Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"I've already talked so much. If I continue to be coy, it would really be a bit unwise."

Jiang Lianzhu followed her words and stretched out her hands without any intention of resisting.

Xiao Xiyan's eyes were full of satisfaction, she folded her hands behind her back, pretending to be old-fashioned and asked the maid behind her to tie Jiang Lianzhu into the room and lock her head.

the other side.

Almost all the guests came to the banquet.

The Prime Minister never showed up, leaving only the Prime Minister's wife and a few aunts in the backyard to entertain the guests.

Liao Yunchuan was sitting at the table, reaching out to play with the gilt wine glass in front of him, feeling a vague premonition about something bad.

"What is Mr. Liao thinking about now?" Sun Qiancheng sat next to him and talked to him very naturally, "I have called you many times just now, but you are too distracted to think about the problem."

"Nothing, just some trivial matters among the six doors."

Liao Yunchuan quickly covered up the strange letter on his face.

"Why hasn't the Prime Minister shown up yet? It's almost time for the banquet. How long is he going to hide?"

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the Prime Minister walking in from outside, his face full of pride, and he didn't know what happy event he had encountered before.

"It is indeed Xiao's honor that you can take time out of your busy schedule to attend the banquet today. This banquet is firstly to communicate with colleagues in the DPRK, and secondly, it is also to apologize to Mr. Liao and Miss Jiang. The former subordinates There are many arrogances in things that people do, which actually damages the interests of both of them."

As soon as these words came out, those present couldn't sit still.

Everyone was secretly looking at Liao Yunchuan and the empty seat next to him.

It's Jiang Lianzhu's position.

This is enough for the Prime Minister to hold a banquet to express his apology. It seems that these two people must be very capable in the capital, and even the Prime Minister will take a step back.

It is definitely not easy for those of them who are minor officials in the imperial court to provoke these noble people.

After the prime minister sat down, he asked the maid beside him who owned the vacant seat. After getting the answer, he slammed the table and stood up.

"Why is Miss Jiang not here yet? Could it be that she looks down on this banquet hosted by me and feels that this arrogance is humiliating to her?"

"Miss Jiang must still be staying with Ling Ai. I'm afraid that the conversation between the good sisters has completely forgotten the time of the banquet... That's why I didn't rush here now."

A person sitting down stood up and said something gentle.

The Prime Minister frowned inaudibly after hearing this, but he couldn't continue to blame this matter, so he ordered a few people to start a banquet in a low mood.

Liao Yunchuan was a little absent-minded and not very interested in the banquet. He only listened to Sun Qiancheng talking in his ear for a while.

After drinking for three rounds, a maid suddenly came close to his ear and said in a low voice: "Master Liao, Miss Jiang suddenly encountered something, and she specially asked this slave to take you there."

"What's the matter?" Liao Yunchuan tilted his head to the side, keeping a short distance from the maid, "Is there something that cannot be explained clearly?"

"This, I don't know much about this. I have to ask you, my lord, to go there in person."

The maid's eyes were a little dodgeful, and she quickly turned her head to the side, stood up, and made a way out.

Liao Yunchuan didn't ask any more questions. He casually explained to Sun Qiancheng and left with the maid.

The two people walked on the path one after another. Liao Yunchuan was not very familiar with the structure of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Seeing the small courtyards around him, he couldn't tell which one belonged to Xiao Xiyan.

"Master Liao, this is the courtyard where our young lady lives. Miss Jiang is in the courtyard now. I have other things to do, so I can't go in with you or show you the way."

After the maid finished speaking, she wanted to leave, but Liao Yunchuan reached out and grabbed her wrist.

"Wait a minute, there are so many wing rooms in this courtyard. If I break into the wrong one for no reason, wouldn't this be a big problem?"

Liao Yunchuan asked unhurriedly, putting a little more strength on his hands.

The look on the maid's face changed immediately. She stood there hesitating for a while, and then reluctantly responded: "What Master Liao said makes sense, I will go in with you."

She first carefully pushed open the courtyard door, then selected a wing and led Liao Yunchuan there.

"Master Liao, this is the room. I really have other things to do, so I won't bother you here."

After the maid said this, she turned around and left, leaving no time for Liao Yunchuan to think.

The candlelight in the wing was dim. Liao Yunchuan first reached out and knocked on the door frame. After getting no response, he pierced some of the silk cloth attached to the door frame.

The person staying here is not Jiang Lianzhu at all, but Xiao Xiyan.

"You want to use such a dirty trick to deceive me." Liao Yunchuan sneered and did not rush in, but turned his attention to the side room.

He kept walking into the wing room, and after confirming that the person with his head closed there was Jiang Lianzhu, he kicked the door open.

"How did you come?"

Jiang Lianzhu looked up at Liao Yunchuan.

"Shouldn't you be attending the Prime Minister's banquet right now and have no time to care about what's happening here?"

"Xiao Xiyan specially sent a maid here to ask me to look for you in this yard. The maid she sent pointed me the wrong way. I thought there was something wrong with it, so I searched patiently. Looking for it, I found it on your side.”

Liao Yunchuan explained the matter clearly in a short story and looked at the hemp ropes scattered aside.

"These were the ones used to tie you up before?"

"Yes, Xiao Xiyan takes me too lightly, thinking that she can trap me with this kind of thing." Jiang Lianzhu replied while standing up and moving her muscles.

She originally thought Xiao Xiyan was up to some kind of trick, but now it seemed that it was nothing more than that.

"Okay, this matter is almost clear now. Let's go meet Xiao Xiyan together. I'm also curious about what kind of expression she will show now."

As Jiang Lianzhu spoke, she wanted to walk to another wing in the yard, but Liao Yunchuan suddenly raised his hand to stop her.

"Wait, there's no need to be in such a hurry just yet."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Lianzhu was a little confused.

It was just to expose Xiao Xiyan's ruse, there was nothing to be anxious about. .