After word spread through the palace that His Majesty intended to hold a grand birthday banquet for the eldest princess, both the princesses in the court and the ministers outside the court couldn't help but feel uneasy.

After all, His Majesty the Emperor had never shown any affection for the Eldest Princess before. Oh wait, there was one instance: it is said that when the Northern Wilderness proposed a marriage alliance with the Eldest Princess, His Majesty refused.

It seems that the people above really have some affection for the princess, so the gifts given at this birthday banquet can't be too insignificant.

Not to mention that the ministers, each with their own agenda, wanted to prepare a unique gift for the princess.

During the Xia Dynasty, all unmarried princesses lived in the palace and would only move out of the palace after they got married.

In the palace where the princesses resided, the few princesses of the Great Xia Dynasty tacitly gathered at Xi Yue's palace.

"Elder sister, did His Majesty really say he's going to throw you a big birthday banquet?" The one who asked Xiyue was a cute girl of about twelve or thirteen years old. She stared at Xiyue with a rather suspicious look in her eyes.

Xi Yue nodded, "Of course, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how could the Son of Heaven go back on his word?"

"Moreover," Xi Yue paused, then remembered the vulnerable side her younger brother had shown in front of her. A look of heartache appeared on her face. Her younger brother had been forced to ascend the throne at such a young age. With their father gone and no mother to speak up for him, she had to put in a good word for him in front of her sisters.

May His Majesty have more sisters to care for him.

"His Majesty actually cares about us very much, but his younger brother is busy with state affairs and cannot take care of us."

"He cares about us!" The twelve or thirteen-year-old girl stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief.

"Mengxin, you've been rude." The girl next to her, dressed in blue with a cool and aloof appearance and a quiet demeanor, glanced at her, a hint of sternness in her eyes.

The girl being mentioned is none other than His Majesty's fourth sister, Princess Mengxin, who is only one year younger than His Majesty and was born to Consort An.

The one who warned her was the second princess, Princess Yuanya, the only daughter of Consort Lan.

Although Princess Yuanya is a year younger than Xiyue, her IQ and EQ are much higher.

Looking at her younger sister who dared to say anything in the palace, Yuan Ya's eyes revealed a hint of disappointment.

Mengxin was raised by Princess Yuanya's mother for a period of time, and to her, Yuanya was no different from her own parents' sisters.

Seeing her second sister warn her, Mengxin couldn't help but feel guilty and dared not speak so boldly again.