The Dragon Boat Festival banquet at Prince Rong's Mansion started on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. It was almost evening and it wasn't that hot anymore.
Chen Xun and the others came out early. When they arrived at Prince Rong's Mansion, it was not yet Youshi, but it was almost there, with less than two-quarters of an hour left.
The banquet is held in the evening, and it lasts for an hour or two, which means it may not end until the end of Xu Shi or half past Hai.
It was also because of the Dragon Boat Festival that the emperor ordered a three-day curfew, so I was able to attend the banquet so late today.
After Chen Yun and Yan Lizhou arrived at Prince Rong's Mansion, they handed over the notice and the concierge respectfully welcomed them in.
When Chen Xun and the others arrived, there were already many guests in Prince Rong's Mansion, and they gathered together one by one to chat and so on.
Chen Yun took a look and saw that no one looked familiar. Most of the guests who came before the couple were family members of officials with a lower rank than King Rong. Of course, some were from other princes' palaces, but the important ones had not come yet.
Those people should feel that it would be a shame to come too early and have to appear at the end.
"Oh, Princess Ning."
Seeing Chen Yun appear in the courtyard where the female family members were, a sharp-eyed female family member saw it and happily came over to say hello.
It doesn't matter what Princess Ning's background is, she is the legitimate Princess Ning.
As for Prince Ning, he was not someone who was disliked by Emperor Yun Zhao. He was a prince who held military power and made extraordinary achievements many times. As her relative, Chen Yun was still very popular.
"Princess Ning is here."
After hearing the words of the lady who greeted Chen Yun first, some of the female relatives who were nearby also looked over and greeted each one warmly.
"I didn't expect that Princess Ning would also come to attend the Dragon Boat Festival banquet at Prince Rong's Mansion. I had rarely seen Princess Ning go out before." A lady in her forties looked at Chen Yu and said.
Chen Yun looked over and found that this woman seemed to be the wife of a third-rank official, and the other party didn't seem to have a good impression of her and seemed somewhat hostile.
What the other party said sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but if you look carefully, you can still feel that what the other party is saying is that Chen Yun has a higher level of vision and disdains attending banquets hosted by ladies of a lower class than her. Otherwise, why would she only attend honors?
A banquet at the royal palace?
Chen Yun pretended that she didn't hear anything and said with a smile, "Isn't this the case that our prince was not in the house before?"
"The prince is not in the palace, so I feel a little uneasy no matter what I do. I don't like to go out to attend banquets. Please forgive me."
"It's good now. Our prince is back, and he will attend today's banquet with my princess..." Chen Xun did not continue talking, but showed a shy, happy, and so on expression.
When the other ladies saw her like this, they all thought that she was happy because her husband was back, and that she showed happiness only when the relationship between husband and wife was good.
Many people are envious and jealous of Chen Yu. After all, she is marrying a prince, and as soon as she gets married, she is directly a first-grade imperial concubine. Moreover, her first-grade imperial edict is something that other ordinary first-grade imperial concubines must show courtesy to when they meet her.
What makes many ladies envious and jealous the most is that Chen Yun and others have no other female relatives in Prince Ning's Mansion except her, the mistress.
Of course, the maids who serve do not count.
Apart from the main concubine, Prince Ning's Mansion has no side concubines, no concubines, and no concubines. How could people not be envious of this?
Even if it is just a short period of time without so many people disturbing the peace, they are still very envious.
After all, most of them will find out after marrying into their husband's family that even if their husbands do not have serious concubines, they definitely have concubines.
Even if they don't get any concubine's eldest son or concubine's eldest daughter, having concubines and wives is enough for them to cope with.
And what about King Ning?
Prince Ning had no concubines not only when he got married, but also after he got married. He didn't even have any concubines before he got married. He had always been very clean and self-sufficient.
Princess Ning is of course very enviable.
Originally, they all thought that this country girl who was found by the Pingyang Marquis Mansion would have a miserable life. After all, she was going to marry the soon-to-be-dead Prince Ning and would be left a widow after his death.
Unexpectedly, Prince Ning actually succeeded in his wedding and recovered.
I had been ordered to go out to fight before, but now I have come back victorious.
How can such Prince Ning and Princess Ning not make them envious and jealous?
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"So this is Princess Ning?" A girl's voice sounded, and everyone looked over and realized that she was an acquaintance.
The visitor was one of the reasons why Prince Rong's mansion held the banquet this time - Prince Rong's young daughter, although she did not have the title of princess, she had the title of township monarch, Yan Xia.
Yan Xia has never met Chen Yu. It is impossible for her, a concubine, to participate in the palace banquet. Even though she is the most favored daughter of King Rong, she is not qualified to participate.
The most important thing was that Emperor Yun Zhao did not want to make Prince Rong proud, so except for his legitimate sons and daughters and his wife, no concubine or concubine could be brought into the palace.
Prince Rong's biological mother, Concubine Shu, was still living in Prince Rong's palace. Prince Rong had no excuse to bring his concubine and concubine into the palace on the pretext of paying respects to his biological mother.
Therefore, Yan Xia has never met Chen Xun.
But she had heard of Princess Ning's famous name, and was really curious when she saw her.
"Are you the one who was taken to the countryside and raised for more than ten years?" Yan Xia looked at Chen Yun and said with some jealousy, "Didn't you grow up in the countryside? Why don't you look very rough? Why?
Do you look like a fox?"
When Chen Yun saw Yan Xia, she knew that the other person didn't like her. It wasn't that there was any grudge between them that made them hate each other, but that some people's natural magnetic fields were incompatible.
The same goes for Chen Yu and Yan Xia. They are naturally at odds with each other.
"When you were in the countryside, did you have to work in the fields every day? Are you good at farming?"
"I heard that in the countryside you don't have enough to eat, and you don't have to eat meat even once a year."
"How is it? After marrying Prince Ning, will you be able to live a life of fine clothes and fine food?" Yan Xia asked.
Another reason why Yan Xia targets Chen Ruowei is that she has a good relationship with Chen Ruowei. When she sees Chen Ruowei, she reminds her of her "poor" best friend Chen Ruowei.
Her daughter Ruowei is a good girl who is knowledgeable and courteous, but she ended up becoming a fake daughter because of this Chen Xun. It is really pitiful.
Chen Yu looked at Yan Xia calmly and said, "It seems that Miss Thirteen knows what kind of life ordinary people live."
"Did Miss Thirteen go out of her way to find out more about it? Could it be that you, like me, have lived in the countryside for more than ten years?"
"Otherwise, how can you understand ordinary people so well and what kind of life do ordinary poor families live?"
Chen Yun looked at the surrounding environment, then looked at Yan Xia and said, "I heard that the thirteenth girl is very favored in Prince Rong's palace, and her status is higher than that of the second and fifth girls who were the direct descendants."
"Has such a thirteen-year-old girl actually experienced the life of poor people? Uncle Rong Huang has really worked hard to cultivate you, the thirteen-year-old girl."
"Uncle Rong Huang is worried that Thirteenth Girl, you are used to living a life of wealth and do not understand the lives of the people at the bottom, so are you allowed to experience a life of poverty for a few years?"
"How was it? How did the Thirteenth Girl feel? Did Uncle Rong Huang let you experience it alone, or did he let you go with the Sixteenth Young Master?"
"Are you twins the only ones going to experience it? Did the Crown Prince go? No? It turns out that Uncle Rong loves the Crown Prince so much that he is not willing to let the Crown Prince suffer, but only you brothers and sisters."
"Uncle Ronghuang is really kind and fatherly to the prince." Chen Yu said with a touched look, "No wonder the prince's status is so stable. I think it is uncle Rong who really loves the prince and has protected the prince all these years."
"There are sixteen young masters in the mansion. Even if the outside world spreads that Uncle Rong is really in love with Concubine Lin, is the son whom Uncle Rong values the most and loves the most, still the heir apparent?"
"Uncle Rong Huang worked really hard to protect the crown prince." Chen Yu said with emotion.
After hearing what she said, everyone said: "..."
Are you really talking about King Rong?
Does he love his eldest son so much?
Is he really such a person?
It feels a little different from the King Rong I know.
One update first, and the rest will be updated in the afternoon. I'm already very sleepy.