Dawn Breaking (1)

"'Huan Qin'?! Oh, truly excellent—very interesting!" The Empress Dowager nodded. Though she had noticed that Ye Lang's expression was a little strange, she could not think of what was strange about it. Besides, Ye Lang himself was an exceedingly strange existence, so she did not pay it much mind.

"Cousin, why is your expression so strange? Is there something strange about this 'Huan Qin' piece?" At that moment, Long Ai keenly noticed Ye Lang's oddity. Who knew how she had suddenly become so perceptive.

"No, how could there be? Is my expression strange? I was only thinking about what comes next. All right, I'm leaving..." Ye Lang rose to leave.

"Where are you going now?" the Empress Dowager asked.

"To perform! Fei Yan is next, and I promised to accompany her..." Ye Lang replied, then ran straight through the middle toward the performance area.

"..."

At an occasion like this, no one dared pass through the middle—much less run through it so directly. People generally went around the sides; the center seemed to be a path only the emperor could take.

Yet the Vermilion Bird Emperor merely smiled and did not mind Ye Lang's behavior. This let even more people know that Ye Lang held an extraordinary status, so extraordinary that even Imperial Princes and princesses could not compare.

Surely no one here dared do anything to Ye Lang, except—

"You little bastard, why are you running around? Walk slowly! What kind of conduct is this?!"

The moment Princess Longji saw Ye Lang running, she immediately gave a low shout and scolded him.

"Ah, I can't run? Then I'll walk..." After hearing Princess Longji's rebuke, Ye Lang slowed his pace and strolled leisurely toward the center.

At that moment, the atmosphere became even stranger. Ye Lang running had initially felt