high position and great power. When the Empress was selecting concubines for Xie Shang, Zhu Yiyi, as the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, should have been the first choice. However, given the Empress's personality, she would not have a high opinion of illegitimate daughters and would definitely choose the legitimate second daughter, Zhu Zhenzhen.

Jiang Fenghua hadn't realized Zhu Yiyi's intentions at first, but she could tell from the incense on Zhu Yiyi's body that Zhu Yiyi was deliberately seducing her.

The Zhu family has already sent a legitimate daughter to the palace. Sending another illegitimate daughter would be unreasonable. So what makes Zhu Yiyi think she can seduce Xie Shang?

In the previous life, the Su family was Xie Shang's favorite, and the Zhu family also sent a daughter to the palace, which was indeed Zhu Zhenzhen. She was later granted the title of Consort. Later, Zhu Zhenzhen died in childbirth, and the Zhu family sent another daughter to the palace. All of these things happened after Xie Shang ascended the throne, but no matter who it was, no one could shake Su Tingwan's position as Empress.

In her previous life, she lived in the Morning Light Palace. Apart from Lianye and Hongxiu, who were her own people, all the maids serving her were Su Tingwan's people. She had never heard that Xie Shang particularly favored any concubine. She only knew that Su Tingwan was always favored. She didn't know anything about the others.

Only Qin Yunyan, the most beautiful woman in Quanzhou, was a formidable character. She fought fiercely with Su Tingwan and rose to the position of Imperial Concubine. However, in this life, the Qin family fell into ruin, and she did not enter the palace.

With the Su family setting an example, the Zhu family naturally wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

Could Zhu Yiyi be the person sent to the palace by the Zhu family later? Zhu Zhenzhen didn't even have a child, so how could she have died in childbirth?

Many things have changed in this life, and the people who entered the palace have also changed. She has no memory of Zhu Yiyi at all. After Lianye's accident, she has been staying in Chenxi Palace and has not come out. Su Tingwan often comes to Chenxi Palace to make her unhappy and goes crazy for no reason. It seems that she thinks that she has eliminated the crisis by ruining her appearance, but she did not expect that more beauties would enter the palace. She is completely unable to guard against them. Xie Shang also broke their vows of love.

At that time, she only had her two children in her heart. She was also grateful that the constant competition among the concubines in the harem prevented Su Tingwan from having time to bully her, allowing her to survive for more than ten years. However, at that time, Su Tingwan had Consort Su's help and advice, so no matter how fiercely the concubines fought, they could not take away her position as empress.

The Su family members were either dead, exiled, or beheaded; even Ye Susu had been beheaded.

Jiang Jinyan went to the border but couldn't find Su Qingqing. It was as if she had disappeared. After Su Qingqing entered the Cold Palace, there was no news of her. Even when the old lady Su rescued her, she probably didn't bring her back. So where did she go?

The Hu prince who rebelled with Su Xuan died, but no one came to look for his body; he probably wasn't important.

Jiang Fenghua guessed that Su Qingqing might be among the Hu tribe, and that the Su family and the Hu tribe had long been colluding.

Now she only feels that there are internal and external troubles. The Hu tribe has signed the surrender document, but she feels that it is just a piece of paper. The two countries can start a war without any reason.

"What is Ruan Ruan thinking about?" Xie Shang asked, noticing her distracted state.