After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

Chu Qinghuang looked at him expressionlessly.

Wen Xingyun turned his eyes slightly and saw Wen Zhan standing beside Chu Qinghuang. His eyes suddenly became sharp. However, before he could say anything, he saw Wen Zhan humbly bowing to him: "Hello, father."

Wen Xingyun's expression sank: "What's going on?"

Wen Zhan stood up straight and reminded considerately: "Father seems to have forgotten to bow to His Royal Highness the Princess."

Wen Xingyun's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Chu Qinghuang. However, his eyes only fell on Chu Qinghuang's face for a moment, and then he bowed his head and knelt down: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness, and may Your Highness live a thousand years."

Madam Wen and his legitimate son Wen Li who followed him had to kneel down: "You pay your respects to Her Royal Highness, and may Your Highness live a thousand years."

"No need to bow." Chu Qinghuang said coldly, "Today is Lord Wen's birthday. This palace and Wen Zhan came here to wish His Highness a happy birthday. By the way, I have something to discuss with His Highness."

Something to discuss?

Wen Xingyun's heart skipped a beat, "Your Highness, please speak."

"This is not the place to talk."

Wen Xingyun understood instantly, turned around and gestured, "Your Highness, please."

Chu Qinghuang walked into the gate, suddenly stopped, and said indifferently: "These gossipers spoke rudely to my servant. Their words were extremely unpleasant and immoral. I will give them a slight punishment. If it offends Lord Wen, I apologize here."

At that moment, Wen Xingyun almost thought he had heard it wrong.

The Seventh Princess, who has always been cold and violent, actually "apologized" to him?

It's not flattered, but it's a little frightened, but more of the displeasure in my heart just now has silently dissipated.

At this time, Wen Xingyun had no time to care whether his son was the servant of the eldest princess. He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I am afraid and dare not apologize to you."

As long as this evil god doesn't whip him at his birthday banquet, he will be happy.

The group then walked into the Wen family mansion.

When the Wen family servant went to report the news, he only quietly told Wen Xingyun, and Wen Xingyun brought his wife and legitimate son Wen Li to meet the emperor. The other guests were staying in the Shuiyun Pavilion of the Wen family at this time.

Shuiyun Pavilion is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. The first floor entertains court colleagues of the same level or lower than Wen Xingyun; the second floor is mostly occupied by young legitimate sons of noble families; the third floor is where the princes and dignitaries are entertained.

Chu Qinghuang is a female guest, so naturally she will not sit with men.

However, she did not sit in the female guest room.

After ordering someone to deliver the gift, Chu Qinghuang and Wen Xingyun went to the study together, and Wen Zhan went to the second floor of Shuiyun Pavilion alone. When the young masters of noble families saw him, they were all surprised.

"Second Master Wen?" A man in a sky-blue brocade shirt sat facing the stairs. He saw Wen Zhan coming up and said in surprise, "Shouldn't you be in the Princess's Mansion? Why are you here?"

The other men at the banquet turned their heads and looked at Wen Zhan with different eyes.

However, although these men who were guests here were all young, not all of them were the same kind of people as the Wen family's legitimate sons. Most of the real legitimate sons of aristocratic families were well-educated, and there were many who had both knowledge and character.

Wen Zhan smiled and greeted everyone: "Today is my father's birthday banquet, I came back to celebrate my father's birthday."

Paused, "The Princess came with me."

He said this without the intention of showing off, purely to prevent anyone from provoking and mocking him without knowing the consequences.

Although he was not afraid of trouble, it was annoying to encounter trouble one after another, especially some tasteless verbal disputes, like a shrew scolding in the street... Even if he had the upper hand, it would inevitably affect people's mood.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here too?" The man in the sky-blue brocade shirt was even more surprised. "Doesn't she always dislike this kind of occasion?"

Wen Zhan smiled calmly and said, "I asked Her Royal Highness to come along."

Everyone understood immediately after hearing this.

Wen Zhan had no status at home, and now he was the servant of the Princess's Mansion. This status undoubtedly meant a humiliation for a man from a serious family. I'm afraid his father and brother looked down on him.

With Chu Qinghuang here, at least no one dared to disrespect him in person.

So everyone could understand his feelings.

"Come and sit over here." The man in the sky-blue brocade shirt said, "It just so happens that I have some questions to ask the second young master. It's convenient to sit together and talk."

Wen Zhan smiled and nodded, walked over calmly, and sat down in an empty seat next to the man.

Just at this moment, a chaotic sound of footsteps came from the stairs, accompanied by intermittent curses, and one after another young masters came up. The men at the table turned their heads and looked at them at the same time, and then they were all stunned.

All of these young masters had red and swollen cheeks, looked embarrassed, and without exception, they were gritting their teeth in anger, as if they had just been slapped... Oh no, not like, they really had just been slapped.

Everyone had a subtle expression.

At Lord Wen's birthday banquet, what did these young masters do to be caught and slapped?

And the young men who could come to the birthday banquet tonight, even if they were not officials in the court, were definitely the sons of officials in the court, ranging from the fourth and fifth ranks to the first and second ranks, and each of them was not an ordinary person.

Who dared to attack them easily?

Even if they were princes, at this critical moment of the competition for the throne, they would never offend so many people at once.

"What's wrong with you?" The man in the sky blue brocade shirt sneered, "Which evil spirit did you offend?"

The first man who came up was wearing a gorgeous dark green robe. He glared at him fiercely. This glance happened to make him see Wen Zhan next to him. His eyes were cold and cold: "Second Master Wen really showed off his power today."

The men at the table looked at Wen Zhan when they heard this.

The incident started because of Wen Zhan?

Everyone thought of the temperament of these young masters on weekdays, thinking that they must have said bad things to Wen Zhan. Unfortunately, today, they ran into the eldest princess and Wen Zhan coming back together...

Well, probably only Chu Qinghuang can punish these bad-mouthed people in public without any scruples.

"I don't deserve your prestige." Wen Zhan poured himself a cup of tea, looking relaxed, "It's just that the prince consort has just fallen out of favor recently, and His Highness has started to treat everyone equally, so everyone has a chance to get a little favor. If you feel that twenty slaps are not enough, you can continue to insult and abuse me. I promise to memorize it word for word and repeat it to Her Highness the Princess later."

When these words came out, everyone's expression froze at the table.

Treat everyone equally?

"Wen Zhan, you are really willing to be lowly." Wen Li, the eldest son of the Wen family, walked up from the stairs coldly, looking at Wen Zhan with contempt in his eyes, "It is a misfortune for the Wen family to have a child like you."

Wen Zhan's expression did not change at all, and he smiled nonchalantly: "If brother is not lowly, why didn't you have the courage to protect your drinking and eating friends just now? You are a coward in front of the eldest princess, and you dare to ridicule and abuse me when you are out of the eldest princess's sight. Brother is really a good son who is responsible."

"You!" Wen Li was furious, "You hide behind a woman and show off your power. You use a woman's power to bully others. You are simply shameless!"