Qin Xiaoxin looked at Qin Yumu next to Qin Mo and asked uncertainly, "The heir of the Marquis of Kaiyang?"
"That's right, my father hasn't arrived yet."
"Oh! Your Highness, please follow me!"
Qin Xiaoxin, as the Minister of the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs, personally came forward today to guide people in order to distinguish who was qualified to enter and who needed to be expelled.
Qin Yumu's father, Marquis Kaiyang, Qin Xiaoshan, was a powerful marquis with his own fiefdom, and he was barely allowed to enter today. Qin Yumu, however, was not quite there. But Qin Xiaoxin saw how close Qin Mo was to him, so he naturally had to give Qin Mo face.
Qin Mo and Qin Yumu were led to a large hall, where there were already quite a few people. The people inside were completely different from those outside; they sat upright with their eyes fixed straight ahead, and no one dared to whisper to each other.
There were fewer than ten seats at the head of the main hall, clearly reserved for the big shots; the rest, like Qin Yumu, could only squeeze in below and pretend to be mute.
Following Qin Xiaoxin's instructions, Qin Mo sat down in her seat and once again experienced the feeling of being watched by a leader.
"Your Highness Prince Heng, you've arrived very early!"
"Wasn't Lord Xiao here even earlier? Heh!" Qin Mo forced a smile, inwardly cursing himself for arriving so early.
Don't they know that the more important the character, the later they appear in the story?
Besides Qin Mo, only two civil officials were sitting in the seat at the head of the table, one of whom was none other than Xiao Xinyan, the Grand Secretary.
"Hehe, I thought Your Highness would come with the Prince of Yan and the others!" Xiao Xinyan said meaningfully, his eyes like those of an old fox.
"Oh! Yesterday, the Prince of Yan instructed me to come here in person today!"
Qin Mo's heart sank. She realized she had been careless. None of the other bigwigs from the royal family had arrived, obviously they had gone to discuss matters beforehand. Was she being isolated?
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