Plum garden.
The guests invited by the old Princess Ruyang this time include Old Madam Zhang from the Duke of Hengguo's Mansion and the Elder Lady from the Marquis of Anqing's Mansion.
In addition to these, there are also the wives of the left and right prime ministers.
After the incident of deposing the crown prince, Princess An'er quietly left the capital to stay away from all the trouble. The wife of the Left Prime Minister now respects and fears the Prince Yan's Mansion.
The wife of the Right Prime Minister is the niece of the old lady, and Er also came with the old lady.
It can be said that the old princess did not invite many people that day, and the few present were considered the most distinguished female relatives in the Great Yong Dynasty’s imperial circle.
Mu Ying and Huo Hongying stepped forward to greet the few people.
Madam Zhang and the old lady Yuan Lao both showed their kindness to Mu Ying, and the wives of the left and right prime ministers were also very kind.
Chu Xiuwen directly pulled Wang Yulang to his table.
Asuna arrived when the atmosphere at the banquet was getting lively.
The scene was quiet for a moment, and pairs of eyes, some scrutinizing and some inquiring, fell on Asuna.
When Asuna stepped into the plum garden, she was dazzled by its wealth and prosperity. She felt uneasy in her heart, followed by bitterness and reluctance.
He should have grown up in this wealthy and prosperous capital city, but ended up herding cattle and horses in a shabby place like Caoqian and suffered a lot.
As soon as she came in, she saw Mu Ying standing with three old ladies, and they were extremely cordial towards her.
Asuna watched as the old lady took off her jade bracelet and put it on Mu Ying, and the old lady Zhang next to her also gave her a jade hairpin.
The wives of the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister called Mu Ying their sister and sent her gifts. Those who didn't know would have thought that Mu Ying was the protagonist of the event and a distinguished guest of status and position!
Asuna was jealous and quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"Yun Qingwu from the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion, nice to meet Princess Ruyang. May I know who these elders are?" Asuna performed an awkward courtesy to the old princess.
The old princess smiled as usual, "Princess, there is no need to be so polite." As she spoke, she introduced other people.
Asuna greeted each of them one by one, pretending to be obedient, looking at the ladies with fiery eyes, and waiting for them to give her gifts.
But after half a day, not to mention the two old ladies, even the wives of the left and right prime ministers did not show any reaction.
Asuna couldn't hold back her smile. Just as the atmosphere was about to become awkward, the old lady broke the silence. She picked up the almond biscuit beside her and handed it to Asuna: "Miss, eat something to fill your stomach first."
Asuna almost rolled her eyes.
Giving Mu Ying a gold bracelet and a jade hairpin, and giving her a piece of dessert?
Is she something worthless?
Although she felt unhappy, Asuna still took it and took a bite politely.
The elder lady also asked: "Do you want to eat it? Do you like it?"
"Yes, I like it..." Asuna answered dryly, cursing the stingy old woman in her heart.
Mrs. Zhang, who was originally looking at Asuna with a smile, suddenly changed her expression and stood up and said, "Stop eating!"
Asuna was stunned, not knowing why.
Then I heard Mrs. Zhang say, "My princess, have you forgotten? When you were a child, you came to my house to stay and ate almonds. You got a rash on the spot and had difficulty breathing. The doctor said you can't eat almonds."
Asuna froze, quickly threw away the almond cake, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and tried to spit out what was in her mouth, but she had swallowed a lot just now. She checked herself in panic and anxiety.
She didn't feel anything wrong with her body and didn't see any rash, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
In his heart, he hated the old lady who gave him the almond cake, but he couldn't help but lose his temper in front of everyone.
The old lady Yuan said with a guilty look on her face: "I didn't know about this. Is the princess feeling unwell? You should go see a doctor right away."
"It is not a crime for the old lady to be ignorant." Asuna gritted her teeth and forced a smile: "This princess does not feel uncomfortable."
"Eh? Maybe I remembered it wrong." Old Madam Zhang said to Old Lady Yuan, "Don't blame me, old sister. I must have remembered it wrong because I am old."
The elder lady shook her head and said, "You have to be careful with imported things. How about we ask the doctor to take a look?"
"It must be that Madam Zhang remembered it wrong." The wife of the Left Prime Minister suddenly said, "My eldest daughter is also not allowed to eat almonds. If she eats them, she will immediately have an attack. The princess is well behaved now, so she should not have this taboo."
Asuna just felt that this group of people was incomprehensible.
At this time, Mu Ying suddenly said: "My cousin really couldn't eat almonds when she was a child. She would get a rash and have difficulty breathing if she ate them."
The scene became silent for a moment.
"That's strange." The wife of the left prime minister looked at Asuna and said, "You couldn't eat it when you were a child, but you can eat it when you grow up?"
Mu Yingyu: "Maybe it's the soil and water of the grass that nourishes people?"
Asuna's face changed constantly, and she was about to say something.
The old princess spoke up, "It's been too long, maybe everyone has forgotten it. Princess, since you have nothing to do, please take a seat."
"My dear Mei Jingzheng, I invite you all to listen to the opera."
The old princess spoke, and everyone took their seats.
When she got to her seat, Asuna became even more upset.
She was actually seated at the last seat, while Mu Yingju was left behind by the old princess and sat next to her.
Huo Hongying shamelessly ran to the children's table.
Since the atmosphere there was very tense, she seemed like an outsider.
The old lady Yuan and Madam Zhang exchanged glances and shook their heads secretly.
The actions of the two elders were also tests instigated by the old princess.
If the two old ladies were not happy at the beginning, now they both have something to think about.
There's something fishy about the identity of this 'Princess Qingwu'!
In addition to these foreigners, the wife of the Left Prime Minister should also have some doubts, otherwise she would not have responded in that way just now.
Thinking of this, the old lady smiled and said, "I don't know if it's because I'm too old, but Princess Qingwu looks very different now than when she was a child."
Madam Zhang nodded: "She looks a lot like Young General Yun now. The brother and sister didn't look alike when they were children, but they looked so similar when they grew up."
The two old ladies did not avoid others when they said this.
Asuna herself heard it, she frowned in confusion and asked, "Is there anything strange about my brother and I looking similar? He is my brother."
The two old ladies smiled and said nothing when they heard this.
The old princess had been smiling quietly and remained silent until she spoke up: "The show is about to begin."
On the stage in front, the female role appears.
Everyone looked over.
This play tells a strange story about a true and false daughter.
The real daughter in the play met an evil woman when she was a child and lost her life. The evil woman coveted the real daughter's property, so she found a little beggar to pretend to be the real daughter.
But how can two people who have nothing to do with each other just pretend to be each other?
I heard the evil woman on the stage singing: "Strip her skin and pull out her tendons, pick out her blood and bones, make a painted skin, put it on her skin, who can tell you are a beggar and not a golden branch?"
On the stage, the fake daughter put on a painted skin and suddenly became the 'real' daughter.
When the play reached this point, the audience in the audience all felt something was strange.
The two old ladies looked at each other, their faces filled with surprise and doubt.
Even if Asuna was stupid, she still felt something was odd when she heard the play. She felt inexplicably flustered and noticed the strange looks on other people's faces and the constant stares they gave her.
The more panicked she was, the more mistakes she made. The bustle on the stage and the silent 'bustle' off the stage made her extremely uncomfortable. She was eager to break the atmosphere, and she opened her mouth subconsciously, but she couldn't hold back her voice.
"If it's fake, it's fake. It's just a layer of skin. Can it be regarded as real?"
“This play is so incomprehensible!”
Hearing her words, everyone looked at her.
The old princess smiled and nodded: "Yes, fake is fake."
Asuna felt that the other party's words had a hidden meaning.
At this moment, the fake daughter on the stage paced around in panic, covering her face, and sang to the evil woman:
"Girls change a lot when they grow up. If she is as naughty as she was in her childhood, how can we know what she will look like in the future? Fake is hard to be true, hard to be true~"
The evil girl laughed and sang back: "A daughter has a brother, wait for me to hold the brush and paint him, brothers and sisters are brothers, and their appearances are similar, fish eyes become pearls, who can tell you are not the real one~"
Bang!
Asuna stood up suddenly and accidentally knocked over the teacup, soaking her dress with tea.
Her eyes widened angrily, and her chest rose and fell violently. Before she could open her eyes, the old princess asked, "What happened to the princess?"
Asuna looked at the old princess's direction and met Mu Ying's eyes.
At this moment, Mu Ying looked at her with a look of disdain and humility that he had before. Instead, he did not conceal the ridicule and hatred in his eyes.
Asuna's heart felt like a fire was about to burst out, the fire burned more and more fiercely, making her panic. She always thought that she was the real Princess Qingwu, but after seeing this drama.
She couldn't help feeling a little guilty and a little flustered.
She felt that she had fallen in love with the fake daughter, the clown on the stage!
Everyone was watching her show, and the gazes falling on her were like knives, making Asuna want to escape!
Seeing her changing expression, the old princess smiled and said, "My princess accidentally knocked over the teacup and wet her dress. You should go downstairs and deal with it first."
"Someone, take the princess to the wing room."
Asuna took a deep breath, bit her lip, said something incoherently, and walked away quickly, but her steps were very messy.
But just as she took a few steps, she heard a sneer from behind.
The wife of the Left Prime Minister could no longer hold back, and clapped her hands in delight, as if no one was around.
"The play that the old princess ordered is indeed wonderful. Alas, watching this play reminds me that Princess Qingwu also has a brother."
"Unfortunately, my memory is not good. I can't remember what the princess looked like when she was a child."
When the Right Prime Minister's wife heard this, she was stunned. Her eyes flashed, and she heard her aunt, the old lady, say:
"Princess Qingwu looks exactly like the late Old Master Mu when he was young, but she doesn't resemble her brother at all."
"This is really strange." The wife of the Left Prime Minister laughed: "The little princess was ten years old when the accident happened. A ten-year-old girl has a different appearance. How could she look like a different person in ten years?"
Mu Ying said at this time: "Maybe the soil and water in Caoxian are different from those in Dayong."
It’s this messy soil and water again!
The wife of the left prime minister laughed loudly, staring at Asuna's stiff back, and sneered: "Then the cattle and horses of the grass-roots must be extraordinary. Eating the meat of the cattle and horses of the grass-roots can change a person's appearance."
When the play reached this point, everyone present felt as if their hearts were shattered.
This 'Princess Qingwu' who came back from the grassland is actually a fake!
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