The atmosphere in the palace, indeed, was just as Lv Dakuan had described.
Different from the previous solemn silence, now one could intermittently hear the sound of string and woodwind instruments mingled with the singing of the singers.
He Ying followed the singing and as he walked, he thought: Qi Wuya was meticulous in his thinking, full of ambition; he was never one to indulge in pleasures of wine and women. Now behaving out of character, reveling with Qi Guanglie night after night, he must be plotting something, probably even harboring murderous intentions towards Qi Guanglie.
Thinking thus, he had unknowingly arrived outside the banquet hall.
Outside the banquet hall
In the corridor
A group of scantily clad dancers blocked the way of an approaching Red-Clothed Dancer.
With mockery in their eyes, they giggled behind their hands:
"At last, Sister Dan Ruo has arrived."
"Look how elaborately you've adorned yourself, no wonder you've completely enchanted the Crown Prince."
