At this moment, the people around who were onlookers were all serious mistresses and legitimate daughters. When they heard Chaoli said that Chaozhen, a concubine, lived a better life than a legitimate daughter, she thought of what Song Lingxin said about Chaolv's doting concubine.
The murder of his wife actually made everyone feel pity for Chaoli.
What's more, a lady with a more straightforward temperament directly opened her mouth to speak for Chaoli.
"This is how my aunt raised her. She is too arrogant, so she cannot be more dignified than her legitimate daughter." The person who spoke was Gao Yushi's legitimate wife, Mrs. Gao.
Chaoli raised his eyes and felt quite surprised.
You must know that in the previous life, Mrs. Gao never liked to gossip, and she had no intention of fighting injustices. I never thought that she would be willing to speak for him today.
Immediately, Chao Li showed a grateful expression.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Gao just glanced at her and left with a strange look in her eyes.
I don't know if Chaoli understood it wrong, but she seemed to see in Mrs. Gao's eyes a look of sadness and anger for her misfortune.
Could it be that Mrs. Gao felt that it was too embarrassing for her upright legitimate daughter to be bullied like this by a concubine?
"My mother is right, a concubine is a concubine. No matter how noble she dresses, she can't change her lowliness at heart." The woman next to Mrs. Gao said.
Chaoli also knows something about this woman. Her name is Gao Rui, and she is the daughter of Master Gao and Mrs. Gao.
Gao Rui is not a gentle and kind-hearted woman. She has a hot temper and has considerable martial arts skills. She liked a young general in her previous life and caused much more trouble in the capital than she did in Chaoli.
In the end, the young general had no choice but to go to the battlefield, not knowing what happened to the two of them.
To be honest, Chaoli really likes Gao Rui's temperament. It's similar to her, but stronger than her. At least she couldn't hold on in her previous life.
Chaozhen's face turned red after being told that. No matter how bad her brain was, she knew that the palace banquet was not a place where she could lose her temper at will. However, a strong hatred emerged in her heart because she blamed Chaoli for revealing her identity.
However, she never thought that Chaoli would not take the initiative to find her if she had not come to Chaoli herself.
Wang Jingya frowned, glanced at Chaoli coldly, then looked at Chaozhen beside her, lowered her voice and spoke.
"Okay, if I had known that it would be more than enough to succeed, I wouldn't have brought you here, and it actually caused me to be embarrassed along with you." After Wang Jingya finished speaking, she looked at Chaoli casually, "Prince
My concubine is really sharp-tongued, which makes me very surprised. I still have something to talk to my father, so I will leave first."
After saying that, Wang Jingya turned around and left, regardless of whether Chaozhen could follow or not.
Seeing the two people leaving, Chao Li raised the corners of his lips slightly.
I thought it would be such a big trouble, but I didn't expect Wang Jingya to give up so easily.
On the other side, Chaoli focused his gaze on Gu Xiyue with a calm expression and did not speak.
Gu Xiyue's heart skipped a beat when she saw it, as if all her secrets had been revealed to Chao Li, and her palms became sweaty unconsciously.
"I, I will go to my mother's place, so I won't tell you anymore."
After saying this, Gu Xiyue almost ran away.
Chaoli looked at Gu Xiyue's back thoughtfully. The girl turned around to look at her from time to time, panicking with some guilt and something was wrong.
However, Chaoli ignored it and stood up and approached Mrs. Gao and her daughter.
Chaoli did not stand up in front of Princess Wang Jingya just now, but now he stood up and approached Madam Gao, which made Madam Gao understand, but she didn't show it on her face.
In fact, the reason why Chaoli didn't stand up in front of Wang Jingya was that her status was no worse than Wang Jingya's.
Wang Jingya's father is a king with a different surname. He is hereditary from his ancestors and is not a relative of the emperor. Now he has declined a lot and has lost the infinite glory of his ancestors.
Now the Holy Emperor has made up his mind to cut down the vassals, and kings with different surnames have fiefdoms in their hands, and he will be one of them. It is a pity that Emperor Renxiao's body is getting worse every day and he has not implemented it.
The reason why the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is a special existence in the capital is because the old Marquis has military power in his hands and is in charge of Daqi's 300,000-strong army.
The father of the old Marquis of Zhenbei, Gu Ye, was a bandit from a mountain in Liangzhou. He had real skills and always robbed the rich and helped the poor. He was considered an outlier among bandits.
The late emperor met him when he was going to suppress bandits when he was the prince. He was impressed by his conduct and secretly took him under his command.
Gu Ye went to the northern battlefield with the prince. He fought bravely to kill the enemy and saved the prince eleven times. His sincerity can be expressed in heaven and earth, and there is absolutely no possibility of having second thoughts.
After the crown prince ascended the throne, he named Gu Ye the Marquis of Zhenbei, and also gave him a tiger talisman, allowing him to control the military power of Da Qi.
The Zhenbei Hou Mansion has military power, and everyone in the capital has to give face. Now all the princes are wooing Gu Hanzhang in the matter of seizing the heir. Half of the reason is also the military power of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
Now that Emperor Renxiao is old, the idea of reducing the vassal status has been lingering in his mind. He summoned the old Marquis privately many years ago, and the news spread like wildfire in the palace.
After Wang Jingya's father heard the news, he opposed the Zhenbei Hou Mansion everywhere, so Wang Jingya and Gu Hanzhang were opposed to each other.
The Zhenbei Hou Mansion has military power, and once it cuts down the feudal vassal, it will inevitably confront these princes who have fiefdoms.
Therefore, as Chaoli, as the crown prince of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the next Zhenbei Hou's wife will indeed be no worse than Wang Jingya, the declining princess, and her status is slightly higher. She does not need to stand up to salute or address her.
The princess is enough.
"Thank you, Mrs. Gao and Miss Gao, for speaking up. If you don't mind, I will come to you in a few days to express my gratitude." Chaoli nodded slightly.
Madam Gao's tone also became much softer, "As long as the Crown Princess doesn't feel that our small family has insulted you, it's fine with me."
"The Crown Princess is not as good as the rumors. I think the rumors cannot be believed. The Crown Princess is very good." Gao Rui also said.
"The two of you spoke highly of each other, and I'm really ashamed of myself." Chaoli smiled back.
Originally, the three of them wanted to chat, but it was difficult to express many things at the palace banquet, so Chaoli said goodbye for the time being and returned to his place.
My mouth felt dry after what I just said, so I picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
At this moment, the maid who came to pour wine for Chao Li came up.
Chaoli raised his head inadvertently and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It didn't seem like you were pouring the wine just now."
When the palace maid heard this, she accidentally tilted the wine bottle in her hand, spilling the wine on the table and contaminating some of it on Chaoli's body.
"Prince Concubine, please spare your life, Imperial Concubine, please spare your life, I didn't mean to do this. My sister just left because of something, I just came here to pour wine for the Imperial Concubine temporarily, she will be back later."
The palace maid knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing. Soon her forehead turned red and she smiled. It was obvious that she had put in a lot of effort.
Chao Li waved his hand, "It's okay, get up."
"A-Li, it's still cold today and your clothes are wet. Why don't you go change yourself?" Song Lingxin tilted her head and said.
Although the drink was not too much, it was still uncomfortable to be wet.