GTB Chapter 200

Chapter 202: Mutual Exchange of Dancing Skills

Chapter 202: Mutual Exchange of Dancing Skills

As the music stopped and the dance ended, Jiang Jiuchu turned to Xiao Li and asked, “How was it? Do you like it? Can you learn it?”

Xiao Li nodded. “I like it, but you seem to underestimate me, Jiang Jiuchu. There’s no dance that Xiao Li can’t learn.”

As she spoke, she danced the small segment that Jiang Jiuchu had started with. “How was it? How did I dance? Is it like this?”

Jiang Jiuchu didn’t expect Xiao Li to have such an understanding of dance. She nodded directly and praised, “Not bad, almost like that. The next step is like this…”

As she spoke, she slowly danced the following steps for Xiao Li to see. In less than half an hour, Xiao Li had memorized all the movements and danced better and better.

After Xiao Li finished the last movement, she raised her foot and walked towards the tea room. “Okay, this princess remembers. I’ll practice it twice when I get back. I must make Shí Yuanchen look at me with new eyes.”

She said, teasing Jiang Jiuchu, “You don’t know, that guy always says my dance is not as good as yours. This time, you taught me, I’ll see what he has to say.”

Jiang Jiuchu pursed her lips upon hearing this, and thought for a moment before saying, “Maybe he can’t appreciate the dances of the Northern Kingdom! It’s his lack of vision.”

“Yes, he just has no taste.”

After Xiao Li finished speaking, she stood up and said, “It’s my turn to teach you. My dance doesn’t need a *qin* accompaniment, anyway, you’ll definitely be dancing it alone for your own husbands to see.”

“Let’s dance later…” Ji Shutíng interrupted Xiao Li and pointed to the right, saying to the two of them, “There’s a painted boat over there.”

Jiang Jiuchu and Xiao Li looked over upon hearing this. There was indeed a painted boat not far away, but they didn’t see anyone on it.

Xiao Li waved her hand, not caring at all. “It’s nothing, maybe there’s no one on the boat, or maybe they’re in the cabin. Let’s dance our dance, no one will see us.”

As she spoke, she looked towards the painted boat and continued, “Even if they see us, it doesn’t matter. We’re just dancing, we’re not doing anything else. Besides, it’s so far away, they can’t see anything.”

“Of course, if someone has good eyesight and is captivated by this princess, and goes back with lovesickness, then they can only blame their bad luck.”

Jiang Jiuchu and Ji Shutíng were speechless for a moment by Xiao Li’s words. “Okay, then you dance!”

“Okay, then you two watch carefully. This princess doesn’t have the patience to teach forever, I’ll only dance three times at most.”

“Okay, dance away, we’re not stupid!” Jiang Jiuchu straightened up. She wanted to see how captivating and mesmerizing Xiao Li’s dance was. Was it even more enchanting than the one at the palace banquet?

However, when Xiao Li started dancing, her and Ji Shutíng’s eyes suddenly widened, and they swallowed their saliva in unison.

The two exchanged a glance, feeling that Xiao Li’s dance was too much even for them women to bear. It was indeed no exaggeration to say that men would be captivated and entranced by it.

Jiang Jiuchu felt that it was simply incomparable to the one at the palace banquet. This dance was simply blatant seduction!

Every movement, every look in her eyes, revealed endless enchanting charm, like a fairy dancing a captivating, soul-devouring dance of temptation.

Xiao Li twisted her hips for the last time, walked up to Jiang Jiuchu, hooked her neck, and then spun her around, a charming, mischievous smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. “How was it, Jiuchu? Have you been hooked by this princess?”

Jiang Jiuchu was stunned for a moment, then pushed Xiao Li away with a hand, took a step back, and rubbed the goosebumps that had risen on her body.

“Hooked, hooked, but I can’t handle it. I’m limiting you from getting close to me within half an hour, I’m afraid you’ll suck away my life essence.”

“Tch, you’re not a man, where would you get life essence for me to suck away?”

“Okay, I’ll dance one more time, you watch carefully.” Xiao Li walked to the center of the boat deck again and continued to dance.

Gu Changxuan on the boat deck in the distance embarrassedly withdrew his gaze and looked at Shí Xiu in front of him. “Are they teaching each other dance?”

“Probably!” Shí Xiu’s narrowed eyes contained a deep sense of jealousy. He couldn’t believe that Jiang Jiuchu would learn such a seductive and enchanting dance.

What was she going to use it for? To dance for Shí Yan to see?

But weren’t they already married? Shí Yan seemed to love her very much, did she still need to put in so much effort?

Also, her pulse indicated that she was preventing pregnancy, she should have taken birth control medicine.

Why was this…?

An incomprehensible look appeared in Shí Xiu’s mixed thoughts. Did she really love Shí Yan?

Or was it simply to consolidate favor, for power and profit, for the future position of Empress?

“Fifth Prince.” Gu Changxuan looked at Xiao Li on the boat in the distance again and asked:

“This princess of the Northern Kingdom is truly an alluring beauty, why doesn’t Your Highness try to win her over?”

Shí Xiu stopped his thoughts and replied: “This princess doesn’t look like you can choose her just by being proactive.”

“Besides, distant water cannot quench an immediate thirst. The princess of the Northern Kingdom can only play a role in relations between countries, but it has little effect on the immediate struggle for the throne.”

Gu Changxuan nodded. “That’s true, but Your Highness also said that it’s always a little help, right? It doesn’t hurt to try.”

Shí Xiu picked up the wine cup. “It seems that Master Gu doesn’t know that this princess and Shí Yuanchen are very close, others have no chance. This is also good, Shí Yuanchen is the least likely to fight for that position, it would be easy to let him marry her.”

Gu Changxuan’s face flashed with a hint of surprise upon hearing this, then he smiled and said, “Fifth Prince has great ears and eyes, Gu did not know this.”

While the boat was talking, Xiao Li had already finished the second time.

She looked at Jiang Jiuchu and Ji Shutíng and asked, “How was it? Can you remember the movements? This dance isn’t long, or do you want to come up and try it first?”

Ji Shutíng shook her head. “I didn’t remember it, I only remembered a small part of it. Can you dance two more times?”

Jiang Jiuchu also shook her head. “I didn’t remember it all either. Although your dance is short, there are a lot of movements. You dance it one more time, I’ll remember it all and then try.”

Xiao Li walked into the tea room, picked up the tea cup and took two sips.

“Then I’ll dance it for the last time, then it’s your turn to dance, I’ll guide you if you don’t know the movements, I don’t want to dance anymore.”

Seeing the two nodding, she walked back and danced it for the third time, finally walking back to the tea room, panting and exhausted.

“You’re really stupid, luckily I have enough energy and my body is good enough to run from East Magpie Street to West Magpie Street in one breath, otherwise I would be really exhausted from dancing for so long.”

Jiang Jiuchu quickly poured a cup of tea for Xiao Li. “You only danced three times for us, the half an hour you danced before was learning my dance, you were tired for yourself.”

“That’s right, I’m so tired I’m confused. Go, you go dance, it’s my turn to sit here and enjoy.”

After she finished speaking, she saw Jiang Jiuchu and Ji Shutíng sitting still with embarrassed faces, and immediately became unhappy. “Hey, I danced so hard three times, what are you two doing, do you want me to dance again if you don’t want to learn?”

“No, no.” Seeing Xiao Li getting anxious, Jiang Jiuchu didn’t bother to be embarrassed and quickly stood up. “I was just thinking about the movements, I’ll dance it for you now.”