I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

Qin Yue now wants to know how Liu managed to deceive people into marriage. Since Sister Xia appeared at the Qingping Banquet, she must not be engaged yet.

How can there be a marriage fraud if there is no engagement?

Could it be that this was done without Sister Xia’s knowledge?

Qin Yue didn't understand, so she asked: "Sister, what did Liu do later? I see that Sister Xia has come to the banquet, she should not know that she is engaged. And the engagement must not be hidden from Master Xia."

Xia Yuanshuang was very sure that if her father knew about this, he would definitely not agree with her stepmother doing this.

Although my father usually made decisions on many things by himself, he never acted on his own when it came to her.

Therefore, if her father had the intention to arrange her marriage, he would have told her in advance and would not have arranged it without considering her opinion.

What exactly happened in the meantime that allowed her stepmother to directly arrange her marriage?

Xu was also very sure that Yuan Shuang's father must not know about it.

A few days ago, Lord Xia specifically asked someone to ask her to bring Yuan Shuang to the Qingping Banquet, so if Lord Xia knew about the engagement, he would never come to see her again.

System: [Stepmother Liu secretly exchanged engagement cards with her sister-in-law without the knowledge of Master Xia, which is equivalent to a private engagement. The Liu family is already preparing the betrothal gifts.]

Qin Yue: [Did Lord Liu and Lord Xia not discuss this matter every day during court? Don’t they know about it? ]

System: [Of course Sir Liu knows about the engagement! ]

[It's just that his son Liu Jin said that he and Miss Xia Yuanshuang had secretly decided to get married, but Lord Xia didn't agree, so he had to take it slow, and now was not a good time to tell Lord Xia.]

[Therefore, whenever Lord Liu went to court to see Lord Xia recently, he seemed to be hesitant to speak. He wanted to say something but didn't dare to, fearing that if he did, it would ruin his son's marriage.]

[So until now, the only people who have been kept in the dark about the engagement are Lord Xia, Miss Xia Yuanshuang, and the people in the Xu Mansion.]

Everyone: No! What's wrong with Master Liu? Do you believe such a lame excuse?

Princess Jinyang did have some impression of Lord Liu.

Once when I went on an autumn hunt with my brother, he joked that the officials participating had to walk as an appetizer to the hunting activity.

All the civil and military officials in the court knew that this was a joke, but Lord Liu took it seriously.

She remembered that everyone had arrived at the autumn hunting site, and a round of hunting was over when Lord Liu arrived late. All his clothes were torn by the thorns in the woods, and he looked particularly disheveled.

So if others don’t believe Liu Jin’s reason, Lord Liu will definitely believe it!

Qin Yue still didn't understand. "Sister, even if they don't know now, when the engagement is really made, the people who should know will know! Then won't their tricks be exposed immediately?"

System: [Host, Liu and Liu Jin have made other preparations, and they will be at the Qingping Banquet! ]

Hearing this, everyone at the banquet began to look around, fearing that the "other preparations" mentioned by the elder sister were around them.

If you get involved accidentally, it will cause trouble for your family.

After all, the whole thing involved the Minister of War, the Vice Minister of War, and the Vice Minister of Works, all of whom were high-ranking officials of the court, and it would be bad to offend any of them.

Xia Yuanshuang couldn't help but approach Xu with some fear, her eyes turned red and she was about to cry.

Although Xia Yuanshuang looked very cool and had learned some martial arts skills, she was actually only thirteen or fourteen years old and had never experienced these things.

If something really happened, she would be frightened to death before she could even use her martial arts.

Xu gently patted Xia Yuanshuang on the back and said softly, "Don't worry, with Auntie here, no one can bully you. You must not leave Auntie's sight at the banquet today, understand?"

Xia Yuanshuang immediately nodded obediently.

After hearing what the system said, Qin Yue also tried to raise her head and observe carefully, but she found nothing except handsome men and beautiful women.

Suddenly, Qin Yue seemed to have thought of a possibility and immediately blurted out a national quintessence.

[Oh my god! Isn't this a must-have item for the banquet? ]

Everyone: Huh? What are the must-have items for the banquet?

What are the essential items for the Qingping Banquet?

Performance show?

When the women of the Qin family heard what Qin Yue said, they immediately remembered that Sister Yue had said before that banquets were places where accidents were prone to happen.

So the must-do item is falling into a lake? Sleeping together?

What the hell!

Could it be that Mrs. Liu and her evil-hearted nephew wanted to make things a fait accompli before it was too late?!

When the women of the Qin family thought of this possibility, they couldn't sit still.

Several people looked at Xia Yuanshuang anxiously, wanting to say something to remind her, but because Yue Jie'er was there, they were afraid of exposing the fact that they could hear Yue Jie'er's thoughts, and they were extremely anxious.

The shrewd ladies at the banquet suddenly realized what the young official meant by the must-have items for the banquet.

They couldn't help but hold on to the girls beside them, and whispered to the nannies and maids to follow the young lady closely, for fear that they would run around and fall into someone else's trap.

This kind of thing has happened before. Someone was clearly plotting against other people, but ended up involving irrelevant people.

So they must keep an eye on the person. Their daughters have been brought up with great care and love, and they cannot let them suffer such grievances.

Xu naturally came to her senses.

She didn't expect that Liu was now much bolder than when she was a child. In the past, she would only speak ill of others behind their backs, but she didn't dare to do anything serious.

This time, Liu was probably emboldened by the presence of her nephew, so she actually dared to do something!

Then let her see what tricks they are trying to play!

She is not as soft-hearted as her sister!

System: [The host guessed right again! They are about to take action. Look, the maid who is about to come in from the side door is the one they bribed.]

Everyone glanced towards the side door.

Qin Yue also tried hard to look at the side door, but the side door happened to be facing away from her, so she tried to twist her body backwards.

Seeing this, Cui Xi, who was holding Qin Yue, pretended to adjust her holding position without leaving any trace, and turned sideways so that Qin Yue was facing the side door.

A maid walked in from the side door, head lowered, holding a tray with fresh pastries on it.

Because the maid had her head down, she didn't notice that everyone was looking at her intentionally or unintentionally.

When everyone was guessing what the maid would do next, she suddenly looked up and looked around the banquet cautiously.

Everyone immediately looked away, feeling guilty like a thief.

call……

Fortunately, they turned around quickly, otherwise the maid might have noticed something unusual.

When the maid's eyes saw Xia Yuanshuang, they suddenly lit up, and then she lowered her head and walked straight towards Xia Yuanshuang.