"Big sister, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Jiang Ruoting's presence was indispensable for such occasions. The banquet held by the royal family was an opportunity for these aristocratic families to select marriage partners. Moreover, there were still some princes of marriageable age who had not yet decided on their first wives. Many people were eagerly preparing. Although Jiang Ruoting's marriage would not be easily decided, she would not miss such an opportunity to show her presence.

Jiang Ruohua naturally responded with a smile. After chatting for a few words, they talked about the King of Ying. He came back in a dusty manner because of this palace banquet. Jiang Ruoting secretly joked, "Big sister is wearing such gorgeous clothes today, it will definitely attract the attention of the prince."

Jiang Ruohua just pushed her shyly, pretending that she was still a little unhappy, but she was naturally exquisitely dressed today, and she showed the appearance of a lady from an aristocratic family in a dignified manner.

The Third Madam and Jiang Ruoting were unhappy, because the dazzling person could kill them without leaving a single piece of armor even if he only shone a little, but now they had to do this, and had to let Jiang Ruohua radiate her brilliance, so that they could do everything they could to take it all for themselves as before.

Jiang Ruohua's stunning beauty did cause a great stir among the women of the noble families. Compared with the past, there were more noble ladies who came to curry favor with her, and they completely forgot how they avoided Jiang Ruohua in the past.

Jiang Ruohua responded to the people around her in a neutral tone. She was neither humble nor arrogant. She accepted the good words and listened to the bad words. No matter who said anything, she just replied lightly. It was like a punch on cotton. The joke was over.

She was sitting in the front, but she was paying attention to the back. In a few insignificant places, Zhao Yuexi was sitting with several young ladies surnamed Zhao. It was rare not to see her following the King of Ying.

But it was not surprising. The fake King of Ying wanted to put on a show, and it seemed that he really didn't like girls like Zhao Yuexi. There was nothing to say that Zhao Yuexi was not treated as well as before.

In the dream, several young ladies from the Zhao family came to cause trouble. At that time, Zhao Yuexi was still following the Prince of Ying and was very proud. I wonder if this scene will happen again today. The Queen Mother

did not attend today. According to the dream, the Queen Mother's health was not as good as before. The minor illnesses she had before became more serious with age. Not long after that, she died.

The Queen Mother was kind and did not want to control the young people. She led the female family members to talk for a while, then dismissed the young people and let them play on their own. In the garden, the newly opened chrysanthemums were different. Before sending away the female family members, the fake Prince of Ying came in with big strides.

Zhao Yuexi wanted to walk up to him quickly, but was blinded by the fake King of Ying's stupidity. He stood there awkwardly. The fake King of Ying walked quickly and came to Jiang Ruohua. He paused for a moment before saying, "Hmph! That's all."

He left with a cold face as if a group of women blocked his way.

[Ah, my wife is wearing a beautiful outfit today! I don't want to do the mission! Why can't you just send my wife to me?]

Jiang Ruohua:...

What's going on? It's

a fuss.

But she soon figured it out. The whole city was in turmoil because of the incident of worshipping Guanyin, no, it was the Prince of Ying who turned around and asked about her well-being. People who had nothing to do with it watched the excitement and jokes, and laughed at the Prince of Ying chasing his wife to the crematorium. But in fact, both she and the Prince of Ying were not simple. The Prince of Ying must have enemies in the court, and they were naturally waiting for this opportunity to catch the Prince of Ying.

The Prince of Ying's deliberate rejection was undoubtedly an announcement to the outside world that he was not chasing her.

Smart, but smart in a more tactful way. On the

contrary, it was very obvious that he was trying to cover up his own intentions .

Everyone looked at Jiang Ruohua. Jiang Ruohua looked normal. She didn't take the incident seriously. Instead, she continued to talk about the previous topic. Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, everyone stopped trying to please her.

Zhao Yuexi didn't follow after all. Her embarrassment became a joke among the noble ladies.

"Miss Jiang."

Two people came at an inappropriate time. When she looked up and found that they were the two young ladies of the Zhao family, she said a few words to please them, but it was inevitably sarcastic.

"After all, she is a daughter of the Duke's Mansion. She is good in every way. My sisters really envy her."

"Yes, unlike some people who don't know how to behave when living under someone else's roof."

The two young ladies of the Zhao family sang the same tune, flattering Jiang Ruohua and stepping on Zhao Yuexi, causing the noble ladies around them to frown and look unhappy.

When Zhao Yuexi heard this, her eyes were red with grievance.

"Miss Jiang, let's go, lest someone bring bad luck to you."

"Yes, it's done, but you can't talk about it."

Jiang Ruohua raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes were slightly cold: "Forget it, I'm afraid I don't get along with the two young ladies. Although I am still young and ignorant, I know the principle of being grateful to others. How can I eat with a bowl and then put it down to scold my mother?"

"Forget it, even dogs know to wag their tails at people, but some people are worse than dogs." She glanced at the two young ladies of the Zhao family and was about to leave with the others, "Excuse me, both of you."

The two young ladies of the Zhao family were both stunned, but after they took two steps out, they realized it belatedly and got angry. They were about to start cursing behind them, but one of the young ladies kindly reminded them, "This is the imperial palace. If you want to act rashly, you should consider the place."

This made the two of them embarrassed and scared, and they subdued their anger. But before leaving, they did not forget to glare at Zhao Yuexi fiercely to vent their hatred.

Zhao Yuexi's heart was too complicated. She was stunned for a long time. After she went back and closed the door, she thought that there were more unpleasant words waiting for her. The one who spoke up for her in front of others was the woman she hated. She might not want to hate, but she had to hate. The only hope in her life was the King of Ying. Without the King of Ying, she had no place to go. She couldn't get back the face she had given up. She finally waited for the King of Ying to break off the engagement with Jiang Ruohua, but then the King of Ying needed Jiang Ruohua and the Jiang family...

What should she do?

She seemed to be about to lose the favor of the King of Ying. Without this favor, how would the Zhao family, who didn't like her, treat her? And how should she think about the enemies who showed kindness to her at this time so as not to regard her kindness as false mercy?

"Why did Miss Jiang stand up for her?"

"I was just thinking, as a fellow woman, why should we be so aggressive? What's more, we are sisters from the same family. Those words are really chilling." Although

what she said was true, Jiang Ruhua thought that she was more fed up with the two sisters from the Zhao family who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak.