Su Huan didn't care as much about clothing and appearance as Su Xuan did. As long as the clothes were appropriate and the colors were fresh and elegant, she didn't care at all. Naturally, she didn't know that the unkindness in Su Xuan's eyes was just because of her clothes.

Su Bingyan looked Su Huan up and down and nodded with satisfaction, "Well, this outfit is elegant and unique, not bad."

Su Huan said calmly, "These are all new clothes made with materials sent by my father. I chose one from them. My father's choice will never be wrong."

Zhu looked at Su Huan with a frown on her face, and then she noticed Su Xuan's expression and said, "Prime Minister, we still have a long way to go before we can leave the city. We should set off now."

Su Bingyan: "Let's go. It's really inappropriate to be late for an occasion like today."

At this time, four exquisite carriages were lined up outside.

The first one belonged to Su Bingyan, and the second one belonged to Zhu. After all, Zhu was now the prime minister's wife.

The third car belongs to Su Huan, and the fourth car belongs to Su Xuan.

As the prime minister of the current dynasty, Su Bingyan went out with his wife and legitimate daughter, and the expected pomp and ceremony was in place.

The carriage drove smoothly, all the way out of the city, to Princess Zhaohua's manor villa in the suburbs of Beijing.

This is Su Huan's first time here.

As far as she knew, this manor was a gift from the late emperor to Princess Zhaohua when he was still alive. It had pavilions, towers, waterside terraces, rockery, inner lakes... all kinds of scenery, making it like a fairyland on earth.

Its luxury and exquisiteness are even unmatched by the imperial gardens in the palace.

After getting off the carriage, a servant came forward to greet him.

At such a grand banquet, male guests and female guests were of course entertained separately.

Zhu said to Su Bingyan, "Don't worry, my lord. I will take good care of my elder sister and Xuan'er."

They handed the gifts prepared by the Prime Minister's Mansion to the person in charge of ceremonies at the door.

Then they entered the villa, where servants and maids led the way and took them to the resting places arranged for the guests.

Here, Su Huan and the others were led to the backyard, to the pavilion by the lake.

Refreshments in the pavilion are ready.

The maid bowed and said respectfully, "Madam Prime Minister and the two young ladies, please enjoy tea and snacks here. If you want to go to the garden to enjoy the scenery, you are welcome to do so. The female relatives who have come to celebrate the birthday of the Grand Princess will all gather here. If you have anything to do, you can ask me to do it."

As soon as she finished speaking, the maid retreated to the outside of the pavilion and waited.

At this moment, Su Xuan glanced at Su Huan and said deliberately with a hint of sarcasm: "Sis, this is your first time attending such a banquet, so stay here and don't walk around, lest you make mistakes and make a fool of yourself."

Su Huan said to Su Xuan with disdain, "Even the Grand Princess has said that if you want to stroll around the garden, you can do so. How dare you meddle in other people's business? Not to mention, I'm the elder and you're the younger. If this gets out, your meddling in the elder sister's upbringing will be a joke."

Su Xuan: "You..."

Zhu stopped Su Xuan from saying anything further and signaled with her eyes that she should stop arguing.

Su Xuan also calmed down and glanced at Su Huan. She still wanted to compete with her, but after today, she would be just a dead person!

Su Huan took in the expressions of the mother and daughter in front of her. There was no doubt that these people were planning something behind her back.

She was too lazy to bother with it and would just suppress any unusual movements they made.

After all, the Zhus have not yet repaid the original owner for the sins they caused her to suffer, so they cannot be allowed to die so easily like the Yangs.

For Su Huan, killing someone is the easiest thing. Living a life worse than death is what is fun.

Su Huan was placed in this pavilion to take a rest. Since her arrival, the female relatives who arrived first kept paying attention to her, and the female relatives who came later also pretended to watch her casually.

In a trance, several crisp sounds came from outside the pavilion.

"Sister Xuan'er..."

When Su Xuan saw someone greeting her, she smiled and responded.

These noble ladies usually have a good relationship with Su Xuan.

Su Xuan has the Prime Minister's Mansion behind her and is engaged to Prince Jing, so she has many people flattering her.

"Sister Xuan'er, we haven't seen each other for a long time since you and His Royal Highness Prince Jing set the wedding date. Today is the birthday banquet for the Grand Princess, and I think you will definitely come. We are all looking forward to meeting you."

A young girl in colorful clothes happily pulled Su Xuan and said with a smile on her face.

The girls who were following nearby also congratulated Su Xuan.

Su Xuan smiled, and a slight blush appeared on her pretty face.

After a while, the pavilion was filled with people.

Zhu was chatting with those ladies.

Su Xuan chatted and laughed with the noble ladies in Beijing.

Su Huan was the only one sitting there. No one came to disturb her. She was happy with the quietness. She was not interested in the hustle and bustle. It was just a superficial flattery. Who knew how much truth was in it?

Suddenly, an abrupt voice fell into Su Huan's ears.

"Sister Xuan'er, this... must be Miss Su."

Su Huan looked over and saw Su Xuan was about to speak. She stood in front of the crowd with grace and said with a smile, "I am Su Huan. Ladies, please be polite."

All of these noble ladies were well-educated and well-mannered, and when they saw this, they all smiled and returned the greeting.

They exchanged glances with each other, and just from that moment on, they felt that Miss Su was not as bad as the rumors said.

Some time ago, there were many rumors about this Miss Su. Today they saw it with their own eyes, which was more direct.

Her appearance, speech, and manners can be said to be of top quality. She is in no way inferior to the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and is even not inferior to Su Xuan, the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who is very famous in the capital.

To be honest, if we really want to talk about it, Miss Su is the daughter of the original wife, and Miss Su is the daughter of the second wife, so there is a big difference in their status.

Moreover, Miss Su is about to become the Princess of Ning, and they heard from their elders at home that the Shen family will soon return to Beijing.

Soon, some people began to show goodwill to Su Huan.

"Hello, Sister Su Huan. I am Yuqin, the daughter of the Yu family, the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy."

"Hello, sister. I am the daughter of General Yun Hui, Nangong Yue."

Those noble ladies who were very close to Su Xuan knew that Su Xuan and Su Huan did not get along. Even if Su Xianluo was different, it would be inappropriate for them to try to get close to Su Huan in front of Su Xuan.

Su Huan didn't care. Her eyes moved between the two people in front of her. Although they were not close friends and she didn't know their true nature, from her point of view, judging from their facial features alone, they were not the kind of women with deep scheming.

Just as Su Huan was about to talk to the two women, a sudden and harsh voice came from outside the pavilion.

"Humph, who was I thinking was here? It turned out to be Miss Su, whose engagement was broken off by Prince Jing, but who was favored by the Emperor and granted marriage to Prince Ning."

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