Cai Yuanzhen greeted the Qin family sisters with a smile on her face.

That's a rare treat. When Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua first came in, they saw that Princess Ninghua was being treated differently.

She took the initiative to greet Mrs. Yunyang Hou, but Mrs. Yunyang Hou just greeted her with a smile, and after doing her best, she handed her over to a concubine. That concubine also has a fate, but her status cannot be compared with Mrs. Yunyang Hou. Princess Ninghua knew in her heart that this was the Cai family showing her face, but she couldn't vent the anger in her stomach, and she had to talk to Mrs. Cai with a smile, looking left and right all the way to find out which female relatives of the powerful family had come to the banquet, and wanted to inquire about the relevant news from Mrs. Cai. It's a pity that Mrs. Cai didn't reveal the slightest tone at all, and after leading the people into the table, she turned around and left.

Princess Ninghua looked at the other female guests around her, who obviously had no intention of stepping forward to talk to her, and the maid of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion, who was far away and was a little lazy even pouring tea and water for her, secretly held a belly of fire in her heart, and tried to maintain the elegant demeanor of the noble lady of the clan, but she didn't know that her city was not deep enough, and her expression had already revealed a clue, so that the people around her looked at it and secretly talked about it.

The Cai family is obviously very cold to Princess Ninghua, not only several ladies and wives, but even Cai Yuanzhen, who has always been kind to others, is not in the mood to deal with her. In fact, Cai Yuanzhen originally followed her mother and greeted the guests with her mother and aunts, and when she saw Princess Ninghua coming from a distance, she turned around and walked away directly, until Princess Ninghua was led away by an aunt, she turned back again, didn't even find an excuse, and didn't hide it, making it clear that she didn't want to see Princess Ninghua.

However, the guests invited to the Spring Banquet today also know the reason why Cai Yuanzhen did this. The gossip in the capital is well known, if things are really like that, it is really normal for Cai Yuanzhen not to give Princess Ninghua face. If it were their family, it would be impossible to show a good face to the relatives of the prodigal son who deliberately harassed his daughter, right?

In fact, because the Marquis of Yunyang Mansion was also willing to give Princess Ninghua an invitation to the spring banquet, when the latter came to the door, the Cai family could treat each other politely, which was already surprisingly magnanimous. The female guests discussed privately, most of them were either saying that the Cai family was generous and kind, or that King Ninghua and his wife were too thick-skinned, and the younger brother committed such a thing, how could the elder brother and sister-in-law still have the face to pretend to be nothing and come to the bitter master's house for a banquet?

Princess Ninghua didn't mention what she was feeling at this time, Cai Yuanzhen greeted the Qin family sisters with a smile and didn't bring them directly to the banquet. At this time, it was still early to leave the banquet, and her aunt was not in the mood to greet Princess Ninghua, so she would directly lead people to the banquet. In fact, most of the female guests will first find acquaintances to greet a few words, talk about gossip, and when they are tired, they will go to the table to rest, drink tea, and then go back to the garden. The beauty of Qi Garden has always been very famous in the capital, since you are here, how can you not go shopping? Cai Yuanzhen naturally would not be in the mood to greet the Qin family sisters, so she immediately took them to her own territory.

There is a plum forest inside the Qi Garden, and the plum blossoms are blooming just right now, red and pink and white, a sea of fragrant snow. There is an open pavilion in the forest, which was arranged by Cai Yuanzhen as the location of their ladies' gathering and poetry meeting, and a few large glass screens were placed today, and several round tables were surrounded by a group, as well as many incense chairs. At this time, Pei Yin of Pei Guogong's Mansion and Tang Su of the Tang family of Dali Temple had already arrived, and they were being accompanied by Cai Yuanzhen's sister to talk, and when they saw the arrival of the Qin family sisters, they all got up happily to greet each other.

Yu Xinlan and Zhang Shu had not yet arrived, and the poetry meeting could not start yet, so Tang Su pulled Qin Jinhua over to chat, Pei Yin sat aside, and played chess with Cai Er to pass the time, while occasionally interjecting a few words.

Cai Yuanzhen called Qin Hanzhen outside Changxuan, nominally to lead her who came to Qiyuan for the first time to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Meilin and recognize the direction of the road, but in fact, she had something to say to her.

Cai Yuanzhen asked Qin Hanzhen: "That day, my cousin said that the eldest prince of Qin and his two younger sisters saw Zhao Zhu following behind me, and it seemed that they were plotting against me, and one of the witnesses was the third sister of Qin, right?

Qin Hanzhen nodded: "It's just that he's right." Didn't Sister Cai already know?"

Cai Yuanzhen smiled slightly: "I already knew." When I saw that person on Gulou Street, I felt familiar. You pointed it out to me, how could I not recognize him? But I don't know if he met him by accident, or if he had other plans, so I pretended not to see him, ignored him, and walked straight over. But then I took the girl to visit a nearby stall, and once privately asked my girl to pay attention to the man's movements, and found that he was indeed following me, and secretly kept an eye on me. I didn't know what he was going to do, so I left first, and sent someone to find my cousin. He would patrol the area, and if he knew that such a suspicious person was there, he would go and find out and teach that person a lesson. ”

She smiled bitterly: "It's just that no one thought that that it would be the King of Guangchang." ”

Qin Hanzhen suddenly realized: "No wonder, that day, my uncle sent someone to find Sister Cai's cousin, and told him that there was such a person secretly following behind Sister Cai to spy on, and he immediately believed it, and brought so many people over, and he was unceremonious when he joined people." It turns out that he already knew from Sister Cai that there was such a person?"

Cai Yuanzhen nodded: "When I heard my cousin talk about this, I learned that it was you, the third sister of Qin, who discovered King Guangchang's behavior, so I guessed that you would think that person had bad intentions, and it must be because you recognized him as the Ninghua Royal Mansion guard we had seen that night." I guess the man wanted to see what I looked like before he approached me. The two carriages collided that night, but I didn't lift the curtain to look out, so he had to look at me in another way. Since it is this person, then he is sneaky from beginning to end, and he must not be at ease. My sister reported the letter to my cousin in time, which can be regarded as the end of a big trouble for me. It's just that I didn't expect him to have a relationship with the eldest girl of the Su family. ”

Cai Yuanzhen is not familiar with Miss Su, but Second Miss Su has already received an invitation to the Spring Festival Banquet from her, but she doesn't know if she will come to the banquet after the eldest sister's accident. The Yunyang Marquis Mansion was involved in Zhao Zhu's case, and Cai Yuanzhen had also heard some inside information, so she naturally knew about the private relationship between Miss Su and her "cousin".

Qin Hanzhen pursed the corners of her lips: "Although Miss Su herself is also confused, Zhao Ma's mistake is more serious. But when he was the king of Guangchang in the past, he was obviously not an honest man, and he had been to Wuchang and Shuzhong. He also pretended to be the son of his biological mother, Concubine Liangfang's sister, and befriended Miss Su as a cousin under a fake name. Miss Su really thought that his surname was Qi, the son of her aunt's sister, and the son of an official eunuch, and she was looking forward to him coming to the door to propose marriage. Zhao Zhu neither agreed to propose marriage, nor refused, but only coaxed the little girl with rhetoric. I see, Miss Su was deceived into the teahouse by him with a small note because she misunderstood that he really had intentions for herself, and she didn't know that while Zhao Zhu was coaxing her, her eyes were still staring at other beautiful girls. He's a womanizer at all, a prodigal son!"

Cai Yuanzhen blushed slightly: "Presumably, when I went back to the birthday banquet at the General Zhuguo's house, Third Sister Qin would see this person walking in the Terracotta Hutong, because he was trying to meet Miss Su from the Hou Mansion in Zhenxi, right? ”

Qin Hanzhen didn't care: "It's just that the gossip is more powerful for a while, and there are just a little more negative comments from the outside world." People in the world are always forgetful, and it won't be long before other big news comes out and suppresses the matter of Miss Su. As long as Miss Su is not married in the capital, she will be able to live a good life in the future, what are you afraid of him?"

Cai Yuanzhen smiled when she heard this: "Third Sister Qin is an open-minded person. Indeed, as you said, those gossip messages are just a gust of wind, and when the wind passes, the waves in the water will naturally calm down. ”

Qin Han said to Cai Yuanzhen with a real face: "Sister Cai, don't take it lightly. Miss Su's side is not a big problem, but you may be in trouble. Zhao Zhuan seems to be focusing on the daughter of the lieutenant general, and he doesn't know what he is thinking. Although he has now been dismissed from the prince and has to recuperate from his injuries for a few months, Sister Cai is still a little more vigilant. He has no fiefdom, but he has lived in the capital for a long time, if he is entangled, how can Sister Cai send him away?"

Cai Yuanzhen smiled slightly: "It's okay." My family had already vaguely guessed his intentions. With my father and brother here, he didn't dare to mess around. ”

Qin Hanzhen looked at her suspiciously and nodded slowly.

Cai Yuanzhen has one more thing to remind her: "The beating of the former Guangchang King Zhao Zhuang was certainly caused by him, but the nobles of the clan have their own dignity and should not be taken lightly. Even the emperor knew that my cousin had wronged your uncle, but because of the resolute request of the elders of the clan, he had to punish my cousin and your uncle. Third Sister Qin turned around and remembered to remind Second Master Su and ask him to be careful, no matter what the emperor's will is, he must follow it honestly, and don't play tricks. ”

Qin Hanzhen was taken aback: "Isn't this matter over yet? Didn't you say that the emperor didn't mean to pursue my little uncle and your cousin?"

Cai Yuanzhen sighed: "Several princesses, princesses and eldest princesses have all gone to the Queen Mother's palace to intercede for King Guangchang. The emperor had no intention of sparing him, and in order to appease the queen mother and the ladies of the clan, he had to punish the beaters. However, they are all innocuous punishments, such as fines or retention, after demotion, etc. My cousin's brothers all did the same, and only my cousin was transferred to Tianjin Wei. ”

Cai Yuanzhen's cousin's transfer did not demote his official, but he was also slightly promoted by one level. But he was transferred from the capital to the local area, which is definitely a punishment. With the prestige of the Marquis of Yunyang, the Queen Mother and the elders of the clan were also quite satisfied with the emperor's arrangement, and did not continue to pursue the nephew of the Marquis of Yunyang.

Qin Hanzhen was a little worried when he heard this: "What about my little uncle, where will he be transferred?"