The lady of Chongxi has supernatural powers and is favored by the powerful official

Suddenly, everyone in the hall fell silent, and no one spoke.

The Seventh Prince has a bad temper, so it's better not to offend him. It's obvious that the Seventh Prince's concubine is coming for Marquis Changyong's family, otherwise why would she be so tough against her new daughter-in-law, Gu Ruoxi?

Xie Qingrou's face darkened and she stood up. Gu Ruoxi also stood up straight and Xie Qingrou held her hand.

The Third Princess saw that things were not going well, so she stood up and said directly to the Seventh Princess:

"Seventh Brother, if you have any objections to the flower banquet I held today, just come after me. Why are you trying to show off here?"

The Seventh Prince's Concubine did not give the Third Prince's Concubine face and said directly:

"Look at what Third Sister-in-law said. If I had a problem with you, I wouldn't have come today. I'm just giving you a gift, but then you come to invite two new brides to unveil the new thing. Am I not giving you face? They don't take me, a concubine, seriously."

"I haven't been out and about for a long time, but I didn't know that young wives nowadays are so tough? Whose power do they rely on? Tsk tsk tsk, they are vying to enter the marquis's family, but they don't know that he is a marquis for three generations, hahahaha... They can't even get a prince's wife."

The Seventh Prince's concubine glanced at Gu Ruoxi and Xie Qingrou.

Xie Qingrou was so angry that her face turned blue. She had never been humiliated like this in all these years in Beijing.

This Xia family knew that the Marquis of Changyong would only have this generation of Marquis, so, did they think they could crush the Nangong family?

But she also didn't understand how their Nangong family had offended the Seventh Prince or this concubine?

Moreover, it was obvious that this concubine was targeting Xi'er. It was even more impossible for Xi'er to have offended anyone!

Gu Ruoxi, however, had a calm expression on her face. I don't know if she didn't understand the relationship between them or if she really didn't care.

The Seventh Prince's concubine glared at him again:

"Why? Madam Xie feels bad for your daughter-in-law? I didn't make it difficult for her. You can all testify to this. I just wanted to take advantage of their wedding joy to reveal this lucky draw. Can't I even make this request?"

In terms of rank, the Seventh Prince's concubine is naturally higher than Xie Qingrou, not to mention Gu Ruoxi.

Gu Ruoxi's right hand moved slightly in Xie Qingrou's palm, and no one noticed. However, her left hand took advantage of the gap between He An and Ouyang Jing who were standing in front of her and moved a few times towards the two flower pots covered with red gauze.

Gu Ruolan, who was forced to walk out with her head lowered, was already standing aside, meaning that she would take the pot over there, and this pot would be given to Gu Ruoxi.

Xie Qingrou had a gloomy face. Gu Ruoxi moved slightly to persuade her. She turned around and looked at Gu Ruoxi with heartache.

Gu Ruoxi leaned close to Xie Qingrou's ear and whispered:

"Mother, I won't reveal it. She sent two pots of dead flowers. She came for the Third Princess and deliberately made trouble for us."

Gu Ruoxi's whisper was not very quiet, and was heard by Princess He'an and Crown Prince's Consort Ouyang Jing who were standing nearby.

Because of the Seventh Prince's concubine's provocation, Princess He'an and the Crown Prince's Consort, as the main family, were already unhappy. When they heard what Gu Ruoxi said, He'an came over and asked:

"How do you know they are two pots of dead flowers?"

Gu Ruoxi explained to He An in a low voice:

"Look, the roots of the flowers and trees you just showed me are all very fresh and juicy. If they were really valuable and well cared for, they wouldn't be dry like this."

Although the two pots of flowers are covered with red gauze, it only covers the upper branches; the roots and main branches at the lower part can still be seen.

Everyone was attracted by the red gauze veil and the entanglement in front of them. No one took a serious look at the two pots of flowers.

After Gu Ruoxi said this, Ouyang Jing and Liang Le took a careful look and found that the flower stems were indeed dry.

Princess He An was furious. Isn't this just looking for trouble?

Ouyang Jing's face also looked very ugly!

The two in-laws of the Third Prince's Mansion, one is the Third Prince's wife's family, and the other is Ouyang Jing's family. Not only are they from scholarly families, but after their daughters married into the Third Prince's Mansion, they both retired from the top levels of the political power.

Ouyang Jing's father was the former chief academic officer of the Imperial College. Now he is retired and only receives some old friends and some knowledgeable people at home.

Generally speaking, if a woman’s parents have no say in official circles, her status in her husband’s family will be affected.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Third Prince's Mansion are both like this. The Third Prince's Mansion has always been low-key. Apart from anything else, people like the Third Prince's Concubine cannot be offended, but the good reputation of the Crown Prince's Concubine has spread.

The fact that Princess Ouyang Jing is a good housekeeper has truly won the admiration of all the ladies in charge of the capital.

She is low-key, but everyone has eyes and ears. In this way, the Crown Princess has earned respect for her own abilities.

No matter how low-key the Third Princess is, there are only two women in the world who can stand above her. One is the Queen Mother who worships Buddha in the harem, and the other is the current Queen.

The emperor is powerful and the queen is very low-key, so the third princess is the woman with the highest status outside the palace.

The Seventh Prince's concubine dared to act arrogantly in front of her because the Seventh Prince had no principal wife and the entire Seventh Prince's Mansion was in her hands.

The Seventh Prince also indulged her. It was said that in the Seventh Prince's Palace, except for the Seventh Prince's concubine, there was no other woman.

This concubine Xia now dominates the seven princes' palaces.

Although she did not hold the position of a queen, she exercised the powers of a queen.

Now she has set her sights on Gu Ruoxi, and wants Gu Ruoxi to uncover the veil of this flower.

Everyone knew that it was a humiliation for the Gu family sisters to exchange marriages.

The Third Prince's wife's face was also very dark. Only the Seventh Prince's concubine could do such a disrespectful thing to the host. But it would be wrong not to give her an invitation when he was inviting her to a meal. She had never come when he invited her in the past, but she came today.

I'm here to cause trouble.

Just when the whole hall was in a state of tension, a voice came from the door:

"Replying to Princess, Prince Ning and Master Ouyang are here to pay their respects to you."

Gu Ruoxi had sharp senses and seemed to feel that the Third Princess was relieved.

The Third Princess hurriedly called out:

"Please come in quickly."

He laughed again:

"Please don't laugh at me, everyone. This kid has been gone since this morning and has only just come back now."

Those who brought their daughters with them to the room hurriedly asked their daughters to stand behind the screen at the side, or stood at the back with their heads down.

The people who were originally crowded at the door made way for a path, and Prince Ning, who was wearing prince's clothes and a jade crown, and Ouyang Hong, who was wearing an ordinary blue cloth gown, walked in.

As Prince Ning came in, he saw two covered flower pots. He looked left and right, then stepped forward and bowed to his mother.

However, Ouyang Hong walked straight to the center without looking around, saluted to the Third Prince's wife, the Seventh Prince's concubine, and also saluted to Old Madam Qin and Xie Qingrou.

Then he smiled at his sister Ouyang Jing:

"Hello, sister."