In order to meet the Ye girl his grandson presumably likes, he even troubled the Yan Family, but it ended up being a wasted effort.
Thinking of this, Prince Ping was furious: "Since Miss Ye didn’t come, why did you show up? The real deal didn’t come, and yet the extras did—absolutely ridiculous."
With that, he flung his sleeves and left.
Wentao felt a headache coming on. The old prince’s temper had grown increasingly irritable. Some words really didn’t need to be said aloud; how humiliating for others!
As he looked at the Weng Madam and her two daughters, who were left in an awkward position, Wentao was at a loss as to what to do when Zhou Jingwan arrived, supporting Madam Li.
"Aunt!"
Madam Li nodded slightly and immediately instructed Wentao to go after Prince Ping.
Seeing Madam Li approaching, Weng Madam finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly led her two daughters to greet her: "Greetings to the Old Madam."
Madam Li smiled and waved off their formalities: "Madam Weng, please don’t take offense. Truth be told, our family has a long-standing connection with General Ye. After hearing about the misfortune that befell the Ye Family, we simply wanted to meet Miss Ye. We did not expect her absence, which inevitably caused some surprise."
Afterwards, Madam Li spoke to Madam Weng in a courteous yet tactful manner to ease the awkwardness. Once the tension subsided, she went on to chat with other women present.
Among the ladies gathered at the Yan Family residence, none of them were strangers to the intricacies of life in the inner court. Many inwardly scorned Madam Weng for being so foolish and oblivious. During the plum blossom viewing that followed, not a single person approached the Weng family trio.
Madam Weng and her daughters, sitting stiffly, watched as everyone else laughed and chatted merrily. They longed to join in but couldn’t find an opportunity. Though they were physically close, it felt as if an insurmountable chasm separated them.
Madam Weng deeply regretted her actions. She had been too naive. She thought that using Ye Yueying’s care for the Old Madam as an excuse would allow everyone to gloss over things tacitly. Who could have imagined that, because Ye Yueying hadn’t arrived, the Yan Family would outright ignore them?
If she had known earlier, she would have brought Ye Yueying along. Even if her two daughters didn’t shine as bright with Ye Yueying present, it would still be better than enduring the cold shoulder they now faced.
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"Xi-ge, can you slow down a bit?"
At the palace gates, Xiao Moxi mounted his horse in one swift motion as Wu Yutang chased after him.
Once he caught up to Xiao Moxi, Wu Yutang teased him in a playful tone, "Did the old prince really not tell you that the Yan Family’s flower-viewing gathering was meant to meet Miss Ye?"
Xiao Moxi shot him a sidelong glance. If he had known, would he still have been lingering in the palace at this moment?
Thinking about Ye Yueying’s cool and aloof nature, Xiao Moxi lashed his whip and sped up.
This is just grandfather meddling recklessly. Xiao Moxi hadn’t even figured out how to meet Miss Ye himself, and this sudden interference had thrown him completely off balance.
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