Lin Hu Xi was around 11 years old, but he had a proud look405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZsCr9ua9g
on his face as he greeted his aunt. Smiling yet not smiling, he performed his405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIxFBSc1cQ
greetings flawlessly.
Feng Ning watched everything from the back, amused by their405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gBjhOnd0O
performances, but she said nothing. She had no place to even interfere and405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SUT4i5sOz
joined in their conversation. After all, she was nothing more than an outsider.
In this party, she was nothing more than a spectator.
Spectator.
It might sound like a good word, but it was nothing more405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ6YOXNe4Y
than someone who was staying at the shadow and being unnoticed. In the end, all405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXWtiU6hBH
that she could do was to watch as others interacted and showed off their405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDExzE7LE7
skills.
‘I like this silence, though.’
With no one bothering her, Feng Ning was watching her mother405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCGQJfWtiC
battle of words with the other Imperial Family members. She took the sip of the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrMfZ4sw5Z
tea while noticing that Feng Quan was trying hard to maintain her smile.
‘Did she notice someone?’ Feng Ning glanced to the side405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlERy05xRoc
naturally and noticed a group of people were staying not far from them. Being405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0APjRQ4RD
able to sit in location near the Imperial Family only showed that their405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYeWkXqPXX
statuses were not bad.
Unfortunately, Feng Ning didn’t know everyone.
They would only introduce themselves later on when they405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy5yvriAGy
reached that segment.
“His Majesty, Her Majesty, and Her Highness Princess Mei Ni405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UthNH8g10
had arrived.”
The moment the eunuch announced the Emperor’s arrival,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1X2tQeunX
everyone stood up from their chairs and kowtowed to the ground. Feng Ning405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5wynbGNrp
followed their movement and noticed that the atmosphere turned tense almost405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJ4rqz1CVa
immediately. The stifling atmosphere reminded her of her school days when the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDF18oOXu3
principal suddenly appeared.
It was fear and respect.
“We greets Your Majesty, long life Your Majesty.”
“Rise.”
The Emperor’s voice was low and pleasant to the ear. At the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgceXZRSzG
same time, it carried hint of bloodlust that he didn’t even bother to conceal.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsVHr1IYIn
Some children were trembling and stifling their tears from the moment the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6ESbE1xvq
Emperor had arrived.
Feng Ning took a deep breath as she raised her head for a405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi7X6gPQEe
brief moment before lowering her head once more. She only took a brief look,405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bSNAMoRWT
but she had seen the Emperor’s face. He didn’t look that much different405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2x1T4wbPb
compared to her mother, around 60 to 70 percent similar. However, his eyes were405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4n0jesbIfB
exceedingly cold that Feng Ning didn’t even want to look at him anymore.
Just that brief moment had made Feng Ning felt as if she was405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1uHXf8fLg
meeting with someone who glanced at everyone here as if they owed billions to405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzGUre6R9Q
him. It was not a nice feeling.
As for the Empress… she was a beautiful woman. However, she405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6kDhzHtAK
never gave birth to any child for the Emperor and was probably nothing more405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjxOFZ3YEk
than a figurehead. However, the air that she exuded still gave out the word405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAP1l2H0azX
authority.
Princess Lin Mei Ni was the only surviving younger405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCgrlEkgWq
generation.
As for why Feng Ning called her that way, it was obviously405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUYVbGIkaS
because she had heard that there were countless imperial concubines who had405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGc6zZTSqR
died in the past decade. Not to mention, there were also various attacks405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscUW81QPHf
directed at the children who were born for the Emperor that many of them didn’t405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5W4ggvFaR
survive even for a month.
It was a brutal battlefield.
And the Emperor did nothing to even stop them.
Probably because not a single one of them was a son. That405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ113uKpy1t8
was quite an unfortunate luck for him.
Cruel and cold blooded. That was the only description that405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX96fIKJ8i2
Feng Ning could give when she saw the Emperor.
“Today marks New Year and this time there are a lot of405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkgrJJylTb
vassal kingdoms have sent their regards. This banquet is also to welcome them405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zcF20Lyqp
all.”
Ah right…
Lin Tang Kingdom was a powerful kingdom that also ‘claimed’405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34QMM2P7uU
many areas as their vassal. Those who didn’t want to obey were destroyed one by405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a3uGVBVl5
one until this time, where everyone was basically forced to follow them. With405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pIfQY8aLs
the power that Lin Tang Kingdom’s hold, Feng Ning had no doubt that this405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdXgwDsD1D
kingdom would be heading towards its peak soon.
Of course, that was only if the Emperor could hold onto his405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluW7XKyXPn
chair.
‘What in the world am I thinking….’
Feng Ning lowered her head and focused on eating the food in405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWDeDWT4n3
front of her. For some reasons, she couldn’t help but think that the peace she405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJKy3UbCgH
had right now was nothing more than being superficial. It was a fragile peace405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1GhMZSBJH
that could be broken so easily.
“Imperial Cousins.”
Hearing the cheerful voice, Feng Ning’s body stiffened405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7TF3xQ0nJ
slightly. She raised her head and made sure that she put on a blank look as she405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TT0OfisKv
looked at Princess Mei Ni who came towards them.
Lin Mei Ni.
The only child of the current Emperor who survived. It was405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoQOkLn2GJ
needless to say that her mother was a favored concubine and that she managed to405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3alfP9ug2
survive this long was not mere luck. She was also a very capable person.
Lin Mei Ni was only a year older than her, making her being405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtlsEeBWoK
only 7 years old. Nevertheless, Feng Ning recognized the gaze that Lin Mei Ni405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29MXdPFszi
held when she was looking in their direction that appeared for a split second.
Disgust.
Feng Ning pushed her feelings down and showed a foolish405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNybupb5UNC
smile. “Imperial Cousin Mei Ni.”
Beside her, Feng Quan and Feng Zhu Liu also suppressed their405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUl3W5Phnq
expression as they greeted Lin Mei Ni politely.
“This is the first time we meet with each other. Imperial405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJ6OCumat6
Mother taught me that I should be polite, so I have prepared presents for all405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHMX6fY4jF
of you,” Lin Mei Ni said with sweet tone.
Feng Ning was utterly speechless. Did this Lin Mei Ni think405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOad8qphFv
of herself as an elder? The way she conducted herself would make her look as if405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqHKBoTDlL
she was looking down on her and her sisters.
Though, Feng Ning didn’t care that much.
“Your Highness, isn’t it a bit too much? I didn’t prepare405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIapW6T65s
anything for you.” Feng Ning looked troubled.
Feng Quan’s eyes burned with fury while Feng Zhi Liu was405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynzNRcfPyn
more interested in what kind of present they were.
Lin Mei Ni smiled, her expression still looked like that of405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRonYWCd3J
a sweet girl. “It’s fine. I’m the one who want to stay close with all of you.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoVNM9a6Fa
Do you perhaps dislike the presents?”
“Not at all, Imperial Cousin.” Feng Quan forced a smile.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzITCoVqiQh
However, she was older than Lin Mei Ni, so how could she not understand the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCz31q5Tju
intention of her cousin? It was as if she was telling them that she would405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaDgegy7LZ
always be above them in terms of seniority.
She was infuriated, but she couldn’t possibly lash out in405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIL7AWuC0U
this kind of place.
Feng Ning and Feng Zhu Liu also expressed that they didn’t405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp99VNpP4I
mind as they accepted the present.
“That’s good.” Lin Mei Ni curtsied and didn’t stay there any405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu7kSzollN
longer before returning to her parents. It was time for them to watch the405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB2qXvnky5
performance and to make sure that they all enjoyed the night.
Feng Quan snorted as her grip tightened. It was clear that405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZTd9yXW77
she was dissatisfied with this arrangement, but what could she possibly do?
She was nothing.
‘So this is a person from the Imperial Family.’
Feng Ning looked at the three people on the highest seat as405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsmdahwtp3
smiled faintly. In the past, she often watched historical drama and always felt405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrwWtVjhpe
awe to these people who could live their lives in this complicated place.
Now that she had seen them.
She understood that it was not like they wanted to be like405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwxwyP5x3Z
that. But if they wanted to survive, they had no other choice but to grow up to405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwYumCBtSV
be the scheming ones.
If they failed, they would die.
As simple as that.
‘The most glorious place is also the dirtiest place.’
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Feng Ning closed her eyes as she lowered her head once more.405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuM8qMve087
Now that she was born in this kind of family, she felt that she was really405Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT5aoijt5S
unlucky.
