Chapter 448: Make room for the Fifth Princess
Wen Yan tapped her forehead lightly: "You are starting to learn to use idioms."
Pei'er stuck out her tongue playfully and flattered: "That's also because of the young lady's good teaching!"
"Then Miss, should we take care of this matter? Wen Ruyue always does something funny."
Open a clothing store?
Wen Yan had already guessed what Wen Ruyue wanted to do.
It was nothing more than copying and selling the clothing styles that sold well in her previous life.
She put a lot of effort into creating those styles.
She would not let Wen Ruyue use her hard work to make a profit.
Wen Yan said to Pei'er, "After the banquet, go to Tianyi Cloth Shop and find Shopkeeper Cui. Ask him to pick out two of the best embroiderers and tailors. They will be of great use to me."
"Okay, miss." Pearl took note of the matter.
Soon, they arrived at the Lan Mansion.
Wen Yan got off the carriage with Pei'er's help.
Wen Yan looked at the tall gate of the Lan family and felt very confused.
It was originally thought that with Lan Hong being imprisoned, the Lan family would also collapse.
It has been almost a year since Lan Hong was taken back to the capital, and the other members of the Lan family have not made much achievements.
Not only did the emperor not sentence Lan Hong, he also continued to favor the Lan family as before.
Why would the emperor continue to indulge the Lan family despite the pressure from most of the court?
Judging from the memories of the two lives, the emperor is not a foolish person.
That means the emperor has other plans.
Then why does the emperor indulge the Lan family so much?
Wen Yan shook his head and threw away many thoughts in his mind.
Soon, she went up with Pearl.
The Lan family's housekeeper took the invitation and confirmed that it was correct. Instead of inviting them in, he deliberately ignored them.
There were people coming and going at the gate, and the two of them standing there were constantly being stared at and peeped at.
Pearl felt uncomfortable being stared at by them, and a surge of anger rose in her heart, but she did not show it.
Instead, he whispered to Wen Yan, "Miss, what do these people want to do? Are they deliberately making us act like monkeys at the door to entertain their Spring Festival Banquet?
This is too much!"
Pearl pouted, looking like an unhappy 'baby'.
Wen Yan thought that the Lan family was holding back some big trick, but she didn't expect it to be such a low-level and humiliating method.
Wen Yan patted her hand and comforted Pei'er: "Don't worry, your young lady is here."
She turned to the housekeeper who was receiving guests and said loudly: “The Lan family took the initiative to give me an invitation, so I dressed up to attend.
But I didn't expect that you guys were trying to make things difficult for me and make me look bad here.
Since your family does not welcome us, we will take our leave."
After Wen Yan finished speaking, he nodded to everyone, turned around and left.
Pei'er put her hands on her hips, snorted at the housekeeper, turned around and caught up with Wen Yan.
Not until Wen Yan and the other two got into the carriage did the driver crack the whip and the carriage drove away.
The housekeeper then realized that Wen Yan and his servant were not pretending.
The housekeeper was getting anxious when a female housekeeper from the inner courtyard hurried out.
He pinched the butler's waist hard and said, "Why don't you go and keep him here quickly? The master told you to let him in after giving him some trouble, but he didn't tell you to drive him away.
If you drive them away, who will perform on the stage that the master has set up?"
The housekeeper was startled and, holding up the hem of his robe, he ran after her and stopped the carriage. "It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. I was too busy and neglected Miss Liu.
Miss Liu, you are a magnanimous person, so I believe you will not hold a grudge against a servant like me."
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and his face was full of flattery.
The carriage was silent and no one responded.
Is this forcing him to apologize publicly?
The housekeeper gritted his teeth and bowed to apologize, "It's my fault. I looked down on you and deliberately made things difficult for you.
Please forgive me, sir."
There was still no movement in the carriage.
The housekeeper's face flushed red, and he said as many nice things as he could: "If you don't forgive me, I will have no choice but to kneel down and beg you."
After a while, the curtain of the carriage was lifted.
Wen Yan glanced at the housekeeper, then got out of the carriage and swaggered into the Lan family's door.
The people who were watching the show at the door looked at each other in shock.
This Miss Liu must be the adopted daughter of the Wen family.
Now the Wen family has become a rat crossing the street, and everyone is shouting and beheading them.
How dare she, an adopted daughter, challenge the Lan family?
After Wen Yan entered the Lan Mansion, she was led by a maid and soon arrived at the garden, where all the female guests were.
Wen Yan looked around the scene and saw several familiar faces.
Mr. Wen is only a fourth-rank official, not as good as the top, but better than the bottom.
But there were many gatherings that the Wen family could not attend.
Most of the guests invited by the Lan family were people Wen Yan had met before but was not qualified to make friends with.
Soon someone recognized Wen Yan.
He came over and started talking to her: "Hey, isn't this the adopted daughter of the Wen family? With such a big thing happening in the Wen family, how come you still have the mood to attend the Spring Banquet?"
"Sister Mei, you just returned to the capital, so you might not know yet, but Wen Yan and the Wen family have long since severed all ties."
Sister Mei frowned, looking puzzled: "After more than ten years of raising me, can you really just break off the relationship?"
The female guests burst into laughter.
Wen Yan did not explain, but smiled at Sister Mei, found a secluded empty seat, drank tea and ate snacks with Pei'er, and waited for the Lan family's next move.
When the female guests saw that Yan was unmoved, they gave up their thoughts.
Being in the Lan family, they didn't dare to cause trouble without the master's permission, and no one came forward to make friends with her.
Wen Yan and Pei'er sat there in silence. Pei'er's legs were sore from standing, and she kept pounding her legs.
After waiting for a long time, the Lan family members showed up until the banquet started.
The girls from the Lan family walked in, surrounded by a woman dressed elegantly.
Wen Ruyue actually followed them.
All the female guests knelt and bowed, "Greetings to the Fifth Princess."
Wen Yan also knelt down.
Fifth Princess?
It seems that she is Concubine Lan's only daughter.
People outside say that she is graceful and elegant, and is worthy of being a role model of a mediocre woman.
But these are just rumors outside.
The real Fifth Princess is domineering and plundering, and she will definitely get whatever she sets her eyes on.
Wen Yan suddenly remembered that on the day when Yingzhi became the top scholar in the forest, the emperor wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but after he sternly rejected it, the news was blocked.
It was the Meng family who secretly sent him the news.
I guess the woman who was granted marriage must be the fifth princess.
He specially invited her here today. Could it be that he wanted to get rid of her and make room for the fifth princess?
She thought about what the solutions were:
Fell into the water and was rescued by a stranger?
Raped by incense?
Or just take her life?
Suddenly.
Wen Yan felt the hairs on his back stand on end, as if he was being stared at by a cold and poisonous snake.
She wanted to look up to see who had locked onto her, but she restrained herself.
Ji Xiangyun was extremely disappointed when he saw this.
What a waste, not presentable.
She also wanted to wait until Wen Yan looked up at her, then punish her for her rudeness and slap her twenty or thirty times to vent her anger.
It seems that we can only wait a little longer.
This spring banquet is actually a blind date.
At the Fifth Princess's command, the highlight of the Spring Banquet officially began.
The seats for male and female guests were also combined together, with only a one-meter-wide stream separating them. Then the male and female guests began to show their talents.
They put in their best efforts to show off their talents in the hope of attracting the woman or man of their dreams.
After Zhu Lele finished dancing on the stage, she turned around and looked at Wen Yan: "Wen Yan, since you're here, you won't be too scared to go on stage, right?"
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