The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 92: Summer Banquet

The Jiang family's carriage slowly stopped outside the hunting ground. They were stopped by the imperial guards. According to the rules, no one except the royal carriages was allowed to enter. The carriages of the Xiao family and the Luo family were also stopped.

Lin Mowan had just got off the carriage and inadvertently looked up and saw Bai Yun who had also just got off the carriage. Unexpectedly, their eyes met. The other party reacted first and waved at her with a smile. Lin Mowan hesitated for a moment and just nodded at her.

His eyes turned slightly and looked to the side, just in time to see Luo Qiao Niang standing not far away for who knows how long.

Their eyes met, but Lin Mowan no longer had the gentle smile she had just had, and just turned her eyes away indifferently.

Although the Luo family was not in officialdom, they were involved in most of the royal transactions. It was reasonable for them to be invited this time. However, what surprised Lin Mowan was that the Luo family accepted Luo Qiaoniang's request to take little Zhou Ying back so quickly.

That would be fine, but he actually brought her to attend the Zhuxia Banquet. Just as she was thinking about it, the carriage behind her stopped steadily, and a cheerful voice and a beautiful figure came out of the carriage: "Qiao Niang!"

Lin Mowan couldn't help but look over there. It was Sun Xiaoyue who had just arrived. Luo Qiaoniang also looked in the direction of the voice and greeted her with a smile on her face. The two of them greeted each other warmly and didn't seem to care about Lin Mowan.

Yuzhi stood to one side, and seemed to realize something. She moved her feet and blocked Lin Mowan's sight. She smiled and said, "Miss, let's go in. Lord Jiang and the others have gone far away."

After she reminded her, Lin Mowan turned around to look at the group of people heading towards the hunting ground not far away. Jiang Wenqing and Gongshu Tingyue were walking in front with Jiang Youan, Jiang Ruixue and Jiang Yanran, and they didn't seem to care at all about Lin Mowan who hadn't caught up yet.

"Let's go, girl." Yuzhi urged softly.

Lin Mowan nodded. She didn't really care about it at first, but in Yuzhi's eyes, her own girl was so pitiful. Not only was she excluded everywhere, but there were also people who always tried to frame her.

Let alone her second master, even she herself instantly felt the urge to protect him. If anyone dared to bully her girl, she would fight him to the death.

Lin Mowan followed the Jiang family into the hunting ground. The formal hunting would take place in the afternoon, and a banquet would be held on the open space of the manor at noon.

When they arrived, most of the noble families were already there. Jiang Wenqing quickly immersed himself in negotiations with the nobles' children. Jiang Ruixue also chatted enthusiastically with her familiar sisters about family matters. Gongshu Tingyue held Jiang Youan in the pavilion to rest. Only Jiang Yanran stood alone in the corner, with no one paying attention to her.

Lin Mowan certainly didn't want to bring bad luck upon herself, so she thought about walking around. Before she knew it, she found a slightly hidden place. Tall wisteria waterfalls covered the entire wall, and there was a small path behind the wall. There were towering trees on both sides, and the shade of the trees merged to cast a cool shade on the alley.

Lin Mowan walked in slowly unconsciously. Although it was only a few steps away, it was particularly cool inside, perhaps because it was shrouded in the shade of the trees. But before she had taken a few steps, she could vaguely hear footsteps outside.

Lin Mowan paused, turned around, and looked outside the alley. Before she could react, a familiar voice came from outside: "Little aunt, don't follow me, I really can't help it."

This is Baiyun.

Lin Mowan heard the voice and forgot to go out for a moment. Then, a voice that did not belong to Bai Yun came from outside again: "I don't care. Sister Bai Yun, you said that the second brother likes a girl named Rong'er. As long as I tell that woman that my name is Rong'er, the second brother will like her. How can you lie to me!"

The voice sounded particularly charming. Lin Mowan thought about it and carefully searched for the source of the voice in her mind. She vaguely remembered that she had heard it before.

Bai Yun was helpless: "Little girl, you already know I was lying to you, why are you still pestering me? I asked you to say this because I wanted to see Lin Mowan's reaction. I am using you. Please don't pester me anymore, please." As she said this, she turned and left. As she walked into the alley, she looked up and met Lin Mowan's eyes. The pretty girl behind her also followed her. It was Song Anrong.

For a moment, the three of them looked at each other. The scene was a little awkward. No one spoke first. After a long silence, Lin Mowan was the first to react.

She calmly lowered her eyes and whispered, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just didn't have time to leave before you guys finished talking."

Hearing the sound, the two seemed to react, and Song Anrong said hurriedly: "Oh! I think I heard my father calling me, I'll leave first."

After saying that, Bai Yun didn't even have time to stop her, as she had already run away, leaving Bai Yun and Lin Mowan standing there staring at each other.

After another short silence, Bai Yun explained in a somewhat pale tone: "What I said just now was not what I meant. You know, I am not very good at joking. At that time, she kept pestering me, and I was just... just saying it casually..."

At that time, she was indeed annoyed by Song Anrong's pestering. When she thought of her previous suspicion of Lin Mowan, she blurted out and asked her to go to Lin Mowan and pretend to be Rong'er.

Unexpectedly, the little girl believed it and went there happily. Although she didn't seem to see anything in the result, it didn't seem to matter now. After all, she already had the answer she wanted in her heart, and her curiosity was satisfied.

Thinking about what happened before was indeed a bit absurd, but it didn't seem to have caused any major disaster. Fortunately, after she verified it herself, she didn't ask Shen Weiyuan, so the matter seemed to be over.

Even though it was brought up again now, Lin Mowan couldn't blame or be dissatisfied with anything anymore, as this would be detrimental to her image as a soft persimmon to the outside world.

So, she just smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a joke, I won't take it seriously."

Although she said so, Bai Yun still felt a little embarrassed. Thinking about what had just happened, he almost dug his toes into the ground.

Thinking of this, she curled her lips, smiled and nodded at Lin Mowan, then turned and left...

Lin Mowan did not stay long and followed him back to the venue. This banquet was different from the other banquets. In the spacious venue, in addition to the tables and chairs for the banquet, the palace servants were serving dishes one after another.

Not far away were the shooting range and horse racing farm. Many people had gone there to exercise. Lin Mowan just stood not far away and watched. She originally had no intention of going over.

"Girl, aren't you going to play?" A hearty voice came from behind her. Lin Mowan turned around and saw a young man in a beige waistcoat. He was adjusting his wrist guard, while a servant beside him was carrying a bow and counting the arrows in the quiver.

"Master, the number is enough." The servant stepped forward and patted the quiver in his hand: "Let's go over."

The boy didn't say anything. Seeing that Lin Mowan didn't say anything, he still said to Lin Mowan: "Let's go, let's go play together."

The young man smiled brightly, revealing his small canine teeth. When he greeted Lin Mowan, a tuft of disobedient hair on top of his head swayed along.

Lin Mowan could feel the warm sunshine shining in just by looking at him. Facing the boy's kindness, she just smiled and shook her head: "I don't know how to shoot arrows."