Zhan Beihan sat where he was, tapping his fingers on his knees impatiently, his sharp black eyebrows filled with anger, as if he was suppressing inexplicable anger.
He had previously thought that Concubine Shu's birthday banquet was held in the harem, with only the female family members attending.
It has always been like this in previous years.
Who knew that this year, Concubine Shu would suddenly change her mind.
What was a good birthday party turned into a different kind of blind date party, where unmarried men and women from various families gathered together.
But Xiao Lingyue's invitation was the one he wanted to give to her.
what is this?
If he had known that there would be such a thing at the birthday banquet, why would he bother to push people to the banquet?
The man tugged at his collar irritably, and there was an unknown fire in his chest.
It's really like shooting yourself in the foot.
Just drag the person away.
But the problem is, that woman Xiao Lingyue is very stubborn. The more she is not allowed to do something, she will do whatever she wants.
"Tsk..." The man grinded his teeth secretly, only feeling more annoyed.
Half an hour later.
The carriage arrived at the palace gate smoothly.
The palace gate was particularly lively today, with carriages and carriages lined up neatly in front of the palace gate. There were even twice as many guards on duty as usual, but it still seemed not smooth enough.
Martial law has been enforced all around, and carriages are not allowed in the palace. All noble ladies, daughters, and young men entering the palace for the banquet must get off the carriages, and after being inspected by the guards, they will be ushered into the palace by the maids and eunuchs.
Due to the large number of people, the process went slowly. Many ladies who felt uncomfortable in the carriage got out of the carriage one after another. Surrounded by the maids and servants, they chatted and laughed with the other ladies in a reserved voice.
At this time, someone looked sharply at the carriage team and exclaimed: "Isn't that the carriage from Prince Yi's Palace?"
Several ladies turned their heads and asked: "I heard that the concubine was also invited?"
"Haha, when did she not participate?" A lady sneered in a sinister way, "Obviously she is just a side concubine, a concubine who cannot be promoted to the stage, but she displays the royal concubine's clothes every day, and is on equal footing with us main wives.
It’s really disgusting.”
"Who says it's not?"
Another lady next to her covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her expression reserved and a little disgusting, "But what can be done? She is from Prince Yi's Mansion after all. His Highness Prince Yi didn't say anything. No matter how dissatisfied we are,
I can only endure it."
"I heard that Concubine Shu likes her very much. She often calls her into the palace to talk to her and gives her a lot of face."
"Then it's not to give her face? It's obviously to give face to His Highness King Yi..."
"What's the difference? Prince Yi's palace doesn't have a main concubine, so doesn't her status as the only concubine make everything better? His Highness's face is her face. Otherwise, for this woman, marrying the right person is the most important thing!
A wife is as valuable as her husband, so who cares what her background was?"
A trace of jealousy flashed across the face of the lady who spoke in a low voice, and her tone was sour: "Look at me, isn't it just a sparrow rolling in the mud, flying up a branch and turning into a phoenix?"
"Pfft..." The ladies nearby were all amused.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together.
There are also factions among ladies from aristocratic families in the same capital circle, and the thing that can bring a group of women closer together is the person they all hate together.