Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

The palace maids and eunuchs in Chang Le Palace had become accustomed to Yue Yan being hung on a tree. At first, they thought Yue Yan had fallen out of favor and foolishly tried to get close to Xiong Bufan to sow discord between them and Yue Yan. As a result, they were thrown out, and no one dared to be so clever as to approach Xiong Bufan again.

Someone with such an eccentric temper as Princess Anning is fine with Sister Yueyan serving her personally; they don't need her at all.

The envoy has already arrived in the capital and has been placed in a post station. Xiong Bufan is unaware of this and is currently being coaxed to find his seat at the venue for tomorrow's banquet.

Xiong Bufan was placed in the first position below the emperor, at Wang Tianzheng's request.

Yueyan always felt that the Empress had ill intentions, but it was unlikely that her princess would be involved in a marriage alliance anyway, judging from the Emperor's attitude.

Xiong Bufan didn't care where she sat; she was more curious about whether there would be any excitement at the banquet tomorrow, so she wouldn't be so bored.

Wang Tianzheng was very satisfied with the Empress's arrangements. As expected of a woman from the Xie family, she could still arrange a perfect banquet even though her palace was destroyed.

Fearing that Xiong Bufan might not have good clothes and jewelry to wear to the banquet, Jing Ruhai, following Wang Tianzheng's request, sent Xiong Bufan a set of clothes and matching jewelry.

Xiong Bufan really wanted to put the glittering gold jewelry in his spatial dimension, but Yueyan stopped him. She knew that once gold disappeared, it would never reappear, and her princess always needed something to make a good impression.

Wang Yuening had already received news of the envoy's arrival in the capital. Recently, she had been hiding in a courtyard of the Yan residence under the guise of being a distant relative of the Yan family, not daring to go out even a step. Her mother had made arrangements for her, and she would not go out.

Yan Qingxun's face hadn't fully recovered, but applying some powder and rouge could cover it up, and it wouldn't affect his participation in the banquet.

The next morning, Yan Qingxun, with the help of his maid, covered the wound on his face and rode with Grand Tutor Yan to the palace gate.

The ministers chatted amongst themselves. Xie Youwei and Grand Tutor Yan exchanged a glance. They were determined to send Wang Xiaolian to the marriage alliance today to prevent her from harming the entire dynasty. Both families' children had been injured because of Wang Xiaolian, and Xie Ran was still bedridden. He had submitted a petition to the court, but His Majesty ignored it. It seemed they could only rely on themselves.

The princes who were trying to win over the ministers had already begun to greet Xiong Bufan at the palace gates, and Xiong Bufan was putting on his clothes layer by layer.

The arrival of an envoy at the palace was a major event. Before dawn, Xiong Bufan was pulled up by Yueyan. First, she applied lotion to his face, and then her hard-earned hair was combed up high and adorned with matching hairpins. To make her hair even shinier, Yueyan secretly applied a little rose dew to it.

Xiong Bufan smelled a fragrant aroma and picked up a small bottle of rosewater, about to pour it into his mouth. Yueyan quickly snatched it away, picked up an apple, and stuffed it into Xiong Bufan's hand, saying, "Princess, this only smells good, you can't eat it."

"I want an apple too."

"Good good."

While munching on an apple, Xiong Bufan let Yueyan dress him. After he finished eating the apple, Yueyan even asked a maid to wipe Xiong Bufan's hands.

Wang Tianzheng, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine entered the room. The other princes had also taken their seats long ago. Xiong Bufan's seat remained empty. Wang Tianzheng, thinking of Xiong Bufan's terrifying appearance, said to the Empress, "Empress, go and invite Princess Anning, the Protector of the Nation, here."

It wasn't that Xiong Bufan had to come; it was that Wang Tianzheng had seen Xiong Bufan's abilities that day and wanted Xiong Bufan to come and lend his support.

Being late is not a good habit, so Xiong Bufan arrived just before the banquet started, attracting everyone's attention the moment he arrived.

One member of the delegation had his eyes practically glued to Xiong Bufan; what could be a better way to prove one's status than winning the dynasty's most favored princess?

Yueyan carefully followed behind Xiong Bufan, followed by a large group of palace maids, eunuchs, and female tutors.

When Wang Tianzheng saw Xiong Bufan arrive, he quickly gave Jing Ruhai a wink. Jing Ruhai then led Xiong Bufan to a seat, saying, "Please take a seat, Princess."

"Ah."

Yue said, "Thank you for your trouble, Father-in-law."

Jing Ruhai nodded, then stood back behind Wang Tianzheng, while Yueyan sat obediently next to Xiong Bufan and fanned him with a fan.

With the eunuch's announcement, "The friendly exchange banquet begins—", the banquet officially commenced.

Wang Tianzheng, seated at the head of the table, raised his glass, "Let us welcome our friends from afar..."

Yueyan quietly replaced the wine on Xiong Bufan's table with juice, because the princess was still young and should not drink alcohol.

The delegation had been keeping a close eye on Xiong Bufan's movements, just looking for a reason to make trouble, when they saw Yueyan switch the wine. Right Envoy Alexi said directly, "Your Majesty, why is the princess not drinking? Is this disrespectful to us?"

All the ministers turned to look at Xiong Bufan. Xiong Bufan poured the juice in her hand into her mouth and drank it. Did these people have any objections? She had squeezed the juice herself from the fruit.

To express his dissatisfaction, Xiong Bufan slammed the wine glass down on the table after finishing his drink, and the glass became embedded in the table.

Wang Tianzheng tried to smooth things over, saying, "Princess Anning does not drink alcohol. She will offer tea instead of wine to everyone."

The ministers shouted, "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

The envoy, Alar, scoffed, "The women of our tribe are not as delicate as the princess. They all drink heavily. The women of the dynasty are really useless."

The Empress's face was very unpleasant. This Wang Xiaolian was just causing trouble. Drinking a few sips of wine wouldn't kill her. Now she was letting the envoy use her as a raft to show disrespect to the dynasty's women.

Wang Tianzheng looked at Xiong Bufan, who clearly did not understand the envoy's words. She was just a brown bear, what did she have to do with a woman? Why was Wang Tianzheng looking at her? She was not human.

Seeing that no one reacted, Alar continued, "Everyone says that the dynasty is a land of etiquette, but in my opinion, it's nothing special."

Yan Taifu stood up. Alar's words were a denial of him. Zhao Taifu next to him quickly pulled him down to sit. They were no match for these barbarians anyway. It was better to suffer a loss at the banquet than for the soldiers to go to the battlefield with real swords and spears.

The emperor's expression was also unpleasant, and he said directly, "Prince Alar, please be careful with your words."

"Constantly yielding will only embolden the other party," Alar scoffed. "Your Majesty, am I wrong?"

"The people of the dynasty are all cowards, don't you think?" he said, glancing at the delegation behind him.

The members of the delegation laughed loudly, echoing Alar's words.

The officials at the banquet were quite angry. A young military officer named Yang Xun stood up and said, "Prince Alar, please show some respect."

Alar: "A coward who won't even let people talk about him? Looks like a coward who cares about saving face. Hahahaha."

Yang Xun: "Prince Alar, do you dare to fight me? If you lose, you must apologize."

"Why wouldn't I dare? But you are not worthy of my attention. Our tribe's warriors are."