Not many officials were able to attend this banquet. Apart from those with noble titles, all the others were officials of the second rank or above, and most of them only brought their wives and not their children.
Someone like Miss Qian wouldn't have been able to attend this banquet if it weren't for her ability to speak the Nanlin dialect.
The princes and princesses of the eleven kingdoms of the West, along with their delegation leaders, sat at one table per kingdom. The same was true for the three kingdoms including Jiacang, whose seating arrangements were the same as those of the adult princes and princesses of the Great Zhou.
Gu Xin and Gu Ren sat at the table of the Goddess Kingdom, which was closest to the Western delegation. Gu Xin was also quite familiar with the princes and princesses of the Western countries, and they chatted quite a bit during the meal.
"Third Sister, I noticed someone has been watching you!" Xiao Mingyue suddenly whispered halfway through the meal.
"Really? You were able to notice that?" Gu Xin said with a smile.
How could her keen senses not have detected that someone was watching her? Others would occasionally glance in her direction, but one gaze was fixed on her—that of Prince Tian Tian of Dongzhe Kingdom.
"So you found out, Third Sister!" Xiaomingyue blinked in surprise.
"Tch, what's so strange about that? With our third sister's looks and temperament, she's bound to attract some toads. Brother Yuan is probably having a hard time." Gu Ren said calmly.
Although the plot of this book has deviated from the original author Gu Ren's setting, the appearance of the main characters in the book has not deviated at all.
Gu Ren envisioned Gu Xin as a great beauty. She used to be a weak and naive beauty, but now she's no longer weak or naive; she's a heroic and valiant beauty, which makes her even more attractive.
Gu Xin was in the Western Lands when she turned sixteen and wasn't home. When she returned from the Western Lands, she was already sixteen years old. Dressed as a noble lady of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Ren was secretly pleased, thinking that his writing was really good. Look how well he described the character's appearance, and he had used all the words he needed.
At that time, Gu Ren knew that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter how you compare, Gu Xin was definitely number one. If she was number two, no one would dare to claim to be number one.
"Brother Renren, that Prince Tiantian doesn't look like a toad; he's actually quite handsome," Xiaomingyue commented truthfully.
"You little rascal, you just made a promise to me, and now you've set your sights on this handsome young man! Sure enough, all women are liars, no matter how old or young. Sigh, my heart..." Gu Ren clutched his chest with a pained expression.
Gu Xin: "..."
You're young, but you're really dramatic.
Little Mingyue blinked her big eyes and said earnestly, "Sister Xue'er said that seeing beautiful things makes people feel good. Besides, I never lie. If something is beautiful, it's beautiful; if it's not, it's not. When Brother Renren grows up, he will definitely be a hundred times more handsome than Prince Tiantian. And, oh, I'm not marrying Brother Renren because he's handsome."
Gu Ren: ...Damn Gu Sanniu, look what you said in front of the child! I must tell the little girl to play with Gu Sanniu less in the future, otherwise she will be turned into a lovesick fool sooner or later.
Then, it won't be him regretting giving up beautiful women for freedom, but the little girl regretting giving up handsome men for him.
Gu Ren suddenly felt a sense of urgency. No, no, he had to be the most handsome man in the world. He had to prevent the little girl from looking at anyone else and only at him.
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