In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

After everyone entered the venue, Emperor Qing still hadn't arrived.

Tao Jingyang and Li Chengze were guided by the maids in the hall to their respective seats.

Many people here have only heard of Tao Jingyang's name, but have never seen her.

This time, upon hearing that this person would also be coming, many people were staring wide-eyed, wanting to observe for themselves.

When someone announced, "His Highness the Second Prince has arrived," everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to Tao Jingyang, who was standing next to Li Chengze.

If the requirements for women at that time were "virtuous and gentle" and "beautiful and charming," then Tao Jingyang was quite different from these descriptions.

She appeared silent, but not shy; rather, she seemed "too lazy" to bother with anyone or anything.

Similarly, she didn't act like a demure young lady at all; she just stood there confidently, letting everyone look at her.

Although he didn't seem to show any reverence, thankfully he didn't have any arrogant or overbearing "arrogance".

Tao Jingyang had an upright posture and clear, bright eyes. At first glance, he seemed to have a somewhat aloof and noble appearance.

He calmly looked at everyone in the hall, returning every glance that fell upon him.

She stood there steadily, and anyone who didn't know her would think she was a princess from some country. Her aura was in no way inferior to the princes in the room.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat stagnant.

This meeting in the palace changed everyone's original opinion of Tao Jingyang.

Everyone initially thought she was just an unremarkable "beauty" with a little martial arts skill, but now it seems that's not the case...

At this moment, everyone was paying attention to this "extraordinary" figure standing next to the Second Prince.

Li Chengze clearly noticed everyone's gaze and tried to turn slightly to shield her from it.

His sharp gaze and expression caused many people to quickly lower their heads when they met Li Chengze's eyes.

Passerby official: Wardmaa, neither of these two is someone we can afford to mess with.

The two walked to their seats and sat down together. The Crown Prince, who arrived later, called out "Second Brother" as he passed by Li Chengze's seat.

Li Chengze looked up, smiled and looked back, then sat down in his original seat and exchanged a few words with the Crown Prince.

However, one thing was different this time: Li Chengze did not say the phrase "gambling with one's life" to the Crown Prince.

However, it's also possible that Tao Jingyang was sitting behind him. So, it's not impossible that Li Chengze was deliberately maintaining his composure.

Standing at the entrance of the main hall were two bickering lovers. Guo Baokun was glaring fiercely at Fan Xian, looking like a fighting cock.

Fan Xian was also looking at him with "doting" eyes, patted Guo Baokun on the shoulder, and said with "joy" "Wow, you're feeling much better? Congratulations!"

These words angered Guo Baokun, who was now quite irritated and had no beard, so he stormed off.

Once everyone had arrived, the four people present—Tao Jingyang, Li Chengze, Fan Xian, and Li Chengqian—no longer exchanged glances.

Only then did the eldest princess raise her eyes and look with interest at Tao Jingyang, who was eating fruit.

She tilted her head, her gaze as sharp as a snake's, and even without looking into her eyes, one felt a sticky, viscous sensation all over.

"Tao.Jing.Yang?" The princess uttered each word slowly and deliberately from her heart.

As if on the same wavelength, Tao Jingyang also raised his head and looked at her. His gaze was deep and still, like a bottomless pool.

She smiled at the princess from afar, and the princess looked slightly surprised, then smiled back.

Then, he turned his gaze to Fan Xian, who had just entered the hall.

Tao Jingyang was no longer willing to look at these sarcastic and hypocritical remarks, so he simply lowered his head and stopped looking at anything.

Emperor Qing was dressed impeccably today, and observed from the shadows for a while. Then he entered the main hall, making his grand entrance as the last to appear, and took his seat in the center.

He looked around and coughed lightly. Upon hearing the sound, everyone in the hall put down their chopsticks.

At this moment, the only one in the room who dared to pick up his chopsticks and eat was Fan Xian.

In addition, there was Tao Jingyang, who ate fruit without using chopsticks.

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