Huo Ting felt utterly powerless after hearing this. He finally understood Wang Feichen's mindset. In the eyes of the General's wife, "great strength" was her only standard, even though he had tried his best to dissuade and explain that Liu Chaiji was unusable and useless.
"He relied on his inexhaustible strength, was arrogant and disrespectful to others, got into conflicts with his teammates, and thought that he was the most capable in the army and that the reason he couldn't get promoted was because others were blind."
Huo Ting spoke of him with a belly full of complaints. This man came from the Liu family, and he was neither useful nor easy to deal with. He was worried. Therefore, he was also worried that the General's wife would take a fancy to this Liu Chaiji, so he spared no effort in introducing his bad past.
Whether the general's wife listened or not, her gaze lingered on his arms and his supple yet strong waist and abdomen, finally moving down to his steady and powerful legs, where she couldn't look away for a long time.
Huo Ting's eyes immediately lit up, and he felt a chill run down his spine. He was about to ask the general's wife what she was looking at when he heard her excited voice: "Perfect, General Huo, I've got my eye on him."
What?! Huo Ting's eyes widened in surprise.
As soon as she finished speaking, and wanted to look again, her eyes were completely covered by a hand. The cool breath, accompanied by a faint sweet scent, brushed past her nose, causing her to freeze for a moment. Her eyelashes, like two pairs of feathers, swept across her palm, leaving a tingling, itchy sensation.
"General's wife, who have you taken a fancy to, hmm?"
Zheng Quchi pulled his hand away and turned to face the person behind her. She looked up and stared blankly at the face that was so indifferent as to be uninterested in anything, with pale, bloodless lips, elegant and deep phoenix eyes, and a noble black robe that reached the ground.
"His Royal Highness?"
“Your eyes…” He narrowed his eyes, shook off her hand, and said with a half-smile, “Who are you looking at?”
Zheng Quchi snapped out of her daze, gave a dry laugh, and turned her gaze away: "I... I wasn't looking at anyone. Why is Your Highness here?"
"Since I had some free time, I came to see how the selection of the General's wife was going. I didn't expect to see the General's wife looking at men with a lecherous look as soon as I arrived." He frowned slightly, looking at her with some disappointment.
Zheng Quchi nearly choked to death on his own saliva.
"I... I wasn't being lecherous. I was just admiring her, praising a perfect body," she clarified.
Yuan Xingzhou chewed on the word "perfect," then chuckled mockingly. His calm, dry eyes seemed to devour someone: "Is the General's wife dissatisfied with General Yuwen's body? Is that why she's so interested in other men's bodies..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Quchi covered his mouth. She really couldn't listen anymore; he was going on and on.
His meaning was completely different from what she meant, and most importantly, countless pairs of ears around them perked up, their expressions becoming increasingly shocked and strange.
Yuan Xingzhou naturally did not leave the palace alone. He was accompanied by guards and palace servants arranged by the Prince of Ye, and Huo Ting was also standing by his side like a wooden block.
“Your Highness, can we stop talking nonsense? That’s not what I meant at all. I just think that Liu Chaiji is a born warrior…” Thinking of General Huo’s comments about him, she swallowed back a little more conservatively: “At least his physique is. Have you ever heard of the golden ratio body shape? That is… well, I won’t go into details about that. Anyway, that’s what he is like.”
Yuan Xingzhou had never heard of the "golden ratio," but he knew that Zheng Quchi was not so "greedy" for other people's bodies.
He considered: "You like him like this?"
If he becomes like this... will she look at him with the same focused and passionate gaze?
Zheng Quchi rolled his eyes: "I'm here to challenge the warriors, not to pick on anything. Don't misunderstand me. Anyway, this Liu Chaiji is perfect as a pitcher. If he throws his javelin, the opponent will probably fly up with his shield."
Yuan Xingzhou glanced at Huo Ting, who was clearly at a loss. He wanted to step forward and pay his respects, but he didn't know whether he should interrupt the Crown Prince and the General's wife's "flirting". When he saw the prince looking over, he immediately stepped forward, knelt down and paid his respects: "Huo Ting greets Your Highness".
"Get up. Go and call that man surnamed Liu over, and then bring Daju over as well."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Huo Ting was overjoyed to be "received" by the Crown Prince, and immediately went off to do his bidding.
As soon as he left, Zheng Quchi pulled Yuan Xingzhou aside and said righteously, "Why did you call him over? Let me tell you, it's no use saying anything. I will definitely use this Liu Chaiji."
“Sure.” Yuan Xingzhou was very casual. He turned his well-proportioned face slightly to the side and looked into the void. “But wait, once he’s here, I’d like to see just how much strength he has that you’re so concerned about.”
Zheng Quchi didn't think there was anything wrong with his reasonable request, so he said, "Of course."
Not long after, Huo Ting summoned Liu Chaiji alone. Huo Ting must have told Liu Chaiji the identity of the person he was to see before he came. When he saw the Crown Prince and the General's wife together, he thought that this time he could finally show his talent. He suppressed his excitement and bowed to the two of them.
"Liu Chaiji greets Your Highness the Crown Prince and the General's Wife."
He was incredibly arrogant. Knowing that the person who came to select people was the wife of the Supreme General, he deliberately ignored the Crown Prince and focused all his attention on the wife, hoping to gain her favor.
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