Chapter 1191 - 1014: Leaving with Tail Between Legs
The incident at Gu Jian’s birthday banquet was soon reported to His Majesty by the Jinling Guard.
Qianqing Palace.
His Majesty leaned on the daybed, casually playing with a pair of gatepost walnuts, while at his feet, Consort An sat on a brocaded stool, dutifully helping His Majesty massage his legs.
"On the birthday of the Duke of the Auxiliary Nation, my mother and third brother personally visited to offer congratulations... There might have been some small misunderstanding... Princess Consort Xiao is a woman of strong temperament, who actually suffered a shock to her pregnancy, frightening my mother to the point of disturbance for several days..."
His Majesty, with his eyes closed, listened to Consort An trivializing the issue of her uncle’s birthday banquet, intentionally or unintentionally speaking ill of Xiao Yeyang’s wife.
If it weren’t for the fact that he had already learned about the whole affair from the Jinling Guard, he might have really been misled by Consort An to think the fault lay with Xiao Yeyang and his wife.
Consort An, while cautiously speaking, watched His Majesty’s expression. If her mother hadn’t so grievously offended the Xiao Yeyang couple, she indeed wouldn’t want to be enemies with the Prince Residence of Ping.
Not to mention the Prince of Ping — though without actual power, he is nonetheless His Majesty’s own brother. Looking across the whole of Beijing, which of the imperial kin and nobility have it better than him?
Then there’s Xiao Yeyang. Although Xiliang is the poorest among the provinces of Daxia, it is a strategic border location. Now that he is in charge of the affairs in Xiliang, he indeed has both power and status.
This father and son truly have a much higher starting point than the others.