After Xiao Moyan left, everyone started discussing it.
They dared not discuss Xiao Moyan, but they felt no pressure when discussing the Qian family.
[I never imagined that Miss Qian could be so impatient; she even dared to have an affair at the Princess's residence.]
"That's right, she's still an unmarried girl. Who would want her in the future?"
【Are you confused? If she goes with the First Prince, who would dare to take her? Besides, didn't the First Prince say he would give her the position of concubine when he left?】
[What concubine? To put it nicely, she's a concubine; to put it bluntly, she's just a mistress.]
Qian Yingying is the legitimate daughter of a prestigious family, and she is qualified to be the principal wife. Now she has to be a concubine. How can she not feel resentful?
Soon someone chimed in, "Who knows, maybe he was willing. Didn't the eldest prince say when he left that it was the eldest daughter of the Qian family who drugged him?"
Tsk tsk, this prince is really lucky with women.
By the way, do you remember what Miss Qian said when she fell into the water at Madam Pei's birthday banquet?
What did you say?
Didn't she say that the second daughter of Lady Mingzhao's family was not good enough for the newly appointed top scholar, Han Yu?
I heard that Miss Qian sent gifts to Scholar Han several times, but he returned them all...
These people can gossip so much that they can even find out the color of someone's underwear, and they get more and more excited as they talk about it.
Although Qian Yingying didn't want to listen, these words kept getting into her ears.
Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. She poked her head out from under the covers and roared at the onlookers, "I didn't drug the Crown Prince! He's the one who drugged me! That's why I'm like this! I didn't!"
Because she was so excited, the blanket slipped off her body, revealing patches of purplish-blue bruises on her skin.
Looking at the mottled marks on her body, one can imagine how intense the battle had just taken place.
Only Miss Yu clenched her hands tightly, biting her lip hard, her eyes fixed on Qian Yingying.
This is her best friend, who specializes in stealing her man.
She had told Qian Yingying that she liked Xiao Moyan.
She has already given herself to Xiao Moyan, and Xiao Moyan has promised to give her a formal status.
Now that the two people she trusts most are treating her like this, she can't blame her for being ruthless.
Thinking of this, Miss Yu reached out and touched her stomach. Since they were so heartless, she wouldn't be so ruthless either.
Upon hearing Qian Yingying's words, Madam Qian quickly scolded, "Shut up! You shameless thing!"
Not only did she seduce the eldest prince, she also tried to smear him.
"The Crown Prince is already being generous by taking you on as a concubine. If you dare to spout nonsense again, you're no longer a daughter of the Qian family."
Madam Qian's words had the air of someone who would sacrifice family for the greater good.
Qian Yingying was stunned when she heard this; even her mother didn't believe her.
Who cares about the position of the eldest prince's concubine? She's not the principal wife, so she'll always be inferior.
Besides, the eldest prince is so licentious that the women in his harem could practically run a brothel.
The more Qian Yingying thought about it, the more desperate she felt. Suddenly, she stood up and slammed her head against the door frame.
He was immediately hit on the head, bleeding profusely, and passed out.
Madam Qian still felt sorry for her daughter. She had no choice but to say those things. Qian Yingying was destined to marry the eldest prince. If the eldest prince's reputation was ruined, it would be of no benefit to her or the Qian family.
But Madam Qian never expected that her daughter would attempt suicide.
So he didn't care about anything else and quickly ran over to pick up his daughter.
Madam Yu then ordered her personal maid to take off her clothes and cover Qian Yingying with them.
Then he said to Princess Fushou, "Princess, this is a matter of life and death. Please find a physician from the palace to examine Yingying."
Our Yingying can't lose her life just because she attended the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Princess Fushou was immediately displeased upon hearing this. Not only had they ruined her Hundred Flowers Banquet, but now Madam Yu's words also seemed to carry a threatening tone.
It's utterly ridiculous. Is Princess Fushou someone who can be threatened?
However, since human life is at stake, it would be bad luck for Qian Yingying to die in her mansion.
So she instructed the maid beside her, "Go and fetch the royal physician. Otherwise, if Miss Qian dies in my princess's residence, I will be in deep trouble."
Upon hearing this, the maidservant quickly went to fetch the family physician.
Soon an old man with a white beard carrying a medicine box came over.
Seeing that the courtyard was full of people, the old doctor acted as if he didn't see them and walked straight to Princess Fushou.
Princess Fushou said, "Look, the one lying on the ground is Miss Qian. Go and see her. Make sure she doesn't die in our mansion, or who knows what rumors will spread in the future."
Upon hearing this, the old doctor quickly agreed and then stepped forward to take Qian Yingying's pulse.
After finishing with his right hand, he frowned and switched to his left hand. After a while, he said, "Your limbs feel weak and your whole body is exhausted. This is probably due to excessive indulgence after taking aphrodisiacs."
However, it was precisely because of excessive indulgence that he lacked strength, and although the wound on his forehead looked serious, it was not fatal.
"I'll prescribe a couple of formulas to replenish your qi and blood, and you'll be fine after that."
The old doctor's words caused another uproar. Miss Qian had been drugged. Who drugged her? Could it really be the eldest prince?
But the eldest prince is, after all, a prince, and these people cannot discuss him in public.
But what they really think, and what kind of whispers they whisper in their husbands' ears when they get home, is anyone's guess.
After writing the prescription, the old doctor handed it to Madam Qian and left.
Princess Fushou said listlessly upon seeing this, "Alright, the excitement is over, everyone disperse. What a bad omen for such a wonderful banquet."
After finishing her speech, Princess Fushou went straight back to her courtyard.
Seeing that Princess Fushou had already given the order to leave, the group naturally did not linger any longer and left the princess's residence in small groups.
Yan Qingqing and Madam Pei, along with Mu Xi and Lan Yu'er, also left and returned to their respective residences.
After boarding the carriage, Mu Xicai asked, "Madam, how did it go? Did it work?"
Yan Qingqing smiled and nodded: "Of course it worked. How could it not work if you arranged it yourself?"
After Li Yueniang confided in Yan Qingqing, she began planning this incident.
Yan Qingqing learned from Xiao Mochen that Princess Fushou had a hobby of matchmaking and would hold a Hundred Flowers Banquet every year to invite young men and women from the capital.
So she had Mu Xi plant people in the Princess's residence long ago, waiting for this day.
To ruin her daughters' reputations, she destroyed them completely.
Yan Qingqing was not incapable of using such despicable methods; she simply disdained to employ them.
But if pushed too far, she wouldn't care about being shameless. An eye for an eye is Yan Qingqing's consistent style.
Yan Qingqing then said to Mu Xi, "Don't forget to have the storyteller tell the story of today."
"Our Moon Goddess has been the subject of so much gossip and controversy for so long; it's time for a change of leadership."
Mu Xi quickly agreed. The lady was right; the best way to dispel rumors was to create new, even more sensational ones.
However, Yan Qingqing did not expect that the benefits brought by this matter would go far beyond that.
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