Upon hearing this, Xue Cailian turned sideways and looked at several people. One of them was Li Wan'er, the concubine's daughter of the Minister of War, whom she had just seen when she entered the room. There were a few others that she had not seen before, but they seemed to be concubines' daughters of some family as well.

At this moment, Li Wan'er was looking at Lu Yanluo with disdain, and talking indifferently to the concubines around her.

Xue Cailian felt contempt in her heart and looked down upon those who tried to get close to her, thinking that she couldn't see that the words she just said were clearly meant for her to hear.

It was simply because they could see that she didn't like Lu Yanluo, so these concubines tried to please her and deliberately said bad things about Lu Yanluo in front of her, trying to attract her attention.

Xue Cailian didn't want to pay attention to them at first, but when she looked at Lu Yanluo in the field, she suddenly changed her mind. She smiled gently and said to Li Wan'er and other concubines: "Hello, sisters. I have just arrived in the capital and I am unfamiliar with the place. I hope you will take good care of me in the future."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal the maid behind him to take out the small items he had prepared in advance to win people's hearts.

Upon seeing this, several people immediately accepted it enthusiastically and were even more submissive to Xue Cailian.

These concubines all obeyed the orders of their families and deliberately approached Xue Cailian. If they could take the opportunity to establish a good relationship with the Xue family, they would be able to obtain enormous wealth.

Xue Cailian took advantage of these people's desire to please her and deliberately expressed her disgust for Lu Yanluo in front of them.

"I really can't believe that such a wise and brave man like His Highness the Night King would marry such a strong princess. She controls the backyard of the palace and forbids the prince to take concubines. How many noble ladies like you must be hurt. A woman like the princess would be divorced by her husband's family in our Jiangnan."

The people present were more or less resentful towards Lu Yanluo. The Night King was now in power, and who wouldn't want to enter the Night King's Mansion, even as a concubine? But Lu Yanluo had blocked this path.

Xue Cailian looked towards Lu Yanluo meaningfully and whispered, "It would be great if the palace didn't have this princess..."

The speaker has intention, and the listener takes it even more seriously, especially Li Wan'er. As a concubine's daughter of the Li family, she has many legitimate sisters above her, and she also has a domineering illegitimate mother who stirs up trouble all day long, making life difficult for her and her mother in the Minister's Mansion.

She wanted to leave the Minister's Mansion, but she didn't want to live under someone else's roof and kowtow to him for the rest of her life, so...

There was a ruthlessness flashing in Li Wan'er's eyes as she stared at Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan.

If Lu Yanluo died, she would persuade her father to marry her to the Night Prince's Mansion. Even if she was just a concubine, with her figure and appearance, she would definitely be able to become the principal wife.

Xue Cailian smiled, and this time her smile was sincere.

Because she did not miss the ambition in Li Wan'er's eyes. While the two were fighting, she was just waiting to reap the benefits.

Although there was an episode of some importance in the middle, Xue Changling was a very versatile person and he quickly diverted everyone's attention away from Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan. He also looked at his daughter Xue Cailian with a warning.

This banquet is the first step for the Xue family to gain a foothold in the capital. As the head of the Xue family, he will not allow any mistakes to occur at the banquet.

After receiving her father's warning, Xue Cailian no longer dared to act presumptuously. She thought that her goal had been achieved and she just had to see how Li Wan'er would act and watch the show from the side.

Xue Cailian did not speak a word until the end of the banquet and sat quietly behind her mother.

In the end, both the host and the guests were very happy, and Xue Changling and his family saw everyone out the door.

Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan walked out together, and suddenly someone called Lu Yanluo from behind.

"Princess Ye, please stay." Li Wan'er walked quickly, holding a food box in her hand.

Lu Yanluo looked back suspiciously and found that the man looked familiar. It seemed that he had been sitting with the young lady from the Xue family during the second half of the banquet.

[Is this another offer of your own accord, wanting to come to the Night Prince's Mansion to be a concubine? ]

As Lu Yanluo thought about it, she tilted her head and looked at Chu Xuan, with a hint of sneer on the corner of her mouth.

Chu Xuan just felt that he was extremely unlucky today. This was all an unexpected disaster. "I'll go wait for you in the carriage first."

Without waiting for Li Wan'er to approach, Chu Xuan ran away to protect himself.

Lu Yanluo looked at Chu Xuan's fleeing back with amusement and couldn't help but laugh with her hands covering her lips.

Li Wan'er also noticed that Chu Xuan had left, and felt a little sorry for him. She tightened the food box in her hand and walked over quickly.

"Why did the princess leave in such a hurry? It's so hard for me to chase her."

Lu Yanluo said nothing, waiting for Li Wan'er to explain her purpose.

Li Wan'er: "I am the daughter of the Li family, the Minister of the Ministry of War. My name is Wan'er. When I met the princess at the banquet, I felt that the princess was so imposing that I really admired her. So I borrowed the kitchen of the Xue Mansion and made some cakes for the princess. I hope the princess will not despise it."

Send me cakes? Lu Yanluo felt strange. This man was close to the girl from the Xue family, and she could clearly feel the hostility of the girl from the Xue family towards her. How could such a nice man bypass the girl from the Xue family to send cakes to her?

No matter how I think about it, I feel that there must be something strange going on. Most likely, it's just the weasel paying a New Year's visit to the chicken, and he has no good intentions.

But in public, Lu Yanluo couldn't refuse in person, but she also didn't want to disgust herself by accepting the food, so she seemed a little careless when she took the food box.

Before Li Wan'er let go, Lu Yanluo pretended that her hand slipped and took the opportunity to knock the food box to the ground.

Then he looked at Li Wan'er with an apologetic look: "This... Miss Li, it's my fault, my hand slipped for a moment. Xiao Ran, why don't you help Miss Li clean up? There was some noise at the banquet, and I was distracted. I wasted Miss Li's kindness."

Li Wan'er didn't hear Lu Yanluo's apology. At this moment, all she could see were the pastries rolling on the ground. She became panicked for a moment.

She was afraid that Lu Yanluo had seen through her plan and had deliberately knocked over the cakes. If that was the case, how would she tell her family when she got home? Her stepmother would never let her go.

When Lu Yanluo saw that Li Wan'er looked strange, her previous guess was instantly confirmed.

Li Wan'er really came with bad intentions.

"Miss Li, what happened? It's just some cakes that got knocked over. What are you afraid of, Miss Li? Could it be..."

"No!" Li Wan'er interrupted Lu Yanluo hastily before she could finish her words. Then, perhaps realizing that her attitude was indeed suspicious, and fearing that Lu Yanluo would discover something, she did not even bother to pack up the pastries and hurriedly turned around and ran away.

"Princess?" Xiao Ran looked at Li Wan'er's fleeing back, feeling strange and instinctively wanting the secret guards to chase after her.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yanluo raised her hand to stop him: "Take the cakes on the ground back and check what's going on. The monk may escape, but the temple cannot. There's no need to rush."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran put the pastries on the ground back into the food box and helped Lu Yanluo walk towards the carriage of Prince Ye's Mansion.