The speed of information circulation in the palace was extremely fast, but considering the expression of Emperor Qing of Tianqi, everyone also thought that Princess Dunming was Emperor Qing's favorite child.

No one really dared to mention anything related to the State of Li at this critical juncture. At the same time, the envoy of the State of Li was also in a very embarrassing situation.

Fortunately, the most important part was completed at the very beginning.

At the palace banquet that followed, everyone had mixed feelings and the food tasted bland, but it was just a birthday party to behold.

After the banquet, Emperor Qing stood up and took all the officials to the front court to discuss the situation.

The envoys from various countries also returned to their own stations, not daring to cause trouble.

Empress Xu returned to Kunning Palace first, and the palace fell unexpectedly silent for a moment.

It takes a while for the palace banquet to end.

Han Qingyi sat in her seat, showing no sign of getting up and leaving. She sat in her seat, seemingly in a daze, thinking about something. Suddenly, Han Qingyi felt two more figures appear in front of her.

She slowly raised her head and saw two maids, one tall and one short, in front of her, making a gesture of invitation to her.

Han Qingyi was familiar with these two people. She curled her lips and smiled, "Your Highness the Princess and I have new and old grudges together. There is nothing to say."

Gan Lin looked at Gan Yuan at a loss, but Gan Yuan looked at the Princess of Li State in front of him calmly.

Gan Yuan nodded slightly, neither servile nor arrogant, and continued, "My Highness sincerely invites you to come to Huaning Palace for a chat. If you miss this opportunity, Princess Li may not have such an opportunity again if she regrets it in the future."

This statement raises a question mark.

Han Qingyi's originally disdainful expression suddenly became more serious.

But soon, she leaned back in the chair again, raised her hand and pointed at the two maids who had been following her, and said with a smile: "My two maids are worried that this princess will want to go to a flower-viewing banquet like last time and get hurt. I am really afraid of your highness' invitation."

When Gan Lin heard this, she thought Han Qingyi was still acting arrogantly, so she raised her eyebrows and almost couldn't control her temper.

But Gan Yuan was one step faster than Gan Lin. She raised her hand to press Gan Lin's shoulder, and looked at Han Qingyi and the two palace maids behind Han Qingyi with a proper smile.

"These two aunts must have come out of the Li Palace, right? Since this is their first time outside the palace, why don't you take them to see the charm of the Tianqi Palace?"

As he spoke, Gan Yuan winked at Gan Lin, and then the two of them held the two maids on the left and right, and without waiting for the maids to refuse, they decisively took them out of the palace.

Jiang Qingqing was sitting in the main seat and had been observing the situation in the seat below. Ever since she learned that the new emperor of Li State had ascended the throne, she had been observing Han Qingyi and the two palace maids behind her.

Moreover, she and Xiao Linting hit it off immediately and guessed that the two palace maids behind Han Qingyi were definitely not Han Qingyi's own confidants.

Therefore, she asked Gan Yuan and Gan Lin to send these two people away.

The two obstacles were cleared, Jiang Qingqing slowly stood up, with Xiao Linting closely behind her.

The tall and straight guard followed behind Princess Dunming with a rather extraordinary aura, which made Princess Dunming look particularly petite.

The tall guard and the petite girl made the two of them the most pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Qingqing walked slowly in front of Han Qingyi, and then looked at Han Qingyi with a meaningful smile.

"I guess, Princess Li, you have something to tell me, right?"

Han Qingyi also stood up at this moment, looking at Jiang Qingqing with open eyes. She was silent for a moment, but soon said, "Princess Dunming, lead the way."

After saying this, Jiang Qingqing felt confident. She smiled and nodded slightly.

The two left the palace banquet one after the other, and soon Han Qingyi began to notice that there was a guard with a sword following closely behind Jiang Qingqing.

Based on their interactions over the past few days, Han Qingyi was certain that Jiang Qingqing would not normally bring this kind of person with her.

"When did you start to value your life so much? You even arranged a personal guard for your birthday."

When Han Qingyi saw the tall guard, she felt a strange emotion in her heart, and she subconsciously mocked Jiang Qingqing for making a fuss out of nothing.

Jiang Qingqing raised the end of her eyebrows, she turned her head slightly to look at Han Qingyi, and said with a smile: "That's not as good as the Princess of Li, who was so bold that she dared to set foot on the land of Tianqi for the second time."

This is bringing up old stuff again.

Han Qingyi knew that the real hatred between her and Jiang Qingqing started from the time she pushed Jiang Qingqing into the water, and since then Jiang Qingqing's temperament had changed a little.

"Aren't you still alive and well in this world? Why bring up the past again?" Han Qingyi felt guilty and didn't want to say more about this topic.

She had just said this.

When Xiao Linting heard this, he immediately cast a cold look at Han Qingyi with a hint of murderous intent.

A cold gaze touched Han Qingyi's senses, and she dodged in fear.

Jiang Qingqing curled her lips and smiled.

They re-entered the Huaning Palace.

Jiang Chen was still tripped up by Qi Zhen's affairs today. Although he missed his sister's birthday party, he made up for his regret by witnessing the coming-of-age ceremony at the princess's mansion.

At this moment, Jiang Qingqing was the only one in Huaning Palace.

So they simply came to the main hall.

Jiang Qingqing sat down calmly in the main seat, and Xiao Linting stood beside her, looking like a personal bodyguard.

Han Qingyi sat in the first seat and looked up at Jiang Qingqing.

"I didn't mean to bring up this matter again," Jiang Qingqing raised her eyebrows, "You were able to come back to Tianqi not because you wanted to, but because Han Qiming had a handle on you. In order to live in Li State, you had to swallow your anger and follow the envoy of Li State to Tianqi Palace. Although you were ridiculed by different people in Tianqi every day, you were still willing."

"The old and new hatreds between you and me are not something that can be forgotten with a smile. It is an inevitable fact that I hate you."

Jiang Qingqing simply laid it out and made it clear.

She looked at Han Qingyi's expression that suddenly became unnatural, and she knew that she had guessed right again.

"Han Qiming has the leverage over you, and it's definitely not something he got after he returned to Li State. Five years ago, Han Qiming still had leverage over you here, right?"

She spoke harshly and pressed forward step by step, questioning Han Qingyi with every word.

It seemed as if in the next moment, she would be able to completely break through Han Qingyi's mentality and then get what she wanted today.

Han Qingyi clenched her hands under her wide sleeves again and again. She looked at Jiang Qingqing intently for a long while, and her voice suddenly became hoarse.

"I didn't do this voluntarily."