Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Others didn't know, but these ladies had seen Song Wanning's piano skills, and they knew that this game would not be difficult for Song Wanning. In this case, she was lucky to have chosen such a good paper ball.

Yin Yichen looked back at Song Wanning with a calm expression, and said with a soft smile, "Wanning, since we are here, your luck is not good, so you may have to trouble your wife to play a song."

Song Wanning knew that Princess Xiangyu had set up the stage for her and was waiting for her. Now she had to finish the play no matter what. Fortunately, Yin Yichen was there, and Princess Xiangyu could not play tricks in front of Yin Yichen. She didn't dare.

Song Wanning stood up, looked at Yin Yichen and smiled faintly, "My husband is right. In this case, I will play a song here today to repay today's banquet."

Princess Xiangyu forced an awkward smile and glanced at the palace maid beside her. The palace maid understood and immediately took a zither from the back and brought it to the center of the hall.

Song Wanning slowly walked to the center of the hall and knelt on the futon. She was tall and graceful, sitting on the futon like a pine tree, which made people feel awe. No one dared to have any blasphemous thoughts towards her beautiful face.

She was wearing luxurious but not vulgar clothes today, and her beauty could be spotted at a glance in the crowd. Song Wanning stretched out her scallion-like fingers and gently hooked them. As the strings were slowly plucked, clear and crisp sounds flowed out of the guqin.

The melody was gentle, giving people a sense of cleansing themselves from the mundane world. Everyone present was immersed in Song Wanning's music.

At this moment, Princess Xiangyu had already angrily clenched the paper ball in her hand. She had originally intended to embarrass Song Wanning today, but who would have thought that she would be given a stage to show off.

After the song was over, the Crown Prince Xie Cheng who was sitting at the other end clapped his hands and laughed, "I've heard that the Prime Minister's wife is an excellent zither player. Now it seems that the rumors are true. The Prime Minister's wife is not just a show-off as outsiders say. Look at her zither skills, they are far better than those gossipers outside."

Xie Cheng wanted to win her over, so he naturally said good things. However, An Wang Xie Ke, who was standing next to him, laughed and said, "It's useless to be outstanding in a place like this. After all, it's usually the zither players who come to entertain people on weekdays, so there's no need for the prime minister's wife. If the prime minister's wife plays the zither like this every day to entertain people, I'm afraid she'll be no different from the zither players in the capital."

As soon as Prince An said this, Prince Yong Xie Bi laughed out loud and said, "Second brother, what you said is not right. Playing the zither is for self-cultivation. Look at the ladies in the capital nowadays. Which girl doesn't learn the zither? It's just that they don't learn it as carefully as the Prime Minister's wife. As far as I know, Princess Xiangyu is also learning the zither, right?"

Prince An has shot himself in the foot this time, and now he can't say anything.

Everyone had their own opinions. At this moment, the emperor who was sitting on the throne spoke up, "I knew before that the prime minister was very fond of his wife. Now that I have seen her, I understand the reason. The prime minister's wife is truly a character."

The emperor said, looking at the eunuch beside him, "The prime minister's wife plays the zither well. There is a zither in the storeroom called "Rain Sparse Wind Jue", which is a good zither presented by the envoy as tribute. Give it to the prime minister's wife as a reward."

Seeing this, Song Wanning hurriedly stood up to express her gratitude.

When the emperor said this, the ministers and princes beside him were all a little surprised. The treasure that the envoys presented as tribute was actually awarded to Song Wanning. There was no other treasure like this in the entire capital.

Now, this made Princess Xiangyu almost sour that she stood up and said, "Father, I am also practicing the piano now, why don't you give me that good piano?"

"How many zithers have you ruined since you are just a beginner?" The emperor saw through Princess Xiangyu and said immediately, "If you become more skilled in the future, I will find you another good zither."

Princess Xiangyu is still dissatisfied, but she dares not to do anything rash again.

Song Wanning got such a good piano, which relieved the tension of other ladies in the palace. If she was chosen to show it, she would be rewarded if she did well.

After a while, the second round of passing the flower began, and now the person holding the flower became Yin Yichen.

Princess Xiangyu glanced at Song Wanning, turned around unwillingly and continued to beat the drum. In order not to attract attention, Princess Xiangyu specially asked other ladies to perform twice.

One of the ladies drew the game of chess, which she knew nothing about, and caused quite a lot of jokes in the palace.

After a while, Princess Xiangyu turned her attention back to Song Wanning. She wanted to embarrass Song Wanning, otherwise how could she swallow this anger?

After a while, just as these words reached Song Wanning, Princess Xiangyu's drum sounded again.

Princess Xiangyu turned around, looked at Song Wanning and smiled, "What a coincidence, Madam Prime Minister. I didn't expect that you would be chosen for the second time. But this time it's Madam who is holding the flowers, so we can't ask the Prime Minister to take the paper ball on Madam's behalf."

At this time, the prince who was sitting at the other end spoke again, "Sister, why is it the Prime Minister's wife again now? Did you do it on purpose? The Prime Minister's wife has already performed once. If there is a second time, how will the other wives deal with it? I think it would be better to let it go this time and start over, and let those wives who have not performed before come."

"It's already the other ladies' turn, isn't it?" Princess Xiangyu didn't care, she just smiled faintly, "Now this is just a game, whoever is chosen should come out and perform, this is the rule. But if we let it go just because of a coincidence, wouldn't that be breaking the rules? This is not allowed."

Now, everyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a game set up by the princess to embarrass the prime minister's wife. At the beginning, everyone in the capital knew that Princess Xiangyu wanted to marry the prime minister, but was rejected by the prime minister in the end.

How could Princess Xiangyu swallow such a great humiliation? She went to ask for a marriage, but the prime minister was unwilling and the emperor didn't do anything to her. Now, seeing the couple living in harmony, Princess Xiangyu was unwilling to accept it and resorted to this bad idea.

Princess Xiangyu looked at Song Wanning and smiled softly, "Madam Prime Minister, please come and draw a paper ball to see what good things it is. If Madam Prime Minister knows everything, wouldn't it make us less fun?"

Princess Xiangyu's behavior made Yin Yichen's face look unhappy. He looked straight at Princess Xiangyu, which made Princess Xiangyu feel a lot of pressure.