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Rong Su's actions immediately caused the originally bustling hall to become abnormally quiet.

Yan Pei only reacted after realizing that the two little girls had already left with the others.

The attendant returned to the Crown Prince and told him everything he had heard.

In the end, Rong Ting had been his old rival for many years.

Only, Rong Ting did not understand where this difference came from.

Looking at the two servants behind Rong Su, Rong Ting thought that maybe he could make a move from here.

Just when everyone in the hall was thinking differently, a loud chant came from outside the hall.

"The emperor has arrived!"

The person who recited it was no longer the eunuch from before, but had changed to a different voice. The familiar person could easily hear that it was the eunuch, Eunuch Qi Fu, who was sitting next to the Emperor.

Today's grand feast officially began.

At the same time, within the Zhaoning Palace, Empress sat on the throne. Upon hearing the report from her personal palace maid Shu Zhen, she knew that the banquet had already begun at the main hall.

The atmosphere in the hall immediately became lively.

The people who had been restrained previously were much more relaxed after hearing the banquet and the arrival of the dance instructor. They could even slightly amplify their voices while gossiping.

Lin Qilian sat at the Queen's seat.

As the empress's niece, Lin Qilian naturally received the best treatment amongst all the females of appropriate age.

Seeing Lin Qilian eating in such a depressed manner, the Queen tilted her head and asked with concern, "Lian'er, what's wrong?"

Lin Qilian put down his chopsticks, nodded slightly, but did not say a word.

The Queen put down her chopsticks and patted the cushion beside her.

Lin Qilian then got up, walked over, and sat beside the Queen, looking like he was hugging her.

Many of the ladies who were paying attention to the form above curled their lips in disagreement.

Fang Ruotong heard the young miss beside him mutter. "What's so special about acting so pretentiously?"

After that person said this, the other young misses by the side actually chuckled softly in agreement.

Fang Ruotong didn't say anything, he only indifferently lowered his eyes and ate the food, yet felt that someone was leaning towards him. Fang Ruotong looked to the side, and sure enough, it was Qin Zi.

Qin Zi smiled as he came over and whispered into Fang Ruotong's ears: "Go sit over there, don't let other people get into trouble."

Fang Ruotong replied: "I didn't say anything."

"But if we sit together, we don't want to be implicated." As Qin Zi said that, he grabbed Fang Ruotong's hand and pulled Fang Ruotong away from three different seats, to his own seat, and instructed the servant to change the bowls and chopsticks.

Qin Zi was sitting beside Li Yin, so when Fang Ruotong came over, although he knew of his good friend's cold and detached temperament, Li Yin still spoke frankly with a low laugh: "Then what about Lin Qilian, do you guys know?"

Qin Zi shook his head and did not say a word. It was obvious that they were both not interested.

But Li Yin was interested in saying, "It's the Fifth Prince!"

Qin Zi opened his eyes wide, "Didn't you say that the Empress has already made the decision to let Lin Qilian and the Fifth Prince get married? Could it be …. Was it a change in the process? "

"That's right." Li Yin said, "I heard that Fifth Prince did not agree. Although he did not reject the Empress in person, he was unhappy about it the entire time. It's said that no one went to the previous job appointment, and not only did the Fifth Prince not go, he did not allow anyone from the Duke Palaces to go as well.

"From the looks of it, Fifth Prince is truly unwilling, but so what if he is unwilling. Since it is the order of the Empress herself, then there is no room for him to deal with it. But what about Lin Qilian? Even if they had suffered at the Fifth Prince's place, did they have to complain in front of the empress? His own son, the empress still didn't know what the Fifth Prince was thinking? Since she knew, wasn't her words a complaint? Would the empress be willing? At that time, she will be the one to suffer. "

Qin Zi explained clearly.

Li Yin started laughing, "That's right, that's the truth, but who is this lady Lin? She is the niece of the Empress, I think she is better treated than the Fifth Prince. Just you wait, I think I'll have to eat my fill later."

After Li Yin said this, Qin Zi turned to look at the leader of the guards, but after waiting for a long time, he did not manage to find anything, and lost his patience. He lowered his head to look, only to see Fang Ruotong looking towards the door, and he did not know what.

"Ruotong?" Qin Zi called out.

Fang Ruotong grabbed Qin Zi's hand, and pointed outside: "Just now, there was someone there."

Qin Zi turned his head to look, and then said: "There are people here, there are eunuchs and palace maids. I'm afraid there are more than a thousand people in Zhaoning Palace, how can there not be people?"

"That's not it..." Fang Ruotong said, but he did not know how to explain it.

Fang Ruotong wanted to say that there was a person who should not have appeared here.

Seeing Fang Ruotong in a daze, Qin Zi wanted to ask further, but Li Yin pushed him away and said, "Quick, look, look, the Empress's face has turned cold."

Qin Zi hurriedly went to take a look, and watched it in high spirits.

Fang Ruotong sat in his seat for a while, unable to suppress the curiosity in his heart, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

As the banquet was being held, people were walking in and out of the hall. The palace maids and eunuchs were there, and there were also numerous dancing officials in the middle of the hall.

Fang Ruotong's departure did not attract anyone's attention. Even Qin Zi and Li Yin had only thought that Fang Ruotong was going to the rest room.

When Fang Ruotong arrived outside the hall, the eunuchs on both sides nodded to her, and she casually replied with an "En" before walking down.

He walked around the empty area in front of the hall, turned around, and headed towards the long corridor on the right.

Fang Ruotong stopped in his tracks, looked around, and was about to go back. Suddenly, he felt a strong wind blowing past him, causing him to be startled for a moment. Behind him, there was something that was pressed against her neck.

Fang Ruotong was shocked, he wanted to dodge, but the other party spoke first: "Don't move."

It was a strange yet somewhat familiar voice. Just by the side of his ear, Fang Ruotong was stunned for a moment. With his back facing that person, he slowly asked: "Three … Second Prince? "

The dagger in Rong Ling's hand moved closer to the man's neck.

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