Lin Hu Xi was around 11 years old, but he had a proud look472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47NAhiTr31
on his face as he greeted his aunt. Smiling yet not smiling, he performed his472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCYlcnrlSP
greetings flawlessly.
Feng Ning watched everything from the back, amused by their472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuYzHpXkhs
performances, but she said nothing. She had no place to even interfere and472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MCaOWYwmL
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 more472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nXFZ1NOOy
than someone who was staying at the shadow and being unnoticed. In the end, all472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QB7YAsOWc
that she could do was to watch as others interacted and showed off their472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrioZZEQmV
skills.
‘I like this silence, though.’
With no one bothering her, Feng Ning was watching her mother472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQnA9MNVbh
battle of words with the other Imperial Family members. She took the sip of the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicuUnuAkpE
tea while noticing that Feng Quan was trying hard to maintain her smile.
‘Did she notice someone?’ Feng Ning glanced to the side472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06K8gvFYvY
naturally and noticed a group of people were staying not far from them. Being472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1erUQyKDua
able to sit in location near the Imperial Family only showed that their472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojLiFblASA
statuses were not bad.
Unfortunately, Feng Ning didn’t know everyone.
They would only introduce themselves later on when they472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW3Rsx3avN
reached that segment.
“His Majesty, Her Majesty, and Her Highness Princess Mei Ni472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbonZUXc32K
had arrived.”
The moment the eunuch announced the Emperor’s arrival,472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbVF0HkIlH
everyone stood up from their chairs and kowtowed to the ground. Feng Ning472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6rKSBMhoe
followed their movement and noticed that the atmosphere turned tense almost472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqfrVXXN2P
immediately. The stifling atmosphere reminded her of her school days when the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdGnTBuYfu
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 the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0z4ayB7mi
same time, it carried hint of bloodlust that he didn’t even bother to conceal.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7esWcOef6
Some children were trembling and stifling their tears from the moment the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO7j0DJTJM
Emperor had arrived.
Feng Ning took a deep breath as she raised her head for a472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTJ3Izzgt9
brief moment before lowering her head once more. She only took a brief look,472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2g2gmXnc2
but she had seen the Emperor’s face. He didn’t look that much different472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBb8xtns6p
compared to her mother, around 60 to 70 percent similar. However, his eyes were472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtycR6RSKL
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 was472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡframa9Vsry
meeting with someone who glanced at everyone here as if they owed billions to472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujHKc0LGnJ
him. It was not a nice feeling.
As for the Empress… she was a beautiful woman. However, she472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuWkjvkxZl
never gave birth to any child for the Emperor and was probably nothing more472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAFCrtkzXe
than a figurehead. However, the air that she exuded still gave out the word472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx7MiLAqJx
authority.
Princess Lin Mei Ni was the only surviving younger472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hCiQBlFuw
generation.
As for why Feng Ning called her that way, it was obviously472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AYGttq93P
because she had heard that there were countless imperial concubines who had472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvq7RLuBXq
died in the past decade. Not to mention, there were also various attacks472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS2Y4e9JWt
directed at the children who were born for the Emperor that many of them didn’t472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1OAplnAnt
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. That472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB70sqMvjZ
was quite an unfortunate luck for him.
Cruel and cold blooded. That was the only description that472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0VbdfYEpo
Feng Ning could give when she saw the Emperor.
“Today marks New Year and this time there are a lot of472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJk3QZ07Y3
vassal kingdoms have sent their regards. This banquet is also to welcome them472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNiNQQ71ET
all.”
Ah right…
Lin Tang Kingdom was a powerful kingdom that also ‘claimed’472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD10f7P7VKV
many areas as their vassal. Those who didn’t want to obey were destroyed one by472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nlxhb1H3U
one until this time, where everyone was basically forced to follow them. With472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSslUAfyyA
the power that Lin Tang Kingdom’s hold, Feng Ning had no doubt that this472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqP6dYjkJc
kingdom would be heading towards its peak soon.
Of course, that was only if the Emperor could hold onto his472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMk8GilK1wn
chair.
‘What in the world am I thinking….’
Feng Ning lowered her head and focused on eating the food in472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwUizCi5yv
front of her. For some reasons, she couldn’t help but think that the peace she472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ489VnfL0fG
had right now was nothing more than being superficial. It was a fragile peace472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvRdLDPFw2
that could be broken so easily.
“Imperial Cousins.”
Hearing the cheerful voice, Feng Ning’s body stiffened472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1DKVyAUbV
slightly. She raised her head and made sure that she put on a blank look as she472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdi9HlHMA7
looked at Princess Mei Ni who came towards them.
Lin Mei Ni.
The only child of the current Emperor who survived. It was472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbP7zwnTBe
needless to say that her mother was a favored concubine and that she managed to472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8BnO37bEw
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 being472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpA7udjLdrA
only 7 years old. Nevertheless, Feng Ning recognized the gaze that Lin Mei Ni472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL3wa1zzHQ
held when she was looking in their direction that appeared for a split second.
Disgust.
Feng Ning pushed her feelings down and showed a foolish472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa2T9NcGmQ
smile. “Imperial Cousin Mei Ni.”
Beside her, Feng Quan and Feng Zhu Liu also suppressed their472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm15QCXRJmT
expression as they greeted Lin Mei Ni politely.
“This is the first time we meet with each other. Imperial472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1Gmy4hVFE
Mother taught me that I should be polite, so I have prepared presents for all472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fQhkO0VPl
of you,” Lin Mei Ni said with sweet tone.
Feng Ning was utterly speechless. Did this Lin Mei Ni think472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPXV4scYSo
of herself as an elder? The way she conducted herself would make her look as if472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L3Lzg3GFz
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 prepare472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULmkgU72Mk
anything for you.” Feng Ning looked troubled.
Feng Quan’s eyes burned with fury while Feng Zhi Liu was472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIqfAlxcVM
more interested in what kind of present they were.
Lin Mei Ni smiled, her expression still looked like that of472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUWs2AeSBD
a sweet girl. “It’s fine. I’m the one who want to stay close with all of you.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfKbOYY6WG
Do you perhaps dislike the presents?”
“Not at all, Imperial Cousin.” Feng Quan forced a smile.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ljuIzrNK1
However, she was older than Lin Mei Ni, so how could she not understand the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFlh2kgeB9
intention of her cousin? It was as if she was telling them that she would472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXprJKiaNpI
always be above them in terms of seniority.
She was infuriated, but she couldn’t possibly lash out in472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOiXF4aFcE
this kind of place.
Feng Ning and Feng Zhu Liu also expressed that they didn’t472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7wkFwM93u
mind as they accepted the present.
“That’s good.” Lin Mei Ni curtsied and didn’t stay there any472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq28fcTBaBE
longer before returning to her parents. It was time for them to watch the472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiCl3DWvj5
performance and to make sure that they all enjoyed the night.
Feng Quan snorted as her grip tightened. It was clear that472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyVhDT36XC
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 as472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhawbV1pQh
smiled faintly. In the past, she often watched historical drama and always felt472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdoTUrsNvb
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 like472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJZRjUaYiu
that. But if they wanted to survive, they had no other choice but to grow up to472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjetLpfgmj
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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Now that she was born in this kind of family, she felt that she was really472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNHR5hYsqe
unlucky.
