
The cold autumn and the political intrigue that occurred in the palace were increasingly heated, making the empress take steps to enjoy autumn in the palace with the noble girls.
The invitation was already spread, hoping that the girls who were already at the age to get married and the young women could attend.
His goal was none other than to find a partner for the first prince, his eldest son in order to have a strong companion so that he could rise to become the crown prince who could replace his father later.
Everything is done in silence and disguise. Instead of – over the autumn banquet party in fact there is a strong political element.
This is where the noble girls will play their part. Although the main character is the empress and the first prince, but everyone is free to choose the stronghold he wants each – because there will also be concubines present.
Like the great concubine Hien with the fourth prince Ming Jun, the first concubine Nuwa with the second prince Ming Shin, and the second concubine Zhany with the third prince Ming Xue and the fifth prince He Zhan.
All the concubines in the banquet would also be looking for a noble girl who would be made a companion of the son to be able to rise to crown prince Ming.
Such a battle would usually be extremely cruel as all parties sought to seek a supporter as strong as – as possible for the sake of the princes being able to ascend the throne.
This is certainly not there – just let go for the big family Jiang. Although they were reluctant to invite Jiang Xia Yan to the meeting, but considering who his parents were inevitably the great mistress Jiang told him to come.
Jiang Xia Yan's life that had been quiet for a few days had finally been disturbed by the arrival of the invitation for the autumn banquet from the empress.
This party full of political content has made everyone start busy preparing far – away.
All girls want to look the most superior because the party will also be held a talent show where the girls will race to display their talents such as dancing, reading poetry, singing, singing, playing a musical instrument and so on.
To the eldest young miss Jiang, as usual he would display his embroidery talent. Everyone in the capital knew very well that Jiang Xiuying had a very fine embroidery result and until now no one had been able to match him.
While the second young lady will show her talent in dancing and singing. The two talents he would display in this one show were a plus for the third family other than Jiang Xialun who was smart in academics.
As for Jiang Xia Yan who was known to have no talent whatsoever this time also looked relaxed as usual.
But what makes it different if in the past he relaxed because he did not have any talent and came to the palace only for the sake of the second prince Ming Shin, but the other case with now.
He did not want to display anything because he did not want to be too flashy at the banquet later. Jiang Xia Yan had absolutely no ambition nor interest in being part of the palace dwellers.
His only goal was to destroy Ming Shin as a form of revenge. But that doesn't mean he should go in and be part of the Ming imperial family.
Jiang Xia Yan had another way of carrying out his act of revenge. And now all he needed to do was to restore the good name of the owner of the body as well as take revenge on the Jiang family that had been oppressing him all along.
“ I think this moment is one way to restore Jiang Xia Yan's good name.”.
“ In addition to the girls I met at the academy, there will also be young women who I have never met..”.
“ Do I have to display talent in the show ?..”
“ Kira – guess what talent is fitting to silence everyone...”.
Jiang Xia Yan continued to think things through carefully. In addition to restoring his good name, he also planned to see the situation inside the palace directly.
Although he had seen a rough picture of the palace map from the memories of the previous owner of the body in the future, but he also had to be aware of what was in the present.
Surely the state of the palace in the future is quite different from the current state. And that was what Jiang Xia Yan had to watch out for if he wanted to move quickly.
Tok tok….
Jiang Xia Yan began to divert his attention once the door of his room was knocked from outside. He gently told the waiter to come in.
“ Sorry to disturb miss..The third young lady was ordered by the great mistress Jinag to come to the main residence now to meet with madam Puan..”, said the waiter politely.
“ Madam Puan ?..”, Jiang Xia Yan knitted his brows in surprise.
During the journey towards the main residence Jiang Xia Yan began to recall who was Madam Puan. It seemed that in the memories that existed, this incident had also happened before.
As soon as he arrived at the main residence, Jiang Xia Yan could see if his two brothers had already chosen the cloth they would use in the banquet and left only a few cloths for him.
“ The incident is the same.but this time I am not the stupid Jiang Xia Yan. I will not be trapped twice... ”, inner Jiang Xia Yan monologue.
As in his previous life, his eldest brother and mother urged for Jiang Xia Yan to use the light yellow cloth that was there.
Their goal was to humiliate Jiang Xia Yan in the banquet event and make his name in the capital even worse.
But in this life, he will not make the same mistakes as what the owner of the body does.
After all, the soul that lives in this body is a very fashionable adult woman so she can match the existing fabric even though only – colors are not at all attractive.
“ I think I will choose this red brick fabric..”, Jiang Xia Yan said as he pointed at the red brick fabric that will emit a golden luster if exposed to light.
The fabric will be a nice and classy outfit if processed well. Of course, Jiang Xia Yan's choice made her aunt and cousin unhappy.
“ Sister..why did you choose the red brick color. Isn't it too dark and will make you look old and old. Aren't young girls our age supposed to use – colors bright and fresh colors. Light yellow is the color that suits you..”, said Jiang Xiuying trying to persuade.
“ True...your skin is very white like snow, of course the light yellow color is the most suitable. If only my daughter had skin color as white as you, maybe I would suggest a light yellow color for her..”, Qianyi said with a face made as sad as possible.
This mother and son continued to push for Jiang Xai Yan to choose what kind of yellow color they planned for him to become a laughingstock at the banquet later.
Madam Puan looked a little surprised by the scene in front of her. Although he heard rumors that Jiang Xia Yan was a stupid and silly trashy girl.
But as aunt and older cousins who have been financed by the first family, they should not plunge the innocent girl into bad things.
From here Madam Puan only knew if the second Jiang family had a bad heart and used dirty ways to bring down Jiang Xia Yan who was now alone without the support of both parents.
“ I did not expect if they turned out this slick...”, the inner madam Puan sad.
Not wanting Jiang Xia Yan to fall into the scheming plan of the second family, Madam Puan also tried to protect her.
“ What if the white color of this bone...I think this will be very suitable with the third young lady...“, said madam soft Puan.
Seeing if Madam Puan wanted to help her escape from the entanglement of her aunt and older cousin, Jiang Xia Yan also welcomed the goodwill.
But his heart still chose the cloth that had already caught his attention from the beginning. And of course, the choice will not be wrong.
“ No...I will still choose the red color of the brick..”, said Jiang Xia Yan firmly.
Seeing that third young lady Jiang was firm with her chosen color, Madam Puan began to measure the body of the beautiful girl.
While the great mistress Jiang looked indifferent to the existing conditions. The old woman was even seen closing her eyes while sitting in her seat of greatness.
If you have touched on the issue of money, big lady Jiang will indeed pura – pura deaf and blind because she will not want to come out of the funds.
So far, the one who takes care of financial problems is the second household. Likewise all the money given by the first family to Jiang Xia Yan was also arranged by Qianyi even though what his parents gave him was not all up to the girl.
Perhaps only twenty percent of the money sent by the father was given to Jiang Xia Yan. The remaining eighty percent of the second family used themselves to support the lavish lifestyle of him and his son.
Jiang Xia Yan was not ignorant of it.But he would talk about everything by the time his parents came home later.
At that time, Jiang Xia Yan who was soon fifteen years old was going to ask his parents to be able to take care of his finances and anything regarding the first household by himself.
If he could, he would ask that the first family separate from his extended family. After all, all of the Jiang family's vast fortune almost entirely belonged to the first family.
Whether it was a gift from the emperor or a monthly salary received by his father and mother during their time in the war.