The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

When they returned to the banquet, Song Ningyan saw her from afar and couldn't wait to pull her aside.

He asked in a low voice: "How is it? Did the Fifth Princess embarrass you because of Master Shen?"

Li Qingqian shook her head and said, "No, generally speaking, she is quite friendly to me."

Song Ningyan slowly exhaled, "That's good. In fact, during the time I spent with the Fifth Princess, I found her to be a very nice person. Hey, why are you still frowning?"

Li Qingqian didn't know where to start. She always felt that there was something wrong with the way the Fifth Princess looked at her, but she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.

"A Ning, can I ask what disease the Fifth Princess had before?"

Song Ningyan was a little embarrassed: "I am a doctor and she is my patient. I can't tell others about her privacy."

Understanding the other party's inconvenience, Li Qingqian smiled apologetically and said, "Okay, then I won't ask anymore."

She followed Song Ningyan to the table and chatted casually with other daughters of officials.

Finally, the protagonist of the palace banquet arrived.

At the chief eunuch's shrill shout, the emperor and empress entered the room.

Behind her was a group of concubines. The imperial concubine following closely behind should be the aunt of the daughter at the palace gate. They looked similar, and the daughter felt even more proud because of her aunt's arrival.

He glanced at Song Mianshuang with disdain, and the latter was so angry that he clenched his fist tightly, and his nails dug deeply into the flesh.

What's so great about it? She's just a concubine.

When I marry into the Eastern Palace, even if I can't become the Crown Princess, I can at least be a concubine. Even if I am not very capable, I will at least be a noble concubine in the future.

What's more, she, Song Mianshuang, is the daughter of a marquis, young and beautiful. How could she be inferior to the old and ugly crown princess?

By then, becoming the queen wouldn't be easy, right?

But Song Mianshuang didn’t know that Li Shuyue, who was sitting not far away, had the same idea as her.

Li Shuyue also knew this eldest daughter of the Ding'an Marquis' Mansion in her previous life. She was proud of her beauty and wanted to surpass Li Qingqian in every way before she got married. She tried hard to marry into the Eastern Palace, but in the end, she ended up with nothing just like herself.

The person sitting in the back seat was Li Qingqian, whom they had always looked down upon.

At that time, she was married to the Duke's Mansion, so when she saw Song Mianshuang, who was not favored by the prince to begin with, become even more destitute after the prince fell from power, she didn't take it to heart at all.

In her opinion, Song Mianshuang was just a concubine's daughter, and the Ding'an Marquisate behind her was not a powerful noble family. Her only role was to cause trouble for Li Qingqian while she was still in the boudoir.

What does it have to do with me whether she becomes poor after marriage?

However, during this period of time, the other party has been making things difficult for her again and again, and Li Shuyue will never let Song Mianshuang go no matter what.

She wants Song Mianshuang to be even more miserable.

Didn't the other party want to marry into the Eastern Palace? Okay, then she would let the other party marry into the Eastern Palace.

Anyway, it won't be long before Jiang Lin will be able to become a prince again. As long as I curry favor with the Crown Princess after becoming the Prince's Consort, won't I be able to find any fault with Song Mianshuang?

Besides, the Crown Princess is not a good person, otherwise the Crown Prince would not have been married to her for almost ten years without a concubine.

Even in her previous life, Song Mianshuang was able to marry the prince as a concubine. It was said that it was because Marquis Ding'an took a lot of effort to force her into the marriage.

As long as he works hard to sow discord between the Crown Princess and Song Mianshuang, the East Palace will surely become more exciting in the future.

Everyone in the field immediately stood up and bowed to the emperor and empress on the platform, shouting in unison: "Long live the emperor! Long live the empress!"

Emperor Hexi looked down at the crowd and raised his hand, saying, "Everyone, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Qingqian had seen the emperor and the empress before. She had no intention of looking at their faces, but she felt two burning gazes directed at her.

Li Qingqian looked up silently and found that the emperor and the empress were looking at her at the same time, which made her swallow.

The look that Emperor Hexi gave her was full of majesty, while the look that the Queen gave her seemed to be probing?

What was there about him that was worth exploring? Li Qingqian didn't know.

But these two looks made Li Qingqian feel a little unsteady. Having been the couple's daughter-in-law in her previous life, she knew very well that this couple were not good people.

Now I am just a servant. If I hadn't been prepared, I would have fainted under such a gaze.

After a long time, Le Yang started dancing, the New Year's Eve palace banquet began, and the two people opposite finally retracted their gazes.

The princes, princesses and ministers toasted the emperor and empress in turn, and the female members of the family also raised their glasses to each other in a friendly manner.

Shen Changyun raised his glass towards her, and Li Qingqian returned the toast and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

When she turned around, she caught a glimpse of the Queen Mother talking to the Fifth Princess Jiang Huairong. Jiang Huairong's face flushed and she smiled slightly. Then a palace maid walked towards her.

"The Queen and the Fifth Princess invite the Third Miss to come over to drink and have fun together."

When these words were spoken, the women around him were all surprised.

Li Qingqian knew what they were wondering about.

The customs of the people in Dawei were more open than those in the previous dynasty, and the emperor and empress often enjoyed themselves together with officials, households and the general public.

But the current Queen has a cold personality and doesn't like to say much. As the first housekeeper's daughter actively invited by the Queen, Miss Li San will surely be more praised in the capital in the future.

But Miss Li San used to never leave the house, but today she has such an experience. It would be a lie to say that she is not envious.

Li Qingqian walked forward with the palace maid. Not only the Queen and Jiang Huairong were in high positions, but also her future mother-in-law, the eldest princess, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo.

When the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo saw her, she waved to her happily, motioned for her to sit next to her, and happily held her hand and looked at the queen.

"Look, Queen, this is my daughter-in-law, Ah Qian, whom I often mentioned to you."

Li Qingqian smiled sweetly and bowed obediently: "Your servant Li Qingqian wishes the Queen well."

The Queen looked her up and down, then smiled and said, "Eighth sister told me before that her future daughter-in-law is a fairy-like figure. I thought she was exaggerating, but now it seems that she is really extraordinary. Hmm... Let me think about it."

The queen touched her hair and pulled out an exquisite jade hairpin and handed it to Li Qingqian, "This was something from my dowry back then. If you don't mind, I'll give it to you."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo secretly gave her a look, indicating that she would be a bastard if she didn't take advantage of the opportunity.

Li Qingqian was not pretentious. She took the jade hairpin respectfully with both hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, Queen, for the reward."

Shen Changyun, who was not far away, rushed over to join in the fun and said jokingly, "It's rare to see the Queen like a little girl so much that she even gave her own dowry to my Qianqian."

The queen looked at him with a smile, "You are so lucky to have such an outstanding wife. As your aunt, I am naturally happy for you. Hey, I heard that at the last plum blossom banquet held at Ding'an Marquis's mansion, Ah Qian won the first prize, even beating you who had never lost before?"

Shen Changyun lowered his eyes, smiled shyly, and looked at Li Qingqian with pride, "Qianqian is a very talented archer, I guess Changyun will have to be more reserved in the future."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo glared at him unhappily, "Isn't it good to have a beautiful daughter-in-law to take care of you? Your father and I have never been able to control you. I will have less to worry about from now on. Qianqian will definitely not let your mother-in-law down, right?"

Li Qingqian's cheeks felt a little hot because of her words, and she smiled embarrassedly.

But this time, she caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and saw a hint of anger on Jiang Huairong's face, but soon her expression returned to normal.

It seems that things are far from as simple as they seem on the surface. Li Qingqian is cautious, at least she doesn't want anything to go wrong before the marriage.

Perhaps the Queen noticed her daughter's mood, so she brought the topic to her. "By the way, I heard that as soon as Ah Qian entered the palace today, Huai Rong invited her to have tea? She couldn't get her to come after a long time. She's really becoming more and more rude."

Jiang Huairong was scolded, but he was not unhappy at all. Instead, he said with a smile in his eyes: "Mother, you really misunderstood me. I just like Qian and have a lot to say to her."

Shen Changyun smiled wryly, "My Qianqian used to be in poor health and didn't like going out. She probably never met the Fifth Princess before."

Jiang Huairong nodded, "I have indeed never seen him before. Today is the first time I have seen him."

"So, we hit it off right away?" The queen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"To say that we hit it off at first sight is an understatement." Jiang Huairong looked at Shen Changyun.

I don’t know if Li Qingqian saw it wrong, but she seemed to see a hint of provocation in Jiang Huairong’s eyes?

"It should be considered as a friendship between brothers."