The people in the pavilion also didn't expect that the Nan Ziang County Master would come in, and for a moment they were at a loss for words, the scene was quite awkward!

  After a while, Song Yishang saw that no one was speaking, so she had to speak up herself: "Young Master Yuan, Sister Yuan, Sister Jiang, are you all resting here too?"

  "Right!" Yuan Xue'ai hastily spoke for the three of them, "Sister Jiang was here first, I'm a bit thirsty from walking with my brother, so we'll come in and sit down too."

  He also flattered the mistress of Nanzheng, "You are indeed spirited in this dress. The embroidery of the tangled lotus flowers is from the palace, isn't it? The embroiderers outside don't have such craftsmanship."

  Song Yixiao said to Yuan Xuepei, "Two days ago in the capital, my husband mentioned you to me. I see that your complexion is not bad, how have you been lately?"

  The two of them joined forces to mediate, and the mistress of Nanzhang County quickly thought for a moment. She felt that instead of turning around and leaving in a hurry, it was better to come in and sit down to face her emotional enemy directly. She replied calmly to Yuan Xueying, and after entering and sitting down, she took over the tea water that Yuan Xueying had ordered someone to brew, took a sip, and didn't care that Song Yixiao was diverting the topic to a nearby tree. She slightly tilted her head, gazed at Jiang Muxi's expressionless face, and smiled lightly: "Cousin Jiang, long time no see!"

  Her voice was not loud, and her tone was also very calm, as if the relationship between the two was just an ordinary sister-in-law relationship, they met and naturally greeted each other.

  But before the words had fallen, the pavilion suddenly fell silent, and for a moment, even breathing could be heard.

  Jiang Muxun's eyes flashed with a moment of resentment and weakness, but she quickly raised her head high, straightened her back, and looked directly at the Princess of Nanzheng, saying word by word: "It's... been... a... long... time!"

  "I heard that your cousin's health hasn't been good lately?" The gentle and elegant Lady Nan asked, putting down her tea cup, "I wonder how she is now? It's also our fault, we were so busy with the wedding preparations that we didn't even have time to visit you!"

  Song Yi smiled and took a sip of tea, taking the opportunity to steal a glance at Prince Wei - this nobleman had a face that resembled Emperor Xian Jia in five or six ways, with a refined and elegant air between his eyebrows, although he was dressed in gold and jade, looking luxurious, but more like a learned scholar than a prince.

  In short, he is handsome and elegant but not lacking in refinement.

  It's no surprise that Jiang Muxun will fall in love with this older cousin.

  He sat there with impeccable manners, calmly sipping tea, a picture of elegance, but he could sit idly by and watch his wife being taken away from him, and bully his cousin-in-law, Song Yilai, who had been wronged by him, her eyes filled with disgust.

  "It's fine." Jiang Muxin's fingers gripping the tea bowl were pale from exertion, her tone icy and unmistakable. "No need for you to worry, County Master!"

  "You're saying that, it's still blaming us, otherwise why wouldn't you even call out to your sister-in-law?" The Countess of Nanzheng smiled, the pearl decorations on her hair gently swaying, producing a crisp and clear sound, just like her current mood was light and carefree.

  "Alright, alright, I'll make it up to you: I was wrong as your sister-in-law, I neglected you - don't hold it against me, okay? At worst, next time I'll find you a husband who's just as good as your brother, how about that?"

  If she had only occasionally stabbed Jiang Muqin just now, this would be a knife-to-heart stab at Jiang Muqin!

  Song Yi's expression changed slightly, and she forced a smile to interrupt: "Princess Wang, please try some of these pastries, they were specially made by the chef at my sister's request, they're very fragrant and sweet!" As she spoke, she casually picked up a plate of pastries and pushed it in front of the Princess of Nanzheng.

  Yuan Xueyu suddenly looked up at the sky and exclaimed, "Oh dear, we've been sitting here for so long! If we don't head back now, Brother will be late for his hot spring appointment! Jiang sister, Princess Yushan's palace is in that direction..."

  "Is Jiang Miao also leaving?" But the lord of Nanzheng ignored them, staring only at Jiang Muqin. Her tone was gentle, but her eyes and eyebrows were full of naked provocation. She said in a soft voice, "What a pity... Sister-in-law originally wanted to chat with you more, although we are not biological sisters-in-law, but husband has always treated you like his own sister. In the future, you should be closer to me, don't you think?"

  The seven words "treating you as my own sister" dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Muxin, and although she tried her best to control herself, her trembling hands still spasmed open - with a loud crash, the delicate porcelain bowl with the ruby-red plum blossom pattern shattered into powder on the bluestone floor tiles, and the remaining tea water in the bowl quickly stained a crimson-colored streak on her peach-pink silk skirt!

  Song Yixiao and Yuan Xueai were both shocked and angry, looking towards King Wei together!

  However, King Wei's expression was calm and collected, as if he hadn't seen this scene at all!

  "Jiang sister was blind at first!" Song Yi cursed in her heart, just about to speak up for Jiang Muqin, when a gentle and elegant male voice suddenly sounded: "Although the King's wife may not like Concubine Yan, after all, Concubine Yan raised the King for a period of time. The King's wife should consider the relationship between them, shouldn't she?"

  It was Yuan Xuepei who spoke up, his expression even calmer than that of Wei Wang. His words made the Princess of Nanzheng almost furious: "As the saying goes, a married woman follows her husband. Your respectable younger sister, Princess Yushan, chose to live in a distant place from Li Buxue's residence. You didn't follow her to take care of her, but instead followed your mother to live in Ruyi Garden, which is fine; however, now you're fawning over Wei Wang, an ordinary cousin, with all sorts of flattery, yet you ignore Princess Yushan... This kind of favoritism, not distinguishing between close and distant relatives, makes one wonder if Wei Wang is actually a son-in-law who has been allowed to do as he pleases by his wife!"

  Before the words had fallen, not only did the Lord of Nanxiang County stand up in a rage, but also the King of Wei changed his previous deaf and dumb appearance, casting a very sharp glance: "Marquis Boling!!!"

  "Your Highness probably doesn't know: Princess Yushan arrived yesterday and first went to the Luongong Pavilion to visit her younger brother, Prince Zhao. Only then did she start selecting a residence! In terms of age, Your Highness is the older brother, while Princess Yushan is the younger sister; in terms of experience, Your Highness is an eight-foot-tall man, and no matter how noble Princess Yushan is, she's just a woman!" Yuan Xuepei played with the teacup in her hand, not even looking at them, and said in a light tone, "But up to now, has Your Highness ever cared about any of your siblings?"

  He raised his head, with a hint of a smile, "If this matter reaches the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty's ears, has Your Highness considered the consequences?"

  It was clearly a sarcastic remark, but his face was full of "I'm doing this for your own good, Your Highness". Neither Prince Wei nor the Princess of Nanzheng could think of anything to say in rebuttal, and both turned blue with rage!

  In a fit of rage, the lord of Nan Zhen said: "You, a cripple who can't even stand up straight, probably childless and heirless, think that speaking on behalf of Jiang Muqian for a few words would make Lu He take back his discarded shoes?!"

  Lu He Xing is the name of Wei Wang.

  Nan Zong Jun's words were really unpleasant, and Jiang Muqin, who was already on the verge of collapse, almost fainted! Yuan Xueyu quickly stepped forward to support her and comforted her in a low voice - Wei Wang's face didn't look good either, but he glanced at his wife and didn't say anything.

  "It's better for the King of Wei to be careful with his words!" Song Yi, who had long been dissatisfied, shouted loudly before Yuan Xue could speak up, "Who doesn't know that the Marquis of Boling was injured on the battlefield?! If it weren't for those men fighting on the borders and protecting our country, would we have our current wealth and peace?! The Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have always reminded us not to forget the difficulties of our ancestors' founding of the dynasty - but the King's words put our great generals in what position? Put the soldiers who fought against the Hu people from ancient times to the present in what position? And put the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, who taught us this lesson, in what position?!"

  If what Yuan Xuepei said was to make Wei Wang and his wife eat bitter melon with a mute mouth, then Song Yixiao's words were directly pointing to the heart!

  She directly turned the scolding of Nan Zhen Jun to Yuan Xue Pei into a sentence that Nan Zhen Jun was despising all the generals, despising the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xian Jia's teachings!

  Never forget the hardships of our ancestors who paved the way.

  So even if Song Yixiao knew that she had never heard of such an edict when she met the empress dowager, she couldn't deny that she was using the names of these two to accuse the Princess of Nanzheng's words as inappropriate!

  Nan Ziang's gaze was fixed on Song Yi Xiao, her eyes filled with a hatred that seemed to want to swallow her whole. Song Yi Xiao met her gaze calmly, her apricot-like eyes gleaming with coldness and mockery.

  After a while, the county master who still had a thread of rationality hated to swing her sleeves: "I'm tired, I'll go back first!"

  The King of Wei cast a cold glance at Yuan Xuepei, then looked at Jiang Muxiu before taking steps to catch up: "I'll accompany you!"

  Nie Wu Yan looked at Song Yi Xiao in dismay: They came with the King and Queen of Wei, now that these two have left, what about them?

  Song Yi laughed and didn't have the mood to care about her, after Prince Wei and his wife left, she looked around and saw that except for her younger sister, they were all her own people, so she frowned and said: "Lord Hou, just now those words should have been said by me!"

  She and the Wei royal couple are close relatives, also a woman of noble birth. Even if she openly takes sides with Jiang Muyun, it would only be a family conflict, a storm in the backyard, easy to calm down. At least on the surface, easy to calm down.

  Yuan Xuepei smiled and said, "Everyone is on the side of the crown prince, who says otherwise? Besides, I'm not only not entering officialdom, but also rarely leave my door, so what's there to offend anyone?"

  Song Yixiao knew that things were not so simple, but Yuan Xuepei had said so, and Jiang Muxiu was still present, she didn't dare say anything, thinking that after returning, she would write a letter to tell Jian Xu Bai about this matter as soon as possible.

  "Today's troubles are all because of me, and I've implicated everyone!" Jiang Muxun leaned against Yuan Xueying's chest for a long time, finally controlling her emotions, stood up to bid farewell, and choked with sobs, "In the future, if Lord Yuan has any trouble, please send someone to tell me!"

  Song Yi laughed and hastily returned the courtesy, also scolding her for being too polite - Yuan Xueping was sitting in a wheelchair due to her knee injury and it wasn't convenient for her to stand up. However, she smiled lightly and said: "I had no choice either, just now my younger sister almost tore off my sleeve, if I didn't come out to talk, today when we get back she would definitely be angry with me!"

  Of course, this is a joke. Yuan Xueyao isn't someone who doesn't understand things. With Yuan Xuepei currently disabled and suffering from illness, it's better to have one less thing to worry about. She can't compare to her own brother after all. It was already good that she herself had spoken up to mediate the situation just now, so why would she go and bother Yuan Xuepei?

  But now everyone tacitly understands - Yuan Xueying deliberately didn't follow the path: "Where's the break? It was just pulled two or three dozen times at most!"

  "If I hadn't grabbed the armrest in time, you would have pulled me off the chair just now!" Yuan Xuepei laughed and said, "You still want to deny it?"

  They chattered and laughed, the originally solemn atmosphere in the pavilion suddenly relaxed. Song Yi smiled and turned the conversation to the scenery in Zhuangchun Hall - after talking like this, everyone's mood calmed down, and they dispersed one by one.

  As soon as he came out of the cool pavilion, Song Yi suddenly thought of his little sister-in-law and his heart skipped a beat: "Oh no! This girl has been neglected by me for so long..."

  She was thinking of this, but then heard Nie Wu Xian say: "Fourth sister, you just helped that Miss Jiang, what will you do when National Mother asks questions later?"