Chapter 1790: Chapter 1790

Chapter 1790: 072. Chat (First Update)

Lin Yuan’s culinary skills were naturally beyond question, and the table full of fragrant dishes left Xu Muqing and the others satisfied, even Yan Ruchun had a good time and ate heartily today.

Initially, Lin Yuan wanted to joke around with the three of them, but seeing how much they were enjoying the food, she couldn’t help but feel great too and ended up eating several more bites herself.

The dishes were delicious, but it would be a pity without some fine wine to accompany them.

Lin Yuan took out her unopened red wine, which Yan Ruchun and the others had never tried. One sip, and they couldn’t put it down.

“I heard Mr. Zhuang mention something nice here before, turns out he was talking about this wine! It’s truly good stuff!”

After drinking a glass of red wine, Yan Ruchun couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

Lin Yuan smiled, remembering that somewhat tipsy yet utterly charming Mr. Zhuang, and the Lotus Wine he taught her to make.

“Isn’t it true? Yuanyuan’s place has the best food. Thankfully, we left Cheng Mansion early. If we had stayed to eat there, who knows how annoyed we would’ve been!” This text is hosted at novｅlfire.net

Xu Muqing picked up another bite of fish-flavored pork, chewing it cleanly before sticking out her little pink tongue to lick every drop of sauce from her lips, an adorably innocent gesture that made everyone laugh.

Tian Xuan couldn’t help but nod in agreement, “Isn’t that right? The moment I received Cheng Yuexiu’s invitation yesterday, I knew today wouldn’t go smoothly. When I got there today, oh, she’d invited only a few of us! Luckily, we didn’t let her have her way, hmph!”

Hearing Tian Xuan’s indignant words, Lin Yuan knew she also guessed the purpose of Cheng Yuexiu’s invite today.

No need to mention Su Qiuyu—Cheng Yuexiu had been trying to ingratiate herself with her for a while. Now, as she’s about to leave the Capital city, she naturally couldn’t forget to invite her.

Moreover, Prime Minister Su is the head of the civil officials in the court. Even if Cheng Yuexiu leaves the Capital city, Sir Cheng will still need to rely on Prime Minister Su.

Even if Cheng Yuexiu didn’t try to curry favor with Su Qiuyu, Sir Cheng would make his daughter invite her.

Judging by how she was dismissive to everyone today but treated Su Qiuyu differently, you could tell.

As for Yao Hanai, Cheng Yuexiu had no interaction with her, but it was obvious she didn’t get along with Lin Yuan and the others. With her present, Cheng Yuexiu and Su Qiuyu wouldn’t be left in isolation.

As the saying goes, an enemy’s enemy is a friend. It seems Su Qiuyu and the others understood this well!

Inviting Yan Ruchun to the banquet, Lin Yuan guessed she probably vented the resentment of being selected for marriage on Yan Ruchun.

If it hadn’t been for Wei Boyu and Lin Yuan intervening when Consort Liu suggested Yan Ruchun for the marriage, Cheng Yuexiu wouldn’t have been involved at all.

Inviting Tian Xuan and Xu Muqing over was likely to satisfy Cheng Yuexiu’s vanity!

Anyway, her marriage to Xiliang couldn’t be changed, so why not take this opportunity to belittle Tian Xuan and Xu Muqing well?

Moreover, there had been conflicts among them before, and they were embarrassed to expose them because of future considerations.

Now that Cheng Yuexiu was about to leave Dayong for good, with her father under the care of Prime Minister Su, she naturally wasn’t afraid to sever ties with these people.

Raising her hand to smooth her hair, Lin Yuan thought of Cheng Yuexiu’s hostility towards her and her anger after setbacks, a cold smile played on her lips.

Not to mention that the matter between Lin Yuan and Ma Junying was non-existent, but using it as a pretext to trouble her was utterly boring.

“Cheng Yuexiu brought it upon herself and totally deserved it!”

Xu Muqing pursed her plump lips, eagerly sharing gossip she heard from Wei Borong and her father while munching away.

“And that Miss Yao, how did she have the nerve to attend the banquet today? Shameless, doesn’t she know what shame is after doing such disgraceful things? Oh, you don’t know, the Second Prince still hasn’t mentioned marrying Miss Yao, which has Graduate Yao in a panic, constantly sending messages to the Second Prince Mansion. And what’s the result? She still hasn’t gotten into the Second Prince Mansion!”

Though Xu Muqing’s chubby cheeks suggested she loved to eat and drink, as the child of officials, she was also very sharp about the battles behind these events.

The incident of Yao Hanai being cornered in the inn by Su Qiuyu and the others was well-known in the Capital city, even though the Yao Mansion tried to suppress the news, it still greatly damaged Yao Hanai’s reputation.