Bai Yusheng walked unhurriedly to the center of the hall. Yu Yan glanced at her, a look filled with resentment. Bai Yusheng… this person was born to oppose her.

"Your subject Bai Yusheng greets the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty." Bai Yusheng bowed obediently, and it must be said that she was truly a model of a well-bred young lady.

“Princess Yan’s dance is exquisite, and I am ashamed to admit my inferiority. I dare not make any judgment. However, I also have a dance I would like to present to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty today,” Bai Yusheng said gently.

"Oh? Then I must take a good look at this today." The Empress Dowager seemed very interested in this.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but I would like to go and change my clothes first." Bai Yusheng clearly had come prepared. Yu Yan, standing beside her, was practically spitting fire in her eyes.

"Alright, go ahead and get ready. Princess Yan, please return to your seats as well. Since you are both skilled in dance, you can learn from each other." The Empress Dowager seemed unusually talkative today. The Imperial Concubine looked thoughtfully at the two people below. Why did the Empress Dowager have such a strange feeling today?

As Bai Yusheng curtsied and stepped back, she bumped into Yu Yan: "Bai Yusheng, do you have to go against me at every turn?"

"Why do you say that, Princess? I only want to dance. So many people have already performed before, and you have danced too, Princess. It's not too much for me to dance once, is it?" Bai Yusheng smiled gently.

"Bai Yusheng, I'm warning you to stop behaving like this, or this princess will not let you off!" Yu Yan lowered her voice before returning to her seat.

Ever since Bai Yusheng came out, Yu Jingchen's attention seemed to have shifted from Nan Zhiyun. He... still remembered this Bai Yusheng; in his previous life, after entering the palace, she was the one who was closest to Nan Zhiyun...

In his previous life, he really thought that Bai Yusheng and Nan Zhiyun had a good relationship. Now it seems that she was hiding something quite well... After Nan Zhiyun died, he investigated a lot of things, and Bai Yusheng did quite a lot.

His father, General Bai Yi, was originally one of Nan Su's men, having distinguished himself on the battlefield and recently becoming a commander-in-chief. In his previous life, after Nan Su relinquished his military power, a portion of it remained in his hands.

Yu Jingchen looked down at Nan Zhiyun in his arms again. In this life, all he needed to change was Nan Zhiyun's trajectory. Some things would still have to be the way they were... Yu Jingchen did not intend to change those who entered the palace in his previous life. These people entered the palace not just because of the imperial concubine selection.

When Bai Yusheng came up again, she was dressed in a simple red dance costume because she was going to perform a sword dance this time. As the daughter of a military family, she was different from Nan Zhiyun. Although she didn't know martial arts, she did have some skills.

Bai Yusheng's dance was truly stunning, and Yu Yan's eyes flashed with resentment as she looked at the people above. Bai Yusheng absolutely cannot enter the palace!

Nan Zhiyun had been sleeping soundly in Yu Jingchen's arms, but perhaps because Bai Yusheng's dance was rather intense, the music on set had become more tense, even evoking the feeling of a massive army marching. So Nan Zhiyun became somewhat restless. Yu Jingchen raised an eyebrow; was this girl finally waking up?

He didn't disturb Nan Zhiyun, just watched to see how she would react, completely ignoring Bai Yusheng below.