Chapter 85 Palace Night Banquet
The sky gradually darkened and before we knew it, the sun had set.

Shen Feng, Yu Tianheng and their group found a teahouse not far away and chatted while waiting for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Soon, the sharp-eyed Yu Feng pointed excitedly at the street in the distance: "Look, Yan Zi is back, and Ling Ling was brought back by her."

Oslo chuckled and patted Shen Feng on the shoulder: "Brother Shen, it seems like you have a lot of potential."

Shen Feng looked up and saw Dugu Yan holding Ye Lingling's hand and walking towards them, waving and greeting them excitedly as they walked.

Ye Lingling lowered her head slightly and walked slowly. It was unknown what she was thinking. The black veil once again covered her face, making it difficult to see clearly.

Shen Feng stood up, walked over with a painted face, stood in front of Ye Lingling, and bowed to her: "Miss Ye"

As soon as Shen Feng opened his mouth, Ye Lingling reached out to stop him from speaking.

"No need to say more, Yan Zi has told me everything that needs to be said, but I will not accept you, and I don't like arrogant people."

"For Yan Zi's sake, I can ignore your previous joke, but please respect yourself a little, okay?"

Ye Lingling's voice was still pleasant to hear, but also still hollow. Even though she disliked Shen Feng now, Shen Feng could not hear any emotion in her words.

With a smile, Shen Feng said no more. Everything needs to be done in moderation. There is a long time to come, so there is no need to rush for success.

These days, it’s enough to leave an impression, good or bad.

"Miss Ye is right. I was rude."

After hearing this, Shen Feng gave way without hesitation, with no intention of continuing to pester him.

Ye Lingling was slightly stunned. She really didn't expect Shen Feng to be so receptive to advice.

Previously, Shen Feng spoke extremely bluntly, even to the point of being frivolous.

But now he suddenly became serious again, coupled with his frivolous clown appearance, Ye Lingling was really confused.

Before following Dugu Yan, she was worried that Shen Feng would pester her.

However, Shen Feng's simple statement of "stopping" overturned all the countless ways of rejection she had rehearsed in her mind.

For a moment, this huge contrast caused a ripple to silently rise in the depths of her heart, which was as calm as water.

What’s going on with this young man?

Is he a pervert with frivolous words? Is he a gentleman who knows when to stop? Is he a hypocrite who pretends to be a hypocrite? Or is he the genius boy that Yan Zi mentioned?

Which one is the real him?

What's going on? Why am I following him?
It's just a little ghost with a clown face whose appearance can't even be seen clearly. It's really strange.

Thinking of this, the corners of Ye Lingling's mouth twitched slightly under her veil, revealing a bitter smile. She reached out and pulled Dugu Yan beside her: "Yanzi, let's go, we still have to go to the palace to attend the dinner."

Tiandou Palace, birthday party on a snowy night.

The Tiandou Palace, which was built at great cost, is naturally very beautiful. In addition to the magnificent palaces and pavilions, there are of course also beautiful mountains and green waters as a backdrop.

Especially tonight, the day of the birthday banquet of the co-leader of the Tiandou Empire, Emperor Xue Ye.

The ubiquitous soul-guided lights of various colors made the entire palace as bright as day. The magnificent palace looked even more luxurious under the reflection of a large number of soul-guided lights. The wonderful mountains and green waters also revealed various wonders at this time, with clouds and mist, and rainbows appearing and disappearing, like a fairyland on earth.

thump -- thump -- thump --

Three magnificent bells rang out from a pavilion, heralding the official start of the night banquet.

The next moment, melodious singing came from the largest golden hall in the palace, spreading along with the blessings from the crowd.

The main hall is magnificent, with cloud-top sandalwood beams, crystal jade walls as lamps, dragon-carved mahogany pillars, and golden column bases supported by precious lotus flowers, all of which exude luxury.

Entering the hall, you will see a wide red carpet corridor. At the end of the corridor is a high platform. On the golden lacquer dragon throne sits a king who looks down on the world. He is wearing a golden and red gorgeous robe, a golden diamond crown, a face like an ancient moon, and white hair and beard. Although he looks a little old, he sits there, giving people a sense of origin, as if everything around him is centered on him.

This person is the protagonist of tonight, Emperor Xue Ye.

Below the high platform, right in front of Emperor Xue Ye's gaze, there was singing and dancing on the wide red carpet aisle, with sleeves fluttering, accompanied by the ringing of bells, the sound of zithers and harps, and melodious music.

On both sides of the aisle, there are neatly arranged seats, amber wine, jade cups, gold-footed jugs, and emerald plates. The food is as beautiful as a painting and the wine is as flowing as springs.

After congratulating in unison, many dignitaries took their seats in order according to their respective status.

The higher the status, the closer they are to the platform and the red carpet aisle. People of low status can only sit in the most remote corners of the hall, or even on the square outside the hall.

But there were a few people who were very special. Not only were they seated closest to the platform, but even when they congratulated Emperor Xue Ye, they did not stand up. They just bowed to him as a sign of blessing.

Just by looking at their attitude towards Emperor Xue Ye and the positions where they sit, one can tell that these are the VIPs that Emperor Xue Ye truly values, and they are also the nobles with whom he must connect and focus on building closer relationships tonight.

It goes without saying that these people are either visitors from the Spirit Hall or VIPs from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, with at most Dugu Bo and his younger brother, Prince Xuexing.

As the king of a country, an emperor above tens of millions of people, he actually has his own helplessness in the face of absolute strength. This is indeed a sad thing.

But this matter has nothing to do with Shen Feng.

As soon as the banquet began, Dugu Yan quietly slipped up to Shen Feng and patted him on the shoulder.

"Little brother, let's go, let's go find Lingling and the others."

Shen Feng turned around and Dugu Yan burst out laughing.

"Brother, what's this look?"

At this time, Shen Feng had a black headscarf wrapped around his head, and half of his face was covered with a black veil. Above his nose and below his eyebrows, one could only see thick, different-colored eye circles, one white and one black. His black and white eyes were full of helplessness.

"What kind of style? A thief on the roof, a petty thief."

Dugu Yan covered her mouth and chuckled, patting his shoulder: "Okay, okay, don't be depressed, sister will take you to steal someone."

Shen Feng rolled his eyes at her and said, "What do you mean by stealing someone's heart? That sounds so bad. What we did is called stealing their heart."

"Ah, yes, yes, steal my heart, steal my heart, as long as you are happy."

Ye Lingling and others are elite students of Tiandou Academy. They are descendants of Tiandou nobles and some even have titles. Naturally, they have a seat in this hall. Although they are not in the front row, they are free from disturbance.

The invitations to Shen Feng and Dugu Yan were sent by Prince Xue Qinghe himself, so their positions were naturally relatively forward.

Soon, Dugu Yan brought Shen Feng to find Ye Lingling who was sitting alone in a corner of the hall.

"Hello, Lingling, I brought your dog."

"Puff~" Ye Lingling, such a cold and elegant girl, was instantly broken down by Dugu Yan's words.

"Yanzi, what are you talking about? What about my dog?"

Seeing this scene, Shen Feng suddenly realized, that's how it is, the cute girl is begging for help, so just be a dog.

"Wow~"

"Puchi~" Suddenly, another person burst out laughing.

The voice was crisp, and it seemed to be from a woman. However, the source of the voice was not Ye Lingling in front of Shen Feng, but came from behind him.

Looking back, Shen Feng discovered that the person who came was an old acquaintance, it was Tiandou Prince 'Xue Qinghe'.

Xue Qinghe's eyes dodged, and he looked embarrassed. "Well, did I come at the wrong time?"

(End of this chapter)