The Concubine Strikes Back: The Marquis Insists on Me to Be His Wife

Su Qing followed the princess back to the banquet. Some ladies saw that Su Qing and Princess Shaohua had a good relationship, so they came forward to curry favor with Su Qing.

Dealing with this group of people really exhausted Su Qing. She was so tired of talking that she was almost dry. If she hadn't been thinking about making some money from them when the new store opened, she wouldn't have talked so much to them!

Li Shang also came to the princess's mansion today, but men and women sat at different tables, so he and Su Qing did not see him.

He looked at the princess's child, who had grown up so big, and wondered if he had married Meng Zhiyuan, would the child be born now? As he thought about it, he drank a little more. It happened that a servant came to pour wine for Li Shang, and Li Shang didn't hold the wine glass, and the wine spilled all over him.

Upon seeing this, the servant knelt down quickly. He knew that all the people who came to the princess's mansion today were officials, but he didn't know how high-ranking an official Li Shang was, so he knelt down quickly and said, "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean it. Please be merciful and forgive me! Bang bang bang..." The servant kowtowed repeatedly to admit his mistake.

"The Emperor has arrived~" Following the eunuch's shout, the Emperor and Jiang Weiyang walked in together. There was something to discuss with Jiang Weiyang before, so the two of them came to the Princess's Mansion after discussing it.

The emperor came in and saw this scene. "What's going on? On such a festive day, the prince consort doesn't care?" He frowned.

Everyone stood up and knelt down: "Greetings to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

"My dear ministers, please stand up. Today is the hundredth day banquet of the imperial sister's child. Everyone please don't be restrained."

The prince consort hurried forward and said, "Brother, please take the main seat. Young Marquis Jiang, please~" and invited the emperor and Jiang Weiyang to the main seat. "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will ask Zhi'er to bring the child over."

The emperor nodded.

The prince consort turned around and prepared to leave, but suddenly remembered what had just happened. He couldn't neglect the guests, and they were all officials, so he came to Li Shang and said, "Master Li, it's because I don't know the rules and I'm clumsy. Please don't mind. I think we are about the same size, and I just made a few new clothes the day before yesterday. If you don't mind, let me take you to the backyard to change clothes!"

Li Shang looked down at his wet clothes and frowned. The emperor had just arrived, so it was not easy for him to leave. So he nodded and said, "Then I will obey your command. Thank you, my Lord!"

The prince consort glanced at the kneeling servant and shouted angrily, "Why don't you take Master Li to change clothes? You are such a good-for-nothing." After that, he smiled at Li Shang and said, "Master Li, please~"

Li Shang nodded slightly, signaled to the prince consort, and followed the servants to the backyard.

Looking at Li Shang's departing back, the prince consort hurriedly trotted to the female guests to find the princess. After all, the female guests were all in the backyard.

Princess Shaohua was startled when she saw the prince consort running towards her aggressively. She asked hurriedly, "What happened? Why are you running so fast?"

The prince consort took a breath and said, "The emperor is here, quickly ask someone to bring the child over so that the emperor can have a look. And..." He paused, then continued, "By the way, a servant accidentally wet Master Li's clothes just now. I have asked someone to bring him to the backyard to change clothes."

"Okay, I'll take the child to pay my respects to my royal brother." Princess Shaohua held the child, stood up and prepared to leave.

Just as Princess Shaohua and her husband were about to leave, a woman beside them asked, "Excuse me, is the Lord Li that your husband is talking about Lord Li Shang from the Hanlin Academy?"

Hearing this, Princess Shaohua stopped and turned to look at the woman with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

At this time, the prince consort answered anxiously: "Yes, it is Lord Li Shang." After that, he took Princess Shaohua's hand and hurried to the front yard.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. The woman looked at the backs of Princess Shaohua and her husband leaving, and began to think about it. After exchanging a few pleasantries with the others, she used the excuse of going to the bathroom, and quietly left the table with her maid.

Walking to the corner, the woman stopped and said to the maid in a low voice: "Go find the princess later and tell her that I accidentally wet the corner of my clothes and ask her to ask the servants to bring me two pieces of clothes. You must lure the princess here. Remember, you must be quick. Do you understand?"

"Okay, miss." The maid nodded, and although she was a little reluctant, she still agreed.

Looking at the maid's leaving back, the woman took a deep breath, straightened her clothes, and then walked towards the direction where Li Shang was.

However, the maid did not immediately follow the woman's instructions. She stood there, stamping her feet anxiously, tears welling up in her eyes. She knew that her young lady had always liked Master Li Shang, but doing this was too risky.

"Hong'er, why aren't you going yet?" Seeing that the maid was slow to act, the woman couldn't help but frown and her tone became stern.

"Miss, you are really bringing disgrace upon your reputation by doing this!" The maid could not help crying out loud. She felt that her mistress was really too bold this time.

"What do you know? If I don't do this, how could my father agree to let me be with Lord Li?" The woman's face changed slightly, and she said with a firm look in her eyes.

"But..." The maid wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by the woman.

"Okay, stop talking. Go and do what I say. Don't waste time." The woman waved her hand impatiently, signaling the maid to do it quickly.

In desperation, the maid turned around and left. As she walked, she prayed silently in her heart, hoping that everything would go well.

Li Shang was taken into a room by the servants to change clothes. The woman was looking for him. She didn't know which room Li Shang was in. The princess's mansion was so big, she had to hurry.

When he walked to the corridor, he saw a servant hurriedly running out of the room, holding some clothes in his hands. His eyes lit up and he walked towards the room.

The maidservant Hong'er hurried to the front yard to look for Princess Shaohua. She first talked to the maidservant beside the princess, who was afraid something might happen, so she quickly informed the princess.

When Princess Shaohua heard this, she led a group of servants to the backyard to search. She had just heard from her husband that Master Li was changing clothes in the backyard. It would be bad if they bumped into him by accident!