"Ouch!" Nangong Ye pretended to twist his ankle, trying to end this humiliating dance.
"It's alright, you didn't twist any bones or hurt any tendons. Keep playing the music and dancing." Yun Qingran could tell at a glance that Nangong Ye was not injured, and she said.
Trying to get away with this? No way!
Yun Qingran's medical skills have just been fully proven; she said there were no sprained bones or injured tendons, and that's exactly what she meant. Everyone urged Nangong Ye to continue.
Nangong Ye: #! /%@*+)...
After finishing the dance, Nangong Ye blushed with embarrassment.
"You've worked hard, please take a seat." The Emperor reassured Nangong Ye.
"Your Majesty, I am feeling unwell and must take my leave now." Nangong Ye could not stay here for another minute. If he could leave immediately, he would have set off back to Nan Chu right now.
"If Your Highness Ye is not feeling well, please return to the post station to rest. Men, escort Your Highness Ye to rest." The Emperor was in an exceptionally good mood tonight.
That was a beautiful win tonight.
Nangong Ye gave a perfunctory bow, stormed off, and left with such speed that his steps seemed to fly.
With the Southern Chu delegation gone, the ensuing banquet proceeded more harmoniously.
"I just heard Nangong Ye say that Yun Qingran is Prime Minister Luo's disciple. Did I hear wrong?" the Emperor asked the Empress beside him.
"Your Majesty, I heard it too," the Emperor replied with a smile.
The Imperial Noble Consort and Yun Qingran were at odds, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so she always maintained a friendly attitude towards Yun Qingran!
"Is this the first time Prime Minister Luo has accepted a female disciple?" The Emperor's mood improved even more.
Yun Qingran has won Luo Xiang's favor, and perhaps she will be able to make a name for herself in Confucianism in the future, which will allow Confucianism in Beiyin to advance even further.
There is currently no major war in the land, Confucianism is in power, and Confucian scholars have always been the most capable among intellectuals. His Majesty still hopes that the Northern Yin can have a leader in this field.
"Yes, this is the first time Prime Minister Luo has accepted a female disciple." The Empress was happy along with the Emperor.
"Empress, tomorrow you shall bestow upon Yun Qingran some books and a thousand taels of gold," the Emperor instructed the Empress.
Tonight, Nangong Ye was made so disheveled by Yun Qingran. As the Emperor of Beiyin, he couldn't openly bestow rewards upon him, lest people say that Beiyin was bullying the Nanchu delegation by taking advantage of its territory. Therefore, he had the Empress bestow the rewards.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Empress smiled and glanced at the Imperial Noble Consort, feeling extremely pleased to see her angry expression.
After the meal, everyone went home to their own mothers.
Yun Qingran didn't want to ride in the Zhen'an Marquis's carriage, so she decided to hitch a ride in Ning Jitang's carriage. The carriages of the ministers and their families were all parked outside the palace, requiring them to walk out.
"Ranran, you looked so cool tonight, I love you to death." Ning Jitang linked arms with Yun Qingran, his eyes overflowing with admiration and adoration.
"It's so-so," Yun Qingran said, but her tail was already wagging in the air.
"Yun Qingran, get in the carriage." Just as the two young ladies were getting intimate, a carriage stopped beside them. It was Jun Molin's carriage. He lifted the curtain and looked at Yun Qingran.
"Huh?" Yun Qingran was a little confused. Why did he ask her to ride in his carriage? The two of them were in an awkward situation.
"Didn't you want to know about the 'Three Phoenix Jade Slip'?" Jun Molin asked.
"Oh, okay, I'm here." Yun Qingran was still quite curious about the origin of the "Three Phoenix Jade Slip".
"Your Highness, could you please take Tangtang with you? That way she won't have to walk out of the palace." Yun Qingran hadn't forgotten her good friend.
"No, no..."
"Come on up." Before Ning Jitang could refuse, Jun Molin agreed.
"Let's go, Tangtang." Yun Qingran took Ning Jitang's hand and got into the carriage of the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion.
Ning Jitang was completely stiff; she had actually gotten into the carriage of the Prince of Beihan.
The importance of having an awesome sister!
After getting into the carriage, Yun Qingran sat down casually, while Ning Jitang was quite reserved. He secretly glanced inside the carriage and exclaimed, "Wow, His Highness the Northern Cold King's carriage is so spacious! It's filled with ambergris incense, covered with white fox fur, and the whole carriage is warm, soft, and fragrant."
"Your Highness, what is the origin of the Three Phoenix Jade Slips?" Yun Qingran asked curiously, pulling up a white fox fur blanket to cover herself.
"The Three Phoenix Jade Slips doesn't belong to this land." Jun Molin picked up the deep teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.
"Ah! It's not from this land? Could there be other continents besides this one?" Yun Qingran asked in surprise.
But thinking about it, it's not surprising. Isn't Earth made up of several continents? It's not surprising that there are other continents in this world.
"Mainland?" Jun Molin had never heard of this term before and found it quite novel.
"Yes, a continent is a landmass that is higher than the ocean and covers an area of several million square kilometers," Yun Qingran explained in simple terms.
“Yes, besides the continent we are on, there are other continents. The Three Phoenix Jade Slips are from other continents.” Jun Molin thought the word “continent” was quite useful.
This woman always comes out with some strange, yet very apt, words.
"What exactly happened?" Yun Qingran asked, filled with curiosity.
"More than a thousand years ago, in ancient times, before the four kingdoms were formed, people lived scattered lives. One day, fishermen living by the sea discovered a huge ship sailing from where the sea and sky met. They thought it was a god descending and all knelt on the shore to worship. Later, the giant ship docked, but no one disembarked for a long time. So the people boarded the ship to check and found dozens of people on board, but except for a woman who was on the verge of death, everyone else was dead. That person told the fishermen that they came from another land, and they had been sailing at sea for a very long time. They had contracted some kind of disease, and slowly they all died."
It was likely due to prolonged sea voyages and vitamin deficiency, leading to sepsis. This disease was frequently encountered when European countries sailed around the world; it was later discovered that it was caused by vitamin deficiency and sepsis.
"And then?" Yun Qingran asked.
"Later, the woman gave the fisherman a jade book, saying that the book was called the 'Three Phoenix Jade Slips,' and that the contents of it were very important."
"And then what?" Yun Qingran asked impatiently.
"Then the book disappeared and remained in mythology until it reappeared three years ago. Luo Xiang's ancestors were fishermen at that time. Luo Xiang only discovered it when he moved his ancestral graves," Jun Molin said.
"Such a divine book, aren't you going to snatch it?" Yun Qingran asked.
This "Three Phoenix Jade Slip" is a book from ancient times, from another continent; it might hold some secrets.
"When this book first appeared, Prime Minister Luo made its contents public and invited people from the other three kingdoms to see it. The jade book was nothing special; it was just an ornament. So people didn't covet it as much."
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