In the garden of the villa, the Eighth Prince's wife mingled among the female relatives, while Qingyan accompanied Lady Ulanara. As they sat down in the corridor, her mood gradually became very depressed.
"Master, it's confirmed. Eighth Princess Consort has invited people from the Jue Luo clan!" Su Lan whispered in Qing Yan's ear.
Qingyan glanced at Lady Ulanara. She and her daughter rarely met with members of the Gioro clan, so even if these people wanted to curry favor with them, they had nowhere to do so.
"Isn't this my sister-in-law?" Lady Jueluo walked over and said to Lady Ulanara, "Why are you here at the banquet too?"
"No manners! You don't even bow to me!" Qingyan had a very bad impression of the Jue Luo clan, so she stepped forward to help Lady Ulanara block Lady Jue Luo's attack.
"You child, how can you be so ill-mannered? You've become the primary wife, yet you don't care about your maternal family!" The Second Madam of the Jue Luo Clan looked at Qingyan with surprise. "Look at the Eighth Princess Consort, no wonder they're both primary wives, but the Eighth Princess Consort knows how to behave!"
With a faint smile on her face, the Eighth Prince's wife calmly followed behind the Second Lady of the Jue Luo Clan, as if she had returned to the time before her marriage, when the Second Lady of the Jue Luo Clan accompanied the Eighth Prince's wife to attend a banquet for the women's relatives.
"Eighth sister-in-law, is that what you think too?" Qingyan asked directly.
The women heard the commotion in the corridor and all looked over.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, I can't say much more. You see, we relatives shouldn't care about these rules!" Eighth Princess Consort had always wanted to get close to Qingyan, but she never had the chance.
A single sentence from the second wife of the Jue Luo family made her feel that an opportunity had suddenly arrived.
"Fourth sister-in-law, what are you doing here? You're just a woman. If you don't like it, just throw her out!" The Crown Princess walked over from the door and noticed that the Eighth Prince's wife wasn't there to greet her, which made her very unhappy.
“Your Highness, this is the Second Lady of the Jue Luo Clan. She’s here to talk to my mother. I was planning to take my mother over there to do this!” Qingyan said directly.
"Eighth sister-in-law, I remember that female members of the imperial family shouldn't be invited to banquets. This is clearly against the rules. Are you implying that we don't care about the reputation of the imperial family?" the Crown Princess retorted directly.
"No, no, no!" Eighth Prince's wife quickly refused.
Seeing that the Crown Princess was upset and looking for an outlet, Qingyan unkindly gave the opportunity to the Eighth Prince's wife and quietly left with Lady Ulanara.
"Little Darling, isn't it inappropriate to leave the Crown Princess and the Eighth Prince's Consort standing there?" Lady Ulanara walked towards Qingyan's seat, very worried that Qingyan's actions might bring her trouble.
"Mother, don't worry, the Crown Princess will definitely be grateful to me," Qingyan said in a low voice.
“If Lady Jueluo and the Eighth Prince’s wife collude, it will be detrimental to you. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about my reputation,” Lady Ulanara said.
Qingyan nodded: "Mother, don't worry."
A moment later, Qingyan first escorted Lady Ulanara to her seat before turning to go to the seat of the prince's primary consort.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, why are you so slow!" Fifth Princess Consort had already started eating fruit, and when she saw Qingyan coming over, she was in a very good mood.
"I saw Mother, so I took her there first. What are you all doing here? Didn't you go over there to watch the play?" Qingyan noticed that several gossipy primary wives were sitting there, showing no sign of wanting to help.
Watching a play?!
The Fifth and Seventh Princesses both shook their heads, saying that the Crown Princess's performance was definitely not going to be good.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, you know how petty they are over there. If you watch the show and the Crown Princess remembers it, you'll definitely be made to suffer in the future," Fifth Princess quickly replied.
"The Crown Princess can hold grudges?" Qingyan was stunned; she had never considered this question.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, you don't know, before, Third Sister-in-law had a very good relationship with the Crown Princess. But she just gave Shulu a lecture, and the Crown Princess held a grudge against her. She's been getting a lot of trouble lately," Seventh Princess Consort said directly.
Over in the corridor, the argument between the Crown Princess and the Eighth Prince's wife grew louder, drawing everyone's attention.
"Besides, this time we've embarrassed the Crown Princess, who values face the most," the Seventh Princess muttered.
"Alright, let's not talk about this outside!" Yin Genjue Luo Shi heard everyone's conversation and quickly stopped them.
The women present were not only members of the royal family, so the wives of the officials were unaware of the direct relationship between the royal principal wives and the main wives.
"Sister-in-law, do you think the Crown Princess will hold a grudge this time?" Ninth Princess Consort also became curious.
"It shouldn't be a big deal, it's nothing serious!" said Yin Genjue Luo Shi.
Qingyan chuckled: "Sister-in-law, shall we talk about something else?"
The women glanced over there and began to talk about the children. They all envied Lady Yin Genjue and Qing Yan, because in their mansions, only the direct descendants were truly alive.
Later, the Eighth Prince's wife stood in the middle of the courtyard, raised her cup, and apologized to the women, explaining that the banquet had been delayed by an hour due to some reasons.
Qingyan didn't care: "You know, there are some rather unique places around here. What do you think, should we go there privately?"
“Sure, it’s been a long time since we went out together!” said Yin Genjue Luo Shi directly.
"Add me too!" Ninth Princess Consort also stood aside, feeling that going out with them was much better than being with Eighth Princess Consort.
“Ninth Sister-in-law, won’t Ninth Brother scold you if you go out with us?” asked Yin Genjue Luo Shi.
"Of course I won't say it. Why would you say it about me?" Ninth Princess Consort said, looking at Lady Yin Genjue Luo.
Everyone knows that the Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince, and Tenth Prince had a very good relationship. However, in the last two years, the three princes have interacted very little. The ministers sent their wives to observe the relationship between the three women.
They saw that Ninth Prince's wife and Fourth Prince's wife were getting very close, and were even discussing when they could go out together!
"Fourth Sister-in-law, just tell me when we're going. I reckon even Tenth Sister-in-law will be coming along!" Ninth Princess Consort said directly.
The Tenth Prince's wife had already left a message, telling the Fourth Sister-in-law to give her the medicine beforehand, once she was about to leave.
"Why didn't my tenth sister-in-law come?" Qingyan looked around but couldn't find any trace of the tenth princess.
"They said they had some things to attend to, which is why they couldn't come!" Ninth Prince's wife said directly. "Tenth Prince has some matters to attend to and needs your help."
Qingyan's expression changed slightly when he noticed that the Crown Princess was actually exchanging pleasantries with the Second Madam of the Jue Luo Clan. This woman was known for her scheming and manipulative nature.
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