Chapter 885: Chapter 883: Personally Penned the Invitation
Madam Jiang sighed quietly and said, “His Highness has shown you leniency, yet you are unaware.”
Han Yufang turned her face aside, unmoved. She couldn’t see when Prince Yu had ever shown leniency towards her. Previously, just because of Ye Xinyan, Prince Yu gave her the cold shoulder. Late at night, he even left her room to sleep in the study in the outer courtyard, embarrassing her in the mansion.
Madam Jiang continued, “Today, when His Highness listened to a report from his subordinate, he was with your grandfather. His Highness asked your grandfather how much you were involved in Ye Xinyi’s purchase of the Dongze Construction Firm. Your grandfather also wanted to ask you the sa question, Sister Fang. What are you trying to do by collaborating with outsiders against Prince Yu’s n!”
“I, I didn’t. I never intended to go against Prince Yu’s n. I have always been devoted to Prince Yu.” Han Yufang was shocked and hurriedly denied.
She really didn’t intend to, she just resented Ye Xinyan for being a woman, shaless and unaware of boundaries, constantly entangling with Prince Yu. She just wanted to teach Ye Xinyan a lesson.
She loved Prince Yu so much, she never thought of going against his n.
Looking at her daughter, Madam Jiang softened and took Han Yufang’s hand, saying, “My daughter, it’s not about whether you say you did it or not, but the fact is you indeed did such a thing. If you were to be married into the Prince’s Mansion, it would bring disgrace and downfall upon Prince Yu and the mansion. Prince Yu invited you out of the mansion early, and no one could say anything against it. Today, not only did you provoke and insult Ye Xinyan without cause, but you also equated her to those of the brothels, severely disappointing your grandfather and your parents.”
Madam Jiang said this while patting her hand in a seeming comforting manner, “Don’t worry, whether you are good or bad, you are still your father and mother’s daughter. If Prince Yu truly abandons you in the future, your parents won’t leave you without support and will always provide you a place to stay.”
“I, I…” In the face of her mother’s tolerance and affection, Han Yufang stamred but couldn’t continue.
She didn’t want to return to her parental ho; she wanted to see Prince Yu every day, hoping to be by his side at all tis.
Madam Jiang sighed, “You are clear about the Dongze Construction Firm issue in your heart. No matter how you defend yourself, you ultimately did sothing detrintal to His Highness. Even so, His Highness didn’t hold it against you, yet you beca even more so, humiliating a trusted subordinate of Prince Yu in public. Should soone take the chance to lure Ye Xinyan away, His Highness’s business under his na would be severely impacted. Imagine how he would react to you. Alas…”
How did it co to this? Han Yufang was genuinely terrified; she never thought the consequences would be so severe, never realized how important and valuable Ye Xinyan was, far surpassing her own worth as the Princess Consort.
Madam Jiang shook her head. Her visit this ti was to admonish her daughter, not to offer more motherly comfort. Staying too long might cause her daughter to mistake her intentions, thinking she still had sothing to rely on.
Madam Jiang stopped talking and stood up, “I still have to report back to your father and grandfather. Now that things have co to this, if you want to continue staying in the Prince’s Mansion, think of a way to salvage the situation.”
“Mother…” Han Yufang called out to her mother plaintively as she was about to leave, sounding poignant and helpless.
Madam Jiang waved her hand, “If you can’t figure it out yourself, there’s no use in us saying more.”
After sending Madam Jiang off, Han Yufang spent the rest of that day in anguish, pondering her next steps. She had no resistance to submitting to Prince Yu, but when it ca to Ye Xinyan, how could she lower her status?
Prince Yu didn’t even give the Princess Consort a chance to submit. Jinrong didn’t even et Han Yufang, returning very late. Furthermore, upon his return, he went directly to Concubine Shi Lan’s room and stayed there.
The next morning, without even seeing the Principal Wife, he headed for court. Yet he didn’t forget to send a ssage, asking her to send invitation cards to Lord Jiang, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Revenue, as Prince Yu’s Mansion would host a private banquet in two days, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Yifan and the two young Qi family mbers.
The ssenger was very respectful in telling Han Yufang, “His Highness said to ask the Princess Consort to send several people, making sure to show sincerity in inviting Grandma Jiang.”
Han Yufang’s face turned pale; this ant she not only had to loudly invite Ye Xinyan but also had to invite the two ordinary boys who had previously fought with the guards of the Han Mansion.
With trembling hands, she had her maid escort the ssenger out, then stared at an unsightly large porcelain vase on a multicolored shelf. She raised her hand but ultimately lacked the bravery to smash it down, fearing Prince Yu would know her reluctance.
She truly didn’t want to leave Prince Yu, didn’t want to go back to her parental ho. She couldn’t imagine how her life would be if she never had any relation to Prince Yu, whom she admired since she was twelve and finally married into Prince Yu’s Mansion.
Subsequently, the Princess Consort drove everyone out, closed the door, and cried openly.
Afterwards, she personally wrote the invitations and sent two senior maids and two respectable inner court stewards, bearing several substantial gifts, to visit the Jiang Family Residence.
Accompanying them was also Nanny Chen, who had spoken out for Han Yufang at the Prince of An Ping’s Mansion.
Not to ntion how Nanny Chen kowtowed and apologized to Ye Xinyan at the Jiang Family, upon returning with the 100 taels of silver rewarded by the Princess Consort, she and her family of three generations were expelled.
Nanny Chen’s family, originally working at the Han Mansion, had so status and followed Han Yufang as part of her dowry to Prince Yu’s Mansion.
Her family, having long served others, had no other skills. Upon being evicted, they had no ans of livelihood in the capital, becoming wanderers without a ho, relying on a rchant convoy to return to their ancestral land and seek a new way of life.
The forr owner of Dongze Construction Firm was a fellow villager of Nanny Chen. Last year, she overheard Ye Xinyi muttering at a banquet, saying anyone with a construction firm could make it successful just like Miss Ye did.
Coincidentally, Nanny Chen’s fellow villager managed that fair-sized construction firm, unable to maintain it any longer and wanting to end the business. However, he was reluctant to discard so construction tools accumulated over years, so he sought soone to take over the firm and buy those tools.
So Nanny Chen whispered to Han Yufang, suggesting Ye Xinyi might be able to topple Ye Xinyan, encouraging Han Yufang to recomnd Dongze Construction Firm to Ye Xinyi at a banquet.
Now that the matter was exposed, Han Yufang’s involvent wasn’t significant, but her calculative thoughts couldn’t be openly discussed and displeased Prince Yu, ultimately requiring a resolution.
……
The makeup techniques planned by Jiang Yifan and the others didn’t proceed systematically as planned. However, just from Ye Xinyan’s public demonstration, there was already a significant shift in the makeup style of won in the capital.
Everyone knew that although Prince Yu’s Mansion made Grandma Jiang uncomfortable at the Prince’s Mansion, the next day, the Princess Consort sent invitations and generous gifts to the Jiang family, earnestly inviting Ye Xinyi and her husband to a banquet at the mansion.
Although people didn’t know what happened at the private banquet, the fact that nothing went wrong proved the invitation was successful. This ant Miss Ye, now Grandma Jiang, was still a figure not to be trifled with.
… However, while the Princess Consort couldn’t get the better of Grandma Jiang, this didn’t change the fact that she remained a lofty presence, not to be provoked by ordinary people.
Under such circumstances, Princess Xianrong beca truly intrigued, not only ordering her costics shop to craft different colored powder compacts but also sending an invitation to the Jiang Family Residence, visiting Grandma Jiang.
After a round of discussion, she contentedly left with several designs for makeup brushes, ready to embark on her grand enterprise in won’s costics.
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