In the previous life, she was fed to dogs by her elder sister, and she was reborn to seek revenge

When everyone gathered in the garden to watch the fireworks, Lin Qingyao had already quietly slipped behind the Second Prince. She half-covered her face with a round fan with one hand and gently tugged at the hem of the Second Prince's clothes with the other hand.

The second prince turned his head and looked at Lin Qingyao, and an expression he had long expected appeared on his face. He suddenly became interested. He quietly stretched out a hand and gently held Lin Qingyao's small hand in his.

Lin Qingyao immediately remained calm upon seeing this, and quietly pulled her hand out of the Second Prince's hand, then gave him a seductive smile, and then returned to Shen's side without making a sound.

While Lin Qingyao was still feeling smug about her actions which had gone unnoticed by anyone, she didn't realize that everything had been secretly seen by Concubine Yu's maid.

The fireworks were almost coming to an end, and it was supposed to be the turn of the princes, princesses, housekeepers and young masters to perform their talents.

But after the emperor left, everyone lost interest. Many people had prepared carefully tonight, ready to show up in front of the emperor, and no one expected that the emperor would suddenly leave.

The Queen Mother was not present tonight due to illness, so after the Emperor left, it was now the Queen who was in charge. Everyone gathered together, waiting for the Queen to say whether to end the banquet.

At this time, some people in the crowd were whispering about why they didn't see the Western Regions envoys and Concubine Yu. Wasn't today's dinner held specially for them?

Once people started talking about it, the news spread quickly among the crowd like legs, and everyone began to criticize the Concubine Yu who was personally appointed by the emperor.

Several censors even expressed their dissatisfaction on the spot, saying, "It would be fine if Concubine Yu didn't show up, but why did the few envoys from the Western Regions also hide and not show up? Do they not take our Dali Kingdom seriously?"

These remarks were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, and soon caused a splash in the crowd. Everyone began to demand that the Queen summon Concubine Yu to explain the matter.

After hearing this, none of the other concubines from the Western Regions who were attending the banquet stood up to speak for Concubine Yu, who was also from the Western Regions. Although they had never met Concubine Yu yet, the fact that Concubine Yu had not only been given a title before entering the palace, but was also directly crowned a concubine, really made the concubines from the Western Regions extremely jealous.

You should know that in the past, beauties sent from the Western Regions could only be given titles after serving the emperor in bed, and the most senior concubine from the Western Regions in the palace who failed to give birth to children was just a concubine.

Concubine Yu was the only one in history who was appointed as a concubine before entering the palace. The emperor's move immediately made Concubine Yu the target of public criticism. Not to mention the concubines from the Western Regions, even the other concubines in the palace were jealous.

Just as everyone was talking about it, Princess Ping'an, who had been standing beside the queen, spoke first, "Mother, you personally organized this palace banquet for Concubine Yu. Mother, you have worked so hard for so long, and Concubine Yu should not avoid attending."

When the Queen heard what Princess Ping'an said, she frowned slightly and rebuked in a low voice with an unhappy look on her face, "Ping'an, how can you be so rude? Since Concubine Yu is your father's woman, you should call her Empress Yu. How can you call her by her name?"

Before Princess Ping'an could answer, Concubine Yu at the side said lazily with an impatient expression, "Are you guys done yet? The fireworks are over, isn't it time to go in and continue the feast? You're all full, but I'm still hungry!"

When everyone heard this, they all looked embarrassed and didn't know how to respond. The queen immediately came out to smooth things over and said, "In that case, everyone should go back to the palace and continue the banquet."

Concubine Yu ignored the queen and rolled her eyes. She was supported by the nanny and turned back to the palace.

There were small complaints from the crowd, "This noble lady Yu is really so arrogant that she doesn't even take the queen seriously."

Then someone else whispered in agreement, "Yes! Fortunately, our queen is merciful. If it were anyone else, they would have exploded long ago."

"If you ask me, our queen is just too kind, which is why someone really takes her seriously."

The queen had obviously heard all the whispers of the crowd. She still smiled kindly and invited everyone to go into the hall.

After hearing what Concubine Yu said, Lin Qingyao took the lead in pulling Shen back to her seat. When Concubine Yu passed by the seats of Lin Qingyao and Shen, she glanced at Lin Qingyao calmly.

Lin Qingyao was unaware of the hostility in Concubine Yu's eyes, but Concubine Yu's eyes were caught by Shen who was standing beside her.

After Concubine Yu entered the banquet, Shen quickly took out a handkerchief from her bosom and whispered in Lin Qingyao's ear, "Yao'er, did you see the way Concubine Yu looked at you just now? Why do I feel like Concubine Yu is hostile to you?"

Apparently, Lin Qingyao was still immersed in the moment when the Second Prince pulled her hand. She never expected that things would go so smoothly today. When she just entered the banquet, she had already begun to secretly look at the princes, but only the Second Prince made eye contact with her.

Based on Lin Qingyao's previous experience, she instantly judged the Second Prince's feelings for her from his eyes, so she took the risk to go to the Second Prince's side when everyone was concentrating on watching the fireworks. She originally just wanted the Second Prince to look at her up close again, but she didn't expect the Second Prince to take her hand on his own initiative.

Shen Shi also sensed Lin Qingyao's little thoughts, but Shen Shi did not realize that Lin Qingyao's target had changed from the Third Prince to the Second Prince. Seeing Lin Qingyao's high spirits, she thought that she had captured the Third Prince's heart again.

After everyone had taken their seats, Ye Tingxuan and Lin Qing, who had left the crowd early in the morning, also quietly returned to their seats.

As soon as Ye Tingxuan entered the room, all the female relatives looked at him. It must be said that Ye Tingxuan's appearance was extremely outstanding among the princes with outstanding looks.

He possessed a sense of steadiness that other princes did not have, and because he did not like to talk, he seemed to have an aloof air.

Even Lin Qingyao couldn't help but glance at Ye Tingxuan secretly a few times, and when she heard the women sitting nearby whispering about the Sixth Prince, she immediately realized that this was the Sixth Prince that Lin Qingye had hooked up with.

Lin Qingyao immediately glanced at Lin Qingye in anger, and then noticed that the two of them had just come in one after the other, and she hadn't seen Lin Qingye since the fireworks started. She was immediately certain that the two of them must have secretly gone out for a private meeting.

The more Lin Qingyao thought about it, the more jealous she became. She wanted to announce the matter on the spot, but she had been focused on the Second Prince since she entered the banquet, and she did not notice Lin Qingye's little actions at all. For a moment, Lin Qingyao began to feel extremely regretful.