153: Banquet

Banquet

After all, a woman who was going to marry King Zhennan would be in the limelight.1

Xia Muqing ignored the onlookers. She only wanted the banquet to end as soon as possible. She still remembered about Jiang Yifan's revenge.

If not for the fact that she couldn't refuse the royal family's order, she really wouldn't want to come to such a boring banquet.

She stood in a corner and surveyed her surroundings in boredom. She turned and saw a familiar figure…

Before she could figure it out, she had already followed him. The person in front didn't walk quickly, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Xia Muqing stopped in her tracks and realized that she had already reached the depths of the garden. She was surrounded by unfamiliar scenery and the person ahead had disappeared.

Just as she was at a loss, she heard a clear voice. "Miss Xia, are you looking for me?"

She turned around and saw the man she had lost earlier. The man's face stunned her. He was the man she had met in the Shaman Tribe.

He was very handsome and gave off a refined aura. The fine wrinkles at the corner of his eyes revealed that he wasn't a young man anymore. He looked at Xia Muqing with a gentle expression, but she could still feel a hint of coldness and malice from his eyes. That malice was targeted at her.

Xia Muqing was puzzled. They should have only met once and they didn't interact much. Was it because of the incident involving the witches?

"You're a shaman," she concluded.

The man wasn't surprised. He raised an eyebrow. "Didn't your mother tell you who I was?"

What did this have to do with her mother?

She pondered for a while and carefully observed the man opposite her. A strange thought occurred to her. Could it be that the man her mother had mentioned in the letter who had deceived her feelings was him?

Didn't that mean that he was her biological father?!

The thought made her eyes widen.

Mu Si allowed her to size him up. His eyes remained gentle on the surface while they swirled with malice beneath.

Xia Muqing was stunned for a moment before she retracted her gaze. No matter the outcome, she had no intention of acknowledging him.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first." With that, Xia Muqing randomly chose a direction and left.

Mu Si didn't stop her. Instead, he watched as she walked away with a hint of calculation and hatred in his eyes.

As Xia Muqing was walking further and further away, a young servant appeared which delighted her. After the servant learned that she was lost, she brought her back to the banquet. At this moment, the banquet had already begun. A group of women were sitting together, sipping tea and admiring the flowers. Opposite them were the young masters in the country.

She wanted to find a place to sit but Ye Qingxuan, who had appeared out of nowhere, walked to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. "You're already my future princess consort, where do you plan to sit?"

Xia Muqing couldn't break free and could only glare at him. "Where I sit has nothing to do with you."

Ye Qingxuan's face turned ashen and he lowered his voice, "Don't tell me you don't know those seats are for unmarried women to sit and wait for potential marriage partners."

Xia Muqing was shocked and looked to the other side. Indeed, some of the married ladies were sitting beside their husbands. She really had no idea about this and didn't protest when Ye Qingxuan took her away. She didn't want to sit next to Ye Qingxuan, but she definitely didn't want to be meeting any new men.

Ye Qingxuan's expression softened when he saw that she was obedient.

However, Xia Muqing didn't expect him to bring her to the highest seat on the left. Above them were the seats of the emperor and empress. In an instant, the two of them received everyone's attention. Xia Muqing glared at the innocent-looking Ye Qingxuan and whispered harshly in his ear, "I haven't settled scores with you."

Ye Qingxuan paused for a moment before putting on a fawning smile. "Aren't I making amends right now?"

Xia Mu snorted coldly and glanced at him without answering. Since she had already been noticed, she sat down gracefully and picked up a grape from the table to eat. Hmmm… it tasted pretty good.

Feeling guilty, Ye Qingxuan realized that she liked the grapes and quickly fed another to her carefully. He had a fawning smile on his face. If he really made her angry, what should he do if his wife ran away?

Xia Muqing ate the grapes obediently.

Everyone could tell that King Zhennan had really fallen for the Xia family's daughter. It seemed like they had to reconsider their relationship with the Xia family.

Xia Jingtian, who was originally sitting at a random seat, was instantly surrounded by the crowd. Everyone held glasses and tried to pander to him. Xia Jingtian smiled smugly and forgot about Xia Muqing's disrespect for the past few days. He was very satisfied with his daughter.

"The emperor has arrived. The empress has arrived."

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