Although we are very strong, we just keep trying to trick people.

Time flies by, today is the day to celebrate the Queen's birthday, and all the officials and their families will gather in the palace in the evening.

In the Liu Mansion, Liu Ning was wearing a light blue dress, with a trace of sadness on her delicate face, sitting calmly under the willow tree in the courtyard.

A breeze blew by, and the hem of her clothes and the wicker were dancing together. At this moment, the sun was setting in the west, and wisps of the setting sun shone through the wicker on her body.

Such a scene made Liu Yi stunned as she came over to tell her to prepare for the palace banquet.

"Ning'er, get ready to go."

The peaceful atmosphere was broken by Liu Yi. If he looked at it for a while longer, time would be delayed.

Liu Ning heard the sound, turned to look at Liu Yi, squeezed out a faint smile on her face and said, "Cousin, I'll be here right away."

After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the carriage outside the door.

Liu Yi looked at Liu Ning's leaving figure and sighed helplessly.

Ever since Liu Ning came back two days ago, she is no longer as lively as before.

When she woke up that day, she didn't cry or make a fuss. She was so calm that she frightened the rest of the Liu family.

Mrs. Yang even drove Liu Yan to stay in the guest room, while she stayed with Liu Ning all day long, for fear that Liu Ning would do something to hurt her.

Fortunately, although she became quieter, she did not behave abnormally, which made several people feel relieved.

Liu Ning walked to the carriage, and Yang was already sitting in it. She had just added a layer of soft cushions to the carriage to avoid bumping Liu Ning on the bumpy road.

Seeing Liu Ning coming, she helped Liu Ning onto the carriage with a smile on her face.

"Our Ning'er is so beautiful. Look at her tender skin. Even the empress in the palace can't do more than that!"

Yang took Liu Ning's hand and asked her to sit next to her. She looked at Liu Ning with eyes full of love.

"Mom, you're teasing me again."

Liu Ning's face was a little rosy, she leaned on Yang's shoulder and spoke in a coquettish tone.

But when Yang looked at the girl leaning on her shoulder, she was keenly aware of the sadness in her eyes, and her heart was filled with distress.

Why did such a thing happen to her Ning'er?

Liu Ning is not as miserable as the Liu family thought at this moment, and she only has a little resentment towards Ling Xuewei now.

For some reason, she could never hate Ling Xuewei. Even this resentment was born out of Ling Xuewei not coming to her for two days.

But how did she know that every time she fell asleep under Yang's care in the past two days, Ling Xuewei would appear beside her bed, silently watching her sleeping face, and would not leave until dawn.

After a while, two carriages came to the place where the carriages were parked in the palace. Yang and Liu Ning got off the carriage in front.

Several men from the Liu family also got off the carriage behind them. Their carriage was the one Liu Ning took when she came to Yujing City. The space inside was a bit small, and four grown men were squeezed inside. You can imagine how uncomfortable it was.

No, Liu Hao and Liu Yi hit their thighs as soon as they got off the carriage. There were only two seats in the carriage, and Liu Yan and Liu Ran sat on the seats naturally.

When coming to the palace for a banquet, clothing etiquette is very important. They can't sit on the ground to avoid getting their clothes dirty, so they come squatting.

Under the leadership of Liu Yan, several people entered the palace together, and Yang took Liu Ning to the back garden where the officials' female relatives stayed. This was the rule for palace banquets in previous years.

As soon as Liu Ning arrived in the back garden, she attracted the attention of all the female relatives. They had never seen Liu Ning before, and they were a little curious about such a beautiful woman like her.

Yang took Liu Ning to some familiar ladies and chatted with them, while Liu Ning sat quietly next to Yang.

At this moment, where the carriages were parked outside the palace, several carriages stopped, and several men in official uniforms got out of the carriages.

They ordered the servants they brought to carry out the boxes from the carriage. Some Imperial Guardsmen came over to check, but after seeing the token taken out by one of the officials, they quietly retreated and allowed the group to pass.

In the carriage, there were still several corpses whose clothes had been stripped off.

The group of people walked into the palace gate in a hurry. The leading official seemed to be very familiar with the palace and took everyone to a remote area.

The box was opened, and it was full of weapons. After quickly putting on the weapons, these servants put on night clothes and hid nearby.

These people dressed as officials also hid some weapons in their sleeves and left the place with normal expressions.

But what they didn't notice was that on the roof of the palace, a woman in black was holding a long knife on her back, silently watching this scene.

This woman was Ling Xuewei. When she went to see Liu Ning these two nights, she asked the scholar Bei Mo Prince and gave him no instructions.

This question really revealed something. Prince Beimo asked him to secretly take Liu Ning out of the palace after the palace banquet started.

Although the scholar has lost one of his legs, he can still perform some light skills as long as he is not facing an enemy. As long as he sneaks into the palace quietly, it is really possible for him to complete this task.

Seeing the scene just now, I was even more sure that the Northern Desert Prince was up to something.

Ling Xuewei could bear this, but she couldn't bear it at all.

She carried the knife early and found a high point where she could see the entire palace. She wanted to see what the Northern Desert prince wanted to do.

Soon the palace banquet began. The emperor and empress of the Yan Dynasty slowly walked up to the high platform in the square under the gaze of hundreds of officials.

"Long live my emperor" xn

After the emperor took his seat, all the officials saluted. The emperor seemed to enjoy this scene very much and sat firmly on the high platform.

After a while, he waved his hand and said with great energy: "Everyone is at peace."

The officials stood up, and a group of female relatives, led by several imperial concubines, came to the banquet square.

The venue was full of excitement, and just when the atmosphere was high, a sharp voice sounded: "Prince Beimo is here to see you."

For a moment, everyone on the field looked towards the entrance of the square, and saw a young man in rich clothes walking towards him, followed by two attendants holding gift boxes in their hands.

After the young man in rich clothes entered the arena, he saw Liu Ning silently following Yang, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

But in the current situation, he was not allowed to do anything else. When he walked to the emperor's dais, he knelt down respectfully and saluted.

The emperor seemed to be very satisfied with the respectfulness of the Prince of Beimo. After he proposed the gift, he anxiously asked him to present the gift, wanting to see what kind of treasure it was.

"Your Majesty, isn't this appropriate?"

The queen on the side advised, she was afraid that there was danger in the gift box, which would be bad for the emperor.

The emperor just waved his hand indifferently. In his opinion, now that Beimo is facing the oppression of the Shengyun Dynasty, it is difficult to protect itself. Now it must be seeking an alliance with the Dayan Dynasty to jointly restrict the Shengyun Dynasty. How could it harm him? ?

The two attendants held the gift box and walked towards the emperor. The emperor stood up and prepared to open the gift box with his own hands to see what was inside.

He opened the gift box with joy on his face and saw a black iron ball inside. Just when he was wondering what it was, he saw two attendants retreating.

"Your Majesty, be careful." The eunuch who had been following the emperor saw the attendant retreating and quickly stepped forward to pull the emperor away.

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and the emperor and the eunuch were surrounded by strong fire. Seeing this, all the officials on the scene quickly retreated, but no one came forward to rescue them.