Chapter 7: Major Gossip Event

As described in the book, with a clear and cold demeanor, he was completely different from Di Zian.

Di Zian was a chatterbox.

Di Chenyu was an ice block.

[Sixth Brother, hello!]

Di Chenyu turned his gaze towards Ah Bao.

His face remained expressionless, but a barely noticeable glimmer flashed in his eyes.

A rare faint smile appeared on the icy face, “Little sister.”

[Sixth Brother’s voice is so pleasant, combined with this face from the unrefined parents, it’s almost divine.]

[But this fate—heavenly disaster star, no wife, no children, destined to be lonely in old age.]

Clunk

The Great Tyrant slammed his cup heavily on the table.

This drew everyone’s attention.

What’s wrong with the Emperor?

At this moment, the Great Tyrant’s mind was in chaos.

Di Chenyu was one of his most valued princes.

In terms of personality and behavior, Di Chenyu was outstanding.

He was highly expected to become the crown prince.

But if he has no heirs in the future, won’t this line of succession end here?

That’s unacceptable!

“What are you all staring at? Why is everyone so quiet at the banquet today?” The Great Tyrant, shocked for only a moment, quickly found a reason.

The crowd silently diverted their gaze.

They were all thinking about hearing even more explosive gossip.

Di Chenyu lowered his eyes, hiding the complex emotions within.

When he looked up again, his gaze had already returned to calm. “Mother, may I hold my little sister?”

Concubine De looked at her eldest son, thinking about his future solitary life…

Not only was there no wife, but he also had no children, and Concubine De felt a pang of heartache.

She had only these three children in her lifetime, and she indeed favored Ah Bao the most.

But Di Chenyu and Di Zian were also her own flesh and blood, and she naturally cared for them as well.

Having no heirs was a major taboo in the royal family!

“Little sister is really cute.” The usually stern Di Chenyu showed a faint smile to Ah Bao.

Ah Bao felt like waving to Di Chenyu in greeting.

[Oh yeah! I really am cute, look, even my brother is smiling at me.]

[Brother, don’t worry, as long as you marry the right Princess Concubine, the fate of the heavenly disaster star won’t matter.]

[But Brother, I know who your official match is, it’s that lady with overwhelming peach blossom luck in the capital…]

Di Chenyu strained to listen intently.

But Ah Bao sneezed right at that moment.

[Forget it, I’ll tell you when we meet outside the palace someday.]

Di Chenyu: ?

He, the heavenly disaster star.

His future Princess Concubine has overwhelming peach blossom luck?

Hmph.

Indeed, they are a match made in heaven.

But in the capital, a lady with overwhelming peach blossom luck—

That means she has many suitors, countless unsuitable admirers, and attracts a lot of men…

Di Chenyu thought to himself that this description seemed to fit someone like the courtesan from Yanyu Tower.

“Hahaha—” At the banquet, the Fifth Prince laughed out loud.

The Great Tyrant, who had been frowning, turned to the Fifth Prince, “Fifth, what’s got into you today?”

Clearly, the Great Tyrant was in a very bad mood.

The Fifth Prince was walking right into a trap.

“Burp.” The Fifth Prince immediately stopped, and Concubine Rou quickly pulled him back to his seat, “Feng’er, sit down properly. Everyone is waiting for your father to speak. Why are you laughing?”

Didn’t her son see that the Emperor was in a bad mood today?

How could this foolish son be so clueless?

“Father, Mother, I just suddenly remembered a particularly funny story and couldn’t help it, so…” The Fifth Prince tapped his head.

What the Tenth Princess said was really funny.

Peach blossom luck?

That clearly referred to a courtesan!

Just thinking about the normally serious Sixth Prince having a courtesan as his destined Princess Concubine made him laugh uncontrollably.

Does the Sixth Prince have a thing for this?!

He usually pretends to be a gentleman.

A dignified Sixth Prince marrying a courtesan—how scandalous would that be!

Oh.

The Fifth Prince concocted an idea in his mind.

If he wanted to get the better of the Sixth Prince, he needed to get ahead of his future Princess Concubine first…

“Cough! Father, I apologize, but I just remembered there’s something particularly important in the residence. May I leave now?”

The Great Tyrant, already irritated, was more than willing to let the Fifth Prince leave. He was eager for some peace and quiet.

The Fifth Prince happily departed.

He needed to leave the palace quickly and gather all the courtesans in the capital to preemptively deal with the Sixth Prince’s fate!

Concubine Rou was furious.

Her son had finally shown his face in front of the Emperor, and now he was leaving just like that?

The other princes, except for Di Chenyu, had also made excuses to leave the banquet.

Only a few Concubines remained.

Ah Bao was being held by Di Chenyu, enjoying the moment.

[Brother, let me tell you a secret.]

Di Chenyu: ?

[The Fifth Brother secretly has a bunch of beautiful young ladies outside the palace, waiting for an opportunity to be brought in to distract Father and whisper sweet nothings in his ear, to speak well of him for the future.]

[He also has those beauties speak ill of you. Father, who has no brains, is the type to gradually neglect you. Don’t you think the Fifth Brother is bad?]

[Oh, saying all this won’t help anyone, Brother. You’ll have to rely on yourself.]

[It’s a pity for the Heavenly Sacred Dynasty, with such unremarkable princes. It seems it will be doomed sooner or later.]

Di Chenyu’s lips twitched.

He hadn’t expected the seemingly naive Fifth Brother to have such schemes.

He needed to find a way to alert the Emperor.

‘Bang!’

The Great Tyrant slammed the table in anger.

If he remembered correctly, he had entrusted the selection of the Concubines next month to the Fifth Prince.

The thought that the women chosen by the Fifth Prince were meant to pave the way for his own position in the Eastern Palace…

Made the Great Tyrant furious.

Was this a selection of Concubines?

This was choosing weapons against him.

The Concubines: ?

What’s wrong with the Emperor today?!

One moment he’s smashing cups, the next he’s slamming the table.

Concubine Rou quickly stepped forward, “Your Majesty, at today’s banquet, I’ve specially learned a dance to perform for you?”

This was clearly a knife to the heart.

Her son was keeping women outside the palace to distract him.

And now the mother in the harem was also trying to distract him with a dance?

This mother and son are truly cut from the same cloth!

“Dance what dance! From now on, if any woman in the harem dances in front of me, I’ll have her legs chopped off!”

Concubine Rou was terrified and trembled.

When the Tyrant Emperor spoke, no one dared to dance and enchant him in the future.

“Your Majesty…” During the banquet, Eunuch Xi came to report.

After whispering a few words in the Tyrant Emperor’s ear, the Emperor’s face immediately darkened, like a storm was brewing.

He shot up, “The banquet ends here today. Return to your palaces.”

Before leaving, the Tyrant Emperor seemed to remember something and turned to look at Di Chenyu.

Di Chenyu, who was being scrutinized by the Emperor, looked confused: ?

“Sixth Brother, come here.”