Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the dude to take power

Yingying comforted:

"This is the princess's first time embroidering, and it's already excellent."

"really?"

"Of course. I would never deceive the princess. It took me many years to learn embroidery."

Wen Xingchen seemed to be encouraged and continued to work hard.

"Princess, embroidery is a bit difficult. Why don't we embroider something simpler?"

Embroider individual ones?

Chen Jingting, the word "Ting" is simpler.

But the embroidered words are a bit obvious. What if they are lost?

"Embroider a star. Stars are easy to embroider."

“This is easy to embroider.”

Wen Xingchen stayed in the house for a few more days, but the embroidery she produced was still somewhat unsatisfactory.

Yingying knew that the princess pursued perfection, but embroidery could not be learned overnight.

The two were studying when they suddenly heard a burst of discussion outside the door.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin sent gifts to the Second Young Lady again, boxes and boxes, all carried to the Second Young Lady's yard."

"Those should have belonged to our princess."

"Yes, the princess is of noble status and should have married the prince and become his consort, but now she has been given to the second young lady."

"The second girl is delicate and gentle, and men like her that way."

After hearing this, Yingying looked at the princess cautiously. Seeing that the princess did not react, she went out and scolded the maids who did not work.

When she came back, she saw the princess staring at the embroidery in a daze. Yingying thought her mistress had heard her, so she said, "Miss, don't be sad. They are just some rags. We don't care about them."

"Yingying, what did you say?"

"The princess?"

"Today I finally understand that everyone has their own expertise. This is where I'll stop at embroidery. If I give this to him, will he wear it?"

"..." Yingying said quickly,

"The princess gave it to him. How dare he not wear it?"

Not daring rather than willing.

"Forget it. I can't even wear it outside. Asking him to wear it is a bit unreasonable." Wen Xingchen was a little discouraged.

"He probably won't ask me for it."

Yingying was about to say something when she heard someone outside the door say, "Is my sister here?"

Wen Xingchen asked someone to put the things away. Yingying didn't want the princess to see her. The second lady had just put away the things today and she must be here to show off.

But the princess said: "Let her in."

Wen Xingchen didn't have a good impression of this sister. But he didn't harbor any ill will either. After all, she hadn't had a good life in her previous life.

Why is it bad?

Isn’t it miserable enough that Xiao Sheng cheated on me?

Just as I was thinking about it, she came in.

"Sister, in a few days, it will be the birthday of the old lady of the Zhenguo Duke. The Zhenguo Duke's Mansion has sent an invitation. Do you want to go?"

Her sister is not very good-looking, but she has a nice voice and a sweet voice that makes people feel pity for her.

The West Family of the Zhenguo Mansion is the home of Prince Jin’s maternal grandfather, and it was her grandmother who celebrated her birthday.

To go or not to go?

Wen Xingchen didn't really want to go.

She glanced at the gilded post and said, "Put it down."

"Sister, will you go?"

"talk later."

Wen Xingchen didn't give a definite answer, and Wen Ruyue felt a little uneasy.

"All the noble ladies in the capital will be there that day. It will be very lively. You should go too, big sister."

But the girl was just a teenager, and all her thoughts were not enough in front of her.

"You want me to go?"

"My eldest sister has been staying in the yard for a long time. My father is worried and hopes that she can go out and relax."

"Okay, I'll go. I just hope my sister won't regret it that day." After what happened in the palace, the imperial concubine will definitely ask the King of Jin to take action. By then... it's not certain who will be embarrassed.

"..." Who regrets this? You should be the one who regrets this. When the time comes, you will definitely be the one being mocked by the ladies.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion knew that Wen Xingchen was chasing after Prince Jin. Although they didn't say it explicitly, they would send her an invitation every time they held a banquet, and this happened every year.

However, the person who delivered the invitation was just an ordinary servant.

The post is the same as the one given to other guests.

Intentional but knowing how to avoid suspicion.

Now that she was already engaged, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion sent her an invitation? This was a bit like Sima Zhao's intention, which was obvious to everyone.

After Wen Ruyue left, Yingying felt a little depressed.

"Princess, what are we going to do? The second lady's move is clearly to provoke you."

"Provocation? She's not worthy of it."

Yingying was stunned, not sure what the princess meant.

"Go down and get ready. I'll take you to see a play."

Yingying turned her eyes slightly and said, "Okay, then I'll have someone prepare it right away."

The birthday of the old lady of the Zhenguo Mansion is always a very lively event for people in Beijing.

One reason was that the old lady was highly respected, and it was her 70th birthday, so even the nobles in the palace sent birthday gifts.

Secondly, the princess was granted a marriage, and they were really curious whether the princess would still cling to Xiao Sheng.

If so, it would be a really good show.

Out of curiosity, everyone who can come to this birthday party will come.

Wen Xingchen did not go out with Wen Ruyue today, but went to the palace first.

Go and pay your respects to the Emperor's uncle and ask for a gift.

So when Wen Xingchen went there, there were already many carriages parked outside the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Led by the servant outside the door, she got off the carriage and entered the courtyard.

There is a large garden on the side of the entrance of the Duke of Zhenguo, and behind the garden is a flower hall that can accommodate many distinguished guests. Wen Xingchen has been here many times and walked in familiarly.

As soon as Wen Xingchen entered, he saw Prince Jin Xiao Sheng and Prince Lu Xiao Yue walking in.

"Princess, why did you come just now?"

"Prince Jin, Brother Yue, I just came out of the palace. Are you guys here too?"

"I've been here for a while, but I couldn't find you. I thought you wouldn't come."

His Highness the Prince of Jin, Xiao Sheng, saw her with her hair tied high in a bun, adorned with jeweled gold hairpins, a jasper hairpin and a jade hairpin, and dotted with white jade beads. She was dressed in a purple, seven-layered brocade silk gauze gown embroidered with several lotus flowers. She was elegant from head to toe.

But these are not the clothes I gave her yesterday.

"Xingchen, don't you like what I gave you yesterday?"

"Something for me? What?"

"..."

Before Prince Jin could explain, someone came to lead the way and the topic was dropped. Just as a few people were about to go in, they heard a lot of discussions coming from the flower hall.

"The second young lady of the Wen family is wearing a phoenix-shaped hairpin on her head, right? Is she going to become the Princess of Jin?"

"That's right, right? Otherwise, how would she dare to wear it out? You might not know this, but the Second Miss has already been designated as the Princess of Jin. His Highness the Prince of Jin dotes on the Second Miss Wen so much that he even gave up the stunningly beautiful Princess Huayang for her."

"Speaking of which, the princess is not present at today's birthday banquet."

"What else is she doing here, to make people laugh at her?"

When Xiao Sheng heard everyone talking about the phoenix-head hairpin, he frowned slightly. Then he looked at Wen Xingchen. She had a smile on her lips and no expression of anger on her face.

She walked in, smiling broadly, and said, "Miss Gong, who wants to make fun of me?"

The daughter of the Minister of Justice who just spoke, Gong Feifei.

She looked panicked and hid behind people.

When others saw her, they greeted her and said, "This servant greets His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, His Royal Highness the Prince of Lu, and Princess Huayang."

Wen Xingchen said casually, "Everyone, get up."

King Yue said, "Brother, when did you give the Phoenix Hairpin to Miss Wen? Didn't you say you wanted to give it to Xingchen to celebrate her engagement?"