I married the wrong man, and I sent him and his whole family to be executed.

Chapter 122 Spring Banquet

Ever since Yu Wangfei was conferred the title of princess, the young ladies from the aristocratic families began to have a slightly different opinion of her.

It happened that the Spring Banquet would be held in a few days, so Su Yunyun sent an invitation to Yu Wangfei, hoping that she could attend with her.

The Spring Banquet is a custom of the Great Chu since ancient times. It refers to the gathering of young men and unmarried women in the city at the shore of Jingyang Lake outside the city during the Spring Equinox. If the two are in love, they will give each other gifts and then tell their family elders after returning to the city to choose an auspicious day to facilitate a good relationship.

Yu Wangfei knew about this custom, but in her previous life, she was busy with the family business before she got married. Later, she met Gu Baizhou, so she didn't need to go to the Spring Banquet to find her husband, so she had never attended the Spring Banquet.

So when Yu Wangfei received Su Yunyun's invitation, he became interested.

It just so happened that there weren't many affairs in Huichun Hall these days, and there was nothing in the Yu Mansion that needed her attention, so she might as well go and take a look with Su Yunyun.

On the day of the Spring Banquet, the weather was sunny with a few clouds. Yu Wangfei took off the heavy cloak she had worn for the whole winter and put on a light yellow dress. The light yellow color made her look particularly delicate.

Yunhua picked another apricot blossom from the yard and put it on Yu Wangfei's hair.

After finishing her makeup and hair, Yu Wangfei got on the carriage and quickly left the city and arrived at the Jingyang Lake.

At this time, all the noble ladies had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Yu Wangfei coming, they all stepped forward to greet him.

This scene is completely different from the one at the British Mansion.

"You're here." Su Yunyun walked over enthusiastically.

"Am I late?" Yu Wangfei asked doubtfully.

But she had clearly arrived an hour earlier, so why were all the other noble ladies already there?

"The princess is not late, we are early." Su Yunyun replied, "Because it is a spring banquet, if we were late, we would not be able to see those gentlemen earlier, wouldn't it be a loss of sight."

So that's how it is. Yu Wangfei smiled inwardly. She thought that most ladies from aristocratic families were reserved, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

Su Yunyun took Yu Wangfei's hand and introduced the other sisters to her, "This one is the daughter of Minister Wang, and this one is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion..."

Yu Wangfei could see that most of these people were hypocritical in their attempts to make friends with her. They must be treating her like this because she now held the title of Princess Pingle.

After a round of introductions, Yu Wangfei actually recognized all the noble ladies in the city.

It was not until she saw Lu Xiaoting that a different expression appeared on her face.

She didn't expect that Lu Xiaoting was here too.

After seeing Lu Xiaoting, Su Yunyun immediately let go of Yu Wangfei's hand. She didn't know that Lu Xiaoting did not invite Princess Pingle, and thought that the two of them would come together.

After all, it was Lu Xiaoting who brought Yu Wangfei to the birthday party last time and introduced her identity to the other noble ladies, so Su Yunyun thought that Lu Xiaoting and Yu Wangfei were close friends, and the way she held Yu Wangfei's hand just now was too abrupt.

"Why are you here too?" Lu Xiaoting was puzzled and looked at Yu Wangfei with a frown.

In her opinion, all the women invited to the Spring Banquet were unmarried women, and Yu Wangfei could not be considered unmarried at all, after all, she had been married.

"If you can come, why can't I?" Yu Wangfei asked.

"I'm not married yet, so I can come, but you're divorced. To put it bluntly, you're an abandoned woman. How can you come to this occasion?" Lu Xiaoting insulted directly.

Although she knew that Yu Wangfei was conferred the title of princess and had her own fiefdom, so what? In Lu Xiaoting's view, she was still a presentable woman.

Moreover, Yu Wangfei's family background and her ancestors were not famous figures, so she didn't take Yu Wangfei seriously at all.

But Su Yunyun is different. She feels that Yu Wangfei will do great things in the future.

Because Yu Wangfei was favored by the emperor when she was still a commoner, the emperor issued an imperial decree to allow her to divorce. Later, Yu Wangfei cured the plague, was named a princess, and was rewarded with a fief. All of these made her extremely envious.

If she lost the Duke of England's Mansion, Su Yunyun would be nothing.

This is why she invited Yu Wangfei to the Spring Banquet.

As for the other noble ladies, their parents were all powerful officials in the court. They could see how powerful Yu Wangfei was, so before they came to the Spring Banquet, they repeatedly reminded them to have a good conversation with Yu Wangfei.

"Miss Lu, you'd better not say such things." Su Yunyun stood up for Yu Wangfei, "You and I are both people who know poetry, books, etiquette and music. We shouldn't be so uneducated."

"You are not worthy of teaching me a lesson." Lu Xiaoting snorted coldly and looked at Su Yunyun with disdain. "My father is a general. If it weren't for my Lu family, you wouldn't be able to live so peacefully in the capital."

"Be careful with your words." Yu Wangfei immediately spoke out to stop her and looked around vigilantly, fearing that what she had just said would be heard by others.

If someone with ulterior motives took advantage of Lu Xiaoting's words, the Lu family would lose their military power, or even face the fate of having their entire family executed. In this case, Chu Yuheng and Chu Fei's plan would inevitably fail.

Even for Chu Fei, she would never allow Lu Xiaoting to say such outrageous words.

I thought Lu Xiaoting was smart, but I didn't expect her to be so stupid.

"It's hilarious that an abandoned woman has the nerve to attend the Spring Banquet." Lu Xiaoting said sarcastically.

Hearing this, Su Yunyun wanted to argue with him, but was stopped in time by Yu Wangfei.

"I won't bother with you, but don't go too far." Yu Wangfei gritted his teeth and glared at Lu Xiaoting.

Seeing Yu Wangfei getting angry, Lu Xiaoting deliberately raised her voice and shouted, "Sister, you've already divorced, yet you still come to the Spring Festival Banquet. If I were your sister, I would be so ashamed."

Some noble ladies heard the noise and came over.

"Shut up!" Su Yunyun was angry. "I invited Princess Pingle here."

"I still don't know if this princess's status has taken away the credit from others." Lu Xiaoting said deliberately.

There have always been rumors in the capital that Yu Wangfei stole the credit for the plague from the old genius doctor. Although the patients in Hanshan Temple at that time stood up to clear Yu Wangfei's name, Chu Aotian still used his previous words to make Yu Wangfei's position as a princess uneasy.

"I seem to have heard that the plague was cured by the old doctor." A noble lady echoed privately, "But the old doctor has gone into seclusion, so all the credit was given to Yu Wangfei, and she was named Princess Pingle."

"Yes, I heard about this too. It can't be true."

The crowd suddenly started whispering.

Yu Wangfei pretended not to hear anything and didn't want to pay attention to these remarks.

At this moment, someone shouted, "If you want to know Yu Wangfei's medical skills, why not let her diagnose your pulse?"