Not long after Zhao Xun left, a maid led a group of people into the new house.
On the way, Liu Zhenlian held Li Can's hand, and the two walked at the end of the crowd, talking quietly.
Xia Jieyao and Han Susu walked in front of her.
In front of them was Li Lainan and a group of others, and their voices could be heard from time to time, which sounded a bit lively.
But at the front, there were seven or eight women who bowed their heads and went ahead. They were also dressed in festive and bright colors, but they said nothing and looked extremely dull.
"Are those in front of them really the concubines of King Qi?" Liu Zhenlian asked in a low voice next to Li Can's ear.
Li Can stood on tiptoes to take a look and nodded: "My eighth sister is also in there, so she should be."
She saw Li Zhen among the group of people, with her head lowered and her clothes unremarkable, as usual.
"Tsk." Liu Zhenlian whispered: "Looking at King Qi's smile, he doesn't look like a good person. He raised so many concubines before getting married. Will he still get it in the future?"
Li Can patted her: "There are so many people, don't talk nonsense."
It would be terrible if people heard it and spread the word.
However, she also admitted that Liu Zhenlian's intuition was very accurate and she was right, Zhao Xun was indeed not a good person.
"Sister Can." Xia Jieyao suddenly turned around.
"Huh?" Li Can was startled for a moment, then he smiled at her and said, "Sister Ah Yao."
After all, there was a gap between her and Xia Jieyao.
Today, apart from saluting when we met, the two of them hardly said anything.
Xia Jieyao always acted like a lady, dignified and elegant, and didn't talk much.
And since Li Can had the previous incident, he no longer felt any closeness to Xia Jieyao, and he was no longer willing to take the initiative to talk to Xia Jieyao.
However, when Xia Jieyao calls her, she will still greet him with a smile. After all, she has recognized him since she was a child, and Xia Jieyao blocked the dagger for her.
When Liu Zhenlian saw Xia Jieyao looking over, she immediately became vigilant, held Li Can's arm tightly and looked at her.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing?" Xia Jieyao asked with a smile.
"Everything is fine. Sister Lao Yao is worried about you." Li Can smiled and asked her again, "How is sister?"
"I'm still the same." Xia Jieyao slowed down and walked side by side with her: "I just always think about what happened last time and feel that I can't help you and make you feel sad and unjust.
I should stop my mother from doing that to you..."
"It's all over." Li Can smiled and said, "Sister Ah Yao wouldn't have told me, but I would have forgotten about it. You really don't need to take it to heart."
"As long as you're not angry." Xia Jieyao seemed to be relieved: "These days, I feel ashamed to go to you."
"It's really nothing." Li Can lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes hiding the impatience under his eyes.
She had no patience with Xia Jieyao who always struggled with that matter. She really didn't want to think about it.
"Then, can I still come and play with you often?" Xia Jieyao looked at her expectantly.
Li Can was about to speak when Liu Zhenlian said: "Why do you have so much trouble speaking? These are the only words you kept repeating.
At the end of the day, I just want to play with us Cancan. If you want to play, just go and play. Who is stopping you?
You have to pretend that you can't go even if you are not allowed to go. You are asking this question to put it in people's faces, can they still reply to you and not let you go?"
As she spoke, she pulled Li Can behind her. She didn't want Xia Jieyao to get close to her Cancan!
Xia Jieyao yelled at her, and her face suddenly turned green and red, making her look very ugly.
Han Susu couldn't stand listening anymore and turned around and said: "Liu Zhenlian, how two people talk is their business, is it your business?"
"How I speak is my business, does it matter to you?" Liu Zhenlian immediately retorted loudly.
"Okay, Lianzi, stop talking." Li Can hurriedly persuaded her.
Xia Jieyao also stopped Han Susu from talking.
Even though the words had stopped at this point, Xia Jieyao looked at Li Can a few more times, but finally said nothing more.
When they entered the bridal chamber, they saw the concubines lined up in two rows in front of the bed, and they knelt down and saluted Li Xiangnan respectfully.
"I've met the princess!"
Behind him, all the noble ladies could not help but lower their heads to show their respect for Princess Qi.
Only Liu Zhenlian not only did not lower her head, but also stretched her neck to look at her: "Cancan, look, being a princess is really dignified. Every day, so many concubines come to me to kowtow and salute."
Li Can pursed her lips and smiled.
Over there, Li Xiangnan had already spoken and asked the concubines to get up.
Liu Zhenlian took advantage of Li Xiangnan talking to them and gently pushed Li Can: "Why are you laughing?"
"Prestige is prestige." Li Can leaned over and whispered: "I only have one husband, and I want everyone to share it."
When she thought that the person she kissed and hugged every day had to be like other women, that she had to treat each other with courtesy, and that she had to see these women every day, she felt sick and panicked.
Liu Zhenlian didn't think so: "Isn't this the case for all wealthy families? My father and uncles all have several rooms for concubines."
She was used to it.
Li Can was silent. His grandmother and eldest aunt always said the same thing, and said that concubines were just for fun and should not be taken seriously.
Liu Zhenlian's words made her doubt herself a little. Could it be that she was too stubborn?
Li Xiangnan said a few words that the sisters should take good care of each other in the future, then handed out the wedding money and ordered all the concubines to leave.
"Fifth sister, please quickly lead everyone forward and sit down."
She entertained Li Can and others.
"Seventh sister is well."
When Li Can was asking Liu Zhenlian to take her to sit down, Li Zhen suddenly stepped forward and saluted her.
"Eighth sister." Li Can stretched out his hand to help her, but suddenly noticed something was wrong with his palm.
It was Li Zhen who secretly stuffed something into her.
She raised her eyes to look at Li Zhen.
Li Zhen lowered her eyebrows and said submissively: "I haven't seen Seventh Sister for a long time, so it's hard not to disturb me now. If Seventh Sister doesn't mind, you can come and sit with me when you have time."
"Okay." Li Can responded.
Liu Zhenlian pulled her to sit down. She clenched the thing in her hand and noticed that it seemed to be a small ball of paper.
She raised her eyes and saw that everyone was surrounding Li Xiangnan, vying to talk to her.
Only Li Lainan was uncharacteristically sitting far away.
Li Lainan saw Li Xiangnan beaming with joy and everyone holding the moon in their arms, and then thinking about his terrible marriage, he really couldn't keep his spirits up.
There was also Xia Jieyao, who looked at everyone with a smile from a peripheral position and did not come forward to join in the fun. She always looked aloof and independent.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Li Can gently pulled Liu Zhenlian and secretly showed her the paper ball in her hand.
Liu Zhenlian saw it and was stunned for a while before realizing it. She stood up and stood in front of Li Can and said loudly: "You all gather around me. I can't even see the bride. Can you sit down?"
Li Can hid behind her and took the opportunity to unfold the ball of paper. He saw seven words scrawled on the paper like charcoal - "Don't stay alone in the new house."
She put away the paper ball, frowned slightly, looked back at the candy ball guarding the door, and wondered, what did Li Zhen mean?
The new house is where Li Xiangnan stays. How could she stay here alone?
Liu Zhenlian looked back at her and frowned slightly, and couldn't help asking her in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Li Can shook his head, thinking that if everyone leaves and she leaves later, no one will kidnap her back, right?
Li Xiangnan chatted with everyone for a while, guessing that it was almost time, and said: "The banquet is about to start, everyone should go and take a seat first.
Seventh sister, please stay alone, I have something to say to you."
She looked at Li Can with a smile, raised her chin slightly, and already took on the posture of Princess Qi when she spoke.
All the noble ladies responded and left one after another.
Li Can stood up, and the words Li Zhen passed flashed through his mind. Could it be that he was asking her to "stay alone in the new house"?
It seems that Li Xiangnan wanted to do something to her, and Li Zhen somehow got the news and left a message to remind her.
She thought carefully, Li Xiangnan had just come to Prince Qi's Mansion, and Princess Qi's position was not yet popular, so she would not want to deal with her on her wedding day.
Then this matter is probably related to Zhao Xun.
Liu Zhenlian looked at Li Can: "I'll stay with you."
She couldn't explain why, but she always felt that Li Xiangnan had bad intentions.