Chapter 976 - 976: Banquet (1)

Chapter 976: Banquet (1)

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Madam Li’s body had been weakened because of childbirth. Apart from a few madams who were on good terms with her, she had almost never been outside in the past two years. When she decided to host a banquet, it could be said to have shocked everyone.

As soon as the invitations were sent out, there were already people wondering what happened. After asking around, they found out that most of the people who received the post this time were low-ranking families with young girls. They could not help but speculate.

The heir of the Bulwark Duke’s residence was already ten years old this year. It was just right for him to be engaged at this age.

However, with the heir’s status, what kind of noble lady could he not marry? In the past, not to mention entering the Bulwark Duke’s residence, even if someone saw the Song family from afar, they would not dare to stare at them carefully. Why was this invitation sent to the houses of low-ranking families?

One such recipient was baffled. Could it be that the servants had sent it to the wrong person? He looked at the invitation again. The names and addresses were all from his own family. Fortunately, there was no mistake.

If they couldn’t figure it out, they would gather with their wives and talk to them. Some of them could see through it.

Not only did the Bulwark Duke’s Residence have a lot of military achievements, but were also the maternal family of the Empress. The crown prince had to call the old duke his maternal grandfather. N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

For such an extremely noble family, even if they showed the prince a noble lady, it would only be icing on the cake.

“Your Majesty, calm down.” Eunuch Li quickly lowered his head and persuaded, “Actually, this is a good thing for Your Majesty. If Heir Song is engaged, it would be impossible for that young princess to have anything to do with the Bulwark Duke’s residence in the future.’

If the princess of a foreign country did not marry into Great Xia, she would have to return sooner or later. This way, regardless of whether she would marry into the royal family, at least he would not have to worry about the Bulwark Duke’s residence.

Emperor Chong’an was prone to getting carried away when it came to the matters of the Bulwark Duke’s residence. When he heard his words, he calmed down. He looked at the list of guests handed in by the spies. They were all family members of civil servants below the third-grade who did not have any real power. His last bit of displeasure dissipated completely.

“Fine. At least they know their place.”

Eunuch Li secretly felt aggrieved for the old duke. If the old master really had the intention to disobey, this empire would have belonged to him long ago.

It had to be known that back then, when the late emperor died, the various vassals took advantage of the chaos. It was only because the old master personally led troops to quell the rebellion that His Majesty could sit firmly on the throne. Without the old master, His Majesty would not have been able to rest easy today.

It had only been a few years. How could His Majesty forget those things and think that the Song family was disloyal?

If he was the old master, he would definitely not care about anything. He would wait for the rebels to kill His Majesty before coming out to clear the emperor’s name.

Of course, he only dared to think about such blasphemous thoughts in his heart. He did not even dare to dream about it.

Madam Li did not care what Emperor Chong’an thought. She wanted to find a match for her son. She wished she could read the thoughts of the attendees. If she could, she would be able to see through the young ladies of the various families.

Duke Song had taken on an idle job in the Ministry of Rites and left early. Madam Li brought the twins out for breakfast. While she was cleaning up, she summoned her eldest maidservant, Bi Zhu, and gave her some instructions..