"Jia Li 2"
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"what are you doing there Jia Li" asked Wang Xuemin 

"ah...it's okay 3rd prince" said Jia Li quickly 

"hem... Alright. Come with me to the banquet "Wang Xuemin pulled Jia Li's arm, and directly walked to the banquet.

Jia Li could only be silent. He had not had time to answer but his hand had already been scorched by Wang Xuemin. Lian who was standing not far from them could only silently watch her master and Jia Li leave, there was something in her that wanted to stop that, yet she ignored it.

After arriving at the banquet, they were in the spotlight, probably due to the proximity of the two. Jia Li looked at his arm that was held by Wang Xuemin, Jia Li who saw it immediately pulled his hand. Wang Xuemin directly looked at Jia Li, Jia Li looked uncomfortable from being in the spotlight. Their gazes did not adore him as in his former life, but were filled with contempt. 

"it's okay, I'll be by your side. No one will dare to hurt you, trust me" said Wang Xuemin who felt Jia Li's discomfort at her.

Jia Li finally could only resign. Jia Li stood near Wang Xuemin sitting down, he would pour tea and help the other maids arrange food on the table.

Jia Li could only try to ignore all the humiliating gazes directed at him, while Wang Xuemin looked relaxed even though many noble girls were trying to attract his attention. Jia Li who saw the noble girls felt nauseous, to be honest the appearance of the noble girls was too excessive, for example there were girls who dress too bright and not fit, so there was a girl who was too bright, their headdresses are too crowded and some make up too thick to look like clowns. 

Jia Li was too busy serving Wang Xuemin to the point that he did not realize that he was staring at her, full of jealousy. Wang Chunying sat down on the chair opposite Wang Xuemin and Jia Li, from earlier on she could only see the girl in the coveted with another man, from earlier on, and more painful he was his own brother.

"emperor Wenxiao and empress kiwe arrived" said one eunuch. The moment the notice was announced, everyone stood up to greet the emperor and empress of the sun kingdom.

A couple entered at the same time. Jia Li looked at the extremely beautiful woman, like a painting in Wang Xuemin's study, but the beauty did not look happy. The highlight of his eyes looked empty, and it made Jia Li feel sad. Beside the beautiful woman was an old man, whom Jia Li guessed was the emperor Wenxiao. 

"she looks very beautiful even though she is not young anymore, but her life is not as beautiful as imagined" Jia Li said slowly, but Jia Li's words were able to hear Wang Xuemin.

Wang Xuemin looked at Jia Li, the girl's eyes glazed over, her hands squeezing her chest as if it was painful as she continued to stare at the empress. Wang Xuemin then looked at the direction Jia Li was looking at, as he realized what Jia Li meant was that his heart suddenly felt claustrophobic. He realized that his mother was never happily married to his father. 

After the emperor and empress sat on his throne, then all the guests could sit down. Not far from the empress' seat, there were some women who looked very beautiful, Jia Li thought they must be the emperor's favorite concubines. Only the emperor's favorite concubines are allowed to attend this celebration.

This banquet went smoothly without any problems, several times Jia Li saw representatives from other kingdoms trying to match girls from their kingdoms with the princes. But, especially for the first prince and the third prince, they refused very subtly so as not to hurt them. While the second prince, Wang Dunrui got one beautiful girl to become a concubine, and from the news that Jia Li heard the man already had 10 concubines in his palace. Jia Li who saw the incident could only look pityfully at the beautiful girl. 

"Wang Chunying and Wang Xuemin, are there many noble girls you like" said Empress Kiev. The woman was a little upset with her two sons who were not married yet, even though their age was well worth getting married. Not to mention rumors of his second son who has a relationship with a servant and his second child who likes the same sex. He was afraid that the rumors would become real.

"no mother" Wang Chunying and Wang Xuemin replied simultaneously.

"do you want your mother to choose a beautiful girl to be your wife ?" the empress' greeting made all the girls present and the imperial officials excited.

"don't bother your mother, I can find her myself just it's not the right time to get married. I still want to strengthen myself and learn a lot. If I get married, I'm afraid they'll hinder me" Wang Chunying said quickly.

Emperor Wenxiao who heard that laughed, he liked to see Wang Chunying was busy practicing.

"nicely, one has to be strong and smart if one wants to be on top, I'm proud of you" the remark further irritated Wang Dunrui. In terms of intelligence and martial arts Wang Dunrui could not be compared with Wang Xuemin especially with Wang Chunying.

A young man who was sitting alone was not far from Wang Chunying. Looking so relaxed without the obsession of being an emperor, he kept busy eating and ignoring them, he was Wang Zeming, the 4th prince. Jia Li who saw that thought that Wang Zeming was still too young so he did not understand how valuable the imperial throne was.

"father, should have given a girl to the first brother and the 3rd sister at least one, I fear there is gossip stick crooked (same-sex like)" said Wang Dunrui.

"haha... What Wang Dunri said is a glorious truth" concubine Mei said

"..." His majesty was silent for a while, he was also afraid that his two children were troubled.

"not getting married does not mean a stick that is crooked sister to 2. Besides why does the second sister think of slander and cheap gossip that women and uneducated people always do?, do you know that the second sister of slander can kill someone slowly ? " Wang Chunying looked at her half-sister cynically. 

"...." - ".Wang Dunri was at a loss for words.

"Haha... Yeah you're right, not getting married doesn't mean the stick is crooked. And for you Wang Dunrui, you must be careful in your words lest I hear this again in the future" Emperor Wenxiao said.

"...ba.alright widow father" Wang Dunri And concubine Mei Stare at Wang Chunying full of hatred.

Meanwhile, the empress stared intently at Wang Dunrui and concubine mei sharply. His hands clenched firmly due to holding back anger, he wanted to vent his anger but if he did that then his children were also affected later, the empress could only be patient. Jia Li could clearly see that from the look in the eyes of the empress. 

The night was getting late, and the evening party was getting lively with a lot of entertainment from the beautiful and sexy dancers. However, Jia Li felt that the party in this era was much more rigid than the party in his day. The feasts of his day were fun and festive, but in this age they even had to pay attention to everything including social class, and they also had to obey a great many very binding rules.