"Clang..."
Who would have thought that the very next moment, the person on the Crystal Throne would accidentally knock the Gold Goblet beside her to the floor?
It actually rolled all the way to the five people below the Throne.
Mo Tianji saw that the princess had no attendants beside her, and he had long been curious about her appearance.
Seeing this perfect opportunity, he picked up the Gold Goblet and prepared to hand it to her.
But the person behind the curtain grew anxious. "Do not come closer!"
Her pitch changed noticeably, and her face behind the gauze shifted several times, happening to pass beneath the lamp's light screen.
Those below the Throne vaguely made out an outline, but the curves they had imagined did not appear.
Then the voice behind the curtain became clear and calm once more. "Please leave at once."
"Our Imperial Clan has countermeasures of its own. There is no need for you to trouble yourselves."
Mo Tianji immediately withdrew sheepishly, assuming the air of a courteous gentleman.
"Since you have countermeasures of your own, Princess, and have already settled on a plan to resist the enemy to the west, we should not trouble you further."
"But our meeting is a bond of fate. I am Mo Tianji, the Cloud Ink Sect's foremost Heaven's Chosen, and I have long admired your celebrated beauty, Princess."
"I would like to present you with a gift to mark our first meeting."
The other three women all rolled their eyes at him.
At a time like this, Mo Tianji still could not behave himself.
Mo Tianji took out a small white jade bottle. It was clearly the one Duan Dongqing had given Lin Ke.
"This contains ten-thousand-year weeping willow..."
"There is no need."
Just as Mo Tianji was about