Upon hearing indescribable decadent music emanating from Wuying Palace, Wushang quickly returned to the banquet and quietly sent a message to Ji Fengyao.

Ji Fengyao straightened up, clapped her hands, and winked playfully at Shang Xiye: "Your Highness, I feel a little uncomfortable because I'm too full. I'll go for a walk to digest and then come back."

"Okay, be careful." Shang Xiye took her small hand, squeezed it for a moment, and then let go.

Princess Zhaoping, who was by the Empress Dowager's side, had been paying close attention to Shang Xiye's actions. Seeing how reluctant he was to part with the bandit, she felt a pang of anxiety.

The Empress Dowager told her to wait, but she really felt she couldn't wait any longer; she wanted to stand beside her brother Xiye right now.

She openly and honestly took the hand of the bandit-like Xi Ye brother, who didn't care about her, and told him that she would always be with him.

at this time.

Officials and noblewomen of high status were all constrained by their position and had no choice but to stay at the boring banquet to accompany the Empress Dowager to eat and watch the play, and could not attend to anything else.

Now that their parents were no longer watching over them, the young ladies and gentlemen were like foals let loose in spring, men and women in groups of three or five, having fun and causing trouble in the garden.

They might express their feelings through poetry, or create a chance encounter by playing handkerchief drop; they come up with all sorts of tricks to flirt with each other.

For a moment, the air in the Imperial Garden was filled with a strong, sensual atmosphere.

Everyone was happy.

Ji Fengyao, leading Xique, skipped and hopped happily as she entered their ambiguous territory, instantly causing countless "breakups" between the lovers.

Men and women alike, their eyes filled with resentment.

The scene was eerie.

Ji Fengyao waved her hand to everyone in a very official manner, like a leader on an inspection tour: "Hi everyone, you young people are so romantic. Please continue, I'm just passing by, please continue!"

men and women:"……"

You'd better hurry up and move on, why are you measuring the distance by your toes and heels?

After the two spoilsporting bandits left, the talented men and women, who had been momentarily stunned, were just beginning to regain their enthusiasm for composing poems and playing handkerchief-dropping game.

“What beautiful flowers, so timely…” A certain talented and romantic scholar had just begun to speak.

"Oh my god! Miss, let's go!"

Suddenly, the magpie's loud, startled cries pierced the sky, and it dragged Ji Fengyao back like a gust of wind.

"What's wrong? Why are you running?" Ji Fengyao asked loudly, feigning ignorance.

“Miss, stop asking! You’ve really blinded me! The Emperor is inside with five, six, seven, eight, or nine beauties, messing around!” Xique shouted, telling everyone to stop, and then blurted it all out like firecrackers: “Those women seem to be from the Gaoqi Kingdom.”

The flirting men and women initially thought: "..."

Then: "?!"

My goodness, if they hear about the Emperor's scandalous affairs, will their entire families be exterminated?

Seeing the two bandits run away in a flash, the flirtatious men and women, sensing something was wrong, scattered in a panic.

Everyone is looking for their parents, and everyone's parents are at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.

Thus, these people were as if they had been brought back by Ji Fengyao and Xique.

A large group of people filed in one after another, making it impossible for them to go unnoticed.

"What happened? Why are you in such a panic?" Shang Xiye asked with genuine concern, making no attempt to hide his presence. People on several nearby buildings could hear him clearly.

Ji Fengyao was even less "informed" about avoiding suspicion. Panting heavily, she said innocently, "Oh dear, don't mention it! I saw something I shouldn't have seen!"