The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Fortunately, she was a Royal Princess and currently quite favored by the Emperor, or else, if people found out there was a ranking system—especially those placed in the lowest rank—they would surely be too indignant to attend.

In her previous life, Xia Wenjin had no contact with the Seventeenth Princess. Although in the current timeline, she was already married to Huangfu Yuxuan in her past life, by then Huangfu Yuxuan’s influence had already formed an early net, and she was busy immersing herself in it.

And the Seventeenth Princess would be married off to the East Tang next year for a political alliance.

When Huangfu Yuxuan started dealing with matters in the Capital City, the Seventeenth Princess was no longer there, so she never met her and did not know her temperament.

However, thinking back, Xia Wenjin recalled vaguely hearing about how lively the Seventeenth Princess’s flower viewing was. At that time, Huangfu Yuxuan didn’t suggest taking her along, so she didn’t go.

Now thinking back, perhaps the Seventeenth Princess didn’t send her an invitation because she was already married to Huangfu Yuxuan. Or perhaps there was an invitation, but Huangfu Yuxuan, despite being superficially gentle and attentive, actually looked down on her deep down and didn’t want her involved in such grand events, hence didn’t inform her.

However, those details no longer mattered.

In this life, the trajectory had changed; she had not married Huangfu Yuxuan. Also, Huangfu Yuxuan’s web of influence had not matured as before.

Interestingly, some of those webs were unwittingly severed by her and Huangfu Jingchen as they traveled through the Jianghu.

For instance, Yuqing County Governor Wang Qianshan and Northern County Magistrate Yu Shikui, who were going to become his crucial aides, and the Chief Ming Qing of Shian Temple and others.

These were supposed to be his strong supporters, or had been placed by him to handle matters on his behalf.

So, currently, Huangfu Yuxuan was still in the middle of weaving his net.

Even if everything developed like in her previous life, at the same point in time, there’s no way Huangfu Yuxuan had that much manpower, influence, or financial resources.

It was said that the Seventeenth Princess had not yet arrived.

However, according to the invitation colors, there were already people in each hall, with red and purple corresponding to the first two halls, men in Dan Bamboo and women in Youlan. Green, blue, and orange corresponded to the last three halls, with green for Jingsong, for men, and blue and orange for women.

Upon reaching the second floor, Nanny Zhou and the maids could follow no further.

As the attendant explained, there were dedicated servants on the second floor, so each family’s servants didn’t need to follow and could rest on the first floor.

Nanny Zhou was dumbfounded. Although nothing seemed to have gone wrong on the way here, the young lady hadn’t even learned etiquette. She didn’t know anyone here and was attending such a gathering for the first time. What if she made a social misstep?

Those who were viewing flowers or scenery by the roadside, whether noble gentlemen or young ladies, every single one she could whisper introductions about to the young lady—but that was just a few people!

What if the young lady couldn’t handle being in such a setting alone, or caused embarrassment because she didn’t recognize anyone? What if she was mocked or bullied?