The princess of Nanyue stamped her foot and said angrily, "Give me back my whip!"
"So what if I don't return it?" Su Youran retorted angrily. "You still dare to commit murder? Why should I return your murder weapon?"
"You!" Princess Nanyue was furious. "You, you, you... Your Great Zhou has so many beggars who have been starving for days. I was just trying to give them food, it was just a joke!"
"Oh—" Su Youran drawled, "Just kidding..."
She looked at the long wounds on the two children's hands, lost in thought.
"Yes, yes..." a beggar pleaded, "Girl, I haven't eaten for three days..."
Su Youran instructed Su Yue, "Su Yue, take these two children to Renji Hall to get them bandaged up. Also, if any of you are hungry, go to the charity hall north of Renji Hall; you can get some porridge there."
He put his index finger in his mouth and blew a long whistle.
A moment later, the three animals came running over like the wind, rubbing against Su Youran's feet affectionately and jumping around.
Su Yue had already left with the two children, and the remaining beggars happily headed towards the charity hall.
Princess Nan Yue looked warily at Su Youran and the three wild cats that were clearly larger than ordinary cats. "What do you want to do?"
Su Youran chuckled, "Oh, I just wanted to joke around with the Princess of Nanyue. Since the Princess of Nanyue is so interested, how about this county princess plays along with you?"
Princess Nanyue glanced at her wolfhound, which was taller than a man when standing, and then at the three wild cats. Feeling that her chances of winning were quite high, she raised her chin and said, "Alright, since beasts are fighting beasts, then let them fight to the death. What do you say?"
Su Youran laughed, "Life and death are matters between animals, but between you and me, why don't we place a bet and make it more exciting?"
“Alright!” The Princess of Nanyue pointed to the whip still in Su Youran’s hand, “My nine-section whip is a treasure of the Nanyue royal family, so…”
A voice came from the side, "Fifth Sister, no!"
A tall, unshaven man walked in, followed by a guard. "The nine-section whip is priceless; you can't use it as a wager!"
"Big brother!" Princess Nanyue called out somewhat displeased.
Su Youran slowly pulled a fist-sized glass bead from her sleeve and said gently, "I was just about to use this equally priceless glass bead as a wager."
The prince and the fifth princess of Nanyue immediately widened their eyes.
Such a large and perfectly round glass bead?! It must be priceless!
Su Youran threw the Fifth Princess's nine-section whip on the ground. "What a piece of junk this whip is! Since it can't be used as a wager, let's exchange it for something valuable! If there's nothing of equal value, then I'll exchange it for something worthless..."
She pretended to take the glass bead back.
The Fifth Princess of Nanyue stared wide-eyed, then grabbed her wrist, "No, no, let's bet on the nine-section whip!"
She looked at her elder brother with pleading eyes.
Su Youran snorted, "This nine-section whip doesn't look very valuable, I'm afraid it won't be enough?"
"What?" The Fifth Princess of Nanyue jumped up, picked up the nine-section whip, and flicked it on the ground, immediately creating a crater. "This nine-section whip is a treasure of Nanyue. It is inlaid with eighteen gemstones, and the whip is made of tungsten steel woven from countless strands of silkworm silk. It is impervious to blades and fire, and you have seen its power. With a light flick, it has immense strength!"
Su Youran reluctantly said, "Alright then, judging from your appearance, you probably don't have anything valuable on you."
She looked at the prince of Nanyue.
Just as the eldest prince was about to object again, the fifth princess clasped her hands together and pleaded with him. She then spoke to him in the Southern Yue language, pointing to the tall wolfhound and the three lynxes that were still acting cute and affectionate at Su Youran's feet.
Su Youran couldn't understand, but she guessed they were saying that these three little kittens who only knew how to act cute and charming could possibly lose to a big wolfhound.
The eldest prince finally nodded, "Alright, then you two shall have a contest."
Su Youran smiled slightly, "Then it's settled. We don't care whether the beast lives or dies; our bet goes to the winner!"
"It's a deal!"
The two placed their bets on a tree stump next to a large tree in the middle of the road, then stepped back, and the surrounding people also stepped back.
The guards around the Fifth Princess released the large wolfhound and retreated to the back.
Su Youran stroked each of the three adult lynxes, saying, "Little Orange, Little Yellow, and Little Tangerine, keep it up! Remember, don't destroy people's things."
It means that you can kill this big wolfhound in front of you at will.
The three lynxes obediently licked Su Youran's palm, and even seemed to nod in agreement.
Once Su Youran had retreated to a very back position and stood still, she clapped her hands three times.
Then the three lynxes, which had been so docile and cuddly just moments before, all let out a "meow" and turned to the big wolfhound, their eyes instantly flashing with ferocity.
The big wolfhound also let out a howl and pounced on the three cats that were much smaller than itself.
The three lynxes scattered in three directions in an instant, leaving the large wolfhound to pounce on one of them.
This one is extremely agile in its evasion, and it deliberately lures the other two from angles that can be attacked simultaneously.
So much so that the big wolfhound was already bleeding profusely from the cat's scratches after only a few runs.
The Fifth Princess was heartbroken. "Hey, hey, hey...you're ganging up on us!"
Su Youran said quietly, "You are bullying the weak."
Several bystanders, watching with satisfaction, cheered loudly, "Good! This big dog had scratched and injured people, but now these three kittens have avenged us!"
The princess of Nanyue's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Seeing Su Youran's composed expression, he dared not say anything more about "humans being worse than dogs".
After several rounds, the big wolfhound was covered in blood from the cat's scratches.
Princess Nanyue was heartbroken. "Black Tiger, go! Go! How can you be so useless? You can't even beat three kittens?"
Su Youran then laughed and said, "Forget it, considering it's injured, so you won't accuse us of ganging up on the weak again."
She whistled softly twice more, "Little Yellow and Little Orange, come back."
Then only Little Orange was left fighting the big wolfhound.
The princess of Nanyue originally thought that the big wolfhound would surely win this time, right?
Unexpectedly, after only a few rounds, the big wolfhound still couldn't land a single blow, and was driven to a frenzy by Little Orange's scratches.
Finally, unable to keep up, he half-squatted down, panting heavily.
Princess Nan Yue grew anxious. Seeing that the two little lynxes at Su Youran's feet seemed to be watching a show, she pointed at one of them and shouted something in Nan Yue language.
The big wolfhound seemed to understand and immediately pounced on the little yellow and orange dog.
Xiao Huang and Xiao Ju naturally dodged, and Su Youran also avoided the wolfhound's forward lunge by shifting her body.
The large wolfhound missed its target, and perhaps it went completely berserk. It looked around and saw a human cub watching it with great interest.
These human cubs are usually powerless to resist, so they pounced on him without hesitation.
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