Chapter 241 I'm so irritated I want to flip the table
Mrs. Xu was currently receiving the female family members in the open pavilion at the back. She had no idea what was going on in the garden, but she saw that people who had taken their daughter to the garden happily came back one after another soon, and many of them still had expressions on their faces.
I feel a little disappointed and a little strange.
After a while, even Mrs. Zhu, who had always been the most ambitious and felt that her daughter would definitely be favored by the Crown Prince, came back with Zhu Yueying.
Mrs. Xu became more and more curious and asked directly: "Didn't Mrs. Zhu go to the garden? Why did she come back so soon?"
Mrs. Zhu was a little dissatisfied at first, but after hearing this, she felt more and more that Mrs. Xu was mocking her, and couldn't help but said: "There are people in the garden who are more beautiful than the flowers, but it's a pity that we, with the beauty of the willows, can hardly compete with the peonies.
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Mrs. Xu noticed the dissatisfaction in Mrs. Zhu's tone, but was confused as to where her emotions came from.
"Mrs. Zhu said this, just enjoy the flowers when you appreciate them. Why are you competing with the flowers for their beauty?" Huang, wife of Jiang Hong, who was also acquainted with Jiang Hong, interrupted, causing several ladies around her to cover their mouths and laugh.
The Jiang family didn't have any daughters of the right age. Although Mrs. Huang couldn't help but bring a few people into the garden, she just brought them in and didn't have to worry about it. So at this time, looking at people like Mrs. Zhu who had plans,
Not to mention how relaxed I feel.
Mrs. Zhu was so angry just now that she dared to be emotional when talking to Mr. Xu. After speaking, she broke into a cold sweat down her back.
Being disturbed by Mr. Huang at this time, she immediately rearranged her position and said with a smile on her face: "Mrs. Jiang is joking, how old am I, how can I dare to compare with the flowers? I was looking at the flowers in the garden.
All the girls here are very good-looking, but this one of mine can’t be seen on the stage, so I brought her back as soon as possible.”
"Mrs. Zhu, what you said is a shame." Mrs. Cheng Haodong, the judge, answered, "Who here doesn't know that your daughter in Yongzhou Prefecture is also a well-known beauty!"
"Mrs. Cheng, please stop praising her. She is not a beauty. She can't even compare to one-tenth of Miss Shen." In the end, Mrs. Zhu couldn't hold back and pulled Shen Tianshu out, "We came all the way just now.
, I just saw the people in the garden talking around the Crown Prince and Miss Shen like stars holding the moon!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu finally understood where Mrs. Zhu's anger came from when she first came in, and she felt unhappy.
She has indeed made a lot of money through President Zhu over the years, but this is a matter of mutual benefit, and she has never treated the Zhu family badly.
And strictly speaking, it was the Zhu family who took advantage in this matter.
As the wife of the prefect of the Xu family, she can completely abandon President Zhu and support someone by herself. Although it may take more effort, it doesn't have to be him.
But for the Zhu family, things have gotten better and better over the years, and their status has become more and more stable, and it's not just the Xu family who has a big backer.
Xu was polite to her, but she felt that they had been working well together in the past few years and did not want to cause any trouble in such a critical year for Shen Zhonglei.
And it just happened to be a smooth flow of favors, so it didn't take much effort.
Does she really not know how much she has weighed?
Of course, these thoughts were just passing through Xu's mind, and this was not the time to argue with her about them.
In front of everyone, Mrs. Xu still had to maintain the image of a very kind stepmother to Shen Tianshu.
She smiled and said: "As you all know, during the Lantern Festival this year, the Prince's Mansion held a banquet and invited many people. I was ill in bed at that time, and it was Shu'er who took Yunhui to the banquet.
"Who would have thought that Shu'er, a kid with such good luck, would actually fall in love with the Dowager Empress, and even take her to worship the Buddha together. It's such a fate that most people can't ask for.
"I must have met Prince Wang when we were in the palace.
"However, she usually stays with the Dowager Empress and does not have much interaction with the Prince. The Prince Wang must be talking to her for the sake of the Dowager Empress."
Although most of the people around him had known about this for a long time, they still couldn't help but feel envious when they heard it from Mrs. Xu.
Da Qi was originally built by three brothers. When the eldest brother became emperor, he made the two younger brothers princes, granted them fiefdoms, and gave them great rights.
Therefore, Da Qi is different from the previous dynasties. The prince is not just a decoration. He has great authority in his own fiefdom. He can even have his own imperial guard. It is not an exaggeration to call him the emperor of the earth.
This is why Li Ziting has always been indignant about the position of Prince Li Zi'an, and even looks covetously at the fiefdom of Huguang.
And in the area of Huguang, if you can get the support of Prince Rui's Palace, it will be much easier to make some political achievements than working hard by yourself.
Xu was also very conflicted at this time. It would be best to have a good relationship with Prince Rui's Palace, and it would also be helpful to Shen Zhonglei's career.
But if Prince Wang really falls in love with Shen Tianshu and wants to marry her, then something will be very wrong.
Now that he has not left the cabinet, he is already a little unable to hold her down. If he really lets her climb a high branch in the future, what will happen?
Mrs. Xu thought of this and took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness. She winked at Hanqiao and motioned her to go out and see what was going on with Prince Wang and Shen Tianshu.
Hanqiao nodded understandingly, found an excuse and slipped out.
After she left the Changxuan, she didn't even need to inquire. She went straight to the most crowded place and found the topic of the Changxuan.
Hanqiao was far away when he saw a few people sitting in a pavilion under the tree.
There was an empty circle around the pavilion, but outside there were many people gathered in small groups, pretending to enjoy the flowers and chatting, but in fact their attention was focused on the people inside the pavilion.
Hanqiao stretched her neck and put her feet up to look inside. She saw a few people in the pavilion, namely Li Zi'an, Fan Yuru, Shen Tianshu, Shen Yunhui and Guo Xintong.
The last two people were obviously forced to stay, and they looked embarrassed and uncomfortable.
Shen Tianshu's expression was calm, somewhat neither humble nor overbearing.
Although Li Zian tried his best to control his expression, the depression could not be suppressed and radiated from his body.
He was sitting here surrounded by a group of people just because he wanted to say a few words to Shen Tianshu and find an opportunity to reveal what happened before.
But Shen Tianshu not only forced his sister and his best friend to stay behind, but also made him hide everything he said and couldn't express it openly.
He could only keep winking at Fan Yuru, asking him to help save the situation.
It's a pity that Shen Tianshu obviously doesn't accept this trick.
She was quite friendly when talking to Fan Yuru, but she was always respectful when speaking to him.
Every time he spoke, he would address himself as the Crown Prince, and every time he spoke of himself as a minister, Li Zian became so irritated that he wanted to flip the table.