The people present had different expressions. Seeing the jealousy in Gao's eyes, Jin knew that she had achieved her goal. She smiled disdainfully and wanted to see what Xueying would do.
Hongli was not ignorant. Seeing Xueying's expression change, he glanced at her silently, then looked at Jin Shi indifferently, and spoke up to defuse the situation, "The past is the past. Anyone who brings it up again will be punished."
Seeing that Hongli spoke up to help Xueying out of the predicament, some of the people felt even more wary of Xueying. However, they couldn't do anything about it at the moment, so they all withdrew their gazes from Xueying. Jin Shi could only suppress her jealousy and sit there quietly to eat her meal.
After the palace banquet ended, Hongli addressed the crowd, saying, "You have all worked hard moving to Chonghua Palace today, so go to the side hall and rest early."
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However, no one intended to leave. They looked at Hongli with anticipation. Mingyu, who was sitting next to Hongli, saw the anticipation in their eyes and reached out to hold Hongli's hand, saying, "Master, why don't we go and rest with the sisters today? They have been in the manor for many days and haven't had a chance to serve you."
As a woman, Mingyu naturally did not want Hongli to rest in other women's rooms. However, as Hongli's legal wife, she had to appear magnanimous. Moreover, she also needed to suppress Xueying's arrogance. Therefore, she persuaded Hongli to rest at the new princess's place.
Upon hearing this, Hongli wanted to go to Xueying's room, but from Jin's words about Xueying, he knew that his favoritism towards Xueying had aroused some dissatisfaction. So he looked around at the people sitting there, ignored Jin who had just made things difficult for Xueying, and looked at Chen, who had been keeping her head down and had not spoken, and said, "Today, let's go to Chen's room to rest."
Upon hearing Hongli's words, Mingyu and Jinshi's expressions froze. Jinshi tightened the handkerchief in her hand and glanced at Chenshi with great disdain.
At this moment, Chen looked at Hongli in disbelief at his words and quickly nodded, saying, "This concubine will certainly serve Your Highness well." After saying this, Chen lowered her head shyly, not daring to look up at Hongli. She never expected that among these three new princesses, Hongli would be the first to favor her. At this moment, the joy in her heart was indescribable.
The next day, Jin was indignant and went to Mingyu to complain, saying bitterly, "Chen is clearly not as beautiful as me and Kotley, so why did the Prince favor her the first time?"
Although Gao, who was sitting to the side, did not like Jin, she was still pleased to see Jin mocking Xueying yesterday. She said, "Isn't this the prince's way of putting you down? You look down on Chen so much. The prince is telling you not to be too proud."
Upon hearing Gao's words, Mingyu raised her hand to signal Gao not to go down any further. She had thought that with Jin's bright and beautiful appearance, she would surely win Hongli's favor, but unexpectedly, Hongli went to rest in the most inconspicuous Chen's room.
Mingyu was also somewhat uncomfortable. Jin Shi was still dependent on her, and Jin Shi's favor was to consolidate her position in the inner courtyard. However, Hongli's suppression of Jin Shi was tantamount to suppressing her.
Jin glanced at Gao and, seeing Mingyu's growing irritation, continued to sow discord, "Fujin, look, we haven't even been granted titles yet. If that day comes, I'm afraid someone will try to ride roughshod over us."
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