"Ugh, ptooey, ptooey..."
The reeking Tianfeng emitted a pig-like squawking sound as the Regent left without looking back.
Nobody can vent their anger?
I'm sorry!
Tianfeng glared fiercely at the Regent, her bird-beak clenched in hatred.
Don't let it out, or it will definitely not let that damned man get away with it!!
The banquet began quickly. The guests were mostly friendly colleagues and officials, so there was no sense of restraint during the meal.
Ye Lanyin sat at a table with her sisters, chatting and laughing, but she was not happy at all.
The Regent sat in the men's section, his eyes occasionally glancing at Ye Lanyin with a wronged expression, as if he wanted to glue his eyes to her.
Prime Minister Jiang originally did not want to come, but he was afraid that if he did not come, he would offend Xiao Wanwan, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.
That's infuriating.
The food wasn't good, and we still had to give gifts!
"Your Highness, why don't you just go to the women's section?"
The Regent was holding a chicken leg in his hand, but his eyes were fixed on Ye Lanyin. Little did he know that the chicken leg had been placed into Prime Minister Jiang's bowl without him noticing.
The Regent was pulled back to his senses and saw that the chicken leg he had picked up had been eaten by Prime Minister Jiang. He felt extremely aggrieved.
"Prime Minister Jiang, what do you mean? How did you end up eating the chicken leg I picked up?"
Prime Minister Jiang rolled his eyes at the Regent.
His family was destroyed and he was deeply in love with his wife. Both publicly and privately, he was the object of my jealousy.
"Your Majesty, you personally placed this chicken leg in my bowl. How has it become that I am eating your food?"
"Isn't the chicken leg you put on my plate for me?"
As soon as Prime Minister Jiang put down the chicken leg, he shoved the bowl directly in front of the Regent.
"Here you go!!"
Who is it?
"snort!"
Regent: "..."
Seeing that Prime Minister Jiang was somewhat displeased, Xiao Rui'an immediately stepped in to smooth things over, smiling and saying, "Prime Minister Jiang, you've misunderstood. Father King put this chicken leg for you. He said that just now because he wanted to ask you if the chicken leg from the Regent's Palace was delicious?"
Prime Minister Jiang glanced at the newly appointed third-ranked scholar, took a deep breath, and said, "But he just clearly said what I meant..."
"Father, do you mean, did you find it interesting after you finished eating the chicken leg?"
As he spoke, Xiao Rui'an cast a meaningful glance at Prime Minister Jiang.
Prime Minister Jiang was startled by that look and became somewhat flustered.
It's that look in her eyes; whenever Xiao Wanwan gives that look, it's never a good sign.
"That's interesting, very interesting."
Ye Lanyin's children are indeed no pushovers.
All he did was grumble a few words to the regent, trying to make fun of him.
Before he could finish speaking, the child was already protective of him.
The Regent was overjoyed to be protected by Xiao Rui'an.
He thought to himself that over the years, he had been criticized by these people countless times, both openly and secretly, but as the regent, he could not afford to fuss over trivial matters.
He felt incredibly bitter inside, but now that his son was protecting him, he suddenly felt much more confident.
He then straightened up and coughed, saying, "Ahem, as long as it's interesting, I'll just pick up another chicken leg. Does Prime Minister Jiang want more?"
With his mouth full of chicken legs, Prime Minister Jiang waved his hand dismissively after hearing the Regent's words, "No, no, no..."
Don't you have a son?
He has it too!!
Even though he's an adopted son, it's better than being a bastard!
Just wait, when he returns home tonight, he'll have his adopted son say a few nice things to him.
Who doesn't have a son?
Xiao Rui'an chuckled softly, but this chuckle startled the girl not far away.
The young girl's flustered expression was caught red-handed by Chu's mother.
Following the gaze, it turned out to be the newly appointed third-ranked scholar.
"Qianxue, what's making you so happy?" Mother Chu put down her chopsticks and asked her daughter, who was sitting to the side, in a low voice.
When Chu Qianxue was asked this question by her mother, she bit her chopsticks, her eyes showing some panic.
"No... I don't have a mother."
Mother Chu smiled, then pretended not to care and said, "Oh, I thought you had taken a fancy to some young master."
"Now that you've come of age, I didn't think things through when we agreed to the marriage last time. I only listened to the matchmaker's one-sided story and agreed to it."
"This time, your mother will choose a new husband for you, one who will not be so reckless again."
Upon hearing this, Chu Qianxue abruptly raised her head, her previous shyness and panic vanishing instantly.
She looked pale and said, "Mother, your daughter... doesn't want to get married yet."
“Although our daughter has reached marriageable age, she doesn’t necessarily have to get married so early. Look at Madam Ye, she had a seemingly good husband when she reached marriageable age, but in the end, it wasn’t a good match.”
"Mother, I'd like to wait a little longer, is that alright?" Chu Qianxue's tone was almost pleading.
However, the Chu family was of very high social standing and placed great emphasis on upbringing, so the daughters of the Chu family began to learn traditional female virtues and needlework from a young age.
The purpose is so that after they get married in the future, they can serve as the matriarch of the family, and their every word and action will represent the Chu family.
Now that her daughter has such ideas, it goes against the Chu family's rules. How could Chu's mother agree to it?
"Qianxue, a girl must marry when she reaches the age of marriage; this is the rule of our ancestors."
“If you marry later, the husbands you choose will all be the ones that those other wives have rejected. I’m afraid that.”
Chu Qianxue's eyes reddened upon hearing her mother's words.
"Mother, your daughter..."
Ye Lanyin happened to be sitting nearby and, upon hearing Chu's mother's words, came to Chu Qianxue's rescue, saying:
"Madam Chu, family rules cannot be broken, but our ancestors certainly hoped for the happiness of their descendants."
"The world is different now, and everyone is doing well. Why not listen to the children's opinions?"
Before Chu's mother could say anything more, Xiao Wanwan climbed onto Ye Lanyin's lap.
"Sister Qianxue, do you like my older brother?"
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