Chapter 50

  On the Guan Yue Lou, the night color has just fallen, the cool autumn atmosphere, the bright moon is in the sky, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. This is also the reason why Sima Minglang returned. He would come back every year at this time to visit his mother, who was the Empress Dowager of Xiangfu Palace.

  Murong Xue and Princess Yalai rushed over, one in front of the other.

  Murong Xue wore a pale pink robe, looking lovely and charming. Yalai, on the other hand, wore a bright red tight-fitting dress, completely unafraid to show off her body, even in front of everyone. Seeing her dressed like this, the Emperor was somewhat displeased, after all, there was still his younger brother by his side, and she was so careless with her behavior, which really went against the imperial family's rules.

  "Lihui, go change your clothes and come back. Don't let the emperor's brother laugh at you." The emperor said displeasedly, still admiring Murong Xue for knowing the rules. After all, she was a lady from a noble family, unlike a woman from a foreign country who didn't know etiquette. She glanced at Sima Minglang, who was smiling to himself and not speaking.

  Li Fei pouted, her small mouth pursed, and her body twisted, "I was thinking of dancing for the emperor later, how can I dance in these clothes?"

  The emperor frowned, "The two words 'imperial brother' are not for you to call him, he is my younger brother, you can only address him as Prince Rui. Since it's just for dancing that you're wearing such improper attire, let it be so for now, but change into something else immediately after the dance, truly harming public morals!"

  Li Fei smiled and sat down beside the Emperor with a plop, saying: "Alright, Prince Rui will be Prince Rui. If you're happy, then it's settled."

  "Your Majesty Rui Qin Wang, greetings!" Murong Xue bowed respectfully and hesitated for a moment before sitting down quietly in the only remaining seat opposite the emperor.

  Simar Minglang nodded and smiled: "You are the world-renowned first beauty Murong Xue? Indeed, you are as beautiful as a flower. My imperial brother is indeed lucky, but he's also quite bold to take such a young and pretty concubine behind his wife's back. Hehe, didn't Mother scold him?"

  "What's wrong with you?" The emperor glared at Yali, "Sitting there properly, what are you twisting about? In front of the imperial brother, losing my face! ---The empress dowager still doesn't care about me until now."

  Murong Feng quietly looked at Murong Xue, and in just a short time, her face had an unwavering look of sorrow. At the Warm Jade Pavilion Snow Garden, she was only seen to be sad, but not so depressed. Had something else happened after she and Murong Juan left?

  In the midst of the wine's fragrance, Lihui took advantage of the excitement to dance, while Murong Xue remained silent. In fact, Murong Feng knew that Murong Xue was also a person who excelled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but she wasn't good at showing off. After all, she didn't need to show off to be the center of attention. Where had she ever received such cold treatment? She felt some emotion in her heart. It turned out that she had only seen the loneliness and sadness of the palace on the surface before, but now seeing a living example, it was truly shocking.

  The emperor saw that Murong Xue seemed to have a few points of chill, her eyebrows lightly locked, looking unhappy, and a few points of sympathy arose in his heart. Especially under the moonlight, watching beautiful people was even more beautiful, so he said: "Xue'er, I see you seem to be chilled, come sit by my side."

  Li Fei, who was dancing, immediately became displeased upon seeing this. She pursed her lips and gazed at Murong Xue as she gently sat down in the seat Li Fei had previously occupied. Although she continued to dance, a hint of malice appeared in her eyes, especially when she saw the Emperor embracing Xue to warm her up, which further infuriated her.

  Simar Minglang looked at her and shook his head slightly. This girl was too wild, if she didn't learn to restrain herself, she would likely lose her life sooner or later. As for Murong Xue, although she had married the sisters' father-in-law, she still knew how to avoid trouble and wasn't hateful.

  Na Li Fei started dancing, and as she danced, she arrived at Mu Rong Xue's side. She had been dancing back and forth on the veranda, and no one would have suspected anything of her. Just when everyone was not paying attention, they heard Mu Rong Xue let out a cry, and upon going over, there was a fine blood stain on Mu Rong Xue's cheek. Ya Li was standing with her hands on her hips, laughing, and said: "Little fox spirit, you actually dare to seduce the Emperor in front of me? You really underestimate me, Na Li Fei."

  Rui Xi exclaimed and hastily came forward to check, the Emperor was first startled, then angrily said: "Li Fei, what do you want to do?"

  "It's nothing, just accidentally scratched my fingernail while dancing, what's the big deal?" Li Fei said with a smile, her body pressed against the emperor's, her hands wandering restlessly, her eyes rolling around nonstop.

  The emperor wanted to get angry, but couldn't, so he could only smile awkwardly and say to Sima Minglang: "This girl, she's always been like this, there's really nothing you can do about it."

  Simar Minglang smiled slightly and still didn't speak.

  "Get out of the way, little fox spirit! I, Empress Li, am tired from dancing and need to rest. Your Majesty, you should also praise me for my hard work in performing this dance for you. Hey, are you not going to let me through?"

  Murong Xue couldn't dodge in time, and a cup of wine spilled all over her body. She almost fell to the ground, her face full of humiliation and endurance, she didn't know how to react.

  Li Fei sat down with a satisfied fart, pushing Mu Rong Xue away and shouting: "Stinky girl, get out of the way quickly, fast - Ah! - You, what do you want to do?!"

  Murong Feng slapped a palm on the face of Li Fei, a crisp sound, everyone on the rooftop was stunned. Murong Feng had always given people a warm and gentle feeling, how could he hit someone? However, this Li Fei seemed to be too arrogant.

  Murong Feng was angry in her heart, actually she had grown up so big and it was really the first time she hit someone. When she was Bai Min, she didn't hit anyone, and when she came to the Daxing Dynasty, she also didn't hit anyone. However, Consort Li was too much, even if Murong Xue wasn't her own sister, but she was Murong Feng's own sister, how could she let others humiliate her like that? Everyone was the emperor's concubine, why should Murong Xue be bullied, it was simply detestable.

  "You tell me what I did wrong. I teach you to speak and act with some decorum."

  "You, you're so bold." Lihui didn't expect the usually gentle and calm Murong Feng to get angry and slap her. She immediately became uncooperative and rushed to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, you must take charge of this for me. This Murong Feng actually dared to hit me, a small fourth prince's consort, she actually dared to hit Your Majesty's Lihui, she must be severely punished!"

  "Is Murong Feng someone you called?" Sima Rui's face sank.

  "Murong Feng sneered, 'Empress Li, I'm hitting you not because of your relationship with the Emperor, but because you dared to bully my sister. You scolded her as a fox spirit, aren't you blaming the Emperor for not being wise? A small country like Wumo has already surrendered to the Great Xing Dynasty, and for the sake of our people, you should know your place. How dare you be so arrogant? I'll ask you carefully, how do you plan to explain this?"

  Yali was stunned, but Murong Feng remained calm and composed, his words clear and logical, each sentence well-reasoned and convincing, leaving the crowd on the platform speechless.