The lady is reborn? The crazy villain kisses her forcefully and won't let go!

Mu Luan smiled knowingly and looked at the other two young ladies from official families with a gentle gaze. They had already lowered their heads obediently and dared not speak.

She withdrew her gaze with satisfaction, without even looking at Su Lan, whose face turned blue with anger, and walked past her gracefully.

Su Lan twisted the wrinkled handkerchief in her hand and glared at the four young ladies from official families, "They are all trash!"

Mu Luan returned to Madam Mu in a good mood. Madam Mu saw her coming back with a smile on her face and asked curiously, "What are you so happy about?"

"Picked up a few nasty bugs," Mu Luan smiled slyly.

Madam Mu did not ask any further questions and just assumed that she had really encountered a bug in the imperial garden.

After a while, the emperor, the empress and a group of concubines came to the main seat, and everyone stood up and knelt to pay their respects.

With the emperor's majestic "No need for formalities", the birthday banquet officially began.

After that, the sound of ritual music and orchestral music continued to fill the ears.

The emperor looked at the novel layout of the imperial garden and said with admiration, "This birthday banquet is really innovative."

The queen glanced at Su Lan's seat on the female seat, her gorgeous face full of satisfaction, and echoed: "Your Majesty is right, I didn't expect that my niece would have such a talent."

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Lan, who was sitting on the female guest seat.

Everyone knows that the daughter of the Minister of Rites is the niece of the current queen.

At first glance, she looks elegant and graceful in a goose yellow dress, and her proper makeup makes her look even more beautiful.

Her orchid-like temperament made her stand out among the beautiful ladies in the capital.

The emperor praised: "As expected of Lord Su's daughter, she is both intelligent and beautiful, which is rare."

Su Qinghe and Su Lan stood up from their seats and saluted, saying, "Thank you, Emperor and Empress, for your compliments."

Prince Jun Qi was fiddling with the cup in his hand. He stared at the goose yellow figure for a moment and curled the corners of his mouth.

She is indeed his beautiful cousin. After not seeing her for a month, she seems to have become even more charming.

Although his mother did not agree with him marrying his cousin as the Crown Princess, she promised her the position of concubine in the future.

In this way, not only the position of Crown Princess is vacated, but he can also marry the beauty and make his mother happy. It is really a three-pronged approach.

The curve of his mouth deepened, and he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

The fourth prince Jun Zhiling wore a blue gilded robe today, with silver feathers outlining delicate patterns, and his temperament was noble yet restrained.

He did not follow the crowd's gaze and look at Su Lan, but instead cast his scrutinizing eyes on a girl not far away, who was wearing a light pink dress and was hidden among a group of beautiful girls.

The girl also didn't look at Su Lan. She picked up something in her hand, put it to her lips and took a light bite.

It seemed that it was not to her liking. She suddenly frowned, her cheeks puffed up and she stood there in a daze.

Jun Zhiling chuckled, lowered his eyes to look at the cakes in front of him, thought for a moment, and waved to the palace servant behind him.

Su Lan carefully prepared the birthday banquet in order to leave a deep impression in front of the princes, and the person she wanted to attract the most was the Fourth Prince.

She raised her head slightly and glanced at the Fourth Prince quietly, and saw that the usually indifferent Fourth Prince was actually smiling.

She whispered something to the palace maid, and the maid walked towards her with a plate of cakes in her hand.

A shy smile suddenly flashed through Su Lan's heart, and as the pastries got closer, her heart began to beat happily unconsciously.

Just as the palace servant was about to reach her side, Su Lan had already revealed a decent smile, waiting for the palace servant to call her.

But until the palace servant walked straight past her, Su Lan did not hear the call, and the smile on her face suddenly became stiff.

She looked around awkwardly, and was slightly relieved when she saw that no one noticed her embarrassing behavior.

Su Lan pretended to be indifferent and looked back, but she saw a scene that was almost heartbreaking.

That palace maid actually gave the snacks to that bitch Mu Luan!

At that time, Mu Luan was twisting a piece of cake in one hand. The taste in her mouth was very unpalatable. She was thinking about how to consume the unpalatable food when suddenly a respectful male voice came from the side, "Miss Mu."

She swallowed subconsciously, and the unpalatable food instantly slipped into her stomach. She turned her head to look without even having time to react.

It was an unknown palace maid.

The palace servant handed the cake in his hand to her with a flattering smile on his face, and said, "Your Highness, please have Miss Mu taste this cake."

Madam Mu turned around when she heard the noise, and her eyes flickered slightly when she heard the man say "Fourth Prince".

Without waiting for Mu Luan and Madam Mu to decline, the palace servant swiftly placed the blue and white porcelain plate containing the pastries in front of Mu Luan, then quickly bowed and took his leave.

Mu Luan looked around and finally determined the location of the Fourth Prince.

He was looking at her, and when he saw her gaze coming towards him, he nodded at her as if nothing had happened.

Mu Luan looked puzzled, but nodded slightly out of courtesy, then lowered her eyes to look at the plate of exquisite peach blossom pastry.

If someone is being too attentive for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. I'm afraid you can't eat this peach blossom pastry.

Su Lan secretly watched the two people flirting with each other and felt very angry.

When did this bitch Mu Luan hook up with the Fourth Prince? She has no shame in flirting with him in public!

At this moment, the Queen opened her red lips and smiled kindly, "Which noble lady will lead the opening dance this year?"

As everyone knows, every year at the Queen's birthday banquet, a noble lady would be invited to perform. If she could win the applause of the whole audience, the Emperor and the Queen would definitely reward her handsomely.

In order to stand out at the birthday banquet and win the favor of the princes, the ladies of various families had already practiced hard in private, just to have the honor of being chosen to go on stage and show off their dancing skills.

"Mother, Miss Su's dancing is light and graceful. I think good things come in pairs, so let her perform the dance for you," the prince stood up and recommended.

Upon hearing this, the queen's eyes darkened slightly, and she observed the emperor's expression imperceptibly.

Seeing that he looked calm and didn't seem to have any intention of blaming her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to stop the prince's thoughts, the emperor suddenly said in a loud voice: "Your Highness's words make me curious, so why not do as you wish?"

Although the queen was not happy, she did not dare to offend the emperor in public, so she had to agree.

When Su Lan heard that the emperor asked her to dance the opening dance, the resentment in her heart was slightly suppressed, but soon, a calculation flashed in her eyes.

She stood up and bowed respectfully, saying, "I would like to thank the Emperor, the Empress, and the Crown Prince for their kindness. It is my honor to dance for the Empress at the birthday banquet, but..."

The queen was immediately displeased when she saw her embarrassment. She knew her niece's skills better than anyone else, and she was afraid that she was planning something again.

She had no choice but to pretend to be magnanimous and kind, and asked kindly: "Just what? Are you in trouble?"