Villain: Who said I came here to break off the engagement?

At this time, a hearty laugh came from outside the hall: "Hahaha, I heard that Xiao Mu is here. I rushed here as soon as I finished my work. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

The maids standing on both sides bowed and saluted.

Bai Mu stood up, and Li Guanhai stood up as well. They saw a tall and slender man wearing a dark red cloak embroidered with a circle pattern in gold thread walking into the hall.

In Li Guanhai's eyes, it seemed as if he saw a small sun flying into the hall. The golden dragon energy was extremely full, several times richer than Xun Huaixin and the fifth prince combined.

As expected of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, his dragon energy was second only to the current emperor.

Bai Mu bowed and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince."

"Hahaha, we are brothers, being so polite seems strange, get up quickly."

Xun Yunliang helped him up, his eyes fell on Li Guanhai, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhao, congratulations, you won the first place in the Seven Absolute Sect Competition. Now most of the streets and alleys in the capital are discussing your affairs, hahaha."

"I am ashamed, I just won by luck." Li Guanhai said modestly.

"Alas." Xun Yunliang waved his hand: "Sometimes luck is also a part of strength. I have seen two competitions of Mr. Zhao, and it is really extraordinary. You are the best in your generation of the Seven Absolute Sect, no objection."

"Okay, okay, don't stand, sit down, Miss Ji, you sit down too." Xun Yunliang asked everyone to sit down.

"Thank you, Crown Prince." Ji Xiang bowed and bowed, and sat next to Li Guanhai.

There is no way, the Crown Prince sat in the upper seat, Bai Mu sat in the lower seat, and Li Guanhai sat next to Bai Mu. Where else can she sit except here?

The three of them started chatting, and Li Guanhai listened and observed the prince of the East Palace of the Dawu Dynasty.

It must be said that he is a very charming person, courteous to the wise and humble, with a cheerful and cheerful temperament, and he does not have the airs of the prince of the East Palace at all.

Although this may just be his disguise to win people's hearts.

But on second thought, if he can do this to win people's hearts, he is wise even if he is not wise.

And it seems that the prince Bai Mu is also a prince party, otherwise he would not be brought to introduce him to the prince.

Li Guanhai couldn't help but frown. The power of the Bai Palace in the court is intertwined, and there are people in all departments. In addition, the old prince Bai guards the border and holds military power. It can be said that he is powerful.

The royal family and the civil and military officials must have been wary of the Bai Palace for a long time, and they will definitely find ways to weaken the military power.

The reason why they haven't taken action for so many years is that although the Bai Wangfu is powerful, it is inappropriate to rashly attack Qi. The more important reason is that the Bai Wangfu does not rely on either side, does not involve party politics, and does not ask about the affairs of the court.

It is because of the Bai Wangfu's self-awareness and self-discipline that the hearts of the officials and the royal family in the court are slightly reassured, and they are not in a hurry to deal with the Bai Wangfu.

They are afraid of the old man who has been guarding the border for most of his life, and they are afraid of angering him and causing unpredictable consequences.

So they are waiting, waiting for the old man to die, waiting for the day when he can no longer lift a gun, or even a pen.

Only then will everything be safe.

But now Bai Mu is on good terms with the prince, and he is obviously on the prince's side. Once the Bai Wangfu participates in party politics and asks about court affairs, it will definitely be targeted by the officials and the royal family, and even suspected.

The most feared thing for an official in the court is to be suspected by His Majesty. Once suspected, it is not far from losing your head.

Li Guanhai was puzzled. Even he could see through these simple truths at a glance. How could Bai Mu, the prince, not understand them?

The answer must be no. He understood them. He understood them better than anyone else, but why did he insist on doing so?

During the conversation, Li Guanhai's mouth never stopped, and he ate one plate of cake after another.

Several palace maids changed from being surprised at the beginning to being curious, and finally even began to bet that he would eat a few more plates.

Ji Xiang on the side was speechless. Doesn't this guy know how to restrain himself? How can he wolf down like this in front of the prince!

But then again, this guy looked quite delicious when he ate.

Ji Xiang subconsciously stretched out her tongue to lick her lips, took a sip of the cold tea at hand, and diverted her eyes from looking at the exquisite cakes on the plate.

After returning home, this girl will also eat a plate!

She thought secretly in her heart.

The sky gradually darkened. Xun Yunliang saw that it was almost time, so he stood up and said, "Okay, the banquet is about to start, let's go."

The four of them left the East Palace and headed for the Shenwu Palace.

When they arrived at the magnificent hall, the people from the three families and seven sects had already arrived, as well as many officials and several royal princesses.

The fifth prince was also there. When he saw Li Guanhai, he walked over with a grin and raised his chin and said, "Isn't this Mr. Zhao? I couldn't find you just now, and I thought you were injured and couldn't come. How come you are here again now?"

Xun Yunliang said, "Fifth brother, Mr. Zhao came with me."

The fifth prince's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled and said, "So that's the case. Prince, you guys chat, I'm leaving first."

He left in disgrace, not daring to stay any longer.

Xun Yunliang asked: "Mr. Zhao, you seem to have some grievances with my fifth brother?"

Li Guanhai shrugged: "I don't know why the fifth prince is targeting me."

Xun Yunliang smiled and said: "The fifth brother is just like that, don't take it to heart, don't worry, he already knows that you are my good friend, and he will never dare to cause you trouble again in the future."

"Thank you, Prince."

"You're welcome."

Suddenly, a fragrant breeze blew, and a tall, pretty woman with a bun in her hair and wearing a lilac-colored palace dress with a narrow sleeve and a cross collar came slowly.

She looked to be in her twenties, but her dress was a little mature.

Xun Yunliang smiled and said, "Xiangshan, I haven't seen you for a while, and you've become more beautiful. Why don't you come to the East Palace to see your brother?"

Princess Xiangshan complained, "Brother Crown Prince, you're still so embarrassed to say that. You're running around all day, busy helping father deal with various things. You're nowhere to be seen all day. I've been to the East Palace several times but all in vain."

"Haha, there are indeed a lot of things to do recently. I'll talk to you when I'm free."

"Does it count?" Princess Xiangshan asked.

"Of course, brother, when have I ever lied to you?" Xun Yunliang patted his chest to assure, then pulled Li Guanhai to his side and said, "You love to join in the fun, you should be familiar with this young man."

"Of course." Xiangshan's beautiful eyes stared at Li Guanhai, and said softly: "The champion of the Qijuemen competition, a famous figure in the capital, even the children and women in the market are familiar with him, how could I not know him."

"Princess, don't say that, you are embarrassing me." Li Guanhai smiled shyly.

Princess Xiangshan said: "Young Master Zhao, don't be too modest, I have watched several of your competitions, and your skills are really great. Whether it is Confucianism, or swordsmanship, palm skills, body skills, you are proficient in all of them. There are very few all-rounders like you."

The two chatted with each other, and Xun Yunliang saw that the two were talking happily, so he did not interrupt them, but took Bai Mu to talk to other officials.

When Ji Xiang left, she glanced at Li Guanhai, then at Princess Xiangshan, who always had curved eyebrows and eyes, and curled her lips, thinking: "This guy is quite popular with women."

The two chatted and strolled in the hall, and they were speculative and had different topics, which attracted many officials' sidelong glances.

Suddenly, Li Guanhai felt a chill coming over him, and he shuddered all over. He looked back as if he had telepathy, and happened to look into Xiahou Aoxue's cold eyes.

At this moment, his heart seemed to miss a beat.

Princess Xiangshan saw him standing there looking away, and wondered: "Mr. Zhao, what's wrong?"

Li Guanhai knew that he could not stay with this woman anymore, otherwise something would really happen, either to her or to himself.

For the physical and mental health of both of them, he turned back and smiled: "Your Highness, there is a good friend of mine who I haven't seen for a long time over there, so I'll leave first."

Princess Xiangshan nodded gently and said, "Hmm."

Xiahou Aoxue walked away, and Li Guanhai followed her tacitly, and came to a corner where no one noticed.

She turned around and stood still, just looking at him, without saying anything.

Li Guanhai couldn't stand this weird atmosphere, and took the initiative to break the deadlock, "I have nothing to do with her, just talking."

"I didn't say you had anything to do with her." Xiahou Aoxue said in a flat tone.

"You..." Li Guanhai was speechless for a moment, and then asked: "Then you are not angry, right."

"I will never be angry with you."

Li Guanhai did not relax at all, because he extracted other meanings from this sentence.

Xiahou Aoxue will not be angry with herself, but she will be angry with others, and once she gets angry, people are often dead.

Princess Xiangshan, danger!