Chapter 725 Inviting Friends to Watch the Show
In the courtyard of the Dowager Lady of the Yongchang Marquis's residence.
Madam Wen fell ill, and although her physical condition was fine, she became increasingly anxious and restless.
The case of the deposed crown prince has dragged on for a long time and remains unresolved.
Now, they've even dragged their own family and the King of Chu into this mess.
They wanted to take a risky gamble and force the king to abdicate, but the King of Chu was not so resolute in his decision.
The main party has already given up, so there's no use in them being anxious.
Just as Madam Wen was having a headache, a maid came in to report: "Madam, the Qiao family in the south of the city has sent someone to deliver a message..."
Before the little maid could finish speaking, Madam Wen scolded her angrily, "What is Qiao Qinghe? How dare she send someone to the door of my Yongchang Marquis's residence? Does she even deserve it?"
"Throw them out!"
After Madam Wen finished venting her anger, the little maidservant said tremblingly, "The person... the person has already left. They left a message and then left."
Seeing that Madam Wen was about to get angry, the nanny beside her quickly comforted her, "Madam, don't be angry. Let's listen to what the people from the Qiao family have to say before we get angry."
Madam Wen waved her hand sternly, "Speak, what did Qiao Qinghe send someone to say?"
The old lady's temper has been getting worse lately; she can get scolded and punished if you're not careful.
The young maid was eager to finish speaking and leave, so she quickly said, "Someone from the Qiao family said that Princess Huaiyang was bullied by the consort's family, and the princess sent someone to the Qiao family for help."
"Madam Qiao was afraid that her words carried little weight, and also because she was an outsider, so she specially sent someone to invite the Grand Madam to go to Princess Huaiyang's residence to stand up for Princess Huaiyang!"
After hearing the little girl's words, Madam Wen was furious. "I thought Huaiyang was a capable man, but I misjudged him!"
“A princess was bullied by a commoner; she lost all face.”
The nanny couldn't say anything bad about the princess, so she could only smile apologetically and ask, "Then, Madam, are you going?"
Madam Wen scoffed, "Go! Why wouldn't you go?"
"Li Sanqi would rather seek help from an outsider than from me, isn't it because she's afraid I'll take my anger out on her because of the betrayal of her maid?"
"Ha! Perfect timing! Let's go see what she's up to first, then we can talk to her about that maid!"
"A royal princess like you is being bullied by a family of peasants, and you can't even control your own servants!"
"I really overestimated her before!"
"Prepare the carriage! We're going now!"
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At the same time, the Princess Consort of Chu, the Princess Consort of Qi, Lady Zheng, the Lady of Yongning Marquis, the Princess of Gaoping County, and others also received invitations and rushed to the residence of Princess Huaiyang.
Qiao Qinghe lived in the southern part of the city, the furthest from the northern part. However, she only remembered to inform the others when she was about to leave.
So by the time she arrived, the others had arrived around the same time.
The carriages from the Qiao family and the Yongning Marquis's residence arrived at the Princess's residence one after the other.
The Princess of Gaoping helped Lady Yongning, the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, out of the carriage and walked towards Qiao Qinghe.
The two approached and exchanged greetings.
Lady Yongning then asked, "Madam, what exactly happened?"
Before Qiao Qinghe could answer, the carriage from the Duke of Jin's mansion arrived.
The three men stepped forward to greet Madam Zheng as she alighted from the carriage.
The carriages of Princess Qi, Prince Chu, and Marquis Yongchang arrived shortly after.
Madam Wen was the last to get out of the carriage. When she saw so many people, her eyelids twitched. She subconsciously looked at Qiao Qinghe.
What does this old man want to do by calling all these people over?
As expected, Princess Wenxi of Chu was the first to lose her composure, frowning as she questioned, "Madam Qiao, didn't you only invite me? Why did you invite so many other people?"
As she spoke, she walked to stand beside Madam Wen and said, "It's one thing to invite my grandmother, but why invite so many unrelated people?"
Wenxi's displeased gaze swept over the Lady of Yongning Marquis and the Princess of Gaoping County...
Well, never mind, her relationship with Princess Gaoping isn't too strained.
Since she was the one who took the position of Princess of Chu first, and Yu Huanzhen also received the title of County Princess, it was considered even.
Later, Yu Zhen even helped her calculate it.
His gaze continued to sweep over Madam Zheng...
Well, this person is of noble birth, of high seniority, and a close friend of the Empress Dowager. Although the Empress Dowager is dead, the Emperor still cherishes old memories and has shown considerable favor to the Duke of Jin's family.
As for Qiao Qinghe... let's not talk about her.
Li Sanqi sought help from her, so there was no way she wouldn't come.
In the end, only the Princess Consort of Qi remained.
Since Consort Liu Hui was demoted and Prince Qi was confined to his residence, the Prince Qi's mansion has been quiet.
Unexpectedly, Princess Qi actually dared to come and join in the fun!
What are they up to?
She glanced at Princess Qi, then at Qiao Qinghe.
Although Qiao Qinghe had fallen out with the Qi Prince's Mansion, she still kept the young master of the Qi Prince's Mansion by her side!
It's hard to guarantee that she won't join forces with the Prince Qi's mansion again for the sake of that brat Li Yiqian.
Yes, we have to be careful!
As Wenxi walked to Madam Wen's side, the crowd quickly split into three small groups.
Wenxi and his grandmother, Madam Wen, were in cahoots.
Madam Zheng, the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, and the Princess of Gaoping subconsciously stood together with Qiao Qinghe.
Princess Qi was left all alone.
Upon hearing Wenxi's question, everyone looked at Qiao Qinghe with different expressions.
Not only Wenxi, but also Madam Zheng and Lady Yongning were very curious.
Although Qiao Qinghe gave the reason that she invited them to the princess's residence to seek justice for the princess, the reason sounded absurd no matter how you looked at it.
Let alone the fact that Li Sanqi could not possibly be bullied by the prince consort, how could she possibly ask outsiders for help?
Indeed, Qiao Qinghe's grand gesture of inviting so many people is quite strange.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Qiao Qinghe remained calm.
She smiled at everyone before slowly saying, "Princess Consort of Chu is mistaken."
"Everyone I invited was a complete stranger!"
"You and Madam Wen need no introduction, right? One is the princess's sister-in-law, and the other is the princess's maternal grandmother. They are all her own family."
Madam Wen glanced at Qiao Qinghe disdainfully and scoffed, "Do you even need to tell me that?"
Qiao Qinghe ignored her and continued, "Princess Qi is also the princess's sister-in-law. Although they are not related by blood, no one would object to saying they are family, right?"
The crowd remained silent.
That's a difficult question to answer.
The princess is a royal princess, and the queen is a royal daughter-in-law.
Do you dare say they aren't a family?
Qiao Qinghe continued, "Everyone here should know the relationship between Madam Zheng and the late Empress Dowager."
"As an elder who watched Princess Huaiyang grow up, Madam Zheng is here to visit the princess on behalf of the late Empress Dowager. Does anyone have any objections?"
Once again, everyone was speechless.
Wenxi looked around and realized that only the mother and daughter from the Yongning Marquis's residence remained.
He was about to speak, but then he thought about it and swallowed his words back.
Now that she has replaced Yu Huanzhen as the Princess Consort of Chu, there is no longer any conflict of interest between her and the Yongning Marquis's Mansion.
Therefore, it's best not to offend the Yongning Marquis's mansion.
She remained silent, but Madam Wen showed no sign of letting Qiao Qinghe and the Yongning Marquis's Mansion off the hook.
"And what did they say?" Madam Wen glanced at Lady Yongning and Yu Huanzhen, waiting for Qiao Qinghe to give her a reasonable explanation.
Qiao Qinghe did not disappoint her, and said with a smile, "The Lady of Yongning Marquis is about the same age as the Empress. If the princess does not want the Empress to worry, then I can only ask the Lady of Yongning Marquis to come over, so that she can comfort the princess afterwards."
"As for Princess Gaoping having nothing to do, going out with her mother, that's understandable, isn't it?"
"Besides, since Princess Gaoping has come, we can't just send her back, can we?"
After listening to Qiao Qinghe's forced explanation, Madam Wen was so angry that she didn't know what to say in rebuttal.
However, the person who was even angrier than Madam Wen was Princess Li Sanqi of Huaiyang, who had heard that Qiao Qinghe had summoned so many people!
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