The shock brought by the whole set of white crystal headpieces was beyond Chen Yu's imagination. Not only did the young ladies scream, they even cried! They didn't care whether their makeup would be ruined or not, they just kept crying. [ads: This site has changed its new URL, shorthand method: ,..] This scene immediately reminded her of the crying scene when the Prince Yu's Mansion carried Wubao into the Feng family.
Chenyu rolled her eyes, half turned around to look at Fendai, and said, "Why are you standing so far away, fourth sister? Come to big sister quickly."
Fen Dai was indeed standing far away, firstly because the eldest prince was with Chen Yu, and secondly because she had always disliked Chen Yu and simply didn't want to be with her.
But because she had been at the back, she had no idea what the ladies in the hall were crying and shouting about. Even if she was so beautiful, she couldn't be so beautiful that so many people started crying, right?
After Chenyu called out like this, Fendai finally turned her eyes towards her. This look was not a big deal, but Fendai was stunned.
Seeing Fendai's expression, Chenyu was so happy. Ever since Feng Yuheng returned to Beijing, she had not only been embarrassed outside, but also lost face in front of her family. Especially Feng Fendai, who had repeatedly treated her badly and even openly tripped her up. How could she accept this?
Today she deliberately wore a hat and didn't take it off until she entered the banquet hall. She wanted to have this effect.
While the two sisters were feeling proud and frustrated, Xuan Tianqi had already left Chenyu and walked towards the prince's seat. Xiangrong didn't want to stand at the door any longer, so she found Feng Yuheng's seat and walked over. She was also surprised by Chenyu's crystal headpiece: "Where did you get such gorgeous jewelry, big sister? Was it given by the Shen family?"
Feng Yu did not answer this question, but squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Yu. After pondering for a while, he said: "The crystal is beautiful, but it loses too much of its brilliance when paired with her dark face."
Xiangrong couldn't help but glance at Feng Yuheng. Her second sister never dressed up deliberately. She had many things that were better than her eldest sister, but she had never seen her wear them. "In fact, if the second sister can wear the things that His Royal Highness Prince Yu gave you, she will definitely look better than her eldest sister." She thought about it and said it, but then she thought of the news from the court in recent days, and thought of Tongshengxuan's recent situation, she felt that she had said something wrong, and quickly stopped talking.
Feng Yuheng comforted her and said, "It's okay. It's still uncertain who will win."
At this time, Chenyu was already parading around the door and was walking towards her in a leisurely manner.
Fen Dai also followed behind, staring at the crystal clear beauty, as if her soul had been sucked away.
Those young ladies from wealthy families who had disliked Chenyu in the past also began to move closer to her, completely forgetting how deeply rooted the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children was in their minds. Chenyu was now a illegitimate daughter, but she had become the focus of the whole audience.
Feng Yuheng pulled Xiangrong to the side and made room for Chenyu. The ladies seemed not to notice Feng Yuheng, and some even kicked the chair she left behind with annoyance on their faces.
Chenyu's vanity had expanded to the extreme. She felt that even when she was a legitimate daughter and did not wear black rouge, she had never been so popular. All of this was thanks to the crystal headpiece given by His Highness Xuan Tianqi. She specially matched this set of accessories with a plain dress today, and suppressed the idea of wearing red clothes for Xuan Tianhua.
The ladies surrounding him kept marveling at the beauty of the crystal set. Several times someone wanted to reach out and touch it, but was stopped by Yilin.
Chenyu turned her gaze to the eldest prince, and coincidentally the man was looking at her. Their eyes met, and Chenyu blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.
But even though he lowered his head, he still felt a little guilty.
When she saw the eldest prince just now, she seemed to sense another pair of eyes looking towards her. She initially thought it was the third prince Xuan Tianye. After all, among all the princes, Xuan Tianye was the only one she had ever interacted with. But when she glanced away, she found that Xuan Tianye seemed to be talking to the fourth prince. She was very familiar with the appearance of these princes, but the face in the direction of her gaze was very unfamiliar.
Chenyu's heart was pounding, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or panicked. Suddenly, it seemed as if the wind had changed direction, and the princes all showed their goodwill to her, leaving her overwhelmed.
Feng Yuheng looked at her with an evil smile for a while, then looked at the group of princes. Chen Yu didn't know the man who looked at Chen Yu with a playful look on his face, but she knew him well.
The fifth prince Xuan Tianyan, the prince who just married his nth concubine, also likes the crystal set on Chenyu's head very much.
She watched the scene unfolding like a play, and reached out to take the teacup on the table. But before her fingers had touched the edge of the bowl, the empty teacup on the table was suddenly taken away.
Feng Yuheng was startled, and turned to look at the person who took the teacup. He saw that it was a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old. She didn't look unfamiliar to him. He thought he had seen her at the banquets before.
There were several girls of the same age sitting next to the girl, and they were looking at Feng Yuheng with a smug smile on their faces.
Feng Yuheng ignored them. There were many tea bowls on the tables on both sides. If that one was gone, she would just take another one.
But she didn't expect that when she went to pick up another tea bowl, a hand reached out and took the one she liked just as she touched the edge of the bowl.
Feng Yuheng just found it interesting, and took the others on the table one by one, one after another, a total of six, all of which were snatched away by others.
She turned her head, looked at the girls with amusement, and asked in confusion: "Do you like collecting?"
This question surprised several people. The first person who tried to grab the bowl answered: "We are just thirsty."
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Oh." But when he looked at the hands of the few people again, he shook his head and said with regret: "I grew up in the mountains and was used to seeing rough mountain village girls. After returning to Beijing, I heard that the young ladies of the noble families in Beijing were all well-educated and cultured ladies. I didn't expect that I had misunderstood."
"What do you mean by that?" The young lady couldn't help but get excited. When she heard Feng Yuheng say that, she immediately said, "Are you saying that we are uneducated?"
"What else?" Feng Yuheng spread his hands. "I can understand that you are too thirsty for fighting with others for tea bowls, but look at you all, everyone is holding two tea bowls in their hands. How thirsty are you to hold one in each hand and drink from it? I'm afraid men are not so heroic when drinking, right?"
Several people blushed at what she said. They had clearly heard at home that Prince Yu had lost his power, and his future princess was also punished frequently, and had lost her former honor. Now the most important person in front of the emperor was Prince Jing, so why should they still care about Feng Yuheng as before? Moreover, among the nine princes, the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua and the ninth prince Xuan Tianming were the apple of the eye of the young ladies in the capital. Although Xuan Tianming had injured his legs and face, he could successfully transform his admiration into pity.
In short, in the hearts of these girls, Feng Yuheng is the sinner who ruined their male god.
"As you said, we sisters like to collect." The young lady was unwilling to give up and said, "The teacups in Prince Yuan's Mansion are very good. We plan to take one back to collect and play with."
"Oh." Feng Yuheng understood, "Then keep it. Remember to report to the people in the palace when you leave. Don't let them think that you have lost something. It would be bad if they search for it." As she spoke, she waved at a maid who happened to be approaching, "Come here."
The maid of Prince Yuan's mansion was extremely respectful and polite to Feng Yuheng, and immediately came to her and saluted: "This servant greets the county lady, may I ask what the county lady wants?"
Feng Yuheng pointed at the people around him and deliberately raised his voice, "They have taken a fancy to the teacups in Prince Yuan's Mansion and are planning to take one home to keep. Go and help wrap them up, but don't break them. The ladies will be sad."
The maid was stunned. "This is just an ordinary teacup. Although it is exquisite, it is... not worth collecting, right?"
The ladies blushed at what the two said, and when they saw the people who heard these words looking over here, they couldn't help but lower their heads. At this moment, there were only two words left in their hearts - shame!
Unfortunately, the embarrassing thing was not over yet. The host of today's banquet, the second prince Xuan Tianling, was just walking in from the side hall with his princess. It was no coincidence that he overheard this conversation and couldn't help laughing - "I didn't expect that the tea bowls in my Yuan Palace would be so popular. Come! Prepare a few more sets for the young ladies to take back and enjoy." After saying that, he did not forget to wink at Feng Yuheng imperceptibly, and then added: "If this king is not mistaken, these people should be the daughters of Lord Zhao, Lord Zhou, Lord Qi, Lord Zhen, and Lord Sun, right? Don't be polite to this king, just ask for anything you like, this king will definitely not be stingy with these worldly things. But how do the young ladies appreciate these things? Remember to let the adults talk to this king after the court is dismissed tomorrow."
When the young ladies heard this, their faces turned pale. If their daughters' little thoughts were to be brought to their father's court, wouldn't it be a big joke?
But when they looked at the Second Prince again, he had already walked up to the main seat with the Princess. They no longer had the chance to argue and could not help but wilted.
Feng Yuheng smiled and said casually, "No matter how disgraced he is, he is still the emperor's son; no matter how unpopular I am, at least I am still called the county lady. If you ladies don't even understand this, I'm afraid you will really cause trouble for your father."
After she finished speaking, a maid brought a new teacup, and even the tea inside was different from the others.
"This is the tea that His Highness Feiyu specially brewed for the county lady." The little maid smiled at Feng Yuheng and handed the teacup to Feng Yuheng.
At this time, the host had already taken his seat, and the guests left their small circles and returned to their seats.
Chenyu's surroundings finally became quieter, but some young ladies were still reluctant to leave. Their eyes were fixed on the white crystals and they couldn't move their eyes away.
The second prince Xuan Tianling looked around the banquet hall and then laughed out loud: "My child is still young, so we shouldn't hold any birthday banquet. But this kid is so lively that he insisted on asking me and his mother to invite everyone to come, just for fun. Since he is a child, I only invited the ladies. I was worried that I would not be able to entertain him well, but I just heard that several ladies liked the tea bowls in the mansion, which makes me very happy!"
Prince Yuan's seemingly joking words made people laugh, but some people thought that Prince Yuan was trying to show goodwill to Feng Yuheng.
"Didn't they say she fell out of favor?"
Some people also thought of another aspect: "I heard that Princess Ji'an once saved the little emperor's grandson's life, and Prince Yuan was only showing kindness to her out of gratitude."
Feng Yuheng was holding the teacup and drinking it sip by sip, but Huang Quan poked her lightly at this moment, and then gave Chen Yu a look.
She glanced over and saw a maid from the palace leaning over Chenyu and whispering softly.
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