The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

Xiao Yuyao's eyes were still on Shen Baozhao and the others. Su Yuheng's sudden voice almost scared her.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to accuse her, he saw that the person coming was Su Yuheng, and he suddenly smiled.

"Sister Yuheng, I haven't seen you for many days. You look even more radiant." Xiao Yuyao was actually a little envious of Su Yuheng for being able to marry into the royal family.

Unlike her, she would not have to marry and move to Fan Yang in the future, although the Lu family was a large family and her fiancé was an ambitious and good man.

But she was unwilling to leave Kyoto, where she grew up, away from its splendor and prosperity, and go to a place where she had no relatives.

In her heart, she also resented Prince Yu for arranging such a marriage for her. If she were in Kyoto, she could find a noble husband with her status.

Glancing at Su Yuheng, Xiao Yuyao thought that if she were two years older and not constrained by an engagement, she might be able to become the prince's consort.

Su Yuheng felt comforted by Xiao Yuyao's compliments and began to praise her as well.

"Sister Yuyao is not bad either. She will be coming of age next year. I will definitely give you a big gift then."

"But..." Su Yuheng changed the subject, "Just now I saw that your sister looked unhappy, is there something bothering you?"

"My sister is a legitimate daughter of the royal family. Her grandfather is the Prince of Yu, who was favored by the late emperor. Her legitimate brother is the prince of the royal family.

Seeing how the palace is so full of flowers today, who would dare to upset my sister?"

As Su Yuheng spoke, she observed Xiao Yuyao's expression, and sure enough, just a few words revealed Xiao Yuyao's resentment.

"It's still that bitch Shen Baozhao!" Xiao Yuyao turned her gaze back to the group of people.

Seeing that she didn't know how to hide her expression at all, Su Yuheng took her hand and led her to sit in the corner.

"Sister Yuyao, please keep your voice down. I know you and Shen Baozhao don't get along, but she is now engaged to your brother, so she might marry into Prince Yu's mansion soon.

Sister, you better be careful and don't offend her. If she takes charge of the family in the future, you will have to live your life according to her will."

Su Yuheng's few words sounded like persuasion, but every word hit Xiao Yuyao's sore spot.

"She's dreaming!"

"But she didn't do anything wrong, and the Prince of Yu will definitely marry her. Unless..." Su Yuheng stopped talking halfway and waited for Xiao Yuyao to ask.

"Unless what?" Xiao Yuyao saw Su Yuheng covering her lips with a handkerchief, as if she didn't dare to say anything.

Xiao Yuyao shook Su Yuheng's arm and pleaded, "Good sister, please help your sister.

Do you have any good ideas? Teach me quickly. "

Su Yuheng seemed to be at a loss as to what to do. She patted the back of Xiao Yuyao's hand, sighed and said, "Okay, okay, we are good friends after all."

"Sister, what you mean is that if Shen Baozhao makes a mistake, he will get himself killed. Then the first lady can use this as an excuse to cancel the marriage."

"I don't understand what you mean, sister." Xiao Yuyao was younger and didn't have so many twists and turns in her mind, so she couldn't understand the implication of Su Yuheng's words.

Su Yuheng asked her to come closer to her ear and whispered to her softly.

After hearing what Su Yuheng said, Xiao Yuyao's eyes lit up and she looked energetic, as if she had eaten ice cream on a June day.

He kept nodding and praising it as a good idea.

Then he called the maid who served him personally and gave her some instructions. After hearing what he said, the maid hurried away to do her work.

Su Yuheng stared at Shen Baozhao and the others with vicious eyes, secretly criticizing them in her heart, "Let's see how long you can be so proud."

It was a pity that she couldn't find any evidence against Feng Feiyan. She hated Feng Feiyan even more and would definitely take revenge if she had the chance!

It was worthy of being Princess Yu’s birthday banquet. While Su Yuheng and Xiao Yuyao were talking, the Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince all came together.

The three of them were friendly and respectful on the surface, talking and laughing happily. But in their hearts, no one was convinced by the other.

But in front of others, they are all very humble, polite and well-behaved, without losing the arrogance of being a noble family.

That day they also witnessed the influence of Prince Yu on Queen Mother Cui, and of course they wanted to befriend Prince Yu's Mansion.

They are not the eldest prince who is courting death and competing with the prince of Yu County for his fiancée. It is too late to win him over.

Shen Baozhao was impatient to see the princes pretending to pay their respects, each of them was restless. How many of them were sincerely celebrating their grandmother's birthday?

She took Qingkong out of the flower hall and got some fresh air.

The summer heat was still there, and there were lush trees planted beside the corridor. Shen Baozhao strolled along the corridor and felt less hot.

A group of people were walking towards them. The lady leading them was dressed gorgeously and elegantly. She must be a member of a wealthy family, but Shen Baozhao had never seen her before.

Following behind was a young lady who was dressed like a woman and also wearing gorgeous clothes.

The old woman next to her was holding a delicate little girl in her arms, who looked about three or four years old and looked very cute.

Shen Baozhao hid aside in the corridor and bowed slightly to the lady.

But the noble lady did not stop and did not even glance at Shen Baozhao.

But when the young lady walked up to Shen Baozhao, she was tripped by something and stumbled.

Shen Baozhao subconsciously reached out to help her up and she managed to stand firmly.

A group of people stopped and Madam Shao and Shen Baozhao thanked them: "Thank you, young lady."

Madam Gui frowned, with a look of concern on her face, and asked worriedly, "Xuan'er, are you okay?"

The young lady shook her head and straightened her dress. The noble lady nodded to Shen Baozhao to express her gratitude, and they hurried to the courtyard of Princess Yu.

Shen Baozhao was not interrupted by them and continued walking along the corridor.

After a while, another beautiful woman was seen with hurried steps, anxious look on her face and slightly red eyes. She seemed to be chasing the people in front and was running in the same direction like flying.

Behind them followed a nanny and two or three maids.

Shen Baozhao was full of doubts. Who wouldn't be calm and composed when coming to celebrate a birthday? How could someone be so rash?

Shen Baozhao found the maid behind him very familiar, as if she had served the eldest lady before.

He hurriedly asked Qingkong to grab the maid and started asking questions.

"How could you be so reckless? What if you scared the guests?"

When the maid saw that it was Shen Baozhao and had recently heard the news that she was going to become the mistress of Prince Yu's mansion, she did not dare to be perfunctory.

He bowed respectfully and when he looked up he could no longer see the beautiful woman.

The maid said with a pale face: "Just now, my aunt heard that the wife of Marquis Xuanping brought the little lady to celebrate the birthday of the princess, so she hurried over.

It was no use for the servants to comfort her. The eldest aunt kept crying and insisted on seeing the young lady immediately."

Shen Baozhao understood that the beautiful woman chasing after him was actually Xiao Li's elder sister Xiao Yuhuan.

She knew that Xiao Yuhuan had been living in Prince Yu's Mansion recently, but for some reason she had never seen her in Prince Yu's wife's courtyard.

Living in seclusion is like not existing.

Today, for the sake of his daughter, he ran around the yard recklessly, without caring about what other guests thought.

Shen Baozhao also understood her motherly love.

The wife of the Marquis Xuanping looked like someone who was not easy to mess with. Xiao Li was not at home now, and his grandmother was old, so they came with bad intentions.

Shen Baozhao thought about it, and then returned to the hall with his maid.