The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Lin asked her to go too?

Shen Qionghua narrowed her eyes and tapped the table with her fingers.

In her previous life, before she married Xie Qian'an, Lin rarely let her attend such banquets. The only time she did was when the Marquis of Yongning hosted a banquet, and that was also when she was ruined...

Shaoyao frowned slightly, her face showing worry, "Miss, should we go?"

Shaoyao is not stupid. After what happened during this period of time, she vaguely realized that the Yongning Marquisate was not as good to the Shen family as it seemed.

Shen Qionghua curled her lips and smiled: "Of course I will go."

How can you know what's in this gourd if you don't go?

Even if you dodge it this time, there will be a next time. It is better to take the initiative and counter the attack.

Early in the morning three days later.

Shen Qionghua calculated the time and took Shaoyao out of Yunmengxuan. From a distance, she saw Zhou Lingfu and Zhou Lingyi standing at the gate.

Zhou Lingyi was wearing a lotus pink skirt today, a pure white jade bracelet on her wrist, a few velvet flowers and a silver-plated, gilded butterfly hairpin inlaid with gems on her flowing bun.

The butterfly's wings are as thin as cicada wings and lifelike. They reflect dazzling light under the sunlight. It is obvious that they are the work of an experienced craftsman with many years of experience.

The outfit makes her look cute and charming without being too ostentatious.

Zhou Lingfu was dressed a little too formally. She wore a phoenix-tail skirt with a pattern of butterflies and flowers, a red gold necklace around her neck, and three or four gold ornaments on her head. She was extremely high-profile.

Shen Qionghua walked over slowly, a smile on her lips, "Cousin Yi, Cousin Fu, you've been waiting for a long time."

In fact, Shen Qionghua was not late, it was these two who came early.

This time, Zhou Lingyi didn't come up to her and pretend to be innocent and intimate as he did in the past. He just called her "cousin" in a timid voice.

I think the gold hairpin that Xie Qian'an gave her was a big blow to her.

Zhou Lingfu, however, was still brooding over what happened yesterday and asked angrily, "Why are you here?"

Then he looked at Shen Qionghua's attire and realized something, and asked in surprise, "Are you going to the Lotus Appreciation Banquet with us?"

Shen Qionghua smiled and nodded.

Zhou Lingfu was so furious. Yesterday she was still saying in a sarcastic tone that Shen Qionghua was a merchant's daughter and would never be able to enter the princess's mansion in her life, which caused her to be scolded by her uncle. But today she actually wanted to go with her.

"What qualifications do you have to go to the princess's mansion!"

Shen Qionghua said calmly, "Oh, it seems that Cousin Fu doesn't want me to go. Then I won't go."

As she said this, she turned around and was about to go back to Yunmengxuan, but a soft and delicate hand grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"Cousin, please don't bother with my cousin. Mother specifically told me to take good care of you today." Zhou Lingyi said to Shen Qionghua.

Half of today's banquet was prepared for Shen Qionghua, so how could she not go?

Seeing that she was wholeheartedly on Shen Qionghua's side, Zhou Lingfu said angrily, "Aren't you afraid of bringing this kind of person along and causing the princess to blame you?"

Zhou Lingyi was already in a bad mood, so he retorted directly.

"Grandma and Dad have agreed to this. If you have any objections, why don't you go talk to them?"

When the name of Marquis Yongning was mentioned, Zhou Lingfu shut up awkwardly.

The three of them got on a carriage and went all the way to the princess's mansion.

Princess Yongle was very much favored by the emperor. Even though she had not yet married, a mansion was prepared for her early on so that she could stay there when she went out of the palace to play.

The maid from the princess's mansion led Shen Qionghua and her group to the huge pavilion in the center of the lake.

Princess Anle held a banquet today and not only invited the noble ladies in the capital, but also the young men from aristocratic families. Several huge screens were placed in the middle to separate the men and women.

A lot of people had already arrived at this time. As soon as Shen Qionghua entered, she felt the eyes of many noble ladies on her.

Zhou Lingfu showed a malicious smile at the corner of her mouth. These noble ladies have always been aloof. Even she looked down on them, so how could they look down on Shen Qionghua?

If Shen Qionghua followed him to the princess's mansion, she would only be asking for humiliation.

Sure enough, a noble lady immediately asked, "Who is this young lady..."

Before Shen Qionghua could speak, Zhou Lingfu smiled and said, "This is my great aunt's niece, the daughter of the Shen family in Jiangnan. She is currently staying at the Marquis' Mansion."

One sentence made Shen Qionghua's identity and situation clear.

The noble lady showed a hint of contempt when she heard this. The news that the Yongning Marquis's Mansion had recently made a big fuss in order to find a cousin who was from a merchant family had spread all over the capital.

At the same time, many people also knew that Prince An’s efforts were not appreciated and he was instead blamed.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xie Qian'an is a gentleman who is gentle and courteous to others. Many noble ladies admire him. Now that he has this opportunity, how could he let go of Shen Qionghua?

Immediately, a noblewoman said in a cold voice, "It turns out to be Miss Shen from a Jiangnan merchant family. Miss Shen didn't stay in the shop to settle accounts, but ran away to the lotus viewing banquet hosted by the princess."

"Ms. Shen, please be aware that there are some places that are not suitable for someone like you who comes from a merchant family."

Shen Qionghua raised her eyebrows when she heard this and looked at Zhou Lingyi.

The other person seemed to be frightened, with panic eyes and tightly closed lips, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

At this time, another noblewoman also spoke up, "Besides, I heard that Miss Shen and her family have been living in the Marquis' Mansion for over three months, and the owner of the Shen family shop has come to the Mansion to demand payment for a few taels of silver owed on credit by a servant. This behavior is truly despicable."

"Miss Shen, do you think that the noble family of the Marquisate would covet the small fortune of your Shen family?

A few ounces of silver...

It turned out that the shopkeepers had made a big scene in front of the Marquis' Mansion, and when the news reached these people's ears, it turned out like this?

Shen Qionghua listened quietly, and was impressed in her heart. The Yongning Marquisate's methods of distorting facts have always been very clever.

Seeing that Shen Qionghua had not made any defense, everyone thought he was overwhelmed with ashamed.

Just then, footsteps were heard behind the screen next door. Shen Qionghua glanced through the gap in the screen and spoke before the person came out.

"Ladies, you two don't know the full story, so it's best not to make any comments."

"The reason Qionghua is here for the Lotus Appreciation Banquet today is because the princess sent an invitation to the Yongning Marquis's residence. The wife of the Yongning Marquis asked me to come with my two cousins."

"The princess hasn't said anything, but the two young ladies are like this..." Shen Qionghua paused and continued, "Do you think you can make the princess's decision?"

"you!"

The two ladies were so angry that their faces turned red, but they didn't dare to respond.

"In addition, the Marquis' Mansion owed a total of 65,300 taels of silver on credit at the Shen family's shop. If this is just a few taels of silver as the two young ladies mentioned, then it can only be said that your family is well-off."

"Why don't you two young ladies help the Marquisate pay this money?"

When Shen Qionghua said this, everyone in the room was shocked.

Unexpectedly, the rumored few taels of silver owed by the Yongning Marquisate turned into more than 60,000 taels of silver.

Zhou Lingyi's face turned pale.

She didn't expect that Shen Qionghua would directly tell her the full amount of money owed by the Marquis' Mansion at the banquet.

How do other people think of the Marquis' Mansion?

Why did these two people bring up the debt owed by the Marquis' Mansion when they belittled Shen Qionghua?

Zhou Lingfu felt her face flushed with fear from the strange looks these people gave her.