The next morning.
"Shall we sit down and have something to eat together?"
Hu Yanhongxue lifted her eyelids, glanced at Xiao Ziwu with sleepy eyes, and stuffed a meat bun into her mouth.
"No need." Xiao Ziwu sat down, lifted his robe, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped it slowly.
The mutton buns have a translucent dough and a tender, juicy filling. With each bite, the savory meat juices fill your mouth. However, they are too small to eat one at a time.
After satisfying her appetite, Hu Yanhongxue couldn't help but comment, "These mutton buns are not as good as those from Siam."
Siam has vast grasslands and a well-developed livestock industry, with cattle, sheep and horses being the most prominent livestock. It can say this with great confidence.
Xiao Ziwu took a sip of tea and asked, "What are the little prince's plans for today?"
Accompanying Huyan Hongxue on her tour of Kyoto was even more tiring than practicing swordsmanship.
If he could, he really wanted to walk away and go back to the Siye Mansion to hold his sweet and soft baby and talk to him.
Hu Yanhongxue gave Xiao Ziwu a predictable reply with a grin: "I'll go wherever there are many beauties."
They seemed to have completely forgotten the unpleasantness of last night.
But He Ming knew that things wouldn't be that simple.
Sure enough, the little prince asked with a grin, "Could Miss Shangguan accompany me?" His lust for another man's wife was practically written all over his face.
Heming covered his face in anguish, unable to bear the sight of his master being beaten.
“No.” Xiao Ziwu leaned back casually, his cold expression darkening. “I don’t want to be your enemy yet, so don’t force me.”
If eyes could solidify into weapons, Heming had no doubt that his master would already be riddled with holes!
"Just kidding, just kidding, Brother Xiao, why take it so seriously?" A strange look flashed across Hu Yanhongxue's usually carefree expression.
Huyan Hongxue's treacherous heart remains undiminished!
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to test the white-clad girl's position in Xiao Ziwu's heart, so as to weigh the pros and cons.
If Xiao Ziwu can let go, he doesn't mind paying a higher price. As long as he can get the beauty, everything else is secondary.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ziwu's attitude was so firm, and he valued the girl in white so much that he directly rejected her without any room for negotiation...
"I've heard that the capital of the Great Liang Dynasty holds a flower-viewing banquet every year during festivals. Is it worth seeing?"
Hu Yanhongxue drank a cup of tea to cleanse her palate from the greasiness of the meat, then turned her head and asked Xiao Ziwu.
Xiao Ziwu, holding his sword, coldly replied, "I don't know."
His knowledge of the Hundred Flowers Banquet was limited to the dance his daughter performed; he hadn't paid attention to anything else, therefore—
I really don't know.
However, there were quite a few women.
The Hundred Flowers Banquet was originally a grand event held for women, so it's understandable that Hu Yanhongxue would be interested.
“In that case,” Hu Yanhongxue washed her hands, smiled with narrowed eyes, and said, “Let’s go there.”
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The list of the first 100 participants for the Hundred Flowers Banquet has been released and posted on the notice board outside the park.
Hu Yanhongxue immediately spotted the name of the girl in white at the top of the list—"Shangguan Tianyun".
The bold, gold-bordered regular script stands out prominently.
Hu Yanhongxue looked against the light and murmured to herself, "As expected of her..."
He Ming didn't hear clearly and asked, "What did you say?"
Hu Yanhongxue stretched and asked casually, "Miss Shangguan is here too? Her name is written at the top of the list."
"She withdrew from the competition." Xiao Ziwu's expression softened for a moment.
My darling withdrew from the competition because of him.
The top-ranked player withdrew from the competition? Hu Yanhongxue raised an eyebrow and said, "That's bold!"
The Hundred Flowers Ranking is extremely prestigious in Daliang. Ordinary women would be overjoyed to be on the list, but she actually gave up the competition despite being at the top of the rankings in the first round.
What an extraordinary woman!
All I can say is, she truly lives up to her reputation...
Xiao Ziwu spoke softly, "Yes, she doesn't care about these empty titles."
Sometimes Xiao Ziwu also thought that the world's perception of women could not confine her at all. She was a being that transcended this dynasty. No definition of a woman in her boudoir could fully explain her.
She is the most unique person ever!
So when Xiao Ziwu bumped into her at the Burning Gold Cave, he was angry and had a headache, but he was not surprised at all.
"You'd better hold on tight," Hu Yanhongxue said, openly displaying her jealousy. "Otherwise, the day you let go, I'll make you regret it."
"That day will never come!" Xiao Ziwu restrained himself again and again before managing to stop himself from striking the top of his head with another palm.
“There are plenty of women in Kyoto; you can have anyone you want besides her.”
Even princesses can do it!
If Siam were to form a marriage alliance with the Great Liang, it would be something the Great Liang Emperor would be happy to see.
No alliance is more secure than a marriage between two nations.
Moreover, as the most valued youngest prince of the King of Siam, Huyan Hongxue is very likely to inherit the throne of Siam in the future.
If the princess of Daliang becomes the king of Siam, then the alliance between Daliang and Siam will continue for another century!
The three princesses of Liang have reached marriageable age, but they have not yet been betrothed. Perhaps they are waiting for the Kingdom of Siam to propose marriage.
"What if I only want Miss Shangguan?" Hearing him mention someone else, Hu Yanhongxue felt inexplicably irritated.
He narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, "I, the young prince of Siam, am asking the Emperor of Liang for the hand of a fourth-rank official's daughter. Surely the Emperor of Liang wouldn't refuse, would he?"
Xiao Ziwu's eyes turned cold, and his strong fingers clenched into a fist. "You can try."
"Go explore on your own, I'm not joining you."
After uttering those words, Xiao Ziwu lightly touched the ground with his toes and disappeared from the spot.
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