But it suits his taste very much. Such a woman is beautiful, smart, ruthless, and most importantly, she is very skilled. If he marries her back to his country, she will definitely be more useful than marrying a princess from Nanyue.
Moreover, he had been very attracted to this woman since the last time he saw her. So after hearing Murong Qingyu's polite words, he immediately stood up to show his magnanimity and to express his feelings to the Emperor of Nanyue.
The girl has just appeared and it is not appropriate to ask for marriage before the emperor has even met her.
However, after three rounds of drinks, with so many rich girls tonight, there must be someone who has been betrothed. When the time comes, he can propose a marriage, and it will be a sure thing.
"Hahahaha, Lord Murong, it seems your daughters are very popular! Someone, please reserve front-row seats for the five daughters of the Murong family!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Although the seats were divided into only five categories, seats for the emperor and his concubines, seats for envoys, seats for princes and princesses, seats for ministers, and seats for female family members, but after receiving the emperor's order to "sit in the front row", Murong Xiao and the other four were immediately arranged to sit in the seats next to the princes and princesses, and at the top of the seats for ministers' families.
Murong Xiao was particularly impressed, as she was the head of the Five Thousand Golds, so her seat was right next to the Fifth Prince, Qian Yeli. Even the three princesses of the royal family sat behind the five princes, but at first glance, Murong Xiao's seat was right next to the princes.
After sitting in her seat, Murong Xiao turned to look at the fifth prince Qian Yeli on the left who was looking at her.
At this moment, Qian Yeli was looking at her intently with a look of amazement, and his face was clearly filled with the words: You are good-looking, I want to pursue you.
Murong Xiao couldn't say he hated the Fifth Prince, but he definitely didn't love him either. Perhaps because he was the youngest, he was considered relatively frugal compared to the others.
He was only 17 years old when he attended the banquet. He had two female officials accompanying him in the palace and had not yet been officially canonized as an imperial concubine.
Seeing Murong Xiao turn her head towards him, Qian Yeli smiled slightly, narcissistically opened the gilded folding fan in his hand, put on a suave look, nodded and took the initiative to greet her: "Miss Murong."
Suppressing his disgust for these princes, Murong Xiao nodded slightly and said in return, "Thank you, Fifth Prince!"
Murong Xiao's stunning appearance made her the brightest star among all the female guests at the birthday banquet. As she exchanged a brief and polite greeting with Qian Yeli, all the other princes and princesses were also looking at her.
Just as she looked away, she glanced ahead.
In front of her, where her heart was drawn, that person, like the others, was staring intently at her. Murong Xiao's gaze swept across him quickly, without stopping, but his appearance today was deeply imprinted in her heart.
As the Crown Prince, he wore an apricot-yellow robe with a wide collar. Amidst a five-colored cloud pattern, a dragon seemed poised to take flight. The wide robe cleverly accentuated his rather thin frame compared to the other princes.
His features, delicately carved, were etched with eyebrows that reached far into his temples, his eyes like stars, gleaming with a brilliant, gentle light. He sat alone in his seat, leaning back with a slightly languid air, his movements graceful. His long, cascading black hair was tied high with a jade hairpin, making him look like a fallen immortal.
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