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Coincidentally, those dancers had finished dancing, and the sound of the silk bamboo had also stopped. The entire place had instantly quieted down, and An Lingyi only saw that beautiful face that was as gorgeous as a crabapple.

When she saw the infatuated gazes of the others, the jealousy in her heart grew like vines as she screamed in her heart, I will definitely make this An Lingge who robbed her of her limelight make a fool of himself!

The Imperial Palace's Spring Festival was, in fact, a tacit agreement for everyone to watch the banquet. The wives of children of appropriate age would pay attention to the banquet and see if there were any young ladies to find a good marriage for their children.

Although this matter wasn't stated explicitly, everyone was well aware of it.

An Lingyi naturally knew of this matter, and it was because of this that she hated An Lingge so much.

She pursed her lips, a trace of determination flashing past her eyes. Almost at the same moment the dance skills left her mouth, she walked up to the crowd.

"These dancers are really great. This subject's daughter also has a dance that she wants to offer to the Emperor. As a result, I wish the Great Zhou Kingdom good fortune to the people and peace, and peace throughout the world."

She quietly stood where she was, straightening her back. It seemed that she really did have a bit of momentum.

The Imperial Noble Consort Li at the highest seat leaned towards the emperor and whispered to him for a while. She should be introducing An Lingyi's identity to the emperor.

After a short moment, the Emperor nodded with a smile. "It's rare for you to have such thoughts. I agree."

An Lingyi had already prepared for today's banquet for nearly a month, and the Madam Li had even gone to great lengths to invite a famous family from Jiangnan to teach An Lingyi.

Those musicians had long planned for this, upon seeing An Lingyi go up, they immediately started to play the music they had prepared beforehand.

An Lingyi danced slowly to the music as she spread her arms. Her beautiful clothes blossomed layer upon layer as she spun, like a butterfly among a flower bush, just looking at her made people happy.

The sounds of the music gradually became urgent, and An Lingyi's footsteps became faster as well. The floating flowers made a large cluster of flowers in Lian Cheng, and the noble red was gorgeous and purple, yet she could not even differentiate between clothes or real flowers.

She had a pair of nimble and graceful wrists, and as her skirt fluttered, her head was raised, revealing a pair of intelligent eyes.

Following the change in the music, An Lingyi would occasionally raise her hand, lower her eyebrows, and occasionally leap up lightly. Like a light cloud, she would move slowly, like lightning.

After the song ended, An Lingyi took a deep breath, adjusted the expression on her face, and revealed her most beautiful smile, and bowed towards the emperor who was seated down, "This subject has made a fool of myself, my dancing skills are crude, I hope Your Majesty does not blame me."

"Haha, I didn't expect that Miss An's dancing skills would be so excellent at such a young age. It's truly priceless."

The emperor laughed heartily as he felt extremely happy in his heart. "This Emperor will see that your dancing skills are not inferior to Zhener's."

The Jin`er he spoke of was naturally the Imperial Noble Consort Li.

"Yi Er learned dancing when she was young, her dancing skills are naturally much better than Chenqie's. Your majesty is comparing Yi Er to chenqie, chenqie doesn't listen."

If she were to act coquettishly with the Emperor without anyone else, the Imperial Noble Consort Li would become even more complacent as she watched the Empress's expression darken.

So what if it was the empress? Without the emperor's favor, wouldn't the empress still have to swallow her anger in front of her?

A few days ago the empress had let her suffer a loss, but today she could ruthlessly trample the empress's face on the ground!

How could the Empress not understand the provocation in the Imperial Noble Consort Li's eyes? But now that it was the Imperial Palace's Spring Festival, if she reprimanded the Imperial Noble Consort Li, it would be unavoidable for the Emperor to be unhappy. Thinking of this, the Empress could only suppress the anger in her heart.

But she would not let Imperial Noble Consort Li feel proud so easily.

The empress also nodded her head, "Miss An's dancing skills are indeed not bad. Although she is only a daughter of Prince An's Palace, I can see that she has put in a lot of effort. Not only is she stronger than the Imperial Noble Consort Li, she is also much better than those dancers."

With just a single sentence, she had mentioned An Lingyi's identity as a concubine, causing those dancers to pay attention to An Lingyi. The ladies who were trying to get close to him immediately gave up on that idea.

She was just a concubine, even if her dancing skills were outstanding, in terms of status, she would not be the main wife of a rich family, so why bother wasting time on An Lingyi?

Moreover, these ladies were not stupid, hearing the empress compare An Lingyi with those dancers with lowly status, she could tell that the empress was not happy with An Lingyi.

Even if An Lingyi was Imperial Noble Consort Li's niece, very few people would want to cling onto this relationship.

Only a fool would try to rope in a Imperial Noble Consort Li and offend the empress.

An Lingyi was naturally able to tell that the Empress was secretly praising her. Her eyes flashed with a trace of malice, and she tightly clenched the hands by her side before releasing them. She bit her lips, suppressed the resentment in her heart, and gently and gently bowed towards the Emperor to withdraw.

With An Lingyi's starting point, the rest of the young misses naturally couldn't sit still anymore.

It didn't matter if they were looking for a husband for themselves, as long as they made a name for themselves at the Spring Festival, it would be good for the family.

The young miss of the Shang clan stood out and spoke some auspicious words, which caused the empress to praise her repeatedly. Only then did she begin to display her talents.

She grew up in a family of poems and books. She had been familiar with books since she was young and had even written them well.

She stood silently on the stage, a man's height drawing paper placed in front of her.

She picked up the calligraphy brush next to her and dipped it into the ink. Then, she began to write. As the brush rotated, the brush moved as fast as a dragon or a snake.

An Lingge's interest was piqued, she looked at the words written by Shang Shu Manor's young miss, Zhang Wanyi.

Her calligraphy was not as elegant as that of an ordinary lady. On the contrary, her calligraphy was even more sharp than the calligraphy of a man.

After the brush and ink had scattered, a few words with majestic auras appeared on the snow-white drawing paper — Embroidery Mountain and River.

"This is the daughter of Minister Zhang. She is truly a tiger father without a dog son, a tiger father without a dog son. Her beauty is unrestrained, just like an iron painting. Her charm is like a silver hook. She is probably the strongest woman in the capital."

He said three good words in a row, showing the appreciation he had for Zhang Wanyi in his heart.

Zhang Wanyi, on the other hand, was very calm. After receiving such praise from the emperor, she did not have a single trace of arrogance on her face. She bowed to the emperor in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and left just like An Lingyi.

The young misses' performance made the Spring Festival Gala bustle with noise and excitement. One by one, they displayed their talents on the stage.

An Lingxue shyly and shyly went up on stage, but she did not immediately start playing the song she prepared, instead, she looked at An Lingge and laughed, a malicious intent flashing past her eyes, "Big sister said that she would play together with me, she would not go back on her words now, right?"