Chapter 425 The Feast (Part One)


    After that, everyone stood up. Yun Shang looked up at the empress in the center seat. The empress


    didn''t have a very pretty face, but she had a kind of inborn dignity.


    Yun Shang felt someone was looking at her, so she raised her eyes and saw a dim figure sitting beside


    the throne. A touch of surprise shed through Yun Shang''s eyes when she saw the person. How could


    she forget that Ning Qian was the beloved concubine of Xia Huanyu? Of course she should attend


    such a serious asion.


    But they didn''t dare to let the others detect that they knew each other. They looked at each other for a


    short second and hurriedly moved away. But Yun Shang''s nce with her was still caught by the


    empress. The empress smiled and looked at Ning Qian. "Lady Xiang has been looking at Lady Rui the


    whole time. But what''s wrong with Lady Rui?"


    Hearing this, Ning Qian shed a smile at her. She turned to Yun Shang again, and said, "I''ve


    wondered why thisdy is so beautiful and I have never seen her before. Turns out she isdy Rui. No


    wonder."


    The empress smiled softly. "When I first metdy rui today, I was also shocked. I think how is there


    such an elegant and refineddy in the world. She is as beautiful as you, Lady Xiang, but you are more


    refined than her and Lady Rui is more elegant than you."


    Yun Shang quickly curtsied to the empress and said, "your majesty and your highness really have


    ttered me. I am not as good as you said."


    Hearing Yun Shang''s words, the empress smiled again and said, "but speaking of Lady rui, I have to


    mention that Prince rui really has a handsome face, almost the same as his majesty when he was


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    young. When I saw him earlier, I was shocked. It''s really father and son, they look quite like each


    other."


    A woman interrupted the conversation. "I''m a little curious about it, hearing my sister inw say this."


    Yun Shang turned to look at the woman, and saw that she was the one who had been staring at her


    with resentment this morning. Yun Shang thought to herself, ''she called the empress sister-inw. So


    she must be the younger sister of Xia Huanyu. However, there should be only one younger sister of Xia


    Huanyu. That should be Princess Tai An. It is said that this woman is a woman who was fond of


    handsome men. The princess had many lovers in her Princess Pce and she was already over thirty


    years old, but she still seem young and attractive. She wasn''t married yet.


    The others were surprised at Princess Tai An''s words. Yun Shang sneered in her heart, feeling a stone


    had been twisted in her heart. She was anticipating what wasing next.


    The empressughed at her words. "Although the women and the men will be divided into two parts,


    there is still a way." With that, she walked aside and said something to Xia Huanyu. He nodded his


    head and then they all heard the voice of Xia Huanyu.


    "Since this is the first time that Prince Rui attends the imperial feast, we''d better remove the screen. So


    you can all have a look at him, in case you won''t recognize him on the way."


    Then the servants moved away the screen bit by bit. Yun Shang saw Prince Jing sitting opposite her.


    She smiled at him and kept silent.


    "I heard that Prince Rui was called the God of war when he was in the state of Ning. I guess he must


    be very good at martial arts. But I wonder if he could show his strength in front of everyone." The


    empress looked at Luo Qingyan, who was quietly sitting there, and asked with her lips curled up.


    Hearing the empress'' words, Xia Huanyu shook his head. "Speaking of martial arts, I have to admit that


    "Really? Can Lady Rui really do that? That''s impressive. " The empress seemed surprised and looked


    at Yun Shang once again.


    Yun Shang didn''t know why the couple sitting in front of everyone echoed each other. She just smiled a


    little and said, "it''s just a little trick. It''s not a big deal."


    However, the Princess Tai An suddenly said, "brother, just now sister-inw said Prince Rui looked like


    you when you were young. Which one is Prince Rui, I wonder?"


    With a smile, Xia Huanyu said, "she said he really looked like me when I was young. You may take a


    look at the men to see whether he looked like me or not."


    It turned out that Princess Tai An did look around among the male guests. She suddenly looked at Luo


    Qingyan and kept silent for a while. Then she pointed at Luo Qingyan and asked, "brother, is he Prince


    Rui?"


    "You are right, Princess Tai An." Xia Huanyu said with a smile on his face. Then all the women present


    looked over at Prince Rui.


    Yun Shang''s lips curled into a smile as she nced around the crowd to see the expressions on their


    faces. Then she heard her Lady Hua Guo speak beside her in a small voice. "Watch out for Princess


    Tai An."


    Yun Shang didn''t know why Lady Hua Guo said that, but she knew that Lady Hua Guo wouldn''t say


    that for no reason. So she lowered her voice and responded yes, ncing at Princess Tai An. Although


    she was in her thirties, she looked well preserved. She looked like she was only twenty-five or twenty-


    six, and she looked calm and charming. With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she stared at


    Luo Qingyan, with darkness in her eyes.


    As if sensing Yun Shang''s gaze at her, Princess Tai An looked away after smiling to Yun Shang.


    "It''s said that there is no concubine nor other women in Prince Rui''s mansion. Lady Rui was the only


    woman that Prince Rui has. All women in the world must be so jealous of you, Lady Rui." The empress


    said calmly, as if she was talking about it unintentionally. But Yun Shang kept an eye on it. Was it


    possible that the empress wanted to sent Prince Rui other women?