Forcing me to raise a concubine? The mistress of the Marquisate has gone mad

The Earl's wife was a little embarrassed, but since it was the princess who spoke, she couldn't say anything more.

"The princess is indeed magnanimous."

After this incident, no one stood up to cause trouble for themselves.

These people either come from high-class families or marry into high-class families, and what they are best at is observing people's words and expressions.

Princesses will act according to their style. Smart people will only make you feel comfortable, but only fools will deliberately find fault and make enemies everywhere.

"I invite you all here today just to enjoy the flowers. There is also peach blossom wine given by my royal brother. It is very pleasant to drink it under the peach blossoms." The princess raised the glass with one hand, seeming a little perfunctory, but that was her personality and no one dared to question it.

Shen Ruoyan took a sip. The wine tasted slightly sweet at first, but had a bitter aftertaste. The mixture of the two flavors gave her a unique sense of freshness.

This is the wine bestowed by the emperor. Even the master of their family has the honor of tasting it only when attending a palace banquet.

The Earl's wife spoke first, "This wine is indeed delicious. Today, I am really benefiting from the princess..."

Princess Yihe was of noble status, so naturally all the noble ladies present wanted to be on good terms with her.

But few people do it as obviously as the Earl's Lady.

The princess looked indifferent and showed no emotion towards the flattery. She just nodded in response.

"You don't know your own limitations." Shen Ruoyan heard the whisper from someone nearby, but he remained calm and didn't go forward to add insult to injury.

Princess Yihe hated evil and was extremely hostile to evil. When she was in the palace, she hated the fighting among concubines the most, which annoyed her greatly.

Now that I have moved out of the palace and built my own residence, I naturally cannot tolerate such a trend.

If the lady of the Earl's Mansion still has some sense, she should be more restrained. Otherwise, the Princess of Shun, whose invitation has been revoked, will be the next one.

"Why does the princess look unhappy?" The ladies around were whispering. They were still thinking about taking advantage of today's banquet to get closer to the princess. It would be even better if the princess could leave a good impression on their family.

But the princess looked uninterested. She occasionally took a sip and was absent-minded. Even though her lady was talking to her, she seemed a little unmotivated.

Shen Ruoyan felt a slight pain in his heart and lowered his head to drink another glass.

In the past, although Yuan'er felt restrained and boring in the palace, she always had a high-spirited look on her face.

Every time I see her, it's as if I can see Wei Yuanyuan holding a gun and riding a horse. They both have free and positive souls, and people will be infected by that power when they see them, as if there is always hope in life.

But in the end, their hopes were dashed.

Shen Ruoyan's light is gone too.

Just as she looked at Song Siyuan now, her heart was filled with endless pain. The little princess whom she had raised with care now had a look of world-weariness on her face.

Why is this happening?

Didn’t the emperor say that she didn’t like his strict discipline and had long wanted to leave the palace to live a free life?

I let her go with great pain, so why is she still so unhappy?

Could it be that it was really because she died?

Shen Ruoyan's hand holding the wine glass suddenly became unsteady. In order to prevent others from noticing, she supported it with her other hand, slowly put it down, and then placed her hand on her knees.

But those two hands were shaking uncontrollably.

She couldn't believe it.

"Mother, my sister has the blood of a military family. In her life, she loves freedom the most. Even if the princess's status is noble, to her, it is nothing more than a birdcage made of gold."

"Mother, she doesn't want to be a canary, why are you forcing her to do so?"

The emperor's words were deeply engraved in her heart. At that time, she never thought that the protection circle she had created for her daughter with all her heart was actually a shackle that imprisoned her in her heart.

To say I'm not disappointed would be a lie.

She adopted the emperor out of necessity. If she wanted to gain a foothold in the palace, she had to have an offspring, so she chose the emperor to train.

But Song Siyuan is the only blood of Wei Yuanyuan left in this world, and she truly treats Song Siyuan as her own daughter.

No parent would not be sad when being despised by their children. Even a powerful person like the queen mother would feel heartbroken.

So after the Princess's Mansion was built, she did not keep Song Siyuan. Seeing her becoming more and more distant from her and having nothing to say, Lu Hua at that time felt that Yuan'er really hated her, just as the emperor said.

But now that I think about it carefully, there are many loopholes.

Although Yuan'er grew up with the emperor, they were not close friends. In fact, before the emperor ascended the throne, Yuan'er had said that the emperor's mind was unpredictable and that she had better be on guard.

It was just that the emperor was pretending to be so nice at that time that she didn't really take it to heart.

How could a girl like Yuan'er say such heartfelt words to the emperor?

Even her mother, the queen mother who raised her since she was a child, has secrets, let alone the emperor who is so many levels apart from her?

It’s a pity that I couldn’t see through the situation when I was in it. Now looking back, I found that there were so many clues hidden in it.

"I heard that the princess has deep feelings for the empress dowager. The emperor has already moved on, but the princess is still stuck in the past and can't extricate herself." The lady who knew the inside story said in a low voice. Anyway, this matter is not a secret.

"Isn't the Queen Mother the Princess's adoptive mother?"

Everyone knows that the late Empress Dowager is not the biological mother of the emperor and the princess. It is said that the royal family is ruthless, and even biological parents may fall out, let alone the adoptive mother?

Take the emperor for example. When the empress dowager passed away, he was so sad that he couldn't even attend court.

At that time, he asked for three days off, saying that he wanted to take care of the empress dowager. Even the old-fashioned tutor was amazed at his move.

But what happened next?

The emperor recovered as quickly as possible, saying that only by working hard to govern the country could he repay the Empress Dowager's kindness in raising him. But he turned around and couldn't wait to help his biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhuang, to the most honorable position.

At that time, the Empress Dowager had not even been buried yet.

Now Empress Dowager Zhuang is the only one in power in the harem. Although there is already a Queen, she is not as magnanimous as the Empress Dowager. She is reluctant to give up the power in her hands and still refuses to give it up.

The noble families were all talking about Empress Dowager Zhuang behind her back, saying that she had been suppressed by the Empress Dowager all her life and had never tasted the supreme power.

Now that I'm old and have finally gained power, I naturally don't want to let go!

Empress Dowager Zhuang was not unaware of these rumors, but she continued to do as she pleased. Perhaps for her, the most important thing was to have power in her own hands. As for what others said, they were just some trivial rumors.

Why care?

Shen Ruoyan didn't want to comment on this mother and son now. Since the enemies were enemies, then their motives and reasons for attacking them had nothing to do with her.

All she wants to do is take revenge!

Judging a case is not something that she, an avenger, needs to consider.