Feng Ning hated these kind of banquets.
She was thankful that she had the skill of putting on a207Please respect copyright.PENANAJFY1f6vZoG
blank and innocent face due to the fact that it was her natural face. After207Please respect copyright.PENANAN00J4joWpK
all, in her past life, she was so gullible that she ended up destroying herself207Please respect copyright.PENANAvPXEoRlXSa
because of her kindness.
The others didn’t seem to be willing to talk to her that207Please respect copyright.PENANAFM6s1yTitU
much here. Even her elder sister, Feng Quan was busy to talk with the other207Please respect copyright.PENANATRTdoyij5P
girls and didn’t have time to care for her. As for Feng Zhi Liu, she was too207Please respect copyright.PENANA16efT0Mu9x
young to make trouble.
‘I’ll walk around now.’
Now that the Emperor had left the scene towards the garden,207Please respect copyright.PENANARtdVjEIbIN
only half of the people stayed here. Most of them were the children and the207Please respect copyright.PENANAw3klbWzuVy
younger generations along with their mothers.
“You should stay here and don’t embarrass me.”
The voice was low, but Feng Ning could hear it clearly. She207Please respect copyright.PENANAkBVjai5r86
raised her head, noticing that the one who talked was Lin Han Xing. Because he207Please respect copyright.PENANAgVGaXsFc04
was not far from her, she could hear his voice was he berated his first son.
Lin Zi Xuan looked straight to his father and nodded207Please respect copyright.PENANAKYFdIsoXo2
faintly. It seemed that he didn’t seem to care that much about what his father207Please respect copyright.PENANAnw6b6TIzbM
thought.
Lin Han Xing snorted. “Come with me, Hu Xi.”
“Yes, Father.”
As he watched them left, Lin Zi Xuan’s eyes darkened207Please respect copyright.PENANAK7ImbV3TkQ
considerably. However, he didn’t leave his seat and merely played with the cup207Please respect copyright.PENANAoIfgvpoOKO
in his hand. He raised his head towards the three young girls who sat not far207Please respect copyright.PENANABr6c6NMmEW
from him, one was busy talking with others, another one was carried by the207Please respect copyright.PENANABlOn0wGNwy
servant, and the last one was walking towards him.
…Walking towards him?
“Imperial Cousin Zi Xuan.” A soft and childish voice rang in207Please respect copyright.PENANAvdF2queAO1
his ear. The tone was low and gentle, giving off refreshing feeling. Yet at the207Please respect copyright.PENANA0bJV7ve5LZ
same time, the voice carried the hint of carefulness, one that shouldn’t have207Please respect copyright.PENANAoeKU4aFdnj
appeared in such a young girl.
Lin Zi Xuan lowered his head and looked at the young girl207Please respect copyright.PENANA2R9XoknzHu
who was only 6 years old in front of him. “Princess Ning.”
Feng Ning’s lips twitched slightly. She was certainly not207Please respect copyright.PENANAF7mS24PJ7m
used with being addressed like that. Even though her servants sometimes called207Please respect copyright.PENANAIdRJkQgfPc
her with the word princess, she didn’t pay much attention to them in the past.
Thus, she didn’t really care that much.
But hearing it from an outsider made her felt strange.
“Imperial Cousin Zi Xuan, are you not allowed to walk207Please respect copyright.PENANAAVZ9NBpXYF
around?” Feng Ning asked while tilting her head, looking like an innocent young207Please respect copyright.PENANAVvesxjxNNA
girl.
Lin Zi Xuan was staring at the young girl in front of him.207Please respect copyright.PENANATwLtfkFK1h
“Father didn’t want me to create any trouble.”
“I see.”
Feng Ning could sense that this prince was keeping his207Please respect copyright.PENANAiGyHXBtKGv
distance, so she didn’t want to try probing him anymore. She turned around,207Please respect copyright.PENANA9USic8cXEX
right at the time Feng Quan was looking for her. “Sister, let’s go to the207Please respect copyright.PENANANxhtkdLHUY
garden. The others said that outside is very beautiful.”
“Yes, Sister.”
The two of them walked out while Feng Zhi Liu was still207Please respect copyright.PENANAO97vlAYkW9
resting in her maidservants’ hand. She was still three years old, so it was207Please respect copyright.PENANApPmdBJc0Eu
only natural that she would feel sleepy most of the time. Even her twin brother207Please respect copyright.PENANALV0IuJydTU
was not in much better condition under their mother’s hand.
Lin Zi Xuan stayed still in his place when he saw his father207Please respect copyright.PENANA0FW9WuegxF
went back with Prime Minister Fang Hou Zheng. His father’s face was dark as he207Please respect copyright.PENANALH2tRcTZb6
pointed at him. “Go to the garden and accompany the princesses!”
“Yes, Father.”
Reaching the garden, Lin Zi Xuan could instantly see that207Please respect copyright.PENANAd9veqQxVqd
his half younger brother, Lin Hu Xi, was also talking with the two princess.207Please respect copyright.PENANAUDFDZU8pFH
However, it was clear that Feng Quan refused to get close to him and even gave207Please respect copyright.PENANAatSXUl9QhJ
him polite distance.
The two of them were more or less of the same age and Feng207Please respect copyright.PENANA58UUvdvJOj
Quan was someone who had learned etiquette more, so she refused.
“Are you not willing to play with me, Cousin Quan?” Lin Hu207Please respect copyright.PENANA8DdATw8nnK
Xi asked in low tone.
Feng Quan was smiling without mirth. “I’m afraid that it’ll207Please respect copyright.PENANAmZkX56J67d
be inappropriate, Your Highness. How about if you play with the other boys?”
Even though she was calling with the word ‘Your Highness,’207Please respect copyright.PENANA7McRGwhjUA
Lin Hu Xi could sense the coldness from deep within Feng Quan’s bone. Because207Please respect copyright.PENANAXNu1CzXqGB
of that, Lin Hu Xi knew that he wouldn’t have any chance to get close to her.
Feng Ning blinked her eyes and shook her head. “Your Highness,207Please respect copyright.PENANADiXEStGIhe
I want to play with the other girls.”
Both rejection.
Lin Hu Xi could only watch helplessly as the two of them207Please respect copyright.PENANAEwxfwZ3ACQ
headed to the group of girls. He looked in the direction of Princess Lin Mei207Please respect copyright.PENANAHxSovsAvmo
Ni, but he knew very well that it was harder to get close to that young girl.
At the side, Lin Zi Xuan watched everything and stayed near207Please respect copyright.PENANAkwZI1PY06m
an empty table, finding a random chair to sit. His dark eyes were watching the207Please respect copyright.PENANA5zE1RMBpmT
three princesses who were staying at this place one by one.
He hadn’t returned to the Capital City in many years and he207Please respect copyright.PENANATWo8hYcyuj
knew very well that his father wished for his younger brother to be able to207Please respect copyright.PENANAKMxQNX88Cu
marry one of the princess. Based on the age, his younger brother might be207Please respect copyright.PENANATm9lFetBL5
targeting either Lin Mei Ni or Feng Ning. But so far, he hadn’t been207Please respect copyright.PENANAkIaMh0GM6i
successful.
‘How tiring.’
Looking at how these girls had been learning how to bootlick207Please respect copyright.PENANAgKoTI3XLWO
at young age, Feng Ning was finding it harder and harder to maintain her sweet207Please respect copyright.PENANAUuIWZXHGDH
and foolish smile. She really need to take a break.
“Sister, I want to sit down.” Feng Ning’s voice sounded a bit207Please respect copyright.PENANAf0pczxI5Rv
pleading.
Feng Quan looked at her younger sister and nodded her head.207Please respect copyright.PENANAEFzrD3eZIF
“In that case, please be careful, Sister. We wouldn’t want anything to happen207Please respect copyright.PENANA3MnhSpiYM6
to you.”
“Yes, I will be careful.”
Feng Ning sighed internally, knowing full well that her207Please respect copyright.PENANA5t4HE8f01P
older sister must be hoping that something happened to her. She glanced around207Please respect copyright.PENANAZvzFzauUHx
and walked towards the tables. At this moment, she noticed that Lin Zi Xuan was207Please respect copyright.PENANA3gQv9yCiCQ
sitting on the empty table, his dark eyes were watching his surroundings like a207Please respect copyright.PENANAuhzpGFJ1ot
patient wolf that was waiting for its prey.
As their gaze met, Feng Ning felt that his gaze was somewhat207Please respect copyright.PENANAE0CXA08OKm
familiar. It was not like she had seen him before, but she had seen that type207Please respect copyright.PENANAoZxLMoCbdt
of gaze on someone else before.
‘Should I try?’
A bold thought appeared within Feng Ning’s mind.
In this kind of world where women would find it difficult to207Please respect copyright.PENANAhxQ6NBxG5e
survive, they would have to rely on their man if they wished to do anything. It207Please respect copyright.PENANArqU4x7rQSP
was not like she didn’t want to be independent, but she realized that many207Please respect copyright.PENANAJWOwNiiLrR
things she thought she could do was actually impossible.
Those things that she read from the novel was all bulls***.
There were a lot of people who were guarding the manor,207Please respect copyright.PENANASRDQHxKp0h
there were a lot of things that she had to pay attention to, and most207Please respect copyright.PENANAoRtOJpfn3z
importantly, being in the Imperial Family meant that they had to mind their207Please respect copyright.PENANAuFRJ4fA84F
every action. It was tiring. There was never actually a time when she was not207Please respect copyright.PENANAtekDFzfUCG
watched by anyone.
Even at home, the servants would be watching her. They would207Please respect copyright.PENANApqLNSqa8Rm
only pretend that they didn’t on some specific time.
She wouldn’t be able to get away.
As for making money? She couldn’t even touch any property207Please respect copyright.PENANAL23rLjT6B2
because she was too young and those would only be given to her after she was207Please respect copyright.PENANAwZfjwMNfIg
married as part of dowry.
As for marriage? There were only a few people of similar207Please respect copyright.PENANAwtqSTiB60F
status whom her mother would consider.
Feng Ning originally planned to stay calm and composed,207Please respect copyright.PENANAxQGJtYn5Hm
pulling the servants to her side with the most harmless and slow methods. She207Please respect copyright.PENANAykHY1J89HX
didn’t want to be seen as a threat by anyone, keen on persevering her peaceful207Please respect copyright.PENANAoQNhjvozF0
life.
Now that she had seen his gaze…
She was tempted.
Tempted to take that chance.
‘I have died once, there’s nothing wrong with trying, is207Please respect copyright.PENANA8ng8J3hkKX
it?’
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The worst that could happen was for her to die once more.
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