The wronged female supporting role made a comeback with a divine reply

The carriage slowly turned around, and suddenly there was a "bang bang" sound, and then Bai Zhaozhao felt a shake. She hurriedly steadied her body, and quickly supported Zhang Ruolan who was about to fall.

The driver's voice came: "Miss, the Fang family's carriage hit us."

Zhang Ruolan opened the curtain and saw Fang Jingyao who had also opened the curtain in the carriage opposite. She smiled smugly and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Zhang. I wanted to give you a way, but you actually retreated on your own. In that case, I'll go ahead!"

At this time Fang Jingyao noticed Bai Zhaozhao. A hint of doubt flashed in her eyes, and then she turned around and ignored him.

Bai Zhaozhao asked, "Sister Lan, do you have the Fang family's golden wound medicine? I want to study it."

"Yes." Then Zhang Ruolan directly instructed the maid outside the carriage to go to the pharmacy in front and buy a bottle.

Bai Zhaozhao took the medicine and smelled it. She probably understood the medicinal ingredients inside: "Sister Lan, after the banquet, I want to meet Master Zhang."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements."

When they arrived at the Zhong Mansion, there was already a long convoy lined up outside. With servants constantly directing the procession, everything was in good order.

Standing at the gate to greet us was a man in blue, very elegant and polite.

"This is the third daughter of the Zhang family, right? Madam Liu, please go to the flower hall."

The two of them walked in silence along the way, following the nanny in front of them to the flower hall, where they were immediately led to their seats by a maid. There were already quite a few people sitting around, chatting in groups of three or four.

Fang Jingyao glanced at Zhang Ruolan and suddenly said, "Whose family is this lady next to Miss Zhang? I have never seen her before. Why don't you introduce her to everyone?"

The ladies around immediately looked over, and most of them shook their heads to indicate that they didn't know her. Zhang Ruolan smiled and said, "This is the niece of Lord Bai, a sixth-rank official under Prefect Zhong."

Bai Zhaozhao also smiled generously at everyone, and many young ladies nodded to her reservedly, saying that they were the family members of a minor official, just making up the numbers.

Fang Jingyao chuckled: "Oh, sorry, Miss Zhang, I didn't mean it. I just heard that Mr. Bai's family is very large, most of them are in the surrounding villages of Hexi County, and there must be at least 80 nieces in his family!"

This immediately aroused the disgust of the ladies. How could a mere peasant girl be qualified to sit with us? However, no one got angry.

Because this banquet is a little special, I heard that the prefect's wife also wants to choose a noble lady for her son. This is a rare opportunity. The Zhong family is a scholarly family and a real noble family.

So the noble ladies all wanted to leave a good impression on the prefect's wife. After Bai Zhaozhao knew this information, she decided to keep a low profile.

After a while, a graceful and elegant lady arrived. This was the wife of the prefect. She looked at these young ladies and began to recognize them one by one. She praised those whose fathers and brothers held high official positions, and expressed her greetings to those with lower official positions. Finally, she thoughtfully gave each of the young ladies a purse as a gift.

Although it was the first time for her to hold a lotus viewing banquet in Linyang, she was experienced. It was just a matter of inviting young people to stroll around the garden and take a look!

At this time, the prefect's wife noticed Zhang Ruolan. Prefect Zhong had already mentioned that he hoped Zhang's Jishidiang could be opened in the prefectural city so that the people could benefit and his reputation would be better.

So the prefect's wife specifically called Zhang Ruolan and asked her to come over and take a closer look. She also asked her what books she had read and praised her for her knowledge and manners.

Bai Zhaozhao immediately felt that this was not a good sign. She looked around and saw that several noble ladies had changed their expressions. Suddenly, a lady in a yellow dress said, "Madam is right. I remember that Sister Zhang wrote a poem last year! Many young masters have admired it. It seems that I need to learn more and can't always stay at home looking at those account books."

This means that Zhang Ruolan is good at attracting men, but she is not good at managing the household affairs.

"Yes, yes!" another young lady said with a smile, "A while ago I wanted to invite Miss Zhang to my house, but unfortunately she was ill and couldn't come. Now it seems that she is well again!"

This means that Zhang Ruolan is in poor health or is arrogant.

The prefect's wife looked unhappy, and no one knew what she was thinking. She asked Zhang Ruolan to return to her seat and then asked someone to take the young ladies to the lotus pond for a visit.

The separation between men and women in the Tianyuan Dynasty was not very strict, and was even relatively open, especially for noble ladies, who were more unrestrained.

In fact, the banquet was held with the women on the east side of the lotus pond and the men on the west side. They could see each other clearly and talk, but they could not walk to the other side.

Perhaps because of the enthusiasm of the prefect's wife just now, or perhaps because Bai Zhaozhao's status was too low, the two of them sat in a small pavilion in the distance and drank tea without being disturbed.

Zhang Ruolan looked calm and comforted Bai Zhaozhao: "Sister Zhao, don't worry. The prefect's wife's meaning is actually the prefect's. He must support the opening of Jishiditang in the prefectural city!"

Bai Zhaozhao also nodded in agreement, otherwise the Fang family would not be so wary.

"Get out of here!" a shout was heard, and everyone looked towards the corridor. A woman in a brocade and satin dress was looking angry, and a maid immediately knelt down in front of her. She should be a maid brought by some young lady.

"Please spare my life, my lady, please spare my life!" The maid begged for mercy desperately.

The young lady of her host family also hurriedly bowed: "County Lady, Xiao Cui didn't see you for a while..."

"Shut up! You master and servant are so noisy! Someone, get them out!" The county lady was obviously even angrier. It was so annoying. She just wanted them to get out of the way, but they insisted on acting like they were being bullied!

The other ladies did not dare to respond, for fear that they would also be kicked out, which would be extremely embarrassing!

The scolded master and servant were eventually taken away by a nanny.

Zhang Ruolan explained quietly: "This should be the Princess of Qingyang County. I didn't expect her to really come! I heard that when she was in the capital, she liked the eldest son of the Zhong family. Oh, that's the young master who greeted guests at the door! Sister Zhao, you should be careful. This Princess is famous for her bad temper."

Bai Zhaozhao was stunned. Princess Qingyang, one of the female supporting roles! It turned out that she liked Master Zhong before she fell in love with Cheng Jiayu!

This is really hard to judge. Young Master Zhong has a distinguished family background and is very handsome. No matter how you look at it, he is far better than Cheng Jiayu. Isn't it simply a case of throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds?

No, that cannot be said. After all, Cheng Jiayu has not yet entered the court and has not undergone a complete transformation.

I feel a bit sympathetic towards the supporting female character Bai Zhaozhao, because the book says that the Princess of Qingyang County suffers from mania.

When she was still a child, she stood on the city wall at the border and witnessed her father, the commander-in-chief, being tragically killed by the enemy. The battle was won, but her father was gone, and her mother later committed suicide for love.

She fell seriously ill and was sent to the palace and adopted by the Queen Mother. As she grew up, she could no longer control her temper and would often go crazy.