The banquet was already halfway through, with singing and dancing in full swing. The third princess, Li Yuanying, sat at the head of the banquet, hugging her left and right, teasing the male favorites in her arms, looking very happy.

However, he didn't expect that Ji Zhen's powerful roar would scare the music officer so much that the bell in his hand fell off.

In an instant, the entire Qingyin Pavilion fell into silence, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the third princess Li Yuanying and Ji Zhen.

The third princess, Li Yuanying, was given the title of Xian Yao. Not only was she very much loved by the current emperor, she was also the younger sister of the crown prince, and her status was extremely precious. Looking around the capital, everyone who saw her would respectfully call her: Princess Xian Yao.

Only Ji Zhen, who had grown up with her, was different. Ji Zhen always called her by her full name.

It is said that this was a privilege that Ji Zhen won when he competed with Li Yuanying in a martial arts competition in front of the Emperor and Feng Jun when he was nine years old.

In the Nanyue Kingdom, women valued martial arts while men valued literature. Ji Zhen, who was only nine years old, looked thin and small, delicate and delicate like a little girl. But once she got on the ring, she was agile and fierce, and beat Li Yuanying so hard that she ran away with her head in her hands. The emperor on the imperial platform laughed out loud, feeling happy, and only regretted that Ji Zhen was not his own. He immediately wrote a golden plaque with a stroke of his pen:

No taboos, just follow her

At this point, Ji Zhen, the little bully in Beijing, became famous in one battle.

Now, Ji Zhen, who was naughty in his childhood, has returned from the battlefield after a bloodbath, and has turned from a little bully into a big devil. His gloomy and angry look makes people feel cold all over.

Seeing that something was not right, the music officer quietly dismissed the dancers, and Li Yuanying was yelled at by Ji Zhen, which ruined her mood and made her feel dissatisfied. She pushed away the frightened male lover, stood up, and walked to Ji Zhen with dignity.

He glanced at Zhao Youqing, who was half leaning on Ji Zhen, with his eyes downcast, his face slightly red, and his clothes slightly open. He smiled knowingly, and inexplicably felt a little more pleased in his heart. He said to Ji Zhen, who was full of anger, nonchalantly:

"Prince Qingyan has a bad temper. It's just Wushisan. Everyone at my banquet has it. If the prince doesn't like it, can't he allow others to be happy?"

After saying that, she cast her gaze on Zhao Youqing, only to see that Zhao Youqing just put his head on Ji Zhen's shoulder, lowered his eyes and said nothing. Only his hand, which was held by Ji Zhen, trembled slightly under her gaze, as if he was enduring something.

Ji Zhen's neck was filled with Zhao Youqing's hot breath, which made her very uncomfortable. She wanted to let him go, but she couldn't.

He was trembling slightly, as if he was trying his best to control the medicinal effects of Wu Shi San, but because it was difficult to support himself, he gave up his strength and put half of his weight on Ji Zhen, forcing her to put her arms around his waist and let him half lean on her to prevent him from falling to the ground.

"Zhenzhen, I'm sorry...I shouldn't be in a place like this..."

Zhao Youqing spoke with some difficulty, his voice was weak. Li Yuanying only saw his mouth move, and didn't even hear what he said, but Ji Zhen understood.

"you shut up."

She interrupted Zhao Youqing's words with a harsh voice, and her eyes swept across the officials who were craning their necks to watch the excitement. Everyone's scalp tightened, and they quickly retracted their heads, eating and drinking silently, pretending that they didn't care about the gossip in front of them.

Ji Zhen sneered in her heart: Zhao Youqing, this guy, even though he couldn't even stand steadily, still took the trouble to remind her to be careful at the banquet. He is really promising. It seems that his guest position in Princess Xianyao's mansion is not in vain.

Ji Zhen snorted coldly, and looked at Li Yuanying with undisguised disdain, but she lowered her voice a little, and said in a suppressed tone:

"Li Yuanying, you are still as dissolute as you were ten years ago. At your spring banquet, all the royal family members and officials were present. You distributed the Five Stone Powder so wantonly and forced the hostage of Yan to take it. Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will find out and blame you?"

"Blame me? Just for this?"

Li Yuanying seemed to have not expected Ji Zhen to say such a thing. She was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter. She took two steps closer and whispered to Ji Zhen:

"I said you have led soldiers and seen blood. How come you are still as immature as a child after not seeing you for three years? The Spring Banquet is a place for fun, don't you know? I invited you because of my mother's instruction, saying that the border is bitter and cold, you have worked hard and made great contributions, and you should relax more after returning to the capital. You see, I was afraid that you would be bored, so I even prepared fun for you."

Is this what the Empress meant?

Ji Zhen's brows tightened, and she no longer cared much about what Li Yuanying said. She looked thoughtfully at Zhao Youqing who was leaning on her, then turned her gaze back to Li Yuanying and said in a cold voice:

"I don't care what happens to others, just take care of Zhao Youqing first."

"Tsk, you are really boring." Li Yuanying shook her head.

Li Yuanying called the palace maids and asked them to get licorice soup for Zhao Youqing to relieve the five-stone powder. She glanced at the music and ceremony officer who had been looking at her nervously. The ceremony officer immediately understood what she meant. With a wave of his hand, the music started again and the dancers entered the stage.

Everyone looked at Princess Xian Yao and saw that she was not even punished for her offense against Prince Qingyan. As usual, they pulled her back to the main seat with a smile on their faces. Then they stopped gossiping and the banquet returned to a happy and decadent atmosphere.

Ji Zhen was the Prince of Qingyan County, of noble status, and her seat was on the left hand side of Li Yuanying. Zhao Youqing, as a guest official of Princess Xianyao's mansion and a hostage of Yan State, should have sat on the right hand side of Li Yuanying, but because of the effect of the drug, he could not stand steadily if he had not leaned on Ji Zhen. Ji Zhen was afraid that he would be forced to drink again at the banquet, so she simply dragged him and made him sit next to her.

Li Yuanying lazily sat back in the main seat, leaned towards the male favorite who came over, and stretched out her hand to slap him lightly.

A group of men in red gauze came out from behind the heavy curtains, stood in front of Ji Zhen, and bowed softly to her. Ji Zhen looked at them in a row, and they were all beauties, wearing light powder, and there were ten of them.

"What does this mean?"

Ji Zhen looked up at Li Yuanying, and saw Li Yuanying raised her eyebrows at her and smiled ambiguously:

"This is something I specially prepared for the prince. Don't worry, these are all clean toys that have been trained. I guarantee that the prince will have a great time."

After saying that, she seemed to have thought of something and continued, "But the Prince of Qingyan guards the northwest of my Nanyue country. I think he is knowledgeable and knows more than me. If the Prince feels that these ten are not enough, there are plenty of clean things in Xiulefang for the Prince to choose from."

Ji Zhen blushed at these words. She didn't even look at the ten men and said directly to Li Yuanying:

"Thank you for your kindness, Princess. I don't need it."

Unexpectedly, Li Yuanying said lazily:

"Oh? You didn't like any of them? Okay."

Li Yuanying suddenly changed the subject and said coldly to the ten men:

"Since the prince doesn't like you, there's no point in keeping you. Someone take you away and chop you up, and pick ten from Xiu Le Fang and send them over."

"Wait a minute."

Li Yuanying's voice was not loud, but it sounded like thunder to Ji Zhen's ears. She raised her head, frowned and looked at Li Yuanying and said:

"Why bother? They did nothing wrong."

Li Yuanying swallowed the grapes that her male lover had peeled for her. She felt better when she saw Ji Zhen with a heavy look in his eyes. She said:

"If you don't want the stuff I prepared for you, what's the point of keeping it?"

After saying that, he waved to the guards, who were about to step forward and drag the man away. Ji Zhen frowned and finally spoke:

"I only want one, him."

Ji Zhen casually pointed at one of the boys who was thin but had handsome features.

The boy she pointed at shuddered all over, as if he was relieved, but also as if he was overwhelmed with excitement. He secretly looked at Ji Zhen with turbulent eyes, and all kinds of emotions rolled in his eyes.

But Ji Zhen didn't even look at him, and continued to talk to Li Yuanying:

"I want him, but you are not allowed to touch the other nine. Send them back to Xiu Le Fang."

"can."

Li Yuanying readily agreed, thinking happily:

As expected, when it comes to men, Ji Zhen is always the one who suffers the loss. This time, she wins again!

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