Shen Yue looked around and saw that most of the people around were familiar faces, but they were just nodding acquaintances.
Not far away, a group of noble ladies gathered around a man, chattering away. Faintly, they were all compliments.
Of course, there are also people who disdain such scenes and just sit aside and drink tea calmly.
Before Shen Yue could sit down, Su Shunci who came in later called her.
"Miss San, you are here too."
Shen Yue turned around and saw that it was Su Shunci, and she also smiled.
Fu Shen called out, "Aunt, you can just call me Yue'er."
According to the relationship between the two families, she should indeed call him that. But Su Shunci grinned at what she heard and said hurriedly, "How about we just talk about our own affairs? You call me Ah Ci and I call you Sister Yue?"
Shen Yue quickly shook her head, "Etiquette cannot be abandoned. We are legitimate relatives, how can we call each other like that?"
She respected her third uncle and third aunt. This was her third aunt's biological sister, so even though Su Shunci was younger than her, the generations could not be messed up.
Su Shunci could only respond by calling her "Auntie" and walked more deliberately and dignifiedly. As an auntie, she had to behave like one.
Su Xiangling, who had just been surrounded by everyone like a star, saw Su Shunci coming. She walked through the crowd and came to Su Shunci, "Why are you here? Who are you? Is this the place you can come to?"
Su Shunci snorted, "You can come, why can't I?"
Next to Su Xiangling was Liu Qianning, the daughter of Liu Chen, the Junior Secretary of the Zhanshi Mansion.
Liu Qianning sneered, "How can you compare with the Second Young Lady? The Second Young Lady is not only the Su family's legitimate daughter, but also favored by the Crown Prince."
Then he turned to Su Xiangling and asked, "Is this the illegitimate daughter of your family who reeks of money? She's really not presentable."
In fact, Liu Qianning just wanted to support Su Xiangling, thinking that if Su Xiangling was favored by the prince, her father would also be able to have a good future with the prince in the future.
As for those words that were meant to discredit Su Shunci, she didn't even think about it when she said them.
Shen Yue was afraid that Su Shunci would feel wronged and dare not talk back, so she wanted to speak up for her.
"Liu..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she saw Su Shunci had already walked up to Liu Qianning and reached out to touch Liu Qianning's clothes.
"Miss Liu, are you jealous of the rich? I reek of money. The brocade I'm wearing is a new style this year and it's not cheap. But the one you're wearing is made of the fashionable material from last year, right?"
After Su Shunci said this, everyone's eyes fell on Liu Qianning's clothes.
Liu Qianning's face turned red instantly, and she subconsciously pinched the corner of her clothes and took two steps back.
Her father had come from the countryside and passed the imperial examination. It was a great fortune for him to be able to enter the Zhanshi Mansion. Her family was not as wealthy as those of the noble families, so naturally they would not spend a lot of money to make clothes for her.
Su Xiangling immediately scolded, "Fourth sister, how could you say that about Sister Qian Ning? She didn't say anything, but your words are so hurtful."
"You apologize to her right now, or don't blame me for being rude."
Su Shunci rolled her eyes at Su Xiangling and said, "Second sister, are you deaf? I was just chatting about clothing materials, how could it be so hurtful?"
Su Xiangling has been highly praised by the noble ladies in Beijing recently. It was natural for her to feel embarrassed when Su Shunci interrupted her.
She never took Su Shunci seriously, so she raised her hand and hit Su Shunci in the face.
He said, "You didn't sneak in, did you? How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send you a message?"
Shen Yue was startled and shouted, "How dare you do this."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a long thin whip suddenly swung from behind Su Shunci and directly wrapped around Su Xiangling's wrist.
"Who gave you permission to do that to her?"
"I brought her here, who are you to question?"
Song Wanwan, dressed in riding clothes, stood beside Su Shunci with a cold face. She swung the whip in her hand to the side, and Su Xiangling fell to the side.
"What are you doing? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is hosting a banquet, and Miss Song not only brought a whip in, but also dared to attack directly. Aren't you afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's blame?"
Su Xiangling was helped up by the maid, rubbing her wrist and glaring at Song Wanwan.
She relied on the Crown Prince's favor and didn't take Song Wanwan seriously. But what she didn't know was that the Song family had never been controlled by the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince wanted to ascend the throne, he would have to pass the test of the Song family. This was also the reason why Concubine Xian was quite tolerant of the Song family.
Song Wanwan first looked at Su Shunci, and when she saw that Su Shunci was fine, she glanced at Su Xiangling.
"A mere thing beside His Royal Highness, does he really think he's the Crown Princess?"
While they were talking, Song Wanwan had already pulled Su Shunci to sit aside, and called Shen Yue to sit down with them.
A little palace maid brought freshly brewed scented tea, and Song Wanwan picked up the teacup and drank it calmly.
Su Xiangling's face was tense, and the veins on her forehead were bulging.
Ever since her last "chance encounter" with the prince in the peach forest, she had never suffered such humiliation in the capital.
Su Shunci looked at Su Xiangling's expression and couldn't help but shake his head slightly. The prince's halo had made Su Xiangling lose track of her own position. Did she actually think she could dominate the capital?
I’m afraid that the higher the prince praises her, the harder she will fall in the end.
Su Xiangling was naturally unwilling to accept this, and at this moment His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came over with a group of noblemen.
She immediately went up to him and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I will not be an eyesore here anymore and avoid being humiliated."
At this point, all the young ladies stood up and saluted the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince motioned for everyone to sit down first, then looked at Su Xiangling, "What happened? Who humiliated you?"
The prince looked around again. Most people were looking at Su Xiangling. Some were worried, while others were gloating. Song Wanwan, on the other hand, was calmly drinking her tea, as if none of this had anything to do with her.
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