The second wife is charming to the bone, and Mr. Shen is very honest

Chapter 403: Li Mansion Banquet

The next day, Hanhan came to Li's house wearing gorgeous and solemn auspicious clothes.

Lord Li was naturally very surprised that the eldest son would come to the banquet in person.

After seeing the eldest son, everyone couldn't help but reveal expressions of shock.

"Your humble servant greets the eldest master!"

Hanhan: "Lord Li is my superior, so it is reasonable for me to pay respect to Lord Li."

Lord Li said quickly, "I don't deserve it."

Han Han: "Prince Yong'an and his wife are ill and cannot come in person to celebrate Mr. Li's birthday, so they asked me to send a thousand-year-old ginseng as a token of respect."

Upon hearing this, Lord Li was naturally flattered and said, "I would like to thank the prince and the princess, and thank you for coming. Please come in, please."

Hanhan nodded slightly, then entered Li's mansion with his entourage.

The servants naturally hurried to lead the way, and when the guests saw the eldest master, they bowed and saluted.

When Hanhan approached the front hall, he suddenly saw the familiar figure.

At this time, Yu Shichang was standing next to Li Shiyun. He seemed to be saying something to Li Shiyun, but Li Shiyun didn't seem to want to pay attention to him.

Li Shiyun felt as if someone was looking at her. She looked up subconsciously and then met the eldest master's gaze.

When Li Shiyun saw Hanhan, her expression froze for a moment, and then she hurriedly bowed.

When Yu Shichang saw the eldest son, his face turned pale instantly, and the scene of him beating him up instantly appeared in his mind.

Hanhan withdrew his gaze coldly, then walked into the banquet.

Seeing that Li Shiyun had not yet looked away, Yu Shichang could not help but sneer.

"Why? Your expression suddenly changed after seeing the eldest master?"

Li Shiyun glanced at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Yu Shichang: "Did you fall in love with him back then, so you broke off the engagement without hesitation?"

Li Shiyun: "Why did I break off the engagement? Don't you have any idea?"

Yu Shichang: "That Xiao Cui tried every possible means to seduce me. It must have been the eldest master's instruction."

"You must have said something to the eldest master, so he sent someone to seduce me."

"To put it bluntly, you just want to curry favor with the powerful, but unfortunately, they will ignore you after two days of interest."

Li Shiyun glanced at him sideways, and then said in a cold voice: "Don't force me to tell so many people how you had an affair with the maid in the palace."

"I know my aunt wants to save face, and you have to save face too."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shichang's face instantly turned gloomy.

It was all her fault that he was in this situation, and she even had the nerve to threaten him.

"Okay, you're awesome. Just wait, there will be a day when you'll beg me for help." Then he walked away with a dark face.

Yu Shichang came to a secluded place, took out a paper bag from his clothes and gave it to a little maid.

"Try to mix this powder into the young lady's teacup."

"Okay, cousin!"

She was a maid in Li Shiyun's courtyard, and Yu Shichang had given her many benefits before.

Now before doing this, he also promised her.

As long as the matter is accomplished, her young lady will be the lady, and she will be his concubine, and she will no longer have to be a lowly slave.

The maids all dream of becoming a concubine, and this promise is very important to them.

So she had to complete this task no matter what.

Hanhan was arranged to sit next to Lord Li, after all, his status was there.

Li Shiyun and her stepmother sat in the ladies' seats here, accompanying the noble ladies who came to the banquet.

Everyone looked at Li Shiyun's appearance and naturally sighed.

If it weren't for the previous events, this young lady of the Li family would have married into a wealthy family by now.

In the final analysis, beauty is the root of all trouble, otherwise she wouldn't have aroused the jealousy of the eldest son.

But in the end, because of the broken engagement, some bad rumors arose, otherwise she would not have been engaged to a minor deputy commander.

No one knows what’s going on with the eldest young master. He hasn’t gotten engaged yet, and hasn’t taken the initiative to marry Miss Li.

With the eldest son present, everyone became much more elegant when drinking.

The eldest son now looks like an adult and can handle the etiquette of toasting with ease.

Yu Shichang didn't want to have any grudges with the eldest son, so he wanted to take this opportunity to admit his mistake to the eldest son and turn hostility into friendship.

So he came to the eldest son with the wine in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Eldest son, I offer you a toast."

Hanhan didn't look at him either, but continued to turn his head and talk to the person next to him.

When Yu Shichang saw this, his expression instantly became unnatural.

"Young Master, I'm here to apologize to you." He changed his angle and came directly to Hanhan's side.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but stop talking and looked at Yu Shichang.

"My Lord, I was wrong before. Please forgive me, I beg you to forgive me!"

Hanhan said expressionlessly: "Then tell me, what did you do wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Shichang immediately broke into a sweat: "I...I shouldn't..."

At this moment, the banquet was in complete silence, and everyone was waiting to hear his next words.

How could he have the nerve to admit in front of so many people that he had thrown dirty water on Li Shiyun?

Hanhan: "Back then, you wanted to curry favor with me, so you dragged Miss Li to the palace to help organize the poetry collection."

"However, during this period, you had an affair with my maid Xiao Cui. Is that right?"

Yu Shichang blushed and said, "Yes... yes, but it was Xiao Cui who deliberately seduced me at that time."

Hanhan: "Just because she seduced you, can you do something to let your fiancée down? And it was in the palace, and she was also there at the time."

When Li Shiyun heard this, her originally expressionless face instantly turned into a frown.

Upon hearing this, Yu Shichang's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

Even Madam Yu and Lord Yu's expressions turned extremely ugly. They had not expected that the eldest master would be so disrespectful to them.

Hanhan: "And then after Miss Li broke off the engagement, you directly slandered her for wanting to gain power and influence, so you deliberately set you up."

"I was so angry that I beat you up. I thought I could clear Miss Li's reputation, but it backfired."

"So much so that Miss Li has been affected by those rumors over the past two years."

Li Shiyun was naturally grateful when she heard the eldest master clarify the matter for her, but it was a pity that it was too late.

Hanhan: "You shouldn't apologize to me, but to Miss Li."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Li Shiyun.

Seeing this, Li Shiyun hesitated for a moment and then stood up.

Yu Shichang: "Cousin, I..."

Li Shiyun: "Cousin, if you have anything to say, let's talk in private. Today is Grandpa's birthday, let's not affect everyone's happiness."

Upon seeing this, Lord Li quickly took over the conversation and said, "Yes, everyone, enjoy your meal."

Only then did the crowd begin to clink glasses and chat with each other again.

Li Shiyun looked at the eldest master, and coincidentally, the eldest master also looked at her.

She curled her lips slightly at him, then looked away.

She couldn't blame him, she could only blame herself for her unhappy marriage.

Yu Shichang was completely humiliated and left the banquet angrily.

He found the maid and urged her to bring tea to Li Shiyun.

The maid nodded and then hurried to the kitchen.

After a while, she walked into the banquet with tea.

She silently placed the teacup next to Li Shiyun. Li Shiyun didn't think about it and just picked up the teacup and took a sip.