Xie Boyuan said this, but he was still a little worried in his heart. His sister and Jinshang didn't know martial arts, and if something happened, he might not be able to protect them.

"Master Xie, don't worry. Guard Jiang is with them."

Hearing the name, he came back to his senses, "Thank you for the reminder, Princess."

After saying this, he continued to stay by the eldest princess' side, following her closely without leaving her side for a moment.

The more Biyu looked at Master Xie, the more she liked him. If the eldest princess married him, she would definitely not be bullied by other members of the Xie family.

The male guests in the outer courtyard were drinking and chatting happily, especially Du Yulang who drank the most. At this time, he was already half drunk.

Other ministers also advised him to drink less.

"Minister Du, drink less. The emperor will come soon and it will be bad to see you like this."

"It's okay. I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. You don't have to worry."

Zhao Feng, however, sneered, "What Minister Du said is absolutely right. Even if someone makes a fool of himself on the battlefield, he will not incur the wrath of the Saint."

"Oh! Lord Zhao, stop being so sarcastic. Your own son is not doing well and the emperor has dismissed him from his post. Why are you taking it out on me?"

"you!"

Just as Zhao Feng was about to say something, Prince Fenyang stopped him and said, "Lord Zhao, today is the eldest princess' birthday, don't act rashly."

"Yes! Your Majesty, I am sorry for my rudeness."

But he couldn't swallow this humiliation. Du Yulang was just a rookie soldier with such a humble background. What qualifications did he have to be compared with aristocratic families like theirs?

If Prince Fenyang had not been interested in the military power in his hands, how could he have even looked at him?

Prince Fenyang looked at Du Yulang and advised, "Master Du, drink less and sober up quickly. Don't cause any trouble in the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go wash my face and wake myself up now."

After saying this, he stood up and staggered away.

King Fenyang was very unhappy watching the two men confronting each other. Now that the power of the Zhao family is getting weaker and weaker, he must look at the wishes of other families.

But for things like this, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Besides, he has the help of people from the south, so it is better not to alert the enemy.

"Come on, everyone, continue to have fun!"

Seeing that Prince Fenyang was so interested, the ministers also started to flatter him.

"The prince is really generous. He actually gave the princess a white jade Buddha statue. This must be worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, right?"

"Hahaha, it's nothing. I don't need any money. If it can make the princess happy, what's wrong with this little money?"

"The prince regards money as dirt, but you should also prepare more betrothal gifts for the little prince."

"Eh?" Prince Fenyang waved his hand and said, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. If he is incompetent, it would be a waste for me to leave him money. If he is outstanding, I don't leave him money, but he can still bring honor to the family."

"In that case, what does my money have to do with him? Why not share it with everyone and enjoy the happiness of family life?"

"Your Majesty is very open-minded. We admire you!"

"Hahaha! I am old now and don't care about material things anymore."

"Uncle, you are not afraid of power and money. I admire you very much. I will learn from you in the future. It is an honor for the Great Zhou Dynasty and a blessing for the people to have a loyal minister like you in the court. This cup is for Uncle, I toast to you!"

Murong Yan had been deceived by Prince Fenyang's appearance.

"Good nephew, I did it too!"

Prince Fenyang was such a person. He never kept any money in his hand. No matter what the emperor rewarded him, he would share it with his ministers. Now, 70% of the ministers in the court had enjoyed his care.

But only the Zhao family and Du Yulang understood that Prince Fenyang did not want these, and his ambitions were even greater.

Not long after Du Yulang left, a young eunuch followed him.

Seeing that there was no one around, he quickly moved forward and whispered in his ear, "Master Du, I have something to report."

"Say!"

Du Yulang has always been unfriendly to such eunuchs. He thinks they have no ability and only know how to say nice things in front of the emperor. They are just a group of rabble.

"I am here on the orders of Miss Zhao Hui to tell Master Du that she is waiting for you in the backyard and has something to discuss with you."

"Zhao Hui?" Du Yulang was dizzy and couldn't remember who this person was for a while.

The young eunuch reminded, "She is Lord Zhao's daughter. Lord Du, do you remember her?"

"Oh, now I remember, why did she look for me?"

Du Yulang didn't have a good impression of the Zhao family. It was said that Zhao Hui often harmed small animals, and he hated people like that the most. Only incompetent people would harm animals.

"Master Du, I don't know. I just asked you to tell me. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not."

"I wonder what tricks the Zhao family is going to play this time? I'll accompany them! In the backyard, right?"

"Yes, would you like me to take you there?"

"No, I'm not drunk and I know the way!"

After washing his face, Du Yulang still felt a little dizzy, but at least he was much more sober.

He thought to himself: If the Zhao family didn't want to discuss something with him, then Zhao Feng had just advised him to drink less at the dinner table. Did he mean that he had something to discuss with him?

No matter what, as a follower of Prince Fenyang, he couldn't ruin the prince's plans. He thought about this as he walked towards the backyard.

The young eunuch followed him lightly and left only after making sure that he had entered the backyard.

With a quick step, he easily jumped over the palace wall, found a deserted place, took off his clothes, and burned them.

Tuoba Hong took a deep breath, stood on a big tree far away from the palace, and watched everything inside quietly.

The night before the eldest princess' birthday, Yun Zhihan told him that something might happen at the banquet today. She asked him to pretend to be a eunuch and sneak into the palace to cooperate with the operation.

Now that the mission is accomplished, he still dares not take it lightly and is still observing from outside. Once a fight breaks out inside, he will not hesitate to expose his identity to protect Yun Zhihan's safety.

At this time, Yun Zhihan had returned to the banquet and walked towards the eldest princess and Yuan'er.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were safe.

"Mom, what happened just now?" Bai Yuan asked worriedly.

"Nothing, I just wanted to go to the toilet, but I didn't know the way, so I asked Jin'er to follow me."

"I'm glad you're alright. Just now a maid came to call me and asked if you had something to talk to me about?"

"Really?" Yun Zhihan shook his head, "I never said that."

Bai Jin also said, "We have been walking along the way, and we have not seen anyone except the palace guards, maids, and eunuchs."

Murong Yu asked curiously, "Master Xie, do you remember what that girl looked like just now?"

"I don't remember." He only had the eldest princess in his eyes. How could he care about other women?

"But I think you look familiar."

"Does the princess know him?" Yun Zhihan asked.

"I don't know him, but I seem to have seen him somewhere before. Or maybe I made a mistake."

"It doesn't matter. Everything is fine now. Don't worry about it."

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