Chapter 48 Call me uncle quickly!
Fang Qianxue looked at the King of Beining with displeasure: "Your Highness, did you not listen to what I just said? The Qilin refused to eat because you mixed honey into its food, and the honey contained dead bees and the smell of meat, so it certainly couldn't eat it. It's not that it intentionally disobeyed Your Highness."
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that compared to Qilin, this person was more dangerous.
Wild beasts kill only for food, but this man kills with a cold and satisfying look on his face, as if he is born bloodthirsty.
She thought of some rumors about the bloodthirsty King of Beining. Some people also said that he killed 30,000 prisoners many years ago, causing Dayong to suffer a three-year drought as a punishment from heaven. However, this man had been stationed in the northern desert for many years, and she didn't know whether those rumors were true or false.
"Ah?" He Qiong recalled, "The adults in Shangsiyuan once said that Qilin had a poor appetite on the first day it arrived, so they added a small amount of honey to its food. Later, it continued to refuse to eat, so they kept adding more honey. Because when the horses in Shangsiyuan refused to eat, they would eat voraciously as long as some honey was added, and they thought Qilin was the same!"
Unexpectedly, it backfired.
Xiao Mingzhe was still furious, staring at the Qilin beast and snorting, "Who knows if what you said is true or false?"
"Your Highness, didn't you see it just now?" Fang Qianxue said as she stroked Qilin's fur. "Qilin ate all the red fruits without honey, no matter if I fed them or Lord He fed them."
"I'll believe you for now." Xiao Mingzhe lowered his head to put away the whip, then glanced at the torn corner of her skirt and frowned thoughtfully.
This time he was very sure that it was his whip that hit him. He was busy fighting against Qilin at that time, and Fang Qianxue suddenly came in, so he had no time to put away the whip.
Although the whip did not hit her directly, the air wave from the whip still tore her skirt.
"Your Majesty! Madam Lu!" A eunuch rushed in. "Your Majesty wants to see you! Would you like to ask a royal doctor to take a look at your injuries?"
Xiao Mingzhe said disdainfully: "It's just a minor injury, it's no big deal, go see my brother first."
"Yes, please follow me." The eunuch saluted to Xiao Mingzhe and Fang Qianxue.
"Your Highness, please come in first." Fang Qianxue took a step back.
Xiao Mingzhe glanced at her and did not refuse. He lifted his robe, held his head high and followed the eunuch.
The two of them walked out of the racecourse gate one after the other.
"Qianxue!" Lu Changqing was about to rush over when he was stopped by Duan Yi.
"Lord Lu, His Majesty asks Madam Lu to go alone."
Lu Changqing was indignant. What do you mean alone? Wasn't she walking with the King of Beining?
Although the two of them were walking one in front and one behind with some distance between them, Lu Changqing felt jealous.
What is this woman doing out in the open? She is walking with that traitor, it must be bad news! I should have grounded her earlier!
Xiao Mingzhe glanced at Lu Changqing, then looked back at Fang Qianxue, deliberately slowing down his pace and waiting for her.
When Fang Qianxue got closer, he took another step closer and said with his head down, "Madam Lu, I heard that your husband wants to take over the throne. Now you have become a laughing stock in the capital."
Fang Qianxue frowned: "Don't bother, Your Majesty."
Lu Changqing went all over the capital to send out invitations, and the fact that the Lu family was succeeding each other became known to everyone, but this was not her fault. If she was to become a laughing stock, it would be Lu Changqing who would become the laughing stock. She would not waste time on such a matter.
Xiao Mingzhe snorted coldly: "Let's go."
The two of them walked through the crowd's surprised and curious gazes and came to the open space in the center of the banquet.
The eldest princess came forward immediately and excitedly held Fang Qianxue's hand: "Qianxue, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Fang Qianxue smiled gently, "Look, godmother, I'm not hurt."
"Godmother?!" Xiao Mingzhe's eyes trembled in shock, "When did the emperor sister recognize her as her adopted daughter? How come I didn't know?"
"You've been away from the capital for a long time. Not to mention adopting a daughter, you didn't even come back when I gave birth to a son. Why am I telling you all this?" The princess complained as she pulled Fang Qianxue in front of him. "Qianxue, this is my nineteenth brother, the King of Beining. You can call him uncle."
"..." Fang Qianxue looked a little embarrassed.
Although she acknowledged the eldest princess as her godmother, she never called any prince "uncle" because she didn't want people to think she was trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful. Therefore, not many people knew that she was the adopted daughter of the eldest princess, Xiao Mingjie.
"Ahem!" Xiao Mingzhe laughed out loud, clenched his fist, covered his mouth and coughed twice, "Call me uncle!"
He spoke serious words with great ease, even with a hint of cynicism and the disdain of someone who had been in a high position for a long time.
Fang Qianxue frowned.
She didn't like the man's tone, which was cold and mean, but she couldn't lose face for the princess in front of everyone, so she had to call him, "Uncle."
No one noticed anything unusual, but Lu Changqing suddenly felt furious.
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