A man wearing an elegant and exquisite indigo-blue brocade robe with gold patterns raised glasses and exchanged glasses in the southeast corner of the banquet. He was surrounded by a few children from aristocratic families. They were chatting and laughing, but there were only a few other people around the young master. The clothes of this young man from an aristocratic family do not look like he comes from a very noble family.
The young man has a fair face, but there is a black tear mole under the corner of his right eye. This mole ruins the heroic look on his face, but it adds a bit of charm to him that a man should not have.
"Who is that person?"
Han Changsheng looked intently at the beautiful young man in the corner who was chatting happily with a few children from down-and-out aristocratic families and the children of noble families, and frowned in confusion.
"Is this person a man or a woman?"
With such a tall stature, he must be a man, right?
Xie Zhao heard the sound and turned her head to look at the young master. She was slightly startled at first, and then smiled pointedly.
"It seems that our trip was indeed not in vain."
Han Changsheng was still confused: "What do you mean?"
He looked blankly at his companions, but he could see some meaning in Ling Or's thoughtful expression, so he frowned and looked at the man who, although he was dressed luxuriously, was staying in the corner of the banquet, beside him. There were only a few noble sons surrounded by children from down-and-out families.
He hesitated and asked: "Could it be... from the Bai family?"
Xie Zhao smiled faintly as an answer.
"No, I said earlier that if we turn bad luck into good luck on this trip, we must be lucky."
She gently raised her chin to indicate the direction of the southeast corner of the garden, "If I admit my mistake correctly, that person is the second young master of Governor Bai's Mansion, Bai Ruzhu."
Ling You turned his head again and took a closer look at the second young master Bai - this second young master Bai actually had... a good appearance that resembled that of a boy or a girl.
However, such an unheroic appearance may not be a good thing for a family like the Bai family.
Han Changsheng was stunned and said: "Bai Ruzhu? Why is this name so girly? Are you sure this is the second young master of the Bai family and not the second young lady of the Bai family who is disguised as a man?"
Xie Zhao looked at him speechlessly, "Where is the second lady in the Bai family? Among Bai Meng's grandchildren, there is only one eldest granddaughter, the eldest lady of the Bai family, who is now... ..”
She paused briefly and smiled lightly: "...she is already the mistress of the palace."
Han Changsheng chuckled and said thoughtfully: "I understand now that I have seen it, no wonder the emperor insisted on marrying Governor Bai's daughter despite the old grudge between Empress Xie and Concubine Bai Tai.
——This Second Young Master Bai is a man and has such a beautiful appearance. Since the Queen is his biological sister, her appearance is naturally even more stunning! "
Xie Zhao paused slightly for some reason, but the next moment she gently shook her head.
"The Second Young Master Bai and the Queen of the Middle Palace, Xiao Bai, are not the same mother, but half-mothers. The Queen's appearance is more similar to that of her biological mother, Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Xue, and the second Young Master Bai's appearance is also similar to that of his biological mother. "
"ah?"
Han Changsheng was speechless. He looked at Bai Ruzhu, the second young master of Bai who was not far away.
"This is actually the concubine of Governor Bai's mansion? Is he the concubine of Master Bai, the Minister of Rites? Such a famous person is actually a concubine! What a pity..."
In the Southern Dynasty, Tianchen paid great attention to etiquette, laws and ethics, and there were differences between concubines and concubines, and their status was very different.
Although they are both the grandson of Bai Mengxian and the son of Bai Lunqiao, their eldest grandson Bai Rusong and concubine Bai Ruzhu have the same status in the Bai family and even the entire Tianchen family!
Apart from that, he also appeared at a banquet held by the dignitaries of Zhaoge City. If Bai Rusong, the eldest son of the Bai family, came today, he would be surrounded by the descendants of other noble families in Zhaoge City. He is a flattering person who pleases;
But if that person is Bai Ruzhu, then he will only be surrounded by a few legitimate sons of a small and down-to-earth family or concubines from noble families who were born as commoners as they are at this moment.
——The legitimate sons of aristocratic families who are truly comparable in strength or well-matched to the Bai family, naturally disdain to associate with the bastards of other families. It is an act of lowering one's status, and it is also an extremely shameful and dishonorable thing.
Of course, these conventional etiquette are not very applicable to the royal family, because even the most humble concubine of the emperor is the master of the people in the world and the empress in the palace.
Therefore, even if the princes and princesses born by concubines are not as noble as the princes and princesses born by the queen, no nobles or subjects of the aristocratic family dare to offend or insult them.
Xie Zhao burst into laughter.
"——Just because he looks so talented, it's a pity to be born as a commoner? Didn't you see, Han Changsheng, that you are also a person who judges people by their appearance?"
Han Changsheng clicked his tongue and said seriously: "I'm not, I don't! I just think he has a good face and think he is quite kind. I feel sorry for him."
Xie Zhao rolled his eyes: "Why don't you come here? What do you know about facial expressions?"
Han Changsheng snorted and raised his chin high.
"When I become the disciple of the high priest of Shentai Palace in the future, I will naturally be the most talented boy in divination and fortune-telling in the entire Tianchen Dynasty. Then you might even ask me to do your fortune-telling for you."
Xie Zhao sneered, and suddenly slapped Han Changsheng on the back of the head. He said coldly: "It's just you? Look like you're going to die."
Han Changsheng was still unconvinced, but he was frightened by the sharp cold light in Xie Zhao's eyes. He did not dare to resist for a moment, so he could only groan and turn his head away, leaving the back of his "Leng Ao" head to her to show that although he was really Very angry, but a good man is determined not to fight with women!
Ling You thought for a while, then suddenly frowned and asked: "But even if Bai Ruzhu is just a concubine of the Bai family, he will not be so neglected, but is there any other reason? Or... Pingyang Are all the guests at the banquet held by the eldest princess the direct disciples of each family?"
Xie Zhao turned his head, smiled, and replied:
"No, this kind of banquet is just held by Princess Pingyang for her own entertainment. It is not a big banquet, so the posts are sent to each house. Usually, the head of each family and the matron decide which children in the family will go to the banquet. Come on, not only the direct descendants of the family can attend the banquet."
--not to mention......
Xie Zhao chuckled, Princess Pingyang was a concubine herself, and she had always been a mistress who had no rules and regulations. How could she attach importance to the so-called distinction between concubine and concubine and not allow concubines and noble children to attend the banquet?
Ling You frowned in confusion.
"In that case, why are there only a few people around Bai Ruzhu? After all, he is also a son of the Bai family. Even if the legitimate sons of aristocratic families disdain to interact with him, why do not many of the concubines of those aristocratic families talk to him?"
Since they are all bastards of different families, who can look down on whom?
