278 The Ninth Uncle, Showing Attention for No Reason

Feng Qingchen had just returned to the Feng Mansion, and before she had even warmed up her chair, the housekeeper came to report, "Miss, someone from the Ninth Prince's residence wants to see you."

What did the people from the Ninth Prince's mansion want her to do?

Feng Qingchen was puzzled, but he still went to meet the man obediently. After all, he was just a servant in the Ninth Prince's mansion, and was better off than an ordinary minor official. Even the prime minister's door was filled with seventh-rank officials, not to mention the Ninth Prince who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

"The Ninth Prince invites me to dinner? Did I read it wrongly?" Feng Qingchen read the invitation over and over again ten times. She knew every word, but why couldn't she understand it when they were put together?

The Ninth Prince invited her to dinner, what a condescending act it was. One would only think of inviting people to dinner when asking them to do something for him. For example, she invited Wang Jinling to dinner because she hoped that the Wang family would make an effort to suppress the Duke of Zhenguo.

Of course, the Wang family also has its benefits. The positions of those officials are all filled, and when someone falls, there will naturally be someone to fill the position. The Wang family can place their own people in the position.

Dinner parties are always for something, usually people of lower status invite people of higher status. Why did the Ninth Prince invite her to dinner? To ask her to do something?

Ahem, the Ninth Prince only needed to give her an order to do something, so why would he arrange a dinner party? The most important thing was that he was so high-profile. When did the Ninth Prince become so high-profile?

Facing Feng Qingchen's sparkling eyes, a certain eunuch lowered his head quickly. He might be arrogant in front of others, but he didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Feng Qingchen. He said respectfully: "To reply Miss Feng, you are not mistaken, the Ninth Prince is waiting for Miss Feng."

"Tonight?" Feng Qingchen looked at the invitation again and found that there was no time written on it. She said that the invitation looked a bit strange. It turned out to be here.

As for the calligraphy? It was a beautiful cursive script, somewhat different from the calm and cool image given by the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince's calligraphy was elegant, sharp, and domineering.

"Yes, the Ninth Prince is in the villa right now, and would like to invite Miss Feng to enjoy the flowers and have a meal." The eunuch smiled and looked expectant, looking kind and amiable.

"Appreciating flowers? What flowers are there to appreciate at this time? And Uncle Nine only invited me?" If that was the case, she would not be able to keep the appointment.

There are thousands of young ladies in the Imperial City who adore the Ninth Prince. If she goes to the appointment in such a high-profile manner, she will be eaten alive. Of course, this is not the point. The point is...

Her reputation had finally recovered a little bit, and if she went to the appointment alone now, she was afraid that tomorrow the news would spread: Feng Qingchen offered himself to her, and the Ninth Prince became Feng Qingchen's lover.

"Miss Feng, lotus flowers are in season now. There is a lotus pond in the Ninth Prince's villa. The blooming lotus flowers are beautiful beyond words, and the subtle fragrance is intoxicating. It is a wonderful thing to go boating in the lotus pond, appreciate the lotus flowers and eat lotus soup." The eunuch's words sounded very nice, and in fact, Feng Qingchen was also tempted.

Ever since the incident on her wedding day when she woke up in dishevelled clothes in the suburbs, her life has been tense and busy. She has no leisure and time to go out and enjoy the flowers. Listening to the eunuch's description, Feng Qingchen seemed to smell the elegant fragrance of lotus flowers. The breeze blew the lotus leaves layer by layer, which was so beautiful.

The eunuch saw Feng Qingchen like this and knew that she was moved, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "Miss Feng, the Ninth Prince invited you as well as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince of Luo, Prince Chunyu, Princess Anping, Princess Yaohua, Miss Su Wan, Prince Zhai, Prince Wang Jinling, the Seventh Prince of the Wang Family, and the Third Prince of the Xie Family. These are all people you are familiar with, and there is also His Royal Highness Feng Qian, the Second Prince of Beiling."

The eunuch picked out a few important figures and reported them out.

Although the Ninth Prince's main focus is to invite Miss Feng, inviting Miss Feng alone is too risky. Not only will it damage Miss Feng's reputation, it will also attract the attention of the Emperor. It is better to invite a large number of people. Although more people will attract more eyes, it will be more convenient to act.

"Uncle Ninth Prince invited so many people just to appreciate the lotus?" Feng Qingchen nodded repeatedly. With so many people around, she wouldn't have to worry about anything happening.

"Yes." The eunuch said affirmatively.

Feng Qingchen thought about it, but couldn't guess what the Ninth Prince's move meant. On the surface, it seemed like he was trying to bring the Prince of Beiling and Princess Anping together, but Feng Qingchen knew that the Ninth Prince would never be so idle as to do such a matchmaking job.

If it’s not for matchmaking, then what is it for?

Feng Qingchen was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, she was the least noticeable among the group. She must have gone there to serve as a foil. Even if the Ninth Prince had any plans, it had nothing to do with her. Feng Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief: "Please wait a moment, eunuch. I will go after changing my clothes."

Feng Qingchen stood up and bowed to the eunuch.

Who would be so anxious to invite guests? At least one day in advance should be given to give people time to prepare. But the Ninth Prince is really...

To flatter you, it's casual, but in reality, it's just unplanned. What if the person you're posting to suddenly has something to do? There's no way to arrange it in advance.

Fortunately, Wang Jinling was easy to talk to. If she had continued to persuade Wang Jinling in Zhufeng Tower, this group would have disrupted her plans because of the Ninth Prince.

Oh my god! If Feng Qingchen knew that this eunuch received orders from the Ninth Prince to go directly to Zhufeng Tower and give the invitation to Feng Qingchen, and then go to the Wang family to deliver the invitation to Wang Jinling after Feng Qingchen left, Feng Qingchen would probably be even more depressed.

The eunuch stepped forward and blocked Feng Qingchen's way: "Miss Feng, the Ninth Prince is waiting for you."

"But..." After going out and having lunch, there would inevitably be some smell on my clothes. It would be very impolite to go out like this.

"Miss Feng, this is very good." The eunuch did not give in. Only in this way could he prove that Feng Qingchen rushed over as soon as she received the invitation from the Ninth Prince. The eunuch said silently in his heart: "Miss Feng, don't think I'm making things difficult for you. I'm doing this for your own good. If you wear this dress, the Ninth Prince will only be happy."

"Miss, please hang a sachet." The maid stepped forward and tied a lotus leaf sachet on Feng Qingchen. The floating lotus fragrance masked some of the other smells on the clothes.

"Let's go." Feng Qingchen did not show his dissatisfaction.

The eunuch wiped his sweat and diligently helped Feng Qingchen get on the carriage.

It’s hard to be a good person these days!

After the carriage carrying Feng Qingchen left the city, the invitation from the Ninth Prince to the Crown Prince and others was delivered to their house. If Feng Qingchen saw it, she would definitely find that the handwriting on the invitation she received was different from that of others. Hers was written by the Ninth Prince himself, while the others were just written by his staff.

Although the Ninth Prince's villa was outside the city, it was not far nor remote, and it only took half an hour to get there.

The area inside the city is so small that it is quite difficult to expand inside the city, so many people like to build villas outside the city, occupying a hilltop and building against the hill. Although they are villas, they occupy a larger area than the main courtyard of the imperial city.

Feng Qingchen got off the carriage, and a servant drove a small green oil cart over. The eunuch came forward to explain: "Miss Feng, the villa is too big. It may take more than half an hour to walk there. There are carriages in the villa. This is your carriage. Your maidservant will be arranged separately."

As he spoke, he separated Feng Qingchen and her two maids without leaving a trace, and helped Feng Qingchen into the carriage.

"Miss." The two maids called out in a low voice, feeling very uneasy.

Feng Qingchen smiled at the two of them soothingly: "It's okay, this is the Ninth Prince's villa." This means that nothing will happen. If something really happened, the Ninth Prince would be even more angry.

The two maids thought that if something really happened that damaged the young lady's reputation, the Ninth Prince would be the one who would suffer...