Chapter 247 The Banquet (Part Two)


    "What?" Qian Yin paused, and then smiled. "I see... If she really bes one of thedies, things will


    be much easier. Right?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "yes. This is finally a good news... " Yun Shang returned the parchment to Qian


    Yin, "dispose of it."


    Qian Yin nodded and took out a brazier from the drawer. She picked up a fire starter and threw it into


    the brazier. When she saw the parchment was burned to ashes, she extinguished it with water and took


    it out.


    After having breakfast and lunch, Yun Shang took a nap and was about to go out for a walk, when a


    voice with some tiredness came from outside. "General Qi''s wife wants to visit you."


    Yun Shang took a seat and nodded to Qian Yin.


    Qian Yin lifted up the curtain and went out, followed by a woman. She was in her forties. She had a


    normal appearance and was a little plump. But her face was pale, as if she had been ill for a long time.


    "Your Highness..." Lady Qi bowed to Yun Shang.


    Yun Shang stood up with the help of a astral hand and said gently, "Lady Qi, you are being polite. Now


    I am visiting you in your mansion. By rights, I should go to see you, but I was tired after a long journey


    the other day, so I took a rest early. I caught a cold today, so I didn''t get up early. I''m afraid the illness


    will affect you, so I''mte."


    "I dare not, I dare not." Lady Qi put on a stiff smile and asked after a while, "Your Highness, do you call


    for a physician?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "I didn''t feel well since I got up early in the morning. I have asked my maid to send


    for a doctor. The doctor said I''m fine. But my health is not good in the first ce. In addition, I''ve been


    on a rush these days. It''s not a big deal. Now I''ve taken my medicine. But how about Mrs. Qi? Do you


    feel better now? Yesterday, the seventhdy went to the front hall to receive me. I didn''t know your


    health until I asked General Qi. "


    A trace of disgust appeared on Lady Qi''s face, but Yun Shang noticed it soon. "I''m old and not as


    healthy as before. I''m also ill with my old illness. Thank you for your concern, your highness."


    "If you need any herbs, just tell me. I''ve brought many of them, some of which are rare." Yun Shang


    smiled and said, "I saw two gentlemen yesterday. They are both good-looking and pretty. I think you


    are blessed."


    Qian Yin brought the tea and ced it on the table beside them. Yun Shang took up the teacup. The


    water temperature was just right. When she lifted the lid, the crumbs of the tea floating on the teacup


    were left. When she looked down, her eyshes trembled slightly. She looked gentle and considerate.


    Lady Qi was stunned. She stared at Yun Shang for a while and smiled. "You tter me, your highness.


    They are just two young boys. They are not as handsome as you said." Although she said so, her eyes


    were full of pride.


    Curved her eyes, Yun Shang took a sip of tea and said gently, "it''s said that Mr. Qi was hit 50 times by


    General Qi yesterday. How is he now?"


    Lady Qi''s smile froze on her face. "Thanks for your concern, your highness. I''m sorry for my


    carelessness. He deserves the punishment for beating. He''s young and strong. There''s nothing serious


    with him."


    "That''s good." Yun Shang chuckled.


    "Your highness, you havee to the KY City. The general asked me to prepare a wee banquet


    for you yesterday night, but if you are sick, we can postpone it." That was why she came here.


    Yun Shang nodded with a smile, "postpone it for a few days. I''m too weak to manage it. When I feel


    better, I''ll ask someone to tell you so that you can arrangeter."


    Lady Qi heaved a sigh of relief and chatted with Yun Shang for a while. She left after asking Yun Shang


    whether she was used to living here.


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    Yun Shang leaned back on the couch, and curled her lips. It seemed the General Qi''s Mansion was not


    a peaceful ce.


    Qian Yin escorted Lady Qi back to her room and whispered, "Judging from her appearance, she should


    not be the apple of the eye. No wonder General Qi didn''t even allow her to see a guest. Is she ill or


    something? Maybe she doesn''t like strangers."


    "Well, you have only seen the appearance of the matter, but you can''t see the part hidden in the inner."


    As Yun Shang spoke, she saw Qian Yin ring at her with a curious look. Yun Shang continued,


    "When Lady Qi married Qi Lang, he was just an ordinary farmer in the countryside. It wasn''t easy for


    her to grow up with him. Qi Lang had three sons and two of them were born by Lady Qi. Although Lady


    Qi was not very beautiful, she must have an undeniable position in General Qi''s heart, and she must be


    a resourceful person. Despite the seven wives of General Qi, only the fifthdy now had one son, and


    nothing else. So, never underestimate thisdy... "


    Qian Yin opened her eyes wide and nodded repeatedly. "You are so capable, your highness."


    In the following days, severaldies of General Qi''s Mansion had almost visited the mansion, except for


    the fifthdy and the seventhdy.


    Yun Shang knocked on the table with thoughts in her eyes. She had offended the twodies. The


    seventhdy med General Qi for inviting a concubine to serve tea the other day when she entered


    the mansion, while the fifthdy might have something to do with Qi Yuzhi.


    As Yun Shang gradually got better, Yun Shang sent a message to Lady Qi. Lady Qi messaged back


    that she would hold a banquet in the General Qi''s Mansion to wee Yun Shang in two days.


    It was the seventh day that Yun Shang had arrived at the KY City. As the attendant had said, the


    armies of the State of Xia did nothing but asionally summon teams to get far away from them,


    screaming for help.


    What did the Crown Prince of the State of Xia and Liu Yinfeng want? Yun Shang frowned and thought


    for a long time, but she still didn''t get the answer.


    "A letter from Prince Jing, your highness..." Qian Yin rushed in with an envelope in her hand.


    Yun Shang was taken by surprise. She left in such a hurry that the butler must have sent a message to


    Prince Jing.


    He... He would be angry at her? Yun Shang thought to herself. She had tried toe to the KY City


    before, but was rejected by him. She came without discussing with him, so...


    Yun Shang took the letter but didn''t unfold it for a long time.


    "Your Highness? His highness wrote to you! Why don''t you open it?" Qian Yin urged Yun Shang, with a


    touch of smile in her tone.


    Yun Shang shook her head with a smile. She couldn''t stop thinking about the letter, which was not like


    her at all. So she opened the envelope, and fetched out a piece of paper. She frowned and wondered,


    ''Why, why is the paper... It looked crumpled?''


    Yun Shang was confused, but she still opened the envelope and looked through it.


    There was not one word on it! Yun Shang''s eyes widened in surprise as she stared at the letter. There


    was indeed no word on it.


    "What?" Qian Yin noticed Yun Shang''s silence. She took the paper from Yun Shang''s hand, and


    studied it for a long while before she said, "Your Highness, did the prince take it wrong? Why is there


    no word on the paper? "


    Yun Shang didn''t respond. She couldn''t figure out what was going on, so she sighed and took the letter


    back from Qian Yin. Then she put the letter into an envelope and put it aside.


    "I think he gave the wrong letter." Yun Shang murmured. There was a slight sense of loss in her heart.


    On the day when the Qi n held a feast to wee Yun Shang, Qian Yin dressed Yun Shang up


    early. It was almost time for her to go to the ce that Lady Qi said.


    The banquet was held in the courtyard behind the front hall of the General Qi''s Mansion. There were


    pavilions around the courtyard, and lights were lit in the corridor. The courtyard looked as if it was


    daytime. A stage was set in the south of the courtyard, and many tables were set under the opera


    table.


    When Yun Shang arrived, the yard was already full of people. Qi Lang and Lady Qi were waiting for her


    at the gate. As soon as she arrived, the two men led her to the table in the north and sat down.


    As soon as Yun Shang took her seat, she noticed all the people were looking at her. But they didn''t


    speak a word. They just smiled and talked with Lady Qi.


    Except Qi Lang and Lady Qi, all the people sitting at the main table were men and women that Yun


    Shang had never seen before. Yun Shang nced around the hall indifferently, and her eyes fell on the


    stage in the distance. On the stage, some eloquent people sat or stood, some yed the instrument,


    some rang the bell, and some beat the drum.


    Qi Lang stood up and said in a deafening voice, "The banquet is to wee Lady Jing. Lady Jing has


    kinship in the Imperial City, express our gratitude to his Majesty on behalf of thousands ofmon


    people."


    Everyone stood up and raised the wine ss. Yun Shang smiled softly, and also stood up to propose a


    toast. She raised her head and drank the wine in one gulp.


    They all apuded and drank the wine in their sses.


    When everyone was seated, a show began. It was called "orchid of flowers".


    The main role was yed by a beautiful woman. She was neither heroic nor excellent. As a general,


    she was quite gentle and soft in the military exercise.


    Yun Shang heard a light snort from below, "She is just a woman who knows nothing about the military.


    Does she really think she can be a hero to save her country in distress? A woman should just be raised


    in a boudoir and embroider flowers. Does she really want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? I''m


    afraid that when she is in the real battlefield, she will be too scared to stand on her feet. "