Zheng Yaner lowered her voice and said aggrievedly, "It was you who regretted the marriage and whispered about it to other girls during the banquet. I was so angry that I stood up for my elder sister! You actually want to put the blame on me!"

"Please Ms. Lu, please look carefully!"

Lu Yafang had already sorted out what happened. She said to Su Qionglian in a stern voice, "The matter between your Su family and the Zheng family originally had nothing to do with my Mingguo Mansion, but you should never bring the engaged Second Young Master Su to the Mingguo Mansion and even bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement, ruining my Mingguo Mansion banquet and making a fool of yourself!"

After that, he turned around and scolded Zheng Yaner: "Even if you say that there is a big problem, it is like putting a knife on your head and adding insult to injury. You shouldn't argue with Su Qionglian about family matters during the dinner. If you take it to a place where no one is around, I won't say a harsh word."

The more she spoke, the more serious she became, and the more angry she became: "We are all from a family of honor and we all care about our dignity. We are not some street shrews who allow themselves to run wild!"

After she had let out her anger, she ordered the servants in a cold voice, "Send the Second Young Master Su back to the Su family as soon as possible. Our Mingguo Mansion cannot afford the reputation of ruining someone's engagement!"

"Check the number of people carefully to avoid some irrelevant people sneaking in and ruining the party!"

Just as she finished giving the order, a maid ran over from the outer courtyard and said in an urgent tone, "Miss, someone from the Yongkang Marquis's Mansion sent a message saying that the old man in the mansion is seriously ill and wants Miss Zheng Er to return home quickly!"

Zheng Yan'er was already feeling panic-stricken when she heard the servants pass on the news that Old Man Zheng was seriously ill. She did not even bother to greet Lu Yafang and left in a hurry.

Su Qionglian wanted to continue to flatter Lu Yafang, but Lu Yafang ignored her words and didn't even look at her. She took a group of maids to the outer courtyard.

Lu Yafang had always looked down on Su Qionglian's behavior, and just now she heard that Old Man Zheng was seriously ill, which made her feel that the Zheng family was in trouble.

Following Lu Yafang's instructions, the servants began to review the list of guests for the banquet in the mansion.

Then they discovered that the girl brought by Wang Wenjun, the legitimate daughter of the Princess and the Grand Tutor's Mansion, was not on the banquet list.

A maid hurriedly reported to Lu Yafang, but Lu Yafang just waved her hand and told the maid not to say anything.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the palace: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived!"

Everyone at the door was looking forward to it, and after seeing the true appearance of Her Royal Highness the Princess, they all bowed their heads and saluted respectfully!

"Avon has been waiting for His Highness for a long time. Please come in!"

As Lu Yafang walked, she asked Wei Wenyi, "Why don't you see the other princes?"

Wei Wenyi acted like a friendly sister and said to Lu Yafang, "My sisters probably have important things to do and can't come! Miss Lu, please bear with me!"

"No, no! Your Highness, you are too polite!"

The two walked into the garden one after the other, and Lu Yafang led the prince to the seat at the top.

Seeing that most people had arrived, Lu Yafang smiled and said, "Thank you all for coming to the banquet in my mansion. I'm sure you have heard that today's banquet is held for my younger brother."

"Here, let me formally introduce my younger brother to everyone!" After saying that, Lu Yafang clapped her hands, and saw a handsome young man slowly walking out of the archway of the inner courtyard surrounded by servants.

He bowed to everyone and then looked at Lu Yafang.

Lu Yafang smiled, sincerely and joyfully said: "This is my brother, Lu Yafang, his name is Lu Yunli!"

The noble ladies were so amazed by Lu Yunli's appearance that they were speechless for a long time. After a while, congratulations came one after another.

"I never thought that the young master of the Duke of Ming's Mansion would be so stunningly beautiful..."

"Who says he isn't? I think he's even more handsome than Gao Yinzhi!"

Wang Wenjun looked at Lu Yunli's appearance and whispered to Song Xiang, "Look, the eldest princess' eyes are almost growing on Master Lu!"

Song Xiang stood there in a daze, his voice falling silent.

She looked at Lu Yunli's face with an expression of disbelief: How could it be! How could he be the son of the Duke of Ming's Mansion!

Seeing that Song Xiang was still surprised, Wang Wenjun pulled Song Xiang's sleeve and asked, "What's wrong, Sister Xuanyi? Are you also interested in Mr. Lu?"

Song Xiang shook his head, hesitating to speak...

"Sister Wenjun, you misunderstood me..." Song Xiang frowned and said, "I just felt like I've seen Mr. Lu somewhere before!"

Wang Wenjun asked curiously, "This Mr. Lu was just brought back from outside. If Sister Xuanyi has seen him, is he in Xuanyang Mansion?"

After Wang Wenjun's reminder, Song Xiang finally remembered who this Mr. Lu was!

Isn’t he the poor eunuch from Puyang Prefecture, named... Yang Chenan!

Unexpectedly, after leaving Puyang, he became the lost legitimate son of the Duke of Ming's Mansion. It is really sad.

"No, Sister Wenjun, maybe I made a mistake!"

She absolutely could not say at this juncture that she had seen Yang Chenan and knew him.

From now on, she will just think of him as Lu Yunli, the young master of the Mingguo Mansion!

After the banquet started, everyone gathered in groups of three or four. Wang Wenjun took Song Xiang to find Lu Yafang. Just as she was about to introduce Song Xiang's identity to Lu Yafang, she was suddenly interrupted by the eldest princess.

"Wenjun, whose daughter is this? How come I have never seen her before?"

Wei Wenyi looked at Song Xiang with disgust and jealousy in his eyes and said, "She is too beautiful. She doesn't look like a lady from a noble family in Beijing!"

Song Xiang ignored Wei Wenyi and turned around and went somewhere else.

Wei Wenyi was humiliated and was very unhappy. She said sternly, "Stop right there!"

"You know that I am a princess, so why don't you show respect to me?"

"You know what crime you will be punished for for disrespecting the royal family!"

Song Xiang paused and turned around slightly: "Then may I ask Your Highness, what crime should Song Xiang be charged with?"

Seeing Song Xiang's contemptuous attitude, Wei Wenyi suddenly became angry and said, "How dare you! Kneel down for me!"

Song Xiang smiled evilly and said something shocking: "If I don't kneel, what can you do to me?"

"Besides, I kneel to heaven, to the earth, to my parents, but never to the princess!"

Wei Wenyi said angrily: "I have been playing with eagles all my life, but I didn't expect that I would be blinded by an eagle in the end. Who is this villain who dares to play a trick on me like this!"

Song Xiang continued to pull the corners of his lips and chuckled: "Ah, the princess won't be angry, right?"

"Oh no, my big sister, how could you be angry with Xuanyi? Xuanyi was just joking with you~"

Wei Wenyi was so angry that she couldn't let out her anger. When she heard Song Xiang's name, she was surprised and angry: "Are you the third sister?"

"how come!"

Wang Wenjun immediately agreed, revealing Song Xiang's identity, "She is indeed Xuanyi's sister!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wenyi became even more heartbroken.


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