Your Luse Kingdom is also a large kingdom, as the queen, are you sure you havent heard of Ye Langs name? said the emperor.

I have, isnt he just a kid who runs around? said Long Anxi.

Runs around? Youre right but everywhere he goes, hed garner the support of various powers in the area! From Sheng City to the Tiger Tribe to the Ai La Empire, every major power has close ties with him. He also has unbelievable alchemy skills. Just for this point, no one dares take him as an enemy.

So what? Its just alchemy. If its about ties, I have contacts too. Im the queen of a kingdom, my Wu Ji is a true prince. Hes just a prince by name, said Long Anxi indignantly.

Even my own son isnt as impressive as that little troublemaker, you think your Wu Ji can compare? Whatever, I dont want to talk to you anymore. Even if youre stupid, dont you see why your siblings didnt leave just now? They were here to try to get to know Ye Lang. Have you ever seen him try to talk to you? How many people went to visit Ye Lang these few days? How many visitors did your Wu Ji have? The emperor had completely given up on the conversation, preparing to leave.

Sigh, whatever! Just reflect on yourselves! At this point, the empress dowager didnt want to dwell on it either. This wasnt her daughter, she came from another concubine. It was already more than enough for her to have this conversation.

If they wanted to talk to her, the emperor, as the oldest sibling, was the one who had the authority. If he had given up, what could she do?

After they left, Long Anxi and her children did not seem to accept this reality, although they knew that no one seemed to take them seriously since they visited. One of her younger sisters even talked back to her before this, that was why she was so short-tempered today.

As she thought about it, just based on the number of visitors, Ye Lang had beat them. They didnt want to admit this, but they must.

Long Ai, who was still tending her flowers, suddenly added, Cousin Ye Lang has a thousand visitors per day but he never meets any of them. This is what Sister Longji said

They must be blowing up the numbers!

Long Anxi and her children felt like Princess Longji was just bragging. How could it be a thousand? Did the entire city visit?

But even if there werent a thousand, there should be hundreds. They didnt even have ten.

They didnt know that Princess Longji wasnt exaggerating. This number didnt include random people. If she included everyone, the number would be bigger.

They all visited every day because they still hadnt met Ye Lang. With his attitude, he was likely going to disappoint a thousand people.

Ye Langs excellence made Long Anxi and her children jealous and embarrassed!

Some people with power were arrogant. They could not stand seeing another person better than them. Theyd get jealous, theyd hate the person!

Ye Lang ignored these people. People like that would never succeed in life, they wont even be significant villains. A successful person, no matter good or bad, required a big heart to not react to every little thing.

If you had a big heart, perhaps you wouldnt be a villain, youd be a hero!

Jealous ones would just be angry all their lives!

Very soon, the day of the empress dowagers birthday came. Ye Lang, Liu Feiyan and the rest left early in the morning towards the palace to familiarise themselves with the place.

Ye Lang was supposed to go with Ye Chengtian and the rest but theyd rehearsed until late at night. Hence, he decided to stay over at Wanhua and leave for the palace with them.

Ye Chengtian and Long Anqi did not mind. Ye Lang would just attract many people trying to talk to them and they didnt want that.

Actually, even without him, people still came to talk to Ye Chengtian and Long Anqi. While they were still in the spotlight, Ye Lang continued enjoying life!

At this point, Ye Lanyu and the seventh princess, even Princess Longji agreed that Ye Lang avoided them on purpose. They all agreed to deal with him when this was over.

Ye Chengtian led everyone into a large square in the palace. It was the courtyard in front of the main palace building. Most of the furniture had been set up recently.

The space in front of the palace cannot be occupied like this for long periods of time, this was only allowed for a day. They set up the furniture the morning of the event, then theyd clean up on the same night.

The seating arrangements were pre-planned. All the guests were sat further down while the emperor and empress dowager sat on an elevated platform nearer to the palace. They would look down on everyone.

This was only natural. One was the main figure of the event while the other was the emperor. They must be on higher ground so everyone could see them.

There must also be a certain distance between them and the guests for safety so no one could assassinate the royals!

Ye Chengtian and his family stood in the middle of the square. It wasnt because no one wanted to serve them, the event just hadnt begun yet. Before the emperor and the empress dowager arrived, no one was allowed to sit. They could only chat in the area.

Sister Anqi, wheres your kid? One of Long Anqis cousins gave them a warm greeting although they hadnt met before.

Not many people even knew Long Anqi existed before this. Even the royals heard of this princess recently.

Hes busy so he isnt with us, said Long Anqi with a smile.

Busy? Is he not coming today?

No, hes going to perform for Mothers party.

Really? Ill be keeping an eye out for him!

Im looking forward too. The kids said hes going to play an interesting song

Hehe, then I must watch it

Long Anqi smiled but did not continue talking. She could sense that the girl was only there for small talk. Everyone knew he was an alchemist but didnt know he was also musically talented.

They thought Ye Lang was only there because the empress dowager wanted to hear her grandson play, not because he was impressive. Even if he was mediocre, the grandmother would be happy.

The empress dowager thought so too, but Ye Lang was no ordinary player