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Xie Qingrong had already been waiting at the entrance of the general's mansion and when she saw Xie Qingrong leaving, a hint of surprise flashed past her eyes.

He reached out his hand towards Xie Qingrong, and smiled.

Within the Dry Clear Palace, the eunuchs and maids placed the beverages and snacks in an orderly fashion. The civil and military officials, the royal family and the royal family had all arrived. They sat at their reserved seats and waited for the remaining people to arrive.

Beside him, Xie Qingrong was also wearing a purple dress with only a few plum blossoms embroidered on the hem. Her jet-black hair was tied up and two strands of hair hung down from her cheeks.

She put on makeup, her cherry lips were red, her eyes were dark, and her temperament was cold.

She was truly a beauty.

The bystanders felt that the two of them matched each other perfectly.

However, before the two of them reached their seats, Xie Qingrong had already noticed the few gazes that were fixated on her. The emotions behind them were obvious: surprise, inquiry, doubt, jealousy, envy and so on.

She looked around, the beautiful Ye Ningyu dressed in red was looking at her with jealousy, while the other girls were more or less jealous too. However, Crown Prince of Chu Gongsun Heng's cold eyes also fell on her body.

In front of everyone's eyes, Xie Qingrong's expression did not change, she simply walked to Xuanyuan Chen's side and followed him to take a seat beside him.

With that, Ye Ningyu's gaze became even more vicious, as if he wanted to skin her alive.

Xie Qingrong raised her eyebrow, she looked at Ye Ningyu with her deep eyes, and very quickly, she shifted her gaze away.

However, Ye Ningyu had been intimidated by Xie Qingrong's gaze. Those eyes were so cold and profound, as if they looked at her as if she were dead, and her back couldn't help but be covered in a thin layer of cold sweat.

However, he quickly composed himself, as if the expression in his eyes just now was just an illusion.

After the two of them took their seats, three people arrived late from the side of the Dry Clear Palace's main hall.

Heavenly Sage Emperor who wore bright yellow dragon robes walked over slowly while holding onto the hand of Empress Zhangsun Linglong, who was also wearing bright yellow palace attire. On the other side of Heavenly Sage Emperor was the blue palace dressed Imperial Consort Ye Shaomin.

The Queen was noble and elegant, elegant and dignified; the Imperial Consort had exquisite makeup, and was incomparably gorgeous.

The two were evenly matched.

The Emperor and Empress were seated at the highest seat, while Imperial Consort was seated at the lower right of the Empress.

Xuanyuan Chen had a dignified smile on his face as he said: "Let's begin."

The sound of silk bamboo slowly came from outside the door as a group of beautiful women wearing light muslin that covered their faces slowly walked in. The tip of her foot lightly tapped, and her muslin fluttered in the wind. Her dancing posture was graceful and exquisite.

After waiting until all the dancing girls had left Dry Clear Palace, Gongsun Heng picked up his wine cup and stood up, "I am fortunate to have seen such a beautiful dance. After he finished speaking, he finished the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Gongsun Heng said those words of praise, but his expression was cold, and his eyes ice-cold.

Heavenly Sage Emperor laughed out loud. He also picked up his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Gongsun Heng looked around and said: "I heard that Prime Minister Zuo's daughter, Zhangsun Wenyan, is the number one talented girl in the Heavenly Sage Kingdom, an expert in the art of zither and chess. I wonder if I would be fortunate enough to witness Miss Zhangsun's zither skills. "

Since Crown Prince of Chu Gongsun Heng had already said so, Heavenly Sage Emperor could not ignore him either. He looked down at the place where Zhangsun Wenyan was sitting and said, "Miss of the Left Prime Minister's family, I wonder if you know how to play the zither."

Facing his father's slightly worried gaze, Zhangsun Wenyan sighed inwardly, knowing that he must play a song today.

Try to play, but not too hard. Fortunately, she had learned zither arts from a young age, so grasping a certain degree of speed wasn't too difficult for her.

Therefore, she gracefully stood up from her seat and walked towards the newly installed guqin. After bowing to everyone on the field, he sat down in front of the guqin.

He smiled slowly and elegantly, as if he was enjoying the spring breeze.

"This humble girl has made a fool of herself. I wonder what song His Highness would like this commoner to play? "

The Crown Prince was playing with the small and exquisite wine cup in his hands. He said expressionlessly, "It will be up to Miss Zhangsun's decision."

Zhangsun Wenyan slowly nodded her head and took a deep breath. Her slender hand had already been placed on the zither string and she was ready to hook one of the zither strings with her index finger.

A crisp female voice sounded, "Your Highness, if there's only the sound of the zither, then it would be boring."

The one who spoke was the Ye Ningyu who wore red clothes. A faint smile hung on her incomparably gorgeous face, as if she had only made a suggestion.

However, her gaze was fixated on Xie Qingrong.

Xie Qingrong's hand that was holding onto the chopsticks paused, she looked at Ye Ningyu who was standing opposite of her, and when their eyes met, she could clearly see the malicious intent in Ye Ningyu's eyes.

"Oh? I feel that what this young lady says is reasonable, I wonder how His Majesty would like it? " Gongsun Heng asked indifferently. However, there was no intention of questioning him.

Heavenly Sage Emperor was helpless, in front of such a large crowd, he could not reject Crown Prince of Chu. Besides, this was also true. There was only the sound of the zither, and there was no dancing with it. It was indeed rather boring.

Since that's the case, then let's do it.

He smiled and asked Ye Ningyu: "I wonder if there are any good candidates for the Miss Ye?" Heavenly Sage Emperor was a person who was used to superficial skills, she did not have any dissatisfaction on her face.

Ye Ningyu did not have any good intentions. If she agreed to it, then wouldn't that mean that Zhangsun Wenyan was just a foil to him? If she wasn't acquainted with Zhangsun Wenyan, she would probably be dirty with him.

Moreover, he couldn't even dance, this Ye Ningyu was doing it on purpose.

Let her dance, don't even think about it.