Although it was a royal banquet, there weren't many formalities.
Guests can chat, enjoy delicious food, and watch a wonderful song and dance performance by a top-notch performance team.
Those who are interested can also participate.
Therefore, the atmosphere was quite relaxed.
However, it's clear that most people's minds aren't on the singing and dancing.
Almost everyone instinctively moved towards Ye Feng and Ye Xingxue, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal family up close.
Of course.
It would be even better if we could go up and chat for a bit to get to know each other.
However, as soon as the banquet began, only some of the empire's most important figures were able to approach them and strike up a conversation.
For example, Mr. Luo, Ye Zhenyan, Wang Honghai, and others.
It can be said that from the moment Ling Luo and his group stepped down from the center of the platform, the people surrounding them were all top figures in the Lingliu Empire.
In this situation, it's naturally the night breeze's domain.
The topics of conversation naturally all revolved around the night breeze or a particular job.
Ling Luo and Ye Xingxue listened from the side, with Ye Xingxue and Ye Xingyu occasionally exchanging a few words.
In fact, apart from Ye Zhenyan and Wang Honghai, everyone, including Elder Luo, was subtly observing Ling Luo.
Now, Ling is extremely popular among the people of the empire.
Many people admire her.
But they are not ordinary people.
They don't easily like or idolize anyone.
They were more concerned with guessing Ye Feng's attitude towards her.
Although Ling Luo did indeed marry Ye Xingxue.
Just now, when Ye Feng was giving his speech in the center of the platform, Ling Luo stood with them, seemingly becoming the most prominent and noble woman in the Lingliu Empire.
However, will Ye Feng really treat her as his daughter-in-law?
Even though she brought a lot of glory to the Empire in the last Imperial Joint Examination, with her background and qualifications, Ye Feng might not really be interested in her.
But it's not clear what's going on in the short term.
However, let alone Ye Feng, even Ye Zhenyan and Wang Honghai, as figures who support Ye Xingxue's faction, probably hope that Ye Xingxue can find a Crown Princess who can help him, right?
Ling Luo held Ye Xingxue's arm, and even without looking, she could often feel many people "secretly" observing her.
She was used to being scrutinized like this and didn't take it to heart.
It's just a bit boring.
After a while, everyone had finished their round of conversation. Ye Feng glanced at Ye Xingxue, Ling Luo, Luo Yi, and the others, and said, "You young people don't need to stay here. Go and have some fun."
Night Snow and Night Rain nodded: "Yes, Father."
Luo Yi nodded as well.
The group of young people then walked out of the center of the crowd.
Those who were eager to get to know them or exchange a few words with them rushed forward to greet them and introduce themselves when they saw them emerge from the center of the crowd.
Ye Xingxue nodded coldly, said nothing, took Ling Luo's hand, and turned to leave.
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to talk to anyone, the others didn't dare to approach him for a chat, but simply greeted him as he passed by.
The young women present were completely captivated by Ye Xingxue when they saw him. They stared at his back, unwilling to look away, and felt a mixture of envy and jealousy towards Ling Luo.
Once they reached a less crowded area, Ye Xingxue slowed her pace, lowered her head, and smiled gently, "Just now, Luo Luo, were you feeling bored?"
Ling Luo nodded: "Yes, a little."
Ye Xingxue smiled, took her hand, and kissed it.
Night Snow is the center of attention for young girls.
Even if he walks to a corner, the people around him will follow him to the corner.
The young noble ladies were stunned when they saw this, their eyes widening in disbelief.
It should be noted that when Ye Xingxue and Luo Yi were engaged, they never made such intimate gestures in front of others.
Even though they knew that Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo had a good relationship, seeing Ye Xingxue being so gentle and proactive broke their hearts.
At this moment, Ye Zeru and the others also arrived.
I just happened to see this scene.
They stopped abruptly, their eyes widening in surprise.
Ling Luo knew they had arrived and turned around to look at them.
They were all stunned the moment Ling Luo turned around.
Ling Luo had exquisite makeup on her face, her long hair was combed up, and she wore a long red and white floral crown on her head. She was dressed in a long, fitted, long-sleeved gauze dress.
Her waist was slender and delicate, and the sequins on her tulle skirt shimmered and sparkled as she moved slightly.
Ling Luo is usually very beautiful.
It is a kind of clean, serene, and otherworldly beauty.
Now, dressed up in her finest attire, she exudes this kind of charm to the fullest.
The moment Ye Zeru and the others who were familiar with Ling Luo saw her, their handsome faces instantly turned red.
Ye Xingxue noticed this and narrowed her eyes.
He pulled Ling Luo close, hiding her to his side, and gave them a warning glare.
Ye Zeru and the others finally realized what was happening, coughed lightly, and turned their faces away.
When Ling Luo saw Ye Zeru and Xia Lin, she originally intended to walk towards them.
Startled by Ye Xingxue's hug and subsequent hiding, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Looking at her exquisitely beautiful face, Ye Xingxue's throat tightened, and she gently shook her head: "It's nothing."
"oh."
Xia Lin and the others were invited by her. She stepped out of his arms, walked towards them, and greeted them, "You've arrived?"
Xia Lin and the others replied in unison, "Yes, Crown Princess!"
Actually, they originally wanted to call him "boss".
But feeling that this occasion was not appropriate, I temporarily changed the way I addressed him.
They looked at Ling Luo, whose face was still red, wanting to compliment her on how beautiful she looked tonight, but after noticing Ye Xingxue's gaze, they swallowed the words that were on the tip of their tongues.
At this moment, the Ling family members also gathered around.
Ling Ya froze the moment she saw Ye Xingxue, her heart skipped a beat for two seconds.
Tonight, she saw countless handsome men and beautiful women.
But none could match even a fraction of his noble and handsome appearance...
Such a person—
Compared to Ye Xingxue, all the boys who had tried to chat her up before seemed like ugly ducklings.
She stared blankly at Ye Xingxue, forgetting to look away.
Ye Xingxue noticed this, and his handsome face immediately turned cold as he gave her a cold glance.
Ling Ya shivered from the cold and immediately looked away.
Ling Luo also saw Grandpa Ling and Ling Ya.
Upon seeing them, she immediately frowned.
Grandpa Ling and Ling Guanghua, seemingly oblivious to their disgusted looks, stepped forward with beaming smiles: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince—"
However, before they could finish speaking, Bai Ying and the others saw them approaching, and seven or eight people blocked their way.
The Ling family members' expressions stiffened slightly.
By then, the ball had already begun.
Some people have already entered the dance floor and are dancing gracefully to the music.
Ye Xingxue withdrew her gaze, took Ling Luo's hand, and walked over there, saying, "The ball has started, Luo Luo, would you like to dance with me for a bit?"
Ling Luo paused for a moment: "Dancing?"
"Hmm, does Luo Luo know how?"
"Won't."
Ye Xingxue laughed: "It's alright, I'll teach Luoluo, it's very simple."
Ling Luo nodded: "Mm."
With that, Ye Xingxue pulled Ling Luo into the dance floor.
Knowing that Ling Luo didn't know how, Ye Xingxue gently held her wrist, intending to teach her, but then he saw her glance at the dance partners to the side. Before he could speak, Ling Luo nodded and said, "Okay, I know how. Let's begin."
Ye Xingxue: "..."
"So fast?"
He knew she was quick to learn anything.
But this...
Isn't that a bit too fast?
"Yes, it's very simple."
She could memorize a complex manual of martial arts techniques after reading it only once, so this simple back-and-forth duet was far too easy for her.
Ye Xingxue smiled and said gently, "Okay."
When Ling Luo said she knew it, she wasn't just making it up.
She followed Ye Xingxue's dance steps with ease and without making a single mistake.
Ye Xingxue sensed it, and as he gently twirled her fingertips, he secretly kissed her crown lightly with his thin lips: "Luo Luo is really good at everything."
Ling Luo smiled: "Mm!"
Ling Luo has never danced before.
The music was light and melodious. Following the rhythm of the music, Ling Luo looked up at Ye Xingxue and, for some reason, smiled.
Ye Xingxue was taken aback when she saw her smile, and then smiled back: "Luo Luo likes to dance?"
"Yeah, it's pretty fun."
Ye Xingxue: "..."
For this type of duet, the music is usually one of the same few songs.
Normally, when listening to "Night Snow," I don't feel anything special.
But this time, he felt the music was a bit lighter than the usual medicine.
Just like his current mood, he was relaxed and happy.
As they danced, smiles unconsciously graced their faces, their eyes fixed on each other. Little did they know, they had captured the attention of almost everyone else.
The same goes for the men and women who were with them on the dance floor.
At first, the other people on the dance floor, because of their outstanding appearance, were so captivated by them that most of them, regardless of gender, became distracted and their dance steps became disordered.
The men were watching Ling Luo, and the women were watching Ye Xingxue. They jumped around and stepped on each other's feet. They were embarrassed and apologized to each other. It took them a while to get back into the right mindset.
But just as they regained their composure, they were drawn to the lighthearted and sweet atmosphere emanating from the two of them, and every time they turned around, they couldn't help but look at them.
Even people on the dance floor are like this.
Let alone those outside the dance floor?
Gu Huan and his companions had no female companions, nor did they invite any other girls to dance; they just kept watching them.
Gu Huan looked on with envy: "Damn, it makes me want to fall in love."
Ye Zeru scoffed, "Is that dating? They're husband and wife! If you're so capable, why don't you get married young yourself! But seriously, you've never even held a girl's hand, do you think you're up to it?!"
"Who said I've never held hands with someone? I've danced with people, okay?"
"It's not like you're holding your cute girlfriend's hand, how can you call that holding hands?! You're really something else!"
As they spoke, they also saw Luo Yi.
In fact, among them, Luo Yi has always been an outstanding and eye-catching presence.
But because she was once Ye Xingxue's fiancée, many boys could only watch and dared not approach her to ask her to dance.
Upon seeing this, Ye Zeru paused, walked over, bowed politely, and extended his hand to her: "Miss Luo, may I invite you to dance?"
Luo Yi paused for a moment, then nodded.
Gu Huan understood Ye Zeru's meaning and smiled, "I've reserved the second dance."
Luo Yi smiled and said, "Okay."
Ye Xingyu watched and smiled.
Gu Huan raised an eyebrow: "What? The little prince wants to take me away?"
Night Rain shook his head: "I won't steal it."
Gu Huan: "Hmph."
They are all dazzling figures.
Most people were watching the girls who hadn't entered the dance floor. Many wanted to come up and invite them to dance, but they didn't dare.
At first, no one dared to, but after a while, some girls actually mustered up the courage.
They walked towards them and invited them to dance.
Generally speaking, if a guy invites a girl to dance, the girl can politely decline.
However, a girl cannot refuse a boy's invitation unless there are special circumstances.
Since they were invited to dance, and it didn't mean anything, they danced.
Once it happens, it will happen again.
Seeing that someone had succeeded, the other girls also mustered up their courage and went up to invite Bai Ying and the others to dance.
Bai Ying and the others didn't want to jump.
Although they are at the age where they should be experiencing romantic feelings, they have never experienced them and are not interested in such things.
But since the girl had already invited them, it would be very embarrassing for her if they refused, so they had no choice but to agree.
As they all entered the dance floor, Ling Ya remained standing with the rest of the Ling family.
No boy asked her to dance.
The boy who invited her to dance has now disappeared.
She clenched her small hands, but her eyes were fixed on the direction of Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo.
A girl from the Ling family, two years younger than Ling Ya, also stared intently in the direction of Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo, and said sourly, "His Highness the Crown Prince seems... to really like that good-for-nothing..."
She noticed that His Highness the Crown Prince's eyes never left Ling Luo.
Moreover, Ling Luo really looked beautiful tonight.
She's even prettier than Luo Yi.
Thinking of this, and looking at Ling Luo's outfit, she felt even more envious: "Her crown, earrings, necklace, and dress all look so beautiful and exquisite. Her entire outfit must cost tens of millions of star coins, right?"
The young members of the Ling family who were able to attend this banquet with Old Master Ling's permission were all people whom Old Master Ling had high hopes for.
Even so, Grandpa Ling only took out a little over 100,000 star coins to buy her a dress. Her mother bought her jewelry, but the whole outfit only cost a few hundred thousand star coins.
Normally, this would be considered quite good.
But in such a setting, it would seem very low-class.
Lingya is much better than her.
Grandpa Ling has always been very generous to Ling Ya; he spent seven or eight hundred thousand star coins on just one dress.
As for the other jewelry, it cost one or two million star coins.
Even Ling Ya was instantly utterly humiliated compared to Ling Luo's outfit.
Ling Ya didn't look away, and said expressionlessly, "It's not tens of millions, it's over a hundred million."
Putting everything else aside, the floral crown on Lingluo's head alone is estimated to be worth over twenty to thirty million Star Coins.
Upon hearing this, not only the Ling family girl who had just spoken to Ling Ya, but even Old Master Ling and the others were stunned.
To attend a banquet, one's outfit alone can cost over 100 million... How rich must Ye Xingxue be?
Putting everything else aside, if Ye Xingxue were to buy Ling Luo a few sets of these, it would be worth hundreds of millions!
That's several hundred million!
Thinking of this, Old Master Ling and Ling Guanghua's eyes became even more eager.
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