Now that Emperor Renxiao and the Queen Mother had left, the palace banquet seemed to suddenly become lively, and everyone began to walk around and toast each other, no longer suppressed.
Perhaps considering everyone's discomfort, it is not impossible that the Queen Mother and Emperor Renxiao took the first step.
The remaining concubines did not have such a strong sense of presence. They also gathered around their families and seized the opportunity to have a good conversation with them. If there was something that they needed help from their families, they had to take this opportunity.
Chaoli sat in her seat and did not move around at will, but there were many people coming to toast her.
No matter how the people in the capital saw Chao Li and looked down upon her persistence in clinging to Gu Hanzhang, now she was the crown princess of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion and was protected by the Queen Mother's marriage grant.
After three rounds of drinking, even if it was light fruit wine, Chaoli's cheeks turned a faint pink.
Song Lingxin took advantage of the opportunity when there was no one around Chaoli and came over, and the two friends chatted in low voices. Chaoli's cheeks were slightly red at this moment, but nothing could be seen, and he was not drunk and lost his temper.
At this moment, Chaozhen and a woman came over.
"Sister, didn't you expect me to come too?" Chao Zhen smiled and approached Chao Li.
Qing Yi was a little worried after Chao Li died, but the palace was not a place where she could speak at will, and she could easily be manipulated.
Chao Li raised his eyes, his eyes only stayed on Chao Zhen's face for a moment before focusing on the person next to her.
Different from the ladylike Shen Lianyi, this person's temperament is somewhat similar to Gu Hanzhang's, his face is as cold as ice, and he looks cold and distant.
But Chaoli knew that she was just pretending. She had seen this person's hysterical look with her own eyes and also seen the madness on her face.
"I didn't expect you to come, let alone that you would come with Princess Ruimin." Chaoli replied.
Wang Jingya raised her eyebrows slightly, "Do you know me?"
Of course we know Chaoli Xindao, after all, we have been in contact with him in previous lives.
"Princess Ruimin is a well-known talented woman in the capital. Even though she never leaves home in the past, your portrait hangs in Linglong Pavilion. There are few people who don't recognize the princess," Chaoli replied.
Linglong Pavilion is Gu Hanzhang's favorite chess club, and his portrait is also hung in it.
Chaoli didn't know about it before, but later he realized that Wang Jingya went to Linglong Pavilion because of Gu Hanzhang.
Wang Jingya didn't think she was too high-minded, or she thought only Gu Hanzhang was worthy of her.
She fell in love with Gu Hanzhang because she accidentally fell into the water while walking in the palace when she was young, and Gu Hanzhang saved her.
There was a life-saving grace between the two. Later, Wang Jingya heard some gossip that the life-saving grace should be pledged to each other with her body, and she also came up with this idea.
Unfortunately, the two people's positions were different. Wang Jingya could only keep her feelings for Gu Hanzhang in her heart. However, she did not give up on Gu Hanzhang because of this. Instead, she did many wrong things because of her obsession with not being able to love.
Many people don't know that whenever Gu Hanzhang talks to any lady, she will target that lady.
From this point of view, this person is much more troublesome than Shen Lianyi.
Wang Jingya looked at Chaoli silently, with a little displeasure in her eyes.
"That's how it is." Wang Jingya paused and continued, "I have heard that the Crown Princess dares to love and hate, and after she fell in love with the Crown Prince, she tried hard to gain a good impression in front of the Crown Prince, and now she has succeeded. Before getting married, the Crown Princess had no
Just pay attention to your words and deeds, but now every word and deed represents the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. As the crown prince, it may not be appropriate to bully a concubine."
There were several famous ladies and ladies around. When they heard Wang Jingya's words, they all remembered what Chaoli had done before.
For a moment, they looked at Chaoli with complicated eyes.
There was a smile in Chaozhen's eyes. She didn't expect Princess Ruimin to be so kind and willing to make the decision for her to reprimand Chaoli. She was really touched!
These people were naturally watching the show, and had no intention of stopping it. They were just making fun of it.
Song Lingxin didn't care whether the other party was Princess Ruimin, she only knew that Chaoli was not wrong.
"What the princess said is wrong. As we all know, the situation in the court is not what the princess thought. There are still many people in the capital who know about Mr. Gu's doting on his concubine and killing his wife. After all, everyone has never seen it on any occasion.
It's Fang who is the head mother of the family. It's even more nonsense to say that Chaoli bullied a concubine. Just go to the Chao Mansion and inquire about it and you will know who the bullied person is." Song Lingxin's words were a bit harsh.
Chaoli frowned slightly. This girl probably drank too much because the palace wine tasted so good. She didn't think twice about what she said, but she also felt heartwarming. She always protected her unconditionally.
In the palace, being so rude to the princess can easily cause trouble.
After thinking about this, Chaoli slightly pulled Song Lingxin, who was in high spirits, and blocked her in front of her.
"Ling Xin was greedy and lost her temper. I hope the princess will not mind and argue with a drunkard like her. But now that Princess Ruimin has brought a concubine to the palace banquet, she is suspected of flouting the palace rules, so she is not afraid of the emperor and her husband."
The Queen's punishment? According to the rules of the palace banquet, only courtiers of the fifth rank or above can bring their wives and daughters to participate. I'm afraid the princess doesn't need to remind me of the intentions of these wives and daughters."
Wang Jingya's face was a bit ugly. Even though she usually had a cold face, she was pretending to be so. Now that Chao Li had pointed her out, she really followed Chao Li's train of thought.
For a moment, Wang Jingya didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Gu Xiyue came over.
"What my sister-in-law said makes no sense. Princess Ruimin brought her maid into the palace. Isn't that what she should do?"
Chaoli's eyes moved slightly, and looking at Xiyue's mind, he couldn't think of such words to excuse Wang Jingya, even if Hongyu was here.
Then, it must be what others say.
Standing next to Hongyu was Shen Lianyi. Seeing this scene, Chaoli understood everything. Shen Lianyi must have tried every means to get Gu Xiyue to come to the muddy water.
It doesn't matter, I didn't plan to collect the treasures at the palace banquet.
"It turns out that the second sister has become Princess Ruimin's maid, which really surprises me. You know, in the entire court, because of the relationship with the second aunt, the second sister is also living a prosperous life, with food, clothing and everything.
Her temperament has always been higher than that of my legitimate daughter. Now that she has been reduced to the status of a maid, it is really sad." Chaoli said with a smile.
As Chao Li finished speaking, the eyes of the people around him turned to Chao Zhen.
In fact, everyone is well aware of some practices of palace banquets.
Some ministers felt sorry for their concubines to be unable to attend the palace banquets with their legitimate daughters, so they would ask someone with a higher status to attend the banquet as a nobleman's maid.
As for why he didn't bring his legitimate daughter, it was because he couldn't bear to let his beloved daughter work as a maid for an unfavored daughter, and he couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Chao Lu wanted Chao Li to take Chao Zhen with him before, but he didn't think too much about it. He just wanted Chao Zhen to come. It was obvious that he wanted to make a plan for his beloved daughter.