Legend of Concubine's Daughter Minglan-Part Two

C206. Before and After the Feast (4)

Lots of noble women shook their heads secretly, feeling Madam Gan going too far. How dare anyone force a madam to call out her husband's concubine and Tong Fang while she was entertaining the guests?

Minglan stared at Madam Gan silently with a sharp and clear look in her eyes. Under the fierce gaze of Minglan, Madam Gan suddenly felt a bit guilty but also a bit pleased with herself.

Yuan Wenying who was standing aside got quite anxious. On a huge feast like this, the madam couldn't fly into a rage or argue with her guests. But this Madam Gan was famous for her shameless characters. She was not afraid of being humiliated. And the thing she was best at was pestering others. Yuan Wenying was scared that Minglan couldn't refuse Madam Gan's request and would let Lady Fengxian come out. By then, once Madam Gan let Lady Fengxian make her public appearance, Lady Fengxian's position in Gu family would be admitted. And that would bring Minglan lots of troubles!

"Help?" Minglan asked that with a smile.

Madam Gan laughed loudly, saying, "Yeah. You two are families. I can't let her rest there and do nothing while you are exhausted out there." After saying that, she changed into a worried voice, "Come to think about it, it has been a long time I haven't seen her..."

"No problem!" Minglan interrupted her and agreed without any hesitation. Everyone in the room was stunned. Some women sneered at Minglan, some showed sarcasm on theirs face, others only waited to watch the fun.

Madam Gan was overjoyed. As she was about to talk, Minglan suddenly gave out an beaming smile while saying gently, "I have heard that Lady Fengxian is a talented and skillful girl in Jiao Fang (Imperial Musical Institution). I was afraid that those performers I have invited are not able to impress my guests, I should invite Lady Fengxian to sing and dance for us. What do you say, Madam Gan?"

After she had said that, the whole room fell into silence, dead silence. All the women guests looked over in a daze. Some of them were shocked with their mouths wide open. Countess Shoushan who couldn't help laughing had to use a handkerchief to cover her mouth. Yuan Wenying lied on the back of Countess Shoushan with her shoulders trembling-- Nice! Nice move! That shameless woman deserved to be humiliated like that.

No one could find faults in Minglan's words. Because she had only told the truth. It was true that Lady Fengxian had been a member of Jiao Fang. It was also true that she had been a skillful performer. Even if everyone admitted Lady Fengjian as Gu Tingye's concubine, those things still couldn't be denied. Sometimes the masters from the prestigious families would also let their concubines sing and dance for the guests. So it was not a rare thing anyhow.

Madam Gan trembled with rage. However, Minglan only looked right into her face with a firm expression in her eyes, feeling not scared at all.

Madam Gan had to look away. She never realized that Minglan would reveal Lady Fengxian's identity straightly. Madam Gan had thought that a young woman like Minglan would be ashamed to say that out loud and swallow the anger. Right now, her face turned livid with anger. As she gnashed her teeth, she could still hear titters and sneers around her. Then her face turned purple with rage.

In fact, most of the noble madams there detested Madam Gan's conduct. But there was no need for them to chip in because they had nothing to do with Gu's family affairs. However, they were willing to have a good laugh at others. Since they hadn't helped Minglan before, they wouldn't help Madam Gan now.

As Madam Gan was in a dilemma, Old Madam Lu who had sat there playing dumb the whole time suddenly said loudly, "Sixth Girl, when will the feast start? I am starving now. Aren't you afraid that I'll complain to your grandmother?!"

Her words amused lots of the women there. Minglan blushed and apologized with embarrassment, "Alas, I have got acquainted with so many people today. Forgive me for forgetting about the time because I got so happy talking with all of you! Old Madam Lu, the feast will start right away."