Lin Hu Xi was around 11 years old, but he had a proud look395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcXYOLrfKz
on his face as he greeted his aunt. Smiling yet not smiling, he performed his395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe4A0dYoqA
greetings flawlessly.
Feng Ning watched everything from the back, amused by their395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDrapTzqB0
performances, but she said nothing. She had no place to even interfere and395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOEqq6XXPA
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 more395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIPcO63ba0
than someone who was staying at the shadow and being unnoticed. In the end, all395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH72VzRIZ87
that she could do was to watch as others interacted and showed off their395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVygcsOIncI
skills.
‘I like this silence, though.’
With no one bothering her, Feng Ning was watching her mother395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflwe2HKjfp
battle of words with the other Imperial Family members. She took the sip of the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJo9w66QVPu
tea while noticing that Feng Quan was trying hard to maintain her smile.
‘Did she notice someone?’ Feng Ning glanced to the side395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW9PO1jyiW
naturally and noticed a group of people were staying not far from them. Being395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5Bw9w31xN
able to sit in location near the Imperial Family only showed that their395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWX97qFOwy
statuses were not bad.
Unfortunately, Feng Ning didn’t know everyone.
They would only introduce themselves later on when they395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJewWdcuyN
reached that segment.
“His Majesty, Her Majesty, and Her Highness Princess Mei Ni395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHb9VWuTeK
had arrived.”
The moment the eunuch announced the Emperor’s arrival,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJWv5UUzcV
everyone stood up from their chairs and kowtowed to the ground. Feng Ning395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxUnnhAOOR
followed their movement and noticed that the atmosphere turned tense almost395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoADy2Wa0Io
immediately. The stifling atmosphere reminded her of her school days when the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisZTWgvXW9
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 the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzJN7KwEE2
same time, it carried hint of bloodlust that he didn’t even bother to conceal.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYriCGXYqH3
Some children were trembling and stifling their tears from the moment the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mM3Y9xrql
Emperor had arrived.
Feng Ning took a deep breath as she raised her head for a395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0Ie9rHgne
brief moment before lowering her head once more. She only took a brief look,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFJmEdOO7i
but she had seen the Emperor’s face. He didn’t look that much different395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykPmPxa8ws
compared to her mother, around 60 to 70 percent similar. However, his eyes were395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJhRBOMEoH
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 was395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrcJWGS9kD
meeting with someone who glanced at everyone here as if they owed billions to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajpfQvA6Z4
him. It was not a nice feeling.
As for the Empress… she was a beautiful woman. However, she395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEIlVbBcOe
never gave birth to any child for the Emperor and was probably nothing more395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RPwx6FwYd
than a figurehead. However, the air that she exuded still gave out the word395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3py0Cbvc4F
authority.
Princess Lin Mei Ni was the only surviving younger395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWT7lnxTKy
generation.
As for why Feng Ning called her that way, it was obviously395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRzzP375Uy
because she had heard that there were countless imperial concubines who had395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCahnv8Lqz2
died in the past decade. Not to mention, there were also various attacks395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlw1ninota
directed at the children who were born for the Emperor that many of them didn’t395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7B18R8VsJ
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. That395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVmx5R9VAG
was quite an unfortunate luck for him.
Cruel and cold blooded. That was the only description that395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rwA0yxurS
Feng Ning could give when she saw the Emperor.
“Today marks New Year and this time there are a lot of395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdTZsmc5S9
vassal kingdoms have sent their regards. This banquet is also to welcome them395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3fglmxxCy
all.”
Ah right…
Lin Tang Kingdom was a powerful kingdom that also ‘claimed’395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBkX2q3LY2
many areas as their vassal. Those who didn’t want to obey were destroyed one by395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyZkcJjCIZ
one until this time, where everyone was basically forced to follow them. With395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvSblp0aQe
the power that Lin Tang Kingdom’s hold, Feng Ning had no doubt that this395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv3huwp2zn
kingdom would be heading towards its peak soon.
Of course, that was only if the Emperor could hold onto his395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFKE94YfbP
chair.
‘What in the world am I thinking….’
Feng Ning lowered her head and focused on eating the food in395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HdllZwroC
front of her. For some reasons, she couldn’t help but think that the peace she395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAVkvvnAQV
had right now was nothing more than being superficial. It was a fragile peace395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGhDsPH7pR
that could be broken so easily.
“Imperial Cousins.”
Hearing the cheerful voice, Feng Ning’s body stiffened395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqbSZ4mwen
slightly. She raised her head and made sure that she put on a blank look as she395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawelHXGuJO
looked at Princess Mei Ni who came towards them.
Lin Mei Ni.
The only child of the current Emperor who survived. It was395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhpOtgvr0I
needless to say that her mother was a favored concubine and that she managed to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXv7fgkFaX
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 being395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyPwtdBqSi
only 7 years old. Nevertheless, Feng Ning recognized the gaze that Lin Mei Ni395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrplqDK253
held when she was looking in their direction that appeared for a split second.
Disgust.
Feng Ning pushed her feelings down and showed a foolish395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7Sl0bYg1U
smile. “Imperial Cousin Mei Ni.”
Beside her, Feng Quan and Feng Zhu Liu also suppressed their395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CiUxhrwcH
expression as they greeted Lin Mei Ni politely.
“This is the first time we meet with each other. Imperial395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTqPWOxOzg
Mother taught me that I should be polite, so I have prepared presents for all395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ctl8yid78
of you,” Lin Mei Ni said with sweet tone.
Feng Ning was utterly speechless. Did this Lin Mei Ni think395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVftSJ8rsR
of herself as an elder? The way she conducted herself would make her look as if395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBB5K1m4Hf
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 prepare395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKebGp1opYN
anything for you.” Feng Ning looked troubled.
Feng Quan’s eyes burned with fury while Feng Zhi Liu was395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo2tyqb5We
more interested in what kind of present they were.
Lin Mei Ni smiled, her expression still looked like that of395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9AhlghfQ8
a sweet girl. “It’s fine. I’m the one who want to stay close with all of you.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat3JZkXlEG
Do you perhaps dislike the presents?”
“Not at all, Imperial Cousin.” Feng Quan forced a smile.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mrRmH1ynT
However, she was older than Lin Mei Ni, so how could she not understand the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1IhtrYSTa
intention of her cousin? It was as if she was telling them that she would395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBvJ16R93l
always be above them in terms of seniority.
She was infuriated, but she couldn’t possibly lash out in395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uC2O8AkDO
this kind of place.
Feng Ning and Feng Zhu Liu also expressed that they didn’t395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXmr192GSu
mind as they accepted the present.
“That’s good.” Lin Mei Ni curtsied and didn’t stay there any395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefBtDbSmLz
longer before returning to her parents. It was time for them to watch the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK5X8ZfeBL
performance and to make sure that they all enjoyed the night.
Feng Quan snorted as her grip tightened. It was clear that395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwDHG5lId5
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 as395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCCama4FMH
smiled faintly. In the past, she often watched historical drama and always felt395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIKwgEH0zp
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 like395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63MX3O71WK
that. But if they wanted to survive, they had no other choice but to grow up to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrioPKFFaM
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 really395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSwkJj1FP2
unlucky.
