In the palace banquet, the officials dine in boredom and glory; watching dances is equally tedious, what could be more interesting than watching rival factions tear into each other?
Which of the officials present doesn’t have their own calculations? The mont Pri Minister Fan responded, they knew there were no good intentions, it was targeted at soone for sure.
And who among those present is most at odds with Pri Minister Fan, apart from Pri Minister Song?
They would bet a cucumber that this pit was definitely dug for Pri Minister Song by Pri Minister Fan.
The officials no longer watched the dance, their eyes fixed on the banquet table ahead.
Emperor Chu was also a bit surprised that Pri Minister Fan interrupted, raising his brows, he asked, "Pri Minister Fan, to whom are you referring?"
Pri Minister Fan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, isn’t the younger brother of the Song Family yet to be married? That young man has a handso appearance, suave and elegant, resembling Pan An, perfectly eting Prince Dingbei’s criteria for a handso young man."
Officials: See, as expected it was targeted at Pri Minister Song. These rival Left and Right Ministers, it’s strange if they don’t find trouble for each other!
Vice Minister of Rites Shen Qing looked sorrowfully at Pri Minister Fan, silently filling a cup of bitter wine, that handso young man who resembles Pan An, was supposed to be his niece’s husband!
Alas, best not to think about it, as it would require drowning in ten cups of bitter wine.
Emperor Chu’s eyes flickered, did Pri Minister Fan know his intention or was he deliberately giving Pri Minister Song trouble? If it was the latter so be it, but if it was the forr...
"What does Pri Minister Song think?"
Song Zhiyuan put down his wine cup, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, my younger brother at ho is uneducated and incompetent, indulging in all sorts of idle pastis, unable to lift a hand or shoulder a burden, how can he be a match for Commandery Princess Dongyang?"
Pri Minister Fan: "Pri Minister Song, your words are incorrect, although Fourth Young Master Song may not have scholarly or martial achievents, he is not without any rit, he does have a fine handso face after all."
Song Zhiyuan: "Pri Minister Fan seems to know my younger brother very well indeed, could it be you’re thinking of giving one of your granddaughters to my younger brother? How can this be, looks cannot fill one’s belly. So, which young lady would you be offering?"
The crowd snickered.
Pri Minister Fan glared, thinking, nonsense, your little wastrel dares to marry my granddaughter?
"Pri Minister Song, you’re so young, is your hearing not good? I clearly said Commandery Princess Dongyang." Pri Minister Fan sneered and glanced at him, then looked towards Prince Dingbei, "Prince Dingbei, you have t Pri Minister Song’s younger brother, haven’t you? I heard when you returned to the capital, he accompanied the Commandery Princess to welco you!"
A sharp light quickly flashed in Song Zhiyuan’s eyes.
Prince Dingbei frowned, sowhat displeased, and said, "Pri Minister Fan, what do you an, doesn’t that Song boy have a marriage proposal? Are you suggesting that our family’s Pan’er should steal the bride? Hey, even though I’m a crude man from the mountains, I know that a man engaged to another cannot be touched. Even if our Pan’er isn’t perfect, she wouldn’t go snatching soone else’s groom-to-be, right? Or does Pri Minister Fan think my daughter has fallen so low she must resort to that?"
What happened to the agreent that if things didn’t work out, she’d go and snatch the bridegroom? Was that all nonsense?
Pri Minister Fan: "..."
No, wasn’t he trying to matchmake, how did he end up offending Prince Dingbei instead?
Song Zhiyuan spoke at this mont: "Prince Dingbei, don’t be angry, Pri Minister Fan was born to worry, we all know, he’s just looking for sothing to fret about when idle."
Prince Dingbei snorted coldly, "Even if he’s bored to death, he shouldn’t teach people to snatch brides, does that make sense?"
"You’re right!"
The cooperative act made it unbelievable they weren’t in it together.
Pri Minister Fan’s face darkened, but he managed a forced smile: "Prince Dingbei, you misunderstood, if I say Pri Minister Song’s younger brother is suitable, it’s not without evidence. If you don’t believe , ask Pri Minister Song, is his younger brother engaged or not?"
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