In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

When Zheng saw that the Second Prince's wife had personally sent an invitation to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law to attend the banquet, even though she was not invited in the invitation, she was still very happy.

She smiled and asked, "The first day of September is coming soon. There are only a few days left. What kind of specifications should we follow to prepare gifts? After all, this is the first time that the prince's wife is hosting a banquet for our Qi Mansion!"

Pei thought for a moment and replied, "Since the Second Imperial Concubine is going to celebrate her birthday, the gift cannot be too light. I think it would be better to give her something more expensive."

She turned to look at Qi Wan and asked, "Ah Wan, do you think we should send some cloth and incense to the Second Imperial Concubine? This will not only express our feelings, but also show how much we value her."

The cloth shop of the Qi Mansion has cloth from the Western Regions, which is light, thin and flowing, and also decorated with pearls and precious stones. The price of a piece of cloth is extremely expensive.

Qi Wan shook his head, "No, I won't give you these."

She gave the reason, "No matter how expensive the gift is, it may not be what the person wants."

"We can't send her aromatherapy. If she gets pregnant and something happens to her, she might take her anger out on us."

"Giving gifts of gold and silver to the royal family is the safest way."

Qi Lu nodded in agreement, "Awan is right."

Pei saw that what Awan said made sense, so she decided to do as she was told and said, "Give a gift of one hundred gold coins."

One hundred gold is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, a very generous gift.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the first day of September.

That morning, Qi Wan dressed up carefully and went to the upper house, ready to attend the banquet with her mother.

She was only accompanied by one servant, Wu Yi, and not by a group of old women and maids like other young ladies.

Pei couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Why doesn't Awan bring Wu Ma or Bai Ma with her?" Generally speaking, when a young lady from a wealthy family goes out, she will be accompanied by at least one old woman and a maid to serve her.

Qi Wan smiled and explained to her mother: "Wu Yi is worth several people, so we don't need to bring too many people."

She knew her mother was worried about her, she just didn't want to bring too many people and cause unnecessary trouble. After all, this trip was just to attend a banquet, so there was no need to be too ostentatious.

Pei thought about it and nodded, "That's fine."

She praised: "Wu Yi is indeed capable, and two monthly salaries is too little."

Wu Yi also has to manage the aromatherapy shop for Qi Wan.

Wu Yi hurriedly said, "That's enough, Madam."

Qi Wan expressed her opinion, "I'll give her the red envelope by the end of the year."

"Thank you, Master." Wu Yi saluted.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Pei took her daughter's hand and got on the carriage, heading for the Second Prince's Mansion across the street.

On the street east of the imperial palace, the first thing that appears is the Third Prince's Mansion, followed by the Second Prince's Mansion, and then the East Palace.

Qi Wan looked out from behind the curtain at a majestic mansion with its doors tightly closed, revealing a desolate atmosphere. This was the sealed-off mansion of the Third Prince.

The corners of her mouth turned up and she was in a good mood. It felt so good to get revenge.

She secretly replaced the third prince and took him to the execution ground to be tortured by slow slicing.

The emperor was unaware of this and issued an order to grind the bones and scatter ashes of the guards who had corrupted the third prince.

"Haha, Qi Dagui was killed by your own father. It's such a great retribution." Qi Wan laughed secretly in his heart.

The carriage moved forward and arrived in front of the magnificent residence of the Second Prince.

There was no traffic in front of the magnificent gate, and it seemed that there were not many guests.

Perhaps in order to avoid suspicion, the officials who were invited only sent their female relatives.

The Eastern Palace and several princesses only sent people to deliver gifts.

The two princes were still young and lived in the Prince's Palace in the Imperial Palace, and had not come to the Second Prince's Mansion.

"Mrs. Qi, Miss Qi, come in." A maid came out to invite them.

Under the guidance of the maid, Pei took her daughter's hand, entered from the side door, and walked along the inner corridor into the inner hall of the prince's mansion.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from the eldest branch of the family came to the prime minister's residence. They were also the prime minister's eldest son's daughter-in-law and eldest grandson's wife.

They looked at each other and smiled at each other.

They all stood in the corridor, waiting to be called into the palace. They had to pay their respects to the princess first, and then the others could greet each other and sit together to chat and laugh.

A maid in charge went in to report, "Your Highness, the Madam and the Young Lady are here, waiting outside."

"Come in." A soft female voice sounded.

"Please come in." The head maid came out to invite.

The ladies and young ladies lined up and entered the main hall of the Second Prince's Mansion, standing in neat rows in the magnificent hall.

There is a bronze crane on each side of the east and west, with incense coming out of its mouth.

Sitting at the upper seats in the hall were the Second Imperial Consort and Princess Yong'an. Both of them were wearing gorgeous yellow palace dresses, with pearl hairpins all over their heads and exquisite makeup, looking extremely noble.

Qi Wan knew that Princess Yong'an, who was only fifteen years old, was the second prince's biological sister.

"Greetings." The maid in charge said.

The ladies stood upright with their daughters.

"bye."

Everyone knelt in blessing.

“Bow Again”

"Bow Again"

"rise"

Everyone stood up.

During the entire ceremony, the ladies and young ladies could hardly hear any sound from the jade pendants and jewelry.

The Second Imperial Concubine Li smiled and said, "Please sit down."

"Thank you!" the maid in charge spoke again.

The ladies and young ladies bowed again.

Qi Wan lowered her head and saluted meticulously. She felt a sharp gaze falling on her.

As she sat down, she looked up.

Princess Yong'an, who had ascended to the throne, was staring at Qi Wan with a complex look that contained surprise, jealousy, and contempt.

The Second Imperial Concubine Li followed Princess Yong'an's gaze and looked at Qi Wan, and was slightly startled.

No wonder brother Li Zhi fell in love with the eldest daughter of the Qi family and insisted on marrying her.

Miss Qi is not only beautiful, but also graceful and elegant, with an extraordinary demeanor.

She wore a purple-pink blouse with small chrysanthemums embroidered on it, and a dark purple long crepe skirt with large chrysanthemums embroidered on it. She had an oval face, white jade-like delicate skin, and her lightly rouge-covered cheeks looked like a blooming pink peony. Her eyebrows were long and black, her eyes were bright, and her cherry-red lips were covered with a faint smile.

The pearl hairpin in Miss Qi's head and the necklace around her neck were a set of gold inlaid with emerald green jade. The jewellery sparkled in the sun, as if she was wearing starlight on her body.

Li whispered a few words to Princess Yong'an.

"Li Zhi just fell in love with her."

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

"Nothing more than that." Princess Yong'an's eyes turned sharper.

Although she was a princess of a wealthy family, whether in terms of being liked by others or having jewelry and gorgeous clothes, she was not as good as the young lady from the Qi family in front of her in many aspects.

Her favorite cousin Qin has been clamoring to marry Miss Qi.

There is also the young master of the Li family, and I heard that the young master of the Lu family also wants to marry the young lady of the Qi family. No matter in appearance or ability, they are the most outstanding men in the capital.

Yongan once proposed to the queen, "Mother, my daughter wants to marry my cousin Qin."

The Queen refused, "How can that be possible? The Princess's Mansion will not agree to it either."

How could the Queen allow an unfavored princess to marry so well and have someone to protect her and stand up for Yongan?

Princess Changning was unwilling to do so, saying, "My eldest daughter-in-law is the princess, and the second daughter-in-law cannot surpass her."

At first, Princess Yong'an blamed her aunt Princess Changning for being ungrateful.

Now, Princess Yong'an hates Qi Wan. If Qi Wan had not appeared, she would have been able to marry her cousin Qin as she wished.

Qi Wan saw the hostile look in Princess Yong'an's eyes. There was hatred on her face and jealousy on her jewelry.

She lowered her eyes. It was none of her business that others had inexplicable hostility towards her.

She and her mother went to visit the Second Prince's residence to celebrate the Second Princess' birthday. She had to wear new clothes and expensive jewelry to show her importance and respect for the Princess.

There are chrysanthemums embroidered on Qi Wan's clothes, which means blessing.

Chrysanthemum is also known as the longevity flower. Many ladies and young ladies present wore dresses embroidered with chrysanthemum.

The set of jewelry Qi Wan was wearing today was just the most ordinary set of jewelry she had.

She thought to herself that if she wore the set of jewelry that Brother Qin gave her, it would probably make Princess Yong'an even more jealous and resentful.

Yongan remembered something. She smiled maliciously and asked in front of everyone, "Madam Qi, I heard that the young lady from the Lan family who committed a crime is the head maid in the Qi Mansion?"

Pei stood up and answered respectfully, "Your Highness, she used to be."

"Oh, why do you in the Qi family employ a prostitute as a maid? She's so dirty." Princess Yong'an showed a look of disgust.

Pei was a little embarrassed and she couldn't explain to Princess Yong'an.

The first lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion stood up to smooth things over, and said with a smile: "That Miss Lan was bought by the Qi Mansion when she was a few years old and became a maid in the Qi Mansion. She has never been to a brothel."

Qin Gaoming's aunt Qin Qiong also smiled and said, "I remember this, too. Before my father got into trouble, I had met that young lady from the Lan family a few times. She was still young at that time."

Princess Yong'an stopped making trouble when she saw Qin Gaoming's aunt had spoken.

Pei sat down and lowered her head unhappily.

She didn't expect that when she was invited as a guest, someone would try to slap her in the face and make things difficult for her.