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Dacheng Palace, Fengqi Hall.

The dignitaries waited for a long time, and finally the time came. A group of people, some alone, some with their wives and daughters, went to Fengqi Palace.

The Minister of Works and the Minister of Rites walked in front, talking as they walked, followed by Li Yu, Chen Yu, and Chen Zesheng.

Li Yu was wearing a light blue tulle skirt today, looking delicate and pretty. She wanted to cling to Chen Yu, "Brother Yu, do you look good today?"

Chen Yumu stood there motionless and didn't answer.

Chen Zesheng, who was standing next to him, felt disgusted when he saw Li Yu's mischievous look.

"Sister Li, stop messing with my brother, my dad is in front!"

When Li Yu heard the name "Sister Li", she remained expressionless and secretly reached out to Chen Zesheng from behind. With a cry of "Ah", Chen Zesheng's whole body twisted into a knot, his face grimacing with pain: "Sister, why are you pinching me?!"

"Try calling me Big Sister again. Call me Sister Xiaoyu!" Li Yu slapped him on the forehead.

The head of the family, the Minister of Rites, heard the sound and turned to look at the three of them. He became annoyed when he saw the look on his youngest son's face and threatened him in a low voice: Behave yourself, or you will be beaten with a stick when you get home!

Why didn't you scold Sister Li Yu? It was obviously him...

Chen Zesheng felt aggrieved and ignored his elder brother and the troublemaker Li Yu, consciously distancing himself from them.

No one knew what Li Yu saw, but he suddenly grabbed him and pointed in a direction, "Do you know who that noble young man is, Xiao Sheng?"

Chen Zesheng looked in Li Yu's direction and saw two adults talking around a tall man.

The King of Southern Xinjiang?! Chen Zesheng turned around speechlessly, "He, the King of Southern Xinjiang, is the noble young man in the novels and stories."

Li Yu was shocked: "What! I actually saw Master Qingqing himself?!"

Chen Zesheng took the initiative to distance himself from Li Yu.

"Mr. Qingqing is so handsome!"

Many daughters from wealthy families saw Jiang Zecheng, and each of them had a shy look on their faces and whispered to each other.

Perhaps he felt their enthusiastic gazes, but Jiang Zecheng suddenly looked up at them and smiled slightly.

His smile was like a spring breeze, and the girls were immediately excited!

What a flirt! He just loves to seduce women! Chen Zesheng was speechless.

Luo Yao followed Bei Zhenting in front. When he heard the commotion, he turned around and saw Jiang Zecheng's gentle smile, which was as gentle as a spring breeze. As luck would have it, from his perspective, it was Jiang Zecheng smiling at him...

Oh my god! Does the boss have such a gentle side?

Luo Yao was inwardly cheering, and he stepped on the stairs but missed a step, and fell forward due to inertia.

No way, I just saw a handsome guy and now I have to kiss the ground?!

Driven by survival instinct, Luo Yao quickly grabbed the thing next to him.

Scared to death! Luo Yao was still in shock. When he looked up, he saw Bei Zhenting tilting his head and looking down at him!

His mind suddenly realized that he was holding the arm of the Great Demon King! Luo Yao quickly let go of Bei Zhenting, took two steps back, and stood there in a daze.

Bei Zhenting found his expression funny and waved at him, "Watch the road."

"Brother, watch the road!" Luo Xinchen was held by Zhang Jiji and repeated it while shaking the wooden doll in his hand.

Luo Yao forced a fake smile and followed Bei Zhenting, and they continued to head towards Fengqi Palace.

When they arrived at Fengqi Palace, palace servants led them in.

Fengqi Hall is decorated in a luxurious yet solemn manner.

As soon as Luo Yao stepped in, he felt that his previous understanding of artistic aesthetics was too shallow.

There was a huge and lifelike wooden phoenix with its wings spread hanging on the beam of Fengqi Hall. The tail feathers of the phoenix were integrated with the beam and the entire supporting beam. Looking up, it was the phoenix that supported the entire Fengqi Hall. A huge phoenix spread its wings and flew, full of movement, as if it was about to lift the roof and rush into the sky.

When they entered the hall, many officials of the fourth rank and above were already seated. They all stood up and saluted when they saw them.

Not long after Luo Yao sat down, he saw Chen Yu come in. He had not forgotten his business yet, so he immediately stood up and went to find Chen Yu.

Bei Zhenting pulled him down and said seriously, "What are you doing?"

Luo Yao looked down at Bei Zhenting, pouted, and sat back reluctantly.

With something on his mind, Luo Yao picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, his eyes still fixed on Chen Yu, hoping that Chen Yu could feel his gaze, but Chen Yu's eyes passed over his face and he didn't notice him at all.

Luo Yao slumped his shoulders in frustration and drank another cup of tea.

"Are you nervous?" Bei Zhenting couldn't help asking when he saw him drinking tea.

Luo Yao shook his head and absentmindedly wanted to pour another cup of tea. Bei Zhenting was about to stop him when the voice of the eunuch chief Zhu Shengyuan rang out, announcing that the emperor, empress, queen mother and their entourage had arrived.

All the officials stood up and saluted. The emperor, empress, and queen mother took their seats, and everyone else sat down.

After we sat down, the banquet began.

The emperor gave wine, music played, dishes were served on the table, and dancers came in one after another.

Delicious food and wine, clinking glasses, pleasant music, and graceful dances.

Luo Yao ate while watching the beautiful woman dance.

After a few turns, a dancer came to their table. As she raised her hand and waved her sleeves, the ribbon around the dancer's waist passed in front of Luo Yao's eyes. Experiencing the extravagant life of the ancient dignitaries up close, Luo Yao was dazed by the turns.

When he regained consciousness, he felt someone was looking at him. Through the dancer's veil, Luo Yao caught that gaze.

Bei Zhenqing!

Bei Zhenqing blinked at him, as if wanting to make eye contact with him?

What does blinking mean?

Luo Yao also blinked and replied to Bei Zhenqing.

Then Bei Zhenqing raised his glass to him, and Luo Yao raised his glass to return the toast, and the two of them did some little things in between the dancers.

Bei Zhenting came over for a while and then realized that Luo Yao had been drinking. He snatched away his cup and took away all of Luo Yao's wine jugs.

"Burp~" Luo Yao glanced at Bei Zhenting with an unhappy look on his face, pouting dazedly: "Don't you have one yourself? Why are you stealing mine!"

Bei Zhenting ignored him.

The wine was taken away, and Luo Yao felt a little dizzy! Luo Yao supported his forehead with his left hand and ate a piece of cake with his right hand.

At the junction of three states, on the Anxi River, five small boats loaded with disaster relief grain were floating on the river.

A gust of wind blew, bringing a slight coolness and taking away the sweat from everyone's faces.

"Hey, why do I feel like this boat is drifting downstream?" Wiping the sweat from his forehead, a soldier poked the soldier next to him in confusion.

"Hey, what's going on? It seems to be true!" The soldier spoke a little loudly, and the people next to him immediately reacted.

"Turn quickly!" Lin Xiao gave the order quickly.

"Commander-in-Chief Lin, the water flow suddenly became stronger! It's useless!" shouted the soldier at the helm.

What happened? Why did the water suddenly rise in broad daylight?

Could it be that it rained heavily in the western prefectures? If it weren't a flood, the water level wouldn't have risen so suddenly. But the water wasn't turbid, and Lin Xiao couldn't figure out why.

They had already sailed two-thirds of the distance, and could already see the other side. From afar, they could see scattered soldiers, victims and civilians gathered along the coast of Khan Island, all of them eagerly waiting for this batch of relief food.

The current was getting stronger and stronger, and the ships were going off course.

Seeing the shore getting farther and farther away from them, Lin Xiao became extremely anxious. They were all soldiers from Yuanzhou and were not good at swimming. When faced with such a situation, they had no idea how to deal with it.

The more anxious they became, the more chaotic the situation became. All the soldiers stared at Brigadier General Lin, waiting for his decision.

Suddenly, a soldier stared upstream with his mouth wide open. The person next to him followed his gaze and screamed in fear: "Huge waves! Huge waves, huge waves!"

Lin Xiao turned his head and saw a huge wave over five feet high rising upstream, surging and rushing towards them!

In the critical situation, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that someone must have blocked the river to store water!

But how do we know that they will cross the river today?

"Spy..." Lin Xiao uttered this word, but before he could finish his words, the five disaster relief boats were instantly swallowed by the huge waves...