The voices urging him to take action were deafening.
A hint of despair flickered in the lion's eyes, and it growled sadly.
"What are you waiting for? Why aren't you making your move?"
"Give me a quick death."
"Do you want to live?" To everyone's surprise, Li Changyu pressed down on its head and posed a soul-searching question.
"Isn't that obvious? Who doesn't want to live?"
"Then let's listen to me."
"What do you mean?" The lion was taken aback, and then Li Changyu whispered a few words in its ear.
Dumela's eyes gradually cleared, and she revealed an expression of understanding.
Then, Li Changyu pretended to release it.
It began to wag its tail and crawl towards him. Then, to everyone's astonishment, it walked up to Li Shengyuan, knelt down, and made a kneeling motion with its front paws bent.
"A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. I, the Lion King, am only trying to survive. I'll let you, the emperor of the human world, be smug for a while."
The lion's eyes harbor a sinister glint, yet on the surface, it appears utterly humble.
"Oh dear, Your Majesty, this is an unprecedented dissenting opinion!"
“Lions are always proud and unyielding, and I have never even heard of them bowing down to us humans.”
"Look at it, doesn't it look like a dog?"
Murong Fuhai and the ministers standing beside him spoke up one after another.
Li Changyu also stepped forward to Li Shengyuan, glanced at the lion with his eyes lowered, and coldly bowed, saying:
“Father, it has now completely lost the desire to attack humans,”
"They even bow and scrape before you, which means they have submitted to you."
“If it has been tamed, I think it would be better to spare its life. You can ride it in a parade another day, which would be quite prestigious.”
“What the Crown Prince said makes some sense.” Li Shengyuan straightened his sleeves, genuinely somewhat tempted.
If you were to ride it around during a hunt,
The soldiers of Dai Viet saw it.
They will surely admire my majestic and awe-inspiring demeanor.
Li Shengyuan seemed to have already imagined the scene, and laughed heartily: "If it is really willing to follow me and become my mount, I will spare its life."
"No!"
However, Xilong frowned, a coldness creeping across his stiff face. "Your Majesty, how can you judge such a beast from a human perspective? It has lost, and that's it. Kill it immediately. If we keep it alive, it might turn around and bite us in the future, which would be a greater loss than gain!"
Mi Shan's eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of understanding flashed across her cool face.
From Xilong's perspective, they certainly don't want the "King of the Desert" to be ridden around by Li Shengyuan.
If this gets out, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to the Northern Desert?
The King of the Northern Desert sent his son here, which must mean he values this trip to the Great Yue very much. He doesn't expect perfection, but if he returns with a shameful reputation, Xilong will have no face to see the King of the Northern Desert again.
But Mi Shan knew Li Shengyuan well; he was a man who refused to grow old or admit defeat. If Xilong hadn't said anything, it wouldn't have mattered, but now that he had, he was sure he would do the opposite.
really,
Li Shengyuan sneered and turned to look at Xilong:
"Interesting, Siron. Are you implying that you look down on me?"
"If I were afraid of this beast's retaliation and dared not accept him, then I would be far too cowardly and afraid of death!"
“Even my son could tame this beast with a wooden sword, so how could I not be able to subdue it?”
"This...that's not what Xilong meant, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Xilong hurriedly cupped his hands, lowered his head, and a hint of struggle flashed across his face.
He could no longer stop it, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the Emperor of Great Yue, and if things got out of control, he might lose his head.
Seeing this, Li Shengyuan smiled with satisfaction and waved to the lion below: "Your name is Dumela, right? I'll call you Little Du."
Lion: "..."
Let's just call him Xiao Du then.
It's better than not being alive.
"Little Du, Little Du, come here, spin around for me a few times."
Upon hearing this, the lion indeed obeyed, circling around three times before swishing its tail unhappily and glancing sideways at the emperor.
"Good! Excellent! It seems that this little Du has completely submitted to me. Your Highness, you are truly capable!"
"Your Majesty, I dare not claim credit. I merely defeated it. What truly made it submit was Your Majesty's true dragon spirit."
Li Changyu remained expressionless, his cold face showing only a slight movement of his lips, revealing a hint of coldness. His suppressed, icy eyes held a hidden killing intent.
"What the Crown Prince says is absolutely right. The bearing of an emperor is immediately apparent in a crowd. Not to mention us humans, even a lion can recognize it!"
Murong Fuhai's words once again pleased the emperor.
He repeatedly expressed his willingness to reward them.
Murong Fuhai accepted the reward.
Li Changyu also received a reward.
Everyone was filled with envy. Li Changyu returned to his seat, while the lion was taken away and put back in its cage.
Li Shengyuan instructed them to feed and water it, and to make it look nice. Now it's been ruined like this and is no longer pleasing to the eye.
Mi Shan watched Li Changyu walk over, and as he passed by her, she silently stopped.
On the surface, it was to speak with Prince Rui.
In fact, his peripheral vision inadvertently fell on Mi Shan.
Seeing her gaze slightly intense and glancing at him from time to time, Li Changyu understood, but he couldn't rashly strike up a conversation with her.
It wasn't until everyone got restless and prepared to return to the banquet, continue drinking and making merry, and waited until the afternoon sun wasn't so scorching before going to play polo again.
Li Changyu and Mi Shan finally had a chance to exchange a few words amidst the bustling crowd.
"I wonder what skill the Crown Prince used to make that lion so obedient to you?"
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