The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

The words she wanted to say hello to were on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back and turned into a well-behaved look as she nodded to Xuanyuan Yuqing, "Meet the Second Prince."

"You're welcome."

He sat in the second seat in the first row, next to them.

After knowing the other person's noble status, Hu Luanfei's face looked unhappy, and he even avoided his gaze deliberately, as if he didn't dare to see him.

Many people sat down one after another, including Jiang Guogong and Jiang Huizhen, who had recently had conflicts with them.

Maybe someone did it on purpose so that enemies could see each other when they met.

Jiang Huizhen's murderous eyes looked as if he wanted to tear her apart and eat her. If it weren't for Duke Jiang's sullen scolding, the feud between the two would have been about to erupt.

A quarter of an hour later, the birthday banquet officially began.

The eunuch read out in the hall the precious gifts brought by the civil and military officials as well as the envoys from four countries and six seas.

Finally, when Hu Luanfei was about to fall asleep, he heard incredible words.

Eunuch: "The Second Prince of Beiqiu Kingdom sent five boxes of ice silkworms—"

"Okay, the Second Prince is thoughtful. I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver."

Meeting her shocked gaze, Xuanyuan Yuqing's smile grew even brighter.

As the saying goes, one is happy while the other is sad, and we have to talk about them both.

After special treatment, the ice silkworm became clean and tidy, and more upscale and classy than before. It was well received by Qi Sili, who rewarded it with ten thousand taels of silver.

Hu Luanfei grabbed the embroidered handkerchief and glared at him with gritted teeth, wishing she could turn back time and raise the price she sold it to him.

There was singing and dancing during the banquet.

Her sad gaze passed through Qi Siliao and was fixed on Xuanyuan Yuqing.

"Princess Zhan, what are you dissatisfied with the second prince of Beiqiu Kingdom?" Concubine Jiang, who was sitting on the right hand side of Qi Sili, asked very slowly, her bright eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.

Hu Luanfei was stunned for a moment when she was suddenly called out, and then responded: "Your Highness, I admire the Second Prince."

Concubine Jiang laughed out loud, "Who would show resentment when worshipping someone?"

Hu Luanfei was embarrassed and speechless.

Seeing her expressionless and silent, Concubine Jiang raised her eyebrows and jokingly asked, "Is there something fishy going on between you two?"

All the civil servants and envoys in the hall looked at her and suddenly began to whisper to each other.

Because of what happened yesterday, they all looked disdainful at her when they saw her.

Especially Jiang Huizhen, her contemptuous face was even worse, "A maid is a maid. Even if I become a princess, I can't change the lowly nature engraved in my bones."

The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough to silence the noisy people, and they looked cautiously up at the emperor, and then at the silent war king whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The atmosphere was deathly silent.

Everyone held their breath and gave them the home court.

Qi Sili didn't say anything.

Qi Siliao didn't say anything either.

The queen, the imperial concubine and other concubines were all waiting to see the joke.

So, she is alone and helpless now...

Suddenly, my hand was held.

He raised his eyes to take a look at Qi Siriao, who was drinking alone but had a sharp look in his eyes, and understood something.

Before she could say anything, the male protagonist of the scandal on the other side frowned, stared at Jiang Huizhen indifferently and said coldly: "It is said that the girls in the capital city are all very polite, especially the young ladies from the palace gate and the royal family. Their manners are of course top-notch. This prince has opened his eyes today. It turns out that the daughters of the Duke's family are just like this. I heard that Concubine Jiang is also from the Duke's family. Is her character the same?"

Imperial Concubine Jiang was used to being a boss in the harem. She felt a little embarrassed when someone confronted her. She glared at her sister coldly and said, "Second Prince, you are joking. My sister is still young and sometimes she will say unpleasant things without restraint. Please bear with her."

Xuanyuan Yuqing raised his lips and smiled gently, "It can only be said that the education of the Duke's Mansion is not strict, which is why she can speak nonsense regardless of the occasion. Moreover, she is so arrogant that she doesn't care about the imperial power. Princess Zhan is a member of the royal family, and her children have royal blood and are of noble status. She was able to trample on the dignity of the royal family smoothly today, and I think she has practiced a lot in normal times."

Concubine Jiang frowned, "Then according to the Second Prince's wishes..."

"In Beiqiu, those who trample on the imperial power will be executed along with their entire family, or their property will be confiscated and they will be exiled."

There is no doubt that the result of being reckless and lawless is——

The Duke's family immediately knelt down and begged the Emperor for mercy.

Perhaps Qi Sili had long been dissatisfied with the Duke's Mansion, so he immediately climbed up after grabbing the pole, "My dear, you are old after all."

After hearing this, Jiang Sansi was about to reply when Concubine Jiang suddenly fainted.

"elder sister!"

"Shihui!"

The father and daughter hurriedly supported the graceful Concubine Jiang. Considering the presence of civil and military officials and envoys, they had to summon the imperial physician to take a look no matter how bad Qi Sili's face looked.

Hu Luanfei sneered, quietly nudged Qi Siliao's arm, and asked in a low voice: "My Lord, do you think she will use the pregnancy escape?"

Qi Si Liao was surprised and asked: "I don't know what you mean by pregnancy escape."

Xuanyuan Yuqing came over and interjected, "She used her pregnancy to escape."

As expected of the second prince, he saw through all the palace intrigues clearly. Hu Luanfei gave him a thumbs up to indicate “You are awesome”.

Qi Siliao glanced at the chaos over there and frowned slightly: "Impossible."

"How do you know it's impossible?" Hu Luanfei and Xuanyuan Yuqing asked the question almost at the same time.

He did not answer, but lowered his eyes in deep thought.

It was not until the imperial physician diagnosed that Concubine Jiang was pregnant that everyone breathed a sigh of relief and then congratulated Qi Sili.

However, in Hu Luanfei's eyes, the expressions on everyone's faces were fake, especially Qi Sili, whose pretended happy face was full of doubts.

Could it be——

Just as I was about to turn my head, it was suddenly pushed down gently.

Then, Qi Siliao's slightly hoarse voice sounded, "Luan Fei, what happens next may involve Prince Zhan's Mansion. You must act according to the circumstances and don't say the wrong thing, understand?"

Hu Luanfei's breath was choked, and he couldn't help but clench his fists. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and nodded, "Can you tell me roughly what will happen?"

"It's about the puppet with silver needles stuck in it."

"how do you know."

"Qi Sili has a bad habit. When every concubine becomes pregnant, he will ask the Imperial Observatory to take a look."

Speaking of the Imperial Observatory, it reminded her of the plot in the palace fighting drama. If Concubine Jiang bribed the Imperial Observatory to say that the situation of Prince Zhan's palace was unknown, then -

"Royal brother, the Imperial Observatory is pointing out that there are filthy things in Prince Zhan's mansion that affect the royal heir and cause the imperial concubine to be uneasy. What do you think?" Qi Sili's words echoed coldly in the hall.

Hu Luanfei's thoughts were suddenly interrupted and he woke up suddenly.

She held her breath and looked at the man beside her anxiously, only to see him coughing violently a few times and then spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Highness!" He fell on her shoulder, making her heart tremble. "Imperial Physician! Call the Imperial Physician!"

However, no matter how she cried out, the imperial doctors did not dare to come and check on her without Qi Sili's permission.