The banquet lasted until late at night. Shangguan Shilang was so excited that he got drunk.
Although Madam Zhang and her daughter Shangguan Han were disappointed, they had to cheer themselves up and serve him.
Mingde had wanted to leave for a long time, but he was too drunk to walk, so Prince Dongyang forced him to drink a few more cups.
There was a saying that the more one looked at a beauty under the light, the more charming she became. Mingde was originally beautiful, but when he got drunk, his eyebrows and eyes were full of lust.
Dongyang Wang Jinyuan was also a little drunk. He took Mingde's hand and asked with a smile, "Mingde, do you have a younger sister?
If you do, let me have her. Although I have two concubines, your younger sister will not be treated badly … "
Shangguan Han's eyes lit up, but Mingde pulled his hand back and said, "I am the youngest son in the family."
She immediately froze, and gradually became angry. She almost couldn't control herself.
Madam Zhang was also anxious and hurriedly winked at her husband.
Shangguan Shilang stepped forward and bowed, "Your Highness, I have an eldest daughter …"
Shangguan Han ignored the modesty of an official's daughter and hurriedly lifted the hem of her skirt to bow.
Jinyuan glanced at her drunkenly and laughed, "Mingde, is this your sister?"
Mingde said, "Yes."
"Then why doesn't she look like you at all?"
Mingde looked up at the woman.
The arrogant and coquettish Eldest Miss had undisguised greed and desire on her beautiful face. Her mother stood not far behind her, looking anxiously at them. Her mouth, which was always mean, opened and closed, as if she was constantly giving orders to the servants.
Mingde lowered his long eyelashes, smiled, and whispered, "If Sister Chen can serve Your Highness, it will be the same as me serving Your Highness."
His voice was so low that only two people heard him.
One of them was Prince Dongyang, and Jinyuan immediately sobered up. The other was Zhang Kuo, the Emperor's trusted eunuch, who knelt down without a word and kowtowed heavily.
"Oh, Eunuch Zhang." Mingde hurriedly helped him up. "What are you doing?"
Zhang Kuo said, "On behalf of young master Mingde, your servant would like to ask Wangye for a favor."
Jinyuan was astonished at this moment, but in his astonishment, there was also a hint of complacency in his manly nature.
It was like a beautiful woman taking the initiative to strike up a conversation with you. Although you knew that the beauty was already someone else's, you still couldn't help but feel proud and satisfied.
Mingde was very good-looking, which Prince Dongyang had seen at the door of the Emperor's bedchamber. Even if he didn't have good intentions, it was enough to intoxicate you for a while when such a good-looking man spoke flirtatiously to you.
Prince Dongyang was immersed in this kind of intoxication and complacency. When he heard Zhang Kuo's words, his face turned cold. "What do you want from me, Eunuch Zhang?"
Zhang Kuo bowed deeply. "Your servant begs Wangye. It's late at night, and young master Mingde is weak and cold. Send him back to rest!"
Prince Dongyang was about to say something, but Zhang Kuo calmly added, "If His Majesty summons young master to the palace in the middle of the night, who will be at fault if young master can't enter the palace because of some mistake?"
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Wang Jinyuan suddenly froze, and a chill ran up his spine.
He knew that his brother doted on Shangguan Mingde so much that he wanted to build nine deep palaces to lock up the beauty several times.
No emperor would tolerate the beauty he had locked up to cast her gaze on a man outside the palace, even if it was just an insignificant glance.
More importantly, Shangguan Mingde would not be the unlucky one.
This person was so slippery. How could he put himself in such a dangerous situation?
Jinyuan suddenly sobered up and immediately put on a smile. "In that case, Mingde, you should go to rest. I'm also a little tired. It's time to go home."
Mingde pursed his lips and smiled.
Her smile seemed to be stained with poison under the brilliant lights. It was truly a lustful and bone-scraping knife. "If that's the case, then I'll take my leave."
In Jinyuan's eyes, there was a hint of regret in his smile.
Wang Jinyuan did not leave immediately because Shangguan Shilang warmly urged him to stay, so the banquet was delayed for a while.
Mingde lay on the couch in his small courtyard. It was cold in winter, and the thin cotton wool could not keep him warm, so he did not fall asleep immediately.
There was a vague feeling in his heart that something was wrong, as if something important had been forgotten.
Prince Dongyang Jinyuan … Originally, he could have ascended to the throne, but Crown Prince Li Ji beat him to it …
So, after so many years, he was still thinking about the throne?
Mingde, you'd rather be inferior to others and use your beauty to ascend to the throne than imitate Wei Zheng and be a meritorious official who founded the country?
Ming De laughed coldly without making a sound.
No matter how cruel and ruthless Qianwandi was, he was still a Sage.
What about you, Li Jinyuan?
You're just an opportunist!
He turned over and was about to go to sleep when suddenly, a flash of light flashed across his mind.
Dongyang Wang Jinyuan's voice was deliberately low and cautious, just like that night …
Among the three assassins from Xi Wan who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince that night, the third one who exposed his identity as a secret guard and later escaped!
Mingde suddenly turned around, got out of bed, and rushed out of the door with only his underwear.
Unexpectedly, Madam Zhang finished the banquet and came to the door angrily to settle accounts with him. As soon as the door opened, the two immediately bumped into each other.
Madam Zhang's servants rushed up, "Madam!" "Why don't you call the doctor?" "Is there no law?"
Madam Zhang cried loudly as she grabbed Ming De, "You goddamn bastard! You're just like your slut's mother! You dare to kill people!
What are you all looking at?
Take him down and lock him up. Call the Master! "
Shangguan Shilang was bowing and seeing Prince Dongyang off at the gate. After hearing the servant's report, he nodded and said in a low voice, "Lock him up first."
The servant quickly left. Jinyuan guessed what was going on, but he didn't show it on his face. He just got into the carriage with his head held high.
His personal steward served tea. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Jinyuan ask, "What did Shangguan Mingde do to be punished by the family law?"
The steward nodded and said, "I asked around. I heard that he offended Madam Zhang."
Jinyuan nodded and said after a while, "My brother dotes on him so much. How can he tolerate others stepping on his head and bullying him?"
The steward smiled and said, "I don't know.
Speaking of usurping, perhaps His Majesty wants to reprimand Gongzi Mingde's temperament. "
Jinyuan closed his eyes to rest. No one knew what he was thinking. They only saw a sneer on his face in the mist of the tea.
"… Teach him a lesson?"
Jin Yuan found it extremely funny, "It's not like that. From the start, His Majesty didn't think about that at all … A flower only needs to bloom beautifully when it's being rewarded. When no one is looking at it, who cares how it blooms?"
Wang Jinyuan had drunk too much wine. In the middle of the night, he had just fallen asleep with his concubine in his arms. Suddenly, an imperial edict broke through the door and aggressively "invited" him to enter the palace to meet the Emperor.
Jinyuan was shocked. He just went to the Shangguan Family's banquet. Did the Emperor know everything so quickly?
He hurriedly climbed out of the hot quilt and went to the palace that night.
The Emperor was sitting in the Lianyi Palace. In front of the inner chamber, there was only a yellow pear wood tea table. On the side of the tea table, there was a nine-song lotus lantern. Vaguely, there were several beautiful women with pearls and jade ornaments hidden behind the curtains, waiting on the Emperor.
When Jinyuan saw this, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty summoned me tonight. May I know why?"
Qianwandi put down the small teacup and said with a smile, "I heard that you want to marry Shangguan Mingde's sister. Is that true?"
Jinyuan hesitated for a moment and lowered his head, "I … I already have a number of concubines and concubines …"
Qianwandi immediately asked, "Shangguan Mingde is very beautiful. His sister must be beautiful. Why? Is she not good enough for you?"
What he meant was: Do you think my little Mingde is not good-looking?
Jinyuan said repeatedly, "I don't dare!
I don't dare!
Miss Shangguan is beautiful and virtuous. It is my great fortune to have her! "
Qianwandi said, "Oh." Before Jinyuan's tense nerves could relax, he heard him slowly ask, "Does his sister look like Mingde?"
Dongyang Wang Jinyuan immediately sweated.
Zhang Kuo stood beside Qianwandi. At this time, he coughed and whispered something to the Emperor. After a while, he heard Qianwandi ask with a smile, "I heard that you drank a lot. Is that true?"
Wasn't Jin Yuan a smart person? He immediately followed Zhang Kuo's instructions and continued, "Yes, yes, yes, this official was greedy for wine and drank too much. My impression of Miss Shangguan is also not very clear …"
He was thinking that he must thank Eunuch Zhang when he went out. Unexpectedly, the Emperor stood up and helped him up with a smile. He said in a clear voice, "Of course. It's not the wine that gets you drunk, but you get drunk!"
Jinyuan broke free from his brother's hand and knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Forgive you for what?"
"I know I was wrong!"
"What did you do wrong?"
Sweat trickled down Jinyuan's face.
The Emperor's jealousy was too subtle.
Qianwandi looked at him for a while and did not say anything. He slowly walked back to the seat of honor with a smile and sat down on the couch in an extremely comfortable and leisurely manner.
Jinyuan knelt with his head down. After a while, he heard the Emperor ask faintly, "Since you went to the banquet, tell me about the interesting things.
Staying in the palace all day long is really too boring and depressing. "
Jinyuan wiped his sweat. He quickly thought about the meaning of the Emperor's words. While thinking, he smiled stiffly and said, "I only saw the Shangguan Shilang and his wife. I didn't see anyone else … It's quite interesting. I didn't know the Shangguan family had such a strict upbringing."
He briefly told the emperor about Ming De's confinement before he left. He originally thought that the emperor would be very interested, but who knew that Emperor Qian Wan Di would faintly interrupt: "Zhen already knew this."
You already knew?
If you already knew, then why did you allow others to climb over your little sweetheart's head and humiliate him?
Jinyuan could not understand and could only kowtow, "Your Majesty is really perceptive."
Qianwandi smiled, "Brother and I are unfamiliar with each other. If you spend more time with me, you will know.
I always know a lot of things. "
Jinyuan was shocked. He pretended to be terrified, "Your Majesty is right. I was rash tonight."
Qianwandi waved his hand, "Brother drank too much. You must be tired. Go back and rest."