After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

As the only descendant of the Xue family, a wealthy imperial merchant family, Xue Sanniang seemed to be inlaid with gold at the Hundred Flowers Banquet. She was fat meat in the eyes of a group of hungry wolves.

Of course, not everyone has the appetite to eat this delicious fat meat. Most people know that they have nothing to do with it, but the adult princes, especially the legitimate princes born to three different queens, think they have a chance to compete for the next throne.

Xue Sanniang was born into a family of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Although she was rich, she was not noble. Her status and position were not high enough to be married as a principal wife. However, considering her huge amount of money, she could still be given the position of a concubine.

To put it another way, Xue Sanniang is the only daughter. If Xue Gaoyi had any accident, most of the Xue family's property would probably go to Xue Sanniang's husband.

This is also why Xue Sanniang was so eye-catching just now, and so many people were staring at her.

However, Tong Wenyu, the spoiled young lady, had never suffered any grievances because her father was the governor of the Nine Gates. Now, when she saw that the princes she was interested in were paying more attention to Xue Sanniang, who was just from a merchant family, she was naturally furious.

Before, Tong Wenyu had made trouble for Xue Sanniang in public. Although the princes did not want to offend the Tong family, they were also unwilling to give up Xue Sanniang. Naturally, they protected the delicate and pitiful Xue Sanniang openly and secretly.

This made Tong Wenyu very angry, and she could only hide in a secluded place and vent her anger on her personal maid.

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Before sitting down, Li Shiliu took a special look at Xue Sanniang. She was indeed delicate and lovely, with a pitiful look, which could easily arouse a man's desire to protect her.

Li Shiliu did not pay too much attention to the biggest bait of today's Hundred Flowers Banquet. After all, Xue Sanniang was destined to marry into the royal family and it was impossible for her to marry into another family.

At this moment, there was a commotion coming from the direction of the female guests. Li Shiliu turned around and saw that it was Xue Sanniang.

It was already a great honor for Xue Sanniang, who came from a merchant family, to be able to attend this Hundred Flowers Banquet. Given Xue Sanniang's status, she naturally sat in the back.

Most of the people sitting next to Xue Sanniang were girls from minor official families in Yuanjing City, including, of course, Tong Wenyu, the daughter of the Nine Gates Admiral.

Many people had seen the conflict between Tong Wenyu and Xue Sanniang before, and naturally there were people who wanted to take advantage of the situation to step on Xue Sanniang in order to curry favor with Tong Wenyu.

So not long after the banquet began, for some unknown reason, someone splashed vegetable soup all over Xue Sanniang.

"Who's making noise down there?

Come out and answer the call."

The commotion below attracted the attention of Emperor Jiade, who was sitting at the top.

The group of bullying young ladies dared not say a word, leaving only the pitiful Xue Sanniang, wearing dirty clothes, kneeling on the ground trembling with fear.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Xue Sanniang, and my father is the imperial merchant Xue Gaoyi."

Emperor Jiade looked at Xue Sanniang, who was kneeling on the ground and still trembling slightly, with a majestic look on his face, and said lightly.

"Keep your head up."

Xue Sanniang raised her head slightly, revealing a fair and delicate face.

"how old are you?"

"Your Majesty, I am 17 years old this year."

“17, still a little girl.

Never mind, it’s not a big deal, just use it to calm your nerves.

Have someone take her to Yufu Palace to change her clothes."

Pointing to a pot of the most gorgeous Yaohuang and Weizi flowers, Emperor Jiade signaled for someone to give it to Xue Sanniang who was kneeling on the ground.

Gift Peony...

Yufu Palace...

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