Song Shuwan frowned slightly. She didn't care about the provocation in Duke Xin's palace, but if she couldn't find Tao Niang, things would be in trouble.
All kinds of thoughts were going around. Before Song Shuwan could speak, she heard a knock on the door. She and Baicao exchanged a look, and the latter quickly walked towards the door.
"who is it?"
After the words fell, Baicao opened the door and saw Zhong Rou standing at the door with several noble ladies.
When their eyes met, Zhong Rou's lips curved with a hint of calculation, and she asked, "Is the Crown Princess in the house?"
Baicao looked at her coldly: "Whether the Crown Princess is in the house or not, what does it have to do with Miss Zhong?"
The curve of Zhong Rou's mouth deepened: "Logically speaking, it really doesn't matter, but there are so many noble girls at the moment, are you sure the Crown Princess can't come out to see them?"
Just as Baicao was about to answer, Song Shuwan came out from behind: "Sister has brought so many noble ladies here, and I certainly want to meet them. Everyone, please come into the house."
The ladies exchanged glances, and they could all see that Zhong Rou regarded them as humiliating the Crown Princess, but they didn't care.
Because they don't like the Crown Princess either.
After a while, a group of people sat down in the room. Song Shuwan asked Baicao to serve tea. She turned her eyes slightly and took in the faces of several noble ladies. In addition to the three legitimate daughters of the Shangshu Palace, there were also several other first-rank ministers in the court.
’s concubine.
Song Shuwan lowered her eyes slightly. This was the first time she had seen legitimate daughters and concubines gathered together. It seemed that her status in the eyes of these noble ladies was not low.
Thinking of this, Song Shuwan frowned, and Baicao just happened to bring tea. She took the opportunity to let everyone drink tea, and her eyes fell on Zhong Rou.
Zhong Rou raised her eyebrows: "The tea here, sister, is not as good as the red robe commonly seen in Duke Xin's Mansion."
Song Shuwan smiled, pretending to be surprised: "Is it really worse? Baicao, where did you get this tea? How can you be so indifferent to your guests?"
Baicao said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "My servant did not neglect the guests. These teas were brought from the kitchen of Duke Xinguo's mansion. The steward said that this is the best tea for guests of Duke Xinguo's mansion."
As the last few words fell, Zhong Rou's face changed visibly.
Several noble ladies looked at each other and cursed in their hearts, "You idiot. This Zhong Rou obviously has no brains. She has to humiliate herself and involve them in it. It's really abominable!"
Because of their anger, none of the noble ladies opened their mouths to relieve the situation. Zhong Rou could only suppress her emotions and pretended not to hear anything.
Song Shuwan didn't pay attention to this matter, and dropped the topic in a few words.
This made the faces of several noble ladies look much better.
At this moment, one of the noble ladies suddenly spoke: "I heard from the Duke's wife that this banquet was organized by the Crown Princess. How come the Crown Princess is getting married and she still wants to meddle in other matters in the palace?"
Song Shuwan narrowed her eyes slightly and was very surprised: "Miss Ye, who did you hear this from? I just returned to the Duke's Mansion the night before yesterday. I rested all day yesterday. How could I have the energy to hold a banquet?"
She spoke simply and concisely, without covering up anything, and directly blocked the noble lady who had opened her mouth with nothing to say.
After a long while, the noble lady laughed dryly: "So that's it, I'm just trusting others."
"Ms. Ye was joking. You can know people but not their hearts. No one can guarantee that the people around you will be trustworthy. Let's not talk about it. Calculating the time, the guests from the Duke's Mansion should have almost arrived. How many of you, let's go together.
How was it in the past?"
Facing Song Shuwan's invitation, none of the noble ladies refused.
Song Shuwan took them to the courtyard where the banquet was held. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard a noise, among which Mrs. Xinguo's voice was very loud.
"Today you all can come to the Duke's Mansion, which really brings glory to the Duke's Mansion. Without further ado, I would like to offer tea instead of wine to you ladies."
Song Shuwan raised her eyebrows. Her words sounded as if this was not a banquet for noble ladies, but an appointment with ordinary friends.
It is a pity that the reputation of Duke Xinguo's Mansion in the capital has not reached this level yet.
"Oh, isn't this the Crown Princess?"
"I've met the Crown Princess."
At this moment, people around noticed Song Shuwan and saluted one after another.
Song Shuwan smiled slightly, signaled everyone to get up, and then walked to Mrs. Xinguo Gong: "Auntie, the house is really lively today."
The smile on Mrs. Xin Guogong's face froze slightly: "The mansion is indeed lively today, but why did you come here now? Didn't you say that you still need to recover from your injuries, so you don't see the guests?"
Song Shuwan squinted her eyes, glanced at the guests with her peripheral vision, and the curvature of the corners of her mouth deepened slightly: "Really? Why don't I remember saying this?"
Mrs. Xinguo Gong sighed and patted Song Shuwan's hand: "Of course you don't remember. You have encountered so many things recently, and your mind has long been... Oh, let's not talk about this anymore. Please sit down quickly."
Song Shuwan was led to a seat by Mrs. Xin Guo Gong, with a very calm expression on her face, as if she did not hear the hidden meaning of Mrs. Xin Guo Gong's words.
After a while, Mrs. Yun, the Minister of War, said: "I heard that the Crown Princess just came out of the prison a few days ago?"
Song Shuwan looked over: "It's true that I just came out of the prison. I have a great reputation and a lot of troubles. There are always people who want to keep an eye on me and do whatever they can to make me annoying."
Yunshi coughed lightly: "People who are unscrupulous are indeed annoying, but as far as I know, the reason why the Crown Princess is in Tianlao is because of the little princess, right? Could it be that in the eyes of the Crown Princess, the little princess is also..."
Yun didn't finish her words and paused deliberately.
But Song Shuwan did not disappoint her and answered the conversation, directly showing that the little princess was indeed annoying her.
"To be honest, I am just an ordinary doctor. I am born with a heart disease that cannot be saved even by gods. And the little princess is easily confused and prone to heart disease. How can I do this in such a situation?
Aren’t you bored? And so is the Emperor. He has to force me to do things I can’t do. It really gives me a headache.”
While talking, Song Shuwan took out a token from her arms and played with it.
The surroundings fell into silence, and even the Yun family who initiated the topic was also silent at this time.
A moment later, a trembling voice sounded: "What the Crown Princess is holding is a gold medal for immunity from death?"
Song Shuwan tilted her head and arched her eyebrows slightly: "Yes, what I hold in my hand is the gold medal for immunity from death."
The atmosphere around her became more and more stagnant. With the gold medal for immunity from death, Song Shuwan could say anything because she would not die. But when they heard it, it was different. Those words were a disaster for them.
Thinking of this, everyone avoided the previous words and chatted about some leisure matters. Even Song Shuwan was ignored.
Song Shuwan had a smile on her lips, and her eyes looked at Mrs. Xin Guogong quietly.
After a moment, Mrs. Xin Guogong raised the corners of her lips and looked away, not daring to face Song Shuwan.
At the subsequent banquet, Song Shuwan was alone, and no one dared to talk to her.