Quick Transmigration: My Host's Darling Little Darling

On the day of the banquet, the Xie family members attended in their finest attire, arranged by Mrs. Xie.

Sheng Yuan was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe and sat in a wheelchair pushed by Yuan Chen. Even though he was unable to walk properly, many noble ladies present looked at him with shyness and timidity.

Large banquets are essentially just large-scale matchmaking events in the end.

Shengyuan didn't like the noisy scene; more importantly, he wanted to find his precious baby.

[Nuonuo, the location of Guaibao.]

[Host, the Lord just came out of the Imperial Study and is on his way here. The garden next door is the only way he can get here~]

"It's too noisy here, let's go to the garden next door for a while."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The nights here are much darker than in the previous world, which makes the moon and stars appear exceptionally bright.

The night sky was quiet at this moment. Sheng Yuan suddenly remembered what Guai Bao had told him in the previous world: "The night sky is so beautiful, as if someone has scattered a handful of broken light in the silent darkness."

My darling, I miss you.

"Who's here?"

[Ding! Target's happiness level: 1%]

A clear, cold voice rang out. People looked in the direction of the voice and saw a person dressed in a bright yellow imperial robe, with a slender figure and a cold demeanor.

His eyes were indifferent, and his handsome brows were slightly furrowed.

The person in front of him looked different from the one in the previous world, but he recognized him at a glance—it was his precious baby.

Sheng Yuan struggled to suppress the urge to embrace him and said, "Your subject, Sheng Yuan, pays his respects to Your Majesty."

Because his legs were crippled, he could only bow with his upper body.

"So it's General Xie, no need for formalities."

As another key figure at the banquet, Lin Sui naturally got to know him.

Xie Shengyuan, the eldest son of the current Duke of Zhenguo and the Grand General of the State, is a young and talented general who is invincible. Everyone says that this young General Xie has surpassed his father. After his leg was crippled, he locked himself in his mansion and refused to come out to see anyone.

I thought he wasn't coming.

Lin Sui thought to himself.

Looking at the person sitting in the wheelchair in front of me, I felt a strange flutter in my heart. The person in front of me had a superior appearance and a heroic spirit. He had a more imposing aura than the other young masters from noble families. After all, he was someone who had fought on the battlefield with real swords and spears.

But unlike a typical warrior, he was not burly and imposing; at this moment, he looked more like a refined scholar.

[Ding! Target's affection level: 10%]

Only 10%~

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sheng Yuan sat up straight and said gently to the person in front of him, "Your Majesty, I heard that it is Your Majesty's birthday today, so I made a peace knot myself. I hope Your Majesty will like it."

Sheng Yuan handed over the peace knot he had prepared long ago.

Lin Sui looked at the peace knot in his hand, with a jade pendant tied below it, red tassels hanging down, the intricate and delicate entanglement showing the person's care. He was stunned for a moment.

"The Duke of Zhenguo has already sent the gift."

“The gifts prepared by the Duke’s Mansion are the Duke’s Mansion’s gifts. This is something I prepared separately for Your Majesty,” Sheng Yuan said, his voice tinged with a hint of disappointment and grievance at being rejected.

Looking at him like this, Lin Sui felt as if her heart was being clenched.

"In that case, I will accept it."

Lin Sui accepted the peace knot and then saw the jade pendant clearly. It was made of high-quality white jade and had a lifelike cat carved on it.

Sheng Yuan looked at his indifferent reaction and felt a little disappointed. In the past, when he gave his precious child a gift, his precious child would rush into his arms and kiss him.

But it doesn't matter, he's only just met the little darling of this world, and he'll make the little darling fall in love with him.

"I heard that General Xie has been staying at home since returning to the capital. I wonder what brings him to this banquet today?"

"I had heard of Your Majesty's name while I was at the border, but since Your Majesty ascended the throne, I have been stationed at the border and have not been able to meet you, which is a great pity."

"General Xie, now that you've seen it, are you disappointed?"

Sheng Yuan shook his head and said earnestly, "How could I possibly be disappointed in Your Majesty?"

Lin Sui looked at Sheng Yuan and saw that Sheng Yuan was looking at him with gentle eyes.

Lin Sui was completely unfamiliar with such a gaze; his eyes were far too gentle.

Lin Sui was stunned.

"Your Majesty?" Sheng Yuan's voice interrupted Lin Suidi's dazed state.

"What's the matter?"

"somebody is coming."

Sure enough, no sooner had Sheng Yuan finished speaking than the Regent arrived.

"Why is my royal brother standing here?"

The moment Lin Sui saw Lin Ze, Sheng Yuan keenly noticed that his precious child's hands were clenched into fists, so hard that the veins bulged, and a hint of fear and resentment flashed in his eyes.

No, at this time, Lin Sui trusted and relied on Lin Ze the most, so how could he have fear and resentment?

【Nuonuo, carefully check on Guaibao's condition.】

[Yes, host.]

“…Royal brother.”

"Your subject Xie Shengyuan greets the Regent," Shengyuan said, noticing that something was amiss with Lin Sui.

"So it's General Xie. I didn't expect General Xie to come back for the banquet today."

"If I remember correctly, this banquet is both Your Majesty's birthday banquet and my victory celebration banquet." Sheng Yuan suddenly thought of something, smiled and said, "Besides, if there are people I want to see, I will naturally come to see them."

"Oh~ I wonder who this person is that the young general is thinking about?"

“Naturally, he is one of the people who will be attending tonight’s banquet.” Sheng Yuan was somewhat impatient, after all, the more he looked at this person, the more he wanted to kill him.

"Your Majesty, the time has come." The eunuch beside Lin Sui, having received a signal from the Regent, urged Lin Sui to leave.

"In that case, come in with me." Lin Sui knew that Eunuch Wang was one of Lin Ze's men.

Linze wanted to win over the Duke of Zhenguo by starting with Xie Shengyuan.

But... how could he let him have his way?

Sheng Yuan will naturally follow Lin Sui.

Seeing Sheng Yuan leave without hesitation with his younger brother, Lin Ze's face grew increasingly dark.

……

"Yuanyuan, where have you been? I couldn't find you." Madam Xie asked as she saw her eldest son return.

Sheng Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard her address him, but he still replied, "It's a bit noisy here, so I'll go to the garden next door to clear my head."

"So that's how it is." Madam Xie stopped pursuing the matter after learning that he was alright. She then said, "Today is your victory celebration banquet. Many noble ladies from prominent families have come. You are twenty-four years old now. Take a good look around. If you take a fancy to someone, your mother will arrange a marriage for you."

Mrs. Xie felt that her son might be able to completely get out of his predicament and become more optimistic and cheerful after he got a wife.

“Mother, love is preordained, and this matter cannot be rushed,” Sheng Yuan said, rubbing his forehead in refusal.

She thought that if she told her that she had fallen for the emperor, she probably wouldn't be able to accept it.

But no matter what, he will only choose his darling.

"A single encounter in the golden autumn breeze and jade dew surpasses countless encounters in the mortal world! Jingya agrees with her elder brother." Xie Jingya chimed in.

Xie Shengchen chimed in, "I second that!"

“You bunch of kids~ You don’t know anything but you’re all just agreeing with others. How old is your eldest brother? He’s still not married. If he’s not married, how am I supposed to find you wives?”

"Why say that, Mother? My legs are crippled. How can I delay the growth of a young girl? Let it be. Perhaps she will have a wonderful encounter."

Madam Xie wanted to refute him as soon as she heard the first half of his sentence. Her own son was the best, so how could she use the word "delay"?

But upon hearing the second half of the sentence, I thought that my son's willingness to come out was already a good start, and that pushing him too hard would only backfire.

Moreover, the son didn't say he wouldn't get married; he just won't get married now.

While it's not ideal to skip arranging marriages for younger family members by bypassing one's eldest son, it's not entirely impossible.

So she said, "Then I'll listen to you. If you fancy someone, just tell your mother, and I'll help you propose!"

"Okay." Sheng Yuan only hoped that she wouldn't get in the way of him and his baby.