After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

Chapter 216 Nothing more than that
Yuan Qi was curious and said: "Why haven't I seen the Duke of Zhenguo's wife here before? She suddenly sent an invitation to our family. Is it possible that she wants to curry favor with our family?"

The Jiang family is one of the four major families, and there are countless people who fawn over it. No wonder Yuan Qi thinks so.

Luzhu sent away the lotus fragrance and introduced Yuan Qi to the wife of the Duke of this town.

"Miss, I don't know, the wife of the Duke of Zhen Guo and our wife are handkerchiefs. The Duke of Zhen Guo gave birth to two daughters and a son. The eldest daughter was engaged to our prince, but later the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhen Guo was engaged. I fell in love with a student from a poor family. He was very good-looking and had no talent. He won the top prize four years ago. "

"The eldest daughter of Lord Zhen Guo didn't know what was wrong. She had to marry Zheng Yiwen, a poor student. She even came to the door in person and broke off the marriage with the prince in person. Jiang Mansion's face was really ugly. The prince also I have been unhappy for a long time. He is a great commander of the imperial army and has achieved military exploits. Why can't he be compared to a poor student? "

Luzhu snorted: "Since then, my wife has been annoyed by the Duke of Zhenguo's wife, and the two families have not had much contact. Otherwise, given our prince's status and talent, how could we wait until last year to get engaged? This Madam Zhenguo is shameless and feels sorry for our lady. She doesn’t know what happened recently, but she actually accepted her invitation. "

Sequoia pursed her lips at the side: "What else could it be? I heard that Mrs. Zhen Guo's son is not young anymore, he is seventeen, right? He looks like a dog, so I guess this time Mrs. Zhen Guo I am holding a flower-viewing banquet because I want to show off my son. Maybe I want to marry the fifth or sixth lady. Although the two young ladies are concubines, they come from well-known families, so it is enough for them to marry their son as their main wife."

Lu Zhu hummed: "What you say makes sense. Do you think the young lady will go this time? If she goes, wouldn't it be embarrassing to meet Sun Qiao'er, who also retreated from Qin with the prince?"

Sequoia shook his head: "Who knows? I heard that Sun Qiaoer's husband is still working as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, waiting to be appointed to an official position."

She lowered her voice and asked speculatively: "Tell me, is it that our Lord Marquis secretly dealt with Duke Zhen to prevent Zheng Yiwen from getting ahead of himself?"

Luzhu said "Shhh-": "Don't talk nonsense, this matter is not something we can discuss. We are just reminding Miss Qi that the people in Zhen Guogong's Mansion are not good people, especially that Eldest daughter, it’s best not to talk to her.”

The two of them stood next to Yuan Qi and recited their thoughts. They recounted all the gossip about the Zhen Guo Duke's mansion in recent years. Why did the Zhen Guo Duke have a very beautiful concubine who gave birth to a seven-year-old son? He prefers his concubine and plans to make his concubine's son the heir apparent. The madam disagreed and made a fuss.

Yuan Qi listened to the gossip between the two and had a general understanding of the Zhenguo Palace. It was true that every family had its own scriptures that were difficult to read.

"According to what you said, there's no need for me to go, right?"

Green Bamboo and Sequoia didn't take it seriously. They looked at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Sequoia said: "Miss, why don't you go? In the future, you will also have to see each other and show your face in Kyoto. Otherwise, who knew there was someone like you in the Jiang family? Everyone knows that there is a young lady who studies Taoism. , I didn’t know you were there.”

Yuan Qi glanced sideways at the two of them but said nothing.

Wen Zhujun waved his hand for the two of them to go down, and then spoke to Yuan Qi in a low voice.

"You really don't plan to get married?"

Yuan Qi hummed lightly and concentrated on carving the jade talisman. This Kunlun jade was given to him by Xiangli Youming. Wen Zhujun reminded her: "Today when you were doing your fortune-telling, Xiao Jiu passed by our stall in a car. He looked at you for a long time. Even after the carriage passed by, he was still lying on the window and turning his head to look. Let me tell you, Xiao Jiu You're pretty good. You're still young, so don't be too busy refusing. You didn't see the way Xiao Jiu looked at you, not to mention how sad and resentful he was."

Yuan Qi glanced at her: "This has nothing to do with age. What's the good thing about getting married? Besides, I don't think Xiaojiu is that good either. He just looks better than ordinary people, and his family background is better than ordinary people. I don't like either of those two things." No wonder, why should I care about his feelings?"

Wen Zhuyun chuckled: "Don't think you are so confident now, but you won't think so when you get older."

Yuan Qi hummed: "Don't forget, I have lived for many years. I am not what I seem. I am only ten years old. I am mature in thought and everything I say is carefully considered."

Wen Zhuyun was tired. She had forgotten this and couldn't look at this person with normal eyes at all.

Yuan Qi looked at her appearance and continued to express his thoughts: "Little Master Jiu has a great reputation in his family. At the age of only thirteen, he has already attracted countless girls in Kyoto who are trying their best to marry him. He’s so good at attracting peach blossoms, so I won’t join in the fun.”

Wen Zhuyun had an expression of understanding on his face: "So it's because of this. It's hard to say. Little Master Jiu is not the kind of sentimental person..."

Yuan Qi raised his head and looked at the other person quietly: "Why do you always say good things to Xiao Jiuye? Have you seen him being bribed by him?"

Wen Zhuyun quickly denied: "No, how could it be possible?"

She was secretly frightened. This Yuan Qi had so much on his mind. He could even guess this. She had to be careful when meeting Xiao Jiuye in the future so that she wouldn't notice.

In a few days, it was time to go to the Zhenguogong Mansion to enjoy the flowers.

Early in the morning, Xiangli Mingzhu took the prepared gifts, a daughter-in-law and three concubines and took a carriage to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

Today's Zhenguo Palace is very lively. Although the family status of Zhenguo Palace is not as good as Jiang's, among the second-class dignitaries, Zhenguo Palace is still a prominent figure. Therefore, there are many guests invited today. , of course they are all female relatives.

Madame Zhao, the Duke of Zhenguo, had already asked people to wait at the street entrance. As soon as Xiangli Mingzhu's carriage turned into this street, she would personally come out to greet it.

"I've been waiting for you." Mrs. Zhao was in a good mood. Behind her were her two daughters and a son. "See Mrs. Jiang soon."

The two families greeted each other politely, and Yuan Qi followed at the end, very perfunctorily. She was actually not very interested in this kind of thing, but she was just curious about the charm of the woman who had withdrawn from Jiang Juncai's marriage.

After Zhao's introduction, Yuan Qi realized that the woman was nothing more than that. Although her appearance was a bit outstanding, she was not the prettiest, and she probably wouldn't be ranked high in Kyoto. I don’t know why such a woman dared to withdraw from Jiang Juncai’s marriage.

Feng Caiyi naturally knew about this. She was in a good mood. In terms of appearance and family background, Feng Caiyi was the winner. Moreover, Feng Caiyi was still pregnant with the child for several months. If she hadn't come to help her husband today, she would have I won't come out with a big belly to visit.