The queen held a Dragon Boat Festival banquet in the peony pavilion in the imperial garden of the harem.
In the evening, taking advantage of the heat to cool down a bit, the princes, royal relatives and their families filed in in carriages.
Wen Ranran accompanied Xia Lishuang all the way to the Peony Pavilion.
When the general appeared in everyone's sight, the laughter and laughter stopped abruptly.
Everyone by the lake, in the pavilion, behind the rockery, admiring flowers, and feeding fish, all looked over in unison.
Entering the palace for the first time, Wen Ranran was dressed in palace attire, with swaying hair and new makeup. Her already good-looking appearance became even more beautiful after some tidying up, making her stand out among the female relatives.
"Is that the concubine of Prince Yu?"
"She's quite pretty, even better than Princess Nalan!"
"No wonder Princess Lan couldn't catch the eye of the county prince and was rejected by the county prince. It turned out that she was not beautiful enough and did not meet the standards of a concubine."
"..."
Wen Ranran was elated by the praise, and the standard smile on her face gradually became unsustainable, and she couldn't help but show off to Xia Lishuang.
"Ms. sir, did you see that? When I came up, I used my good looks to help you hold up the scene!"
Xia Lishuang couldn't help but laugh and reminded in a low voice, "Don't get carried away and forget the rules."
"Don't worry, Lord Prince, I will remember it!"
Wen Ranran reluctantly changed her words, and suddenly felt a chill behind her, as if she was being stared at by a hunter.
At a casual glance, it turned out that Wen Yuwan was here.
She was accompanied by two men.
One of them looked quite young, almost forty at least, and his hair was combed so smoothly that it could be used as a mirror. This man Wen Ranran knew was the current prince Xia Liming.
More than ten years ago, he took hair cream to the Wen family to find his grandfather and wanted to cure his hair loss, but he ended up curing his baldness.
It looked exactly the same then as it does now.
The other one, Wen Ranran, looked a little strange. She was not much older than Xia Lishuang, had a handsome appearance, and was shaking a fan in her hand. She looked like he was also a certain prince.
"Prince, fifth brother." Xia Lishuang greeted with cupped hands.
It turned out to be the fifth prince, King Qingyun, Xia Liyuan.
Wen Ranran was shocked and felt a little uncomfortable under his burning eyes.
Just as he was about to ask what happened, he heard the prince speak leisurely.
"Long time no see, Seventh Brother. I heard earlier that you were assassinated on your way to the capital, and that you were in bed due to illness when you came back. But as an elder brother, I am not very worried!"
Some people say words of concern, but there is a coldness in their eyes, as if they are saying, "God is really blind that you are not dead, you bitch."
Xia Lishuang also showed the respect that a younger brother should have, "It makes the prince worried."
"Seeing that you are in good condition, I feel relieved." Xia Liming suddenly turned his attention to Wen Ranran, "Is this the seventh brother's concubine? I heard that she is your sister, Wan'er?"
Wen Yuwan had no intention of pretending to be polite in front of the prince. She glanced at Xia Lishuang dissatisfied and snorted disdainfully.
"It's just that the wild girl my father picked up back then can do the thing of scattering my grandfather's ashes. She is not even considered a member of the Wen family. How can she be worthy of being my sister?"
One sentence easily attracts everyone's attention.
Wen Yuwan suddenly targeted her again, which Wen Ranran expected.
It must be the eldest princess who is gossiping in Wen Yuwan's ears again and causing her hatred.
The prince pretended to be surprised and said: "How could such a thing happen?! General Wen is the founding hero of our Rongguo. This is extremely disrespectful! It is enough to be sentenced to death!"
Suddenly a big hat came down.
Wen Ranran frowned.
Xia Lishuang said calmly: "Prince, please don't listen to such rumors. The concubine is just acting according to Mr. Wen's last words. There is nothing wrong with her."
"Brother Seven!" Wen Yuwan shouted displeased, "Yesterday you supported her at the Prime Minister's Mansion, and today you spoke for her again. How could you be so obsessed with this woman that you don't know right from wrong?"
"Don't be upset Wan'er." Xia Liyuan, who had been watching the show for a long time, suddenly spoke up to persuade him, "What the seventh brother said is reasonable and not biased. It's just that you are a member of the Wen family and are stuck in ethics, so it's hard to accept such things."
"Fifth brother, are you even helping her to speak?!"
Wen Yuwan was shocked, gave Wen Ranran a hard look, and walked away with her sleeves rolled up.