As the green plum in the brocade-robed youth's hand fell into the white jade plate in front of Jiang Si, all the girls were startled.
Are they seeing things?
The already impulsive lady began to rub her eyes, and the calm lady found it difficult to remain calm.
King Yan actually gave both green plums to Miss Jiang?
As they shifted their gazes and saw Ji Fanghua standing not far from Jiang Si, many people had a thought in their minds: Did Prince Yan slip his hand? Maybe this plum blossom was for Miss Ji from the Anguo Mansion?
Miss Ji came from a noble family and was the niece of Concubine Xian. She was a cousin of Prince Yan, so it was natural for her to receive a plum blossom from Prince Yan.
It should be said that if the Prince of Yan was a man who cared about his reputation, one of the six plum blossoms must be given to his cousin from his uncle's family, otherwise Concubine Xian would be embarrassed.
At this moment, Concubine Xian's face was stretched long, and her long nails inlaid with gems pressed against the table, making a slight crackling sound.
She could tolerate the fact that the first green plum was given to the girl from the Dongping Marquis's Mansion. After all, there was the example of the King of Shu, and it was natural for young people to appreciate beauties. But the second green plum was actually given to the girl named Jiang, which was simply intolerable to her!
Just now she was thinking about laughing at Concubine Zhuang's joke, but who would have thought that in the blink of an eye she would become the joke.
Concubine Zhuang almost couldn't maintain her calm expression.
The youngest son of Concubine Xian turned out to be such a person...
She was so overwhelmed by the beauty that her son also fainted once, but fortunately he woke up in time. The Prince of Yan was actually fainted twice.
In this case, the reason for giving flowers to Miss Jiang because of her outstanding performance is not justifiable.
This is purely because he is attracted by Miss Jiang's beauty!
Concubine Zhuang shook her head secretly.
She felt relieved knowing that Prince Yan was such a person.
Speaking of which, Concubine Xian must be extremely angry right now, right?
Concubine Zhuang turned and glanced at Concubine Xian.
This glance suddenly sobered Concubine Xian, who was on the verge of exploding.
There can't be any chaos. If there is any chaos, it will suit Concubine Zhuang's wishes even more.
She forced a smile and stared closely at Yu Jin's next move.
Jiang Si looked at the two green plums in the jade plate, feeling a little surprised, but also felt that this was indeed something Yu Qi could do.
She thought she could get a green plum blossom from Yu Qi, and then see how he would maneuver between the Emperor and Concubine Xian so as to settle their marriage. However, she didn't expect that he would not even put in any effort and wanted to give her all six plum blossoms.
Yes, at this point Jiang Si had already understood that the few green plum blossoms left by Yu Jin must be hers.
However, if not her, who else should I give the flowers to? Seeing my man giving flowers to another woman makes me angry just thinking about it.
Jiang Si slightly curled her lips.
What? There is clearly a third plum blossom on the plate? Sorry, she would not take seriously the gift from someone she is not interested in.
Seeing Jiang Si's curved lips, Yu Jin's mood instantly became cheerful.
Seeing Ah Si happy, he was happy too.
The scene could no longer remain peaceful; low whispers could be heard from all directions, like the buzzing of flies that annoy people.
Yu Jin didn't care about these at all and focused on doing what he wanted to do.
"Please accept it, Miss Jiang." He placed the third plum blossom in front of Jiang Si.
The whispers became louder and turned into wailing.
"What? King Yan actually gave the third green plum to Miss Jiang?"
A noblewoman murmured, "It turns out that the second green plum blossom given by the King of Yan was not a slip of the hand..." Her tone was drawn out, with a sigh, unable to hide her reluctance and bitterness.
Why? How could there be such a lucky woman? Just because she is prettier?
One plum blossom from the King of Shu, three plum blossoms from the King of Yan, is Miss Jiang trying to steal the show?
Another noblewoman laughed at herself, "How could I have slipped? The King of Yan just fell in love with Miss Jiang."
"Who will the King of Yan give the fourth green plum blossom to? It won't be given to Miss Jiang again, right?"
A noblewoman shook her head repeatedly: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can we give four green plum blossoms to the same person? This is a concubine selection banquet--"
The secret slipped out of her mouth and the lady bit her lip hastily to stop talking, her face flushing with shame.
Although it was a tacit agreement between the two princes to choose a concubine at the plum blossom viewing banquet, it was somewhat embarrassing to say it out loud.
At this time, no one paid any attention to the noble lady's embarrassment. All the ladies stared at Yu Jin, waiting to see who he would give the fourth green plum blossom to.
If he gave it to other noble ladies, there would be at least three more chances. If he still gave it to Miss Jiang... No, no, the King of Yan must be crazy to dare to do this.
And the fourth green plum in Yu Jin's hand fell steadily into the white jade plate in front of Jiang Si.
"Please accept it, Miss Jiang." The young man's voice was still steady and clear, as if it was washed by the melted spring snow on the mountain top.
Clean, and with an inexplicable warmth.
How could it not be warm? All four plum blossoms belong to one person, which is enough to prove the young man's feelings.
"Crazy, crazy, the Prince of Yan must be crazy..." a noble lady murmured with a dazed look on her face.
The noblewoman at the side quickly covered her mouth and said in a low voice, "Wake up! What crazy things are you talking about?"
No matter what, the Prince of Yan is still a prince. How can they discuss him openly and casually?
Concubine Xian had unconsciously straightened up, and her calm demeanor was gone.
Yu Jin smiled and placed the fifth green plum into the white jade plate in front of Jiang Si.
Compared with the empty white jade plates in front of other noble ladies, the white jade plate in front of Jiang Si was already filled with plum blossoms.
At this point, the scene returned to peace again.
Shocked to the point of numbness, all I could do was wait and see how things would develop.
Could there be something even more surprising?
This will probably not happen. At most, Prince Yan will give the sixth green plum blossom to Miss Jiang.
Give it to them, give it to them. Do you think they will be surprised? Humph, the King of Yan can do such a shameless thing. They won't be surprised no matter what!
These girls proved to be naive.
When Yu Jin put down the sixth green plum and said, "Miss Jiang, please accept it," he slowly flipped through the jade plate piled with plum branches, pulled out the green plum tied with a blue ribbon, and threw it on the table.
The girls were stunned, and became even more confused as they moved their eyes along with his movements.
It would have been fine if the Prince of Yan had thrown the green plum that the Prince of Shu had given to Miss Jiang onto the table, but what was even more outrageous was that he actually threw it onto someone else's table!
Staring at the green plums on the table in front of her, Ji Fanghua gritted her teeth.
This is a disaster for her, right?
She swore that this cousin was the person she hated the most, no doubt about it.
However, because of this, looking at Jiang Si not far away, Ji Fanghua suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.
At that time, the third brother was so determined to marry a commoner's daughter that his marriage with Miss Jiang fell through. This was a real misfortune for Miss Jiang.
Miss Jiang's depressed mood at that time must have been a thousand times worse than hers.
A hand reached out, picked up the plum blossoms in front of Ji Fanghua and threw them to the ground.
"Sorry, I missed the target."
After Yu Jin finished speaking, he turned around and bowed to the King of Shu: "Miss Jiang's jade plate can't hold so many plum blossoms, so I took out yours. Do you mind, Sixth Brother?"