Front courtyard banquet hall.
A maid in a green silk dress rushed from the backyard, her face flushed and her eyes darting around nervously to cover her face. She ran to the concubine Xi Ningshang, but because she was running so fast and breathing so heavily, her voice was "a little" loud: "Something bad has happened, Your Highness."
"Yingzhu, today is the Prince's joyous occasion. Why are you making such a racket?" Xi Ningchang seemed very cautious, but her voice was even louder.
Yingzhu immediately showed an apologetic and anxious expression, clutching her chest and panting, "No, Your Highness, just now this servant saw a drunk man rush into the new princess's courtyard, shouting that he and the princess were old acquaintances, saying things like he was unfaithful and wanted to win her back. The new princess has just entered the mansion, so the security in the courtyard must be lax. This servant is afraid that something might happen to the princess."
"Oh no, is that so!" Xi Ningchang panicked and turned to her nearby concubine Bai Rumei for help: "Sister Bai, this concerns the new princess's reputation, what should we do?"
Bai Rumei calmly pulled her arm away from Xi Ningshang's grasp, saying indifferently, "What does it have to do with me?"
Xi Ningchang: "!"
You spineless bastard, you won't utter a sound even if you're beaten three times, I'll get you sooner or later!
After swallowing the breath that was stuck in her chest, Xi Ningchang turned around and walked towards the nearby concubine, Shanyu Heye: "Sister, you heard what Yingzhu said, didn't you? What should we do? We can't just ignore the new princess. If something really happens, it will be the prince and our Prince Su's mansion that lose face."
“Since such an arrogant and rude person has appeared in the manor, he should naturally be driven out. However…” Shanyu Heye looked at Xi Ningshang with a half-smile: “This matter not only concerns the reputation of the new princess, but also the face of the prince. Sister, have you thought this through?”
Xi Ningchang was stunned for a moment, and then felt a surge of resentment.
What Chanyu Heye said made perfect sense, but he left her no way out in the slightest, and he didn't bother to conceal his voice at all.
Look at the guests craning their necks to watch; every single one of them is wide-eyed and ears bulging, waiting to see a good show. Everyone now knows that it was Xi Ningshang's maid who discovered this first, and they're all waiting for her to start it!
Consort Jia has always been arrogant and used to running rampant in the Prince's mansion all by herself.
Bai Rumei and Shanyu Heye have already cleared themselves of any wrongdoing;
The remaining two concubines, Mi Jiang'er and Yu Ying, are her mortal enemies, and Xi Ningshang is timid and cowardly. Now Xi Ningshang is in a dilemma.
“Sister, why don’t we go and take a look? The new princess is new here, and everyone is making her sound so pitiful…” Just as Xi Ningshang was in a dilemma, a timid voice suddenly rang out beside her.
Looking back, it was none other than Yu Ying, who was always timid and cowardly.
Xi Ningchang had never found Yu Ying so pleasing to the eye before, and she was so happy that she forgot to hide her expression: "Sister is right, then let's go to the backyard to check, just in case something really happens!"
After saying that, Xi Ningchang pulled Yu Ying and walked towards the backyard, seemingly unaware that a long line of people were following behind them.
Of the two imperial concubines and four concubines, two imperial concubines and three concubines were gone, leaving only Bai Rumei untouched.
After most of the people had left, the maid Diancui said, "Your Highness, so many people have gone. It wouldn't hurt for us to just go and watch the excitement."
"Whether I go or not is irrelevant; what's important is that Your Highness cannot miss this great show," Bai Rumei said, glancing at Diancui.
Diancui understood and immediately turned around to send someone to inform Shang Xiye.
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