"If someone insults you, you should..."
Hearing Gu Liyan's instructions again, Li Hao suddenly stood up, pointed at the person, and said, "I, Li Hao, am determined to become a wise man for Princess Qingge. It is not for someone like you who only knows how to enjoy life to point fingers at me!"
Yang Qi was somewhat surprised by Li Hao's sudden imposing manner, and couldn't help but smile, "Is that so? Then I'm really looking forward to competing against you on the same stage in the selection competition three days from now!"
Li Hao was taken aback, thinking to himself, "Three days later? The selection competition is in three days?"
Seeing Li Hao's surprised look, Yang Qi mocked, "Looks like you don't even know the time of the competition? How can someone who doesn't even know the competition time be worthy of being Her Highness's wise advisor?"
"Deputy General Yang, this kid is all talk and no action; he has no real skills at all!" The woman in Yang Qi's arms looked at Li Hao with disdain.
"Hmph, yes, a child like him wants to become the princess's guardian sage, he's really overestimating himself." Yang Qi sneered.
Li Hao snorted coldly, "So what if I'm young? At least I know more than you, a mere deputy general! Besides, I think your position as deputy general is rather insignificant, isn't it?"
"Boy, you're asking for death!" Yang Qi said angrily. He hated nothing more than someone looking down on his status as a deputy general!
Li Hao was startled, but he wasn't worried about Yang Qi because Xiao Lü had already stood up and stood in front of him.
"Young Master Yang, this is Her Highness the Princess's territory. Please behave yourself." Xiao Lü's demeanor became inexplicably domineering, like a little girl who had lost her beloved doll and was furious.
Yang Qi narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at Xiao Lü. "Little girl, I think you should know who I am, right?"
Xiao Lü replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Xiao Lü naturally knows, but I hope General Yang understands that according to the laws of Weilong Kingdom, any guard not on duty is just an ordinary citizen and has no special privileges!"
Yang Qi frowned, gritted his teeth, and said, "Fine, since that's the case, I'll let him go today!"
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Li Hao, "Kid, I hope you can get into the competition venue in three days!"
Li Hao glared back directly and said, "Don't worry, I'll definitely go!"
"Hmph, let's go!" Yang Qi got up and left with his female companion.
After watching Yang Qi leave, Li Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "That was terrifying!"
Xiao Lü couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Li Hao, then asked with a hint of wisdom in her eyes, "Aren't you tired of pretending?"
"Huh?" Li Hao scratched his head. "You, how did you know?"
Xiao Lü laughed and said, "These clothes are obviously not yours; they're a whole size too big. You can't tell, but they look awkward on you. Besides, your acting is so stiff; it's obvious!"
Li Hao looked embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I... I didn't mean to, I... I just..."
"You want to know the rules of the selection competition, right?" Xiao Lü asked with a smile.
Li Hao looked at her in surprise. "How did you know?!"
Little Green covered her mouth and laughed, "You're the one who told me!"
"Me?" Li Hao pointed at himself, dumbfounded. "When did I ask you that?"
“You didn’t ask me, I figured it out!” Little Green said with a smile. “You’ve been subtly guiding the conversation toward the Sages’ Competition, it’s obvious you want to know about it.”
"Huh? It's so obvious. Looks like I failed after all." Li Hao looked dejected. He knew Gu Liyan would be very disappointed when he got back.
"Don't jump to conclusions!" Xiao Lü grinned and took out two invitations from her pocket, handing them to Li Hao. "If you want to participate, take them!"
Li Hao stared blankly at the invitation. "This, this is..."
"You should have seen it when you came. The signboard of the restaurant is called 'Idle Tavern.' In fact, 'Idle' means 'wise man.' The name is quite obvious."
Xiao Lü smiled and said, "Besides, this is Her Highness the Princess's territory. Naturally, the invitations for the Sage Competition held by the Princess would be sent out here! I think you're a good person, so I'll give you both of my invitations!"
Li Hao blankly accepted the invitation from Xiao Lü, overjoyed, and ran up to hug her, saying, "Thank you so much, Xiao Lü!"
Xiao Lü blushed slightly, but thankfully Li Hao let go in time, preventing an embarrassing situation.
As night deepened, Li Hao and Xiao Lü chatted for a while longer before Li Hao left the Idle Tavern as he had hoped.
Standing outside the door, seeing Li Hao off, Xiao Lü's eyes turned cunning. At this moment, Qi Yu also stepped forward and said with some surprise, "Why did you give the invitation to that kid? He's so dull-witted and doesn't deserve to be a sage at all!"
Little Green nodded. "He really doesn't deserve it!"
"Then why..."
Before Qi Yu could speak, Xiao Lü continued, "He's not good enough for her. The person who lent him clothes and taught him how to use tricks, I think he's definitely good enough for her!"
—Li Hao returned to his room with great joy, pushed open the door and shouted, "Brother Gu, I did it!"
Gu Liyan sat in a wheelchair, resting his chin on his hand, seemingly already asleep.
Li Hao tiptoed up to him, intending to carry him to the bed, when suddenly Gu Liyan spoke up, "Did you get the invitation?"
"Wow! Brother Gu, you're not asleep?" Li Hao patted his chest in fright. "Why do you always scare me like this?"
Gu Liyan looked up. "I was just woken up by the sound of you pushing the door open. By the way, did you get the invitation or not?"
"Of course I got it!" Li Hao pulled out the invitation. "But Brother Gu, how did you know that the Idle Eater Restaurant issues invitations?"
Gu Liyan suddenly smiled and said, "As you know, my hearing has been very good lately. I overheard a guest downstairs mention it this morning, so I remembered it."
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