People from other nations started to visit one after another. Other than East Court Kingdom, North Qiang and West Frontier had also arrived.
"The women here aren’t weak like they should be at all. They look fierce, so who would dare to marry them?" When he entered the city gates, Prince of the North Qiang immediately discovered that something was wrong. He had long heard that South Yue were good for martial arts, but wasn’t it a man’s thing to swing his blade and sword?
"First Prince, the girls here can’t compare to our North Qiang." It was unknown if the reason why the guard at the side said this was to cater to the Prince of the North Qiang or to speak with sincerity.
When he finished listening, Prince of the North Qiang looked at all the girls on the street and couldn’t help but shake his head. He then said with a smile, "If you want this prince to marry a woman of South Yue, this prince will simply die."
The girls on the streets walked casually, their voices overshadowing the men’s. Every move of theirs left a bad impression on Prince of the North Qiang.
Women shouldn’t be like this!
A trace of disgust flashed through Prince of the North Qiang’s eyes. He had never seen South Yue in the future, so he did not accept South Yue at all.
He liked how rough North Qiang men were, how delicate women were, and how arrogant and haughty the women here all seemed.
Inside the inn were the officials from the North Qiang. When they saw Prince of the North Qiang, they all happily kneeled on the ground and bowed.
"This official pays his respects to the First Prince."
"Get up!" Seeing his own family, Prince of the North Qiang’s mood improved a little, "Are there people coming to East Court and East Court?"
He had just entered the city and wasn’t familiar with the situation inside. Moreover, he didn’t ask around for information on East Court and other such things along the way.
The official cupped his hands in greeting, and then replied respectfully: "They’re here, First Prince. Everyone is already here. East Court Kingdom Lord arrived two days ago. As for Third Princess s, they arrived on the same day as you."
Hearing that, the Prince of the North Qiang raised his eyebrows in surprise, and thought to himself, the king of East Court has personally come, could it be that he has some sort of scheme?
"First Prince, after East Court Kingdom Lord entered the city, he disappeared. I heard that on that day, the King of the South Yue was furious and had been looking for him." The official went on to say what he knew.
Heh, if you were to say that Qin Shuo did not have any plans, who the hell would believe it!
Prince of the North Qiang stopped at a relay station. The news of the Three Kingdoms arriving at the capital had already spread to the palace and the King of the South Yue was overjoyed. He temporarily put aside the Qin Shuo incident.
He did not expect that their speed would be so fast. North Qiang and West Frontier were so far away from the South Yue.
"Since you’re here, then set up a banquet to welcome the Three Kingdoms’ envoy." King of the South Yue squinted his eyes and said coldly.
Then, he turned his gaze towards Hu Xiao, who was at the side, and smiled slightly. "Royal sister, since you’re free, let’s leave the matters of the banquet to you!"
Hu Xiao almost spat out the tea in her mouth. What was that saying?
Oh, no, she’s a talent from South Yue, she’s not some trash!
"What? Your royal sister isn’t willing?" King of the South Yue glanced at her slowly with a hint of warning.
It was as if they were saying, If you dare refuse, then let’s see how I’ll deal with you.
Mainly because he saw that Hu Xiao had been feeling depressed for the past two days, worrying that something had happened to her, he wanted to find something for her to do.
"If you are willing, I am extremely honored." Hu Xiao said with a guilty conscience. She was too lazy to bother with this matter, what’s more, it was just inviting them over for a meal. Letting her handle this, was simply a waste of her talent.
Hu Xiao went to inform the Prince of the North Qiang and the others. After hearing what the King of the South Yue said, he personally went to notify them of his sincerity.
Since he had already said so, Hu Xiao had no choice but to leave the palace. Fortunately, there were only three countries, she sat on the horse carriage comfortably and asked Zhi Lan to go over there for her.
"Zhi Lan, I will wait here. Go inside and inform the Prince of the North Qiang." After she finished speaking, without waiting for Zhi Lan’s consent, she closed her eyes.
The corner of Zhi Lan’s mouth twitched, and thought to herself, The Emperor clearly asked you to come over personally, but you actually let me go in your place.
After a quarter of an hour, Zhi Lan angrily returned to Hu Xiao’s side.
"Aiyo, my little ancestor, who made you angry?" Hu Xiao’s eyebrows twitched as he asked in amusement.
She rarely saw Zhi Lan getting angry.
"As expected of someone from the North Qiang, they do not live up to their intrepid name. Prince of the North Qiang does not even put this servant in his eyes at all, this is fine too, this servant directly served the princess’s orders, he actually dares to look down on his, and completely does not put his in his eyes."
Zhi Lan said angrily, it didn’t matter if he looked down on her, but Prince of the North Qiang looked down on Hu Xiao, and this offended her.
If the other party didn’t have the identity of using North Qiang, he would have already been smashed to the ground by Zhi Lan.
Hearing that, Hu Xiao laughed, and said in an amiable tone: "Don’t bother with him, tonight I will see his true face."
On the contrary, Hu Xiao did not care if the Prince of the North Qiang thought highly of her.
She continued to do what she was doing and didn’t take the little episode to heart.
Seeing that her master was not bothered, Zhi Lan did not continue to be angry.
The night in the palace was bustling and imposing. The officials of the South Yue and the three kingdoms had sent an endless stream of people to the palaces where banquets were arranged. Hu Xiao was all smiles as she received the various countries in the place of the Royal Brother.
She came together to greet them, and then kindly arranged for them to take their seats. Everything was going according to what Hu Xiao had expected.
At this moment, an accident happened.
The Prince of the North Qiang raised his wine cup high up in the air as he looked at Hu Xiao with eyes filled with disdain, and said: "Princess South Yue, don’t tell me all the women in your country are as carefree and rough as you?"
He straightforwardly asked without hesitation. In North Qiang, he was already used to this kind of conversation, so he could not learn from other nations’ euphemisms.
The straightforward words hurt the most, the atmosphere immediately turned cold, all the people at the scene looked at each other, thinking: Prince of the North Qiang is here to ruin the place?
Prince of the North Qiang had offended her, they wouldn’t be going to fight at the banquet, right?
The South Yue officials could not help but become nervous. They knew Hu Xiao’s temper very well.
But at this moment, no one dared to step forward and be the peacemaker.
"Prince of the North Qiang, what do you mean by that?" Hu Xiao asked with a cold expression, what did she mean by South Yue for women to be so rude like her?
It’s fine to slander her, but you still want to slander a woman with South Yue!
She clenched her fists and suppressed her anger as she glared at Prince of the North Qiang.
The Prince of the North Qiang ignored her anger and told her everything he saw and heard on the streets.
"The women in your country don’t look like the ladies at all. They walk with dignity as if they’re marching to war. What’s the difference between them and men?"
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