After three years of slavery, the entire mansion begged me for forgiveness

In the blink of an eye, it’s the day of the Spring Flower Banquet.

In the imperial garden, Lin Yuan wore the sky silk dress and the jewelry that Lin Ye bought her just yesterday. She attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared.

An official lady who recognized her came over immediately and praised her outfit today.

In contrast, what Qiao Nian wore was much more low-key.

Moreover, all the ladies and gentlemen present knew that Qiao Nian was just the adopted daughter of the Hou family. Even her only supporter, Prince Ming, died a while ago, so naturally there was no one to talk to her.

Qiao Nian was also happy and relaxed, and went to the corner by himself.

But unexpectedly, someone came to greet him.

"Qiao Nian."

It's Xiao Qingnuan.

Qiao Nian didn't expect Xiao Qingnuan to say hello to her. After all, even if she helped Xiao Qingnuan see Lin Yuan's true face last time, they were still their enemies since childhood.

So, he raised his eyebrows slightly and responded calmly, "Is something wrong?"

"That piece of clothing." Xiao Qingnuan glanced at Lin Yuan in the distance, and then said, "Brother bought that for you, why is it on her?"

Qiao Nian didn't expect that Xiao Qingnuan actually knew about this, so she just curled her lips and said, "I thought General Xiao sent it to the wrong place, so I sent it to Miss Lin."

But unexpectedly, Xiao Qingnuan frowned, "You obviously did it on purpose."

Probably because they had been fighting each other since childhood, Xiao Qingnuan could see Qiao Nian's thoughts at a glance.

Qiao Nian didn't respond, just stared at her.

Just listen to her saying, "In the past three years, Lin Yuan has never been to the palace for a banquet. He came today because you instigated him, right? What do you want to do?"

The tone actually revealed a bit of hostility.

Qiao Nian also frowned, "What do you think I will do?"

"Lin Yuan has never harmed you!" Xiao Qingnuan lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of being heard by others, "You can't harm her!"

Qiao Nian felt confused, "It was Lin Yuan who broke the glass bowl, so I was fined and sent to the clothing bureau for three years. Why do you all think that this matter has nothing to do with her? If it really has nothing to do with her. , Why are you all afraid of me harming her? If I have no enmity with her, why would I harm her? "

She didn't understand why, in their eyes, Lin Yuan was always a good person, while she was always the worst one?

Xiao Qingnuan opened her mouth, "That's all, I can't help you, I'll go look at Lin Yuan!"

Saying that, he was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Nian smiled coldly, "You should just look at me here!"

Hearing this, Xiao Qingnuan looked confused.

Qiao Nian continued, "There is no shortage of people watching around Lin Yuan. Aren't you worried that I will be harmful to her? Then you should watch me here and tell me not to use tricks."

Xiao Qingnuan felt that Qiao Nian's words made sense, so she stopped talking and just stood quietly beside Qiao Nian.

Their eyes were all fixed on the focal point in the crowd.

I saw Lin Yuan's face getting redder and redder under the compliments of everyone, and her shy look really attracted the attention of many young masters.

There are even those who are brave enough to want to come forward and talk to Lin Yuan.

But unexpectedly, Xiao Heng came.

Everyone knew that Lin Yuan was Xiao Heng's fiancée, and they all wisely stepped aside.

When Lin Yuan saw Xiao Heng, she was even too shy to look at him. But when she noticed Xiao Heng approaching, she couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "Brother Heng, do I, do I look good today?"

"Who asked you to wear this dress?"

The cold voice came from above her head, causing most of the shyness on Lin Yuan's face to instantly disappear.

She raised her eyes to look at Xiao Heng in surprise. The blush had not dissipated, but even her eyes were dyed red, "Isn't this a gift from Brother Heng?"

Did he give it as a gift?

Xiao Heng's expression darkened again, and he immediately turned to look at Qiao Nian.

Dawson's cold gaze looked across the crowd and landed on Qiao Nian's face with great precision.

Qiao Nian was stunned for a moment, then looked away.

She didn't want to get involved in their affairs.

But unexpectedly, there was a quick-thinking person present who immediately noticed something was wrong, "Hey, is the person next to Miss Xiao the eldest lady of the Hou family?"

As soon as that person said that, everyone else's eyes also turned towards Qiao Nian.

Qiao Nian didn't like the feeling of being in the spotlight, and immediately frowned.

But I heard someone whisper, "General Xiao, what do you mean by talent? Could it be that this skirt belongs to that young lady?"

"I've always wondered why the sleeves of such a beautiful dress are so long, like a costume!"

Qiao Nian is taller than Lin Yuan, and her arms are naturally longer. When Xiao Heng decided to wear this dress, he specifically said that the sleeves should be longer to cover the scar on Qiao Nian's wrist.

Therefore, it seemed particularly strange that the sleeves of this skirt were on Lin Yuan.

Others didn't know the reason, but Lin Yuan looked at his sleeves and listened to their discussions, and he understood it all at once.

This skirt was bought by Xiao Heng for Qiao Nian!

And she didn't know anything about this, she even came to the Spring Flower Banquet dressed like an actress, having been surrounded and complimented for so long...

An unprecedented sense of shame surged into her heart, and Lin Yuan shed two lines of tears instantly. She stared at Xiao Heng and asked softly, "Brother Heng, are you buying this skirt for me?"

At this moment, she needed an answer.

She needed an answer that came from Xiao Heng's mouth and was sure of her.

Otherwise, wouldn't she become a joke all over the capital?

However, Xiao Heng's angry eyes had not yet been withdrawn from Qiao Nian. When he heard Lin Yuan's question, he only said in a low voice, "If you say it is, then it is!"

This is undoubtedly equivalent to denial.

Lin Yuan was so excited that she couldn't help but take two steps back.

Seeing this, Lin Ye rushed up and pushed Xiao Heng, "What's wrong with you? You specially asked someone to send a skirt to Yuan'er, but now you say it's not. Are you crazy?"

Everyone could hear that Lin Ye said this to help his own sister.

And Xiao Heng also took his eyes away from Qiao Nian.

Looking at Lin Yuan's eyes that had already been red from crying, he finally let out a sigh of relief, "Sorry."

However, at this point, Lin Yuan had become a joke at the banquet.

Seeing that those who were originally complimenting her began to mock her in a low voice, she felt that she could not stay in the Imperial Garden any longer.

At that moment, she pushed Lin Ye and Xiao Heng away and ran out of the Imperial Garden.

"Yuan'er!" Lin Ye exclaimed and immediately chased after her.

But he didn't expect that Lin Yuan ran faster as he chased her.

She didn't want to be caught by Lin Ye, and she didn't want to stay here and be laughed at.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan became more and more anxious. She wished she could disappear in front of everyone immediately.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly slipped and fell into the flowerbed beside her.

"Ah!"

Someone exclaimed.

"That's the princess' favorite night-blooming cereus!"