"The Jiang family of Lin'an Marquis Mansion has arrived!"
Unexpectedly, the Jiang family of Lin'an Marquis Mansion was the first to arrive.
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an brought Jiang Liu and Jiang Liu's wife with her.
Wei Wanxue followed them in a sedan chair.
She was a concubine and should not have attended such a grand banquet, but she was Wei Shaoqing's biological sister after all, so the Jiang family naturally couldn't say anything.
But today, Wei Wanxue acted even more pretentiously than Jiang Liu's wife.
When she arrived, she flew towards Wei Shaoqing and Yuan Zhao like a butterfly.
"Brother, sister-in-law, Wanxue misses you so much!"
Several people from the Jiang family saluted Yuan Zhao. Yuan Zhao's attitude was pretty good, but when Wei Wanxue came over, she moved aside and didn't want to pay much attention to her.
The two wives of the Jiang family naturally saw it and just looked at each other.
It seems that the princess doesn't care that much about her sister-in-law.
Wei Wanxue was a little embarrassed, so she turned around and took Wei Shaoqing's arm.
Wei Shaoqing looked at his sister and asked, "I haven't seen you for a while. Why do you look thinner?"
Wei Wanxue's eyes flickered as she glanced at the Jiang family members behind her. A hint of embarrassment spread across her face. "Brother, I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I called a doctor. The doctor said I'm already a month pregnant..."
Jiang Liu's wife's face suddenly turned unhappy.
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an glanced at Jiang Liu, and Jiang Liu was also stunned.
He calculated the days carefully in his mind. A month ago, he seemed to have heard that Princess Showa was going back to Beijing, so he did go to Wei Wanxue's place.
Is that it?
Yuan Zhao hadn't expected such a good show to happen right from the start. She stood aside with a smile on her face, "Congratulations to Madam Hou, this is Young Master Jiang's first child, right?"
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an bowed and nodded, her eyes looking somewhat complicated.
Although Jiang Liu has many concubines, he has never been pregnant.
Why did the eldest son come from Wei Wanxue...
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an has always had a grudge against Wei Wanxue because of the scandal that happened in Yangzhou.
Wei Wanxue did not live a peaceful life after she got married. Every few days she was either causing trouble for the wife or picking on the concubine.
Not only did he cause unrest in the Jiang family's backyard, but he also kept yelling about how powerful his brother and sister-in-law were every day.
The wife of the Marquis of Lin'an was miserable. Even though Jiang Liu's wife had the support of the Marquis, she was still afraid of Yuan Zhao who was behind Wei Wanxue.
She also heard that Yuan Zhao had condescended to ask for a co-wife position for Wei Wanxue.
Especially after the Wei family returned to Beijing, they naturally knew that Wei Wanxue went to Tingyu Lane every day.
The reason I came here today was, firstly, to use Wei Wanxue to establish a relationship with Yuan Zhao, and secondly, to see Yuan Zhao's attitude.
But Wei Wanxue came to the Wei Mansion with her belly bulging and told the news of her pregnancy.
Jiang Liu was the happiest one. He had always been a playboy, but there had been no news of him having children. His group of friends laughed at him.
Hearing that Wei Wanxue was pregnant, he was naturally happy. He pretended to be concerned and walked forward to support her:
"Wanwan, why didn't you tell me you were pregnant? What if you get hurt?"
Wei Wanxue smiled slyly, "I only found out about this yesterday. It's because my husband doesn't come to my place often."
She took the opportunity to snuggle in Jiang Liu's arms and glanced provocatively at Jiang Liu's wife.
Yuan Zhao looked at the Jiang family's wife's expression, which was not smiling. "Since Wanxue is pregnant, Master Jiang must take better care of her today. Don't let her run around."
"Everyone, please sit inside and don't stand here."
Jiang Liu walked in with Wei Wanxue's arm in arm. Lady Lin'an and Madam Jiang bowed to Yuan Zhao and left with unhappy expressions.
When Wei Shaoqing heard that Wei Wanxue was pregnant, he was in a particularly good mood.
"This is Jiang Liu's eldest son. He will definitely be carefully cultivated by the Lin'an Marquis' Mansion in the future."
"It seems that my Wei family is bound to prosper!" he sighed.
Yuan Zhao smiled and lowered his eyes, "Yes, I will."
…
"Minister of Personnel Chen Jia has arrived!"
"The Minister of Rites, Feng Jia, has arrived!"
"The Dali Temple Minister Zhou Jia has arrived!"
…
Gradually, more and more guests arrived, and the road in front of Tingyu Lane was almost full of carriages.
The people around stopped to watch, after all, these people were all well-known figures in the capital.
Each official is higher than the last.
Wei Shaoqing could laugh happily at first, but gradually he couldn't laugh anymore.
The officials and their wives who came here all gave him a perfunctory congratulations when they saw him:
"Congratulations, Prince Consort, on your promotion!"
"The Censorate is a great place, and the Prince Consort is deeply favored by the Emperor!"
Immediately afterwards, both officials and female relatives squeezed in to speak to Yuan Zhao.
"I haven't seen His Highness for many years, and he's still as stunning as he was back then!"
"This must be your Highness's little daughter, she looks like a lucky doll, and you can tell she's blessed."
"She looks exactly like the princess. She's bound to be a beauty when she grows up."
"These are the second young lady and the third young master, right? Look at their appearance, each one is more handsome than the other."
…
Either they kept calling her "Princess" or praising the three children.
Wei Shaoqing was pushed aside and became upset after hearing what he said.
Looking at Yuan Zhao and those three evil bastards surrounded by the crowd and smiling so brightly, he felt even more annoyed.
But he seemed to have forgotten that today was Yuan Zhizhi's hundred-day banquet.
At this time, a weak voice came from the crowd: "I, the commoner Bai, greet Your Highness."
Yuan Zhao stopped greeting the officials' wives, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked in one direction among the crowd.
Wei Shaoqing didn't expect that Bai would appear in front of Yuan Zhao with Wei Tianen and Wei Jiaojiao.
He originally told her that since she lived in the Wei Mansion, she could just sneak into the banquet and avoid Yuan Zhao.
Although Bai's voice was weak, this sentence still made everyone quiet down.
Others who were unaware of the situation were just wondering why someone would call herself a "common woman" in an occasion like today?
Wei Shaoqing's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously turned to look at Yuan Zhao.
Yuan Zhao's expression was calm, and nothing seemed to be wrong.
"Your Highness, who is this?" asked a noble lady nearby.
"This seems to be the mother of the talented young man who has become very famous in the capital recently. I heard that there was a fire in their house and the princess kindly took her in. She now lives here..." someone explained immediately.
Wei Wanxue, who was standing by, also came to join in the fun and couldn't help but sneer.
Yuan Zhao is such a loser! Her concubines came to the banquet openly, but she was still kept in the dark!
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