169 The Beginning of the Imperial Examinations 5yr

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As he thought about this, King Duan, Lin Xingjue quickly followed behind the Sacred Lord, Lin Mubai. He felt that he should relieve some of his father’s burdens.
However, today was Ping Yang’s birthday banquet. Discussing the palace politics here would be quite distasteful.
King Duan understood this, therefore, he suppressed his thoughts but his smile grew even greater instead.
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No one else continued trying to chase down what transpired in the living quarters between Ping Yang and Fang Zhengzhi. With the arrival the Sacred Lord, Ping Yang’s banquet officially began.
The Crown Prince, Lin Tian Rong personally invited Chi Guyan to join them at the VIP seats. However, Chi Guyan kindly and respectfully rejected and sat beside Fang Zhengzhi instead.
Seeing this scene, the Sacred Lord did not show any expression.
Obviously, he was merely tolerating this.
The Crown Prince did not mind at all. He simply said something along the lines of "Today is Ping Yang’s birthday and you two are