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Seeing Wang Jinhe feeling aggrieved, Su Yu understood her frustration. “Feeling aggrieved?”
“Hmph, don’t tell me you don’t feel the same way. Qiming dared to snatch the prince of Xuan Empire in broad daylight. He’s really audacious,” Wang Jinhe huffed.
Suppressing a smile, Su Yu replied, “We don’t need to be angry with such a person. Besides, we don’t need to do anything. Someone will inform the Emperor about this matter, and then Qiming will have to answer to Xuan Empire.”
“Hmm? But today’s incident wasn’t that significant. Will people think we’re making a mountain out of a molehill?” After all, Qiming’s intentions were just their speculation, and he hadn’t made any public statements.
Even if they spoke up, Qiming would deny it, claiming it was just their baseless speculation, and they would end up looking bad.
“Don’t worry, Qiming won’t have the chance to refute it,” Wang Jinhe assured. Qiming hadn’t said anything particularly offensive, but his attitude was quite obvious.
Moreover, he had never shown a close relationship with Qiming, yet he wanted to drag him away in the middle of the street. He clearly didn’t consider himself an outsider.
“After the arrival of the four Vassal kings, there will be a banquet in the palace to entertain everyone, and the four vassal kings will arrive at the latest by tomorrow.”
Wang Jinhe, looked at Su Yu and scrutinizing him.
This guy is peculiar. Why does it feel like he’s plotting something against others?
After pondering for a moment, Wang Jinhe gave up trying to figure it out. She decided that they would find out when the time came.
As Su Yu had speculated, King Chen and King Huainan arrived in the afternoon, while King Zhenbei and King Yan arrived the next day. With their arrival, the Qi Opera was ready to begin.
On the day Xuan Feiran hosted the banquet for the officials, Wang Jinhe also intended to attend. Originally, Xuan Feiran had said she could skip it, considering her pregnancy, and no one dared to object. However, to everyone’s surprise, Wang Jinhe insisted on going to watch the opera, refusing to heed Su Yu’s advice. In the end, Su Yu had to accompany her and arranged for Qiu Yi and another covert guard, who had transitioned from covert to overt, to keep a close watch on Wang Jinhe, ensuring she wouldn’t be alone.
After changing into suitable attire, Wang Jinhe went to the palace with Su Yu.
Those who had witnessed Su Yu’s outbursts were now at a loss seeing how well he treated Wang Jinhe. Was this still the same prince? It was somewhat embarrassing.
However, the noble ladies who had come to the palace were envious of Wang Jinhe, admiring her for having such an unconditionally caring husband.
“The way they look at me makes me feel like I’m a lamb waiting to be slaughtered,” Wang Jinhe whispered to Su Yu as she stepped back two paces.
Su Yu coldly observed the onlookers who couldn’t stop staring at Wang Jinhe. The officials and their families, upon seeing Su Yu’s intimidating gaze, quickly averted their eyes, and the officials visibly relaxed. This was the true demeanor of the Prince of Xuan, not the illusion they had previously perceived.
Seeing the officials visibly relax, Wang Jinhe looked bewildered. “What’s going on with them?”
“Seems like I forgot to bring my brain when I left the house,” Su Yu said with a straight face.
Upon hearing his words, the officials felt indignant but dared not retort, so they pretended not to have heard anything.
Wang Jinhe stifled a laugh, as if she didn’t knew that these officials were quite afraid of Su Yu.
Not long after their arrival, several vassal kings also arrived, leaving only the envoys from Qi and Ling Empires yet to arrive.
Sitting beside Su Yu, Wang Jinhe looked around curiously and after a while, furrowed her brow and said, “Su Yu, something doesn’t seem right.”
“Hmm? What doesn’t seem right?”
“Why haven’t the envoys from Ling and Qi Empires arrived? Is this intentional or something else?” Wang Jinhe asked, puzzled.
She had never attended such a banquet with envoys before, and she wondered if this was customary or if there was some deliberate reason behind it.
“They will arrive when the banquet begins,” Su Yu explained briefly to Wang Jinhe.
After hearing this, Wang Jinhe nodded in understanding. It all made sense.
Sure enough, as the banquet began, the envoys from Ling and Qi Empires arrived, with Qiming leading the envoys from Qi Empire into the venue.
Next came the representatives from the Ling Empire. However, this time, the leader was a new face.
“Who is that person? What’s the relationship with Ling Xiaochen?” Wang Jinhe whispered to Su Yu.
“That’s the second prince of the Ling Empire, Ling Xiaoye. He’s quite capable, even more so than Ling Xiaochen,” Su Yu replied.
Wang Jinhe acknowledged this, but whether he was truly more capable than Ling Xiaochen would only become clear later.
Seeing Wang Jinhe’s somewhat disdainful expression, Su Yu couldn’t help but smile and reached out to pinch her cheek. “You…”
“Let’s continue watching.”
After the banquet began, everyone enjoyed the food and drinks together. Neither the vassal kings nor the envoys from Qi and Ling Empires spoke. Instead, Wang Jinhe, who was watching the opera, seemed a bit drowsy.
Su Yu embraced Wang Jinhe and leaned down to her ear. “Feeling sleepy?”
Wang Jinhe looked at Su Yu in a daze and nodded blankly. “If they keep eating and drinking without discussing official matters, I’m going to fall asleep.”
“You were told not to come, but you didn’t listen. Now you realize it’s boring, right?” Su Yu said irritably.
She had brought this upon herself. Couldn’t she have rested well at home? Did she have to come and tire herself out? Now she was feeling tired?
Wang Jinhe was about to retort when she heard Qiming’s malicious voice. “This woman from Xuan Empire is quite bold, openly flirting with men. It’s truly eye-opening for me.”
Qiming knew he shouldn’t have said such things, but seeing how Su Yu hadn’t even spared him a glance since he arrived, and now was speaking so intimately with a woman, he felt very displeased. His words naturally slipped out.
Wang Jinhe, who was already feeling a bit drowsy, became instantly displeased upon hearing Qiming’s words.
“What? Is the Prince of Qi jealous of the good relationship between my husband and me? Well, it’s understandable. A nearly forty-year-old man, seeing my husband enjoying a happy marriage and about to have another two children, while you don’t even have a child. It’s normal for you to be jealous, and we understand.”
“After all, old men need love and care. We are generous and won’t stoop to your level.”
“But is it appropriate for the Prince of Qi to say such things in this kind of setting? Does your country not allow good relationships between spouses? What a bizarre country,” Wang Jinhe muttered, but her voice carried throughout the hall, and all the officials of Xuan Empire prepared to watch the drama unfold. When the Princess speaks, the Prince is not far behind.
Not to mention, the purpose of the visit from Qi and Xuan Empire this time was for the high-yield grain seeds in the hands of the Prince. By offending both the Prince and the Princess, there would be no good outcome in the future.
When the Princess and the Prince were generous, they were truly generous, and when they were stingy, they were truly stingy.
When providing grain seeds to the people of Xuan Empire, they didn’t even bat an eye.