The Time Traveling Anchor and Her Eight Hundred Fence-Sitters

After the banquet, Prince Ning asked his steward to call the servant who was on duty in the garden that day to his presence and questioned him in detail.

The maid who had taken Zhao Mianmian to visit the garden earlier did not dare to tell a lie and recounted in detail how the young lady from the He family came to the garden, how she was "abandoned" by her, and how she finally returned to the backyard alone.

In addition, several guards guarding the courtyard also said that they had never seen Miss He in the place where the colorful spirit beasts were stored, so Zhao Mianmian's suspicion was completely cleared.

"You're already that old, can you please use your brain before you speak or act?!"

"There is still the Imperial Censor in the front yard. No matter who Zhao Mianmian is, you are always trying to kill her. Do you think His Majesty is not afraid of our Ning Wang Mansion enough, or do you think we are living too peacefully in our Ning Wang Mansion?"

"And your sister-in-law, no matter what she is like on a daily basis, she is the Crown Prince's Consort married by your eldest brother. You slap her in the face in front of outsiders, isn't it making a fool of our Ning Wang Mansion?"

Princess Ning poked Liang Yufu's head in disappointment and started to criticize her one by one.

Liang Yufu was still crying because of what happened during the day, and was suddenly scolded by Princess Ning. Her tears fell even faster, and she looked like pearls that had broken off the string.

Princess Ning's heart softened when she saw this. She couldn't bear to continue scolding him, so she could only sigh and said earnestly:

"Fuer, I know what you're thinking. Li Peiyan is good-looking, and it's fine if you like him, but don't forget your identity."

"You are the Princess of Jingyang, and you represent our Ning Wang Mansion. And Li Peiyan is a hostage sent to the capital by the Li family. Let alone whether they like you or not, the 400,000 Qingping troops in the southwest alone are enough to mean that you two are doomed to never be together!"

"Fuer, think about it, your eldest brother is in the northwest, holding great power in the Qingyan Army, and has already aroused the fear of His Majesty. Can Xiao Haizhou really let our Ning Wangfu marry the Li family and use 800,000 troops to attack him from both sides?!

Liang Yufu was stunned when she heard this and looked at her mother in disbelief.

All she knew when she was alive was to fight for what she liked, and cry and make a fuss if she couldn't get it. As long as she cried and made a fuss, she would get what she wanted.

But she never imagined that there were things in this world that she could not get even if she cried or made a fuss.

This thing now belongs to Zhao Mianmian and Li Peiyan.

after.

No one knows...

**

Zhao Mianmian suffered injustice in Prince Ning's Mansion, and the He family felt a little guilty.

Especially He Xulan, who knew that her little cousin had taken the blame for her today, had a sullen face and didn't say a word on the way home.

After returning home, He Jianxing asked He Zhaoxian and Mrs. He about what had happened in detail.

When the old lady heard that Sister Mian was being bullied by Princess Jingyang and that she was just an orphan and it didn't matter if she was beaten or killed, she burst into tears with heartache.

He immediately took off the jade bracelet that he had worn for many years and put it into Zhao Mianmian's hand.

"Oh, my sister Mian, you have been wronged today."

As soon as Zhao Mianmian got the jade bracelet, she felt the coolness all over her hands. Her eyes lit up and she thought it was another good thing.

Sure enough, not long after, a system prompt popped up on the public screen:

【Gold Coin+5000】

The grievance, dissatisfaction, sadness, and loss on Zhao Mianmian's face suddenly disappeared, and turned into the corners of her mouth that were about to be suppressed, and the five words that jumped out without thinking:

"Mianmian is not wronged."

Zhao Mianmian thought for a moment and added:

"That person bullied my third sister. He is so mean."

When He Xulan heard this, her heart warmed. She quickly stepped forward, took off the pair of filigree and kingfisher hairpins she was wearing, and put them into Zhao Mianmian's hand.

"Don't worry, little sister. I was negligent today. From now on, I won't let you wander around the garden alone, and I won't let those unreasonable people bully you again!"

【Gold Coin+500】

Zhao Mianmian's heart was filled with joy. After exchanging a few words of filial piety with everyone, she returned to Linlan Courtyard with her jade bracelet and hairpin in great joy.

As soon as the children left, He Jianxing and He Zhaoxian's faces darkened.

The two of them asked Qin Shuyu with serious expressions:

"Did Sister Mian really mention her father to Princess Jingyang?"

Qin Shuyu didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a child showing off and talking nonsense. When she saw her husband's expression change, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly asked:

"Why, but what's wrong?"

But He Jianxing and He Zhaoxian looked at each other, pretended nothing happened, and waved their hands without saying a word.

Qin Shuyu was completely confused. It was not right to ask, and it was not right not to ask.

Fortunately, Qin Shuyu was very perceptive. Seeing that the two were unwilling to say more, he secretly kept the matter in mind and found a random excuse to cover it up.

Here, everyone in the He family was silent as they all had their own concerns. On the other hand, in the Taifu Mansion, some people were so happy that their eyebrows were raised.

"Oh, sir, this is a really smart move. You sent a fox with plague to Prince Ning's mansion, and just a few words made Princess Jingyang furious. I don't believe that after Princess Jingyang's remarks about beating and killing her are leaked today, those old scoundrels in the court will really dare to cling to Prince Ning's thighs."

"But it's a pity that Princess Jingyang couldn't bring herself to do it in the end. I don't know how many lifetimes the young lady of the He family must have accumulated to gain blessings. Just when she was about to start the fight, she was stopped by the Crown Prince's Consort."

"Hey, what do you think? If Princess Jingyang really does something to the young lady of the He family, will He Jianxing and Zhang Qiuhe have to break off relations with Prince Ning and his faction and never have anything to do with each other again?"

"If that were to happen, it wouldn't be as simple as just breaking up. Zhang Qiuhe is an old fox who has leverage over many people. If he were to turn against Prince Ning, I'm afraid the entire court would be in turmoil for a while."

"Oh, what a pity, what a pity!"

The people speaking were a few staff members gathered in the study of the Grand Tutor's Mansion.

Originally, the Ning Wang Mansion held a birthday banquet today in order to take this opportunity to test and win over the court officials.

As a member of the Xiao family, it would have been better if Xiao Haizhou didn't know. Now that he knew, it would certainly be impossible for him to just ask nothing and do nothing.

Of course, it would not be appropriate for Xiao Haizhou to do anything ostentatiously in such an occasion.

In the end, it was the staff in the mansion who came up with an "idea", saying that instead of targeting Prince Ning, it would be better to do something about the gift to Princess Jingyang.

On the one hand, it was to save face for the little emperor, and on the other hand, it was to take advantage of the intrigues among the ladies in the backyard to put some pressure on Prince Ning's Mansion.

Who knows, if these women give you some advice, you might lose a strong enemy.

The staff's idea itself is a very good one, although it is a bit unconventional, but it has to be said that it has a bit of the flavor of fishing in troubled waters.

But who would have known that Su Yingyue actually pushed Zhao Mianmian out to act as the instigator, and everything developed in an unexpected direction.

The staff in the study were still discussing the plan for today's Ning Wang Mansion. Only Xiao Haizhou propped up his head and looked out the dark window. Thinking of the eldest son he had just recognized, he suddenly curled his lips and raised an intriguing expression -

proud.