There were numerous nobles in the capital, so except for some important people who often appeared before his eyes, Emperor Jingming had no impression of the Earl of Dongping even though he had met him before.

And it is such a person who has no impression at all, but has been mentioned again and again this year, and each time he was the one who was wrongly slandered. Emperor Jingming could not help but be curious.

Seeing the emperor's curious look, Pan Hai silently rolled his eyes and pointed in a certain direction: "Your Majesty, the table in the southwest corner is the second one from the inside."

Southwest corner?

Emperor Jingming squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.

Pan Hai cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, that is the southeast corner..."

Emperor Jingming couldn't hold back his expression, and said with a gloomy face: "Why, can't I look somewhere else?"

Pan Hai twitched his lips.

Emperor Jingming finally saw Jiang Ancheng's appearance clearly and was slightly surprised.

Dongping Bo is actually a handsome man. Logically speaking, people with good looks should not have bad luck.

"emperor--"

"Um?"

"Is it time to start the banquet?" Pan Hai reminded in a low voice.

"Uh, let's have a feast."

Pan Hai immediately shouted: "Let's start the banquet——"

All the nobles and officials immediately stood up to express their gratitude.

Emperor Jingming took the wine glass handed over by Pan Hai and toasted his subjects according to the custom in previous years. However, this time, he raised the glass from a distance, facing the southwest corner.

The intentions of superiors are hard to predict, but that is also what people like to guess the most.

This year, the Emperor toasted towards the southwest corner. Could it be that there is someone the Emperor values ​​there?

All the nobles and officials turned their eyes towards the southwest corner.

There is no special person. Those who sit in that position are all nobles of low status. They don't even have a chance to show their faces in front of the emperor all year round. Especially the Earl of Dongping. He has not been lucky this year. It is so unlucky that I don't want to sit at the same table with him.

Soon, music and dancing began to play, and the atmosphere became increasingly lively with the clinking of glasses.

Emperor Jingming casually ate a few bites of food and continued gossiping with his trusted eunuch Pan Hai: "Jiang Shaoqing looks more mature than his brother."

Mr. Jiang Er is currently the Shaoqing of the Imperial Household Department and is a familiar face in front of Emperor Jingming. This is why Mr. Jiang Er is more respected than Jiang Ancheng.

One is a person who has registered with the emperor, and the other is a person whose descendants will never be able to inherit the title after he dies a hundred years later. It is self-evident who is more respectable in the eyes of the world.

Pan Hai looked at Old Master Jiang with sympathy.

The emperor said it in a tactful and mature way, meaning that he thought Jiang Shaoqing was not as handsome as the Earl of Dongping!

"I heard that the brothers are not much different in age."

"Uh." Emperor Jingming responded casually, glancing at Jiang Ancheng's pleasing face, and suddenly became curious again, "Both the daughters of the Dongping Marquis's Mansion married the wrong people. Could it be that they inherited their looks from their mother's family?"

Pan Hai glanced around and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Your Majesty, can't you discuss these issues in the palace? If people hear that a king of a country cares about this, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

No matter how she complained, she had to answer the emperor's words: "I heard that the girls in the Dongping Marquis's mansion are all outstanding beauties."

"Where is the fourth Miss Jiang?" Emperor Jingming asked for some unknown reason.

Although Pan Hai had never seen Jiang Sisheng, he really knew what she looked like.

The Dongchang under his charge had spies everywhere. Some time ago, the Dongping Marquis's Mansion took the Zhu family to court, and the fourth Miss Jiang showed up in public. Among the officials in the court happened to be people from the Dongchang.

According to reports from his subordinates, Fourth Miss Jiang is a beauty who could conquer a whole country.

But Pan Hai hesitated for a moment as to how to report to the emperor.

If we tell the truth, the Emperor would not take Fourth Miss Jiang into the palace, right?

Emperor Jingming raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Pan Hai's heart sank, and he said hurriedly, "It is said that the fourth Miss Jiang is extremely beautiful."

Emperor Jingming was quite surprised that Pan Hai praised him as having special qualities.

From this point of view, Fourth Miss Jiang must be a beauty who outshines all other beauties.

With such a beauty, the boy from the Duke of Anguo actually broke off the engagement?

After Emperor Jingming's curiosity subsided, he put the matter aside and started to enjoy the singing and dancing.

It gets dark early in winter. After the banquet, the huge team took a short rest and returned to the city.

Along the way, colorful flags were flying and melodious music was playing. Countless people stood on both sides of the street to watch the royal carriage. Emperor Jingming also sat in the carriage and looked at his people with a smile.

After returning to the palace, Emperor Jingming's high spirits became low.

Anyone would feel depressed when returning to the unchanging palace from the vast world outside.

But no matter what your mood is, you still have to cheer up for the family dinner in the evening.

Emperor Jingming took a break from his busy schedule, changed into his casual clothes, and went to the Changsheng Palace.

The family banquets in the palace have always been held in Changsheng Hall. For Yu Jin, this is his first time to attend such an occasion.

The incessant music, the palace maids in thin clothes, and the suffocating warmth made Yu Jin feel very bored.

But no matter how bored he was, he still had to come over, because he still relied on the emperor for his life's affairs.

A low laugh was heard.

Yu Jian has good hearing and heard everything clearly.

"That must be the seventh brother. I heard that he would fight with other brothers whenever he had nothing to do. I didn't expect that he was so handsome..."

"Hmph, no matter how delicate he is, he is still a savage who only knows how to fight. What's so good about him?"

…

Yu Jin glanced over there and was dazzled by the string of princesses.

There must be at least a dozen princesses here. The emperor is really fertile!

Sweeping another row of princes, Yu Jin laughed at himself.

If he couldn't have children, he might not even be born.

Although he was sent out of the palace at birth, and had hardly ever enjoyed the treatment of a prince, nor received any warmth from his parents, Yu Jin had never thought that his fate was so miserable, and wished he had not been given birth.

Just kidding, it’s so great to be alive. If I had never walked in this world, how would I have met his Ah Si?

Yu Jin picked up the wine bottle and poured himself a glass of wine.

Silver wine jug, white jade wine cup, amber wine.

Yu Jin picked up the wine glass, put it to his nose, sniffed it, and took a sip.

There was a low sneer.

Without listening carefully, one could tell that the princesses were laughing at Yu Jin's inappropriate behavior of pouring the wine himself.

Yu Jin raised his eyebrows and looked over with lightning-like eyes.

The princesses immediately fell silent, and some of them blushed and lowered their heads.

No matter how rude and unruly this brother is, one has to admit that among all the brothers, the seventh brother is the most handsome, and he makes people feel inexplicably uneasy when he looks at people.

It was as if... as if if I said any more, I would be beaten like those imperial brothers...

Yu Jin retracted his gaze and turned the jade cup in his hand.

"The Emperor is here, the Empress is here—"

With a loud shout, the music stopped and Emperor Jingming walked into the hall with the empress.

Everyone in the hall immediately stood up and bowed loudly.

Emperor Jingming put his hands down and said, "Sit down. We are all family. No need to be polite."

Going out of the palace to offer sacrifices to the heavens was tiring enough, and he didn't want to do it again at the family dinner.

Emperor Jingming sat down lazily and began to look at his concubines and children.