Hearing the announcement coming from outside, Su Yue saw several people returning to their seats.

Everyone bowed and knelt.

Emperor Jingjia was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown on his head. He walked slowly towards them with an awe-inspiring presence.

The Empress Dowager beside him was wearing a dark blue palace gown with wide sleeves. She was calm and energetic.

The queen wore a deep red dress with wide sleeves and an elegant phoenix crown, looking dignified and majestic, with her concubines following behind her.

Emperor Jingjia walked up to the front and sat in the main seat. He slowly raised his hand, and the eunuch shouted, "Stand up!——"

Everyone responded in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The empress dowager and the queen sat next to the emperor, Xiao Heng sat below the emperor, the concubines sat opposite the princes and princesses, below them sat civil and military ministers facing each other, and the officials' families sat behind them. Su Lin was the head of the civil officials and sat side by side with Prime Minister Shen.

Su Yuejian's seat was very close to the front. Shen Wenshu beside her nodded slightly to her as a gesture of greeting, and Su Yuejian smiled back.

The emperor's loud and majestic voice rang out in the hall.

"Today is the Queen Mother's birthday, my dear ministers, please do not be too reserved. I raise my glass with you all, and wish you a long and healthy life."

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses to congratulate.

"I wish the Empress Dowager a long and healthy life."

The emperor raised his glass to the empress dowager and drank the wine.

The Queen Mother laughed heartily, drank a cup happily, and said with a smile,

"Okay, okay, everyone please sit down."

The palace banquet officially began with singing and dancing, the sound of stringed instruments and bamboo music was endless, and everyone was toasting each other and chatting happily.

The dancers in the hall had graceful figures and beautiful dance moves. Su Yuejian watched them with great interest. The only flaw was that the food was not to her taste.

Just as he was thinking about it, a palace maid suddenly appeared and brought two plates of cakes.

Su Yue was stunned. The maidservant said respectfully, "These are Peony Pastry and Hibiscus Dew Pastry. Please enjoy them, Princess."

After saying this, he put down a jade teapot and said, "This is hangover tea. Although the wine at the palace banquet is not very strong, the prince said that the princess cannot drink much, so I will prepare it here for you first."

Su Yue was stunned when she heard this, but quickly came to her senses and nodded with a smile.

Looking up, Su Yue met Xiao Heng's dark and bright eyes. She curved her eyebrows, raised the corners of her lips, and moved her red lips slightly, saying "thank you" silently to him.

Xiao Heng looked at her pretty smiling face, curled the corners of his lips slightly, stroked the wine glass in his hand, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Su Yuejian withdrew her gaze and suddenly saw Xiao Chengchang sitting above looking at her coldly.

She lowered her eyes to hide the murderous intent in them.

Seeing that Xiao Chengchang had lost a lot of weight, it seemed that the gift she gave him had started to work.

She remembered that in her previous life, after Xiao Chengchang met the evil doctor, he became obsessed with the art of health preservation, and later even pursued immortality.

He loved the health-preserving pills that the evil doctor prepared for him, and he took them every day.

Because of this, in his previous life, after He Qianzhi knew Su Yuejian's identity as a medicine man, he thought of using her flesh and blood to make medicine.

Since the old monster Du is not dead yet, Su Yuejian guessed that he might still take health-preserving pills. She had heard He Qianzhi talk about those pills several times and remembered the main ingredients in them.

The iron box that she had the secret guard give to Xiao Chengchang that day was coated with her exclusive secret poison. Once it came into contact with anyone, it would immediately invade the flesh and blood, and counteract the health-preserving pills to cause poison.

At first, there is only some diarrhea and stomach cold, which will gradually get better. You will feel that your body is extra strong and energetic. However, in fact, your insides have been hollowed out and weak, and you are slowly becoming withered.

Although it will not cause death, it will make the person disabled.

Su Yuejian lowered her eyes and thought to herself, Xiao Chengchang, you must take the medicine on time, take good care of yourself every day!

This way you can live longer...

A sneer appeared on her lips as she slowly savored the delicious pastry in front of her.

After hearing what the palace maid had just said, Su Lin glanced at Xiao Heng who had risen to the throne, wondering how the Regent knew that his daughter Yue'er had a poor alcohol tolerance. They had only met a few times in total.

The dancers in the hall changed one after another. They were beautiful, but it was a bit tiring to watch them for too long, and everyone was getting a little bored.

Suddenly, a mysterious and melodious music was heard, which instantly attracted everyone's attention. Different from the string music just now, the sound of the piano was light and pleasant, like the sound of nature, like the gurgling water and the moonlight.

Su Yuejian raised her eyebrows as she listened to the familiar music.

Rows of dancers filed in, gathered together on the misty stage. As the ethereal and moving music sounded, the dancers moved their graceful figures, and countless white petals fell from the sky.

The delicate fragrance of lotus filled the hall, instantly arousing everyone's interest.

I saw a light and beautiful figure slowly appearing on the stage. The woman was wearing a white veil covering her face, like a fairy descending to the earth.

The thin gauze skirt fluttered gently with her movements, and her arms waved softly as if they had no bones, like falling petals.

The woman's clothes fluttered as she spun around, her skirt flying like floating clouds, her eyes were shy and timid, half-hidden, as if containing thousands of emotions.

The emperor and others sitting on the throne were all admiring the woman's beautiful and graceful dance moves. Even the crown prince Xiao Chengnian, who had no interest in dancing, nodded in admiration.

Only Xiao Heng didn't even raise his eyelids, just sipping the wine in front of him indifferently.

Xie Jiusi in the crowd also had no interest in watching the dance. He looked straight at Su Yuejian in front of him and saw that her eyes were bright and she was enjoying the dance of the women in the hall with relish, nodding from time to time.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd excitedly exclaimed, "This is... Luoshen Dance!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the vast hall erupted in excitement. "It's the long-lost Luoshen Dance!"

"Like a fairy descending, dancing gracefully like the goddess of Luo River. With a twist of her slender waist, she captivates the whole nation. This dance truly is only found in heaven. Beautiful! So beautiful! I wonder what family this noble lady is from!"

For a moment, everyone was amazed and their hearts were moved. Some praised the woman's wonderful dancing, while others praised her face under the veil as being like the goddess Luo.

Compared with the stunning performance of the Luoshen Dance, the dancing of the previous musicians was not very impressive.

Some officials who were hanging around in the streets were discussing this matter in whispers.

"I heard that a while ago, Miss Xiangxiang from Changlefang learned the Luoshen Dance. She was so stunning that it was worth a fortune. I didn't expect that there were other people who could learn this dance!"

"I've seen Xiangxiang dance this dance, but it's far inferior to the one on the stage. Look at her soft waist, it's truly as soft as if she has no bones!"

Listening to the unbearable discussions of several people, He Ming, who was immersed in enjoying the dance, looked cold, frowned in displeasure, and swept his sharp eyes over several people. Those officials immediately fell silent.

Xie Jiusi glanced at the dancers in the hall and looked at the woman spinning gracefully in the middle of the stage. Not knowing what he was thinking of, he lowered his eyes and slightly raised the corners of his lips.

A hint of disdain flashed across the gentle smile. How could such a dance be considered beautiful?

He turned around and looked at Su Yuejian in front of him. Her dancing style was not even half as graceful as Ah Yue's.

Liang Xinrou on the stage listened to everyone's praise, and the corners of her lips curled up proudly under her veil. As the music changed, her movements became more and more neat and clear, and her eyes like spring water would occasionally glance at the sapphire figure in the upper position.

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