Chapter 714: Trouble
Gu Fei didn't know what the meaning of the prince's banquet was. Most of the women here didn't want to see each other. Only the prince thought that his wives and concubines were a family.
After a while, the maids and servants began to serve the dishes. The princess stood up and sat on the left and right sides with Xiao Qing and Gu Fei.
Below Gu Fei was Qiong Niang, opposite was Concubine Lin, and beside Concubine Lin was Shen Qingluan.
The princess picked up the chopsticks, and everyone started to eat.
No one at the table was willing to liven up the atmosphere, so there was only a slight clash of cups and chopsticks on the table.
The maids and servants were still serving dishes one after another. At this time, Gu Fei saw a little girl coming over with a pot of hot soup.
The girl walked to Qiong Niang's side with the soup bowl in her hand, and suddenly tilted, and a pot of boiling soup was about to pour over Qiong Niang's head.
Gu Fei saw the little maid coming over first, and her expression was a little nervous, so she had already noticed it. As soon as the maid moved her hand, she understood that if this pot of boiling soup fell on Qiong Niang's head, Qiong Niang's face would be ruined.
In a flash, Gu Fei flashed and pulled Qiong Niang towards her, causing her to fall to the ground.
At the same time, the hot soup was poured down and the bowl smashed to the ground.
Qiong Niang was wearing thin clothes. Although Gu Fei pulled her away, the hot soup still splashed a lot on her body. Qiong Niang screamed from the burn.
Concubine Lin on the opposite side raised her eyes and looked at Gu Fei sinisterly.
In the past few months, the prince had not stepped into her yard even once. He stayed at Qiong Niang's place for eight out of ten days. Now Qiong Niang had become a thorn in her heart, hurting and torturing her all the time.
She knew that only by destroying Qing Niang's face, which was similar to her own, would the prince return to her again.
This little maid was naturally arranged by her. Although Qiong Niang was not very old, the maids and women in her yard were very strictly controlled. She could not find an opportunity to attack on weekdays, but today's family dinner was just the right time to attack.
Seeing a pot of boiling soup pouring down, Qiong Niang's face was about to be ruined, but unexpectedly Gu Fei reached out and pulled Qiong Niang.
She hated Gu Fei for being nosy.
Qiong Niang was indeed the apple of the eye of the King of Qi. Hearing her scream, the King of Qi threw down his chopsticks and ran over.
When he came in and saw the soup bowl on the ground, and then saw Qiong Niang lying on the ground, the King of Qi felt so distressed that he squatted down and hugged Qiong Niang and asked repeatedly: "Where are you hurt?"
Qiong Niang threw herself into the arms of the King of Qi and cried loudly. The King of Qi hurriedly checked and saw that Qiong Niang's face was red in a few spots, and her clothes were also wet in several places, obviously burned.
The King of Qi turned around and looked at the little maid kneeling on the ground with her head down, and shouted, "Stupid, you can spill soup while serving it, drag it out and beat it with twenty boards."
The little maid did not cry or beg for mercy, and was dragged out silently by the two old women.
Just as the King of Qi was about to pick up Qiong Niang, the princess at the top suddenly coughed lightly.
The King of Qi suddenly realized that there were his daughter and two daughters-in-law in the hall, and it was really inappropriate to pick up Qiong Niang like this.
He retracted his hand, stood up and called the maid, "Hurry up and help the concubine back to the yard, and ask Doctor Zhao to go over and take a look."
The two maids helped Qiong Niang up. When Qiong Niang stood up, she met Gu Fei's eyes. She bit her lip and bowed to Gu Fei, "I have to thank the Crown Prince's Concubine just now. If the Crown Prince's Concubine hadn't pulled me, I'm afraid that the whole pot of soup would have been poured on my face."