Chapter 117: Wherever the Regent is, that's where the top seat is!

  Sheng Yunjing, Sheng Chengyi, and Sheng Chengxin entered the palace gate together.

  Three people also saw Yan Beizhuang for the first time, but they also saw Meng Qiuyu and Sheng Jinxia at the same time.

  He was taken aback for a moment.

  Even if the Yong'an Marquis' family was born into a merchant household, they couldn't be compared to other royal families. This position should at least rank above that of government officials in the capital, so why did it end up being relegated to the last seat?

  Is this deceiving the Yong'an Marquis Manor when no one is around?

  But... it's no longer a backwater now, because the Regent is here.

  "Your Majesty!" Sheng Chengji stepped forward, knelt down, made a bow, and said in one breath, "Today's spring banquet, since it is with family members present, I request to move my position to the end of the officials, and sit with my mother and sister together!"

  Today's banquet, although it is a hall without distinction between men and women, yet there are separate seats for men and women.

  The Empress Dowager and the Empress invited the ladies from Kyoto to sit on the left side, while the Emperor brought his princes and civil and military officials to sit on the right side.

  But in most cases, both the left and right seats are occupied by members of the same family.

  Only a few households including the Yong'an Marquis's residence were arranged in a disorderly manner, not only far away from the women of the family, but also inserted wherever there was an empty space.

  Sheng Yunjing, Sheng Chengyi and Sheng Chengxin had different official positions, and they were divided into three distinct positions!

  Among them, Sheng Chengyi's position is the most forward...

  "Is Lord Sheng blaming the Empress Dowager and the Queen for their improper arrangements?" Yan Ziyen felt that he had grasped the opportunity, stepped forward and began to target Sheng Chengyi.

  But before he had finished speaking, Sheng Chengxin knelt down: "Your Majesty, I also request that you permit me to move my position to the last seat."

  "At the same time, I also ask Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and all the princesses who are in charge of this spring banquet to excuse me. My mother and sister rarely attend such grand gatherings, and they can't help but feel nervous. My brother and I worry about our mother and want to show filial piety, and also take care of my younger sister, so please grant us your understanding."

  Heaven is great and earth is great. Respecting the elderly and loving the young is the greatest, Da Xing also values filial piety and fraternal love. No one can have a reason to stop or blame these two brothers.

  "Your Majesty! As an old minister, I'm getting on in years. Today, I came to attend the banquet, and it's just a matter of eating and drinking. My position can also be moved together!"

  Sheng Yun respectfully knelt down...

  "Second Brother! The Sheng family is so harmonious and warm, it's really rare. Why must you intentionally make things difficult again?" The Fourth Prince sneered with a half-masked face, his mouth twisted in mockery.

  Everyone knows that half of his face was "accidentally" ruined by Yan Ziyuan, and he is hostile to Yan Ziyuan, no one finds it strange.

  "Cough... cough..." The Grand Prince coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, I think Yong'an Marquis's and the two Sheng gentlemen's requests are reasonable... However, this position..."

  He originally wanted to say that the position couldn't be at the very end, but then he remembered that his nineteenth uncle had sat there too, so he swallowed back the second half of what he was going to say.

  The emperor frowned and looked at the empress dowager and the queen beside him.

  The queen hastily got up, her face looking even worse: "It's... I didn't arrange it well..."

  "It's settled!" The emperor waved his hand and it was decided.

  Then, three seats were moved to the opposite side of Sheng Jinxiu and Meng Qiuyu.

  Meng Qiuyu was somewhat anxious: "Ji'er, your father and brother are being utterly ridiculous..."

  After all, this kind of banquet is also an opportunity to gain face in front of the emperor, so naturally, the closer you are to the front, the more opportunities you have.

  "It's not a mess!" Sheng Jinxiu said in a low voice to Meng Qiuyu: "Father and brothers are sitting in the front, stuck between the civil and military officials, not only can't get the opportunity, but also will be squeezed out and ridiculed, this is good..."

  Who's the most senior? Ha! Yan Beichen is here, this is the top seat!