As she shouted like this, people around her couldn't help but look this way. Li Mingzi quickly returned to her normal state, and asked in a low voice, "Well, do you know who the woman in the room is?"

"I don't know. Mrs. Li let everyone leave." Mu Yunong shook her head.

Mrs. Li got a grave look. She thought that Marquis Shuo was really everywhere, and he had repeatedly undermined their plans. However, she didn't have time to overthink about it now.

She was not sure what happened to the Third Prince now. If this came out, she wouldn’t be able to stay at the mansion of Duke Mu anymore. Li Mingzi was panicked at this time.

However, seeing Mrs. Li appear at the banquet to greet people, Li Mingzi felt relieved. Since Mrs. Li was here, things must have been under control.

Li Mingzi posed for a moment to collect herself and took her seat. The banquet was about to start, and she had to keep herself calm. After the banquet, she would ask the Third Prince what was going on.

At this time, Yang Zijin also found her place and sat down, opposite to Shuo Ling.

Next to her was Chushi Weiyang.

Heir Apparent was on the left side of the old lady. Chushi Yingying was sitting on the other side of Heir Apparent, waving at Yang Zijin, who smiled back.

"Yingying, don't be rude." Chushi Lanfu whispered.

When Chushi Lanfu was not paying attention to her, Chushi Yingying made a face and stuck out her tongue at him and then sat down quickly.

Seeing this cute and naughty girl, Yang Zijin liked her even more.

At this time, everyone found a place to sit down. Grand Preceptor Li and Mrs. Li got up and walked to the middle with a glass of wine. Then they started talking.

"Today is the 80th birthday of my mother. Thank you all for coming to celebrate her birthday." Grand Preceptor Li said with a smile on his face.

"What are you saying? Even if you didn't invite us, we would still come."

"Although the lady is eighty years old, she is still very healthy. She will live a long life!"

...

People began to say nice things.

"Enough talk, everyone. Enjoy your meal here. I’ll empty my glass to show my respect to you." He said and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Only then did he sit down with Mrs. Li.

The banquet officially started.

During the banquet, Chushi Weiyang leaned towards Yang Zijin and whispered with his head stretched out, "Mrs. Marquis, when are you going to get married?"

"Ah? What? What did you say, Your Highness?" Yang Zijin was shocked.

There was a smirk on Chushi Weiyang's face. "Your Highness, don't play the fool. You were already very high-profile. The words have got around the wives and ladies of the official families. Even some ordinary people already knew it. How come you are so reserved now?"

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Zijin got a grave look.

When did she become Mrs. Marquis? And it all spread out. How could she not know it?

Chushi Weiyang couldn't help but say to her, "Your Highness, don't pretend anymore. Sounding with steps you wore on your head at the reception banquet last time was given by Empress Dowager to the lady at Mansion of Marquis Shuo."

"What? Sounding with steps is for women?" Yang Zijin couldn't help but get stunned.

Marquis Shuo actually tricked her secretly. No wonder she always felt that people were looking at her in a weird way. When the reception banquet ended last time, Duke of Mu specifically told her not to be too close to Shuo Ling. Right before this banquet, he told her not to wear sounding with steps, and she was wondering why. Now it all became clear.

Thinking of this, Yang Zijin stared at Shuo Ling on the opposite side, hoping to beat him up.

At this time, Chushi Weiyang saw Yang Zijin’s reaction and couldn’t help but think that it was not good. It turned out that Yang Zijin didn’t know that sounding with steps belonged to the mansion of Marquis Shuo. If Shuo Ling knew that he told her about it, it would not end well for him.

Shuo Ling, who was tasting wine, suddenly felt someone who was looking at him coldly. He could not help looking up at Yang Zijin, and found that she was staring at him now, her eyes filled with a grudge. He saw that Chushi Weiyang was still talking to Yang Zijin, and he realized that Chushi Weiyang must've said something that he shouldn't have said.

The banquet went smoothly. But after hearing Chushi Weiyang's words, Yang Zijin had no mood to take out the masks she was going to share with the ladies.

After the banquet, Yang Zijin asked Jiang Wei to go to the carriage to get some masks and pearl powder. First, she handed those that could help remove spots to Chushi Yingying and informed her how to use them.

"If it works, send someone to Woman Flower in the market to get some again." Yang Zijin continued.

Even if some sleeping beauty masks were not sent out today, she wasn't worried. She surely knew the effect of this mask. Pursuing beauty was female nature. When the imperial concubines and the Empress used it well, they would certainly let their maids come to buy it. That kind of free advertisement was going to be very effective.

After hearing this, Chushi Yingying nodded, "I'll let mom do what you said."

"Well... This is for you." Yang Zijin gave Chushi Yingying the pearl powder.

Chushi Yingying looked really happy, "Thank you."

"The usage for this one is the same as that one, but the effect is different." Yang Zijin told Chushi Yingying.

Then Chushi Lanfu, who had bid farewell to the Grand Preceptor, came back and saw something in the hand of Chushi Yingying. He was curious and asked, "What is this?"

"There's nothing to share. It's a secret between us girls." Chushi Yingying said, turning her head.

Chushi Lanfu sighed, "Look, look. You're naughty again."

"Well, Heir Apparent, I will leave now." Yang Zijin said and saluted to him.

Yang Zijin just turned around and heard Chushi Yingying saying behind her, "If you come to the palace, remember to visit me!"

"Sure." Yang Zijin paused and turned back.

Then she walked towards the carriage outside.

She walked right past Shuo Ling and Chushi Weiyang, and saw them walk out of the banquet directly.

Shuo Ling got on the carriage, and Chushi Weiyang jumped up to the carriage quickly!

"Marquis Shuo, this sweetheart of yours, has a strong personality. Although you have feelings for her, she doesn't have feelings for you." Chushi Weiyang chuckled aside.

After hearing that, Shuo Ling said coldly, "Be careful about what you say. If you let me hear things you shouldn't say in the future, I will have your tongue cut."

"I'm so scared!" After hearing Shuo Ling's words, Chushi Weiyang quickly covered his mouth with his hand.

But after a while, Chushi Weiyang became serious again, "Isn't your move today exactly what the Third Prince wanted?"

"Recently, the Third Prince's mom intends to win over Grand Mentor Liu, who also intends to join her. But he is still thinking about how to maximize his benefits. I merely gave him a push. He is not someone who can be dealt with easily. Now he has something on the Third Prince, and he will definitely use it." Shuo Ling was willing to talk to Chushi Weiyang about these things.

Chushi Weiyang couldn't help but nod, "That was a smart move. It seemed to help the Third Prince, but it actually made him upset! It's just a pity for the beautiful girl from the mansion of Grand Mentor Liu.

Shuo Ling closed his eyes at this time, and stopped talking. Seeing it, Chushi Weiyang stopped talking, too.

The Sixth Prince said to the carriage driver, Mo Li, "Stop. Stop. I want to get off here."

"All right, just a second." Mo Li stopped the carriage.

Chushi Weiyang got off the carriage.

Mo Li said to Chushi Weiyang, "Can you wait here for a little bit? I will take Marquis Shuo back to the mansion, and then take you back to the palace."

"No, no, I will go back on my own later." Chushi Weiyang said quickly.

He finally got a chance to be out of the palace, and he hadn't enjoyed himself yet. How could he go back so quickly?

"Well, Your Highness. Goodbye." Mo Li continued.

Chushi Weiyang quickly waved his hand, "Just go."

Mo Li pulled the reins lightly and drove towards the mansion of Marquis Shuo.

…

But at this time, in the harem, imperial concubine Xiao listened to Eunuch Li's words and she couldn't help but look angry, "What did you say? How dare the Grand Mentor Liu ask for it."

Eunuch Li was so scared that he knelt aside.

"Please calm down. The Third Prince wanted me to inform you about it. Can you think of any way to deal with it?" Li He said with his head down.

Imperial concubine Xiao sneered, "Anyway? Now what's done is done. There is no way!"

After a while, imperial concubine Xiao calmed down and said to Eunuch Li, "Leave for now and wait for the Third Prince to come back. Let him come to see me."

"Yes!" Eunuch Li retreated from the room.

At the mansion of Marquis Shuo.

Shuo Ling, who returned to the mansion, frowned at this time, as Yang Zijin obviously looked angry when she left.

Thinking for a moment, he decided to go to the mansion of Duke Mu to visit Zijin after it got dark. After the decision, he felt that time passed slower. He waited until it was late at night that he got to the mansion of Duke Mu with the cover of the darkness.

Arriving at Yang Zijin's place, Shuo Ling was about to get in. Suddenly he heard some noises, so he peeked through the window.

"Wei, go get me that box!" Yang Zijin said, pointing to the box with sounding with steps in it, given by Shuo Ling on the dresser.

Jiang Wei took the box to Yang Zijin.

Yang Zijin opened the box and looked at it for a while, and then she said to Jiang Wei, "Return this to Marquis Shuo tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness." Jiang Wei stepped forward and was about to put away sounding with steps.

At this time, Shuo Ling jumped in from the window, "Why? Aren't you satisfied with what I gave you?"

He walked towards Yang Zijin.

But Yang Zijin looked aside.

"Marquis." Jiang Wei saw him and saluted before exiting the room and closing the door.

"What's wrong with you?" Shuo Ling asked, pretending to be confused.

Yang Zijin said angrily at this time, "What's wrong? Do you have to ask me about what you did?"

She pushed sounding with steps aside as she said it.

"That's what you are talking about!" Shuo Ling said without any emotion, taking sounding with steps out of the box.

"Let me tell you that I hate people to go behind my back like this." Yang Zijin said angrily when she heard that Shuo Ling was so cool about it.

Yang Zijin, who was seriously angry at this time, had a special charm for Shuo Ling. He helped Yang Zijin wear sounding with steps.

Seeing Shuo Ling's action, Yang Zijin, who was angry, stood up fiercely and was about to yell at him.

But Shuo Ling embraced her with his arms.

Before she struggled, she heard Shuo Ling say, "I like you."

Then Shuo Ling kissed her cherry-red lips and hugged her tightly.

Yang Zijin was a little stunned by his sudden confession. She was clearly angry. How could it become a confession scene now？