Chapter 2024
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Shang'er didn't mean to eavesdrop. She just came out for a stroll. Who asked them to speak so loudly? However, she wasn't interested in who Miss Lei was, so she didn't take it to heart after hearing it.
Seeing that it was almost dawn and their boat had drifted far away by the current, Ming Xi decided to stay for the night. Anyway, they should arrive at the port at noon tomorrow. They could leave then.
There was an empty room on the boat for Shang'er to rest. Ming Xi and Fire Phoenix leaned on the deck and looked at the bright sky. Xu Jinbei sat behind them. The three did not speak to each other. The river wind was cold with the smell of fish, but the three teenagers didn't seem to feel cold at all. Instead, they enjoyed it.
After a while, Xu Jinbei said in a low voice, "Young master Ming Xi, although my room is a little small, it is clean. Why don't you go rest first?"
"No, it's comfortable here." Ming Xi said with a faint smile.
"It's almost dawn." Fire Phoenix looked to the east. "Shall we leave first or wait until we reach the shore?"
Xu Jinbei looked at Ming Xi. If they insisted on leaving, they could only use a small boat. Could the three of them cross the river on a light boat?
"Anyway, we've been here for half a day. We might as well stick to the shore." Ming Xi said faintly, not even opening his eyes.
"Are you interested in that Miss Lei?" Fire Phoenix asked in Ming Xi's ear.
"…" Xu Jinbei thought that Ming Xi was behind them. No matter how low their voices were, he could still hear them. The boy named Fire Phoenix didn't need to be so secretive.
Ming Xi opened his eyes slightly. "Do you know what a beauty does?"
"Ah?" Fire Phoenix was stunned. "Isn't it a selection? To be a palace maid? "
When he was still a little Fire Phoenix, he often heard Ye Zhen hugging him and complaining that Mo Rongzhan was going to select a beauty again. He was angry at first, but after a few days, he laughed and said that the beauties had become palace maids.
Aren't beauties palace maids?
Ming Xi couldn't help but laugh. "Was my father's previous selection just to add more palace maids to the palace?"
"The consort selection is to select the most outstanding young ladies of the commoners to enter the palace to become the emperor's concubines." Xu Jinbei explained to Fire Phoenix in a low voice.
"Isn't that choosing a wife?" Fire Phoenix shouted. "Wait a minute, Murong Ke is going to choose an empress? What about Ming Yu? "
"How can you say that!" Ming Xi knocked him. "Isn't it normal for Sixth Uncle to choose an Empress and take a concubine? What else can Ming Yu do? "
Fire Phoenix said anxiously, "Ming Yu now calls him Imperial Father. If he chooses an Empress, Ming Yu will have to call another woman Imperial Mother. Can Yao Yao bear it?"
Ming Xi sighed. He sat up straight and said seriously, "Do you think that Ming Yu would call another woman mother?"
"She can even call Murong Ke father …" Fire Phoenix snorted. Although the City Lord did not say anything, as one of the people who understood the City Lord the best, he felt that the City Lord was definitely very unhappy.
"You underestimate Ming Yu too much." Ming Xi lightly said.
Fire Phoenix crossed her legs, "Alright, since you're not worried, then why are you still here?"
"There may be people who will get along with Ming Yu in the future. It doesn't hurt to get to know them first." Ming Xi said lightly.
"There will be more than a hundred women who will enter the palace in the future. Are you going to get to know them one by one?"
Ming Xi stood up and looked back at the river. "A woman who can invite a fallen sect to pretend to be a pirate to rob them is naturally more special than any other beauty."
If Lei Bingfu really made people so vigilant, it could be foreseen that she would not be simple in the future when she entered the palace. Naturally, she would get along with Ming Yu a lot.
He knew that Murong Ke was good to Ming Yu, but now the Sixth Uncle had no children of his own and he had old feelings for Ye Zhen. If this feeling faded in the future and he had his own son, would he still treat Ming Yu as his daughter?
Ming Xi did not have so much confidence in Murong Ke, so he wanted to see these women who were going to enter the palace for Ming Yu so that she could be prepared.
"Why bother? If you are worried that Ming Yu will be bullied in the future, just take Ming Yu away." Fire Phoenix whispered.
"What do you think?" Ming Xi's voice was cold. Didn't he want to take Ming Yu away? But Ming Yu insisted on staying. There were some things that he could not change even if he wanted to.
Fire Phoenix thought of Ming Yu's stubborn temperament and how she had not called Yao Yao 'mother' again until now. "Forget it, do whatever you want."
"What are you talking about?" Shang'er walked over from behind with sleepy eyes and leaned directly on Ming Xi's body. "I'm so hungry."
"Miss Shang'er, men and women should not touch each other …" Seeing this scene, Xu Jinbei spoke in a low voice. If this was seen by others, what would happen to her and Ming Xi's reputation?
"What do you mean by men and women should not touch each other?" Shang'er asked with a puzzled face.
Xu Jinbei looked at Shang'er, not sure if she was doing it on purpose or if she really didn't know what it meant by 'men and women should not touch each other'.
"Boys and girls should sit at separate tables after the age of seven, and they can't hug each other like this. That is called 'men and women should not touch each other'." Madam Luo, who had appeared out of nowhere, raised her eyebrows and looked at Shang'er. Behind her was a young girl who lowered her head and stood there timidly.
Shang'er didn't even look at her and continued to hug Ming Xi's arm. "What rules? So troublesome."
Madam Luo held back her disgust. She thought to herself that this girl looked delicate and pretty, like a young lady from a great family. She didn't expect her to be so vulgar, not even comparable to a country girl.
Why was Bai Luoshan so respectful to them?
"Madam Lei." Xu Jinbei bowed with his hands in front of his chest. "Is there something you need?"
"It's nothing much. I am indebted to the three of you for saving me yesterday. Today, I would like to host a banquet to thank you. I hope that Young Master Xu and these friends can come." Madam Lei remembered her daughter's instructions. No matter how much she looked down on Shang'er, she still spoke with a smile.
Xu Jinbei couldn't make the decision for Ming Xi, so he turned to look.
Ming Xi didn't even turn his head, as if Madam Lei wasn't talking to him.
It was obvious that he was rejecting her.
"Madam Lei, we appreciate your good intentions." Xu Jinbei rejected her on Ming Xi's behalf.
"It's just a meal." Madam Lei was rarely rejected like this and her expression didn't look too good.
"Eat?" Shang'er immediately turned her head. "Ming Xi, I'm hungry."
Ming Xi pointed to the front. "We'll go eat after we reach the shore."
Madam Lei forced a smile. "There's still four hours before we reach the shore. It wouldn't be good to let the little girl starve. I have some breakfast here. Fill your stomachs first. Later, I'll get someone to make some delicious food."
A maid handed over a box of food.
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