The Blessed (Book 5)

529-533

529. Palace Banquet (27)-Provocation before the Public
Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Of the two little buns, one was nestling in Chu Yunhan's arms and whispered by his ear now and then, while the other ran to his Brother Yan and held his hand and never let go. While drinking and chatting, the banquet gradually reached the climax. After appreciating the performances, those legitimate sons and daughters of those big family also joined the performances, things like verses, ditties, odes and songs, zither, chess, calligraphy and painting. Every one of them was really gifted.

"It is said that Her Empress Dowager has chosen the second legitimate daughter of the Xiao family and second legitimate son of Gong family, apparently trying to let them ride over your head."

Zeng Shaoqing, no one noticed when he squeezed to their side, looked at Ling Jingxuan with a bad smile. Some intelligence that had cost him so much to get, he'd feel sorry for himself if he didn't tell Jingxuan.

Throwing his dagger eyes at someone who was ready to watch a drama, Ling Jingxuan turned to look at his own man who was chatting with Duke Zeng, "Where does the Gong family come from?"

For those this and that big family in the capital, Ling Jingxuan was afraid he couldn't remember all of them even if he had ten heads.

"Gong family is a new rising family. They had rendered great service those years.

Now, their head is Gong Qingyang, minister of the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, thirty eight year old. His big legitimate son marries the second legitimate daughter of minister of the Ministry of Rites. His second legitimate son has a woman's face, thin and delicate, but heartless when doing things, so no one dare marry their daughter to him. So till now, he is still single at the age of twenty. It's said that most of the maids and servants have been played by him. Really a bada*s."

Zeng Shaoqing was like a mobile encyclopaedia, familiar with things of all those big families in the capital. Only on this aspect, even Ling Jingxuan really admired him. If it were him, he may not be able to remember those things all even if given ten years' time. The point was he really had no interest in those things.

"I know that surname Gong. I met him at the peach woods banquet last year, better-looking at ordinary people, but the first impression he gives people is not good, like a viper who would bite at any minute."

Casting a glance at Gong Changling who was drinking alone behind his parents, Crown Princess Hua slightly frowned. New big families had a gap with those old big families, while those old big families had a gap with those relatives of the imperial family. Logically speaking, as the relative of the imperial family, he shouldn't have any connections with him. But at the peach woods banquet last year, Yan Xiaohua and those fellow officials made an appointment to appreciate flowers together, and Gong Changling and his brother were among. As Gong Changling looked like a femme fatale, he couldn't help guarding against him everywhere, only afraid he some other man Yan Xiaohua had outside. So, when competing poetries and lyrics, he tried to make difficulties for him purposely. Usually, when meeting such kind of situation, the other side would not meet him head on, but this Gong Changjun totally didn't avoid it, diamond cut diamond. So he had deep impression of him.

"A viper?"

Lips slightly curved, Ling Jingxuan swept over at the man who got up and walked up the steps. As a man, he was indeed over-exceedingly beautiful, but there was still some gap with Zeng Shaoqing and Chu Yunhan. Suddenly, a pair of insidious eyes fell into his sight. Ling Jingxuan got stoned there, noticing that flashing warning across his eyes, the smile at the corner of his mouth slowly spread. Come on! Now you go on the stage to perform yet you don't allow me to watch it?