The Empress is only twenty years old this year, the most beautiful age in a woman's life.
She was beautiful, quiet and elegant, and came from a distinguished family with excellent temperament.
Most of the people present were elderly women, except for her and He Feng, who were young women.
Both were strikingly beautiful, one generous and the other elegant and refined.
Now look at the current emperor and Beimen Lin.
The young emperor, with his regal bearing, and the cold-faced general, with his sharp and unyielding spirit, are equally formidable.
As an observer, Yao Yan witnessed the entire performance of these four people.
Bei Menlin was clearly out of sorts. He Feng tried to talk to him twice, but he was distracted, only looking at Yi Mu and the Empress on their thrones, his brows furrowed deeply.
Yi Mu was quite the actor; one moment he would bring the Empress some snacks, the next he would turn his head and whisper sweet nothings to her, and they looked so affectionate.
Looking at the two female protagonists, one is full of resentment, while the other is all smiles, creating a stark contrast.
Yao Yan was enjoying the play when he suddenly saw He Feng stand up from her seat.
She walked to the center of the hall and knelt down directly in front of Yi Mu.
With her eyes deliberately painted bright and upturned, He Feng smiled charmingly and said, "Your Majesty, watching the dancers dance is too monotonous. Let me perform a dance from our Nanlin for you."
Upon hearing this, Yao Yan's eyes widened.
He underestimated this girl. Sufeng is not as open-minded as Nanlin. Her dance would probably be inappropriate here.
Bei Menlin's gaze fell on He Feng, and his expression turned somewhat cold.
He didn't understand why He Feng liked to show off so much.
He had seen the dances at Nanjing Forestry University before, and they were completely unsuitable for performance here.
Yi Mu, however, knew not so much, and readily agreed.
"Girl He Feng has such talent, I have high expectations for her."
Having obtained his permission, He Feng glanced around at the surrounding ministers, a strong desire to perform flashing in her eyes.
Suddenly, she tore open the hem of her dress, revealing two long, white legs.
Her movements were so sudden that the ministers and the ladies of the various families didn't have time to react before she tore off the fabric from her waistband.
The ladies of high rank were completely taken aback.
Is this a new style that's popular in the palace or something? How could this woman dare to tear her clothes in front of so many outsiders? She's utterly shameless!
The ministers were so shocked they didn't know what to say and quickly covered their eyes with their sleeves.
Although I frequent brothels, I'm used to seeing women's bodies.
But this is the Imperial Palace!
This woman was sitting next to the Regent just now. Judging from the way she spoke, she didn't seem like a lowly concubine. How could she be so reckless?
Bei Menlin's face turned green.
After a brief moment of utter absurdity, the Queen quickly ordered her maid to bring clothes for the girl to wear.
Before He Feng could even make a move, she was dragged away.
Even so, she hadn't realized she'd done anything outrageous, muttering to herself, "What a bunch of old-fashioned, unappreciative people from ancient times."
Others who heard this would at most think she was shameless and arrogant.
Only Yi Mu and Yao Yan exchanged a glance upon hearing this, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Time travelers, of the same kind.
But this time traveler doesn't seem to be very bright.
Bei Menlin was utterly humiliated by He Feng.
During the second half of the banquet, everyone forgot about the unpleasant incident and happily raised their glasses in celebration.
Only Bei Menlin had a black face the whole time.
Yi Mu still had a task: he had to go to the streets of the North City to distribute money and gold ingots to the people.
He could tell that Beimen Lin was really depressed, so he invited him to go with him.
Bei Menlin didn't want to agree to it.
But after thinking about it, he realized that going back to the huge palace would be desolate and he wouldn't feel any New Year's joy, so he agreed.
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