The garden party was located in an osmanthus flower grove on the outskirts of the city.
October was the season of golden sweet osmanthus.
Since they went out of the city gates, the sweet osmanthus fragrance became stronger and stronger.
When they arrived at the osmanthus grove, there were already many carriages parked in the open space, with the emblems of various houses hanging on them.
They came late.
Outside the carriage, people could be heard faintly – all of which were women’s soft voices and laughter.
“Can you send me further?” Inside the carriage, the girl playfully inclined her head and teased.
Feng Qingbai raised his eyebrows, “If you want, I will send you.”
He wasn’t afraid, just afraid that she’d be extremely shy.
Liu Yusheng chuckled softly and quitted while she was ahead, then quietly hooked up the man’s finger. “I’m going down. Go back.”
“Mm.” Her hook tickled his finger a bit. He wanted to hold her, but her hand already darted back.
Before getting out of the car, she also turned around and stuck her tongue out at him.
Feng Qingbai’s eyes darkened. He warned her many times not to provoke him.
She always seemed to forget.
Keenly aware of the danger, the girl immediately jumped out of the carriage and fled.
She even left Fu Yuzheng behind.
“Keep an eye on her.”
When getting off the carriage, a low order came from the man behind her.
“Understood.”
The arrival of the carriage of the Nanling Palace has long attracted the attention of a group of women at the entrance of the Osmanthus Grove.
Zuo Xuan was dressed in a pink and purple brocade dress. She was dressed exquisitely in the middle of women, talking and smiling calmly.
Because she was facing the road, she spotted the carriage first.
When the young girl jumped off the carriage, the curtain lifted and fell. It was but a moment, but she saw the dark purple color in the carriage.
Feng Qingbai!
Even if it was just a corner of his robe, she still recognized him!
In the entire court, he was the only one who preferred dark purple brocade robes, not to mention sitting in the carriage of the Nanling Palace.
Apart from him, there was no other person!
Zuo Xuan unconsciously clenched her hands.
She never thought that he would personally send an insignificant peasant girl to the gathering!
Feng Qingbai, the king of Nanling, really spoiled a woman like this. If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would have never believed it!
Those rumors in the capital were probably not even one tenth of the truth!
When her eyes fell on the smile at the corners of the girl’s mouth again, Zuo Xuan slightly squinted her beautiful eyes, only feeling that it was exceptionally irksome!
All the women followed her line of sight and saw a girl approaching slowly. Behind her was a carriage that just turned around.
Moreover, the girl looked entirely different from their imagination before.
Her skin matched snow, delicate as a lanolin white jade. She had bright eyes, white teeth, and curved eyebrows, as if she were born with a smile. She was wearing a light green dress, and her beautiful hair that spoke of clouds was simply embellished with a pearl velvet flower. It looked simple, but the youthful and tender age of the lady was showcased to the fullest.
The girl strolling toward them exuded a gentle and quiet temperament from head to toe along with her unhurried casual atmosphere – a blend that complemented each other. She looked downright striking and wasn’t inferior to the well-dressed noble ladies!
Fu Yuxian was also among the women. She watched Liu Yusheng and Fu Yuzheng with vicious eyes quenched with poison. She suppressed her insidious venom once more and feigned surprise, “It’s you! You came down from the Nanling Palace carriage. Could it be that you’re the Ruyi County Lady who is a guest at the Nanling Palace?”
Liu Yusheng walked nearer, glanced at her, and said with a smile, “I thought Miss Fu had guessed it long ago. I didn’t expect you to realize it only now. This kind of real temperament is not the devious and sly person I imagined. It is indeed I who is petty-minded.”
It was obviously foul language but left nobody a chance to attack on the spot.
Someone scolded you for being devious and sly, but then she immediately admitted that she was petty-minded.
How could they get angry?
Fu Yuxian was rendered speechless the moment she made an appearance but couldn’t vent her anger!
“It seems that the day you deliberately fell and slandered me was really a misunderstanding.”
Another blow!
“Yuzheng, don’t you think so?” The girl inclined her head and asked innocently towards Fu Yuzheng.
“It should be.” Fu Yuzheng lowered her head to barely conceal the smile that was struggling to escape from the corners of her lips.
Because of this woman, her originally waveless heart pumped with pleasure.
With her, her mood also turned for the better.
Some of the people present had heard of that incident, but others didn’t know of it yet.
Their eyes fell on Fu Yuxian, brimming with curiosity, gloating at her misfortune, and enjoying the good show – everything.
Fu Yuxian blushed and smiled forcibly, “It was indeed a misunderstanding, and it was explained clearly that day.”
“Yes, Miss Fu has already apologized in public. This matter should not be mentioned again, so as not to expose it.” Liu Yusheng gently smiled.
Playing the white lotus? Who couldn’t pretend to be a white lotus?
Liu Yusheng stepped forward instead of enjoying Fu Yuxian’s wonderful expressions longer and saluted the crowd, “Liu Yusheng greets everyone. Thank you, Miss Zuo, for your invitation. It’s an honor.”
She raised her head, and her eyes fell on Zuo Xuan without deviation. Although they never met, she could guess who was the host of the party.
What was more, the daughter of Prime Minister Zuo was the object of countless people’s admiration and flattery.
She was easy to identify.
Zuo Xuan looked at the young girl and smiled away. “Miss Liu is too modest. It’s just a gathering of noble girls in the capital. Although Miss Liu is only a County Lady, the fact that you are the guest of the Nanling Palace alone qualifies you to attend.”
“Then I’ll take advantage of the Nanling Palace’s power for once.” The young lady didn’t bat an eyelid at all, as if she did not understand the sarcasm in her words.
It made her experience the powerlessness for punching cotton, deeply dumbstricken!
“Since everyone is all here, let’s go in. There will be more visitors later, and it will be less quiet.” Someone sensed Zuo Xuan’s displeasure and quickly rounded up the scene.
The crowd agreed and moved inside.
During the period, no one even introduced the identity of the women with Liu Yusheng, and no one took the initiative to exchange names with her.
They expressed their contempt in this manner.
They also used this to embarrass Liu Yusheng.
It never occurred to them that she simply wouldn’t care.
They watched her walking unhurriedly at the end while enjoying the scenery and sometimes inclining her head to Fu Yuzheng beside her, chatting and laughing.
She really took this outing as a pure outing in the spring and sightseeing.
It really really provoked people’s desire to kill!
Zuo Xuan walked in front, but always paid attention to Liu Yusheng.
At first, she really did not put much thought into her, a peasant girl who originated from the mountains.
She was born in the mud and stayed in the countryside since childhood. What insights could she have?
She couldn’t read, didn’t understand noble etiquettes, had a simple and crude mind. When in trouble, she would only tumble, cry, make trouble, and hang herself. Wearing coarse clothes and eating coarse grain steamed bread, a dozen silver was probably a fortune in her eyes.
This kind of person as her rival was an insult to her style.
Now, however, she dared not take her lightly. As soon as she showed up, this girl shattered the inherent image of a peasant girl in her head.
Moreover, a person who could hold down Fu Yuxian in just a matter of words was absolutely vulgar and ignorant.
What she minded most was that a small invitation had made Feng Qingbai, who could not be invited to any of the major parties in the noble circle, send her here personally!
Deigning to descend and lowering his honor!
Peek-Aboo 
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