"Mu Yuan."
The current Marshal of the Federation, Mu Yuan.
Yu Nian's pupils shrank slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to take a step back and let go of her hand, but the man held it tightly.
"Your Highness, the dance is not over yet." The man pulled her into his arms, holding her lower back with his big hands. His hot breath poured into Yu Nian's ears, and her cheeks suddenly turned red and her body stiffened.
"Your Highness, please relax."
Mu Yuan's voice was uniquely calm and relaxed. When facing Yu Nian, he seemed to deliberately put away the distant air from him, and even the cold lines on his face seemed to soften a little.
Before she knew it, Yu Nian had successfully completed a ballroom dance under his guidance.
"Your Highness is making rapid progress." Mu Yuan's voice was filled with a light smile.
Yu Nian followed his gaze down and looked at his black leather shoes, where there were a few dusty footprints.
"If Your Highness wasn't nervous, you might be able to dance even better."
Boom——
The eleven o'clock bell rang from the clock tower not far away.
Eleven hits, and it seemed that every one of them hit Yu Nian's heart.
She and the man were still in the same position as at the end of the ballroom dance.
Mu Yuan held her hand and gently kissed the back of her hand, a slight smile breaking out on his stern face.
"Your Highness, I wonder if I have the honor to escort you back?"
His deep eyes were like a sea of stars, and Yu Nian could clearly see her blushing face in his eyes.
"No, no need. I can go back by myself." Yu Nian pulled back her hand, pinched the wide hem of her skirt, turned around and ran away.
Mu Yuan looked at Yu Nian's fleeing figure, the smile on his lips widened a little, and his eyes fell on the exquisite earrings shining silver on the ground.
The princess left a token for the knight to find when she left.
After returning to the banquet hall, Yu Nian picked up his orange juice and took two big gulps. If someone didn't know, they would think he was drinking.
The cold orange juice cooled down Yu Nian's face a little. She patted her cheeks, but they still felt a little hot.
She remembered that in the book, Mu Yuan provided a lot of help to Yu Zhaozhao in the middle and late stages, and finally succeeded in pulling Yu Nian down from the position of crown prince.
A sense of loss suddenly crossed Yu Nian's heart. If the plot had developed normally, Mu Yuan should have been one of the male protagonists. Although the novel did not have a grand ending, the comment section was full of calls for it.
"Your Highness, do you need to go down and rest?" A strange voice sounded in Yu Nian's ears.
"No need..." She just raised her head and suddenly felt dizzy. She couldn't see the figure in front of her clearly. Even the heat that had just subsided swept up again, and it became more and more intense.
Yu Nian licked her dry lips and said, "Water, I want to drink some clean, cold water."
"Your Highness, this is the water you requested."
A cold glass of water was stuffed into her hand. Yu Nian drank it instinctively, taking only a small sip. "Why is it wine?"
She wanted to take the cup, but the man forcefully poured some of the wine in the cup into her. Yu Nian shook her head and tried to push him away.
"What are you doing?"
A familiar voice sounded beside her.
Yu Nian was like finding a savior, "Royal sister!"
However, the man pressed her head to his chest, pretending that she was drunk, "Your Highness is drunk. I will take her away now."
Yu Zhaozhao felt that she was sick. She knew that Yu Nian was against her in every way, but when she saw her suddenly disappear, she still came to look for her, until she saw Yu Nian in the corner, suspected to be pulling a tug of war with an orc.
She wanted to turn around and leave, but she saw the man hand the wine to Yu Nian to drink.
She frowned. Nian Nian had never drunk alcohol since she was a child.
She realized something was wrong and came over.
Yu Zhaozhao's gaze fell on the hugging couple, "She can't drink. Remember to give her some hangover soup when you go downstairs."
"yes."
The man lowered his head to hide the ambition that flashed in his eyes.
However, Yu Nian's struggles in his arms became more and more intense.
"Your Highness, there's no rush. I'll take you back to your room right away," the man said soothingly.
When Yu Zhaozhao heard his words, her eyes turned cold and she turned and left.
The youngest son of the Ilanster family, he has average talent and a bad temperament, and Yu Nian has very poor vision.
She commented in her heart, but her steps to leave suddenly stopped again.
Yu Zhaozhao suddenly remembered the "Imperial Sister" she had just heard. Yu Nian's tone did not sound voluntary.
The corners of her mouth suddenly pulled up into an unnatural arc. Perhaps this was their interest?
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will help you soon..." The man pressed Yu Nian's hand on his hard-trained chest muscles, which were frighteningly hot.
Yu Nian couldn't pull her hand away, and looked at the man's vaguely revealed figure with blurry eyes.
However, before she could do anything beastly, the world suddenly spun around and she fell into a sweet embrace.
"Yu Nian, you even like this kind of stuff."
Yu Zhaozhao's high heels kicked directly on the man's calf. Seeing that he was about to throw Yu Nian out of his arms, she subconsciously reached out and picked him up.
She glanced at Yu Nian impatiently, but this one look made her realize that something was wrong.
Her face was abnormally flushed, her whole body was burning as if on fire, her eyes were blurred and misty, and the scattered hair on her forehead made her small face, which was the size of a palm, look even more pitiful.
"Have you taken Chinese medicine?" Such vulgar means appearing in the banquet hall could only be done by someone who would do anything for power and advancement.
Yu Zhaozhao's gaze fell on Ilanster like a blade of judgment, and she easily noticed the slight panic revealed by the man.
"Ilanster, you said the Crown Princess was drunk?" The woman's voice was as cold as an extremely cold glacier.
The man was immediately intimidated by the sudden rise of pressure and became even more nervous. "Your Highness and I had a pleasant chat and drank some wine, so we got drunk."
The man is handsome, but his timid temperament detracts from his looks, making him look petty and lacking in momentum.
Yu Zhaozhao's cold gaze stayed on him for a moment, but Yu Nian in her arms was like a dried-up fish, twisting and turning and uttering some ambiguous murmurs.
"If the Crown Princess is in danger, your family doesn't have to stay in the empire." Yu Zhaozhao left after saying this, hugging Yu Nian and turning away.
The man stood there, completely unaware of the mistake he had made. Instead, he recklessly chased after her, "The Princess has misunderstood! It was His Highness who was drunk!"
He chased after Yu Zhaozhao and explained anxiously, but was suddenly blocked by someone who appeared in front of him.
"Dare to disturb the eldest princess while she is doing her work?" Lin Mu raised the end of his eyebrows, and stood in front of the tall orc with his tall figure, without losing his momentum at all.
"My lord!" Ilanster knew the woman in front of him, Lin Mu. The Lin family's royal merchants were very famous in both the empire and the federation.
"Ilanster, if you keep chasing me, you'll probably spend the night in jail. For the crime of contradicting the princess, a flogging should be more than enough of a reward." Lin Mu hugged his chest and glared at the man.
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