Chapter 486 Go and see the Second Young Master

Ye Wushuang was surprised for a moment, but she quickly calmed down. When she turned around, she saw a beautiful girl about her age standing behind her, smiling at her.

She didn't recognize these young ladies in the inner city very well, but she knew that everyone who could come here to attend the banquet today was of noble status. Even if she didn't get too close to any of them right away, she couldn't be too indifferent either. At least she had to get familiar with them first.

What's more, the ladies at the same table were not very friendly to her. Finally, there was someone who came and called her sister in a friendly manner. How could she not strike up a conversation with her?

So Ye Wushuang quickly stood up and saluted the girl, "I don't know which sister you are, Ye Wushuang is polite."

The visitor smiled, took Ye Wushuang's hand warmly, sat down together, and then said: "I am the daughter of the Li family, my name is Li Yanran. I heard that your sister and Miss Hongzhuang of the Ye family were born in the same year, so since I am one year older than you, I am arrogant and become your elder sister."

Ye Wushuang was slightly startled. Li family? The Minister of Industry who was skinned just now at the gate of the mansion also had the surname Li. Could they be from the same family?

Li Yanran seemed to guess what she was thinking and quickly said, "It's not that Li family. There are many people with the surname Li in the world, and they can't all be our family. My Li family is different from the Minister of Works' Mansion. Our Li family is the maternal family of the Empress Dowager. The current Empress Dowager Li of the West Palace is my aunt." She spoke to Ye Wushuang with a smile. She had a pretty face and looked graceful.

But no one noticed the subtle disgust and disdain in Li Yanran's eyes, which also contained a hint of hatred.

Although she had no hatred or grudge against Ye Wushuang, and although she knew that the second branch of the Ye family was in opposition to Ye Wenyan, and although she wanted to use Ye Wushuang to cause trouble, Ye Wushuang was more beautiful than her, and this was the original sin. Anyone who was more beautiful than her deserved to die!

Li Yanran took a deep breath and tried to suppress her inner emotions, but she still had a smile on her face. She said to Ye Wushuang, "Sister Wushuang is so beautiful. If she could dance like this, she would be the most beautiful woman in the world."

Ye Wushuang's cheeks turned red as she spoke, and she pondered Li Yanran's identity. Before coming here, her father had said that the second branch of the Ye family stood with Queen Mother Li. Although the Sixth Prince and Ye Hongzhuang had a bad relationship, it was all caused by Ye Wenyan. The Sixth Prince was not to blame, and Queen Mother Li was even less to blame. Queen Mother Li was their biggest supporter, and that would never change.

Since this person is Empress Dowager Li’s niece, she must be one of our own, right?

Ye Wushuang smiled, shook his head and said, "Sister, you are joking. The most beautiful woman in Lin'an is my fourth sister. With my appearance, even if I can dance beautifully, I cannot be called a beauty." After saying that, he turned his head to watch the sword dance on the field, thought for a while and said, "Just now at the gate of the mansion, I saw that my fourth sister was beating the eldest princess. It seemed that she also had some skills. I think she must be good at sword dancing. That's great. If my fourth sister danced this kind of dance, it would definitely be much more beautiful than these dancers."

This sounded like something he said casually, and it also sounded like he was praising Ye Wenyan for her good looks. But Li Yanran smiled, thinking that Ye Wushuang was indeed a smart man, and he was indeed not on the same side as Ye Wenyan. Comparing Miss Ye Si to a dancer, just these words were like stepping on Miss Ye Si.

Some people were not very smart and did not understand what she meant, and they even followed her to make a scene. Then a young lady sitting across the table said, "Miss Ye Si originally practiced martial arts. It is said that she was personally taught martial arts by General Ye since she was a child, so wielding a sword and a saber is no problem at all."

"That's right. Sword dance is easy for Fourth Miss Ye. And I heard Fourth Miss Ye is also a very good dancer. She can even dance in fire." After saying that, he glanced at Li Yanran and said, "Sister Li, is that right?"

The official rank of this person is low, so she has no place in the New Year's Eve palace banquet. So she didn't see Ye Wenyan dancing the Fire Phoenix Dance with her own eyes, but heard about it from others later. Now that Ye Wenyan was talking about dancing, she felt that she had to participate. Moreover, now is different from before. Li Yanran has been in prison. Even if she is the niece of the empress dowager, such a woman who has been in prison can no longer be a threat to them, and her status in the capital has plummeted. She can't even figure out why the princess invited Li Yanran to come? Isn't the princess fed up with the empress dowager Li?

Li Yanran is no longer the arrogant person she used to be. She no longer needs to be treated like the moon surrounded by stars. She can even be bullied and stepped on, which makes her feel very satisfied.

So she asked again: "I wonder if Sister Li can still dance now, and has the injury on her foot healed?"

Ye Wushuang had never heard of these things, so he subconsciously lowered his head to look at Li Yanran's feet. Li Yanran was generous, not angry, but continued to hold Ye Wushuang's hand, smiling and said: "Sister Wushuang may not know about this, it doesn't matter, there is nothing to hide, it was during the New Year's Eve palace banquet, I overestimated my ability and asked to compete in dancing with Miss Ye Si, and ended up hurting my foot. Although it has almost healed now, I can walk fine, but I can't dance anymore."

Li Yanran was smiling when she said these words. Everyone who saw this scene felt that this young lady of the Li family was really the niece of the Queen Mother. Her ability to take things as they come was amazing. Such a superb dance, which was ruined in an instant, and she could still say it with a smile now, was definitely not something that ordinary people could do.

But no one knew how much hatred Li Yanran had in her heart. She dreamed of stabbing Ye Wenyan to death, using the same knife that scratched her feet to stab him again and again. Unfortunately, it was just a dream. When she woke up, she had no way to deal with Ye Wenyan.

Today was the birthday banquet for the eldest princess, and she had originally wanted to use the eldest princess's hand to deal with Ye Wenyan, at least to dampen her spirit. The eldest princess' hatred for the eldest branch of the Ye family was overwhelming, and the eldest princess's status in Northern Qi was not something that ordinary people could achieve.

So she always believed that Ye Wenyan would be frustrated this time, especially after she heard that the eldest princess made a scarecrow, wrote Ye Jinggui's name on it and knelt at the door, she almost laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

But she didn't expect that the drama carefully arranged by the princess would end like this. This also made her more wary of Ye Wenyan, but she also understood that open confrontation would not do anything to Ye Wenyan. If she wanted to make Ye Wenyan fall, she had to use her brain.

She continued to talk to Ye Wushuang: "I can't dance now, so I just asked Sister Wushuang if she likes this kind of dance. If you like it, I will let my dance master come to you. Don't worry, our family has already paid the money for the next three years. I can't learn anymore because of my foot injury, and I'm embarrassed to ask for it back. But it's a lot of money after all, and I feel bad. If Sister Wushuang is willing to take the master over, then my money will not be wasted."

Ye Wushuang was flattered. “Sister Li, how can this be possible? How can I let your family pay for me to learn dance? Why don’t you just tell me how much money you want, and I…” She wanted to say I’ll give it to you, but she stopped here, looking embarrassed.

Li Yanran quickly comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay. We hit it off right away. We are good sisters. Don't worry about these things."

Sitting next to her, Chi Feifei was about to vomit after hearing this. She pulled Ye Wenyan and asked, "Is she really your second uncle's illegitimate daughter?"

Ye Wenyan nodded, "Really." "Your second uncle is really something. All the daughters he raised are bitches. Tell me the truth, does he have the same personality?" He shuddered after asking, obviously thinking how disgusting it would be if a man behaved like this.

Ye Wenyan curled his lips, "He's not like this. If he was like this, he wouldn't have ended up like this." He looked back at Ye Wushuang and smiled softly, "It's good this way. With someone like this at home, life will be more interesting."

Jiang Wanting had been keeping an eye on Li Yanran. Seeing that Li Yanran and Ye Wushuang were chatting more and more enthusiastically, she reminded Ye Wenyan, "I think this way of chatting is not a good thing. We should be careful and not let Li Yanran plot against us."

Chi Feifei disagreed, "Who can Li Yanran use those little tricks to trick?"

As they were talking, the sword dance on the field ended. In the end, the two main dancers stabbed each other with swords and died together.

In pursuit of realism, the dancers all carried dye bags on their bodies. When stabbed by the wooden sword, the dye bags would burst, and then the red dye would spread on their hearts, just like bleeding.

The male guests, who had drunk a few glasses of wine, clapped and cheered loudly. Many of the female guests frowned, and some even whispered, "Doesn't the princess feel it's unlucky to have such a dance on her birthday?"

The Third Prince Quan Qingyun pressed his chest again. When the dancers stabbed each other with swords, his heart suddenly hurt as well, as if the sword was stabbing at him. The feeling of panic became more intense.

"Pingyang." He called the attendant who had returned to his side, covered his mouth with his hand, and ordered in a low voice, "Go to the First-Rank General's Mansion and see what the Second Young Master is doing!"

Pingyang nodded, asked no questions, turned around and walked out.

When Ye Wenyan saw this scene, he thought about it in his mind, but didn't think much about it.

Beside him, Jiang Wanting echoed what Chi Feifei had just said, "It doesn't mean that they can't come up with a plan. The Li family just didn't expect Wen Yan to have so many tricks up their sleeves last time, so they got caught. Now they must have been prepared in advance, and they shouldn't make the same low-level mistakes again."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard Li Yanran speak. Taking advantage of the time when there was no music during the dance change, she said loudly, "Ah! Wushuang, you mean Miss Ye Si can also do this kind of sword dance? It would be so beautiful for such a beauty to dance this kind of heroic dance!"

Jiang Wanting rolled her eyes!

What the hell, she just said she wouldn't make a stupid mistake, but before she even finished speaking, she got slapped in the face? Is Li Yanran sick?

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