The guests around them, who were saying unpleasant things, saw Li Chuyi hooking her arm around Wen Nan, looking so intimate.
Everyone shut their mouths.
Warmth was taken aback.
Why did Li Chuyi come out so quickly? She hasn't even chased the person away yet.
Wen Nan is really shameless. Even though everyone around her has said all that, she still refuses to leave.
Nuan Nuan dared not utter a sound.
Li Chuyi is of noble birth; she is the granddaughter of the county magistrate and is said to have come from the capital, making her a very important person.
Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.
Although the Wen family was incredibly wealthy and the most prominent merchant family in Jiangnan, no matter how rich they were, they were still just commoners in the end.
Moreover, the old lady even sent Wen Nuan to curry favor with Li Chuyi.
Warmth was a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. She looked up at Li Chuyi with teary eyes.
“My sister has never been well-behaved since she was little…” Wen Nuan hadn’t finished speaking.
"At someone else's banquet, you drove away someone else's guests. You keep saying I was kicked out of the Wen family. Why should an outsider like you interfere in my affairs?" Wen Nan's voice was somewhat cold.
In an instant, the warm facade was torn away.
Those around him were extremely annoyed. Jiangnan was full of merchants, and Li Chuyi came from the capital. They had heard that she was of extremely high status.
They're all here to win them over.
Who knew he was just there to watch the fun and casually said a few words.
He offended Wen Nan, a guest of Li Chuyi.
Everyone is trying to make amends right now.
“Yes, Madam Wen is right. Since Madam Wen is no longer a member of the Wen family, she is Miss Li’s guest today since she was invited to the magistrate’s mansion. It’s rather impolite of Second Miss Wen to make decisions for her host family!”
"Yes, regardless of whether Madam Wen is a member of the Wen family or not, how dare you, a mere illegitimate daughter, speak to a legitimate daughter like that?"
“The eldest sister is like a mother… The second young lady is too ill-mannered.”
"As expected, a concubine's daughter is a concubine's daughter; she can never compare to a legitimate daughter."
"That's so rude!"
In an effort to curry favor with Li Chuyi, the winds of change instantly shifted, and everyone was now prying into Wen Nuan's spine.
They're all acting in their own self-interest, like grass swaying on a wall at will.
These people repeatedly reminded them of Wen Nuan's identity.
It's something Wen Nuan least wants to mention.
What she hated most was being called a concubine's daughter; a concubine's daughter could never be as noble as a legitimate daughter.
Warmth's face gradually turned pale.
Li Chuyi reached out and grabbed Wen Nan's wrist, pulling him into the mansion.
Wen Nuan's face was pale. She gritted her teeth and prepared to follow. She hadn't forgotten the task the old lady had given her. If she didn't complete it, she would definitely be punished when she got back.
Wen Nuan knew better than anyone what kind of person the old lady was; she was just an illegitimate daughter.
Moreover, the eldest son's wife was not liked by the old lady either, all because of her muddle-headed father.
Nuanwen gritted her teeth and, amidst the laughter of the crowd, prepared to follow.
But suddenly someone reached out and blocked Wen Nuan's path; it was Li Chuyi's maid.
"Miss Wen, please return." Fei Ying's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, her eyes fixed straight ahead, without deliberately concealing her voice.
Everyone around heard it.
Wen Nuan was even more embarrassed. She had come to attend the banquet, but was turned away. If word got out, she would lose all face.
Wen Nuan immediately took the invitation from Chun He behind her.
Many people around were watching the spectacle, and some even started discussing the warmth of the scene.
"I brought an invitation." Wen Nuan was furious at the whispers behind her, but there was nothing she could do.
"Please leave." Fei Ying's voice was icy.
With this attitude, what else could the crowd not understand?
This is clearly a way of preventing Wen Nuan from attending the banquet.
Wen Nuan has completely offended Li Chuyi.
Wen Nuan gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, finally covering her face and leaving amidst the laughter of the crowd.
During the banquet, Luo Huai overheard several young ladies talking about Wen Nuan, and only then did Luo Huai realize that her own daughter had been driven away at the door.
Luo Huai clutched her handkerchief tightly, her face alternating between pale and flushed.
She sent Wen Nuan to curry favor with Li Chuyi, but instead of succeeding, she was kicked out.
How am I supposed to explain this to the old lady?
There were quite a few women around. It was Luo Huai's first time attending such an occasion, and she didn't want to leave without a reason, lest she spoil the mood.
Moreover, she was sent by the old lady, so she had to bring gifts.
Luo Huai felt very uncomfortable, as many people around her were staring at her.
Luo Huai made an exception for coming today; normally, as a concubine, she wouldn't be allowed to attend such a event.
Wen Jinzhong also came.
However, men and women were seated separately. During the banquet, Luo Huai went to see Wen Jinzhong once and told him how much Wen Nuan had suffered and how she had been kicked out.
But Wen Jinzhong was preoccupied with the crayfish, so he gave a perfunctory reply.
The surrounding people, feeling warmer, pointed and whispered among themselves as they looked at the locust tree.
"Look, this is the mother of that second young lady." The two women in front glanced at Luo Huai.
Luo Huai coughed awkwardly and pulled Wen Jinzhong beside him, saying, "Master, please go and resign first. Let's go back."
Luo Huai felt somewhat uncomfortable at the banquet. She came to find Wen Jinzhong. It was naturally inappropriate for a concubine like her to leave, but Wen Jinzhong was different; he was a man.
He is the eldest patriarch of the Wen family. If Wen Jinzhong leaves, Luo Huai can leave with him as well.
But Luo Huai's wish was clearly not fulfilled.
Wen Jinzhong stood behind the screen in the middle, standing on tiptoe. He had specially changed into a black brocade robe, and his boots were new. His hair was combed very neatly.
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