The eldest princess was in a very good mood today, and the Princess's Mansion even made some special changes for this banquet.

The front hall was used by these young literati and officials to write poems and paint, with the crowd gathered around to admire and praise them.

A fairly large area was cleared out in the garden not far ahead for the generals to compete with each other.

The eldest princess is deeply loved by the emperor. The queen mother has only this child, so she loves her deeply. Even if she wants the stars in the sky, the queen mother will find a way to pick them for her.

So when the invitation for this banquet was sent out, almost no one dared to refuse.

In addition, everyone knew that the purpose of this banquet was to select a prince consort for the eldest princess, so some people with ulterior motives tried their best to get the eldest princess's attention at this banquet.

But the more this happened, the more bored the princess felt.

She walked around the front hall, looking at those men whose desires were written all over their faces. Neither the men nor the barely written, cheesy poems could arouse her the slightest interest.

The maid saw that she was in a bad mood, and saw that she looked around as if she was looking for someone, so she asked cautiously: "Is Her Royal Highness the Princess looking for Lord Zhang?"

The princess glanced at her and asked, "Who the hell is he? Is he worthy of being looked for by Your Highness?"

This maid has been with the eldest princess for many years, and she can understand what the eldest princess means with just a glance.

The eldest princess's words clearly showed that she was unhappy. When she sent someone to deliver the invitation, she asked someone to specifically remind Lord Zhang. Lord Zhang was so smart that he must have known what His Highness meant, but he still came so late today.

No wonder His Highness is angry.

Following the princess's gaze, she saw a woman with horrible red spots on her face. Two young women followed her. One of the maids was familiar to her. She was Ming Xuan, the niece of Concubine Ming and the wife of Zhao Shidu.

However, the affairs between these two people have spread throughout the capital in recent days, and the eldest princess has obviously heard about it. The Queen and Concubine Ming have been trying to trip each other up in order to gain the favor of the Emperor. Naturally, the eldest princess also dislikes Concubine Ming very much.

He has no good feelings towards this Miss Ming.

What caught the eldest princess' attention should be the Prince of Wei who was following the girl with red spots on her face.

Prince Wei and Lord Zhang have a good relationship, so Prince Wei must know Lord Zhang's whereabouts.

So the maid said with a shrewd look, "It seems to be the Prince of Wei. Your Highness, should we go over and say hello?"

The eldest princess half-closed her eyes and glanced at Wei Yanzhou. Seeing that he had been following Gu Qinghe, she became interested.

She was the one who asked someone to deliver Gu Qinghe's post.

The eldest princess heard about Gu Qinghe's story. At first, she was dismissive of this person, thinking that his so-called medical skills were just hyped up by those people.

But that day, after Doctor Qin returned from the Duke's Mansion, he told everyone in the Imperial Hospital that young people are to be feared and praised Gu Qinghe's medical skills.

Naturally, these words reached the ears of the Queen Mother. She sent someone to call Doctor Qin over to ask him a few questions, and then asked the Princess to send a letter to Gu Qinghe.

The Queen Mother has only one child, the eldest princess. Although she dotes on her very much, she still wants to give birth to a prince to consolidate her position.

His Majesty has few princes, and the crown prince is not favored, so it is hard to say who will take the throne in the future.

If she could give birth to a prince, then even if other concubines were favored, they would never threaten her position.

This is also the reason why the eldest princess invited Gu Qinghe to this banquet.

"Let's go and have a look."

Mingxuan and Gu Qinghe whispered to each other, "It looks like General Shao won't be coming today. He came to the last banquet hosted by the princess, but he was dragged by those people to compete. I guess he won't come this time."

Gu Qinghe thought of what Shao Wei said that day. It really didn't seem like he would come.

This was not unexpected to her, and certainly not disappointing. She looked around calmly, met Li Qiulian's somewhat resentful eyes, and curled the corners of her lips.

In his previous life, Wei Yanzhou had helped Gu Qinghe investigate his life experience, and had suspected that it was related to Prime Minister Li, but before he could confirm it, Gu Qinghe lost his life.

But some things have too many coincidences that make people suspicious. When Lu Zhiyao picked her up, there was only a jade pendant engraved with "Gu" next to her, and Prime Minister Li's wife happened to have the surname Gu.

The year she went missing coincided with the time Li Qiulian was brought back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Could such a coincidence really exist in the world?

Gu Qinghe didn't think so, but there was no rush for this matter right now. He just needed to find a suitable time to verify it, and everything would be clear.

"Are you Gu Qinghe?" The eldest princess looked at her, her eyes fell on the red spots on Gu Qinghe's face, but she did not show contempt like the others.

Her eyes were more of curiosity.

Gu Qinghe bowed and said, "Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Princess. I am Gu Qinghe."

"I heard that you are a good doctor. I just happen to be feeling a little unwell recently. Can you help me take a look after this is over?"

"Yes."

The princess glanced at Mingxuan, snorted, and waved at Gu Qinghe deliberately, "What are you doing down there? Come with me."

Gu Qinghe glanced at Mingxuan, and Mingxuan winked at her, motioning her to come over.

As soon as Gu Qinghe followed the eldest princess to the high stands, Mingxuan followed.

The eldest princess naturally saw her, stopped, turned around and looked at Mingxuan, "What are you doing following me?"

Ming Xuan grinned, "Look carefully in the stands. His Highness has invited all the young talents from the capital to a banquet today. I cannot let His Highness down, so I must go up and take a closer look."

The princess sneered, "Even if you like him, that person may not like you."

This was a bit pointed, but Ming Xuan didn't seem annoyed at all. Instead, she shook her head very casually, "That may not be the case. Your Highness, don't you know that the threshold of the Ming Mansion is almost being trampled down these days?"

"You are so shameless."

Why should she be ashamed? Mingxuan might have felt embarrassed in the past, but after the miscarriage and nearly losing her life, she has come to terms with it.

Her Ming family was the richest in the capital, so not only did others, even His Majesty had to be polite to her, the Ming family. As the daughter of the Ming family, she wanted to live a happy life, but she turned her life into such a mess. It was really ridiculous to tell others about it.

She said very seriously: "Your Highness, you don't know, after going through the gates of hell, shame is no longer important. Since I survived, I will naturally live my life to the fullest."

These words surprised the eldest princess. She had always thought that Mingxuan could not say anything pleasing to the ear, but today was a little strange. It was rare for her to agree with these words.

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