Hearing Hongli's reply, Xueying was overjoyed, and a smile, a rare sight for her tonight, appeared on her lips.
As Hongli and Xueying locked eyes, Jin, who had been performing acrobatics, finished her act. After collecting the cups and saucers and handing them to Shunzhen, Jin made a gesture as if to conclude her performance and returned to the dining area.
Then, Lady Jin slightly curtsied to Hongli and said, "Your Highness, my performance is finished. I wonder if Your Highness's wife found it satisfactory?"
Upon hearing Jin's words, Hongli turned around, nodded slightly, and then clapped his hands, saying, "I am very satisfied. I never expected you to know these martial arts skills. It truly surprises me."
Mingyu, who was standing to the side, also said with great joy, "If Yonglian sees this in the future, he will be very happy. The Prince's mansion will be even more lively from now on."
Yonglian was supposed to attend the family banquet today, but after practicing calligraphy for a while, he got tired and fell asleep before Hongli returned to the mansion.
Mingyu felt sorry for Yonglian and didn't want to wake him up. Therefore, Yonglian is still sleeping in the inner room and did not attend today's family banquet.
After finishing, Mingyu waved her hand and ordered Zixun, who was standing behind her, to take the reward she had prepared beforehand: three identical jade bead strings, so as not to show favoritism or hurt anyone's feelings.
Mingyu accepted the jade beaded string presented by Zixun and rewarded the three newly arrived princesses one by one.
Then Mingyu said, "From now on, we will be a family. We must live in harmony and serve the prince well in this palace."
After receiving Mingyu's reward, Keliyete, Jin, and Chen rose and said, "Thank you for your reward, Madam. We will serve Your Highness well in the future."
Seeing that Mingyu had prepared rewards for all three of them, Hongli, who had been busy with government affairs recently, forgot to prepare any.
If Mingyu hadn't sent someone to remind him, he probably wouldn't have remembered the matter of these three princesses entering the family today, let alone prepared rewards in advance.
After a moment's thought, Hongli said to Chen Zi, "Tomorrow you will go to my private treasury and select a set of jewelry for each of the three princesses and send it to them."
"Yes, Your Highness," Chen Zi replied respectfully.
Sitting next to Xueying, Jinshi, who had finished thanking the prince, was somewhat displeased. She pretended to be aggrieved and said, "I put on a great performance, but the prince is unwilling to reward me with more."
Upon hearing Jin's words, Xueying paused slightly, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Not only was Jin beautiful, but although she was somewhat arrogant, she also found that Jin was quite eloquent.
Standing next to Xueying, Hongli, like Xueying, was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he took off a jade pendant from his body and gave it to Jin.
Jin was overjoyed to receive the jade pendant personally bestowed upon him by Hongli, a gift unlike any of the other two. He quickly accepted the pendant and thanked Hongli with delight.
Seeing this scene aroused the jealousy of the Gao family, and their gazes toward the Jin family became more wary.
The group enjoyed a banquet together for a while longer, but Hongli, exhausted from the day's meal, could no longer continue. He had no appetite to begin with, and after eating only light and bland dishes, he refused to eat any more.
At this moment, Hongli saw that it was getting late and everyone had stopped eating, so he said to them, "It's getting late, and I'm tired. You may all leave now."
Everyone wondered which concubine's room the prince would visit tonight.
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