Chapter 333: Housewarming Party

The renovation of the Princess's Mansion was completed very quickly.

The scenery in the mansion is quiet and quiet. In addition to all the new furniture and furnishings, various precious flowers suitable for autumn and winter also add a lot of vitality to the bleak season.

The queen chose an auspicious day and held a banquet at the eldest princess's mansion to celebrate her daughter's move. King Yu, who had been staying in the southern country for half a month as a distinguished guest, naturally attended the banquet.

The spacious front hall and central courtyard were filled with tables. The officials who received the invitation and Sheng Jingxungui sent rich congratulatory gifts one after another to sincerely congratulate the eldest princess on her move to her new home.

Officials who did not receive the invitation did not forget to send congratulatory gifts.

Everyone was smiling enthusiastically and beaming with joy, but they had different thoughts in their hearts.

Moving out of the palace and moving into the eldest princess's mansion means that the eldest princess, like the other four princes, will become the head of the palace and will no longer be attached to the protection of the palace. Each of them must be responsible for what they say and do.

At the same time, it also means that more and more people will be watching her around, and the danger will increase.

The palace is heavily guarded. Whether it is stalking, lurking or assassinating, it is difficult to do it. It will be different if you move out of the palace.

Yan Li offended so many people when she came to the Jin Kingdom, and secretly how many people hated her to the core. The officials knew very well that the future life of the eldest princess would not be as peaceful and prosperous as it seemed on the surface.

You have to pay for what you get.

It's easy to get power, but it's important to keep it in your hands safely.

At this housewarming banquet, everyone had their own secrets.

Some of them sincerely congratulated her, some of them pretended to flatter her, and many of them wished they could stab her to death on the spot.

Naturally, Yan Li didn't care whether they were sincere or fake, and just ordered the housekeeper to count all the gifts one by one and put them in the warehouse, arrange for the servants to entertain the guests, and then she turned and entered the inner courtyard.

The inner courtyard is also very lively.

The ladies who came in carriages took off their veils and sat in the attic chatting lively.

Yan Li arrived at the attic, and the women stood up to greet him.

"You're welcome, please take a seat." Yan Li walked to the main table and sat down. "Thank you all for coming to support me today. I am very happy."

The ladies at the table all said they didn't dare: "It is our honor to come to the eldest princess's housewarming party."

"Yes, the eldest princess is wise and brave. She stood up for the women of Jin and suppressed the arrogance of those arrogant men. She is a hero in our hearts. Come, let's toast to the eldest princess!"

The women raised their wine cups and toasted to Yan Li.

Yan Li picked up the wine cup and responded.

The women who can be arranged to sit in the main room of the attic are all the daughters of some decent or neutral ministers in the court. They have nothing to do with the cases of the Kang family in Yanlingling and the Qi family in Shengjing, and have no hostility towards Yan Li.

Although the lack of hostility does not mean that they can become friends, Yan Li has been in the limelight recently and holds great power, so smart people are naturally willing to take this opportunity to get closer to her.

In a sense, the attitude of the women present is that of their grandfather or father. The better their relationship is, the more loyal these ministers will be to the eldest princess in the future.

While pushing the cup and changing the cup, they understood each other tacitly.

After three rounds of drinking, there was a sudden sound outside the attic, "Your Highness the Princess!"

Yan Li turned around.

A little maid of thirteen or fourteen years old ran up from the stairs and said in a slightly urgent voice: "Miss Lanyue was beaten by two maids from the Shangguan family."

After the words fell, the room fell silent.

The expressions of the ladies at the table changed slightly, they looked at each other calmly, and then turned to look at Yan Li.

How dare the Shangguan family's maid dare to attack someone from the eldest princess's palace?

It's really bold.

"A maid from the Shangguan family?" Yan Li said calmly, "Are you showing off your power in my palace?"

The little maid replied: "They say that Miss Lan Yue sells goods to seek glory. Scholars hate this kind of despicable behavior. Miss Lan Yue ignored it at first, but the concubine of the Shangguan family refused to let her go and insisted that Lan Yue kneel down to her eldest sister. Lan Yue When Miss Yue didn't obey, she was slapped by the maid of the Shangguan family for not following the rules. "

"The girls of the Shangguan family really have such great rules." Xuan Xuan, who was sitting under Yan Li, said coldly, "A mere concubine dares to put on airs in the eldest princess's mansion. The Shangguan family has always prided itself on having a strict family tradition, so he taught Such a granddaughter?”

Chu Qinqin frowned: "Yes, hasn't the Shangguan family always been dignified and virtuous? How could she do such a thing in the eldest princess's mansion?"

"Of course the rumors outside are good, but who knows the truth?" A lady in pink sneered, "The Shangguan family's legitimate daughter is indeed dignified and virtuous, because her concubines are allowed to do anything that is not dignified or virtuous. Otherwise, how could a concubine from her family be qualified to participate in today’s event?”

Yan Li said indifferently: "Call Lan Yue and the lady from the Shangguan family."

"yes."

The little maid hurriedly turned around and went back.

Because there were too many guests here today, the banquet for the women in the inner courtyard was divided into two places. One was mainly Tingyu Tower where Yan Li was staying at this time, and some female guests were arranged to stay in Tingyu Tower not far from here. Yunxuan.

There are many parties in the DPRK and China with different positions. Not everyone really wants to attend the eldest princess’s banquet.

However, if he didn't come, he would be worried about offending the eldest princess.

Therefore, there are many people here. In order to get along well with each other, it is a more appropriate arrangement to seat people with different positions separately.

I just didn't expect that separation would not avoid disputes.

"You should eat and drink, and don't be influenced by them." Yan Li said calmly, "It's just a small conflict."

The girls nodded and picked up their chopsticks again.

However, how could they still have the heart to eat and drink? They were too late to wait for the excitement.

While waiting in silence, the noble ladies couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, was today's incident a coincidence or a deliberate troll?

The eldest daughter of the Shangguan family was named Shangguan Chuchu, a standard model of a lady from a noble family, and the good granddaughter who understood etiquette and was familiar with the three obediences and four virtues in the words of Shangguan Taifu.

He said many times that he was proud of this granddaughter.

The concubine sister Shangguan Jiao was the only concubine of the Shangguan family, so there were not so many messy things in the backyard.

Although Shangguan Jiao was named Jiao, her temperament was extremely rude and domineering. She was better in front of her mother and sister at home, but she was notoriously arrogant in front of servants and outsiders.

Shangguan Chuchu scolded her a lot on weekdays.

But after all, the sisters had a deep affection for each other, and they couldn't bear to be too harsh, so Shangguan Jiao became more and more arrogant, and even thought that this was because her sister loved her and was superior to others in every way.

No matter what the occasion, Shangguan Jiao would always belittle other legitimate daughters and elevate her own legitimate sister.

Today, she was probably standing up for her legitimate sister.

After all, Lan Yue was once the concubine of Qi Zixuan, the legitimate son of the Qi family, and both the Shangguan family and the Qi family were officials who supported the eldest prince, so they were on the same boat.

When the Qi family got into trouble, Qi Zixuan's concubine Lan Yue made a lot of efforts. With Shangguan Jiao's temper, it was inevitable that she would be sarcastic when they met.