Chapter 1782: Chapter 1782

Chapter 1782: 069. Meeting and Chatting_3

Lin Yuan’s lips curled slightly, a mocking smile on her face; Consort Liu is the typical example of bringing disaster upon oneself.

What is a palace banquet? How dare she randomly accuse others! Not only her, but even Yan Ruchun, could not spare her own niece.

Though Lin Yuan and Yan Ruchun were on good terms, she heard about their family matters from Xu Muqing.

It’s said that Yan Xiangkai’s dearest was not his only daughter, but his sister who entered the palace at a young age. Not only did he frequently send Silver to the palace to smooth things over for his sister, but he also contributed the Silver Tael he earned from Drunken Immortal Residence and Drunken Immortal Tower to Consort Liu and Zhao Hongsheng.

But what was the result of all this? Consort Liu secretly planned to send her own niece to Xiliang as a tribute bride!

Her brother had only one daughter, how could she bear to separate them ?

With a sigh, what Lin Yuan wanted to know most now was Yan Xiangkai’s attitude. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoveIꜰire.net

Now that Consort Liu had angered the Dragon Face and was grounded, if Yan Xiangkai still cared for her, he would surely be busy making arrangements.

If he really did that…

Lin Yuan felt a chill in her heart, envisioning the cold and sharp-tongued image of Yan Ruchun. What a pitiful little thing!

On New Year’s Day, Lin Yuan and Lady Liu idly lounged at home, but from the second day onwards, it was impossible to do so, as visitors came continuously to pay their respects.

Most of the guests were Madams and Young Ladies who were usually well-acquainted with Lady Liu. In the past, when they came, Lin Yuan avoided the trouble by hiding away in Dong Tian or Idle Tea House, but now being New Year, she couldn’t avoid it, so she had to stay by Lady Liu’s side to entertain these ladies.

To say it was entertaining was actually just sitting around and chatting idly.

On the table were various types of pastries, all sold previously at Rice Flower Fragrance. Since coming to the Capital city, whenever Lin Yuan had time, she would return to the kitchen to teach the Kitchen Ladies some culinary skills, so naturally, these pastries were made by the Kitchen Ladies.

Although they weren’t made by Lin Yuan personally, in the eyes of these young ladies in the Capital, they were already very novel and delicious.

Watching everyone happily eating the pastries while constantly praising her, Lin Yuan felt overwhelmed.

Back in Lin family village and Zhuma Town, she had never imagined that one day the young daughters of high-ranking officials in the Capital would praise her.

It felt like a dream!

Lin Yuan politely conversed with them, but the distance and formal politeness in her tone were hard to conceal.

Holding a teacup, chatting half-heartedly, Lin Yuan felt exhausted. Which one of these young ladies genuinely wanted to make friends with her? They were simply using the New Year visits as an opportunity to curry favor.

Speaking of currying favor, a person came to her mind. It was Cheng Yuexiu, who had just been titled Princess Hexiu.

In terms of the ability to curry favor, Cheng Yuexiu was the most capable. It’s just unfortunate that she picked the wrong person when she first arrived in the Capital. Now that Su Qiuyu was focused on recovery at home and didn’t even step out during the New Year, her currying favor was useless.

If she were to curry favor with someone else, who could she curry favor with?

Among those with a status similar to Su Qiuyu were Yao Hanai and Lin Yuan, but both were not on good terms with Su Qiuyu.

Especially Lin Yuan, the two were even rivals in love! If someone like her could bring herself to curry favor, wouldn’t that mean breaking ties with Su Qiuyu entirely?

Deliberate or not, while Lin Yuan was thinking about Cheng Yuexiu, a Young Lady mentioned her.

“Does the Commandery Princess remember Princess Hexiu?”

The speaker was the legitimate daughter of a Fifth-Rank Official. Her eyes sparkled intelligently as she spoke, and she seemed quite clever.

Lin Yuan found her somewhat resembling Tian Xuan, so she had been a bit warmer towards her previously.

“Recently titled a princess at the palace banquet, of course, I remember,” Lin Yuan said with a smile, setting down her tea cup and adjusting her sleeves.

That young lady, seeing Lin Yuan smiling all along, spoke more freely.

“Hmph, what princess? In essence, she’s just a pawn sent on a marriage alliance. The Commandery Princess, take a look at her title, ‘Hexiu, Hexiu’, even her title bluntly reveals the reason she became a princess; it’s truly disgraceful.”

Lin Yuan’s expression didn’t look good; her eyebrows knitted together, but she didn’t act out, continuing to smile as she said, “The title granted by Your Majesty, how could we comment on it? Sister, please be mindful of your words.”

Hearing Lin Yuan call her sister, the young lady was delighted, glancing over the other three young ladies present with a hint of pride in her expression.