She always plays cards out of the ordinary

After hearing what Ruoxi said, Mingyu just glanced at her, then ignored her and jumped onto the horse lightly with graceful and neat movements.

Seeing this, Shu Tong, who was standing by, hurriedly jumped onto the other horse.

Just as the two were about to whip off, they could faintly hear the Tenth Prince's hearty and teasing laughter.

"Hahaha! You don't even ride a horse at the stables. Are you sure you don't know how to ride a horse?"

Mingyu couldn't help but look back and saw Ruoxi's pretty face flushed red. She raised her chin high and responded loudly with forced calmness.

"Who said I can't ride? I just don't feel like riding today..."

However, that slightly lacking tone could hardly conceal her guilty conscience.

This time, since Mingyu did not take the initiative to provoke Ruoxi as in the plot, Ruoxi naturally lost the interest in confronting them.

As a result, there was an atmosphere between the two sides that seemed distant but was actually peaceful.

They spent a few hours like this, and then the sun started to set and the sky got darker.

Everyone felt that the time was about right, so they pulled the reins, dismounted, and prepared to go home.

However, when Mingyu and Shutong came out, her sleeve was pulled by Shutong. Mingyu raised her eyebrows in confusion and asked Shutong what was the matter.

As a result, Shutong pointed to the people in front of her, and Mingyu immediately noticed something strange. Ruoxi actually got on the same carriage with the Eighth Prince and the Tenth Prince.

Mingyu's eyes widened. She looked around as if no one was around.

All the servants knelt down to see them off respectfully, no one looked up, and even the maid who helped Ruoxi get into the carriage did not question it at all.

I guessed that this should be the arrangement of the Eighth Prince and others, but I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional?

On the way back, Shu Tong was still talking about this.

"Sister Mingyu, do you think the Eighth Prince has feelings for Miss Ruoxi?"

Mingyu was a little surprised at Shutong's sensitivity. You know, she also knew the plot, so she knew that the Eighth Prince had feelings for Ruoxi.

But when ordinary people see this situation and the close relationship between Ruoxi and the Tenth Prince, shouldn't they be suspicious of the Tenth Prince?

Mingyu thought so and asked the same question.

"Why do you suspect that the Eighth Prince has feelings for Ruoxi, and not the Tenth Prince? After all, you have seen that Ruoxi has been quarreling with the Tenth Prince."

Shu Tong frowned and stared at the carriage that had already left in front of him. There was a puzzlement on his face that he himself did not even notice. It was obvious that he was also very puzzled by his own guess.

"I don't know either. Ruoxi and the Tenth Prince are so familiar with each other and they talked all the way, but I just have an inexplicable feeling that the Eighth Prince is the one who has the idea."

Mingyu chuckled and wondered in her heart, is this what they call a girl's sixth sense?

However, on the surface, she decided to warn Shu Tong not to be curious about these things.

"Anyway, these are the brothers' business. Since the servants are used to this, this must not be the first time it has happened.

So we should not pay too much attention to it, so as not to bring disaster upon ourselves for no reason."

Mingyu paused for a moment here, worried that Shutong would become careless about the differences between men and women because of this incident, so she hurriedly warned him.

"No matter what, once a relationship between a man and a woman has problems, women are often the most vulnerable to shock and impact.

So you must keep this in mind, whether you are at home or outside, you must always keep a proper distance from men to avoid attracting criticism. "

After all, living in such a feudal era, even if viewed from a modern perspective, riding in a carriage with a man might not be a big deal, but after all, this era was quite harsh on women.

Because of this, in order to protect yourself, the necessary taboos are absolutely indispensable.

Shu Tong nodded obediently. Although she was not yet old enough to get married, she still had some basic common sense.

"Sister Mingyu, I understand."

The two sisters returned to Prince An's mansion while talking. After a while, Minghui sent a message to Mingyu, asking her to go to the Eighth Prince's mansion on the eighth day of next month.

Because this time of year is the Tenth Prince's birthday. In the past, since Imperial Concubine Wenxi was no longer around, the Eighth and Ninth Princes would arrange the Tenth Prince's birthday.

After the Eighth Prince got married, Minghui often helped with the affairs.

Minghui knew that her sister loved to be in the crowd, so she thought of inviting her sister to come over and play as she did in the past.

Mingyu received the news and went to the Eighth Prince's mansion again on this day.

When she got there, Mingyu thought that it would be her sister's maid who came to pick her up, but she saw Juqing standing there instead.

Mingyu looked puzzled, "Juqing, why are you waiting for me at the door? Shouldn't you be busy with the Tenth Prince's birthday banquet with your sister at this time?"

You know, although it's just a birthday party, it depends on the people. The Tenth Prince has always been on good terms with the Eighth Prince.

Also, because his mother died early, the Eighth Prince had always been very caring towards him and the Ninth Prince.

This birthday banquet was originally a way for the Eighth Prince to show his brotherly love and respect for his younger brothers, and it was also an act of showing off in front of all the other princes, so he attached great importance to it.

Because of the Eighth Prince's attention, Minghui naturally treated it as a big event. In the past, every time Mingyu came, Minghui was busy all the time, not to mention Juqing and others who were her capable assistants.

When Juqing heard Mingyu's question, although she felt aggrieved for her master, this was at the gate and she certainly couldn't show any unhappiness, otherwise wouldn't she be laughed at by the people on the concubine's side?

Juqing bowed and then helped Mingyu walk towards Fu Jin's Zhaoyang Courtyard.

On the way, he leaned over to Mingyu's ear and whispered what happened today.

"Princess Mingyu, this year, the Eighth Master did not let his wife host the Tenth Prince's birthday banquet, but asked his concubine, who had just been released from house arrest, to do it.

It is said that the concubine brought her sister from her natal family, Maertai Ruoxi, and prepared a different birthday banquet for the Tenth Prince.

I don’t know what kind of bewitching drug the Eighth Master has used to make the concubine no longer give her even the most basic respect.”

Mingyu frowned when she heard this, "What is the Eighth Master thinking? The First Wife is sitting at home peacefully, but he passed this matter over to the Concubine. Is he crazy?"

Mingyu complained, but she was wondering in her heart if this was a plot-induced decline in intelligence, otherwise, even if the Eighth Prince disliked Minghui, he would not be so disrespectful to the legitimate wife when he still needed Prince An's palace.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Minghui sitting alone in the middle of the lobby. Although her face was relatively calm, the sadness and frustration emanating from her were like an invisible haze that no one could ignore.

Mingyu looked at the scene in front of her and for a moment she didn't know how to comfort her.