TGP: The General's Banquet

Night of 27th of August, Ren Era

The palace was lively as people after people were flooding in. The majority who were coming to the palace were the ladies who were both commoners and nobles.

Each and every ladies were adorned by their most beautiful clothing, most expensive jewelry, and exquisite make-ups.

It can't be helped, these beautiful ladies were trying to capture the general's heart.

"Young Miss Li, this way." The servant that Ren Shou sent to the De Residence was leading Li Amm.

Li Amm really wanted to took off the veil on her face. It made her feel suffocated. There were so many things on her hair that made her head heavy. She was also wearing multiple clothes. If she was not careful, she must have been tripped multiple times. Now she knew why ladies in ancient times need to practice lady postures. Those hellish teachings were actually survival tips. Li Amm wanted to applaud all the ancient ladies out there.

They arrived at one of the biggest pagodas in the palace.

[Xingfu Hall]

This pagoda was surrounded by small pagodas. Every pagoda has multiple lanterns. And their color differs in each Pagoda.

The pathway was made of marble stones and there were small lanterns in every three steps. These small lanterns were in the shape of the petals of orchids. But Li Amm noticed that there were some lanterns in the garden and some in hidden areas. It's seemed a bit outbalance like the servants just put the lanterns everywhere. The color was amusing too. Those lanterns that were spread everywhere had two colors. Yellow lanterns and blue lanterns. But it wasn't that noticeable since the lantern's from the pagodas caught the people's attention.

A bit far away, one could see a beautiful lake that had lilies growing on it. There was a boat in the lake that was lit up by an enormous lantern.

"Wow.." Li Amm could not help but let out this exclamation. This place was really wonderful. A lot of tears and effort of the servants must have been put here. They really gave importance to this new general a.k.a her future husband.

"Our Master is fond of orchids and lilies. That's why he told the servants to decorate these lanterns in this way. " the servant started to advertise his master.

"Mmm. Your master has a good taste."

"My master spent his leisure time on gardening. Master did not take pleasure in the desires of the body. " the servant said trying to set up the image of a gentleman for his master. The servants knew why he was sent to the De Residence. It was to guide this woman whom their master take fancy on.

'Oh. So he is a virgin?' Li Amm was a bit stunned. Based on Aunt Shao Mei's sexual education, men in this era touched women at the age of sixteen. Most of the men here, especially nobles, have bed warmers.

The servant could not see Li Amm's reaction but he knew that any lady would be happy to know that their future husband did not take any other woman, hence, there would be no possible concubine for the time being.

But the servant was so wrong that Li Amm would bother whether her husband has a concubine or not.

'If that guy is a virgin and we do XOXO in the night of our marriage, I will be dead. Does he know how to handle women gently? Well, he is a general after all. For sure he has a big stamina.'

Li Amm's dirty mind wondered for their long-awaited first night.

They arrived at the main hall.

The woman's area was separated from the men. It was understandable since most of the women here were unmarried.

The servant did not leave Li Amm's side. There were women like her who were wearing a veil. Based on Li Amm's instinct, these women were pretty ladies too.

They waited for a bit as people kept coming in.

Then they heard a loud shout at the entrance.

"Please give way, The fifth Prince, the newly appointed General, General Ren Shou had arrived."

All the guests stand up.

The main protagonist of the event had come.

Ren Shou was wearing an outer exquisite marron robe and black clothes inside. His belt had a trace of gold and black- a symbol of royal family. His hair was tied up. An ember stone was hanging on his hair tie. His face was not covered so his beautiful face was fully displayed, making all the women fell in love at first sight.

However, his aura was majestic and sharp. And if one step closer, a suffocating aura could be felt from him.

Behind his back, the renowned left and right general was also present.

Seeing them, Li Amm's eyes lit up.

'There are so many eye-candy.' Not only her, but all ladies' eyes practically shined.

Li Amm looked around to find more eye-candy guys.

However, she was disappointed. Aside from these three, all the male guys were looked like a mosquito now. She prayed for the other noblemen here. Because starting today, the ladies' preference increased, to the point of impossible.

'Better luck in next lifetime guys.' Li Amm thought about the unrequited love of some of the men here when she suddenly noticed that all eyes were on her.

The women at her side were glaring daggers at her.

She got a hunched of what's going on.

She turned to the man, who was the main character today.

Their gazes met.

Ren Shou walked to his future wangfei whose eyes had just recently discovered him.

The two general did not follow him since it was the women's area.

Ren Shou just continued to walk while his eyes were feasting on her. He studied her clothes, the painted flower between her brows, and her eyes that were so steady without any ripples.

Ren Shou felt for a moment that the lady he was looking at was a Patriarch.

Then those eyes turned to crescents. Even with a veil, he could tell she was smiling at him.

He was just about to return the smile when he noticed the mischief on those eyes.

He shuddered. Those eyes were scary for a moment. The look behind those eyes were like a scheming fox who would want to control and manipulate him. Ren Shou shook his head a little to erase those feelings. His little lady was a cute lady. He felt that she was not the kind of person that schemes.

Oh. How wrong he was. He should have trusted his instinct.

Because what's going on Li Amm's mind right now was how to make him wear a dress.