The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

Jing Muyang took Chu Jian for a walk, and then took Qing Mu to the men's side. Chu Jian took Jin Xiang to the women's side to enjoy the flowers. When they met the emperor's sister-in-law, they would greet her and chat for a few words. As for the others, except Chu Xia, she really didn't remember many of them, and even if she knew someone well, she couldn't match them up.

But she didn't see Chu Xia today, although she didn't know why she was looking for Chu Xia in such an occasion.

The noble ladies looked at her intentionally or unintentionally. She rarely showed up before the first meeting, and most of the noble ladies didn't know her yet. She didn't care and just enjoyed herself.

Until she overheard something: a few noble ladies were talking around a stone table behind the bushes, but she didn't know whose family they were talking about.

"Have you heard that Princess Zhan almost forced Miss Chu Xia to death?"

"No way, where did you hear that?"

"What do you care where I heard it from? Anyway, someone saw it. On the day of Prince Zhan's wedding, the prime minister's residence hurriedly called for a doctor before the bride even left the house. The doctor sneaked in through the back door. The doctor from Baicao Hall was also called in, and when he came out he kept shaking his head and sighing. Later, it was said that Miss Chuxia committed suicide by cutting her wrists in the room!"

"Alas, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear watching the person I love marry someone else."

"That's right, everyone knows that Miss Chu Xia has a deep love for the War King. Do you remember that when the War King was fighting with the Northern Frontier, there was no news for more than a month, and Chu Xia went to the city gate every day to wait for the battle report."

"I remember when King Zhan went to Nanbang, I heard that the food and grass contained medicines that she specially prepared to remove moisture, malaria and insects. Fortunately, with those medicines, the soldiers suffered less."

"Yes, yes, yes. The emperor even rewarded her for this."

"Such a good woman, why does the War King look down on her?"

"It doesn't necessarily mean that Prince Zhan didn't like her. When the emperor granted her the marriage, Prince Zhan accepted it. If he didn't like her, why would he accept it? There must be some feelings involved! Besides, the imperial concubine likes Chu Xia so much, and they have an engagement. No matter what, taking her into Prince Zhan's mansion is not a small matter."

"Yes, have you heard that Miss Chuxia had already lowered her rank at that time, but it was Princess Zhan who made a scene in the palace and refused to let her enter the palace! The emperor didn't want to embarrass himself, so he gave up."

"Yes, I heard about this too. It is said that there was a huge uproar in Yonghe Palace that day, and later the emperor issued an edict to annul the marriage between Miss Chuxia and Prince Zhan that day."

"You know all this! Where did you hear it from?"

"Although the palace is big, they are not the only ones there. Do you think no news can get out? It's just that it's been suppressed and we don't know the details!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, so it seems that Princess Zhan is so jealous that she is really unworthy of King Zhan!"

"That's right, I don't know how lucky she is that she can come back alive even after being buried with the dead."

"No way. If this person is lucky, even if he dies, he will be blessed by the gods."

"Alas, it's a pity for Miss Chu Xia. I heard that although she was rescued, she has not left her room until now. She didn't come today. You can count, it's been more than ten days."

"Miss Chu Xia is so pitiful, and Princess Zhan is so hateful!"

"You can't say that. Princess Zhan has the Emperor's support. If someone hears you and sue me, you'll die!"

"Go away, go away, go away quickly." Someone left impatiently.

The remaining few noble ladies also scattered.

"Princess, don't listen to their gossip!" Jin Xiang wanted to go out to stop them but was stopped. At this moment, she couldn't understand Chu Jian's calm expression.

"Yeah, that's right, they don't know anything, they're just talking nonsense." Chu Jian turned around after a while, grinning and pulling her, "Come on, let's go over there, it looks very lively over there."

Jinxiang felt relieved when she saw her smile.

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After the first sight, I realized that the men were reciting poems to each other. As they were reciting poems, they attracted a group of noble ladies to watch. I didn't know what was so good about it. Today was clearly a chrysanthemum-viewing banquet, but there were less people appreciating the chrysanthemums than those reciting poems to each other.

Chu Jian squeezed in and took a look inside. Jing Muyang and the Eighth Prince were sitting at the very edge, drinking tea leisurely. He saw her through the crowd at a glance, smiled and waved for her to come over.

This wave caused quite a commotion among the noble ladies who were meeting him for the first time.

"Wow, the Zhan Dynasty is waving."

"Wow, he's still smiling!"

"Yeah, yeah, he smiled at us."

"Ruyi, aren't you the Xinyue War King? Do you want to go up and say hello?"

When I first saw the girls in front of me, I had no idea who they were from. Is it appropriate to discuss her man in front of her?

"This isn't a good idea. Princess Zhan is here today too." The girl named Ruyi said shyly.

"What's the big deal? It's the wife's responsibility to arrange a backyard for her husband. And now Chuxia is out of luck. Ruyi, you better hurry up. Look, there's a group of people who want to get in over there. Several of them just went up to say hello."

"Yes, the War King rarely attends banquets, so it's hard to meet him. This is a rare opportunity!"

"I heard that the Princess of Zhan is just an uneducated wild girl from the countryside, who knows nothing about poetry, etiquette, music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. People like this will soon be boring. Ruyi, why don't you go up and say hello? His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhan just smiled at us. You are the best looking one here, and we are most familiar with you, so he must be smiling at you."

"Yes, Ruyi, we are all optimistic about you!"

What I heard most when I first met her today was that she was an uneducated wild girl. I guess the princes' wives all thought so, otherwise why didn't they take her to appreciate the chrysanthemums together?

This party is not fun at all! There are so many women coveting her man. Today is not a happy day at all!

Encouraged by several people, the girl named Ruyi walked slowly towards Jing Muyang with her maid, and Chu Jian also followed them slowly towards that side.

"Look, I told you, a lot of people want to go up and say hello." The noble ladies were whispering about Chu Jian in the back, and Chu Jian turned around and glared at them.

"Ruyi pays respects to the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince." Li Ruyi saluted but did not get too close.

Jing Muyang frowned, then nodded and waved his hand.

Chu Jian walked past them and sat directly on the stool next to Jing Muyang. She held her chin and took a good look at the woman named Li Ruyi. She had been standing behind them and had no idea what Li Ruyi looked like.

This was a very pretty woman, wearing a lake green silk skirt, jasper rings in her ears, an emerald hairpin in her hair, her nose was like a jade onion, her eyes were like apricots, her eyebrows were full of affection, her face was rosy like peach blossoms, and she was quite beautiful. A little more would be too gaudy, and a little less would be too elegant, but it was just right on her.

Even I was stunned when I first saw her, "She is so beautiful, even more beautiful than Chu Xia."

"Hahaha, ninth brother, it looks like you're in trouble." The eighth prince on the side laughed.

"How can I be in trouble? This is not a big deal." Jing Muyang also smiled, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chu Jian, coaxing, "Chrysanthemum tea, very fragrant."

Li Ruyi didn't understand what they were saying. She had never met Chu Jian, but at this moment she had almost guessed her identity.

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