Chapter 533 Extra: Lu Qionghua and He Lianji (Part 2)
The old lady of the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion celebrated her birthday, so naturally all the prominent families in the capital came.
Although Helian Ji had just returned to the capital, the Zhenbei Marquisate had not forgotten him and sent him an invitation.
He gladly accepted the invitation.
After wishing the old lady a happy birthday, the old lady waved her hands and said, "You young people have nothing to talk about with old antiques like us. You don't like this play, so go play in the garden. An'er got a new set of beast chess, I'm sure you will like it."
Hearing the old lady say this, the young people present all laughed, said goodbye and went to the garden.
Thanks to the existence of the Crown Princess, the separation between men and women in Daxia is not strict nowadays.
There were both men and women in the garden.
Helian Ji was not familiar with any of them, so Feng Yu'an, the son of Zhenbei Marquis, took the initiative to talk to him and brought him into his circle of friends.
"Let's play Beast Chess together."
Helian Ji did not refuse. After playing with them for a while, he became a little impatient.
This beast chess is meaningless.
"I'm going to appreciate the flowers." Helian Ji pulled away. Feng Yu'an wanted to accompany him, but he refused.
"I can go around on my own. You don't need to follow me."
Hearing his firm words, Feng Yu'an didn't force him anymore and let him walk around the garden by himself.
Helian Ji fell in love with the towering ancient tree at first sight and planned to take a rest under the tree, enjoy the breeze, and appreciate the beautiful scenery. How comfortable it would be.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked nearby, he heard two women chatting.
"You said that the Fifth Princess and the Sixth Princess are from the same mother, so why is the Sixth Princess so weak and not as good as the Fifth Princess at all?"
"Yeah, if they didn't look exactly the same, I would have thought the Sixth Princess had the wrong child."
"The Concubine Shu and the Fifth Princess have both made great military achievements, but the Sixth Princess has nothing now. If I were her, I would be so ashamed. A tiger mother will have a dog daughter, but she only got the last place in the school's riding and archery test. Tsk tsk, she really brings shame to the Concubine Shu."
Helian Ji frowned slightly when he heard these noble ladies secretly mocking Lu Qionghua.
He pushed aside the branch that was blocking him and said coldly, "What's so shameful about the Sixth Princess? It's more shameful for you to gossip about her behind her back."
The two noble ladies who were complaining about Lu Qionghua were startled when they heard his voice and their faces turned red instantly.
They didn't expect that others would hear them complaining behind their backs.
"Why did you eavesdrop on our conversation? This is not a gentleman's behavior." Huo Minmin, the daughter of the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, argued.
"It's not ladylike of you to talk about others behind their backs." Helian Ji retorted directly.
"Besides, this is not your garden. I have obtained the owner's permission to move freely in this garden. I just passed by here and heard you talking bad about the Sixth Princess. How can you say that I was eavesdropping?"
When it came to quarreling, he only lost to the Sixth Princess, and that was because he had bullied the Fifth Princess and felt guilty about it, but he was not afraid of anyone else.
"You're a grown man, why are you fussing with us two little girls? Aren't you bullying us? I won't talk to you anymore." Huo Minmin became more nervous when she saw many people looking at them.
After she loudly refuted Helian Ji, she pulled her good friend Du Siwei and was about to leave.
"Then it won't be considered bullying if I, as the person involved, argue with you guys, right?" Lu Qionghua had walked behind Helian Ji without knowing when.
"Your servant greets the Sixth Princess." Huo Minmin and Du Siwei were startled when they saw her and immediately bowed.
"What bad things did you say about me? Speak louder so I can hear it with my own ears." Lu Qionghua smiled slightly.
Huo Minmin's face turned pale with fright, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.
Du Siwei, who was standing by, held her hand tightly and calmed herself down to defend herself.
"We two ministers only said a few words about the bravery of the Concubine Shu, and we felt a little sorry that you did not inherit her prowess. Unexpectedly, the Prince of Liang misheard and misunderstood."
She blurred the truth with just a few words.
"Do you mean that I slandered you?" Helian Ji raised his eyebrows.
"It's not slander, it's just a misunderstanding. No one is wrong." Du Siwei racked her brains to think of a way to make the matter go away.
"Oh? Misunderstanding. Then listen to what they said before."
Whenever Helian Ji opened his mouth, he was full of weirdness.
"The Concubine Shu and the Fifth Princess have both made great military achievements, but the Sixth Princess has nothing now. If I were her, I would be so ashamed. A tiger mother will have a dog daughter, but she only got the last place in the school's riding and archery test. Tsk tsk, she really brings shame to the Concubine Shu."
Helian Jiwei imitated their previous conversation brilliantly.
After imitating, he turned his head and looked at Lu Qionghua: "Sixth Princess, tell me, did I misunderstand this?"
When Lu Qionghua appeared earlier, there were already more people watching. Now, after a while, Helian Ji imitated their conversation and attracted even more people.
People couldn't help but point and comment.
Huo Minmin couldn't bear the strange looks from others, so she just pretended to faint.
Du Siwei's expression froze.
Damn it, Huo Minmin fainted first, how can she pretend to be faint?
But there was no way she would admit that she had said anything bad about the Sixth Princess.
"Your Highness acted really well, but I don't know where you heard what you just said, and why you insisted on pinning it on both of us. Minmin is not feeling well, I will take her home first, bye."
After saying this, she immediately signaled the maid to come and help Huo Minmin, and prepared to leave.
"Stop, the princess didn't let you leave." Lu Qionghua stopped them with a cold face.
Feng Yu'an, the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, stepped forward to mediate: "Sixth Princess, calm down. Miss Du, you should apologize to the Sixth Princess. The Sixth Princess is magnanimous and will definitely forgive you if you apologize."
"I didn't say forgiveness. Can you make the decision for me?" Lu Qionghua glanced at him and told him not to use morality to blackmail her.
Feng Yu’an: …
It was his grandmother's birthday and he just wanted everyone to be happy and harmonious. It was so hard for him.
"I didn't say that. Why should I apologize? I've already said that I don't know where Prince Helian heard those words from, and he made them up." Du Siwei was determined not to admit it.
"If I can prove that you said those words and Helian Ji did not slander you, you will go around the entire Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, shouting that I am a liar and that I said bad things about the Sixth Princess and I don't admit it. Do you dare?" Lu Qionghua smiled slightly.
Du Siwei's face turned pale. If she really did that, she would be so embarrassed that she would be thrown to her grandmother's house.
"If you don't agree, it means you are guilty." Helian Ji on the side added.
After hearing this, Du Siwei gritted her teeth and decided to take a gamble.
The Sixth Princess had absolutely no way of proving that they had just said those words.
If the Sixth Princess found someone else to testify, she would say that the person was bribed.
Thinking of this, she nodded: "I have no guilty conscience. If you can really prove it, then I will do as you say."
"That's what you said." Lu Qionghua smiled brightly.
She took out the strange-looking thing from her arms.
Everyone is a little curious, what is that?