Prince Yu's Mansion, reception hall.
"Princess, what are you doing here?" After seeing Princess Liu, Liang Youji's face darkened, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.
"how?"
"Can't I come?"
Mrs. Liu looked at Liang Youji coldly and asked, "Or are you, Liang Youji, already the King of Yu?"
"Haha, why does the princess have to be so sarcastic?" Liang Youji calmed down the gloomy expression on his face and said calmly, "As long as the princess doesn't go against me and allows me to inherit my father's throne safely, I will I guarantee that you will still be the mistress of Prince Yu’s Mansion..."
"Humph, you promise?" Mrs. Liu sneered and smiled, her tone full of disdain, "What guarantee do you give? With the royal palace benefits you sold? Or with the son-in-law status you sold?"
"Don't think that I don't know how you got the support of the Luo family!!"
"You are now in a difficult situation. If you cannot inherit the throne, those people will abandon you or even destroy you."
"The benefits you promised must be fulfilled, but you can't fulfill them..."
"Haha, a person who can't even protect himself?"
"How can we guarantee this with me?"
The corner of Liang Youji's mouth twitched, and a hint of murderous intent flashed deep in his eyes, but he hid it well and still said calmly: "Princess, how do you know... the bastard you look down on today, Will something earth-shattering happen in the future?"
"How do you know I will lose?"
"How do you know you will win?"
"If I lose, I will end up miserable, but if you lose, will you have a good ending?"
"Then let's use our own methods!" Mrs. Liu didn't bother to talk nonsense to this bastard whom she despised, and said coldly.
"Okay, then let me see what the princess is capable of." Liang Youji snorted and stopped talking.
"I will also attend today's dinner party." Mrs. Liu said.
"I don't agree." Liang Youji naturally knew that she was referring to the dinner party to meet Zhou Zhenwen, and immediately refused.
"You have no right to reject me. I am the mistress and the princess of Yuzhou Palace, and you are just a concubine. You are not the heir yet, and you are not qualified to represent the palace..."
Liu's tone was cold and arrogant, and his words were full of disdain for Liang Youji.
"I am here to inform you, not to request, nor to report!!"
"Then the princess is just..." Liang Youji responded coldly.
"Hmph!" Mrs. Liu turned and left without talking nonsense.
After Mrs. Liu left, the palace steward walked up to Liang Youji and asked in a low voice: "My young prince, do you want to prepare a place for the princess?"
"Get ready. After all, she is a princess. She doesn't have a seat to sit here. How does it look like... letting people from the court come over to watch the joke?" Liang Youji said after being silent for a while.
"However, other than the princess, don't arrange any other positions."
"Yes, I understand." The housekeeper nodded and went down to make arrangements.
Half an hour later, Zhou Zhenwen arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion.
"Master Zhou, welcome to Prince Yu's Mansion... I'm really honored that you can show your favor..." As soon as Liang Youji saw Zhou Zhenwen, he lowered his posture and was quite respectful. Welcome Zhou Zhenwen humbly.
Liang Youji looked nothing like a young prince who was about to succeed to the throne, but rather like a servant or subordinate.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Zhou Zhenwen thought for a moment, understood what he meant, and said with a smile.
"It should, it should." When he heard the word "Crown Prince", the smile on Liang Youji's face became even brighter.
"Shoufu Zhou, he is not the heir apparent!"
At this moment, a female voice came from not far away.
Zhou Zhenwen turned around and saw a young woman in her early forties, standing not far away.
The young woman is wearing luxurious clothes, with golden phoenixes embroidered on the sleeves, and a crested hairpin on her head. Her temperament is graceful, luxurious, and extraordinary.
"I am the Liu family, and I have met Zhou Shoufu."
"I've met Princess Yu." Zhou Zhenwen bowed her hands.
"Zhou Shoufu and Liang Youji are the third sons. They are concubines, not the crown prince of Prince Yu." Mrs. Liu said with a smile, emphasizing on the word "concubines", the meaning was obvious.
It is to remind and tell Zhou Zhenwen that I, Princess Yu, will not recognize his identity as the heir apparent.
"Is that so?" Zhou Zhenwen also laughed and said with some curiosity: "But as far as I know, all the other heirs of King Yu have had accidents, and now only this one is left... In this case, this Isn’t this the Crown Prince of Prince Yu?”
"Haha, Zhou Shoufu, actually King Yu has other heirs..." Seeing Zhou Zhenwen take the initiative to bring it up, Princess Liu was not polite, so she wanted to tell the story about Liang Youzhen and take the initiative.
"princess!"
Liang Youji's expression darkened, and he reminded him coldly: "Master Zhou is a guest, so there is no need to talk about some things now, right?"
Liu's words were interrupted by Liang Youji, and she felt quite unhappy. However, in front of Zhou Zhenwen, she couldn't bear to argue with a concubine regardless of her face: "Zhou Shoufu, come and take a seat! I'm telling you a joke!!"
"What did the princess say? You are too polite." Zhou Zhenwen still maintained a gentle attitude, as if nothing happened just now.
Mrs. Liu smiled and took Zhou Zhenwen to the table.
Liang Youji's eyes turned cold as he watched this scene.
After taking a seat, the meal starts quickly.
Since this dinner was mainly for Zhou Zhenwen, there were not many people.
There were only a few people here and there.
Princess Liu, Liang Youji, Liang Youji, second wife Wang, second wife Wang Wei, and several other concubines of King Yu who were not valued, had no heirs, or only had daughters.
According to common sense, the concubines were not qualified to serve on such an occasion, but in order to welcome Zhou Zhenwen and create a united, friendly, warm and cheerful atmosphere for the court, they were still called here.
However, they all know that this dinner party is always a place where the first bedroom, the second bedroom, and Liang Youji compete.
They were just here to make up the numbers.
It is precisely because of them that Liang Youzhen has his own position.
His position was actually obtained by these people. One of the concubines followed the princess and deliberately made room for her illness, so that Liang Youzhen had a place to sit.
Liang Youji saw that his arrangement was not successful, and he also understood that Princess Liu was determined to win over Zhou Zhenwen, and used his status as a special envoy of the imperial court to prove the identity of Liang Youzhen's illegitimate son, so that she could support Liang Youzhen's rise to power.
snort! How could I let you succeed... A chill flashed deep in Liang Youji's eyes. He immediately picked up the wine glass, faced Zhou Zhenwen, and proactively said:
"Master Zhou, thank you for your hard work coming all the way. I'd like to give you a toast, Youji!!"
"Rough food is disrespectful!!"
"I hope Mr. Zhou won't dislike it!!"
