The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

"My dear ministers, please stand up. Today we are here to welcome Lord Meng and the Fourth Prince. My dear ministers, please do not be too polite. We must make these two guests from afar feel at home!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor raised his hand and all the ministers took their seats. Ye Buhuo and Hua Wujing also returned to their seats.

Hua Wu Ke and his father attended the banquet together, so Hua Wu Jing naturally walked towards them.

After walking a few steps, he found that Ye Buhuo was following him closely.

"Your Highness has taken the wrong path? Your position is below the Emperor."

Ye Buhuo had already instructed the palace servants to place him together with the Duke Dingguo's Mansion when he entered the palace, so it was natural for him to answer at this time:

"I am sitting with Duke Dingguo today."

Hua Wujing frowned.

"How can this be possible! You are the only prince of the Ye Kingdom! And you and Sui Sui haven't even gotten married yet!"

"Why not? The Hua Family Army and the Black Iron Army fought back the Northern Kingdom together. On such an occasion, they should naturally sit together."

Hua Wujing was shocked by his shamelessness, but had to admit that he had some truth in his words.

Otherwise, the emperor would have ordered people to rearrange Ye Buhuo's position long ago.

Following Hua Wujing to the seat of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Ye Buhuo met Hua Wuke's smiling eyes and smiled for the first time in the past few days.

Just facing Hua Wu Ke.

As the fourth prince of the Northern Kingdom, Bei Su naturally had a seat at the front. Next to him sat the crown prince, and opposite him were Ye Buhuo and Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Seeing Ye Buhuo sitting down next to Hua Wuke and the two of them exchanging glances as if no one was around, Bei Su's eyes darkened.

Soon, music started and dancers poured out from all directions, blocking Bei Su's view.

After the dance ended, the emperor picked up the wine glass again and asked Bei Su.

"What did the Fourth Prince think of the song and dance just now?"

Bei Su replied, "Very good."

Ye Lanfeng laughed loudly and said:

"I heard that the Fourth Prince is also good at music. I wonder if I can have the honor to meet him?"

Asking a prince to dance and sing in public was an insult to Bei Su, but he was not angry.

Instead, he nodded generously and spoke.

"Why not? Since the emperor wants to hear me play, I will not refuse."

Meng Shi's face was not very good at first, but after hearing Bei Su's words, the humiliation turned into an ordinary relationship of playing and appreciating music. His face also improved a lot, and his eyes were full of admiration for Bei Su.

He is worthy of being the emperor's most valued prince.

Bei Su took out his usual jade flute and walked to the middle.

Everyone thought he was about to start, but he suddenly changed direction and looked at Hua Wu Ke who was nibbling at snacks and said:

"I heard that Miss Hua from Duke Dingguo's mansion is also very good at playing the zither. I wonder if the princess would be willing to play a piece with me?"

Bei Su was quite polite in his words. Considering the difference in status between him and Hua Wuke, it was not an exaggeration for him to call himself "this prince" in front of her. However, he seemed to be deliberately trying to be nice to Hua Wuke and chose to use the word "I", which made Ye Buhuo look at him coldly.

Hua Wu Ke, who had been keeping out of the matter, was suddenly called by the prince who had come from afar. She looked up in a daze, glanced at Bei Su who was looking at her with a faint smile, and then looked blankly at Ye Buhuo who was handing her tea.

Hua Wu Ke did not speak, but Ye Bu Huo spoke:

"My princess, it's a bit inconvenient. How about I play a song with the Fourth Prince?"

Bei Su saw the close interaction between Hua Wuke and Ye Buhuo just now, and felt that the rumors were somewhat inconsistent.

Wasn't it said that Hua Wu Ke was very dissatisfied with this engagement and had confronted Ye Buhuo several times in public?

"Since it is inconvenient for the princess, this prince will naturally not force it, so I will trouble Prince An."

Bei Su played the flute, so Ye Buhuo asked the palace maids to bring the zither.

Hua Wu Ke knew that Ye Buhuo's mother, Ye Qingge, played the piano very well, so Ye Buhuo naturally learned how to play the piano after receiving her instruction.

But I had never had the opportunity to see him play the piano before, and I didn't expect that the first time I heard him would be in such an occasion.

The floating flute sound comes into the ears first, making people seem to see the green bamboo leaves dancing in the spring breeze. The melodious piano sound follows closely. The high-pitched piano sound mixes into the wind, making the originally gentle wind carry a sense of solemnity, making it difficult to tell whether the wind and leaves are playing or fighting each other in an attempt to crush each other.

Gradually, the rhythm of the flute and piano sounds became faster and faster. The wind rolled the bamboo leaves, and the bamboo leaves cut through the wind and passed through the wind. In the end, the bamboo leaves turned into broken leaves and fell to the ground, and the wind disappeared without a trace.

Just when everyone thought that the battle between the wind leaves had ended with both sides suffering losses, they suddenly felt the wind rising from all directions, bypassing everyone and drifting away.

When Ye Buhuo's piano music stopped, everyone in the hall realized that how could the wind be defeated? It rises out of thin air and moves as the heart wishes, so it must be invincible.

Bei Su put down the flute, breathing slightly hard. He glanced at Ye Buhuo, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Hua Wu Ke staring at Ye Buhuo with a smile in his eyes without blinking. He felt a little annoyed.

I didn't expect that I actually underestimated Ye Buhuo.

Seeing Bei Su was at a disadvantage, Ye Lanfeng felt proud and looked at Ye Buhuo with admiration, then said to Bei Su politely:

"The Fourth Prince's flute playing is indeed worthy of its reputation."

Bei Su's smile was a little forced.

"Your Majesty is so complimentary."

Seeing that the banquet was coming to an end, Meng Shi had not forgotten that he had an important matter to attend to during this visit to Ye Country.

He stood up, walked to the middle, and bowed to Ye Lanfeng.

"Your Majesty, this time my Lord sent me and the Fourth Prince to the Kingdom of Ye, and he has an unwelcome request."

Before entering the palace, Ye Lanfeng and Bei Sumengshi had discussed it. The two of them presented a large number of treasures with the sincerity of the Northern Kingdom seeking peace. They also said that after autumn, they would pay tribute to the Ye Kingdom with a batch of fattened cattle and sheep.

Ye Lanfeng was very happy and immediately set about asking people to draft a peace agreement.

Everything was almost ready, but Meng Shi suddenly said that Beiguo had another condition, which he would state publicly at the banquet.

When Meng Shi stepped forward at this moment, Ye Lanfeng knew that he was going to put forward conditions.

"Your Excellency, please feel free to speak."

"The North hopes that the two countries can make peace."

Hearing this, Hua Wu Ke felt that his grandfather was really amazing. He guessed right away that the Northern Kingdom wanted to marry a princess. He just didn't know whether the girl from the Northern Kingdom would marry here or the girl from the Night Kingdom would marry far away.

Ye Lanfeng was not surprised to hear the Northern Kingdom propose a marriage, and asked:

"I wonder how the Northern Kingdom plans to make peace with the marriage?"

This time it was not Meng Shi who answered, but Bei Su. He turned his body to one side, facing the seat of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, bowed and said:

"This prince requests to marry Miss Hua Wuke from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion as the fourth prince's consort."

Ye Buhuo had a bad feeling when Meng Shi proposed the marriage. When he heard Bei Su's words, the aura around him suddenly became very cold, causing the palace servants serving behind him to feel the coldness coming from him.