Chapter 71 Eating from the Bowl and Watching the Pot
Mrs. Liu's reputation in the entire capital was amazing. Even the empress dowager went to her 80th birthday.
The Liu family has a large population and four generations live together. Mrs. Liu's sons are also high-ranking officials in the capital, so there are countless people coming to the Liu family this day.
The prince's mansion naturally received an invitation, but Wen Yao, who had been demoted to the status of a concubine, was not qualified to go there, but Wen Yu's maid specially sent her a letter.
Mo Wuyun had already taken Wen Yu first in the morning. After Wen Yao got up, he changed his clothes casually and followed the prince's carriage alone.
There were crowds of people in front of the Liu family, and the scene was amazing. Wen Yao stood in front of the gate and saw a lot of sight looking at her.
Some young men couldn't divert their gaze and stood there in a daze, but couldn't react for a long time.
"Who is that woman?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it before, maybe I came from another place."
After all, if there was such a beautiful woman in the capital, it would have been known to everyone long ago, but there was no news, which made people doubt Wen Yao's identity.
Wen Yao didn't care too much about the thoughts of those people. Her skirt was flying in the wind and her long hair was scattered behind her, which did not conform to the rules that were already a woman here.
However, Wen Yao didn't understand any rules at all, which also caused a lot of commotion.
She followed the crowd to the door, and the doorman guarding outside the door checked the invitations in everyone's hands. She would let them in when they saw that there was no problem. No matter who came, they would be like this.
Wen Yao handed the invitation in his hand to the doorman. After the doorman took a look, he frowned slightly.
"Where did you come from this invitation?"
Wen Yao raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the invitation of the person next to him. Sure enough, she found that her invitation was different from others.
I laughed in my heart. Wen Yu is really interesting. Could it be that I specially created an invitation to make her humiliated in front of the door?
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the invitation?"
The little boy looked up and saw Wen Yao's gentle smile, his face suddenly turned a little red.
He looked around and suddenly felt embarrassed to blame Wen Yao. He whispered: "It seems that there is no seal from the Liu family. I don't know which lady the girl is. Is there any relatives inside?"
Wen Yao thought for a while and said, "I am the lady of the Prime Minister's House, I don't know if my father is inside."
The little boy heard this and said, "I'll go and ask the girl to wait for a moment."
When Wen Yao saw the boy running away in a panic, he couldn't help but touch his face.
When the boy left, there were naturally other doormen guarding him in front of the door.
So it's okay if he doesn't leave.
Unfortunately, Wen Yao stood at the door and directly formed a blocked situation. Many people were unwilling to leave early, which caused some obstacles to people outside coming in.
Suddenly, the crowd separated, a noble carriage parked not far away, and a figure walked down from the carriage. When the people in front heard the movement, they then came back to their senses and turned around.
When the man approached, many people immediately made way and made a spacious space.
Mo Dongliu walked in with a dark robe and looked cold. He shook his hand and put the invitation in the little boy's hand. A boy guarding the door hurried forward to lead the way.
"Please come from His Highness the Eastern King!"
He nodded and took only two steps. Seeing Wen Yao standing at the door, he couldn't help but frown.
"What are you doing here?"
Wen Yao spread his hands and said he was helpless: "Of course it's to attend the birthday party."
He stared at Wen Yao with empty hands and couldn't help but sneer: "I didn't bring any birthday gifts, but I just wanted to attend the birthday party?"
Wen Yao didn't feel embarrassed at all. She smiled and said, "There's no way, I'm very poor, so I can only come empty-handed, with only a thin heart, not to mention that I'm just a concubine in the mansion, what do I need to prepare
Birthday gift?"
She said her identity openly, and many people heard it.
Suddenly, those who were still obsessed with Wen Yao's beauty were dumbfounded and began to whisper to her, pointing fingers.
Wen Yao did not react at all to the words of those outside, and just stared at Mo Dongliu and smiled: "However, something went wrong with my invitation, it seemed that someone was deliberately messing with me."
After hearing this, Mo Dongliu said: "If you want to leave, stay faster, don't block the door and influence others."
Wen Yao heard what he meant and stood directly beside Tianqing.
"Tianqing, your prince is going to come in with me and thank him for me."
Tianqing couldn't help laughing, and shook her head involuntarily, looking at the back of her prince, feeling helpless.
When he learned that Wen Yao had arrived, he walked out with a fierce and evil person, and ran into Mo Dongliu who was about to enter.
Everyone in the prime minister paused, and when they saw Wen Yao standing beside Mo Dongliu, his face looked extremely ugly.
"Wen Yao, this is not the place you should come, why did you come in?"
Wen Yao chuckled: "Why can't I come to such a lively place?"
She kept saying that the people following in the back stopped. When she heard the people from the prime minister's house calling her name, she knew for a moment that the delicate woman in front of her was the one who was rumored to be ugly before.
Wen Yao, the second lady of the Prime Minister’s Mansion.
"It turns out that she is not stupid anymore is true. I didn't expect to look like this."
"The third prince is obviously making a profit. If he can marry such a beauty, he will not lose even if he is a fool, let alone her mother is still a princess of Xixia. It seems..."
"I'm not saying that, I look good and I'm not stupid now. If I haven't gotten married yet, I guess those who propose marriage will break through the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
"But why do I seem to hear that something happened to this prince's concubine not long ago and was demoted to a concubine by the third prince?"
The voices were full of doubts and endless discussions, all discussing the relationship between Wen Yao and the Prime Minister's House.
*** The best thing to save face. Now that everyone is criticized, his face turned pale for a while.
He couldn't stand it anymore and bowed to Mo Dong to salute: "Prince, Wen Yao doesn't understand etiquette. Please forgive me. I'll take it back and discipline it carefully!"
While he was speaking, he asked a servant behind him to take Wen Yao back. Although Mo Dongliu did not say anything, Tianqing still took a step forward.
Wen Yao interrupted later: "The prince agreed to take me to the birthday party, so I won't bother you."
Mo Dongliu was puzzled, when did he agree?
But at this time, he was too lazy to explain, and he said indifferently to everyone in front of him: "Get out of here."
His voice was cold and solemn, but it was shocked by the hearts of many people. Few people present dared to anger Mo Dongliu. This man was not only loved by the emperor, but also controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.
The latter is the most important thing. Even if he doesn't speak up and kills, a word can make you live and die.
Mo Dongliu passed through the crowd, and the matter here also attracted the attention of the master.
The Marquis of Yong'an brought some people to greet him. When he saw Mo Dongliu, he hurriedly bowed his fists and said, "Please please in your place."
Mo Dongliu nodded: "You are polite to your husband."
The Marquis of Yong'an smiled: "The King of the East is here, and my Marquis's mansion will be bright. You must have a good meal with the old minister in a while."
Mr. Liu is generous and his tone gives people a very powerful and sincere feeling. Wen Yao has a good impression of the other party when he sees this first time.
A light blue figure came from the side. When Liu Yangxu saw Mo Dongliu, he felt a little scared in his eyes.
He turned around and wanted to run away, but was pulled over by Mr. Liu holding his collar.
"Come and pay tribute to His Highness the Eastern King."
Liu Yangxu's face was pale, and he lowered his head in fear and did not dare to look at Mo Dongliu's eyes.
After all, Liu Yangxu is famous for having a good time with the third prince. He is the playmate of the third prince since childhood. He also served as a companion for the third prince back then.
Therefore, the battle between the Third Prince and Mo Dongliu during this period has also affected him somewhat. Mo Dongliu has secretly dealt with him several times.
Wen Yao walked out from behind Mo Dongliu and his eyes fell on Liu Yangxu: "Long time no see, Mr. Liu is still safe?"
Liu Yangxu was stunned. Seeing the woman in front of him, she was stunned.
He remembered the words he said at the banquet that day, and he wanted to slap himself in the face, but he still said politely: "I don't know who the girl is?"
He obviously did it on purpose. Although he was wearing a tulle that day, he could still see the similarity between the two.
Especially those eyes, it is difficult to find a second pair in the entire imperial city.
"I sat next to the third prince and had dinner with Mr. Liu on that day. You don't even remember this, but it made me very sad."
Liu Yangxu still took a step back, and his cheeks became hot, "It turned out to be the prince's concubine."
Wen Yao gently curled the corners of his lips: "Young Master Liu and the third prince are so close, aren't it clear that the prince's concubine is already Wen Yu?"
Liu Yangxu turned his head, his face obviously feeling extremely uncomfortable.
She didn't know that Liu Yangxu also had thoughts about Wen Yu, so she deliberately poked his wound in everyone's face: "Does Mr. Liu really envy His Highness the Third Prince, hugging him and eating the bowl and watching him.
In the pot?"
Liu Yangxu's hand hanging on his side slowly tightened, and the tendons on his forehead were leaping.
Although her words were not loud and she did not disturb the conversation between Mo Dongliu and Marquis Liu, she was still heard by the two people who came not far away.
Mo Wuyun walked over from one side, grabbed Wen Yao's wrist, pulled her out of the crowd with force, and said sternly: "What does this prince mean that eating the bowl and looking at the pot?"
Wen Yu stood beside him, her long hair was tied up, and her long red dress gave her a more mature young woman charm.
Compared to the unreachable coldness of the past, she seems to have fallen into the mortal world now.
Chapter completed!