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Wan Ge didn't tell her family about her encounter with Prince Duan when she went out. After that, she never left the house again and never saw Prince Duan again until her grandmother's birthday.
The old lady of the Duke's mansion had accompanied the old Duke on his campaigns, and after the victory, she returned to the family to manage its household affairs. If the old Duke had achieved great things, then the old lady had earned the Duke's mansion more wealth than most people could ever imagine in ten lifetimes.
This is why, even after the old Duke passed away and the old lady stopped managing the affairs of the Duke's mansion, the mansion still had no shortage of money.
Because they had been stationed on the frontier and unable to bring their children with them, the children of the Duke's mansion did not achieve much talent or success. For the old lady, it was enough that they were safe and sound.
Therefore, she didn't feel anything was wrong even though her child didn't achieve much.
However, things didn't go so well later because of family business matters. The old lady grew tired of this kind of life, so she stopped managing things after the old Duke passed away.
However, her rumors continued to circulate in the capital, and even the emperor still gave her face.
Just like today's birthday celebration, although the emperor did not come in person, he still had valuable birthday gifts prepared.
To everyone's surprise, Prince Duan, who never attended banquets in the capital, actually appeared at the birthday banquet.
Some say it's because of Madam Chi's prestige, while others say it's because of the marriage agreement between Prince Duan and Miss Chi.
Regardless of the reason, Prince Duan did come to the birthday banquet. Although the Chi family was somewhat surprised, all they could do was to treat this most popular prince at the moment with the utmost hospitality.
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Miss Chi, who was seated in the women's section, heard from the servants that Prince Duan had arrived. Feeling curious, she secretly went to take a look.
With just one glance, Miss Chi felt as if she had met her true love.
Prince Duan is so handsome! And he's a prince, the younger brother of the future emperor, you can imagine his status.
Prince Duan felt a gaze fall on him and his brows furrowed slightly. He turned around and saw Chi Wanyue.
When Chi Wanyue met his gaze, her cheeks turned bright red, and she immediately ran away.
They hadn't run very far when they bumped into Wan Ge.
Wan Ge helped her unsteady younger sister up: "A-Yue, what happened? It's Grandmother's birthday, you mustn't run around like that, what if you get hurt?"
Chi Wanyue's face instantly darkened. She had always disliked this dull and wooden eldest sister. In her mind, she had no brothers or sisters, and if she didn't have an older sister either, she would be the only eldest daughter of the Duke's mansion, and everything in the Duke's mansion would belong to her.
But there was one older sister whom her grandmother favored, and she even saw her grandmother secretly giving her many nice things.
In addition, one was raised by her parents and the other by her grandmother, so the two sisters were not close to each other to begin with, and she especially disliked the other's words of criticism.
But Wan Ge didn't mean to blame her at all. She was just worried that with so many people at the banquet, her sister, an unmarried young woman, was running around and what if something happened to her?
Although Chi Wanyue was extremely dissatisfied, she didn't say anything to Wan Ge, but just looked very resentful.
Wan Ge was at a loss for what to do with her like this, and sighed softly.
Chi Wanyue walked past her, and after a few steps, she suddenly remembered that her elder sister seemed to be engaged to Prince Duan.
No! Prince Duan is engaged to the Duke's family, not to his elder sister.
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As the eldest daughter of the legitimate wife, Wan Ge was responsible for accompanying her mother to entertain the female guests at her grandmother's banquet.
Mrs. Chi looked at her daughter and saw that everything had been done very well. Xin Zhong was quite satisfied, but after all, she hadn't been raised by her daughter since she was a child. This daughter was quite sensible, but she wasn't very close to her.
At banquets like this, male and female guests are definitely not seated together.
Wan Ge never expected that she would see Prince Duan today.
As I walked alone in the backyard, a voice that was both familiar and not so familiar came from behind me: "Wange".
When Wan Ge heard the sound, she turned around and saw Jiang Jin standing behind her.
Jiang Jin smiled gently, holding what appeared to be a pastry in his hand.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Wan Ge bowed obediently.
Jiang Jin helped her up by supporting her arm: "Didn't I tell you? Don't be so distant with me."
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