Douluo: Man in the Endless World, Auspicious Beast of the Far North

Chapter 142 Yunze: Sister Meng, are you testing me?
Yunze looked at the beautiful figure and found that it was indeed someone he knew.

His former first-grade classmate, Lin Yuner.

There were three figures standing beside Lin Yun'er, one of whom was Lin Yanyan, whom Yunze also knew, and was Lin Yun'er's sister.

Of the remaining two people, one had a resolute face, giving people a sense of majesty without even being angry.

The other person was a beautiful woman with a dignified appearance, who looked about 60% similar to the sisters Lin Yuner and Lin Yanyan.

Obviously, this is the Tingnanhou family of Mingdu.

"Master Hongchen, it's been several months since we last met." Tingnan Hou took the initiative to walk up to Jing Hongchen and said with a bow.

"It turns out to be Lord Lin. It's been a while since I last saw you." Jing Hongchen glanced at him and said lightly.

Tingnan Hou Lin Jinnan is a new upstart in Mingdu in recent years. He is not very old, only about forty years old, and his cultivation is only at the Soul Saint level, but he is one of the people who can most easily obtain a title - he comes from a military background.

This man is a cousin of Lin Ya, the deputy leader of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps. When he was young, he followed his cousin to fight in border battles and made great achievements, killing countless Xingluo soldiers. After that, he followed his cousin to join the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Corps. After receiving the title, he retired from the military and settled in Mingdu.

Lin Jinnan's title is Marquis, which is above Lord, Viscount, and Earl in the Sun-Moon Empire's title system, and second only to Duke.

Moreover, this person has joined the Crown Prince Xu Tianran and has a bright future.

Even so, Jing Hongchen didn't take him seriously.

For a person like Jing Hongchen, only the top nobles can treat him equally.

Seeing that Jing Hongchen had no intention of paying attention to him, Lin Jinnan did not get annoyed. Instead, he turned to look at Xiao Hongchen and the other two, "As expected of a genius of the Hongchen family, he possesses the demeanor of a master at such a young age. The future of our Sun Moon Empire is bright!"

Xiao Hongchen glanced at him and nodded.

On the contrary, Meng Hongchen nodded politely with a smile on his face, "Uncle Lin, long time no see."

"This must be the classmate Yunze that my daughter mentioned, who has become very famous in the college recently, right?" Lin Jinnan finally set his gaze on Yunze, his eyes slightly narrowed, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"It's me." Yunze nodded, "Meet the Marquis."

"You are truly a young hero. No wonder Yun'er can't forget you." Lin Jinnan forced a smile on his resolute face.

Jing Hongchen waved to the three people behind him and walked straight into the palace, "The banquet is about to begin, let's go in."

When Xiao Hongchen heard this, he immediately grabbed Yunze's clothes and walked inside.

Yunze naturally understood what Jing Hongchen meant. This Lin Jinnan was a member of the princeling faction. Who knew why he came here?
Lin Jinnan did not react too much to this. He walked over to his family and walked towards the palace with them.

When you step into the palace, you will be shocked by the number of nobles inside. Including their families, there are probably hundreds of people in the entire palace.

Even so, the palace does not seem crowded, which shows how huge it is.

"The emperor is willing to use his own palace hall as the venue for holding banquets." After taking a look around, Yunze found that the banquet venue was completely decorated and modified from the palace hall.

"According to the rules of the banquet, I will sit at the main table later. Xiao, you guys go to the young people. Remember, take good care of Yunze." Jing Hongchen said, patted Yunze and Xiao Hongchen on the shoulders and left.

Xiao Hongchen glanced at Yunze and said, "Don't think too much, just play your game."

Yunze shrugged and walked to where a group of young people were, escorted by the brother and sister. The oldest of these young people were in their twenties, while the youngest were about the same age as Yunze, and some even had brothers or sisters with children of seven or eight years old.

Unlike what Yunze had imagined, the relationship between these noble children was relatively harmonious, and there was no confrontation.

However, Yunze soon discovered that the noble children here consciously walked to the areas of their respective forces.

And those who control their power are the princes of the royal family.

People like Yunze and the other two who have no connection with the relationship are like outsiders.

Yunze didn't think too much about it. He just found a place and started eating.

As for the banquet, there were so many delicious dishes, and it was hosted by the royal family. Anyway, Xu Tianran and his team selected the people for the banquet today, so it had nothing to do with him.

Even if those princes really want to win me over, they have to eat and drink well first.

Meng Hongchen also didn't have much thought in eating, so he started eating with Yunze. From time to time, the two of them would seriously discuss and comment on which dishes were delicious and which ones were not.

Xiao Hongchen's mouth twitched. These two people are so stupid!
"Hehe, Yunze, you are here. I've been looking for you for a long time!" Suddenly, a clear shout was heard. Yunze held the plate and kept putting food into his mouth while looking at Lin Yuner who was walking over with her sister.

"You should be from the Prince's faction, right? Why are you here?" Yunze glanced around. "This seems to be the territory of the Ninth Prince's followers. Aren't you afraid of being gossiped about by coming here?"

Lin Yun'er curled her lips and said, "That's my father's business. It has nothing to do with me."

"Don't worry, junior brother. My sister and I haven't joined any prince's army like our fathers did. Besides, they wouldn't care about insignificant people like us." Lin Yanyan smiled slightly and subconsciously glanced at Meng Hongchen. She didn't feel disappointed at all. Instead, she said with a smile, "No wonder you looked down on me at the beginning. With a beautiful and gifted woman like Senior Sister Meng by your side, how could you possibly look down on me?"

When Meng Hongchen heard this, he felt very good, and his eyes softened a lot when he looked at Lin Yanyan.

Yunze smiled and shook his head. "Senior sister, please don't think so. You are also very beautiful. I believe there will be many boys who are willing to pursue you."

"Well, I'm going to be engaged soon. You must bring Senior Sister Meng to attend our engagement party. I'll be very happy to have you here." Lin Yanyan said with a smile.

Getting engaged so soon?
Yunze's expression remained unchanged, but he did not see any happy smile on Lin Yanyan's face.

Obviously, her engagement should also be a political marriage.

This situation is very common in the Sun-Moon Empire and even in the former Three Kingdoms. Even the vast majority of aristocratic families have more or less political connections.

Yunze was not averse to this kind of marriage, but he was not interested in it either.

It seemed that the sisters Lin Yanyan and Lin Yuner took the initiative to come to Yunze and gave others a signal. Not long after the two left, several more girls came over with wine glasses.

Meng Hongchen looked at him, but there was no fluctuation on his face, and he still had a smiling expression.

I don’t know what happened, she didn’t subconsciously protect Yunze, but just watched Yunze’s next move.

Yunze's mouth twitched.

Is this a test for me?

(End of this chapter)