Hearing the joy in her words, Yuan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked over.
The young man was handsome and at first glance he was indeed a rare young talent.
The Lin'an Marquis Jiang family? They were also an upper-class family in the capital.
[Jiang Liu, isn't this the one Wei Wanxue and my second uncle had an affair with after their marriage?]
Yuan Zhizhi lay on Gan Tang's shoulder, staring at the young man in brocade robe in the crowd with her big eyes.
Li, who was standing by, heard Wei Wanxue's words and observed the changes in Yuan Zhao and Wei Wanxue's expressions.
"Miss Wei has good eyesight. The Lin'an Marquis's family is originally from Yangzhou. This Young Master Jiang is also visiting relatives in Yangzhou at the end of the year. He is here with us at the banquet today."
Before Li finished speaking, Wei Wanxue had already lifted her skirt and walked towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
The women behind him murmured quietly, "This young lady from the Wei family has been relying on the titles of Lord Wei and His Highness to become increasingly arrogant and domineering..."
When Li heard this, her face looked a little embarrassed. Yuan Zhao smiled apologetically and continued to listen attentively to Zhizhi's thoughts.
Wei Wanxue initially fell in love with Jiang Liu and wanted her mother to help her arrange a marriage, but her mother refused because she thought Jiang Liu was too romantic.
[For this reason, Wei Wanxue resented her mother for ruining her good marriage, and only later fell in love with her second uncle...]
[But I didn't expect that she had already been involved with Jiang Liu for a long time. After marrying my second uncle, she was still secretly having an affair with Jiang Liu, making my second uncle a cuckold!]
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Yuan Zhao looked at Wei Wanxue running towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake with a cold look in his eyes.
Yesterday she asked Gan Tang to investigate who was attending the banquet at the Zhao Mansion today, and Jiang Liu was among them.
I heard that he and Wei Wanxue met on the way back to Yangzhou from the capital, and had been secretly in contact for a long time.
Seeing Wei Wanxue acting shy and timid next to Jiang Liu, this must be true.
But according to what Yuan Zhao knew, the wife of the Marquis of Lin'an doted on her youngest son. Jiang Liu had been born in a good family since he was a child, and several concubines had been arranged for him when he was eleven or twelve years old.
He looks handsome, but he likes to hang out in places with fireworks.
Just a few days after arriving in Yangzhou, he had already secretly gone to brothels many times and spent a lot of money.
As they were talking, they had already reached the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and the girls and boys dispersed when they saw this.
Seeing Yuan Zhao, Jiang Liu's eyes flashed with surprise. He stepped forward and bowed to her politely, "Junior Jiang Liu greets Your Highness."
Jiang Liu came from the capital. Although he was a playboy, he was a child of a noble family after all, and was very respectful to Yuan Zhao.
Yuan Zhao looked at Jiang Liu and saw that there were dark circles under his eyes and his eyes were cloudy.
She raised her hand to indicate that she didn't need to formality, and sat down with Li and many other ladies.
Seeing Jiang Liu's respectful attitude towards Yuan Zhao, Wei Wanxue immediately sat down next to Yuan Zhao with affection in her eyes and tugged at her sleeve. "Sister-in-law, what do you think of this Young Master Jiang?"
If it were in the past, just as Zhizhi said, Yuan Zhao would definitely not agree to the marriage between Wei Wanxue and Jiang Liu.
But now, that may not be the case...
In front of Li, she didn't say much, just vaguely said: "Let's see..."
Hearing this, Wei Wanxue thought Yuan Zhao was unwilling, so she raised her eyebrows and went somewhere else with a sullen face.
Seeing her being so arrogant, the faces of the women surrounding Yuan Zhao and Li changed slightly.
Yuan Zhao took the cup of tea from Li and said with a smile, "Wanxue has been spoiled by her brother and mother. Madams, please don't be offended."
Someone immediately responded, "Your Highness, you're joking. Miss Wanxue has a princess sister-in-law like you, and she's moved to the capital. How could she still care about our Yangzhou scene?"
The lady who was speaking was surnamed Yuan. She was known in Yangzhou City for her hot temper, and Yuan Zhao had heard of her before.
Now her words were full of sarcasm and ridicule.
But Yuan Zhao was not angry. After all, she was not scolding him, so he could just let her scold him more.
Seeing Yuan Zhao's composure, someone else said, "Speaking of which, Your Highness should go out more often. After all, you are the head lady of the Wei Mansion, right? In the past, it was always the old lady and Miss Wei who came to the banquets. The scene in the Wei Mansion was really not very good..."
Madam Wei was of humble origin, and Wei Wanxue was arrogant, domineering, and petty, neither of whom was presentable.
I think the officials' families in Yangzhou City have been making fun of the Wei family for many years.
"Yes, today after seeing His Highness being so approachable, I realized that everything I heard from His Highness before was not true..." The other lady spoke hastily, but was interrupted by someone next to her.
Those words? What words?
Yuan Zhao was very curious, but he didn't intend to embarrass the people in front of him, so he just pretended not to hear.
"Your Highness's sister-in-law seems to get along quite well with Madam Bai." Li pointed to a woman leaning against a railing not far away and changed the subject. "That's Madam Bai."
Yuan Zhao followed her gaze and saw Bai Ruyue from the front.
"Madam Bai is so simple today! She usually wears gold and silver, but today she only needs a plain hairpin?"
Bai Ruoyue was dressed very simply today, wearing a white dress and a plain hairpin.
[Of course not, hehe, all my treasures have been taken back by my mother! I have nothing to show off!]
Noticing Yuan Zhao's gaze, Bai Ruyue also raised her eyes and looked at her, with some hostility in her eyes.
[Hehe, a concubine has no mother!]
【The scumbag dad is blind! 】
Yuan Zhizhi waved her little hands at Gan Tang.
Yuan Zhao just looked indifferent, and after meeting Bai Ruyue's gaze for a few moments, he turned away indifferently.
She roughly understood why Wei Shaoqing liked Bai Ruyue.
Bai Ruoyue is delicate and pitiful, which can best arouse men's desire to protect her and support their self-esteem.
Wei Shaoqing failed to get what he wanted from Yuan Zhao, so he turned around and went to find Bai Ruyue.
"Madam Li, if you ask me, why did you invite Madam Bai today? Isn't she a thief?" Madam Yuan raised her eyebrows. Naturally, everyone present knew about the commotion that had happened a while ago.
The Li family was clearly surrounding Yuan Zhao today, so why did they invite the Bai family, who had a grudge against the Wei family?
His gaze focused on Yuan Zhao again.
Li cried out, "Ouch!" and said with a smile, "Don't you ladies know this? Although Madam Bai has been in a mess recently, she has a talented son, Wei Tianci, who won two first prizes in a row. Lord Wei praised him so highly. Naturally, this invitation today is for Young Master Wei Tianci..."
"Oh!" Madam Yuan chuckled. "Today, the younger generations have come to see each other. Will Wei Tianci be interested in Yangzhou?"
"However, Madam Bai also has a daughter named Wei Jiaojiao. When she was born, the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple said that this girl had great fortune and was destined to be a phoenix. The Bai family often boasted about this."
Phoenix Life...
Yuan Zhao felt a surge of anger in his heart.
What kind of phoenix destiny is this? Something obtained by stepping on the corpses of her and her children is also called great fortune?
Before she could say anything, Madam Yuan spoke again, "If you have this fate, you must also be blessed to enjoy it."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhao couldn't help but look at Mrs. Yuan and met her eyes.
This Madam Yuan seems to be at odds with the Bai family...
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