Jin Wang Dotes on His Concubine

r meaning, this wasn’t something Yaoniang could tell.
She could only hope for the best.

   After what happened on the first day, Jin Wang was at the forefront of his brothers’ minds.

   In their eyes, the fifth brother was putting on airs to gain attention.

   Some of them thought to themselves, why couldn’t they think of this method? While the others had a dismissive attitude and only treated it as a joke, wanting to see how long Jin Wang could hold on.

   It wasn’t that no one wanted to follow his example, but these princes all placed their faces higher than the sky.
If they were to follow Jin Wang’s example, they would only look like a fool trying to imitate him and copying his ideas. 

   They couldn’t afford to lose this face.

   Because of this, An Wang and the others continued to use a sedan chair to get to work everyday, while Jin Wang walked.
The only change was that Lu Wang didn’t use a carriage anymore but switched to riding a horse.

   Over these few days, Jin Wang became very well known throughout Qipan Street.
The officials in the capital spread the word by mouth that a tall thin man wearing a set of the blue official uniform, carrying a bag in his hand would undoubtedly be His Highness, Jin Wang.

   If they met with His Highness on the road, there was no need for them to wait for him to pass.
They could simply continue on their way and Jin Wang wouldn’t blame them.

   As for how this conclusion that he wouldn’t blame them came about, no one knew.
But even when those without good eyes stood in the way of Jin Wang, he didn’t say anything.
He only waited quietly for those people to leave before continuing on his way.

   People have always been good at describing the things they found unusual.
For example, Jin Wang was someone who always wore a cold face and others rarely saw him smile.
Yet such a person, with such an identity, did not get angry or offended by the actions of those blind people.
Seeing this, others couldn’t help but begin to think of him as a good person.

   Thinking back, Jin Wang didn’t seem to have any undesirable qualities, except for always wearing that chilly expression on his face.

   Although it had been said that he wasn’t close to women and could be a cut sleeve, it was all gossip.
Jin Wang has a favoured concubine and two sons, which was enough to repel the rumours of broken sleeves.
As for the other rumours of him being violent with a tendency to kill, wasn’t that a more appropriate description for Lu Wang?

   This was all because of Jin Wang’s behaviour as he went to work everyday, dressed in ordinary blue official robes, strolling leisurely on the road.
The sack that Jin Wang always held in his hands also aroused the curiosity of countless people.

   People began to discuss what could be in the pouch so that Jin Wang would carry it to work every day.
Some say inside were the Four Treasures of the Study, but it didn’t seem to look like it from the outside.
Others speculated whether it was a spare set of clothes or other miscellaneous things.
In short, there were all kinds of guesses.

   Until one day early in the morning, someone saw Jin Wang take out a bun from his pouch while walking.

   From then on, everyone knew that the bag was filled with food.

   Regardless of outside speculation, Jin Wang was soon given his first task after reading over ten days’ worth of books.
It was to supervise the renovation of Hui Wang Manor.