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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

"Greetings, princess. Princess Radiant is very courteous." Mrs Song walked up to Shen Ninghua and greeted her. When she saw that Xiao Huan Xi had no reaction, she hurriedly reached out to help her.

Xiao Huan Xi suddenly came back to her senses. She bit down on the tip of her tongue and suppressed the twisted hatred in her heart with the help of the pain. "Greetings, Princess Guanghua."

"Lady Song and Miss Xiao, please rise."

Xiao Huan Xi stood up and looked at Yang Yingxue, who was standing to the side. She took a step forward and held her arm affectionately, "This must be Miss Yang, I've heard that you came to the capital, but you've always been staying at the princess' residence and we couldn't see each other, so we finally have the chance today. Miss Yang, you are older than me, can I call you big sister Yang?"

Yang Yingxue was extremely flattered. She did not expect the dignified direct descendant of the Xiao family to be the first to express her intimacy with her and forcefully suppress the excitement in her heart. She said with an indifferent expression, "Then I will look up and call you little sister Xiao."

Xiao Huan Xi's expression was filled with joy. She held Yang Yingxue's hand and looked at Shen Ninghua. "Princess, I was a little rude in doing this. Don't mind me. I was just lucky to see big sister Yang."

Shen Ninghua lightly smiled and said, "Cousin originally didn't have any friends in the capital. With Miss Xiao helping to look after me, I feel more at ease. I haven't even had the chance to be happy, how could I mind?"

"That's great then, big sister Yang, I have already arranged the location, quickly come with me." As she spoke, Xiao Huan Xi pulled Yang Yingxue into the banquet hall.

Shen Ninghua slightly narrowed her eyes. A ray of light flashed in her eyes at an extremely fast speed. "Paying attention to a matter like this would only result in adultery or theft. Xiao Huan Xi's attitude is too intimate."

Because it was the emperor's birthday feast, the men and women didn't obstruct it too much. They simply divided the area to the left and right, without even separating the screens.

Shen Ninghua walked into the main hall and saw Chu Junyi, dressed in a luxurious suit, chatting with a man at the side.

As if sensing something, Chu Junyi turned her head to meet Shen Ninghua's gaze. A smile immediately appeared in her eyes. "Welcome to the capital, Princess Guanghua."

"Greetings, Young Master Chu." As Shen Ninghua spoke, his eyes fell upon the man standing opposite Chu Junyi.

The man was as tall as Chu Junyi, but more valiant. He wore a jade crown on his head, and his eyebrows were slightly protruding. His features were strong, and his face looked like it was carved from a knife.

Chu Junyi introduced him, "I don't think you know her, but this is my big brother Xiao Feng Jue."

Shen Ninghua retracted her gaze and slightly nodded. "Young Master Xiao is polite. I've long heard that the Xiao family has produced a peerless general Xiao Can, but I never had the chance to see him. Seeing him today, he really lives up to his name."

Xiao Feng's sharp gaze swept across Shen Ninghua, and the sharpness in her eyes faded. She spoke like an ordinary person, "Princess, you're too kind. It's a man's duty to kill enemies for the country. The reputation you have spread is too burdensome."

His voice was extremely calm, bringing with it a vast and unchanging bearing that resembled a mountain collapsing in front of him, causing people to be unable to refrain from listening attentively. However, Shen Ninghua's attention was focused on his calm and relaxed gaze, this person had already refined his own aura into a single entity. If one's mind was not firm, they would be easily influenced by him, and what he said just now sounded like he was being modest, but no matter what he did, he did not want her to have a false reputation.

Xiao Huan Xi led Yang Yingxue to her seat as she subconsciously searched for Chu Junyi. Seeing that he was standing beside Shen Ninghua, smiling as he introduced her and her Big Bro, she immediately felt a lump in her throat, making her unable to swallow or spit it out.

Clenching her trembling fingers, Xiao Huan Xi turned to Yang Yingxue and said, "Big sister Yang, wait here for a while. I'll go check on the other guests."

"Alright."

Xiao Huan Xi went out of the room and turned into the corridor. A servant boy limped out and said in a sad voice, "Miss, this servant is useless. I was unable to accomplish the task you had instructed me to do." This young servant was the coachman who had previously stopped Shen Ninghua's carriage and told her to think of another way.

Xiao Huan Xi was angry in her heart, "Useless thing, you can't even do such a small thing?"

That manservant had a bitter look on his face, "The maidservants by Princess Zhao Hua's side are too powerful. They kicked the horse and the carriage almost crashed into the Fifth Prince. Fortunately, nothing happened, or this servant would have lost his life."

Xiao Huan Xi was getting impatient. She took out five taels of silver and said, "Quickly take them and leave. You'll never appear in the capital again."

"Yes, yes, thank you young miss, your servant will leave now." After the attendant finished speaking, he stuffed the banknotes into his chest and left via an empty path.

Xiao Huan Xi turned her head to look at the location of the banquet. Her eyes flashed with decisiveness as she tidied up her dress. With a smile on her face, she slowly walked in.

Yang Yingxue was very close to Xiao Huan Xi. Upon seeing her return, she asked, "Has little sister Xiao been arranged?"

"Yes, we've pretty much finished our arrangements here. Speaking of which, I was too busy today and didn't even have the time to check the birthday present I prepared for my father. Would Sister Yang like to come with me to take a look?"

Yang Yingxue shook her head, "No need. Since you were the one who prepared the birthday present for Old General Xiao, it must be very precious. It's not appropriate for me to go."

"What's wrong with that?" Xiao Huan Xi held her hand. "Big sister Yang, let's go. The presents I've prepared are very special. I'll take you to see them." She spoke extremely happily, like a child anxious to show off her treasures. She did not put on the airs of a aristocratic lady at all.

Yang Yingxue could not help but heave a sigh of relief as she smiled, "Alright, then I'll follow little sister Xiao to take a look."

Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi finished their conversation and turned to their seats, only to see that Yang Yingxue, who had been seated, had disappeared. Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi had finished their conversation and turned to their seats, but Yang Yingxue was nowhere to be seen.

At this time, Baili An just happened to enter the door. Upon seeing Shen Ninghua, he hurriedly walked over, "Ninghua, you came rather early. How about it, did you see Xiao Feng Jue? "

Xiao Feng Jue?

"Why would the princess mention him? Young Master Xiao is the most proud son of Old General Xiao. He would naturally be present at an occasion like this. How could we not see him?"

"I don't know where Bu Jinglan found out about Xiao Feng Jue's great martial arts, but he prepared a birthday present for Old General Xiao. He wanted to use it to exchange pointers with Xiao Feng Jue."

Shen Ninghua's heart skipped a beat. "Even Bu Jinglan is here?"

"Hmm, look, it's him." Hmm, look, it's him who came in through the door.

Shen Ninghua looked over and saw Bu Jinglan striding in. She was wearing a narrow sleeved shirt which was different from what one would normally see. Xiao Feng stepped forward to greet him. The two of them spoke for some reason and the atmosphere seemed a little tense.

Bu Jinglan... As a prince of the Great Yue State who wished to present his son's birthday to him, wasn't he afraid that he wouldn't be able to explain it to his father when he returned?

Baili An was a bit curious when he saw the empty seat beside Shen Ninghua. "Who's seat is this? Why haven't I seen anyone sit there?"

"It's my cousin Yang Yingxue's seat." Thinking of her, Shen Ninghua's heart sank. He had the nagging feeling that something bad was going to happen. He could only hope that Yang Yingxue wouldn't cause something that she couldn't deal with.

Seeing that the banquet was about to begin, but Yang Yingxue still had not returned, Shen Ninghua turned to look at the palace maid behind Princess An Jing. "Princess, can you lend your maid the item and let her go take a look at my cousin. The banquet is about to start, she should be back soon."

Baili An hurriedly nodded, "Alright, Qiu Zhen, help Princess Zhao Hua look for it."

"Yes, Princess."

The palace maid called Qiu Zhen quietly left. However, after almost a quarter of an hour, all of the guests still hadn't received any news, not even the palace maid had returned.

Baili An also sensed that something was wrong, "Ning Hua, should we send more people to look for her? Why haven't we heard anything from her?"

Shen Ninghua pondered for a moment before he shook his head and refused, "No need, I believe there's going to be news soon." She was now sure that something must have happened to Yang Yingxue before she came back. She also thought about the matter of the carriage blocking the way, which was most likely directed at her.

Since that was the case, he might as well wait and see.

Old General Xiao came out to greet the guests with a smile on his face. Just as he was about to announce the start of the birthday banquet, the pale-faced palace maid, Qiu Zhen, came running in.

"Princess, this is bad. Miss Xiao fainted."

Baili An stood up abruptly, "What did you say? Miss Xiao fainted?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Qiu Zhen. Who didn't know that the person the Xiao family favored the most wasn't the talented and talented Xiao Feng Jue [1], but rather the only direct descendant of the Xiao family, Xiao Hengxi. Xiao Jingran fought all year round and married two of his wives before he died suddenly. There were some Warlocks who claimed that he had killed too many people and that he had killed too many people. As a result, his wife and children were very thin.

His first wife had left Xiao Feng Jue as her son, his second wife had no children, and he only married his current wife, Song Family, when he was almost forty years old. He only married his daughter, Xiao Hengxi, when he was forty-four years old. Now that Ye Zichen heard that he had fainted, he ignored the banquet and pointed at Qiu Zhen to lead the way, then went to look at Xiao Huan Xi.

"Ning Hua, quite a few people have followed them over. Are we going over as well?" Baili An asked in a soft voice.

"Mm, let's go take a look."

Qiu Zhen led the way, and everyone followed closely behind. Soon, they arrived at the temporary storage room.

Xiao JingRan pushed open the door and saw Xiao Huan Xi lying on the ground with a pale face. Yang Yingxue was kneeling beside her with tears of panic on her face, "Sister Xiao, please wake up. Please don't scare me."

Hearing someone enter, Yang Yingxue was alarmed. She suddenly raised her head and saw Shen Ninghua. Her eyes immediately lit up, "Ninghua, quickly come and take a look. The hairpin you gave me injured little sister Xiao and she fainted right after."