The Blessed (Book 5)

508. The Palace Banquet (6) So Mad at Him!

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

"It is good as long as you can take that position. But you got to sit steadily, otherwise, you may fall from it, then become everyone's laughing stock."

Having spams at the corner of her mouth uncontrollably, Noble Consort withdrew her smile. As she was about to leave, Ling Jingxuan said casually, "Thank you for your concern. But I am different from you. When His Highness married me, he offered me nothing but a promise. For all his life, he'd only have me as his wife! So, you can rest assure. His Highness is a man of his words. He'd only have me for all his life."

What did those women in the harem lack most? Not power or money, or beauty, but His Majesty's love. Didn't she like those sarcastic remarks? Then he'd make her mad enough to have internal hemorrhage first!

"Really? Then I hope so."

Sure enough, Noble Consort Xiao with her back against him got stiffened, and only spat out those few words after quite a while, and then strode away leading her people. Noble Consort Bai who took everything in his eyes cast a meaningful look at Ling Jingxuan when passing him but said nothing, while those wives behind them all got drowned in those words Su Bei had just said. Any woman, who wouldn't wish their man only loved her alone? But...that was totally impossible. They were daughters of those eminent families. In order to manifest their virtues, though reluctant, they had to take the initiative to ask their men to have concubines.

In a moment, Ling Jingxuan had undoubtedly become the object all wives and ladies were jealous of.

Then, Able Consort, Worthy Consort, Pure Consort and Virtuous Consort all came, followed by Lady of Bright Deportment and Beauties. Anyway, all who should come were almost all arrived. And officiate eunuch finally ran out of the hall. Seeing him, all wives hurriedly rearranged their appearances, and those eunuchs and maids all started to get busy. Then the furious Crown Princess Hua suddenly walked over leading over ten maids, like he was going directly into Fuling Palace. The officiate eunuch hurriedly stopped him, "Crown Princess Hua, please hold on..."

"Pia!"

"Get out of my way!"

The next moment, a horrible sound rose in the air. The officiate eunuch received a hard slap in the face. Crown Princess Hua holding his long whipe in the hand threw a hard stare at him, and then walked away. No one dare stop him again. Seeing that scene, Ling Jingxuan couldn't help having a twitch at the corner of his mouth. Compared with him he instantly felt himself much gentler. That was the son spoiled by the imperial family, right? "Her Empress Dowager has decreed that all ladies enter the palace!"

Several eunuch hurriedly pulled that officiate eunuch away, while someone else said in a raised voice. Under the leading of the eunuchs and maids, a huge group of wives under the lead of Ling Jingxuan and Old Madam's Zeng queued in line according to their ranks and then entered the palace. Inside the palace, Her Empress Dowager and His Empress were sitting above, other concubines all took Noble Consort Xiao and Noble Consort Bai was the lead, sitting on both sides, while Crown Princess Hua who broke in earlier stood by the side of Her Empress Dowager with an angry face.

"Greetings, My Empress Dowager! Long live!

Under the guidance of eunuchs, Ling Jingxuan and Old Madam Zeng knelt down first, followed by other wives. Then Her Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction, "Rise!"

"Thank you, My Empress Dowager."

After waiting for people ahead to stand up, those behind only slowly got up. The hierarchy was especially prominent here. Then Her Empress Dowager said some auspicious words and rewarded those wives under the second rank. Since they had no right to attend to the banquet. So, after receiving the reward, they left, only leaving those wives, crown princesses, princesses, princesses of second rank, and their sons and daughters, of course, Ling Jingxuan was among them.

"Someone! Serve the seats!"

Casting a glance at those who were still standing, when seeing Ling Jingxuan, Her Empress Dowager flickered, with both shock and hatred, but more of calculation. She never expected the Crown Princess Sheng to be so young, like easy to bully.

Fine, Ling Jingxuan was only twenty one this year, and it was true he looked weak and easy to bully, but if one really wanted to bully him, the result was far from one imagined.

"Thank you, My Empress Dowager!"

Ling Jingxuan didn't stand on ceremony and directly took the seat on the first one on the first. Everyone on spot couldn't help gasping on seeing that. Although his rank was the highest, his seniority was not the highest. Except Grand Princess Shangming, there were still a few other old ladies of other big families. One could say he was the youngest of all.

Vulgar, rude, ill-mannered...

Various derogatory adjective glid across people's mind. And the few old madams all darkened their faces. But since the Grand Princess still hadn't said anything, none of them dare stand out. So, people had to take seats taking him as the lead.

"Who is Crown Princess Sheng? I guess I am old and can't see clearly."

Finally!

A trace of irony flashed across Ling Jingxuan's eyes, so obvious humiliation, really took him an idiot? Casting a glance at those concubines secondary concubines, and those wives, who all wore a smile on their faces, Ling Jingxuan abruptly stood up. Facing everyone's shocking eyes, he stepped on the steps and stood before Her Empress Dowager, "I am. My Empress Dowager, you look so young, totally not like an old woman. Those who don't know may think you are only in your thirties. But, one could try to maintain her skin, but not her eyes. Deterioration of vision is normal when one grows old. So, don't be sad. In the future, when I come greet you, I will directly stand before your face, in case you may overuse your eyes and your eyesight turns worse."

Didn't they all think he's vulgar and uneducated? Then he'd show them! He was a farmer anyway, wasn't he?