When she saw Su Xu appear, Lin Mengli's eyes seemed to be lit up instantly. She looked at Su Xu with full eyes, looking extremely aggrieved.

Su Xu saw the dependent look in his sweetheart's eyes, and his heart softened. He ignored everyone's gazes and immediately stepped forward to hold Lin Mengli's injured hand, saying with concern: "Li'er, why are you so careless? It's not worth getting hurt by such an expert who is just showing off."

After Su Xu finished speaking, he glanced at Ning Xihua with disgust, and the implication of his words was obvious.

Lin Mengli felt warm in her heart, and she felt that she had finally woken up from the nightmare. As long as Su Xu was there, she would be the most special and envied one among those noble ladies.

No matter how capable Ning Xihua is, Su Xu only has her in his heart and eyes, and Ning Xihua can only ask for her but never get her!

Thinking of this, Lin Mengli felt happy and all the previous gloom was gone.

Although everyone was just gossiping, they were somewhat indignant about Su Xu's comments on Ning Xihua's piano skills.

Who among you here was not brought up with the Four Books and Five Classics, music, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood? Maybe you are not proficient in the art of playing the zither, but you still have the basic ability to appreciate it.

By belittling them like this, wasn't he also mocking those who had just praised Ning Xihua?

Ning Xihua didn't feel anything about Su Xu's sarcasm, but when she saw Su Xu himself, she felt an inexplicable aversion, even more than when she first met Lin Mengli.

Originally, Ning Xihua had always been very tolerant of handsome guys, but perhaps it was the remnant of her original body, or perhaps it was because the sense of immersion in the dream was too real, Ning Xihua really couldn't keep a peaceful attitude towards Su Xu.

Seeing Ning Xihua remained silent and just stared at him in a daze, Su Xu's disgust became even stronger: "Princess Yue Xi is just a young lady, she never leaves the frontier and never walks out of the back door. How can she talk about killing enemies at the border and making the soldiers miss their hometown?"

Ning Xihua came back to her senses and silently took a few steps back. She looked Su Xu up and down with a large but graceful movement, then showed a puzzled expression and asked a polite question in a voice that everyone could hear.

"Who are you?"

Su Xu: “…”

"Pfft!" Some young ladies and gentlemen who were not very shrewd could not help laughing out loud, and they quickly covered their mouths to stifle their laughter in fear. They did not want to be hated at this time.

Ah, Third Prince, you have been talking for such a long time, but Princess Yuexi didn’t recognize you at all!

Song Yi also tried to hold back her laughter, and said in a serious tone, "Princess, this is the Third Prince, whom you met when you were young."

With just one sentence, "I saw it when I was a child," he casually brushed aside all the rumors from three years ago.

Ning Xihua also responded with a look of sudden enlightenment, "It turns out to be the Third Prince. I'm sorry. I haven't seen you for many years. Your Highness is still as elegant as ever."

Yes, she is still as charming as before but I can’t recognize her. Her perfunctory attitude is obvious.

"Ning Xihua!"

Su Xu was so angry that he called her by her name. He thought that Ning Xihua had been in Yizhou for three years, and had not improved in other aspects, but had become even more outrageous with her mouth! No matter how arrogant she was before, she had never disobeyed him, but now she had learned to speak wildly!

Ning Xihua looked innocent, ignored Su Xu's anger, and brought the topic back to playing the piano.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am not a skilled fighter and have never been to the frontier. I can only glimpse the demeanor of our soldiers through the mouths of my loyal servants. I have not been able to show the bravery and fighting skills of the frontier soldiers, which has polluted your ears."

She paused, then asked curiously, "I wonder if Your Highness has ever been to the border to see the heroic spirit of our Dali soldiers?"

After saying these humble yet polite words, Ning Xihua rolled her eyes in her heart, but her face remained sincere.

I have been to the frontiers, haven't I? Have you, the Third Prince, been to the frontiers or fought in wars? Have you fought alongside soldiers or visited soldiers and their families? You are just standing here and talking.

"You!" This time Su Xu was so angry that he could only speak single words.

The military power in the court is divided into three parts: Prince Ning is in charge of the northern border, the Bai family is in charge of the western region, and the Yao family is in charge of the southern border. In addition, the Yulin Army under the command of the emperor is directly in charge of the capital and is responsible for the security of the capital.

Since ancient times, whoever holds military power controls the world. He has always wanted to obtain a small portion of military power in order to establish his own power, but his father has never even given him the opportunity to gain military experience.

Now he was mocked by a woman for having never been on a battlefield. How could he not be angry?

"Ning Xihua, if you expect to win my attention in this way, then I advise you to give up this idea. You are dreaming!" Su Xu was furious after being insulted.

Here it comes! Here it comes! Everyone else lowered their heads, pretending they didn't hear anything, but they all secretly pricked up their ears to gossip. This will be a hot topic for after-dinner conversation in the future.

This time, Ning Xihua really rolled her eyes in front of Su Xu.

Was it because her ridicule was not clear enough? Or was this man just that narcissistic? Three years had passed, and she had already said that she didn't know him anymore, but Su Xu was still imagining that she was playing hard to get with him.

Ning Xihua sneered: "Third Prince, although you are of noble status, you are just two eyes and a mouth. I really can't see why you are worthy of my improper thoughts about you."

She glanced at Lin Mengli again and said sarcastically, "Instead of talking to me here, you might as well take Miss Lin in your arms and bandage her wound. It will have a bad impact if we do it in public."

Lin Mengli blushed and quickly stepped out of Su Xu's arms, looking embarrassed.

Just now, Su Xu came over to check her wound and weakly put his arms around her, so she leaned on him. Now that Ning Xihua pointed it out in public, she felt something was wrong, and she felt a little angry in the sweetness. How could this person say such explicit things?

Su Xu glanced at Lin Mengli's still bleeding hand, and was too lazy to argue with her anymore. He snorted coldly and said, "I hope you really think so."

After saying this, he half-embraced Lin Mengli and left to bandage her wound, never looking back.

The farce came to an end, and the crowd watched with great interest.

Everyone suddenly felt that Princess Yuexi was not as arrogant and domineering as the rumors said. Instead, she was not only extremely beautiful and a master of the zither, but also a brilliant, generous, valiant and courageous person.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that he confronted the third prince was enough to make people take notice of him.

The fourth princess watched the whole process and had hoped that her brother could vent her anger, but she didn't expect that he was only concerned about the gentle environment and had some complaints about Lin Mengli in his heart.

After Ning Xihua, no one dared to embarrass themselves again, so the Fourth Princess simply ended the banquet and let everyone enjoy the flowers on their own.

When Ning Xihua heard about the free activities, she quickly called Song Yi to leave. She was too lazy to deal with the Fourth Princess's various weird tempers.

Not long after she and Song Yi found a place to sit, several young men and women came one after another. Some expressed their admiration in a tactful way, while others directly expressed their desire to make friends with her. Ning Xihua responded to them all appropriately.

This is not surprising. Apart from the third prince and the fourth princess, Ning Xihua has the most noble status among those present.

For the young ladies who come to make friends, Princess Yuexi, the only daughter of Prince Ning, will definitely marry into a wealthy and noble family and become the mistress of the house, as long as she doesn't do anything stupid.

Judging from the intention of the current emperor, it is not impossible for her to marry into the royal family. In addition, judging from her outstanding words and deeds today, it would only be beneficial to establish a relationship with her, not harmful.

As for those gentlemen who came here because of her reputation, firstly, they were really amazed by Ning Xihua's song, and secondly, she rejected the third prince in person. A gentleman loves a beautiful lady.

Which young man would not want to give it a try to marry such a noble, powerful, and beautiful woman? If the woman falls in love with him, he would be able to achieve success overnight.

After sending off the fifth wave of people, Ning Xihua couldn't hold back any longer. Without saying a word, she lifted her skirt with one hand, grabbed Song Yi with the other, turned around and rushed deep into the peach forest. If she stayed any longer, her face would be stiff from laughing.