I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

As the protagonist of the Xiang Ping Banquet, Zhao Fangyu couldn't leave, so he sent Chunshao out while turning around.

"Fang Yu...can I...talk to you aside?"

A familiar voice was heard, Zhao Fangyu turned around and saw that it was Meng Yunqiao standing in front of him.

After being apart for a long time, Meng Yunqiao had become much thinner, as if she had been seriously ill. Her lips had turned pale, and her eyes no longer had the liveliness that they had when they first met.

Zhao Fangyu didn't want to have much to do with Meng Yunqiao. They were not on the same path, and any more he said would only add to the sadness.

"What's the matter, Sister Meng Liu?"

Meng Yunqiao stood there, her lips moving a few times. Seeing that Zhao Fangyu didn't move for a long time, she finally seemed to recognize the reality and smiled bitterly, "Nothing, seeing that you are living well now, I am relieved."

Meng Yunqiao came inexplicably and left quickly, which did not cause much stir among Zhao Fangyu. Not long after, Zhao Fangjin came back from outside. He looked the same, but his earlobes were pink, which made him look cute.

Zhao Fanglan's eyes were full of indignation, especially when she saw Zhao Fangjin, who came back from outside and exuded a joyful aura, she couldn't help but clench her fists.

It doesn’t matter. As long as she can enter the palace, the entire Zhao family will have to bow to her.

Zhao Fanglan made up her mind secretly and did not envy Zhao Fangjin's good marriage. She took a sip of the tea in front of her and could not help but think of her aunt. Then she sighed and left the table.

At the gate of the yard, Zhao Fangwei came back from sobering up. The two of them exchanged glances, nodded, and then parted ways.

Cong Lu nervously tugged at Zhao Fangwei's sleeve and said, "Miss, the Third Miss won't go to the Madam to complain, right?"

Zhao Fangwei was wearing a blue pleated skirt and looked at Zhao Fanglan who was leaving with a half-smile: "Don't worry."

Since Zhao Fanglan was put into confinement, her presence has become almost transparent. Originally, Zhao Fanglan was confident that she was the most favored daughter besides Zhao Fangjin, but after confinement, she is no longer the same as before.

Even the job of organizing documents that she shamelessly snatched from Zhao Fangyu was just something Zhao Fangyu didn't want. She must have prepared many means, but she couldn't use them because Zhao Fangyu let her go so abruptly. In everyone's eyes, Zhao Fanglan was a clown.

What's more, she had framed Zhao Fangyu several times before. Even if the eldest lady heard that she went to complain, she would think twice.

Zhao Fangwei knew from the beginning to the end that Zhao Minshan actually didn't love any of the five sisters in the family.

He seemed to favor Zhao Fangjin, but that was just because Zhao Fangjin was the one with the greatest value and the most bargaining chips among all his daughters. Whether it was the currently favored Zhao Fangyun or the previously favored Zhao Fangyu, they were all his chess pieces.

This is Zhao Fangyun's good luck, he looks most like Zhao Minshan...

The eldest lady was too good to Zhao Fangyu. He was afraid that he would lose control of his chess piece, so he took advantage of the situation and used Zhao Fanglan to suppress Zhao Fangyu. Unfortunately, Zhao Fangyu didn't care.

Being favored by the eldest lady can lead to a good marriage, and being favored by Zhao Minshan will most likely lead to entering the palace.

Zhao Fangwei returned to the banquet. Zhao Fangyu, who was as bright as the morning glow in the crowd, looked at her from afar. Zhao Fangwei waited calmly and did not see any flaws.

In the crowd, Zhao Fangyu sneered, and his eyes gradually became dim when he looked at Zhao Fangwei.

Speaking of which, her sister is really a wonderful person.

Zhao Fangyu and Zhao Fangjin whispered a few words, and soon Zhao Fangjin rushed out again. Zhao Fangwei wanted to follow him, but Zhao Fangyu grabbed her wrist first: "How is the second sister doing after sobering up?"

Zhao Fangwei smiled and tried to pull her hand away, but she failed to get her hand free after trying hard several times.

Zhao Fangwei's expression remained unchanged. She shook her wrist, her large pink sleeves fluttering in the wind. "Fourth sister, what do you mean by this?"

Zhao Fangyu's eyes were as bright as torches, and his bright black eyes stared straight at Zhao Fangwei, making Zhao Fangwei uneasy, as if all her unspeakable little thoughts were seen through by Zhao Fangyu at a glance.

"What are you afraid of, second sister? It is often said that if you have done nothing wrong, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. I am just worried that you are too drunk, so I want to call the court doctor for you."

Chunshao, who was beside Zhao Fangyu, had been staring at Conglu, intending to help her as soon as she made a move. However, Conglu was too timid. When she saw the two masters confronting each other, she didn't dare to move at all. It was really strange that such a cowardly person could become a maid beside the girl.

Soon, Xun Yue, who was beside Zhao Fangjin, came over, bowed to Zhao Fangwei and Zhao Fangyu, and then bowed to Zhao Fangwei and said, "Second Miss, our eldest lady has something to ask you to come to the chess courtyard to discuss."

Inside the Moon Cave Gate, flowers were in full bloom, and countless noble ladies were playing at the banquet, playing flying flower games, double six games, and pitching pots...

Outside the east gate of Yue were layers of dense tree shadows and a moon that seemed to see through her.

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Zhao Fangyu's spices were highly praised, and she was given the title of the most elegant woman in the capital.

The banquet was about to end, and Zhao Fangyu took the initiative to go to the chess academy.

The chess and card game hall and Jiaolu were not far away. Zhao Fangyu changed into her attire for the banquet, wearing a casual sky-blue half-sleeve dress and an almost-new lilac pleated skirt. She tied her hair into a loose bun and walked slowly towards the chess and card game hall, fanning herself. On the way, Chunshao whispered to her what she had seen.

"When I arrived, the eldest girl had already left, and the eldest brother-in-law was also leaving. The second girl secretly dropped a handkerchief on the path that the eldest brother-in-law had to pass, pretended to sober up, but was frightened by the eldest brother-in-law who suddenly appeared, and ran away in a panic."

"From behind Green is shouting, calling the Second Girl and so on."

Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but find it funny when he heard this. Zhao Fangwei seemed such a smart person in the past, but how could she have such foolish dreams about marriage?

"Girl, should we take care of this?"

In Chunshao's opinion, this matter is not easy for them to handle. If they handle it well or not, they may be implicated. It is also easy for the second girl's people to accuse them of their daughter spying on her future son-in-law.

Zhao Fangyu asked Chunshao what she thought, and Chunshao naturally told the truth.

"Since the dirty water is going to be thrown on me anyway, how can I let her have her way?"

Zhao Fangwei had lived a good life for too long and had forgotten the eldest lady's methods.

I also forgot the eldest lady's bottom line. She would not let anyone, by any means, endanger the future of her children.

She treated her concubine's daughters well, often took them out to banquets, and took good care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation. Who in the capital didn't know that the Zhao family had a good family tradition and that all the daughters in the family were good?

The Ministry of Personnel is such an important position. If Zhao Minshan wants to advance to the position of Vice Minister, he won’t know how many years it will take. If he hadn’t been impressed by the Zhao family’s upright family tradition, how could he have married into the Zhao family?

Even if Song Bai himself was willing, the Song family would not agree to replace a legitimate daughter with a illegitimate one.

It was because Zhao Fangwei had enjoyed too many good days in the mansion that she really did not think that she was any worse than Zhao Fangjin. She felt that she could, as the story goes, use love to overcome family background.

Thinking of the eldest prince who had not given up yet, Zhao Fangyu could not let this marriage go wrong at all.

"Go back and find the incense and ask her to go to the kitchen and get something for me."