Chapter 65: Let's Fight Straight Ahead

After a long silence, the emperor laughed heartily: "If the prince of Liang comes out on top, I will grant you one wish."

The old ministers sitting below were relieved to see that the emperor kept quiet about the matter of the imperial bow.

If it were just the princes vying for it, that would be fine, but with outsiders involved, things can't be taken lightly.

"Yao here thanks His Majesty for his assistance."

Wan Qiyao bowed to the emperor and glanced at Yu Shiyan as he left, but the emperor didn't seem to mind.

"Jiao'er, you may stay here." Wan Qiyao suddenly turned around and said.

Wan Qijiao was initially reluctant upon hearing this, but upon seeing Yu Shiyan sitting quietly in the audience, she immediately became happy again.

"Brother, you go ahead, I'll wait for you to come back here."

As she spoke, she smiled and sat down next to Yu Shiyan, in the spot where Shen Ruozhu had previously been.

"I am Wan Qijiao. Which prince are you? What is your name?"

Yu Shiyan lowered his eyes and did not answer.

The woman had a strong scent of perfume on her, which I wasn't used to. Are all women in the Great Liang like this?

Yuan Siyin's faint fragrance smells better.

Thinking this, he subtly moved to the side.

Wanqi Jiao didn't care about these details. She got up, grabbed a little palace maid who was pouring wine, and asked her all the questions.

"Hey, you're so good-looking, why don't you come back to Daliang with me?"

She grabbed the wine pot, poured a cup for Yu Shiyan without waiting for his consent, and forced it on him: "Yu Shiyan, it's a good name, what do you think? If you come with me, I'll treat you well."

There's no man as handsome as you on the grasslands; I like you very much.

Such blunt words startled the palace maid standing nearby, who almost dropped the wine she was pouring.

Yu Shiyan blinked, obediently took the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp without even frowning. Suddenly, a dark red sachet embroidered with red spider lilies appeared in his previously empty sleeve.

"Anyone wearing this sachet at their waist will be killed tonight without exception."

Wan Qijiao spoke softly, in a volume only the two of them could hear.

"Mmm," Yu Shiyan responded softly.

Seeing this, Wan Qijiao smiled and retreated, as if nothing had happened, and quietly drank her wine alone.

Yuan Siyin was the first to return, followed by Si Fangming and Qi Xinxin.

Originally, the three of them were not on the same team, but Si Fangming and Qi Xinxin were arguing in the forest and made too much noise, which was then encountered by Yuan Siyin who happened to be passing by.

He wouldn't say why, he just looked at her and then at each other, and I almost got another beating.

No matter how Yuan Siyin tried to persuade them, she couldn't change their minds, so she had no choice but to leave them behind and go catch rabbits herself. Unexpectedly, the two of them joined forces and followed her this time.

It's... pretty speechless.

In previous years, Yuan Siyin didn't care what the prize was, she could bet whatever she wanted and however much she wanted, so when she came back with a rabbit and a parrot, no one was surprised, but the Empress couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this girl didn't steal the limelight from her son.

Qi Xinxin dismounted, holding a docile rabbit in her hands.

"Sigh, the rabbit that Sister Siyin gave me is really something else. Some people are just so unlucky."

Si Fangming turned his head and rolled his eyes.

"You're so happy even though it was just something that happened incidentally. Why don't you just say that I caught the rabbit for her?"

"It was given to you by Sister Siyin after all! You didn't have one!"

Seeing that sparks were about to fly between the two, Yuan Siyin quickly made a gesture to stop them.

Stop arguing, stop arguing, wouldn't it be better to just fight?