The events that happened here today quickly spread throughout the capital, and the Liu family has completely lost face this time.
The Liu family is also one of the top ten aristocratic families in the capital, but they are ranked very low, ninth, and cannot compare with the top three aristocratic families like the Chu and Yu families.
The reason why the Liu family is recognized by people in the circle and ranked tenth is the same reason that Madam Liu mentioned today: Madam Liu's daughter married the younger brother of the Crown Prince's wife, but he was not born of the principal wife, but rather a son born of a concubine.
Even so, it's enough for the Liu family to brag about. No matter the occasion, they always like to bring out the eldest prince's wife for a stroll.
Madam Liu handled today's matter very poorly, and in fact, she also had the intention of showing off in such a setting.
At a wedding banquet, if a child cries, you should comfort them, check if they are hurt, and try to understand the situation before speaking. But she went and immediately started cursing the child as a "little bitch."
What kind of manners are these!
The eldest princess curled her lip. She wouldn't even deign to attend a wedding banquet with such a person. If it weren't for her relationship with Li Mai, the fact that she had arranged a marriage for Nan Yu, and her current contact with Nan Ling, she wouldn't have come at all.
Her son's success today is all thanks to his mentor, Li Mai. Since Li Mai was willing to travel a long way to attend Nanling's happy occasion before the Lunar New Year, she would definitely have to come and help promote him as well.
Nanling went out and spoke a few words to the maid, then came back and continued chatting and laughing with everyone.
In the afternoon, the children got tired of playing, and Li Mai said she had to go back. Anyway, they would stay in the capital for the New Year, and Nan Ling could come to see her after she finished her work in the next few days.
Nanling agreed and, along with Yuze, saw them out. In the outer courtyard, several servants were waiting, carrying a few wooden boxes.
Nanling said that this was some tea and a tea set prepared for them, and that they should try it out when they got home. It was a new product from the Yu family.
The eldest princess knew that the jade artifacts of the Yu family were exceptional, and she guessed that what was prepared for their families inside was probably a set of jade-carved teaware.
This is quite a generous gift; giving such a substantial return gift is a way of expressing their apology for what happened today.
The princess immediately calmed down and felt that the couple were good at getting along, so she decided to take care of them as much as possible in the future.
After everyone left, Yu Ze's face darkened. He had high expectations for his wedding day with Nan Ling and wanted everything to go smoothly, but he never expected the Liu family to cause trouble for him.
He accompanied Nanling back to the new house first, and after coaxing his wife, it wouldn't be too late to deal with the Liu family.
Moreover, the real battles between businessmen must be fought on the marketplace, and he awaited the day the Liu family begged for mercy. He wouldn't mind using the Liu family as a guinea pig and personally teaching his son how to play the game of the marketplace.
Nanling didn't make things difficult for him. On such a joyous occasion, she didn't want to get angry. Yuze coaxed her, and Nanling went along with him. At that time, she did that to give Yuze a way out, otherwise, who knows what the guests would say about Yuze and the Yu family.
But after she made such a scene, people couldn't say anything more about the Yu family.
After the guests left, little Chengcheng sat on the veranda in the courtyard, thinking about what had happened that day. At that time, he and Yubao were playing with Yanbao on their backs, while Zhuzhu was looking after Yubao. Who knew that Nannan was playing with firecrackers with an incense stick in his hand? The worst part was that the child was too naughty. He deliberately chased after Yanbao and Yubao and threw firecrackers at them. How could he not be angry?
Before he could even make a move, someone else acted faster than him.
Yanbao shouted "Fire, fire, fire!" and rushed towards Nannan. At that moment, he remembered that he saw Zhuzhu appear just in time to take away his younger sister when the two were about to collide. He saw Nannan look down at his clothes and see a hole burned by fire. The next moment, he burst into tears, saying that Yanbao burned him with fire.
But he simply didn't believe that a ten-month-old baby would play with fire. He also didn't see any torch or tinder in Yanbao's hand. He thought that it must have been the incense stick in Nannan's hand that fell onto her robe and burned a hole in it!
Confused, Chengcheng glanced worriedly at the courtyard near the bridal chamber, wondering if her mother was still angry. She feared her father would have to sleep in the study on their wedding night!
After Li Mai and the others returned to their residence and closed the door, Li Mai used her mind to take the family into her spatial dimension. She then quickly asked Zhu Zhu, "Zhu Zhu, tell me what happened back then?"
Zhuzhu said, "At that time, Chengcheng and I were playing with my younger siblings over there. That Nannan and some other kids were playing with firecrackers and they lit them and threw them at my younger siblings. I got angry and was about to leave with my younger siblings because I didn't want to argue with them. But who knew that my sister would suddenly break free from my hand and run towards that Nannan, shouting 'Fire! Fire! Fire!' as she ran."
"I was afraid my sister would get hurt, so I quickly went over to pick her up, and that's when I saw..."
At this point, Zhuzhu bit her lip, hesitated, and glanced at Yanbao. She was considering whether to tell the truth, afraid that if she did, her mother would beat Yanbao.
Li Mai guessed as much as she had guessed, and her eyes turned cold. "Tell the truth. No lying."
"I saw a spark fly out of Yanbao's palm and land directly on the child. I was afraid someone would die, so I quickly used my spiritual power to extinguish the fire and at the same time carried Yanbao back. I was very fast, I guess no one else saw it."
After Zhuzhu finished speaking, she glanced at Yanbao silently.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan exchanged a glance and looked at Yan Bao together. It seemed that the little one was sensible, but at present, she could only manage a small flame.
"Yanbao, do you know you did something wrong?" Li Mai looked down at Yanbao and asked in a cold tone.
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