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Xiao Lan followed closely behind the crowd. In the end, she discovered that she was actually the one delivering the meal for the first person seated on the right side of the Emperor.

When she obediently arrived at the table and opened the box to put down the dishes, she suddenly heard the Emperor Xuanyuan Hongxi teasing the people at the table.

"It seems that the Regent doesn't really like today's singing and dancing. Could it be that he is thinking about the thirteen singers in his mansion?"

After he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Hongxi said with a hearty laugh.

Seeing Xuanyuan Hongxi laughing so merrily, the other officials started to giggle as well.

Xiao Lan suddenly stopped eating. The Regent, could it be …

Right when Xiao Lan was suspecting him, the man before her replied in a low, pleasant voice that contained half seriousness and half unruliness.

"My royal brother is indeed a person who understands me. My thirteen treasures are hard to find in this world. Of all the songs and dances, only they can sing the most beautiful melody, and only they can perform the most moving steps."

Instantly, Xiao Lan seemed to have gone deaf as the dream from yesterday clearly appeared before her eyes.

The man's voice seemed to instantly merge with the man in front of her.

"You're back …"

"My thirteen treasures …"

Xiao Lan unhesitatingly raised his head, his gaze looking straight at the man in front of him. Because they were only separated by a table, Xiao Lan naturally saw the man's face clearly.

Instantly, the food in Xiao Lan's hands crashed onto the table with a 'bang', scattering the soup all over the place.

This loud noise shocked everyone present. Everyone in the main hall looked towards Xiao Lan, including the Regent in front of Xiao Lan, Xuanyuan Yun.

Xuanyuan Yun was also slightly startled by Xiao Lan's sudden voice, and when he recovered from his shock, he slowly raised his gaze and looked directly at Xiao Lan.

After a moment, their gazes met, and their hearts trembled.

Xuanyuan Feng's gaze slowly narrowed, while Xiao Lan's gaze was as sharp as a blade, piercing towards one's heart.

It's him, it's really him!

The man in front of him, the one known as the Eastern Han Regent, was really the man in the coffin!

Xiao Lan's gaze started at Xuanyuan Wentian's face and did not miss a single inch of his line of sight.

There was no mistake, he was that man!

The surrounding people all sucked in a breath of cold air when they saw Xiao Lan's actions, especially the Marquis Mansion's wife, Lady Yan. She nearly dropped the chair in her seat!

What was she doing? She didn't know what she was doing!

Not only did he overturn the dishes, he even openly sized up the Regent! She was completely mad!

At this point, he had also recognized her. Realizing what she was doing, he quickly left the dining table and walked to the center of the hall. He cleanly knelt on the floor and looked at Xuanyuan Hongxi with a face full of fear.

"Your majesty, your subject requests for forgiveness because your subject has no means to discipline him. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Hongxi was similarly looking at Xiao Lan with a surprised expression. Xuanyuan Hongxi's first thought was not that Xiao Lan did not know how to salute nor was it about Xiao Lan's outrageous actions, but her boldness!

He had never seen a woman look at the Regent so blatantly, and not a single hair off her head.

Although everyone said that the Eastern Han Regent was a good girl, he was also a decisive and ruthless person. He liked women, but never liked women who took the initiative to approach him.

He was definitely the best person in the world to do something like this.

Xuanyuan Hongxi was suddenly interested in Xiao Lan.

For the first time ever, Xuanyuan Wentian looked confused. If a woman in the past had looked at him that way, he would have ordered her to drag her away, so much so that she would have definitely taken her life.

Although the woman in front of him was looking at him, she didn't seem to really look at him. Shock flashed through her eyes, which were filled with a profoundness that no one could understand, but the beauty of his appearance wasn't the only one that did not. Even more so, the shock and amazement in her eyes wasn't directed at his appearance, but rather a kind of shock that came from the depths of her heart.

At this moment, the entire hall was silent. If a needle were to drop, everyone would be able to hear it clearly.

Everyone looked at Xiao Lan with increasingly fearful expressions, and Xiao Lan continued to stare at Xuanyuan Wentian as if he had not noticed him at all.

Finally recovering from her shock, Lady Yan ran to his side and knelt in the main hall.

"The emperor has shown mercy. This woman has done such a disrespectful thing. This subject will definitely punish her severely. I definitely won't let her have another chance. You can leave now!"

Yan Shi's low growl finally caused Xiao Lan to shift her gaze away from Xuanyuan s body.

After that, Xiao Lan did an even more shocking action. Xiao Lan placed the spread of soup back onto the tray and took out a brocade cloth from the bottom of the tray, wiping the messy tabletop clean as he muttered to Xuanyuan s face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't manage to maintain my composure just now. I've scared you."

In an instant, everyone was no longer inhaling cold air. They were scared out of their wits.

In the main hall, Lady Yan kowtowed as if her life depended on it, begging, "Your Majesty, please make amends. Please spare my family. Please make amends, Your Majesty, please spare my family …"

Hearing Lady Yan's heart-wrenching wails, Xiao Lan's hands froze. She turned around and looked at Lady Yan, puzzled. Why would she plead in such a manner? What had happened to cause her to be worried about her life?

Perhaps because the doubt in Xiao Lan's eyes was too obvious, Xuanyuan Wentian, who hadn't made a sound from the long table beside her, slowly muttered, word by word clearly clearing Xiao Lan's doubts.

"Firstly, you knocked over the food in front of This King, which is a great disrespect. Secondly, if This King does not dodge or evade, it is a great disrespect. Thirdly, you call This King you, which is a crime. Any one of these three things can make you kill your head or execute your life ten times over, let alone all three of them. As a member of the Wei family, you have already burdened your family."

Oh ~ So that's the case. After hearing what was said, Xiao Lan calmly added in her heart, "That's why Lady Yan is begging me like this …"

Xiao Lan's gaze swept past Lady Yan before sighing in an inaudible manner.

"I forgot, this shouldn't be the case."

Xiao Lan's words were extremely light, but as long as one had inner force, they would be able to hear him clearly.

At least, the Emperor, Xuanyuan Hongxi, who was seated on the main seat heard it. As for Xuanyuan Guxing, who was seated behind Xiao Lan, he heard it even more clearly.

For a moment, the two of them secretly revealed a hint of a smile.

Interesting, interesting, I haven't seen such an interesting person in a long time.

Xuanyuan Hongxi, who was sitting on the main seat, ignored Lady Yan in the main hall and looked directly at Xiao Lan, inquiring in an interested voice.

"Who are you? "What's your name?"

When the crowd saw Xuanyuan Hongxi's voice, all of them held their breaths. They had originally thought that Xuanyuan Hongxi would make an angry sound, but they had never expected him to be so calm and collected.