Huai Xini and the others were not aware that Chen Di had already died.
After her dance ended, she twirled over to Xiao Pingfeng’s side, wanting to invite him to dance together.
In the Northern Border, when a young woman invites a man to dance, it signifies her interest in him.
Xiao Pingfeng was unaware of this.
He was thinking about the task Yan Wanqing had assigned to him, only wanting to finish it quickly and then go ho to sleep with his wife in his arms.
So, when Huai Xini walked over and extended her hand, he did not reach out to touch it but rather twisted his body slightly, pretending he was very willing to dance with her.
It was through such an effortless twist that Huai Xini’s heart blossod with joy.
She looked around proudly at the audience below, believing that everyone had seen.
The Crown Prince had accepted her dance invitation, he had his eyes on her!
She wondered what Wu Zhen and the others could say now.
Feeling triumphant, Huai Xini smiled at Xiao Pingfeng with a face as fresh as peach blossoms, "Does Your Highness often partake in singing and dancing?"
Xiao Pingfeng shook his head.
Who would dare to ask him to dance?
They didn’t wish to live.
Besides, the Imperial Family usually just watches others dance.
Seeing that he kept responding to her, Huai Xini felt deeply moved. With a coy look, she pretended to trip on the hem of her dress and suddenly threw herself into Xiao Pingfeng’s arms. Xiao Pingfeng instinctively wanted to dodge, but rembering what Yan Wanqing had said, he forcibly froze in place, letting Huai Xini cling to a full embrace.
"Your Highness..." Huai Xini spoke shyly, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Xiao Pingfeng was stiff all over, suppressing the urge to kick her away, and managed a strained smile, "Miss, please stand firm."
Huai Xini slowly steadied herself, her fingers brushing lightly past Xiao Pingfeng’s throat as if accidentally, and then she continued seductively, "Your Highness, the Northern Border produces fine wines. Today is the Sumr Sacrifice, and it happens to be the ti to dig out the wine brewed last year from underground for our enjoynt."
"I have heard of it. Since Miss Huai highly recomnds it, it’s surely not to be missed. But how much longer must we dance?" Xiao Pingfeng was impressed that people could sing and dance without eating during the Sumr Sacrifice.
Huai Xini knew that the delicate guests from the Capital City could not be compared with the rough n of the Northern Border.
"Your Highness, don’t be anxious, it’s coming right now." She raised her hands and clapped.
"Here it cos—"
Following the crisp female voice, the beauties of the Northern Border were seen maneuvering quickly through the crowd with food and wine held high above their heads. They placed the food and wine on a table that had already been prepared.
Xiao Pingfeng noticed that the wine jar was still faintly covered with soil, just as Huai Xini had described, freshly dug out from a cellar.
He wasn’t soone who loved wine to the extre, but the novelty of this wine piqued his interest.
What a sha Yan Wanqing was pregnant and couldn’t drink; otherwise, she, the little drunkard, would have wanted a taste.
"Your Highness, please sit." Huai Xini pulled out a cushion under the table and attended to Xiao Pingfeng as he sat down. She then knelt on a cushion beside him, arranging the dishes on the table. She tore off the red cloth covering the wine jar and poured two cups, filling them with wine. She placed one cup in front of Xiao Pingfeng, "Your Highness, please taste."
From the mont she tore off the red cloth, the fragrance of the wine wafted out unrestrainedly, making Xiao Pingfeng rejuvenated by the scent.
Huai Xini was right.
It was fine wine!
The re fragrance already made it irresistible; one could only wonder about the taste of the wine.
Xiao Pingfeng picked up the cup and sniffed at it, unable to help but praise, "Fine wine indeed."
Huai Xini blushed and lowered her head, "This wine was buried when I was a young girl, only brought out today. It’s different from the wine used for the sacrifices below."
Originally, she intended to bring out this wine when she got married, but today Huai Xini could not wait any longer.
She had to seize this opportunity to showcase herself.
"If Your Highness likes it, I am willing to brew wine for you every year myself."
Xiao Pingfeng’s hand holding the cup trembled.
No matter how good the wine was, at that mont it felt hard to swallow.
"I’m a bit thirsty, soone bring tea." Xiao Pingfeng put down the cup and called out.
Surprise flashed in Huai Xini’s eyes, but she quickly obediently placed the tea cup on the table, "Your Highness, please enjoy the tea."
Company with a king is like company with a tiger, she had to be extrely careful.
Watching Xiao Pingfeng slowly sipping tea, Huai Xini served obsequiously beside him, her graceful poise as a maid in service was simply because she was serving soone distinguished, so nobody dared to say anything.
Only Wu Zhen’s eyes were dark and gloomy as she looked on again and again.
This seductress!
If she really managed to climb onto the Crown Prince’s bed, there would be no room for Wu Zhen in the Marquis Residence thereafter.
No, she had to think of a plan.
She couldn’t let her succeed so easily.
The Crown Prince as well, neglecting such a beauty as the Consort Wanqing in favor of noticing Huai Xini ti and again.
Could it be he had grown tired of exotic delicacies and occasionally craved these light, simple dishes?
If the Crown Prince was coaxed by Huai Xini into taking the Concentric Gu, it would no longer be easy to control this girl in the future.
Wu Zhen’s heart was in turmoil, wishing she had soone to discuss with.
Seeing her older brother sitting at the side, she was just about to speak up when her foolish mother Wu Bie approached: "Husband, I’ve discovered sothing strange."
"What is it?" Wu Yuan, drinking his wine without raising an eyelid, asked.
Drinking and eating at, life’s great pleasures, he didn’t want to think about anything else right now.
Therefore, he was ignoring his aunt’s words from one ear and out the other.
"I discovered that today, at the Sumr Sacrifice banquet, there aren’t many common folk to be seen, whereas usually at this ti there would be a lot of common people gathered outside."
Wu Yuan thought for a mont: "This year is special, with the Crown Prince participating in the Sumr Sacrifice, it must be the Elders are worried sothing might happen, so they scattered the commoners earlier."
The aunt also thought it made a lot of sense.
For so reason, after drinking a few cups today, she felt dizzy.
The aunt leaned weakly against Wu Yuan, who propped her up: "The Crown Prince is still watching from above, what kind of decorum is this?!"
"Father, don’t be angry, I will help the aunt to rest," said Wu Bie, appearing at their side, lifting his mother by the waist.
Wu Yuan continued to focus his attention on the wine and at in front of him, enjoying himself to the fullest.
Watching this scene, Wu Zhen shook her head in disgust and looked away.
She might as well not bother consulting with this glutton.
Wu Bie, carrying his mother, was standing at the exit when Hong Wu appeared.
"How did it go?" Hong Wu’s gaze swept over everyone present, her eyes full of hatred: "That’s right, it’s them."
Wu Bie’s face was grim: "Everyone who appeared that night is here."
All his effort to disperse the surrounding population hadn’t been in vain.
Hong Wu, seeing the woman on the high platform who wished she could be glued to Xiao Pingfeng, smiled coldly with a curl of the lip: "Huai Xini truly has no sha, thinking she can turn from a sparrow into a phoenix. Little does she know that she will soon be a ghost under the knife!"
"Isn’t your master coming out yet?" Wu Bie turned to look as he spoke.
Hong Wu, having told him about Yan Wanqing killing Chen Di, saw Wu Bie’s eyes flash with satisfaction: "If it had been up to , I would have certainly made her body into ten thousand pieces!"
"Let them have their mont of carefree joy a little longer." Hong Wu whistled, and a troupe of beautifully dressed i Ji followed one after another. They were only wearing a thin layer of soft gauze, with jade rings hanging on their waists, further accentuating their graceful figures.
After a day’s toil for the Sumr Sacrifice, full from wine and food, they could now enjoy the view of such beauties, and everyone’s faces showed infatuation.
Right after each notable had a i Ji by their side, soone curiously asked, "Where did they co from? I haven’t seen them before."
"It must be arranged by the daughter of the Marquis Residence," said another.
Huai Xini, hearing soone calling her, looked down in surprise: "No, I didn’t arrange for these beauties."
Then who had?
Such enchanting beauties could hardly be found throughout the Northern Border, yet at today’s Sumr Sacrifice, there were more than twenty of them!
Unpleasant thoughts began to rise in Huai Xini’s mind.
At that mont, a woman dressed in red made her way to the high platform.
"Of course, it was who arranged it," she said with an icy voice, and within her peach blossom-like eyes was a chilling intent.
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