Chapter 352 Annual Meeting
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I don't know why the emperor wants to hold a family banquet with so many people.
The emperor is like ordinary people. He is particularly fond of his first child and pays special attention to the children of his original wife.
But later, when there were more and more children, he couldn't take care of them. He
either liked them very much, or hated them very much, or they were mediocre. Sometimes he couldn't remember clearly.
It was also because children often died.
He was very sad at first.
But then he got used to it slowly, like a wound, which was torn repeatedly and didn't hurt as much as it did at the beginning. The wound has a stress response, the skin becomes hard, and the heart becomes hard.
So when it comes to so many children, the emperor doesn't love them particularly.
There is only one heart, and there are many people to share it, so each person has very little.
Especially when the emperor began to seek immortality.
He even regretted having too many children, thinking that his vitality was lost.
Later, he did not go to the harem.
But now the house is full of people.
Fortunately, it is a royal family and the house is big enough.
Ordinary dignitaries cannot accommodate so many people.
The tenth prince was carried in sickly. When he came, he leaned on the chair and gasped. It was obvious that he could not stand the environment with so many people.
Mianmian noticed that the man felt that he had symptoms of asthma, allergic asthma?
That is, the prince, the conditions are very good, and he is well-fed.
Ordinary people would have died long ago.
But even the prince is annoying enough.
The emperor looks not only like an old age disease, but also has some symptoms of chronic poisoning. Knowing that the emperor has been taking pills, you can tell that there is no escape.
Ancient elixirs often used mercury, which was very poisonous.
In this world where life expectancy is generally short and the average life expectancy is only in the 30s, Mianmian is still a little panicked.
She only found out when she went to the Star Observatory with Brother Chong that the Star Observatory records the impact of the stars and climate on humans over the years, and has statistics on human life expectancy.
In the years of great disasters, the average life expectancy was about 25 years old.
The past 100 years have been considered peaceful years, and the average life expectancy has increased to 33 years old, which is already a prosperous age.
So it was normal to be a grandfather or grandmother in your 30s in ancient times, because if you don't do it early, you will be dead and you won't be able to see the continuation of the family line.
Mianmian thought to herself that she couldn't do anything else, and there was no house fighting, and the palace fighting didn't seem to have anything to do with her. It is very likely that she is actually in a world of longevity, relying on a long life to survive to the end.
Attending the palace banquet, she felt like she used to go home for a wedding during the Spring Festival. There were dozens of tables, all filled with relatives and friends, but she couldn't recognize them all.
At that time, she was in school, so she was a little aloof and embarrassed to say hello.
Now that she thinks about it, there's no need to do that. They're all relatives, so you should chat boldly. If you're not familiar with them, you'll get to know them. Start by getting familiar with them at this banquet. When you enter society in the future, you'll find that the whole society is full of acquaintances. You can find relatives and friends from those dozens of tables.
There were so many people that seats were arranged in advance. Otherwise, it would take a long time to choose a seat.
Mianmian saw that her elder sister and two nephews were there.
But they weren't around, so she decided to go and see them later.
Today was a bit like the company's annual meeting.
At the beginning, the emperor (big leader) came and she paid her respects.
Then she listened to the leader's speech.
There were no bees or microphones, but fortunately it was very quiet when it was the emperor's turn to speak.
No one was making a fuss.
The emperor's voice was not loud, and his breath was insufficient.
The emperor's eyes fell on the audience, which were mostly young faces, young faces, one face after another.
Familiar, unfamiliar.
In fact, there were still too few.
He had fewer and fewer children.
He wanted to say something passionately, but he couldn't.
He just looked at so many faces.
Let's have some fun.
"The past year has been full of ups and downs. Today begins a new year. I hope the country will be peaceful and the people will be healthy and prosperous."
The emperor did not give a long speech. He
just said one sentence and announced the start of the meal.
But Mianmian found that no one was in a hurry to pick up chopsticks.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do, so she was not in a hurry either.
In fact, the meal doesn’t look that good, mainly because there are too many people and the distance is too far. When the dishes are served, they are usually not very hot.
If the leader likes to talk for a long time, the dishes will be frozen.
And according to the law of banquets, there always seems to be something wrong with eating and drinking in the palace.
It’s not easy for the emperor to say that he has to worry about being poisoned when he eats something.
Maybe the reason why the emperor takes elixirs is to fight poison with poison, and he just stands on the eighteenth floor and looks down.
Mianmian saw that her father was sitting very close to the emperor. Her father was in front of the emperor, and on the other side were the seventh and ninth princes.
Mianmian didn’t know them either, and listened to the eunuch’s introduction.
They all looked handsome.
None of them looked bad.
Of course, her father was the best looking.
Dad is the kind of person who looks comfortable no matter how you look at him, and looks good at fighting from any angle.
The banquet started, and then it became a little noisy.
They couldn't just sit there and not talk, but everyone started talking, and with the sound of the baby crying, the Tenth Prince's asthma became severe.
Mianmian saw her sister carrying the baby away, and the Tenth Prince was also carried away.
Some princes and grandsons who couldn't sit still also went downstairs.
The banquet suddenly became much quieter.
At this time, Jiang Wan was actually invited over here.
The emperor summoned Chu Xi and Jiang Wan.
The Ninth Prince's wife was a little uneasy.
The Emperor said that he had important matters to arrange.
He even came to see the Seventh Prince's eldest son. What was that?
Fortunately, after a while, the Ninth Prince's child also came to the Emperor.
The Ninth Prince has a legitimate son.
The Ninth Prince himself was lazy, but his son Chu Ze was brought up to be very much like the Sixth Prince, with a very dignified appearance and looking very sunny and bright.
And Chu Xi, probably because he was a bastard and lived under his legitimate mother, looked more tactful and not so simple and sunny.
The Emperor leaned back on the dragon chair, looked at his two grandsons, and nodded to reward them.
Seeing Jiang Wan, he was also surprised and gave her a reward as well.
Today the Emperor seemed like a kind elder.
He was particularly cordial.
The Ninth Prince was a little excited. When his father summoned folk sorcerers to the palace for medical treatment, one of them happened to be his.
The sorcerer said that his father was in poor health.
Although it was sad, it was the last moment and the outcome would come.
If he could get lucky and become the crown prince or the emperor, that would be great. Living for ten thousand years is better than living for ten thousand years.
It would be better for his children to be princesses and princes than to be promoted to titles and become members of the royal family.
Moreover, his father never liked the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince was very pretentious and sinister.
When he came to power, he would immediately let the Seventh Brother return to his fiefdom as far away as possible. It would be too unsightly.
The Ninth Prince thought to himself.
But he didn't know that in the previous life, after the Seventh Prince came to power, he killed the entire Ninth Prince's family as soon as possible.
The ninth prince usually looked like a dandy, but today he was a little anxious.
The seventh prince was still calm, no different from before.
He was still very nervous, and he looked happy and cheerful whenever the emperor called him.
Until the emperor said, "I am old and my health is getting worse. The ninth prince is sincere and filial. Wait until I am a hundred years old..."
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