The cannon fodder just wants to survive until the end

Ming Huaixi was only engaged to Yang Xiuyuan and they were not married yet, so she didn't need to meet the other concubines in the harem. She stayed in the Queen's Palace for a while and then said goodbye together.

After sending Ming Huaixi back to the post station, Yang Xiuyuan also returned to his own mansion.

Yang Xiuyuan was named the Xian Wang the day after the marriage was granted. Now the Xian Wang Palace was under construction, so Yang Xiuyuan still lived in the house where he lived when he just left the palace.

Zhao State Palace Shufei

Emperor Zhaoming was chatting with Concubine Shu about family matters. Knowing that Yang Xiuyuan had brought Ming Huaixi to the palace to see Concubine Shu today, Emperor Zhaoming asked, "How is it? Are you satisfied with this daughter-in-law?"

"The emperor naturally picked someone who suits my taste. I see that Xiaoqi also likes Princess Mingyue. Xiaoqi has become boring since he grew up. He doesn't care about me when he leaves the palace. When they get married, I want Princess Mingyue to come to the palace more often to accompany me, my mother, and make that brat die."

Lady Shufei was really satisfied with Ming Huaixi. She was of noble birth, had similar interests, was good-looking, and her son seemed to like her too. There was really nothing to complain about her.

Moreover, every time the Concubine Shu mentioned marriage to Yang Xiuyuan, Yang Xiuyuan would not come to the palace for a long time, which made the Concubine Shu doubt whether he could get married in the future.

"Hahahahahahaha, I specifically asked Xiaoqi before granting him the marriage. If Xiaoqi didn't want to, I couldn't really let him marry someone he didn't like. I promised you that Xiaoqi would have to get his own nod for his marriage." Emperor Zhaoming stroked Concubine Shu's hand and talked about their past agreement.

Empress Shufei also recalled the agreement made at that time, her eyes filled with nostalgia.

"Your Majesty, it's good to remember this."

"I will never forget what happened to you."

Several princes have to choose wives, which is a big event in Zhao State. In addition to their mothers, the Queen Mother has to show the candidates to Emperor Zhaoming for review, and only after Emperor Zhaoming agrees can they choose.

The Second Prince has already married, so the Empress does not have to worry about him. However, the Third Prince's mother died early, so there is no one to take care of him, and the Empress still has to take care of him. However, since he is not her own son, the Empress will symbolically select a few people with suitable identities and let the Third Prince show her the candidate she has chosen.

There will not be just one candidate for the prince's consort. Several people will be selected from them, and the best one will be chosen.

All four princes were going to get married at once, so the Empress, after obtaining the consent of Emperor Zhaoming, specially held a palace banquet and invited the families of all ministers to participate. After all, the palace was big enough to accommodate as many people as possible.

At the same time, it was also to allow all the princes to meet the candidate princesses and see what they thought. The Zhao royal family was quite humane. If the sons were not satisfied, they would continue to select.

Yang Xiuyuan is the youngest prince, and he is already engaged, so the other princes must also be engaged this time.

The palace banquet was scheduled for early November. By then the temperature in Zhao had turned cold and people had to wear warm clothes when traveling.

The temperature in Jingguo had just begun to cool down at this time, and the current temperature in Zhao State was just like the coldest days in Jingguo, which made the followers from Jingguo a little uncomfortable.

Ming Huaixi has experienced two different worlds, so he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with this temperature.

On the day of the palace banquet, Yang Xiuyuan came to pick up Ming Huaixi to go to the palace. Yang Xiuyuan knew that the palace banquet was usually held in the afternoon, but he was afraid that Ming Huaixi would leave in the afternoon and miss it, so he came to find her after lunch.

"Princess, I'm here to pick you up. Let's go to the palace banquet together later." Yang Xiuyuan and Ming Huaixi have become familiar with each other in the past few days, and their speech is not as unfluent as when they first met.

Yang Xiuyuan thought that Ming Huaixi had never attended the Zhao Kingdom's palace banquet and didn't know what to prepare for the Zhao Kingdom's palace banquet, so she reminded her, "Princess, it would be best if you could bring some food that is easy to carry. Now that the weather is cold, the dishes at the palace banquet will get cold quickly and won't taste good."

"Yeah, I've got that. I'll have someone get ready. Ask Lingzhi to wait for me for a moment. Once I've finished putting on my makeup, we'll set off."

"Well, I don't remember. The palace banquet didn't start so early."

After Ming Huaixi put on her makeup and changed into palace clothes, they set off. When they arrived, there were already quite a few people at the palace banquet.

They were led by the servants to their seats, and since they were engaged, they sat next to each other.

Ming Huaixi saw that they were sitting next to each other and whispered to Yang Xiuyuan excitedly, "That's great, we're not far away, I can still talk to you, and the palace banquet won't be so boring at last."

"Well, it's not boring anymore." Yang Xiuyuan affirmed Ming Huaixi's statement.

When the palace banquet started, several ladies from the front and back palaces who had princes arrived, and then Emperor Zhaoming and the Empress came hand in hand. Concubine Shu also wanted to join in the fun, so she followed.

Next, Emperor Zhaoming said a few simple words, and then everyone raised their glasses and drank a glass of wine, and the palace banquet officially began.

All the ministers knew that the main purpose of this palace banquet was to select princesses for several unmarried princes. Those families who did not have girls of marriageable age were quite casual, but those families who had girls of marriageable age seemed a little nervous.

Not all families with girls of marriageable age will be more open-minded about this. I think those families who feel that they will not be selected at first glance will also be more open-minded.

Ming Huaixi sat in his seat boredly watching the musicians playing and singing. He wanted to talk to Yang Xiuyuan, but there was no other sound in the hall except the sounds of the instruments. He and Yang Xiuyuan were sitting not far from Emperor Zhaoming, and any slight movement would be noticed.

The dishes in front of them had already gone cold. Probably except for the dishes in front of Emperor Zhaoming and the Empress, which were heated up in real time, the dishes in front of everyone else were all cold. They just looked good, but cold dishes would make people lose their appetite.

In the entire hall, almost no one touched the food on the table. It was said that these dishes would be sent to various orphanages in Kyoto after the palace banquet, so it would not be considered a waste.

Ming Huaixi was really bored, and at the same time he felt that his plans before the banquet started were too naive. The entire palace banquet hall looked very much like a classroom in college where the teacher was giving a simple lecture and the students were respectfully doing their own things.

Suddenly, the music stopped and the musicians went down. Then the next part began. The Queen Mother asked the princes and princesses to perform their talents. The princes and princesses knew about it in advance and had prepared their talents long ago.

Ming Huaixi was finally not bored anymore. He blinked his big eyes and stared at the stage in the hall. The highlight was about to begin. It was really exciting.

This was the scene Ming Huaixi had been looking forward to for a long time. People in ancient times were so boring that they had to liven up the atmosphere with some fun. Otherwise, it would be better to sleep at home.