Chapter 147 Vicious

Jiang Xinyue didn’t care whether he was happy or not. She was very happy anyway, it was the New Year.

Because this time, her stepfather brought her mother Ruan into the palace instead of Zhou.

Her brothers and sisters from the same father and mother all came, waving and greeting her from a distance across the crowd!

Jiang Xinyan has always been gentle and self-disciplined, dignified and stable, and rarely showed her emotions so much. This was the first time that Jiang Yunxia and Jiang Yuncai entered the palace, and it was also the first time they saw this cousin Yue after entering the palace.

In fact, before Jiang Xinyue entered the palace, they had only seen Jiang Xinyue once, which was many years ago when their fourth uncle brought his whole family back to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

Jiang Xinyue was only ten years old at that time!

Jiang Yunxia was about seven or eight years old.

The only impression she had of Jiang Xinyue was that she was beautiful. All the girls in the Jiang family combined couldn't be more beautiful than her.

When she was a child, there was no little girl in the family who didn't envy her. They felt that she was like a towering tree standing there, overshadowing everyone else's brilliance.

At that time, no one played with her. The little girls were not happy about it, and the little boys were shy and didn't dare to disturb this fairy-like sister or elder sister.

So many years have passed, and time has been particularly fond of her. After that pretty face grew up, it revealed amazing beauty and brilliance.

Those young ladies from the big families who thought highly of themselves complained privately, saying why Jiang Xinyue was so spoiled, wasn't she just a vase?

Jiang Yunxia shook her head and just thought it was funny.

After seeing the beauty of cousin Yue today, can they still say such ignorant words?

A vase?

Even if it is a vase, her cousin Yue is the most beautiful and exquisite one among all the vases, making people fall in love with her at first sight.

She, a woman, can't help but be attracted to her and just want to look at her a few more times, not to mention that the emperor is a man of blood and vigor?

Isn't the meaning of a vase beautiful? Being

beautiful enough is the biggest reason for her favor!

The last time she entered the palace, Ruan saw her daughter in Hexi Palace. It was at the full moon banquet of the fifth prince. She hasn't seen her eldest daughter for almost a year.

She came low-key that time, and sister Yue was not as favored as she is now, so no one paid attention to her.

This time it was different. After Ruan sat down, all eyes were on her, making her nervous for no reason. She timidly pulled Jiang Yankun's sleeve.

She was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that her low status would cause her children to be criticized.

Especially Sister Yue...

Jiang Yankun was still chatting and laughing with the officials around him who were flattering him on the table. Under the table, he held Ruan's hand tightly and gently scratched the back of her hand with his thumb to reassure her.

Where there are flatterers, there are naturally people who are mean and sarcastic.

"What a coincidence! Our family has some connections with Lord Jiang's family!"

Li Guipin's mother, Pei, laughed coldly, "I heard that Madam Ruan used to be a dancer in the Ruyang Palace. When the Ruyang Prince saw that Madam Ruan was extremely beautiful, she was almost sent to my father to warm his bed, but my father was already old at that time and declined. It was Lord Jiang who had a keen eye for beauty and asked the Ruyang Prince to let her be his concubine. Otherwise, today's Concubine Zhen would be my little sister. The difference in generation is quite big, but Lord Jiang could ask my father to marry his old daughter."

These words were really vicious.

First, Ruan's identity was exposed in public, and her shame was exposed, causing everyone's contempt.

Then she said that the Prince of Ruyang got a beautiful dancer as a gift to Pei Zhongshu, but Pei Zhongshu looked down on such a lowly woman with an unknown origin and unknown sex, so he refused.

Jiang Yankun was a man who didn't care about sex and married such a prostitute. I think he was obsessed with sex.

What's more, she assumed that if Ruan gave Ruan to Pei Zhongshu as a concubine, Jiang Xinyue would be Pei Zhongshu's daughter in his old age, so she asked Jiang Yankun to go to their Pei family to ask for Jiang Xinyue.

This is not only against ethical principles, but also implies that the Jiang family has no rules and is spreading rumors that they are having an affair...

Ruan's face turned pale. She thought that she would be insulted, but she didn't expect Pei to be so vicious that she would destroy the innocence of the Jiang family's daughter with just one word.

There was no anger in Jiang Yankun's warm eyes. Instead, he sneered: "Miss Pei is right. I have to thank Secretary Pei for his help back then. Otherwise, I would not have been able to marry Qing Niang with a clear conscience. But Miss Pei is wrong about one thing. The emperor has already issued an edict to promote Qing Niang to my co-wife. She is not the concubine you mentioned. My Qing Niang is well-educated and gentle in nature. She is not like those venomous women who immediately divorce their husbands and sever all ties with them when they are in trouble. They are sharp-tongued, and my Qing Niang is well-educated, so she is no match for them. I hope all ladies will take care of my Qing Niang. Jiang would like to thank you all."

"Yes, yes, yes... no need to thank me, it's all my duty..."

Lord Jiang is so poisonous!

Miss Pei, isn't this rubbing salt into Pei's wounds?

A venomous woman, sharp-tongued, and ill-educated, every word is a curse!

And while scolding back, it also helped Ruan to clarify that when she was with Lord Jiang, she was a pure and innocent virgin, not the lowly person that Pei said. Most

men value chastity, Jiang Yankun said so, so there must be no problem with Ruan.

Pei was so angry that she wanted to get angry, but this was a palace banquet, so she had to hold it back, but the ferocious expression on her face was really not decent.

Jiang Xinyue didn't hear the argument over there, but saw her mother's pale face and frightened eyes, as well as her brother and sister's chests rising and falling in anger.

Who is this gossiper spreading rumors?

She looked at the sweet crab meat that had been peeled on the table, and then looked at Pei who was sitting diagonally opposite the Jiang family. She raised her hand to call Xiao Xuanzi over and whispered a few words in his ear. Xiao Xuanzi quickly left the hall.

Chief Steward Gao was preparing the main dish of the night - hot pot.

Then, Xuangong, who was serving Concubine Zhen, came and wiped his hands hurriedly: "Eunuch, does the Concubine Zhen have any instructions?"

Xiao Xuanzi swept the table: "The Concubine Zhen asked me to get a few crabs."

Chief Steward Gao immediately put four plump crabs on a plate: "I'll let them prepare them and give them to the Concubine Zhen."

After saying that, he thought for a while and added, "Eunuch Xuan, these crabs are very cold. The queen is pregnant, so it's best not to eat too much."

Little Xuanzi smiled and accepted his kindness: "Thank you for the reminder, Chief Steward Gao, but these crabs are not for the queen to eat. They are used to punish people. Please help me process these good-looking ones, and give me a few meatless ones with prickly mouths and hard shells. I have to do this job for the queen."

Chief Steward Gao understood what he said, and within a moment he selected a few crabs that were about to be thrown away and gave them to him according to his request.