Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Chapter 772: Empress Xiao Qiang’s Banquet (2)

Empress Xiao Qiang kept a smile on her face. She didn’t show much movement nor reaction as it seemed that she only regarded everything as small talk. Only those who were keen enough would notice that the Empress was actually also testing them this time.         

    

It was only a small banquet.     

But there were some noble women who brought their daughter along.     

In fact, the unmarried young ladies who were invited to this banquet was very limited and it naturally included Nan Hua.     

‘There’s no Nan Xin, no Mu Fei Jiu, no Lei Family…’     

Nan Hua was silently looking at the guest list and realized that she almost knew no one. This made her a bit speechless. It seemed that the number of friends she actually has was so terribly pitiful.     

And talking directly with Empress Xiao Qiang didn’t seem to be so plausible.     

The two of them were only acquaintances at most. They never really talked to each other and mostly only chatted about what was important through riddles in order for others not to find out.     

“For today, Ben Gong had prepared a play for everyone to enjoy.” Empress Xiao Qiang naturally lead the crowd easily.     

The people around her all praised her for her amazing ideas and all. It was as if they wanted to praise Empress Xiao Qiang to the Heaven.     

“First Young Miss Nan, please sit here.”     

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Nan Hua didn’t reject and took the seat beside Empress Xiao Qiang and only slightly lower than her.     

The other noble women looked at her and felt a bit envious. But when they thought of Great General Nan, all of their complaints were swallowed back to their throat. They wanted to complain, at what base?     

Since Nan Hua was known to be acknowledged by her grandfather, it was only natural that she had the status as the granddaughter of a grand duke.     

They?     

Not a single one of them could procure higher status compared to Nan Hua. After all, earning titles by themselves were hard and Great General Nan was the one and only Grand Duke in Fei Yang Kingdom.     

These women could only silently turn their head to watch the performance in front of them.     

Nan Hua looked at the show and blinked her eyes. It was a love story between a farmer and a noble lady. The story depicted how the noble lady had to face a lot of scorn and rejection by her family members before she could be with the farmer.     

The story was good.     

But was it really suitable to show it to so many unmarried noble ladies?     

As Nan Hua had expected, the face of the mothers who brought their daughters here turned darker. It seemed that their plan would backfire. If this play were to influence their daughter, they would be “smashing rock to their feet.”     

Only Empress Xiao Qiang still kept the same smile she had from the very first. It was filled with both arrogance and indifference.     

Trying to scheme against Empress Xiao?     

They would only suffer worse.     

Nan Hua looked at the tea in front of her and silently drank from it. It seemed that this Empress Xiao was really a unique young lady. It hadn’t been long since she came to this position, but she had slowly established her position as the Empress.     

Given enough time….         

    

Who would be able to go against her?     

At least, among these noble ladies, it wouldn’t be easy to go against Empress Xiao Qiang unless the other party allowed it.     

“What does everyone thinks of the story?” Empress Xiao Qiang asked in a clear voice.     

When the play was over, they were all having their own thoughts. Actually, many of the madams were feeling dissatisfied because this play just made them seemed like they could actually be happy even though the partner was nothing more than a farmer.     

But they didn’t want to instill those thoughts to their daughters.     

They wished that their daughters would be like phoenix, soaring into the sky with unmatched brilliance.     

“The play is really good, Your Highness. The noble lady is the type of person who know what she wants.” One of them spoke up first.     

“I don’t think that it’s only about the noble lady.” The girl beside her raised her head. “The farmer also made a lot of contribution in order to be acknowledged. They didn’t just want to be together, but they’re trying to win over their elders.”     

With these two starting, there were more and more people who voiced up their opinion. Even though they only voiced part of their opinion and not everything, it was more than enough to form two groups.     

One group was supporting the two of them.     

Another group didn’t really like the two of them.     

“The noble lady had suffered a lot and ended up having scars because of her fight.” One of the madams shook her head. “It’s a pity for such a young girl to be sacrificing so much for someone else.”     

She had married and knew very well that she had to give up a lot in order to survive. It was really not easy for her to be able to stay alive and well all this time.     

Even now, she felt that it was such a pity for such a young girl to experience so much.     

“Her experience is better compared to someone who got wounded after offending the royalty.” It was just a murmur, but the others heard it.     

Empress Xiao Qiang arched her eyebrows slightly. She didn’t expect that there would be many people who could still remember the incident of so many years ago. But thinking about it, Shangguan Die had only headed to the temple for a few months.     

Some of them naturally remembered her.     

“Indeed. There’s also another rumors this one had heard. This one had heard that First Young Miss Nan has such a noble bearing. But at the same time, there are rumors that First Young Miss Nan had suffered and had scars on her body. This one really think that such a pity that such a beauty had scars.”