Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 185

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Yes, the innocent will be proven innocent, and the truth will come out soon."

Wan Jiaojiao gave her a thumbs-up and quickly followed Madam Zhou to her seat.

Zhou Zhilan and Shen Ling both entered the palace.

They secretly hoped that the Yun family would invite a miracle doctor to heal their faces.

Yun Xiyue has not been in contact with her family, but the Yun family will be attending the banquet at the palace today.

After everyone had taken their seats, the Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Imperial Concubine entered one after another. The Yun family's seats were arranged separately, but only Yun Xiyue was present; no other members of the Yun family were seen.

"What's going on? Everyone has taken their seats. Why hasn't the Yun family entered the palace yet? How can they be so ignorant of etiquette?" the Empress Dowager said displeasedly.

His gaze toward Yun Xiyue was extremely cold and sharp, filled with displeasure.

Yun Xiyue couldn't explain, and being stared at by everyone made her feel like she was being pricked by thorns.

"The Yun family has sent someone to inform me that they will arrive shortly. Let the banquet begin! Please welcome the envoy from the Southern Qiang," Murong Yu said calmly.

Yun Xiyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The Empress Dowager did not retaliate, but merely glared at her displeasedly.

"The Third Prince of the Southern Qiang Kingdom has been summoned to an audience."

After the shout, a man stepped in through the door. He was dressed in dark red brocade robes, his hair was tied up with a golden crown, and he had an upright posture and slow, gentle steps.

He was followed by a group of ministers from the Southern Qiang, including both civil and military officials.

They're really impressive!

"Royal brother..." Lin Bao'er couldn't help but burst into tears and stood up excitedly when she saw her brother.

"Bao'er, why do you look so pale?" The third prince of Nanqiang Kingdom asked with concern as soon as he saw her, glaring at Shen Yue with displeasure.

"Third Prince, please have a seat."

"I will have someone explain the specifics to you," Murong Yu said.

The Third Prince of Nanqiang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Very well, then I will listen attentively. My younger sister, as a princess of Nanqiang, came to Daxia for a political marriage, but she was not only humiliated and made a concubine, but was also poisoned by someone. I hope that His Majesty of Daxia can give Nanqiang a satisfactory answer to these matters."

They gave us a hard time right from the start.

The officials of Great Xia were all secretly angry. Someone stood up and said, "The matter of the secondary wife has already been explained. Lord Shen already had a principal wife at the time. If the princess did not want to be a secondary wife, she did not have to marry. Our Great Xia did not force your Southern Qiang Kingdom to send a princess for a marriage alliance."

If you're not convinced, then let's fight again on the battlefield.

The envoy from the Southern Qiang Kingdom turned ashen-faced.

Lin Bao'er said sadly, "Royal brother..."

The Third Prince of Nanqiang gestured for everyone to quiet down, his gaze coldly fixed on Yun Xiyue. "I've heard that Lord Shen and Miss Yun have divorced. Since they're divorced, why is Lord Shen still taking Bao'er as a concubine?"

A concubine is essentially a secondary wife.

Lin Bao'er's face turned pale, as if she had been stabbed in the face.

Shen Yue said, "Bao'er is already my wife, but she only kept it a secret because she hoped that the Third Prince could come to Da Xia to bless her."

Lin Huangjin's lips curled into a cold smile, and he continued, "Hmm, what about Bao'er's poisoning? I heard it was your ex-wife, Miss Yun, who did it. Now that you know who the culprit is, why doesn't Lord Shen stand up for Bao'er and punish her?"

"If you want to accuse me of poisoning someone, you need evidence. The evidence provided by the Shen family is hardly evidence at all, because it's all from their own family. There are no third-party witnesses. So I can say that this is a play that Princess Nanqiang orchestrated to frame me," Yun Xiyue retorted immediately, coldly.