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Helian Shan bent down to pick up the hairpin and carefully examined it in his hand. This should be the hairpin that belonged to the woman from a moment ago. It seemed that he had run too hastily, so he didn't know that the hairpin had fallen.

He stared at the hairpin for a long time. He must find its owner …

Cen Xue ran back in a sorry state. Seeing her like this, Sai Jinhua was truly shocked. He had thought that something had happened to her!

Cen Xue didn't tell anyone about what just happened. She went back to her room to soak in her bath and fell asleep. When she woke up the next morning, she would repeat what she did every day … Practice!

As for Helian Lie, ever since he had returned to the palace, he had been holding that hairpin and staring blankly into space. When the Azure Dragon saw that the King had gone out for a trip, he had actually changed his appearance.

"Reporting to your majesty, your birthday will be in three days. This is the list the Ministry of Rites prepared for that day. Your majesty, would you like to take a look?" Zhao Changde said as he brought a list to Helian Lie's eyes.

Helian Shan looked at him impatiently and reprimanded him with a slightly reprimanding tone, "Such a small matter has to be taken into consideration. Then, what are those officials from the Ministry of Rites supposed to do?"

While reprimanding him, Helian Lie threw the list of items Zhao Changde handed him onto the ground with his right hand. Just a moment ago, he was thinking back to that breathtaking dance in the water, but that dog slave Zhao Changde interrupted his thoughts.

"Servant deserves to die, leave immediately!" Zhao Chengde picked up the list that the king had thrown on the ground and immediately left the royal study.

After finally calming down, he took out that hairpin again, and used all of his energy to recall this scene. That dance was rarely seen in this world, but it allowed him to see it with one glance.

"Just where are you …" He asked himself as he silently looked at the hairpin.

Unfortunately, this hairpin was unable to answer any of his questions!

Nocturnal Nocturnal Tassel, Huaxing Palace

"Ah …" "Wang …" A woman's groan came from inside the warm tent.

The candles in the room were extinguished, leaving everything in darkness. The woman tried her best to move her waist, hoping the man would be satisfied.

Helian Lie lowered his head to look at the woman beneath him. His hawk-like eyes stared fixedly at her within the pitch-black curtains of the bed … Suddenly, he frowned and kicked the woman below him under the bed.

In the blink of an eye, the woman felt the difference between heaven and hell. She looked at the man on the bed with both astonishment and grievance.

Helian Lie hated to see her ugly face. He simply could not find any interest in this woman, and the more he looked, the more he hated her.

Why did he suddenly have such a reaction? Previously, when he had thought of Yu Wu, he had never thought like this, but now, after completely drawing a line between himself and Yu Wu, there was actually such a strange reaction. Could it be that all of this was not because of Yu Wu, but because of the woman he had only seen once from a distance?

Helian Lie got off the bed and put on his clothes. The beautiful woman, who was kicked out of the bed by him, looked at him in astonishment and grievance. However, she was unable to attract his attention in the slightest.

"Your Majesty …" She cried out in dissatisfaction, trying to pull the king's attention back to her.

Helian Shan didn't even give her any response. His ice-cold handsome face continued to dress up, not putting this woman in his eyes at all.

The Ji beauty couldn't get a response from the king, and didn't dare to call out to him anymore. She helplessly watched as the king walked out of her own chamber, and her teeth started to itch with hatred.

Helian Lie left the Huaxing Palace and arrived at the octagonal pavilion by the lake. Looking at the peaceful lake surface under the night sky, he actually had an extravagant hope that at this moment, her figure would suddenly appear above the lake …

But who was she? What was her name? Where does she live?

All of this was just a mystery. He wanted to find her, but he didn't have any clues. Could it be that he wanted to let the soldiers search the entire city for the beautiful woman? How could this work? If he did, how would Lou Lan's commoners think of him?

He took out the hairpin that belonged to her and placed it at the tip of his nose, gently sniffing, as if the hairpin was still lingering the fragrance of her hair. He didn't know what was going on with himself, how could he be so infatuated with a girl that he had never even seen before, the extent of his infatuation even surpassing his love for Yu Wu!

He, Helian Lie, was not a lustful person. However, why was it that today, when they looked at each other from far away, he did not forget that woman's figure. It was as if the two of them had already known each other for a long time.

The wheels of fate were rolling, and the new history was being rewritten day by day. Three days later, it was finally the birthday of Helian Shan. Tonight, the palace's banquet would be held to celebrate for the king!

Cen Xue was extremely nervous. Sai Jinhua had already prepared a wide-sleeved immortal dress for her. Tonight, she would be the focus of everyone here.

Cen Xue, don't be nervous, just dance like you normally do, no matter what happens, you have to be steady. If your steps are disordered, you don't have to care about how beautiful you are, because you're the lead dancer. In the carriage, Sai Jin repeatedly reminded her, seeing her nervous appearance, he was afraid that she would give out a big fork.

Cen Xue nodded her head vigorously, remembering every single word of the Sai Jinhua. Even if it was a wrong dance step, do not panic, do not stop, no matter how beautiful it is, just dance!

This was the first time she was performing in front of her beloved man, and she only had one chance, because before leaving, she consumed the magic medicine prepared for her by Yu Wu. The effect was only for twelve hours, she had to make him favor her before daybreak.

The palace was decorated with lanterns, and the corridors were filled with them. It was even more lively than when the king was marrying the queen.

At this time of the year, the banquet officially began. A group of ministers toasted and congratulated the king, and Helian Zhang sat in his seat, watching the hypocritical officials below. A hint of disdain appeared in his eyes, and he drank his wine in depression.

There was no sign of the Herculean battle at the banquet, so why was he here? Was he still thinking about what had happened last time? He didn't even blame him, so why was he in such a temper?

However, Yuwen Tai had brought Yuwen Tuo with him to attend the banquet. As for Dan Fei, he had also accompanied his grandfather. However, her gaze was focused on Yuwen Tuo who was facing her.

In the nineties, the ministers had finished their hypocritical formalities, and the Ministry of Rites had arranged for many songs and dances to be offered, but they could not arouse Helian Li's interest.

"Cen Xue, hurry up and prepare. It's almost your turn!" Sai Jinhua accompanied Cen Xue into the palace, and when he saw that the singing and dancing was about to end, he grabbed Cen Xue's hand and excitedly looked at her.

Cen Xue took out a thin veil that covered her face, revealing only a pair of bright, watery eyes. This veil was specially made by the Sai Jinhua, and it was extremely thin.

Sai Jinhua finally checked her head to make sure she hadn't missed anything and nodded. Just then, one of the eunuchs in charge of the cloakroom called out the three words "Dancing Pavilion" and it was finally time for her to appear.

At this moment, Helian Lie was already very impatient. The few dances in front of him were not the slightest bit new, and were basically no different from the usual dances. Perhaps it was because of his recent mood, but everything seemed especially impatient.

A group of ladies with completely different clothing than the dancers in the palace appeared in the main hall. Everyone could tell that this was Wu You from the Dancing Pavilion. Only the dance hall's Sai Jinhua was able to bring up Wu You's talent.

Wu You, who first entered the main hall, stood at his original position as he danced along with the music. Helian Lie looked at the familiar feeling in the middle of the hall and unconsciously creased his brows. Wasn't this similar to the dance of the woman in the lake?

Just as he was considering this question, Cen Xue slowly walked into the crowd's line of sight with her snow-white, wide-sleeved immortal dress. The rest of the dancers followed her into the main hall, slowly changing their formation and forming a semicircle around her.

The instant Cen Xue entered the main hall, she had already peeked at Helian Lie, who was sitting on the seat of honor. The instant Cen Xue entered the main hall, she had already peeked at Helian Lie, who was sitting on the main seat, but she did not dare make any mistakes.

Everyone in the hall was stunned by the beauty of the woman in front of them, even though she had a thin veil on her face, the beauty that seeped out was extremely dazzling, her figure was like water, releasing all her gentleness, her every gesture was filled with enticement, even the king seated in the seat of honor could not help but stand up and stare at her! Helian Lie looked at that familiar dancing posture. It was exactly the same as the time he had seen her at the lake. It was her. It was her … Cen Xue's heart pounded. He was looking at her. That manly aura, that natural aura of a king, she could feel it without even raising her eyes.

She was no longer able to control her proficient steps, forgetting everything she had learned in a panic. However, because of her beautiful figure, no one realized that she was just instinctively twisting her soft body and there was no pattern to her steps. Helian Lie squinted his eyes. There was no way he was mistaken about that figure. The familiarity of her movements made him unable to restrain himself from walking towards her. Cen Xue could already feel that the majesty was slowly approaching her.

She looked at him, and a wave of oppressive emotion appeared in the depths of her eyes. All of their movements instantly stopped, and the two of them just stared silently at him.

After a long time … Suddenly, her body softly fell down and was embraced by Helian Shan in front of her!

"I've finally found you." Helian Lie hugged her and whispered excitedly in her ear.

Cen Xue was puzzled by his words. Why would he say such words? How could he possibly remember the matters between them?

"What is this Wang saying? Cen Xue has never met Wang before!" Cen Xue was also puzzled by this.

Helian Lie looked at her wrinkled eyebrows, which were filled with confusion. He lowered his head in front of the ministers and gently stroked Cen Xue's forehead, causing her to blush shyly. Luckily it was covered by a veil, otherwise, she really would have drilled a hole and hid herself.