Chapter 118: A Bad Prospect

It turned out that the venue for the banquet was in Huaqing Palace, no wonder Ling Cangyue had been reluctant to say it.

For two people, as long as this place is mentioned, they will instantly think of the nearly month when two people have lived here ambiguously.

At the beginning, Li Xuanji was just a twelve-year-old handsome young man, Ling Cangyue gradually got used to it after the initial discomfort, and did not treat him as a man at all, but lived an unrestrained life, and the spring was exhausted;

Therefore, after Ling Cangyue saw Li Xuanji's current appearance, she decided to forget about that 'unbearable' past. Don't even mention it, you can't even think about it!

However, this time, I don't know who set the address of the banquet in Huaqing Palace, so Ling Cangyue had to come to this embarrassing place again, and what was even more unbearable was that she had to go to the banquet with Li Xuanji!

Ling Cangyue had cursed the person who initiated this banquet thousands of times in her heart. Helplessly, that person is her only best friend!

Li Xuanji didn't come here to think of this, he was admiring. Using the royal Huaqing Palace as the venue for the banquet is probably only possible for the real top nobles in the Pingyang Imperial City.

It seems that this banquet is not simply a banquet for young people to exchange feelings, otherwise why would they dare to hold it in the Royal Palace? Those who dare to do so can only show that some people in the imperial city attach great importance to this banquet. It was the first time for Li Xuanji to face this kind of scene of attention from all sides, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart.

After getting out of the carriage, Li Xuanji tidied up his clothes, and then waited for Ling Cangyue's instructions.

Ling Cangyue looked up at Huaqing Palace, and said softly, "Junior Brother Li, you and I will walk side by side in a while, and enter together." Don't stay too far away from me, or I won't be able to help you in time if you get into any trouble. ”

"Okay!" Li Xuanji nodded.

"Jin Ling, come and hold my sister!" Ling Cangyue pulled Jin Ling to her side, then took her little hand and walked towards the gate of the palace.

There were two rows of guards standing guard in front of the gate of the palace, and when they saw someone coming, one of them stepped forward. Ling Cangyue handed over an invitation in his hand, and the guards took the invitation, opened it, glanced at it, and then respectfully returned it to Ling Cangyue.

"Miss Ling, please come in!"

The guards looked at her with respectful eyes, and there was more fanaticism and adoration hidden in the depths. When he looked at Jin Ling, he was amazed, but when he looked at Li Xuanji again, his face was full of doubts.

Ling Cangyue took the invitation and nodded, then pulled Jin Ling into the door, and Li Xuanji hurriedly followed.

The Huaqing Palace is very large, and the place where the banquet is held is in one of the garden pavilions. When Li Xuanji, Ling Cangyue, and Jin Ling entered the palace, there was a maid to lead the way. After passing through several small pavilions and gardens, the three of them finally heard the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras. After turning a beautiful small rockery, a lively banquet scene unfolded in front of the three of them.

The center of the banquet was a large pavilion, and outside the pavilion, there were young people chatting and laughing near the promenade garden and rockery. The number of people present should be two or three hundred, many of them are busy maidservants, and there are only more than 100 nobles who really go to the banquet.

However, because the people invited to this banquet are all the top nobles in the Pingyang Imperial City, and they are all young people. Relatively speaking, there are already a lot of more than 100 young people, indicating that most of the invitees have arrived.

When Ling Cangyue, Li Xuanji, and Jin Ling had just stepped into here, someone had already shouted a roll call: "Miss Ling of the General's Mansion has arrived!"

This roll call was very ordinary, and his voice was not loud, but when his voice fell, the entire banquet instantly fell silent, and no other sound could be heard except for the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra. And everyone present looked over one after another, and Ling Cangyue and his party instantly became the focus of the banquet!

Everyone looked at Ling Cangyue at first glance, this woman who was on the cusp of the storm, the ultimate goal of this high-end banquet.

Many people want to see what kind of expression she will look like when she looks like she is now. It's anxiety, it's anger, it's regret, it's worry, it's something else. But everyone was disappointed, Ling Cangyue was still as calm and cold as before, unrestrained and smiling, and even had a warning written on her face that 'no one should come close'.

Then everyone shifted their eyes at the same time, and all the targets were locked on Li Xuanji, who was coming side by side with him.

The identity of the strange man who can be taken by Ling Cangyue's side and walk side by side with Ling Cangyue is naturally self-evident, and he will inevitably be the legendary Ling Cangyue's 'sweetheart' who has all the gossip in one!

Everyone wanted to see who this mysterious man really was, and who had stirred up the Pingyang Imperial City without showing his face.

Li Xuanji's appearance is not a disappointment for everyone. His figure is tall and slender, his face is handsome and upright, and his dress is not ostentatious or restrained, much like a well-cultivated aristocratic child, but he has a more dusty taste than those noble children. And more importantly, Li Xuanji's appearance is really unfamiliar, and no one knows him!

In addition to observing Ling Cangyue and Li Xuanji, some people also noticed Jin Ling, who was following the two people, and they were amazed by such a smart and cute little girl. Some of the young sons were already thinking about how to inquire about the name and family of the little girl.

"Hello Feng Gongzi! It's an honor to meet Feng Gongzi here!"

"Miss Jiang, you are really radiant and gorgeous today!"

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After a short silence, the atmosphere of joy returned to the audience, and they were all chatting happily and relaxedly. Many more young people stood still, occasionally glancing at each other. There were only a few people who had the misfortune to nod their heads to Ling Cangyue when they collided with her.

Li Xuanji's heart began to sink rapidly, and he was very unoptimistic about the situation he would face in the future.

Just by looking at the whole atmosphere of the scene, you can already guess. Ling Cangyue is the eldest lady of the General's Mansion, the daughter of the first person in the military, and her status is probably second only to the princess of the current dynasty, but none of the young people present are willing to come forward to talk to her! Some people would rather talk to the person opposite with the donkey's lips than show their attention to this side, and the young people who really have a force behind them are silent and do not make any moves.

There are two reasons for this.

One point is because Ling Zhanye has been an official for many years, but he has never been a gangster, and he has a shallow relationship with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and various forces, and has no friendship. In addition, Ling Cangyue followed her father's character, she studied martial arts diligently since she was a child, her temperament was indifferent and she didn't like to make friends, and when she grew up, she went out with her father, and she only had one girlfriend for so many years, and no other friends. Those young people who are also top nobles naturally don't bother to take the initiative to be cheap to feel her cold face.

The second point is the impact of this refusal to marry. Most people thought that Ling Zhanye's refusal to marry the royal family must have been caused by Ling Cangyue's strong resistance, which made her offend quite a few nobles. Many people knew that the Great Zhou Dynasty was facing an unprecedented crisis, and they hoped that they could strengthen the stability of the dynasty as much as possible through this marriage, but the breakdown of the marriage disappointed them, and naturally they hated Ling Cangyue. And those families who have always dreamed of marrying with the royal family are happy that Xia Ling's marriage has broken down, but they still regard Ling Cangyue as the biggest potential threat, and naturally they don't have a good face. There are also some people with ulterior motives or Ling Cangyue's admirers who are naturally happy about the breakdown of the marriage, but they will not be stupid to come out and be the first bird.

Based on the above reasons, none of these aristocratic young people present took the initiative to come up to greet Ling Cangyue, causing a strange vacuum to form around Ling Cangyue and his party. Li Xuanji rubbed his fingers a little embarrassed, the taste of this target was really uncomfortable.

However, Ling Cangyue had obviously expected this scene, or rather, she was used to it. She took Jin Ling's little hand, didn't care about the eyes of the people around her, easily walked through the crowd, and walked straight to the pavilion.

Li Xuanji hurriedly followed, he was afraid that he would be swallowed up by the strange gazes of these people after falling behind.

But before the three of them could enter the pavilion, someone from the pavilion came out.

The person who came was a personable son, about twenty years old, neatly dressed, his hair was meticulously combed, and every part of his body was well groomed and could not find a single flaw. The visitor seemed to be very happy when he saw Ling Cangyue, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Cangyue, you're finally here! I've been waiting here for a long time. Cangyue, your cultivation is fast to enter the realm, which can be called my first day in Pingyang Imperial City, and I have always hoped to find an opportunity to drink tea with you and discuss cultivation. But every time I visited the general's mansion, I couldn't do it. I knew you would definitely come to today's banquet, so I waited here early, and finally let me wait for you!"

When Ling Cangyue saw the visitor, there was no excitement on her face, she just smiled reluctantly, and replied: "Yu Gongzi is really modest, I just succeeded in breaking through the realm by luck, and there is nothing remarkable." Yu Gongzi is also known as a cultivation genius, with profound accumulation, and breaking through the realm is just around the corner, so why do you need my guidance?"

Yu Gongzi was not proud, he still shook his head modestly, but he didn't dwell on this, but turned his head to look at Li Xuanji and asked with a smile: "Cangyue, why don't you introduce me when you bring a friend?"

He didn't wait for Ling Cangyue to answer, but held his hand and said to Li Xuanji: "In the Xiayu family, Yu Zeyu, I don't know the name of Gongzi Gao?"

Li Xuanji was shocked in his heart, and finally knew who this person was.

Isn't this the eldest brother of Yu Liangcai, the eldest son of the Yu family who chased and killed the old man surnamed Shi?