As the regent princess, Shangguan Qing did not have to meet anyone when attending the palace banquet, so she was not in a hurry and dressed up before going to the palace.

The current palace gate guards opened the gates and let the carriage from the Prince Regent's Palace pass without even a glance. Shangguan Qing smiled and said, "No wonder everyone wants to sit in a high position. It's good to have power!"

She still remembered how difficult it was for her to enter the palace when she was engaged to the prince. After she was engaged to Murong Bai, someone came to greet her. Now they are even more unscrupulous, but it feels really good.

When Shangguan Qing arrived at the banquet, he found that everyone had already arrived, even the emperor and the new queen were in their seats.

Murong Bai was shocked when he first saw Shangguan Qing in his gorgeous attire, then a smile appeared on his lips and he hurried to greet him.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

Murong Bai strode over to Shangguan Qing, took her hand, and said softly, "Why are you so late?"

Shangguan Qing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I'm not the protagonist, why should I come so early?"

Murong Bai smiled dotingly and said, "You will always be my protagonist."

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they were the only two people left in the world.

Everyone watching this scene couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that the Regent Princess was so lucky to receive such deep love from the Regent.

The Emperor looked displeased at the two's unbridled display of affection and said bluntly, "The Regent Princess is truly arrogant, keeping so many foreign envoys waiting for so long."

Shangguan Qing knew that this dog emperor was just trying to make him unhappy, so he decided to make sure he couldn't laugh today.

"Your Majesty, what you said is illogical. I, the princess, don't even give face to your Majesty, so why should I give face to outsiders?"

These words could be said to be quite arrogant, but Murong Bai didn't care at all, and the ministers didn't dare to say anything now.

But there are always people who can't sit still. Seeing this, Nangong Qili sneered, "The Regent Princess is really too bold. If this happened in Western Xinjiang, she would have been dragged out and beaten to death!"

Murong Bai's face darkened as he was about to attack when Shangguan Qing grabbed his hand and sneered, "Princess Nangong is right. You said it was in your Western Frontier. People who didn't know would think you wanted to be the boss of Murong State. But that's fine. I've torn up the imperial decree granting you marriage to Murong Bai. You can marry the emperor instead, and then you can take charge of Murong State. Then you can see if you can deal with me!"

Nangong Qili blushed immediately, "Shangguan Qing, you are so bold! How can you say such a thing? The Emperor has a Queen!"

This sentence was obviously setting a trap for Shangguan Qing, hoping to make the Queen take action against her.

But Shangguan Qing is not someone to be trifled with, she smiled faintly.

"Nangong Qili, you're still dreaming of becoming the queen after the regent broke off your engagement. It's simply wishful thinking. Do you think you're more noble than the queen? Or do you think the emperor would pick up Murong Bai's discarded old shoes?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole audience burst into laughter, and everyone couldn't help but laugh at Nangong Qili.

At this time, Li Baoer also joined in the fun and said loudly: "Sister Qing'er, you are so amazing!"

Her mother hurriedly covered her mouth, but Shangguan Qing gave her an approving look.

At this moment, the Emperor and Empress' expressions turned extremely gloomy. Prince Nangong's face flushed red with anger. He shouted angrily, "The Murong Kingdom is really going too far! You are bullying our Western Frontier like this. Aren't you afraid of starting a war?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Murong Bai glanced at the entire audience indifferently, then responded coldly: "If you, Western Xinjiang, want to provoke a war, then this king is ready to fight at any time."

With Murong Bai's support, Shangguan Qing also became proud. "Prince Nangong, right? How do you know you can defeat us? I tell you, with the current strength of the Murong Kingdom, even ten of you Xijiangs can't be a match. If you don't believe me, just try it."

At this time, General Dingyuan retorted, "Arrogant, Princess Regent is truly arrogant. Do you know how many casualties a war would cause?"

Shangguan Qing took a look. It was Li Baoer's father. He was telling the truth. Shangguan Qing did not refute, but he did not back down either. He said in a resounding voice, "I have my reasons for saying this. I have a secret weapon that can defeat ten people alone. Murong Bai knows this. If the general doesn't believe me, how can he not believe Murong Bai?"

Murong Bai nodded slightly, responding to everyone.

General Dingyuan was delighted when he heard this and asked, "Why don't you take out such a good thing?"

The second prince's eyes also lit up, his face full of anticipation. He knew Shangguan Qing's space, and any good thing was not too much. If he could take it out, then his future would not be limited to Murong Kingdom.

Shangguan Qing sighed, "I didn't take it out because of its enormous destructive power. Once this thing is out, the current peaceful situation will definitely be broken. This princess does not want such a situation to happen."

General Dingyuan sighed, "What a pity."

However, there are people who will naturally seek death. A hoarse male voice sounded, "The Regent Princess doesn't dare to take it out. This prince will think you are trying to bluff everyone."

Shangguan Qing looked up. It was only the end of September. The person who came was wearing fur and seemed to be a representative of a country, but he had never heard of anyone from another country!

Murong Bai hurriedly explained, "This is the envoy from the Northern Territory, Crown Prince Ximen, the future monarch of the Northern Territory. Next to him is the young master of Dongli, Baili Yuan."

Shangguan Qing wasn't interested in the people from the Northern Territory. Instead, she was filled with joy at the sight of the young master from Dongli. She stepped forward, half-crouched, and asked, "Is your name Baili Yuan? You're so cute! I feel like you look so familiar!"

Baili Yuan hurriedly stood up and bowed slightly, "Sister, just call me Yuan'er."

Shangguan Qing nodded and asked gently, "Yuan'er, do you live in the post station? Isn't it inconvenient there? Why don't you stay in the Regent's Palace?"

Just as Baili Yuan was about to agree, someone accompanying him said, "Princess Regent, this is against the rules."

Only then did Shangguan Qing notice that among the envoys from Dongli, half of them were women.

Baili Yuan was feeling depressed at the moment, and Shangguan Qing hurriedly tried to comfort him, "It's okay, you can come to the Regent's Palace to play with your sister."

Baili Yuan's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded happily. The Northern Territory Crown Prince couldn't wait any longer, "Princess Regent, are you deliberately ignoring this?"

Shangguan Qing sneered, then slowly took out a pistol and fired a shot in the direction of Prince Ximen, smashing the wine glass into pieces.

Then she retracted the pistol and said calmly, "If this concubine wanted Prince Nangong to die, then you would be dead now."

The emperor sitting at the top of the table was trembling all over, as if he had seen something terrible. He had never expected that Shangguan Qing was so powerful.

The Queen hastily reminded him, "Your Majesty, nothing will happen. You are the Emperor."

The emperor slowly regained his composure and said, "It's a rare opportunity for the envoys to come here. Let the banquet begin!"

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