Mysterious mirror hanging high

The second princess, Zhao Mingyue, is actually 33 years old, but she has taken good care of herself and looks much younger than her actual age. She is the daughter of Emperor Zhao and Concubine Zhang, whose power in the harem is comparable to that of the empress. She has a high status and there are precedents of women succeeding to the throne in Zhao State. If there is anyone among the royal heirs who can replace Zhao Mingyang in the competition for the throne, it would be this Princess Mingyue.

"Brother, Sixth Brother!" Zhao Mingyue was a quick-witted person. After getting off the carriage, he didn't waste any words. He just nodded at the two people who were talking and greeted them indifferently.

"I heard that my second sister is pregnant again? How many children is this?" Zhao Mingyang was not as friendly to Zhao Mingyue as he was to Jing Yu, and asked calmly.

"This one in my belly is my fourth child. It's only been less than three months, so it's not time to show it yet." Zhao Mingyue said stiffly, "I'm not as lucky as my eldest brother. I still have to give birth to the child myself."

"Second sister, you'd better do what you can. With one more mouth to feed in the palace, daily expenses are bound to be tight. If you have any difficulties, send someone to the East Palace to pass on a message so that your brother can help out." Zhao Mingyang said with a faint smile on his face.

Seeing the eldest brother and the second sister exchanging several more words, Jing Yu, although still underage, had to step out to smooth things over: "Eldest brother, second sister, why don't you go into the hall and talk again."

Several people entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The hall was already fully furnished. Except for the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, the seats of the other royal heirs were not very close to the front. However, it was still early for the banquet, and Jing Yu and others had no intention of sitting in their seats and waiting. However, they saw a simple and honest man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sitting upright on the seat. His robe was ironed very flat, and even his hair was combed meticulously.

"What did I say?" Jing Yu looked around and smiled, "Fourth brother specifically sat over there!"

Seeing everyone enter the hall, the man with thick eyebrows stood up from his seat without haste, walked over and stopped, and bowed to the three royal heirs: "Your Highness, Second Sister, Sixth Brother... Mingcheng is honored."

Zhao Mingyang waved his hands helplessly: "Fourth brother, you..."

This man was none other than Zhao Mingcheng, the fourth son of Emperor Zhao. He was twenty-seven years old, and his birth mother, Concubine Yu, was only a concubine. Among all the heirs of the throne, the fourth prince was the second to last in terms of maternal power, except for Jing Yu, who was at the bottom. He was the most old-fashioned, rigid, and prudent of all the princes and princesses, and his personality was almost the opposite of that of the current Emperor Zhao, so he was not favored.

Perhaps because they were all marginal figures among the royal heirs and felt a sense of sympathy for each other, Zhao Mingcheng and Jing Yu had a good relationship. Although they were thirteen years apart in age, they had always played together.

However, Zhao Mingcheng had already set up a residence outside the palace, so they were not usually seen. This time, they finally had the opportunity to meet, and the two of them did not seem unfamiliar. Whenever Zhao Mingcheng was with his sixth brother, he would often feel less old-fashioned and restrained.

"Sixth brother, how did you do on the political theory and military strategy exams this year?"

"Fourth brother, please don't bring up something that is not relevant to the topic."

They chatted for a while, and then two more carriages stopped outside the hall.

"The third princess and the seventh brother have arrived." Jing Yu had excellent eyesight and could see the people coming from a distance.

"Why not fifth brother?" asked Prince Zhao Mingyang with a smile.

"Fifth brother is always the last one to arrive?" Jing Yu sneered.

As Jing Yu said, a beautiful woman in palace dress with picturesque features came first. This person was Zhao Mingyu, the third princess of Zhao State. She was 28 years old now. She was born to the late Empress Zhaoyi and was the younger sister of Crown Prince Zhao Mingyang.

Compared to the heroic and valiant Second Princess Zhao Mingyue, Zhao Mingyu's face appears much gentler. However, Jing Yu knows that although her third sister looks rather soft-hearted, her scheming and tactics are top-notch among the royal heirs. However, she has a very good relationship with her eldest brother Zhao Mingyang and is wholeheartedly assisting the Eastern Palace, with no intention of competing for the throne. That's why she hides behind the scenes and is not taken seriously by others.

Following behind Zhao Mingyu was a little boy who looked very young. This boy was the youngest of the seven heirs of Emperor Zhao, the seventh prince Zhao Mingfu, who was only eight years old. His biological mother was Concubine Tan, who had been the most favored concubine in recent years. Her influence in the harem was almost approaching that of Concubine Zhang, and she was considered a person who was looking to become the second most powerful concubine in the harem.

Seeing his seventh brother who was six years younger than him, Jing Yu couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

It's no wonder that Jing Yu noticed him. Ever since he got the destiny mirror, he used the magic technique that did not consume spiritual energy to measure the fate of almost everyone in the palace.

He originally thought that Emperor Zhao, as the ruler of a country, should have a destiny. Unexpectedly, not only Emperor Zhao, but all the concubines, princes and princesses in the harem had no destiny.

This situation changed after Zhao Mingfu was born.

In such a huge palace, apart from himself, only his seventh brother Zhao Mingfu has an ordinary fate [natural intelligence].

Because the magic mirror can stimulate destiny at the same time as checking destiny, Zhao Mingfu has been smart and studious since he was a child. Although he is only six years old now, his schoolwork progress has been comparable to that of a ten-year-old, which is in sharp contrast to Jing Yu, the blockhead who always gets the third place in political theory and military strategy.

Jing Yu is not Xuan Qingzi, and there is no immortal book issued to check the effectiveness of the fate, but from the name, one can roughly guess that this fate should also inspire spiritual intelligence or something like that. However, generally speaking, the amplification power of ordinary fate is better than nothing. It is probably a beggar version of Yun Xuance's spiritual product [Exquisite Wisdom Heart].

However, this does not mean that Zhao Mingfu's wisdom is necessarily inferior to Yun Xuance. After all, the intelligence inspired by the destiny is only an amplification effect. If a fool awakens the destiny of [Exquisite Wisdom Heart], under the inspiration of the intelligence, his intelligence can only be increased to a level slightly dumber than that of ordinary people, and it is impossible for him to become one of the wisest people in the world.

Therefore, for a destiny with this kind of amplifying nature, it also depends on the foundation.

"Sixth brother!" Zhao Mingfu greeted Jing Yu with a smile. Now the only royal heirs still living in the palace are the underage Jing Yu and Zhao Mingfu. They often meet each other on weekdays and appear to have a very good relationship.

Jing Yu knew that this kid was a smart kid, just like his biological mother, Concubine Tan, who was full of tricks. She didn't want to get involved with him. Hearing this, she just nodded lightly and turned around to chat with Zhao Mingcheng again.

Now six of the seven royal heirs have arrived, except for the current queen's only son, the twenty-year-old fifth prince Zhao Minglou, who has not yet entered the palace.

Not only Jing Yu, but every royal heir in the palace now knows clearly in their hearts that Zhao Minglou is most likely accompanying Emperor Zhao with the Queen, waiting for the birthday banquet to begin before they come together - after all, the Queen has only this one son, and although Prince Mingyang's position as the Eastern Palace is as stable as a rock, the Queen will probably still fight for it for the sake of the Fifth Prince.