Chapter 83 Difficulty
Zhao Shiwen thought: If I get in this way, I will probably have a low status in the Duke's Mansion, and others will use this to attack me in the future. I am not stupid. Indeed, I am somewhat interested in this young master, but this requires the young master to willingly divorce Xu Qingyan before marrying me, and this mistake must be made by Xu Qingyan first. After all, threatening to take the position with a child is the most despicable means.
"What's wrong with that? You don't know how much the Duke's Mansion values offspring. As long as you have a child, the Duke's wife and the others will definitely take good care of you!" Xu Qingyue retorted, but she did not intend to tell Zhao Shiwen the reason.
Now, the whole Duke's Mansion knew that Pei Jingchuan only had two years to live, but no one dared to discuss it, so as long as she didn't say anything, then Zhao Shiwen would never know. If she knew, I'm afraid she would regret it.
Zhao Shiwen said without comment: "We still have to take our time with this matter."
Xu Qingyue didn't say much when she saw this. Judging from Zhao Shiwen's expression today, she knew that she was interested in Pei Jingchuan. She didn't believe that Zhao Shiwen would not take any action later.
In the next two days, just as Xu Qingyue had expected, Zhao Shiwen often went to Xu Qingyan to chat.
Of course Xu Qingyan also knew that this cousin had other intentions, so she didn't pay much attention to her. Sometimes she would just close the door and refuse visitors, or go out to play with Pei Jinyu.
That day, when she and Pei Jinyu were playing shuttlecock in the garden, they suddenly received an invitation.
"The Third Prince's wife invited me to a flower-viewing banquet?" Xu Qingyan couldn't help but ask curiously after opening the invitation.
"Sister-in-law, the Third Prince's wife probably wants to punish you at this flower-viewing banquet. Let's just say we are sick and don't want to go." Pei Jinyu, who was standing by, couldn't help but complain when she saw this.
Last time, they embarrassed the Third Prince's wife at the banquet. This time, they actually posted an invitation to invite them. Who would believe that this was not to embarrass them?
"Well! Then let's do as the eldest lady said." Xu Qingyan threw the invitation into Dan Yan's hand and said lightly.
Knowing that this was a Hongmen Banquet, Xu Qingyan would naturally not go. But she did not expect that the Third Prince's wife had already known that she would refuse, and gave her a reason not to refuse.
Dan Yan looked at Xu Qingyan in embarrassment and said, "Crown Princess, the Third Prince's wife said that the Crown Princess will also attend the flower viewing banquet, and the Crown Princess specifically mentioned that she wants to see you."
"Crown Princess?" Xu Qingyan looked puzzled and frowned as she thought for a long time before she thought of the matter regarding the Crown Princess.
Hearing this, Xu Qingyan said, "This Third Prince's Consort is really treacherous! Knowing that I would refuse this Hongmen Banquet, she even brought up the Crown Princess."
After Xu Qingyan finished speaking, she thought in her heart: [Speaking of this Crown Princess, she is not a good person! She and the Third Prince's Concubine, they are like-minded. No! It should be said that she is the Third Prince's Concubine's lackey! She knew that the Crown Prince was unreliable, so she didn't like him at the beginning and joined the Third Prince's Concubine early! The Crown Princess and the Third Prince's Concubine are childhood friends. The Crown Princess was not as smart as the Third Prince's Concubine since she was a child, and she had a crush on the Third Prince when she was a child. The Third Prince also knew it very well, so he had been secretly communicating with her for a long time! ]
The more Xu Qingyan thought about it, the more she felt that this Crown Princess was pathetic. [The Third Prince used her to deal with the Crown Prince. The reason why the Crown Prince was so obsessed with beauty was more or less because she had drugged him! But she got what she deserved. After the Third Prince ascended the throne, he still poisoned her to death with a glass of poisoned wine! Her life was really ridiculous. She was either used by the Third Prince or used by the Third Prince's wife to bully others. But she didn't even realize it! ]
Pei Jinyu, who was standing by, couldn't help swallowing her saliva when she heard this. She kept blinking her eyes and thought: Oh my God! She didn't hear it wrong! The Crown Princess actually has a crush on the Third Prince! The Third Prince's wife has a crush on her eldest brother! The feelings of this royal daughter-in-law, are they really that messy!
There was no other way. Since the Crown Princess had spoken, Xu Qingyan had no choice but to attend the banquet.
The flower viewing banquet was in three days, and she didn't have much time to prepare, so Xu Qingyan simply borrowed a few female secret guards from Pei Jingchuan to prevent anyone from attacking them at the banquet. Based on her experience of reading novels for so many years, such banquets were nothing more than pushing you into trouble, drugging you, and destroying your innocence, so it was best for her to bring a few masters with her this time.
——Flower viewing banquet——
Three days later, Xu Qingyan and Pei Jinyu planned to take a carriage to the Third Prince's Mansion together. When she was at the door, she didn't expect to run into Xu Qingyue and Zhao Shiwen.
Xu Qingyue took the initiative to greet them, and she only then realized that the Third Prince's wife had actually invited them. However, she did not pay much attention to it, but took different carriages with them to go to the Third Prince's Mansion.
——The Third Prince’s Mansion——
There were carriages lined up at the door, and noble ladies came in groups of two or three, handing in their invitations one by one in an orderly manner.
Xu Qingyan walked slowly to the door, and the maid beside her took out the invitation and handed it to the gatekeeper. As they were about to step into the gate, they were suddenly stopped by a hand.
"Madam, your invitation came in through another door." The servant said with a smile respectfully.
"Oh! Are we different from others?" Xu Qingyan frowned in confusion when she heard that.
The servant said, "Yes, Madam, your invitation is different from everyone else's, so please come over here with me."
As he said that, the servant turned around and walked to the side with Xu Qingyan. Seeing this, Pei Jinyu naturally followed Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan and the others followed the servant to a deserted little door. There were still a lot of moss on the door. The surroundings were deserted and no one was around. It was obviously a small path. Not to mention that they would be laughed at after entering if they took this path, even the moss on the door would easily make them fall if they stepped on it.
When Xu Qingyan and the others saw this, they of course realized that the Third Prince's wife was deliberately making things difficult for her.
So, Xu Qingyan sneered and said, "Since you guys won't let me in, I'll go back to the Duke's Mansion. If you ask me about it, I'll say that I've been here before, but the servants in the Third Prince's Mansion made it difficult for me to go in."
"Hmph! Sister-in-law, since you're not going, then I won't go either!" Pei Jinyu raised her chin and snorted coldly. This was obviously going too far!
Upon hearing this, the servant's face changed immediately, "Madam, this is the Third Prince's wife's intention. I am just following the orders from above."
"Jinyu, let's go!" Xu Qingyan was too lazy to talk to him and turned around to leave.
The servant was stunned when he saw this. He never thought that Xu Qingyan would turn around and leave so directly. If he let them go, what should he do if the Third Prince's wife blamed him?
Seeing that Xu Qingyan was walking further and further away, the servant was anxious and had to chase after her and said, "Madam, please wait for me. I will let you go in through the main gate. I beg you, please don't tell the Third Prince's wife, okay?"
Xu Qingyan was not the kind of person who would make things difficult for the lower-class servants, so she nodded and agreed. Then, they walked in through the main door in an open and aboveboard manner.
--garden--
The Third Prince's wife and the Crown Princess sat in the main seats high up. They were talking about how to bully Xu Qingyan later when they suddenly saw Xu Qingyan walking towards them from the opposite side, neatly dressed.
Seeing this, the Third Prince's wife couldn't help but widen her eyes and thought: How could she not have fallen? How come she looked like nothing happened?
Xu Qingyan naturally also noticed the surprised expression of the Third Prince's wife. After she and Pei Jinyu approached, she first bowed politely to the Third Prince's wife and the Crown Princess' wife, and then found a place to sit down.
"Wait, did I ask you to sit down?" Suddenly, the Crown Princess said coldly.
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