【Emperor Chapter 36】Hundred Flowers Banquet

Yun Wan has always considered herself the best among the imperial concubines in the capital. Her father is the Marquis of Weiyuan, her aunt is the imperial concubine, her cousin is the prince, and she has been in and out of the palace since she was a child. Which of these things is not the first?

And now, an orphan girl who was found from the people has actually stolen her limelight? There are even rumors that the granddaughter of Master Jiang was rescued by the Sixth Prince by chance at the border, and Master Jiang intends to marry his granddaughter to the Sixth Prince.

Who doesn't know that Yun Wan and the Sixth Prince are already engaged?

They haven't even got married yet, but now they have a rival in love. After hearing this, Yun Wan was so angry that she couldn't even sew her dowry.

Soon, Chu Jiao received a name card from the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion, and Miss Yun San invited her to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

Chu Jiao smiled after reading the name card. She had gone through so much trouble just to provoke Yun Wan, waiting for this.

Jing Chen was fighting hard on the front line, and she couldn't just sit there and wait.

Marquis Weiyuan was secretly colluding with the enemy and had tremendous power. In the original novel, Jing Chen took a lot of effort to overthrow him after he ascended the throne. He secretly collected evidence for several years before convicting him. Among them, an important piece of evidence was unexpectedly hidden by Marquis Weiyuan on his daughter Yun Wan. In the original novel, Yun Wan didn't find this thing until she entered the palace and accidentally quarreled with the male protagonist.

Whether it was out of mission or selfishness, Chu Jiao didn't want Jing Chen to have more contact with Yun Wan, so since Chu Jiao came back, she has been thinking about how to get it from the heroine in advance.

The Marquis's Mansion was heavily guarded. Although she had some skills, she was still no match for the patrol guards. Moreover, if she came into contact with the heroine abruptly, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

So Chu Jiao deliberately showed her affection for Jing Chen in front of others, and even made up a story about a hero rescuing a down-and-out beauty. Anyway, if someone was interested, they would find out that she came from the border, so she and Master Jiang had already agreed on the words in advance, which made the lie more reasonable.

Chu Jiao saw through the heroine's psychology from the original work. Yun Wan, who was naturally proud, had a strong desire to win, so once she knew about it, she would never allow her to exist in such an inconvenient way.

This just happened to be in line with Chu Jiao's plan.

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The Hundred Flowers Banquet was held in the villa of the Marquis of Weiyuan. All the famous ladies in the capital were present. Yun Wan even invited the Fifth Princess to support her, in order to make Chu Jiao feel ashamed and understand how far she was from the proud girl of heaven, and stop dreaming of clinging to the Sixth Prince.

In fact, the ladies in the capital were secretly laughing at Yun Wan, laughing at her for being married to the Sixth Prince, who had no achievements and a disabled face, and now she had fallen to the point of having to use such a banquet to protest against a woman who was found from the people. Yun Wan was disdainful to explain to them, but she was still holding back her anger.

On the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, an urgent battle report from the border reached the capital from 800 miles away, reporting a great victory for the Daye Army, which had advanced 50 miles to the Nanman. The Sixth Prince even bravely seized the head of a Nanman general, which frightened the Nanman. The news spread throughout the court and the country in an instant, and the Sixth Prince instantly became very popular.

Everyone knows how important military power is. Now that the emperor is getting older and the successor is still undecided, although most people have their eyes on the Third and Fourth Princes, the Sixth Prince's status is different now that he has made military achievements.

Yun Wan echoed the flattering words of her "good sisters" one by one, and she was not surprised in her heart. She was confident in her own judgment, and she had long known that the Sixth Prince was definitely not an ordinary person.

Chu Jiao arrived early, and sat in a corner with the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. She did not participate in the discussion, but just silently observed the heroine. It can be said that she is worthy of being the heroine. Although she is young, her housekeeper's skills are very mature. The whole Hundred Flowers Banquet was arranged in an orderly manner without any loopholes.

As the host, Yun Wan was more concerned about entertaining the guests. It was not until the end of lunch that she had some energy to find out the truth about Chu Jiao.

"I heard that Princess Jiao was accidentally rescued from the hands of the villains by my sixth brother. I wonder if this is true?" The fifth princess Jing Ya asked for her friend as a pawn.

The reason why rumors are rumors is that they have not been confirmed by the parties involved.

The Fifth Princess asked such a question in front of everyone, and specifically mentioned the "bad guy". If Chu Jiao answered yes, her innocence might be ruined.

"Bad guy is fake, but it's true that I met the Sixth Prince by chance," Chu Jiao stood up and bowed, and simply replied with two sentences, clarifying one point and emphasizing another point, "Chu Jiao was just an ordinary farm girl before, but now the emperor has given her the name "Huan Jiao", which makes me feel really terrified."

The implication is that the whole matter has been finalized by the emperor, and if the Fifth Princess still said something groundless, she would be going against the emperor.

Jing Ya had hit a soft nail and had to stop talking. Chu Jiao was standing a little far away. She looked up and felt that the face looked familiar, so she said, "Come closer and let me see you."

Chu Jiao's heart skipped a beat, but she still took two steps forward with a calm face.

"Hey, Awan," the fifth princess pondered for a long time and felt that Chu Jiao's face was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before. "Don't you think Princess Hao Jiao looks familiar?"

Yun Wan was drinking peach juice nonchalantly. As soon as Chu Jiao arrived today, she looked at her from a distance. In her heart, she only felt that this woman was dressed in a tacky way and her appearance was ordinary. The rumors were not credible, so she had already put her mind at ease. At this moment, after hearing what the fifth princess said, she raised her eyelids and looked at Chu Jiao carefully again. This time, her hand suddenly trembled, and the cup in her hand clinked, and the juice splashed all over her.