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By the time Xue Liuhua came out, she had already changed into a red dancing dress with her wide sleeves hanging to the ground. She stood quietly in the center of the Bell Sound Hall, like a dab of dewy lilac, slim and graceful, making people feel tender and lovable.

Empress Chen looked at her in anticipation, "I have not seen the Spring Dancing for many years, I wonder if Liuhua will give me a surprise?"

Xue Liuhua bowed slightly, "My daughter doesn't dare. It would be the greatest honor to be able to win the empress's smile."

When the palace musician played her music, Xue Liuhua rolled up her sleeves and slowly displayed her posture.

Shuguang Xiu softened her gaze. Xue Liuhua's lips curled up into a charming smile, and her body started to spin even faster and faster, and her white clothes that had gradually turned red seemed like they were about to turn into flames in front of her eyes. When everyone was seeing things, she slowly stopped and threw her water sleeve into the air, before turning her face into a beautiful smile, and then, with a light leap, she somersaulted around like a carp, and steadily landed in front of them.

In the midst of admiring praises.

Xue Ronghua was used to watching light singing and dancing in her previous life, but this was the first time she saw someone dance with such gentleness and grace. She originally thought that Xue Liuhua was just a delicate big miss who had no strong points at all, she didn't think that she would still have some ability. Today's Spring Dancing also made her crazy looking at it.

Even the experienced and knowledgeable her could not help but be deeply captivated by Xue Liuhua's dancing water sleeves, let alone the others.

The empress stared at her blankly for a long time before clapping her hands in praise. "She really is a good daughter taught by the prime minister. The dancers in the palace are even slightly inferior to you."

Xue Liuhua bowed slightly. "Many thanks, Empress." She stood up and looked at Prince Jin. Seeing that he was also confused and lost, she smiled sweetly at him.

Prince Jin's mind was pulled back to reality by her beautiful smile, "Young Miss Xue … "Truly formidable."

Xue Liuhua was extremely pleased in her heart, her eyes shining like the stars, "Thank you Prince Jin."

Prince Jin nodded with a smile, as if he was reminiscing about something.

The Noble Consort Kang who had always disliked Xue Liuhua also praised him, "Xue Longhu really knows how to teach her daughter. If I had a princess, I would really want to be as good at dancing as Young Miss Xue."

Xue Liuhua said: "If there is a princess in Noble Consort Kang, she would definitely be much stronger than my daughter when she dances."

Just as everyone was still stunned by the Spring Dancing, a voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "Prince Duan has arrived."

Xue Ronghua was startled. Wasn't Chu Zongge resting at the Xinyang Hall?

Chu Zongge slowly walked into the hall, smiling as he bent his knee and greeted, "Greetings, esteemed Empress, esteemed Noble Consort." Seeing Xue Liuhua dressed like a dancer, he laughed: "I heard some sound coming from outside, it turns out that Young Miss Xue was dancing, my luck is bad, I did not step on it, and did not manage to see Young Miss Xue's charm."

"It's just an ordinary dance, Prince Duan is too kind."

Chu Zongge's gaze stayed on Xue Ronghua's body, "When you came to the Xinyang Hall, you weren't wearing this clothes, how did you change again?"

Xue Ronghua slightly sighed: "National Duke’s daughter accidentally pushed away the teacup, so there's no harm."

"She actually pushed the teacup onto you?"

National Duke’s daughter didn't expect that Prince Duan would come to the Bell Sound Hall, so he could only bite his lip and ask timidly: "I didn't mean it, I hope Prince Duan will forgive me."

Chu Zongge laughed helplessly. "This is a set of clothes that the Emperor bestowed to the quasi wangfei a few days ago. I didn't think that it would be destroyed today. It's truly a sin."

National Duke’s daughter never thought that it was a piece of clothing bestowed by the Emperor. He panicked and said, "I … "This one doesn't know that His Majesty personally bestowed it."

Prince Jin by the side laughed involuntarily. "What National Duke’s daughter has said doesn't seem to be something that His Majesty can throw around. Is he apologizing for injuring the quasi wangfei, or is he venting that he's spilled some of the emperor's clothes?"

"National Duke’s daughter's extremely embarrassed face was even redder than Xue Ronghua's burn wounds. Prince Jin is a joke, no matter which one it is, it is all my daughter's fault. "

Chu Zongge said with a fake sigh: "I was still thinking of bringing Honorable Saint Hua to wear these clothes one day, but what should I do?"

Xue Liuhua hurriedly said: "How is little sister's injury, big sister hasn't had a good look yet." With a fake face, she pulled Xue Ronghua's hand and pretended to observe carefully: "It's okay, it's not that hot, I still have to thank Prince Jin's Shu Ningshuang."

Xue Ronghua withdrew her hand without batting an eyelid, "Thank you for your concern, Big Sis."

Empress Chen, on the other hand, was extremely fond of the drama of deep affection between these sisters. "Although the Xue Residence is a place where one is born a concubine and the other is a concubine, your older sister is extremely good to her younger sister."

Xue Liuhua laughed: "My siblings are gone, all that's left is this little sister Rong Hua, of course it's going to hurt my hand."

Xue Ronghua kept sneering in her heart. Other than her, Xue Liuhua was the only daughter of the Xue Manor, so she naturally wanted to strangle him to death.

Empress Chen then said to Xue Ronghua, "Your sister is so good to you, why do I feel that you are so indifferent to her."

Xue Liuhua revealed an awkward expression and explained, "Sister has a cold personality since young, but in my heart, she actually loves me, this sister."

Empress Chen waved his hand and looked straight at Xue Ronghua. "What are you interrupting for, tell your sister to speak for herself."

When the ladies present saw how Xue Ronghua was being cared for by the Prince Jin and had intimate relations with the Prince Duan, they were already burning with jealousy. When the Empress asked this question, they all couldn't help but stretch out their necks to watch the show.

Xue Ronghua held back her desire to vomit as she stared deeply at Xue Liuhua. "I love my sister very much, but due to my personality problems, I can't help but be careless. I hope that my sister will forgive my sister."

"There's only the two of us in the Xue Residence. I had long treated you as my younger sister, why are you talking about understanding me or not to increase your politeness?" After speaking, tears were about to fall from her eyes.

"Sister's introverted nature has hurt sister's heart."

"Little sister doesn't need to worry, I just want little sister to be safe and sound."

Empress Chen was moved when he saw the two sisters recount their heartfelt feelings to each other. Initially, he had thought that Xue Ronghua was arrogant and despotic, but after a bit of training, he had realized the benefits of being his sister.

Chu Zongge was coming to take down the stage, he coldly spectated for a moment, and said: "Since Young Miss Xue has long seen Rong Hua as his own direct sister, why not I go and beg the Prime Minister to list Rong Hua as his direct daughter tomorrow, so that I can marry her and enter the palace and save some people from squabbling."

The deep emotions on Xue Liuhua's face nearly collapsed as she firmly supported it, saying," I also share the same thoughts as Prince Duanren, but I have a second sister, who is rather petty and doesn't have much of a relationship with Ronghua. She passed away in an accident a month ago, so I wanted to list Ronghua as my daughter, which is unavoidable. So I waited a few days before talking to my father.

Chu Zongge looked at her meaningfully, then laughed: "Young Miss Xue has been very considerate, thank you very much."

Xue Ronghua had had enough of Xue Liuhua's pretentious tricks, after coldly thanking him, she returned to her seat.

Empress Chen said tearfully: "No matter what, as long as sister is fine, you can be at ease."

The Noble Consort Kang smiled. "Everyone needs to listen carefully to the empress. She's an experienced person."

Xue Liuhua immediately tried to please her: "Does the empress have sisters too?"

Empress Chen was startled, "I am the only daughter of my family, and I do not have a sister."

Noble Consort Kang replied, "The Empress and the concubine of the imperial harem aren't as close as sisters."

Xue Liuhua laughed, "Yes, the Empress."

Empress Chen squinted his eyes, "Just now, when you saw Noble Consort Kang thinking that I love peonies, you knew about the relationship between us in the imperial harem."

The Noble Consort Kang scoffed in her heart. The Peony Blessing was only meant to flatter the empress to let Xue Ronghua go, but she never thought that she would really take it to heart.

"Not only is the empress benevolent, but she also has an abnormal amount of affection for the emperor. This makes us sisters very envious."

Xue Liuhua said: "When my daughter entered the palace, she discovered that willow trees were planted in all of the large and small gardens, presumably because the emperor and empress were kind and affectionate, and used to entrust their love to each other."

Xue Ronghua was simply about to laugh her teeth out. Xue Liuhua was indeed a person who had never read many poetry books before, with Liu Yi staying behind, it was usually to entrust the two of them to each other and ask them to stay. Where did the emperor and his wife get to have feelings for each other? Xue Liuhua's flattery might be wrong.

The Empress Chen smiled, "The young miss of the Xue Family is truly intelligent."

The Noble Consort Kang's interest was piqued. She ignored the Empress's increasingly gloomy face and continued, "Young Miss Xue has good eyesight. One look at this willow tree that filled the palace and I can tell that the Emperor specially planted it for the Empress."

"My daughter only saw the willow tree in the palace the most, and guessed correctly."

The Noble Consort Kang pretended to understand and nodded, "That's true. The Emperor planted every willow tree himself."

The Empress Chen said dejectedly: "Even though it was late for Noble Consort Kang to enter the palace, her experience is not shallow. She knows everything."

"The fact that the emperor planted a willow tree for the empress is a legend in the imperial harem. Although concubines aren't experienced enough in the palace, they still have to know some good things like this."

Empress Chen quickly changed the topic, "Prince Duan, do you know what happened?"

"Didn't Young Miss Xue dance once?"

"No," Empress Chen smiled as he shook his head, "Just now, Prince Jin said that he has a girl he loves." After she finished speaking, her gaze swept across the Noble Consort Kang.

Chu Zongge had never heard of a woman he liked in the Prince Jin, "Whose woman could attract the attention of the Prince Jin?"

The Empress Chen sighed, "The Prince Jin is firmly hiding this from us. We must guess, he said that it's in the Tolling Hall."

Chu Zongge looked at the beautiful Xue Liuhua, "Could it be the young miss of the Xue Family?"

Xue Liuhua tried her best to suppress her wild smile. The other young ladies' eyes dimmed, but the young miss of the Xue Manor was indeed worthy of the Prince Jin, and could be considered a pair of talented people, a pair that was more comfortable than the Prince Duan's.

National Duke’s daughter swept away the awkwardness just now and revealed a smile: "When my daughter saw Xue Liuhua's little sister dance, even I was stunned. I think it must be Liuhua's little sister."

The others all nodded in agreement. If even the young miss of the noble family, the one closest to the royal family, spoke out like this, how could it be anyone else?

Xue Liuhua said shyly: "My sisters, stop teasing me. I still don't know who the lady in Prince Jin is, I'm afraid that I don't have such good conditions to be able to match up to her."

"I also think that it's Xue Liuhua," the Empress Chen clapped his hands, looking at him with a bit of coercion in his eyes. "Prince Jin, don't keep us in suspense, quickly tell everyone."

Prince Jin curled his lips, and a sly smile appeared on his lips, "It's Xue Ronghua."