princess teasing concubine

The royal family's thanksgiving banquet can be described as grand but not grand, because in the past, envoys from foreign countries would come to congratulate, but this time, there were only ministers from the court and China.

"Prince Taifu Master Cao, congratulations, a piece of golden silkworm armor."

"Master Song, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, congratulations, a picture of mountains and rivers."

"Master Li, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, congratulations, a pair of auspicious couples..."

Seeing that Li Zixu's father finished presenting the gift, Mu Jin glanced at her coldly, and Li Zixu under the banquet also looked like he had his nostrils turned upside down, probably still holding grudges for the last twelve, so she smiled helplessly.

Everyone's congratulatory gifts are dazzling, but the total sum is indeed a huge sum of money.

Mu Jin's eyes were bright, and Shangguan Yue who was on the side suddenly spoke, and the words poured out like a basin of cold water, "These gifts are all for the national treasury."

Mu Jin paused, and asked doubtfully, "Didn't these be given to us?"

Shangguan Yue lowered her eyes and said inexplicably, "Yes, and no."

Emotionally, the emperor married his daughter to make money!

Mu Jin really felt a little sympathetic to Shangguan Yue, his father didn't love his mother or his mother, "By the way, where is your biological mother?"

Mu Jin still didn't know a lot about Shangguan Yue. There were many concubines at the top of the banquet, but none of them had any mother-daughter affection for Shangguan Yue.

"When I was born, my mother and concubine passed away due to dystocia. Although I grew up beside the queen, I was not close to the queen."

When Shangguan Yue said this, she didn't have the slightest expression, as if the woman who died of dystocia was not her relatives.

Faced with Shangguan Yue like this, Mu Jin couldn't even say "sorry".

Shangguan Ling raised his hand, "Let's start the banquet!"

The little eunuch standing next to each seat took out a silver needle and tried each dish one by one, and the ministers started to eat it.

The band on the side started to play, and the singer came with her waist twisted and her hips swung, and the hall was immediately singing and dancing.

Mu Jin has no interest in these random dances. In contrast, she prefers modern mechanical dances, which have a strong visual impact.

All the ministers were extremely intoxicated by the graceful dance of the singer, and some of them admired and showed their eyes. Of course, there were also ministers whose focus was off.

"Hey, look at the prince son-in-law, who is indifferent to such a charming singer."

"Everyone knows it well, but it's just a pity, that bastard in my family wants to marry with all his heart..."

Li Zixu, who was at the side, was drinking, and interrupted: "Everyone, don't even look at this place, is it appropriate to say these words?"

"Heh, you're just a young Jinshi. If you didn't have your father, would you be qualified to come here?"

"That's right, Li Zizhong has a good relationship with Mr. Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, maybe even this Jinshi...is not worthy of his name."

Li Zixu put down his wine glass, "Why, envy me, I just have a good father, so what can you do." He said with contempt in his eyes, "A gossiping woman like you can achieve just that in a lifetime."

"Oh, you..."

The little eunuch outside the door shouted at this moment: "The fourth prince is here!"

As the eunuch's voice fell, a man in plain clothes stepped into the hall. The man was not wearing anything at all. His face was pale and haggard, and he had an air of isolation from the world.

"The fourth prince, Shangguan Ru, hasn't been out of Chenghua Palace for many years, why did he come here suddenly today?"

"Shh, keep your voice down..."

Everyone watched silently.

Holding the painting in his hand, Shangguan Ruo walked straight towards Mu Jin, bowed and saluted without any pretensions like a prince, so scared that Mu Jin quickly stood up and returned the salute.

Shangguan Ruo opened the painting in his hand, which showed a pair of mandarin ducks flying freely in the blue sky, "It took me several days to draw this, I hope my brother-in-law and my sister can sing in harmony, love each other with white heads, and return to the world." Brother-in-law, please don’t dislike me.”

Shangguan Ru was not only handsome, but he also had no airs. Mu Jin's eyes sparkled with his modest and gentlemanly appearance.

Shangguan Yue stood up and took the painting, "Thank you, Brother Sihuang, for coming, give me a seat for Brother Sihuang."

Shangguan Ru shook his head, "No need, if my sister hadn't gotten married, I wouldn't be here today."

Shangguan Ruo saluted the displeased Shangguan Ling on the throne, and then left. He came gently, dropped a stone into the doubtful hearts of everyone, and left quietly.

After Mu Jin sat down, he looked nympho, "You're so handsome...how many brothers and sisters do you have?"

Shangguan Yue looked sideways, with a slightly displeased expression, "I have four older brothers and two younger sisters. Among the daughters, I am the eldest daughter."

Mu Jin looked around, "What about the third prince?"

Shangguan Yue sighed, "He's dead. During the autumn hunt, it was said that he was accidentally killed by Brother Four."

So that's the case, no wonder Shangguan Ling didn't look good, Mu Jin asked again: "It's said? Didn't you go to the autumn hunting?"

"Never."

Mu Jin wondered, "Why didn't you go?"

Shangguan Yue didn't answer, she glanced coldly, "My son-in-law, don't you have too many questions."

Mu Jin opened his mouth slightly, "I'm sorry, I just don't ask."

Faced with Shangguan Yue's hot and cold attitude, Mu Jin felt uncomfortable, maybe she was too self-righteous.

"Mu Jin, from tomorrow onwards, you will come to court like all the ministers. If there is anything you don't understand, you should learn more." Shangguan Ling raised his glass to Mu Jin.

Mu Jin stood up and saluted, "It's His Majesty."

At this time, Shangguan Yan who was on the side took advantage of the joy to walk up to Shangguan Ling and whispered, "Father, my son asks you something."

Shangguan Ling smiled slightly, the smile in his eyes was not deep enough, he said in a low voice: "Yan'er, what are you talking about later, today is your eldest sister's wedding day, you should celebrate it."

Shangguan Yan pursed her lips, "But..."

Shangguan Ling patted her head, "Be good, Yan'er, you go down first, no matter what, wait for the banquet to finish first."

Shangguan Yan had no choice but to nod and returned to her seat. She looked at Li Zixu who was at the back, pouted very unhappy.

Seeing this, Mu Jin shook his head, "It's really a waste of effort."

"Is the son-in-law talking to me?"

Mu Jin was taken aback for a moment, "Eh... that's pretty much it!"

At least she still wants to have a good relationship with Shangguan Yue, but she can't figure out what the other party thinks, which is actually very tiring.

Shangguan Yue pursed her lips, "Then who is that Luo Hua?"

Mu Jin stroked his hair, "Needless to say, I am the fallen flower with love and righteousness, and you are the ruthless flowing water."

Shangguan Yue had a cold face, "Jin'er is calling me ruthless?"

Seeing Shangguan Yue's facial expression, Mu Jin could only mutter in a low voice, "I'm just telling the truth!"

Shangguan Yue didn't say much, between the two of them, one lowered his head to eat, and the other raised his head to look coldly at the audience, so scared that all the ministers didn't dare to look at the singer, and they all lowered their heads to eat.

"If this son-in-law can't coax Princess Hexu, I'd better take a detour when I see Princess Hexu in the future!"

"That's right...a detour..."

The palace banquet basically ended at night, and the sedan chairs of all the ministers were parked at the south gate, and they all went towards the south gate.

"For this palace banquet, Master Wu's gift is really heavy."

"Master Liu's night pearl, isn't it also thick!"

"There is no way. The Holy Majesty has repeatedly mentioned that the war on the southeast border is tight, and the palace banquet is so troublesome. If we don't say anything, the Holy Majesty will probably take someone to the knife."

"Hmph, the battle is tight, but with General Lin guarding it, it's not a big problem."

"The more brave General Lin behaves, the more fearful the Holy Majesty will be. When General Lin's squadron returns to the court, I will be distressed again."

"Indeed..."

Shangguan Yue's sedan chair was parked on the aisle of a carriage that only emperors could sit in, which also shows the tolerance of today's emperors to Shangguan Yue.

Mu Jin was walking on foot. She should have had a sedan chair, but she refused. The feeling of sitting in a sedan chair last time is still vivid in my memory.

Mu Jin looked sideways at the sedan chair beside him. The compact sedan chair looked lifeless, and Shangguan Yue didn't seem to intend to care about people, and he didn't like to tease people like he did when he came here.

Mu Jin clasped her hands together, and her thumbs twirled continuously. She struggled between apologizing and not apologizing, and she was still struggling when she returned to Prince Mu's Mansion.

Bai Qianxi went out to greet her, "Jin'er, why do you look so sad, did something happen at the banquet?"

Shangguan Yue got off the sedan chair and walked forward slowly, "The banquet went smoothly, so there is no need for mother to worry."

Bai Qianxi nodded, "Okay, it's getting late, you two have been tired all day, go and rest first!"

"Okay." Shangguan Yue nodded and headed towards the backyard.

Seeing Bai Qianxi winking at the side, Mu Jin didn't wait for her to understand, Shangguan Yue turned around and said, "My son-in-law, what are you doing?"

It was only then that Mu Jin realized that the two of them seemed to be sharing the same bed tonight, so she trotted forward, "Princess, why don't I sleep in a side room?"

Shangguan Yue looked sideways, and the coldness burst out in his eyes, "My son-in-law, if you sleep in a side room, how do you want the world to treat me?"

"I...understood." Mu Jin was defeated in seconds.

Mu Jin followed behind Shangguan Yue, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, and there was no one around her to help her, so she could only adapt to the situation now.

"Jin'er is afraid of me?"

Hearing this, Mu Jin shook his head and nodded again, "Sometimes I'm a little scared, but you should actually smile more, I mean, smile sincerely."

"Then Jin'er means that Ben Gong has been smirking?" Shangguan Yue slowed down slightly, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Mu Jin.

Mu Jin shook his head, "Not really, I just feel that you are not very happy."

Shangguan Yue chuckled, "Jin'er was wrong, at least I'm teasing you, it's very... happy!"

For the last three words, Shangguan Yue pronounced them very heavily.

Mu Jin narrowed his eyes and smirked, "Oh, then you can tease me slowly."

Mu Jin walked first, distanced herself from Shangguan Yue, and after returning to the room, she began to worry again, until Shangguan Yue pointed to the soft couch next to her and said, "My son-in-law is such a gentleman, so I will sleep here from now on."

Mu Jin readily agreed, and found a quilt to spread on the bed alone, but when she lay down and tried to sleep, she regretted agreeing too early.

Too hard, too hard, even if she found two quilts under it, it was still hard.