Chapter 256: Tooth for Tooth
Wen Yan returned to "A Little Ink".
There were no customers in the shop anymore and Su He was preparing to close it.
Su He pointed in the direction of the second floor: "Miss, someone is looking for you."
"Is it someone from my stepmother's side?" Wen Yan asked.
Su He shook his head. "No. I don't know that person, but judging by his clothes and demeanor, he must be from a noble family."
"I'll go up and take a look." Wen Yan went upstairs holding up her skirt.
Pei'er put the brocade box containing the new clothes aside and started to tidy up the shop with Suhe.
Wen Yan came to the second floor and found that a young woman was waiting for her.
Wen Yan nodded at her: "I wonder if the young lady is..."
The other party revealed her identity: "I am the head maidservant of Concubine Gong. Tomorrow is the Lotus Appreciation Banquet, and the Concubine asked me to bring some things over."
As she spoke, she handed a brocade box to Wen Yan.
"Thank you, Her Majesty." Wen Yan quickly took it.
She was full of surprise, as she did have some friendship with the Toffee.
Wen Yan was already surprised when she received an invitation to the Lotus Viewing Banquet a few days ago.
Sending another gift now is a bit too much.
The head maid seemed to see her confusion and explained, "The Concubine said that this is suitable for your character."
Wen Yan was still confused.
"Now that the things are delivered, I'll leave first." She smiled, bowed to Wen Yanfu, and went downstairs.
Wen Yan watched her get on the carriage and leave, then opened the box to see what was inside.
It turned out to be an old set of clothes.
The base color is snow-blue, and the outer layer is a lilac gauze dress.
Both the style and the dark patterns on the fabric are quite old.
Concubine Gong had an extraordinary status and was not short of money. Why would she specially give herself an old dress?
Wen Yan carefully traced the dark pattern of cranes and deer in spring on it.
Since she couldn't figure it out, she simply stopped thinking about it.
No words were spoken that night.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the lotus viewing banquet.
Wen Yan and Pei'er have been exhausted lately and can't sleep at all.
It was Su He who knocked on the door again: "Miss, you have to go to a banquet today, get up quickly."
Wen Yan then forced herself to get up.
After quickly washing up, Wen Yan changed into her old clothes.
Su He said, "Miss, didn't you order a dress specifically for this? This dress is too old-fashioned. Wouldn't it be rude to wear it to the Concubine Dowager's birthday party?"
"No. This dress was specially sent to me by the Consort Dowager."
Su He: "Huh?"
After Wen Yan and Pei'er were dressed, they drove the carriage towards the princess's residence where Concubine Gong was executed.
Concubine Gong came from a prominent family and entered the palace at the age of seventeen.
Because of her contribution in protecting and raising the current emperor, after he ascends the throne, he wants to make her the empress dowager, and make her the East and West empress dowager together with her biological mother.
However, Concubine Gong sternly refused: "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and one palace cannot accommodate two masters."
The emperor was grateful for her upbringing and knew that she liked the freedom outside.
So he made an exception for her and allowed her to live outside the palace with her daughter for half of the year.
Although Concubine Gong did not have the honorable title of Empress Dowager, her transcendent status was no different from that of the Empress Dowager.
Not only the civil and military officials in the court, but even the royal family members had to curry favor with him.
Therefore, every time Concubine Gong held a banquet, everyone would be eager to attend.
Wen Yan arrived a little late.
However, after seeing the invitation she took out, the doorman's attitude suddenly became much more respectful.
Immediately, a maid led her to the back garden.
This was not Wen Yan's first time coming to the princess's mansion.
Although she was used to the magnificent decoration, Pei'er looked left and right along the way and her eyes were so busy that she couldn't keep up.
Soon, they arrived at the back garden.
The pond is full of lotus flowers in full bloom, flourishing like a brocade.
All the prominent ladies in the capital gathered here.
Whether standing or sitting by the pond, people are more beautiful than flowers, and flowers are reflected in the lotus face.
Wen Ruyue and Jiang Xinkui, mother and daughter, were also there.
Wen Ruyue was dressed particularly eye-catchingly today, and many people gathered around her to flatter her:
"Ruyue, you're wearing the Wizard of Oz from 'Tianyi Cloth Shop'!
There is only one of its kind in the world.
This dress was ordered after only one day on display.
We were all wondering who would win, but we didn't expect it to be you."
Wen Ruyue covered her face with a fan and chuckled, "I didn't want it, but the prince insisted on buying it for me."
"The jadeite jewelry on your head really suits you. It's obviously worth a lot of money. It must have been bought for you by Master Huo!"
"Master Huo is one of the most talented young men in the capital, and he dotes on you so much. Ruyue, you are so lucky!"
"She's still called Ruyue now, but she should be called Madam Crown Prince..."
Wen Ruyue loves people to please her the most, and she always laughs sweetly with a smile on her face.
Jiang Xinkui stood aside, also looking proud.
Wen Yan felt sarcastic in his heart and didn't want to look any longer.
He took Pei'er for a walk along the deserted path and admired other flowers and plants in the garden.
Wen Ruyue was laughing sweetly when she saw Wen Yan's figure. She frowned slightly, grabbed Jiang Xinkui's arm, and gestured in the direction of Wen Yan: Why is she here!
The head maidservant always stayed by Wen Yan's side.
Wen Yan said, "You go and do your own thing. I won't be in the way."
The head maid saw that Wen Yan didn't like being followed, so she left obediently.
Wen Yan took Pei'er for a stroll, and they were suddenly blocked by someone.
Wen Yan raised her eyes and saw that it was the mother and daughter of the Jiang family.
We had a falling out yesterday.
Wen Yan, however, acted as if nothing had happened and gave Jiang Xinkui a standard blessing salute: "Mother!"
Jiang Xinkui sneered: "When you slandered me yesterday, you didn't care about the mother-daughter relationship at all."
Wen Ruyue also said: "Wen Yan, this is Concubine Gong's banquet, why are you here?
You didn't sneak in under our name, did you? "
Wen Yan smiled and said, "Mother, why are you still angry?
There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between mother and daughter. At your age, it's time to take care of your health. If you get angry and damage your body, it will be Sister Ruyue's fault."
After that, she started to criticize Wen Ruyue again: "Sister, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want.
You slandered me and sneaked in. If others heard it, they would think that the Wen family has no manners!
Where are the manners your mother taught you? Where are the demeanor of a daughter of an official?”
Jiang Xinkui and her daughter's faces turned pale and blue because of her bullying.
Wen Yan sneered.
In her previous life, when she refused to let them exploit her, they talked about her relatives, the grace of raising her, and the family honor.
She had just warmed up, why couldn't they stand it?
Wen Yan looked at the two of them mockingly.
She asked Jiang Xinkui, "You don't want me to take advantage of the large crowd at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet to clarify what happened last night, do you?
For example, I planned everything and you are innocent. Not only did you never hit me, you treated me better than your own daughter!
Wen Yan looked at Wen Ruyue again: "What kind of incense are you asking me to make, or else I will be in trouble?
For example, it made it impossible for my "One Dian Mo" to continue operating.
Or, for example, have Ying Zhilin disqualified from the Autumn Examination?
Looking at the expressions of the mother and daughter as if they had swallowed a fly.
When I heard Yan's words, I knew that I was right.
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