Xin Ye paused, then fell silent.
Feng Guang rested her chin on her hands on the table, smiling as she looked at the speechless Xin Ye. Having read the story, she naturally knew that the so-called legend of the goddess praying for rain was nothing more than something Xin Ye had created. With the so-called goddess, his prestige among the people would be greatly enhanced.
Shen Yue suddenly chuckled, "Even a god couldn't think of everything, what do you say, General Xin?"
"Yes," Xin Ye replied, bowing his head and concealing the coldness in his eyes.
Shen Yue then looked at the scenery and asked, "Does the goddess know how to pray for rain?"
"Well..." Feng Guang thought for a moment and said, "The priest will tell me when the time comes."
Upon hearing the word "priest," Xin Ye's brow twitched. He seemed to have miscalculated. Now that he had given this woman, who appeared out of nowhere, the identity of a goddess, she would surely use this identity to cause him a lot of trouble.
Shen Yue seemed to genuinely believe Feng Guang's words, and he asked with a smile, "Goddess, can you tell me when the time will come?"
"It's like... when the people of a country are all of one mind with their common monarch, when the priest feels the unity of the people, he will naturally bestow divine will upon me." Her serious-sounding nonsense actually seemed quite plausible.
Shen Yue seemed to understand, but not quite, "So that's how it is."
Xin Ye, however, turned her scrutinizing gaze to Feng Guang. She said something about the unity of all people... was she implying something?
Feng Guang was in a great mood, so she let Xin Ye, who had a guilty conscience, make wild guesses. She was in such a good mood that she would just wait for the people from Nan Cai Kingdom to come and arrest her.
As it was getting late, the considerate Shen Yue had already ordered someone to prepare a meal. Xin Ye was not in a good mood at the moment, so he excused himself and left.
Feng Guang unceremoniously picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks. After marveling at how worthy the food was of the imperial chefs, she shook her head and feigned regret, "It's such a pity that General Xin isn't eating with us."
"General Xin has always been concerned about national affairs. According to people in his household, he often doesn't have time to eat."
Feng Guang looked at Shen Yue across from her, put down her chopsticks, and said with emotion, "I feel... you don't seem to have any airs of being an emperor at all."
"Should an emperor have any airs?" A slight look of confusion appeared in Shen Yue's handsome eyes.
She couldn't help but find the child adorable, and said with a smile, "You're fine the way you are, but... it would be better if you could adopt a slightly more superior attitude towards Xinye."
“The goddess does not like General Xin.” He used a statement, not a question.
Feng Guang nodded firmly, "Of course I don't like him."
"But General Xin mentioned to me... that he fell in love with the goddess at first sight and wanted me to grant him the marriage, but the goddess is of noble status, so I think we should ask the goddess's opinion first."
"Cough cough..." Feng Guang choked, and only after drinking some water did she recover. "Please don't force a marriage, I don't want to marry him!"
Shen Yue was amused by her alarmed expression. "What's wrong with General Xin? He is both a scholar and a warrior, and he is the ideal man in the hearts of countless young women in our Dongyang Kingdom."
“That’s worthless in my eyes,” Feng Guang said righteously. “He’s obviously the kind of man who doesn’t respect women. Whoever marries him is doomed.”
Her tone was full of disdain, and Shen Yue couldn't help but think that it was really amazing that the famous Xin Ye would be disliked one day.
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