Chapter 139 Dragon Boat Festival Banquet
Fang Chu was quite ill. Jiang Shuyi went to see her once before the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet. She couldn't even get out of bed and looked very bad.
Since she was here, he had to force himself to go downstairs and serve her.
Jiang Shuyi ordered her to take good care of her injuries. She had wanted to ask her if she still wanted to leave the palace, but now there was no need to ask. Even though she was so sick, there were still imperial doctors to take care of her and palace maids to serve her in the palace. What would she do if she went out without any relatives or friends?
We can only wait until she recovers from her illness.
In a blink of an eye, it was the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet.
During major festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace banquets were extremely grand. All officials above the fifth rank were allowed to bring their families into the palace, not to mention the royal family, dukes, marquises and earls.
Empress Dowager Wen also attended the palace banquet for the first time after she "recovered from illness".
Before the lunch begins, guests are allowed to move around and talk.
At Pei Yan's instruction, Jiang Shuyi followed Queen Shen and pretended to help her organize the palace banquet in order to slightly save her gradually declining reputation as a seductive concubine.
Queen Shen ignored her the whole time and chatted with the clan members with a smile.
However, the Grand Princess of Wei State seemed to feel that it was awkward for Jiang Shuyi to just stand there, so she smiled and called her over.
Jiang Shuyi had been wandering for eight hundred miles, and only after hearing the voice did she regain her thoughts. She glanced at Queen Shen who was looking at her coldly, and quietly sent a provocative look to her, then walked towards the eldest princess with a smile: "Aunt looks so good! She looks a lot younger than the last time we met at the flower viewing banquet."
Princess Weiguo seemed to have not noticed their quarrel and just smiled from ear to ear: "Look at what the imperial concubine said, you can't blame His Majesty for loving you."
Several clan members all agreed with a smile. After all, the eldest princess was the late emperor's only sister from the same mother and the emperor's aunt. Her status was much higher than their unpopular relatives.
"I don't have any worries at home, so I look good. But you." Princess Wei held Jiang Shuyi's hand and sighed, "I was not in good health to begin with, and I have to help the queen with palace affairs. I must be exhausted. Look at your little face, you look thinner than last time."
Queen Shen's expression was visibly ugly.
Jiang Shuyi was exhausted? She was the only one who had been working hard these days. The eldest princess was willing to say anything to get married.
Jiang Shuyi was happy to see Queen Shen holding her breath, and quickly followed suit, saying softly: "It doesn't matter whether I'm tired or not, as long as the Queen doesn't mind me causing trouble..."
Queen Shen gritted her teeth and looked at her, but Jiang Shuyi responded with a look that said, "Your Majesty, don't look at me like that, I'm so scared."
She couldn't help it any longer, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty is not here, why don't you go find His Majesty."
What's the point of acting here?
Jiang Shuyi was just irritating her out of habit, and she really didn't want to stay here for long.
Just as she was about to say goodbye, the Grand Princess of Wei said, "Hey, His Majesty must be talking to the princes right now. Why don't you go over there? Since it's boring to stay here, why don't you go to the garden? My unpromising eldest daughter is here today and is admiring the flowers at the waterside pavilion. If you don't mind, you can go with her."
Her eldest daughter is Princess Ning'an.
Jiang Shuyi remembered that she had paid the silver for herself last time, so she became more interested and took the palace maid to look for someone.
As she walked along, before she found Princess Ning'an, she was surrounded by a group of officials and their wives who were flattering her.
I used to enjoy it, but now that I have something on my mind, I don’t care so much.
There was no one in the water pavilion, and she couldn't find anyone anywhere else. Jiang Shuyi gave up and was about to go back to drink a glass of watermelon juice to cool off, when she heard a woman's scream suddenly coming from behind the rockery not far away.
The officials and their wives who had been flattering Jiang Shuyi just now shut up immediately.
They looked at each other, and there was only one meaning in their shining eyes.
Oh, something big has happened.
Jiang Shuyi's curiosity is no less than theirs.
The look she gave them made it very clear: keep quiet.
No one spoke at all, everyone wanted to listen.
Jiang Shuyi tiptoed towards the rockery.
These officials' wives who were able to come up and curry favor with the imperial concubine would not think highly of themselves and would also follow in tiptoe.
"If you agree to withdraw the divorce agreement and come back to the Zhang family with me, I will put down the knife. Otherwise, I will die in front of you immediately!"
Everyone gasped silently.
Knife, you actually dare to hide a sharp weapon into the palace, you are courting death!
"Then you can die." The woman's silent voice sounded: "But I think it's better for you to commit suicide in public, because there are only you and me here. If you die now, I will probably be in trouble."
"Princess, are you really so cruel?!"
"It's so strange. You were the one who wanted to divorce me in order to marry that prostitute. You also told me not to regret it and not to bother you. Why has the divorce lasted so long? Not only did you not marry her, but you also come to pester me all day long. Did your brain get squeezed by a door after the divorce?"
Jiang Shuyi almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
She understood that the princess was here and was being pestered by Zhang Dalang.
After all, there was a knife. While watching the fun, Jiang Shuyi still remained alert. She winked at Cheng Fu to keep an eye on it, and to kill Zhang Dalang directly if anything went wrong.
Privately bringing a sharp weapon into the palace is considered treason and the person may be killed on the spot and his entire family will be punished.
"I'm doing this because I like you! Ning An, we've been married for so long, and you've always been indifferent to me. Before we had children, you consummated marriage with me several times a month. After you had that girl, you ignored me. You didn't care about me taking concubines or fooling around. I felt bad, so I used the oriole song to provoke you!"
Zhang Dalang was very emotional, and his voice became louder: "Now I have lost my position as the crown prince for you, how can you not want me? You can't not want me!"
Princess Ning'an spoke calmly, "You said it as if I ignored you and that's why you took a concubine. But it was only after I married into your family that I found out that you already had several concubines and mistresses without any official status. I don't like you, so I don't bother to pursue your concealment. It's just that the way you looked at me and those women was like that of an animal in heat. I felt disgusted and stayed away from you."
All those who could attend the banquet today were the principal wives, and when they heard what the princess said, they were immediately filled with indignation.
What kind of bastard did this Duke Su give birth to!
Zhang Dalang: "You are different from them. Why do you want to tarnish the relationship between you and me?"
"You must have misunderstood. We have never had any relationship as husband and wife."
"Princess, are you really going to be so cruel?"
Jiang Shuyi heard that there was something wrong with Zhang Dalang's voice, and quickly gave Cheng Fu an urging look.
Cheng Fu had already circled behind Zhang Dalang. Seeing him suddenly stand up and raise the hand holding the dagger, he immediately took a step forward, first hitting his wrist and then kicking him in the lower back.
The dagger fell to the ground with a clang. Zhang Dalang knelt on the ground in pain and was pinned down by Cheng Fu.
"Who? Who dares to attack this prince?"
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