Chapter 67: Do you dare accept my challenge?

  Her opponent was a student from Fei Niao Academy. After she went on stage, she defeated her opponent with just one move. Such a quick victory really made her feel unfulfilled.

  The other students of Feng Tian Academy almost didn't encounter any strong opponents in the first round of the preliminaries, so everyone won very easily...

  After the preliminary and semi-final rounds, the list of the top 10 students who advanced to the next round was released. Cold Snow, Night Chen, Wind Mo Ran, Mu Li, Feng Da, and Lin Yuan were all on the list. The other four students were Huo Qing from Long Sheng Academy, Ye Xiao from Yue Ying Academy, Pang Sen from Moon Shadow Academy, and Di Fei from Flying Bird Academy. Among them, Cold Snow was relatively lucky, as she advanced directly to the next round without competing in either the preliminary or semi-final rounds on the second day.

  "What have you done?" Ximen Ya walked in front of Leng Ruo Xue with an angry face, how could this annoying woman be so lucky? She was the most favored princess of Beiliang, this luck should be hers.

  "Let's go back to 'Ya Lan Ge'." Leng Ruo Xue looked at Xi Men Ya with a silly expression, and said to Ye Chen and the others.

  "Good."

  "Stop right there! How dare you!" Ximen Ya's beautiful face twisted in anger, these people actually dared to be so disrespectful to her, it was as if they were asking for death!

  Unfortunately, no matter how she shouted from behind, Leng Ruo Xue and others all pretended not to see her.

  "Hey, our princess actually has a day when she's being ignored too!" Shui Xinran walked over from afar, taunting, seeing Xi Menya eating turtle, she was very happy, and compared to Leng Ruoxue, she disliked this arrogant and self-righteous princess even more. Humph! She actually dared to compete with her for Gege, truly underestimating herself.

  "Does the first beauty still work with Shui Xiang Ran, who is as cold as snow?" Xi Men Ya retorted, not to be outdone. For a woman who cares so much about her appearance, the sudden emergence of a more beautiful woman than herself would be an unbearable blow, which was also one of the main reasons she disliked Shui Xiang Ran and Leng Ruo Xue. As for another major reason, it goes without saying that it's men.

  "This doesn't require your concern, even if I don't become the number one beauty, my ranking will still be above yours." Shui Xin Ran said with some gritted teeth, damn woman!

  "Are you done arguing?" The fire elemental walked over, its face stern.

  "Older brother!"

  Two women with swords drawn and bows stretched saw Huo Qing and immediately became as gentle as babies.

  "Hum! What a shame!" Huo Qing coldly threw down a few words and turned to leave without looking back.

  "Wait for me, Brother Qing!" The two women said in unison, glared at each other, and then chased after Huo Qing together.

  After the semi-finals, there will be two days of rest. Since the competition has almost ended, students from colleges other than those ranked in the top 10 have basically returned to their own colleges, with only one elder staying behind as a representative to watch the game.

  After Leng Ruoxue and the others returned to 'Ya Lan Pavilion', they each went back to their rooms to rest. Although during this period, there were many families who wanted to see them, she had let Autumn Elder block them. Moreover, during the Academy's trial period, there was a rule that prohibited various families from disturbing students of various academies and affecting the competition. It was precisely because of such strict regulations that various families became much more honest, but there were also some exceptions who did not follow the rules.

  After returning to her room, Leng Ruoxue's first thing to do was to sleep beautifully. After waking up, she went downstairs to the restaurant for a meal. Just after ordering food, Ye Chen and Feng Dage came down together.

  "Xue Er, we thought you were still sleeping." Feng Mo Ran said, they had already gotten used to Xue Er's love of sleep.

  "I just woke up," said Leng Ruoxue, who had actually slept through to the next day and it was almost noon now.

  "I want it to be the same as hers," Ye Chen said to the waiter.

  "I am too." Feng Mo Ran also said.

  "Can we sit down?" Huo Qing and others walked downstairs and saw Leng Ruo Xue and the other two, then directly walked over.

  "Can I say no?" Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat annoyed, why did this passionate man always have women around him? This time he even brought two, one was Shui Xin Ran and the other was Xi Men Ya. Coincidentally, these two women were both hostile towards her. Originally, eating was a very happy and satisfying thing, but with such unpleasant people around, who could still enjoy their meal?

  "Mr. Huo, there's not enough room for so many people to sit." Feng Mo said politely, a normal person would have understood the hint and found an excuse to leave, but he clearly underestimated Huo's shamelessness.

  "It doesn't matter, just set the table and we're good." Huo Qing said nonchalantly, calling over the shopkeeper. In fact, he didn't know why he had to linger here either, but what was clear was that Leng Ruo Xue's direct rejection made him very displeased.

  The shopkeeper quickly arranged for two tables to be put together, and Huo Qing sat across from Leng Ruo Xue. Shui Xin Ran and Xi Men Ya sat on his left and right sides respectively. On Shui Xin Ran's left was Feng Mo Ran, and on Xi Men Ya's right was Ye Chen. Seeing the men she admired sitting on her left and right, Xi Men Ya felt like she was in heaven. However, her beautiful dream was soon shattered.

  "Let me, this is my seat." Feng Da brought over a chair and placed it between Ye Chen and Xi Men Ya, squeezing in without regard for the crowded space. The Night Captain was their miss's man, and this woman dared to have designs on him? She really didn't want to live!

  On the other side, Lin Yuan also took a chair and placed it between Shui Xianran and Feng Mo Ran. Shui Xianran glared at Lin Yuan with dissatisfaction, somewhat unwillingly shifted over, and Lin Yuan sat down with a plop.

  "You... you savage, how can you be so rude?" Ximen Ya shouted angrily, unwillingly shifting towards Huo Feng.

  "Since you're a savage, how can you have manners? Show me your manners!" Feng Da sneered. This woman was still causing trouble for his family's young lady yesterday, and today she has the nerve to sit down with a thick face. The aristocracy and royalty have always had thick skin anyway.

  "Brother Qing!" Xi Men Ya looked at Huo Qing with a wronged expression.

  This soft and gentle "brotherly love" made Cold Snow and others get goosebumps, while Shui Xingran was furious.

  "Can you also call him 'brother'?" Shui Xinran said, burning with jealousy. This cheap woman actually dared to flirt with her man in front of her, it's simply unbearable.

  "Brother Qing, this barbarian is bullying me, you have to help me." Ximen Ya ignored Shui Xinran's presence and said coquettishly. In such a public place, Brother Qing wouldn't ignore her, would he?

  "The princess thought about how I could help you?" The handsome and beautiful face showed no emotions, and the tone was also light.

  "Brother Qing, just help me fix him up properly and that's all." Ximen Yake wasn't stupid, she knew that if her request was too excessive, Huo Qing would not bother with her, let alone during the academy's trial period when private fights were strictly forbidden.

  "Does the princess not know the rules during the trial?" Huo Qing furrowed his brow, was this princess treating him like a thug? He wasn't some lapdog surrounding her!

  "It's just that I want Brother Qing to help me fix him up, this can't be considered a fight!" Ximen Yaxi said coquettishly.

  "Scram! Brother Qing won't bother with you!" Shui Xing Ran yelled furiously.

  "Slap!" Leng Ruo Xue put down her chopsticks and gave them a light, cold glance with her beautiful eyes.

  The sudden sound made Shui and Ximen Ya stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted.

  "What are you doing?" The two of them shouted in unison.

  "This is not a place for you to show off and be jealous, don't affect my mood while I'm eating!"

  "My people aren't someone you can easily move!" Cold Snow gazed at Huo Qing with a warning tone.

  "Sorry, they were too rude." Huo Qing hurriedly mediated, he didn't want to provoke them, but what he didn't know was that he had already provoked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "From now on, we're just strangers." Leng Ruoxue said directly without giving face, she really didn't want to repeat the same mistakes as her past life, pretending to be friendly with people she didn't like. In this life, she only wanted to live freely, do what she wanted, and protect herself and those she cared about. As for those aristocratic families and royal households, she was too lazy to deal with them. However, she was very clear that if she wanted to live a carefree life, doing whatever she pleased, she had to be stronger than anyone else; otherwise, it would all be empty talk.

  Before participating in this college competition, she had already anticipated what she would face. Having become famous overnight, it was impossible for her to be as low-key as before. Since she couldn't be low-key, she might as well go all out! Anyone who dares to provoke her will have to pay the price!

  Huǒ Qíng listened to Lěng Ruò Xuě's words and was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and smiled "Do you think that's possible?"

  To be honest, Huo Qing really didn't know what he had done to offend her, why did she dislike him so much? The feeling of being disliked by a woman was quite unpleasant for him.

  "As long as you want to do it, nothing is impossible." Leng Ruoxue said calmly, then stood up and walked upstairs.

  Ye Chen and others saw the situation and also hurriedly followed together.

  "Brother Qing, this woman is really too much, who does she think she is?" Ximen Ya spoke with a flattering expression to take Brother Qing's side, but in her heart, she hated Leng Ruo Xue to death.

  "It's really too much, Brother Qing, Leng Ruo Xue is so disrespectful to you." Shui Xin Ran also chimed in.

  "When did your relationship with him become so good?" Huo Qing stood up and walked outside.

  "Don't follow me!"

  Shui Xianran and Xi Mengya had just stood up from their chairs, about to follow, when a cold voice floated over.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others went straight to the living room after going upstairs.

  "Xue Er, let's order some food to be delivered!" Ye Chen said. Just now, he didn't eat well downstairs, and it was unbearable to have a meal with someone he disliked, where would his appetite come from?

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded, she didn't eat well either.

  "I'll go and call," Feng Da hastily said.

  Feng Da called for food and several people ate in the living room.

  "What? Haven't had lunch yet?" Autumn Elder and Cold Qingtian walked in together from outside.

  "I'm still hungry."

  "Grandfather, Autumn elder, have you eaten yet?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "We've eaten, right, Xue Er, the imperial palace has sent an invitation to offer advice, asking you few, as well as me and Autumn Elder to attend the banquet." Leng Qing Tian said.

  "A party? No interest." She'd rather sleep in her room.

  "Ah, the banquet is agreed upon by Moon Shadow Academy, not attending wouldn't be good, it's almost a tradition." Elder Qiu explained that every time the academy holds a competition, towards the end, the royal family would invite some of the students and elders who performed exceptionally well to attend a banquet at the imperial palace. Apart from that, some top-tier aristocratic families would also send out invitations. However, since the competition hasn't ended yet, whether or not they can attend is decided by the organizing party.

  "So that's how it is, can't be helped?" Cold as Snow felt a bit annoyed in her heart, perhaps she had too many social interactions in her past life. She now extremely disliked these hypocritical social interactions.

  "Hmm, if we don't go, we'll offend many people." said Autumn Elder, in fact he didn't like to go either, but had no choice.

  "What time?"

  "Tonight, the palace will send a car to pick us up."

  "Oh." Leng Ruoxue responded indifferently, her interest clearly low.

  After finishing dinner, Leng Ruoxue directly returned to her room and entered the 'Qiankun Ring'.

  "Sister." Qing Jue appeared in front of Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Qing Jue, where are those little guys?" Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat curious. If they knew she had come in, those little guys would have rushed over long ago. Why didn't they react today?

  "I've been keeping them locked up for cultivation, and all they know how to do is play every day. When will they ever grow up!" Qing Jue said discontentedly.

  "Hmm, well done. Those little ones are a bit too mischievous." Leng Ruo Xue praised, and casually pinched Qing Jue's small face with her hand.

  "Sister, you're taking advantage of me again!" Qing Jue pouted with her small red mouth, but a hint of pampering flashed in her eyes.

  “……”

  "What do I have that you can take advantage of, you little scoundrel?" Leng Ruoxue retorted, with a few black lines on her forehead.

  "Sister always likes to touch others, and it's not even taking advantage of them." Qing Jue's eyes flashed with cunning, and the two words "injustice" were written on his tender little face.

  "Uh..." Leng Ruo Xue felt a bit embarrassed, took the thing and immediately left 'Qian Kun Chui'.

  Leng Ruo Xue left 'Qian Kun Chui' and directly came to the door of her brother's room, lightly knocking on the door.

  "Xue Er." Leng Ruo Han opened the door and welcomed his sister into the house.

  "Brother, we're going to the palace tonight, are you coming with us?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Xue Er, brother didn't receive an invitation, of course he can't go." said coldly and indifferently.

  "If brother wants to go, he can naturally go. I'll see who dares to stop him!" Leng Ruoxue said with an overbearing tone, she didn't feel at ease leaving her brother in the guest house.

  "Xue Er, I don't want to go," said Leng Ruo Han, he had no interest in those boring social events anyway.

  "Why don't brother go play in 'Qian Kun Chui'?" suggested Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Alright, I was just thinking of clearing up some family matters." Leng Ruohan said with a knowing smile.

  After leaving the cold and frosty room, Leng Ruoxue went to find Ye Chen again.

  "Xu'er, let's go for a walk on the street!" Ye Chen said after seeing Leng Ruoxue.

  "Alright, here you go." Leng Ruoxue handed him a set of already-refined armor.

  Ye Chen happily accepted it, and after dripping blood to acknowledge its master, he held it in his hand and examined it from all sides. This armor was not only different in style from Leng Ruo Han's, but also in color. Leng Ruo Han's was white, while this one was black. Although he had once coveted Leng Ruo Han's armor, it was clear that he preferred his own.

  After having a good look, he hastily put on the armor and looked at Leng Ruoxue with an expectant face "How is it?"

  "Not bad, very suitable for you." Leng Ruoxue knew that this armor was very suitable for this demon.

  "I'll wear it from now on then." Ye Chen said with satisfaction, the armor Snow had refined looked just like ordinary clothes once worn, and nobody could tell that it was actually a suit of battle armor.

  "Good."

  Ye Chen held onto Ruo Xue's soft jade-like hand, and the two of them walked out of the "Ya Lan Pavilion" together. This was actually his first time openly holding Snow's hand, and to his surprise, she didn't pull away. He felt a deep satisfaction in his heart, as he and Snow had finally taken another step forward in their relationship.

  The two of them strolled around the street for a while, but there were too many people on the street, and wherever they went, they would be surrounded by onlookers. Helpless, they could only return to the "Ya Lan Pavilion" to stay inside. Alas! This is the price of fame!

  In the evening, the imperial palace sent a car to 'Yalan Pavilion' to pick them up. After people from the three colleges got on the car one after another, they found that Pangsen and others from Yuesheng College were already sitting in the car.

  The car was very luxurious and spacious, so even with over 10 people sitting in it, it didn't feel crowded at all. The four university students sat separately, ignoring each other. Han Xue was comfortably leaning against Ye Chen's body with her eyes closed, pretending to sleep. On the way to the imperial palace, no one spoke a word, making the atmosphere inside the car unusually dull and oppressive.

  But along the way, Ye Chen was quite happy because Xue Er leaned on his body, and he took advantage of the situation to put Xue Er in his arms, eating tender tofu with a clear conscience, haha!

  "Xue Er, we've arrived at the imperial palace." Ye Chen felt a bit disappointed, how did they get here so quickly!

  One by one, they got off the carriage. Although the imperial palace was magnificent and luxurious, it didn't have much attraction to them. These people mostly came from noble families, so their vision wasn't low.

  "A few noble guests, please follow me." A small eunuch walked up to them, bowed respectfully, and then led the way in front of everyone.

  After walking for about 10 minutes, they arrived at the banquet hall. The little eunuch led everyone to their pre-arranged seats and then turned around and left.

  Fengtian Academy only got the runner-up in the previous academy competition, although this competition has been exciting, but after all, the game is not over yet, and the most important individual competition has not been completed, so their seating arrangement is still based on the ranking of the previous session.

  Long Sheng College is in the front, followed by Feng Tian College, Yue Ying College and Fei Niao College. Sitting opposite them are the various aristocratic families.

  "Autumn Elder, didn't you say that only students and elders who performed exceptionally well in the college trials would receive invitations?" After sitting down, Leng Ruoxue looked at Autumn Elder with a questioning gaze. Apart from their four colleges, it seemed like all the top 10 colleges had someone attending.

  "They've already lost their matches, it should be an exclusive invitation from the Imperial Palace." Gu Chang guessed, this wasn't unprecedented.

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded slightly, still closing her eyes, and leaned against Ye Chen's body as if no one was around.

  "How shameless, daring to lean on a man's body in public." Ximen Ya said with a jealous tone.

  "You think you can lean on others? I doubt anyone would be willing to let you lean on them!" Feng Da said sarcastically, looking at the princess who liked to cause trouble for his family's young lady.

  "How...how dare you! Take this scoundrel away!" Ximen Ya was enraged, standing up and commanding directly.

  "Princess, calm down. Although you are a princess, this seems to be the Southern Xi country!" Feng Da reminded kindly. Why do these princesses all like to call others inferior people? Is it just that only their status is noble? How ignorant!

  "Sit down and don't make a scene." The elder of Longsheng College growled in a low voice, his face full of displeasure.

  Ximen Ya didn't dare speak again and obediently sat down.

  "Old autumn, I'm really sorry, she's young and doesn't understand things, don't mind her!"

  "Elder Wang, I'm fine, but you'd better keep an eye on her. If that little girl gets provoked, she won't give anyone any face." Autumn Elder said in a low voice to Elder Wang.

  Wang Chang looked at Leng Ruoxue, who was pretending to sleep, and then glanced at the students of Feng Tian Academy. He couldn't help but sigh when he compared them to his own academy's students. Alas! The gap between them was so huge! He thought that Long Sheng Academy was supposed to be the number one academy on Lingfeng Continent, but now it seemed like they only had two students worth mentioning - Huo Qing and Ye Xiao. He really didn't know what kind of luck Feng Tian Academy had stumbled upon! He felt envious, resentful, and hateful!

  Wang Changlao's envious gaze made Qi Changlao's tail almost stand up, if he had one.

  "The Emperor has arrived!"

  "Her Majesty the Queen has arrived!"

  Under the escort of the royal family members, the Emperor and Empress walked in hand in hand from the entrance. Except for a few top families and universities who just nodded slightly, everyone else stood up to pay their respects to the Emperor and Empress.

  "Gentlemen, no need for formalities. Today you are all my guests, please take a seat." The emperor said warmly and kindly, then sat down on his dragon throne, while the empress sat on the slightly lower phoenix chair beside him.

  "Your Majesty, there are so many guests today, but some of them are really impolite!" A somewhat discordant female voice suddenly rang out in the great hall.

  "Shut up, what kind of occasion is this today, do you deserve to speak?" The queen rebuked with displeasure. Huangfu Yu was too presumptuous, relying on the emperor's favor, not even putting her, the empress dowager, in his eyes. At a banquet of this caliber, he still didn't forget to try to show off, truly without any decorum.

  "After all, Yu'er is telling the truth, and yet you dare to despise the imperial family? I don't know what crime you should be punished for!" Huangfu Yu said with a pretentious tone, not putting the empress's words in her heart at all. After all, her father loved her, and the empress didn't dare to do anything to her, she was fearless!

  "Yu'er, which guest are you referring to? There shouldn't be a guest as impolite as that!" The emperor hadn't even spoken yet when Empress Xu, seated on the other side, jumped in.

  "It's her!" Huangfu Yu's slender fingers pointed at Leng Ruoxue, who was pretending to sleep with her eyes closed. A calculating smile appeared on his beautiful face. He had been looking for her, and now she had delivered herself right to his doorstep.

  Everyone's curious gaze followed the direction she pointed, and suddenly everyone's expressions were different, with surprise, jealousy, sympathy, and schadenfreude. However, regarding Princess Huangfu Yu's accusation, everyone was heart-knowledgeable, either this beautiful lady had offended the princess or Huangfu Yu was jealous of her beauty and deliberately found trouble for her. Such things are not uncommon in noble families.

  The queen's gaze was also shifted over there, this girl is really beautiful! Although her eyes were closed, she was still breathtakingly beautiful. She turned her head and took a look at Shui Xiang Ran, alas! There's no comparison to be made, the number one beauty of Ling Feng Continent compared to that girl, one in heaven, one on earth, one a phoenix, the other just a grass hen.

  Huang Pu Yu is getting more and more out of hand, even people from Feng Tian Academy are going to provoke him. The three major academies may not be able to compare with the five great families or the royal families of the five countries in terms of power, but their status on the continent of Lingfeng is extremely transcendent. Moreover, each of the three major academies has a spiritual master presiding over it, and its status is not inferior to that of the royal family. Therefore, the royal families of various countries have always been courteous to the three major academies, let alone Feng Tian Academy, which has a strong momentum in this academy competition and may even take the top spot.

  But Huangfu Yu... The empress turned her head and glanced at the emperor sitting in the upper seat, seeing that he did not intend to stop her, so she stopped talking and waited to see a good show.

  Her eyes, cold as snow, lazily opened and swept the room in a circle, taking in everyone's expressions before finally settling on Huangfu Yu. It was her!

  "Is the princess talking about me?" Cold-as-snow lightly smiled, that absolutely beautiful smile was infinitely charming, and for a moment, everyone present was stunned...

  Beautiful! It's really too beautiful! Although in this world the strong are revered, beauties are also a pleasure to behold, especially one with real power, and everyone's thoughts immediately went astray.

  "It's you, seeing my father arrive and yet you don't pay your respects, how dare you be so presumptuous!" Huangfu Yuyao shouted loudly.

  "Am I being too presumptuous or are you? A princess of a country, treating a guest with such disrespect, is this the upbringing of the Nanxi Kingdom's royal family?" Leng Ruoxue's gaze swept past Huangfu Yu and lightly scanned the emperor sitting in the first seat.

  The Emperor of Nanxi, Huangfu Zhen, felt the gaze of Leng Ruoxue and smiled calmly. Indeed, a member of the Leng family was not someone to be underestimated, their aura was unmatched by others, thought Huangfu Zhen in his heart.

  "Of course it's you who is being presumptuous, I am a princess, while you are just a plebeian, how dare you compare yourself to me!" Huangfu Yu said proudly, with an arrogant and complacent expression on her face.

  "It turns out that in the princess's eyes, the Ling Emperor is a lowly commoner? I understand..." Cold-as-snow beauty glanced at everyone with her beautiful eyes and said softly. Today, among the people present, except for the royal family and the high officials of Nanxi Country, even the weakest ones are all Spirit Kings.

  "Of course, Ling Huang is not a lowly commoner, but you are not Ling Huang either." Huangfu Yu said disapprovingly. In fact, even if it were Ling Huang, she wouldn't put her in her eyes. What's the big deal about Ling Huang? She would still have to serve as her servant. After all, among her guards was a Ling Huang.

  "Am I the Spirit Emperor, can a great spirit master like you see it?" Cold Snow sneered, at the same time, she felt several gazes inquiringly looking over at her, as if they also wanted to know her true strength.

  "Huangfu Yu was somewhat enraged and flustered, without thinking, he directly pulled out the whip wrapped around his waist and swung it towards Leng Ruo Xue's face..."

  "Ah!" Just as the whip was about to strike the stunning beauty's face, the onlookers couldn't help but exclaim in shock... Although some people wanted a heroic rescue, they thought of Huangfu Yu's identity...

  Before Cold Snow had a chance to make a move, a powerful force shattered the whip in Huangfu Yu's hand. A fine thread of black spiritual energy that was imperceptible to the naked eye entered her body through the hand holding the whip...

  Everyone present was shocked, because no one saw who made the move.

  "Who?! Who is it?! Get out of here, you wretch!" Huangfu Yu was yelling crazily, his heart seething with anger!

  "Yu'er, that's enough!" Huang Fu Zheng shouted to stop her.

  "Your Majesty!" Huangfu Yu cried out in discontent.

  "Yu'er, come back and sit down quickly, otherwise you'll have to go back to your palace." Huangfu Zhen said with a stern face.

  "Oh, hum! You're lucky today!" Huangfu Yu glared at Leng Ruoxue with a cold eye and sat back in her own seat, not daring to disobey the emperor's words.

  "I wonder who's lucky today!" Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of a smile, but her eyes were icy cold. She had just been on the verge of killing intent, and if it wasn't for Huangfu Zhen suddenly speaking up, this princess would have already left this world. Thinking about this, she gave Huangfu Zhen a chilly glance, and today's matter was etched in her memory.

  "Miss Leng, I'm really sorry about this. Yu'er is still young and doesn't understand things, please don't mind her." Huang Fu said with a face full of apology.

  "I'm just a 'low-born', how dare I compare with the noble princess!" Cold Snow said coldly, humph! As if she wouldn't mind, for those who want to kill her, how could she possibly let them off.

  "Hehe, let's just forget about it." Huang Fu said with some embarrassment.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome everyone to the palace banquet today. I hope everyone can have a great time." Huang Fu said with a raised glass.

  After Huang Pu finished speaking, maids began serving dishes one after another. In the center of the hall, there was a carefully arranged song and dance performance...

  "Miss Leng, how was today's performance?" Xu Guifei slowly spoke up, why did she look so similar? This beautiful face really made her...

  Leng Ruoxue was currently busy fighting with the delicious food in front of her, Mei, Bao Bei and Yu were also released by her to fight together. The maid serving beside them was constantly refilling their dishes, exhausting herself to the point where her legs almost gave out. As for those who came over with wine cups wanting to chat with her, they were all ignored by Hong Guoguo. Moreover, it wasn't just her, everyone from Feng Tian Academy was like this.

  The people present couldn't help but have a black line on their foreheads, the people from Feng Tian Academy hadn't eaten for days, and they were starving to this extent? It's not like in such gatherings, people are mainly socializing and networking, who would eat and drink so recklessly?!

  "Miss Leng, didn't you like today's performance?" Xu Guifei asked, suppressing her anger. That bastard, actually ignoring her!

  Still nobody paid attention to her...

  "Let's go back after we've eaten our fill!" Leng Ruoxue patted the round and full bellies of Mei and Bao, saying to everyone.

  "Alright, I'm full, let's go back and sleep!" Ye Chen said with a yawn.

  "Miss, today we didn't come in vain, we saved a meal's worth of money and ate our fill!" Feng Da said contentedly.

  "That's right, if someone treated us every day, we would save a lot of money!" Lin Yuan agreed very much.

  "From now on, let's just go eat whenever someone invites us. If we can't finish the food, we'll just pack it up. We're a big group, so saving a bit is a good thing, right, Autumn Elder?" Even Feng Mouyan, who was usually quite straightforward, chimed in and ended up directing the conversation towards Autumn Elder.

  "Hmm, that makes sense." Autumn Elder cooperated with a slight tremble, Ah, you little ancestors! Are you at odds with the Academy? Don't ruin the Academy's reputation like this! Autumn Elder was so depressed he almost died, but he still had to cooperate. Who made him isolated and powerless? Woe... Dean, I'm sorry to you!

  After hearing their words, everyone present felt a little inferior, what a strong person! It's really too strong!

  "Cold as snow!" Empress Xu shouted, regardless of her image, she was almost suffocated with anger.

  "Who's calling?" Cold Snow rummaged through her ears and looked at everyone present with some suspicion.

  "It was me!" Empress Xu shouted, this dead girl was obviously doing it on purpose, infuriating her to death.

  "Who are you? Why are you shouting so loudly, scaring people like that? Everyone's not deaf!" Cold Snow's tone was clearly disapproving.

  "You... you..." Empress Xu was so angry at Cold-as-Snow that she couldn't even get her words out.

  "Cold as snow, you have a big nerve, daring to ignore my empress mother?" Huangfu Yu angrily accused.

  "Your Majesty, the cooking skills of the palace chefs are quite good, we're very satisfied with what we've eaten." Leng Ruoxue politely and directly said to Huangfu Zhen, as for Huangfu Yu, she similarly ignored him.

  "Heh heh, as long as Miss Leng is satisfied." Huang Pu said with some helplessness.

  "Cold as snow!" Huangfu Yusheng shouted angrily. The damned woman actually dared to ignore her?

  "Your Majesty, we are satisfied, but there are still many students in our college who are hungry. Can we have takeout?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a sincere expression, without even looking at Huangfu Yu.

  "Pack... pack up?" Huang Fu Zhen was full of black lines, and he really wanted to pack up! For the first time, I heard that someone went to the imperial palace for a banquet and had to pack up afterwards.

  "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty!" Leng Ruo Xue was good at pretending to be stupid.

  "Feng Da, Lin Yuan, you and this sister go pack up!" Leng Ruo Xue pointed at the pink-clad maid who had been serving them food just now.

  "Yes, miss." Feng Da and Lin Yuan replied.

  The maid in pink looked at them with difficulty, then raised her eyes to look at the emperor, and only after getting the emperor's hint did she take them to the imperial dining room.

  "Your Majesty, we have finished eating and will take our leave first." said Leng Ruoxue politely as she saw Feng Da and Lin Yuan return.

  "You can stay and enjoy the music and dance after dinner!" Huang Fu said somewhat speechlessly, it seemed that these people were here to eat in the imperial palace!

  "We are all ordinary people and don't know how to appreciate these things." said Leng Ruoxue seemingly casually.

  "It's even more reason to stay if you don't understand, the more you watch, the more you'll naturally understand." Xu Guifei forced a smile and tried to persuade them to stay, the good show hasn't started yet, how could they let them leave so easily?!

  "Xue Er, then let's just stay here for now!" said Leng Qing Tian, who had been silent until now.

  "Listen to your grandfather." Leng Ruoxue had a good baby face, she wanted to see what kind of tricks this mother-daughter pair could come up with, it was quite boring now, so let's just watch the monkey show.

  Having eaten his fill, Leng Ruo Xue continued to use Ye Chen as a pillow, leaning against him. In her own arms were three small, cute beasts, the two humans and three beasts looking harmonious together.

  Ye Chen adjusted his posture to make Snow lean more comfortably, holding a string of grapes in his hand and feeding them one by one to Snow. Seeing Snow so dependent on him made his heart incredibly happy, and the effort he had put in this time was finally not wasted.

  "Hmph, how shameless. In a crowded place like this, she's actually leaning into a man's arms." Huangfu Yu said with some jealousy, just as her cousin had said.

  "A noble princess like myself, would I be considered lowly just because I rely on my own man? It's the woman who relies on other people's men and takes advantage of their kindness that should be called lowly!" Cold Snow enjoyed the service of the demonic handsome man, eating grapes and said with great comfort, "Having relied on him only a few times, how did she get used to it so quickly? What can be done about this? She couldn't let this demon know, or he would become arrogant."

  "That's right, women who like to interfere with other people's husbands are the most despicable." Shui Xinran looked at Ximen Ya with great approval, although she disliked Long Yuxue for being more beautiful than her, but this Ximen Ya was even more detestable.

  "Who are you talking about?" Huangfu Yu shouted in a rage, his feet stomping.

  "How could the princess be so excited? Could it be..." Leng Ruo Xue smiled and stopped speaking.

  "Cold as snow, dare you accept my challenge?" Huangfu Yuqiang said, suppressing his anger.

  "You a great master want to challenge me?" Cold-as-Snow scrutinized Huangfu Yu from head to toe, carefully sizing her up to see what kind of trouble she was looking for!

  "Yes." Huangfu Yu said confidently, humming, only if you accept it will regret later, what they want to compare is not the battle of Ling Shi.

  "I'm not interested." After a while, Leng Ruo Xue finally spoke up and refused in a light tone.

  "You're teasing me! Are you afraid?" Huangfu Yu sneered at Leng Ruo Xue, his face full of provocation.

  "You think you're someone, I just didn't bother to pay attention to you. You really take yourself as a celebrity?" Leng Ruoxue said very honestly, honesty is a virtue! She originally didn't want to pay attention to this kind of clown, but who knew the other party wasn't finished yet.

  "Yu'er, since Miss Leng is unwilling to accept your challenge, why must you force her? I believe that Miss Leng must have had no choice but to refuse. She must have had a compelling reason." Empress Xu said with great understanding, but the implication was clear: she was saying that Cold Yuesnow was timid and afraid of trouble, and didn't dare accept the challenge.

  "I wonder what the princess wants to challenge me about?" asked Leng Ruoxue calmly, since this mother and daughter duo were using the tactic of provoking her in unison, if she didn't cooperate, wouldn't that be too humiliating?

  "I want to tame beasts with you." Huangfu Yuxin said confidently, she wasn't favored for no reason, now she was already a beast-taming master.

  "Pfft!" Feng Da and others spat out the wine from their mouths, this retard wanting to tame beasts with his family's young lady was truly too wise.

  "Are you sure?"

  "What? Are you afraid?" Huangfu Yu said with a smile, taming beasts was her strong point, even her master had praised her as a rare beast-taming genius.

  "Are you sure you want to tame a beast with someone who isn't a beast tamer?" Leng Ruoxue asked again.

  "Of course, but if you're afraid, you can admit defeat now." Huangfu Yu reminded with a smug face, she was so carried away by her own pride that she didn't even realize her behavior would be looked down upon. In fact, she only did this to find an excuse to humiliate Leng Ruoxue, so she didn't care whether Leng Ruoxue understood animal taming or not.

  "Joke, you're not even afraid, what do I have to be afraid of?" Leng Ruo Xue was speechless. She thought they would come up with a good idea, but it turned out to be just taming beasts. However, such a brain-dead plan, and Huang Fu Zhen didn't stop them? As she thought about this, her gaze involuntarily fell on the emperor sitting in the first position, but Huang Fu Zhen's expression was very calm, and his thoughts couldn't be read.

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