Chapter 80: Regrets (1/2)

The Imperial Palace.

When She returned to the banquet hall, the Emperor and Empress were yet to arrive. The guests were all present, all that remained was the Emperor and Empress. Even the Crown Prince and Commandery Princess Xia were present.

Zhu Feifei sat next to the Sixth Prince and socialized as if nothing happened. Su Liya glared at her for a few seconds before looking away, she just couldn't stand this monster wearing human skin. She wasn't going to let them go scot-free for doing that to her. Su Liya glanced at Zhu Fenfang who sat next to madam Zhu and smiled. There was her first target.

Lu Yaozhu and Lu Yingjie came in a few minutes later, they were immediately swamped by guests as they walked in. A few of the guests were friends but the majority of them were all trying to curry favour with them. The Lu family was the most powerful family after tge royal family so their words had a lot of weight.

Lu Yaozhu skillfully manoeuvred the crowd until he got to the free seat on the table next to Su Liya. He smiled at Su Liya as he got seated before turning to the persistent crowd in front of the table. A few of the guests noticing the exchange between husband and wife began to fawn on Su Liya too.

They congratulations them on their marriage and praised them for being a beautiful couple. Su Liya was surprised at how eloquently these overzealous men praised her. They were surprisingly good at empty talks, they gave compliments as good as women.

All that noise attracted peoples attention, the sixth Prince included. Zhongshan Cheng clicked his tongue when he saw them surround Lu Yaozhu. He muttered ”sycophants! Look at them surround this declining man, who can not even save himself.

”Oh..... Why is she seated next to him?”

Zhu Feifei followed his gaze and locked eye with Su Liya, her heart immediately sank but she soldiered on. She shrugged and replied ”Her? That is the scheming little maid that seduced our fine General”

”Huh! That is the maid you especially found for him? Is this supposed to be a blessing or a curse? Why would you give him such a good looking wife like her, is your eyes bad? Instead of giving her to this rough barbarian, you should have married her into my Haram. Isn't that also part of your duty as an imperial consort?”

Zhu Feifei's eyes narrowed immediately. She glared at him as she said ”are those sluts at your side courtyard not enough for you? You still want to have more?”

Zhongshan Cheng brought his hands under the table and held her hit her on the lap sharply. He said tightly ”You had better behave you little bitch. Don't think that I can not deal with you because we are in public”.

She whispered ”Ah! It hurts!”

”Good that would teach you to be careful what you say. Judging from your envious reaction, you must know this maid. I heard she was your elder sister's ladies maid. Who is she to you”

”Who is she to me” Zhu feifei laughed softly and whispered ”isn't she, your mistress or do you have so many, you cannot remember them all” she hissed as he hit her laps once again.

”Ah my dear wife, this is why it isn't good to speculate. I would remember If I had someone as exquisite as her, I guess that was why you chose her.” He chuckled and pulled his hands from under the table.

”You are lying, someone saw you two together during daughter's day”

”That person must be mistaken because I went out with Faye that night. My dear wife, you really shouldn't believe everything you are told, at least make your judgment of things” Zhongshan Cheng was quickly called over by his younger brother so she was left to her thoughts.

Which as expected was conflicted, she didn't know who to believe. She looked from Zhu fenfang and Su Liya, even if her husband was right and he doesn't have anything to do with Su Liya, she didn't understand why Zhu fenfang would lie. Except she borrowed her hand to deal with Su Liya.

All logical thoughts led to that but Zhu Feifei didn't wish to believe it. Maybe because that would mean her accepting the fact that she was manipulated by someone she considered herself superior to.