Long Yuan shook his head after seeing the girl who had been helped up by Lord Sun: "Lord Sun must have made a mistake. I have never met Lord Sun's daughter."

Upon hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but laugh. The Prime Minister then jokingly said to Lord Sun, "Lord Sun, are you in a bit of a hurry to marry off your daughter?"

Lord Sun was humiliated in public, and the Prime Minister's words only fueled his anger.

However, given his low official rank, he had no right to speak at the banquet. He had only dared to speak out because he thought his daughter was in love with the Crown Prince.

Turning to look at her daughter's guilty expression, what else was there not to understand?

"I am guilty and hope Your Highness will forgive me. I thought my daughter knew Your Highness, which is why I dared to speak out."

The Emperor, trying to smooth things over, said, "It's alright, there's probably just a misunderstanding."

Lord Sun was relieved by the Emperor's leniency and sat down, but he looked at his wife and daughters with great dissatisfaction.

If it were anything else, it would be one thing, but to dare to deceive me on such an important matter, humph.

Li Yujia burst out laughing: "I never expected that some people would actually resort to such underhanded tactics, openly and honestly, right up to the Crown Prince."

It was only because the Emperor was merciful; otherwise, the entire family should have been executed.

Although Li Yujia spoke softly, most of the people present still heard her.

Some people naturally knew that this was from the Imperial Concubine's family, but they never expected that this young girl would be so mean.

What a shameless face!

The Empress then looked at Long Yuan and asked, "Yuan'er, do you have someone you admire?"

Long Yuan stood up, glanced at Su Muyao, and nodded.

"Your subject is still young, and more importantly, the girl you have your eye on is also too young. I want to wait until she comes of age before I propose marriage to her."

After the Empress asked that question, the Emperor kept looking at Long Yuan, and he understood what was going on when he saw the way his son looked at Su Muyao.

That's quite impressive!

As expected of my son, hahaha!

The Empress tugged at the Emperor's sleeve from below, because the Emperor was laughing so hard he completely lost his composure.

The ministers below were puzzled, and some even speculated that the Crown Prince's favorite person might be on the border.

After all, he hadn't been back to Beijing for more than three years, and he was still quite young when he went to the border.

Most people believe that His Highness the Crown Prince is in love with a peasant girl from the border region.

Li Yujia naturally thought of this as well, and couldn't help but feel even more smug. How could a mere peasant girl compare to a lady from a prominent family like herself?

The imperial concubine looked at the emperor, her expression hesitant and uncertain, but she ultimately remained silent.

The Emperor naturally noticed that Consort Li seemed to have something to say: "I wonder what Consort Li has to say?"

When Li Yujia heard the Emperor say this, she looked at her aunt with expectant eyes.

She knew that her aunt would definitely try to arrange a marriage for her.

"Your Majesty, the matter of the Crown Princess's position can be discussed later. Shouldn't we start selecting a secondary consort for the Crown Prince?"

At this moment, Lord Xu also stood up and said, "Yes, His Majesty's Crown Prince is not young anymore, so it is time to select a few people to take care of him."

Su Muyao held a pastry in one hand and put it in her mouth, while resting her head on her other hand, looking at the ministers with a bored expression.

As soon as Lord Xu finished speaking, Su Muyao's lips twitched.

Long Yuan has only just come of age, and he already has to send several personal servants to the Eastern Palace. I'm really worried about his kidneys!

I wondered if I had any kidney-tonifying pills in my online space. After thinking about it, I realized I actually did.

I just don't know how much silver I should swindle from His Highness the Crown Prince, haha ​​^w^

Long Yuan felt extremely aggrieved as he watched Su Muyao looking at the pastries in her hand with such delight.

These noble ladies were fighting tooth and nail for the position of the Crown Prince's concubine.

She's fine, she doesn't even care about me as much as that little bit of food in her heart.

He couldn't help but get angry and said directly to Lord Xu, who had spoken up, "Why are you court officials trying to interfere in my marriage?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Xu immediately stood up and knelt down before His Highness the Crown Prince.

"I hope Your Highness will calm down. I just feel that Your Highness is now an adult and would like to have someone who cares about you to serve you."

All the ministers knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was very dissatisfied with this matter.

"Do you think there are too few maids and servants in the palace, or do you have other plans?"

I, the Crown Prince, will make this clear today: in the future, even if I were to marry, it would be to someone I, the Crown Prince, love.

"From this day forward, I, the Crown Prince, will be devoted to one man for life and will not have a harem of wives and concubines, so please put away your thoughts!"

Everyone was shocked by these words.

Only the Empress looked at Long Yuan with approval.

At this moment, Su Muyao finally raised her head and looked at Long Yuan.

I must say, that's actually quite a pleasant thing to say!

Upon hearing this, all the ministers in the court looked at the emperor, hoping that he would offer some advice, since which crown prince didn't have a large number of wives and concubines around him?

They must at least produce offspring for the royal family! How can they just stay with one person?

"One life, one love, one partner" is something only the poor and destitute would say.

How could a crown prince of a country possibly marry only one person in the future?

The emperor was shocked to hear this, as he had once dreamed of being with the empress for life.

He only served the Empress, but once he sat on that throne, he had many things beyond his control.

Longyuan now really looks like he did when he was young.

Su Muyao had read many stories about lovers who would stay together for life in the capital, but they were all about wandering heroes and heroines.

Unexpectedly, even the Crown Prince had such thoughts.

Just then, everyone was still thinking about how to persuade the crown prince to change his mind.

A young eunuch suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is critically ill."

"What?"

The Emperor was shocked, as the news came as a surprise.

Immediately afterwards, the Emperor and Empress left the banquet and headed towards the inner palace.

Long Yuan followed, but just as Su Muyao got up to go with him, she was blocked by a woman.

"Are you a maidservant to the Crown Prince? No, if you are a maidservant, look at what you're wearing, and how can you wear a hairpin? Don't you know your place?"

Su Muyao stared at the woman blocking her way as if she were an idiot.

"Are you blind or mentally ill? You yourself said you're a maid, how can you wear this outfit and wear a hairpin?"

Besides, when we stand together, who looks like the lady and who looks like the maid?

"And the maidservant? If she doesn't want her eyes, she can donate them..."

Li Yujia has always been arrogant and domineering, and has never been spoken to like this before.

He raised his hand to slap Su Muyao's face.

Su Muyao grabbed Li Yujia's wrist and shoved her hard.

Li Yujia was pushed to the ground.

Her head hit the ground, and her hair immediately became messy.

After getting up, Li Yujia pointed at Su Muyao and roared, "You little bitch, how dare you hit me! Qingcheng, give her a good slap! She really doesn't know her place!"

The maid, known as the Alluring Beauty, raised her hand to strike Su Muyao, but the Imperial Concubine, who hadn't had time to leave, shouted, "Stop!"

After saying this, he stepped down from the platform and came to Li Yu's house.

A sharp slap landed on Li Yujia's face.

"How did I teach you? You've completely forgotten your manners."

How dare you speak to the young princess like that! Apologize at once!

Li Yujia then realized that the little girl in front of her was the young princess.

But what can a princess do? All we've heard is how powerful she is, how she has some kind of divine master.

It's nothing special just by looking at it!

She's just pretty, but there's nothing particularly special about her.