After coming to the prince's mansion, the moment Elder Muyu and Lan Yunxi got off the vehicle, the steward of the prince's mansion and a middle-aged woman in a green imperial dress walked over here with an arrogant look. She looked like a female official with her hair in a high bun and raised eye corners.
The moment the woman came over, she had started to look at Lan Yunxi from head to toe as if she was looking at goods.
Elder Muyu raised his eyebrows at once. Watching Elder Muyu glaring at her, the woman harrumphed coldly as she slightly retracted her look and just looked at the top of their heads.
"This is the maid of honor of the prince's mansion. She deals with many affairs around His Majesty!" The butler of the prince's mansion introduced the maid to Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu with a glassy-eyed look.
After hearing the introduction of the butler, the maid slightly nodded towards them as she said icily, "My surname is Feng. You can call me Maid Feng in the prince's mansion. Miss, you must be tired after such a long journey. Additionally, it's windy and snowy outside. How about taking a bath and changing clothes first? After taking a short rest, I will take you to see His Majesty …"
Commoners might not understand why they had to take a bath and change clothes as soon as they arrived at the prince's mansion. However, Elder Muyu knew that it was similar to the rules of selecting maids or concubines in major clans. Those women had to "take a bath and change clothes" before entering the prince's mansion. To put it bluntly, they had to check their bodies.
It was out of Elder Muyu's imagination that he and Lan Yunxi would also receive such a treatment. After hearing the female official's words, Elder Muyu who had been a bit angry just now couldn't stand questioning the steward of the prince's mansion in an extremely furious tone, "What's the reason? We've discussed so many details before, but there's no such thing …"
The steward didn't argue, but just smiled and said blandly, "Your Highness, there are always rules around you, and there are many rules. Shangyi Feng takes care of these things in person. It's my duty to discuss and decide things, so I can't overstep my authority and meddle in your affairs …"
"His Majesty is a noble descendant of the imperial household of Taixia Country. How noble is his status? This is the prince's mansion; not those remote small clans which have no rules and could do whatever they want. Any woman who wants to meet His Majesty has to follow my arrangement..." The master of ceremonies in front of the prince's mansion replied with a cold harrumph in a sarcastic tone.
Elder Muyu still wanted to say something; however, he was stopped by Lan Yunxi. "If you're tired on the airboat, you'd better take a bath and change your clothes. It's not bad to take a short rest …" After saying that, Lan Yunxi watched Feng Shangyi calmly as she asked, "Where can I take a bath? Please lead me there …"
Maid Feng replied with a cold harrumph, "Follow me". After that, she turned around and left. After throwing a glance at Elder Muyu, Lan Yunxi also left with that maid.
The butler of the prince's mansion didn't say anything; instead, he just threw a glance at a servant and had Elder Muyu take a rest in the side parlor.
Elder Muyu tightly clenched his fists as he felt full of humiliation. However, he couldn't lose his temper. Watching the high walls of the prince's mansion and the arrogant looks of those servants, Elder Muyu couldn't stand feeling sad. When Elder Mushen was alive, Huaiyuan Palace was so glorious. Even in Xuanyuan Hill, Elder Mushen was the distinguished guest of His Majesty the crown prince. Even His Majesty the crown prince treated Elder Mushen politely and called him brother. Elder Mushen could even gift the royal manor of Xuanyuan Hill to Zhang Taixuan. When Elder Mushen was absent, even the head of Huaiyuan Palace would be ridiculed and humiliated by some servants when he came to the prince's mansion in Datang City …
Whose fault was it? Was it Zhang Taixuan? But Zhang Taixuan had already died. It was meaningless for Zhang Taixuan to explain it. Was it Elder Mushen? However, when Elder Muyu thought about Zhang Tie, he couldn't bear any resentment at all. When the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace talked about Elder Mushen, they would only think about Elder Mushen's good instead of bad. Since Elder Muyu promoted to a knight, Elder Mushen had made the greatest meritorious deeds, made the greatest contribution and suffered the most hardships in Huaiyuan Palace. However, he didn't complain about it; neither did he scramble for power. Even the clan head couldn't do some things that Elder Muyu could do. When they recalled that Elder Muyu was forced to found Jinwu Palace, all the other elders of Huaiyuan Palace sighed with emotions and felt guilty.
A servant in the prince's mansion led Elder Muyu to walk in the winding corridor of the prince's mansion. Soon after they walked for a short while, before they arrived at the side hall, they had seen a person coming towards them. At the sight of that person, the servant hurriedly gave way to him. Elder Muyu was thinking about something as he just threw a glance at that person. At the beginning, he didn't care about that person. However, when they passed by each other, that person suddenly collided with Elder Muyu with his shoulder in an extremely powerful and ferocious manner. Elder Muyu didn't even have time to retreat.
Elder Muyu's heart raced. Closely after that, he became furious. In a split second, he responded to it as he lowered his shoulder and collided with that person too.
With a muffled sound of "Bang …", Elder Muyu was knocked back three steps consecutively. Half of his body went numb while his qi and blood surged up and down. His chest felt stuffy as if it was blocked by something. At the same time, his face changed at once …
'Earth knight, that person is an earth knight.' Elder Muyu didn't respond until the two people collided with each other.
That man watched Elder Muyu with a sneer as if he was apologizing; however, it was more like an irony, "I'm sorry, I bumped into you just now. Are you alright? Do you need my help …"
Elder Muyu tightly closed his mouth as he forcefully swallowed the surging qi and blood. At the same time, he stared at that person as he chested out, "I'm fine … may I know who you are, Your Excellency?"
"Hahaha, I'm Jiang Feng. I'm just a bodyguard of His Majesty!" After throwing another glance at Elder Muyu, the earth knight crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes as he asked knowingly, "I'm told that an elder of Huaiyuan Palace has confronted Steward Liu of the prince's mansion in every aspect. He always bargained with him in an awe-inspiring manner. You must be him …"
"Right, I'm Zhang Muyu of Huaiyuan Palace. What can I do for you?" Elder Muyu raised his head and looked straight into Jiang Feng's eyes fearlessly.
Even facing an earth knight, Elder Muyu didn't fear at all; instead, he was full of vigor.
"Hehhehheh, I don't need any advice. But the prince's mansion has strict rules and numerous powerhouses. Many places are forbidden. Outsiders, you'd better be careful when you walk. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. It's not Youzhou Province, neither is it Huaiyuan Palace. You'd better not bring the rules and temperament of small clans like Huaiyuan Palace to the prince's mansion …" Jiang Feng said gloomily. After throwing a glance at Elder Muyu whose face was as cold as an iron board, he revealed a smile as he walked forward. At the same time, he shook his head and sneered, "Huaiyuan Palace, haha …"
Elder Muyu's face turned red as he almost couldn't stand turning around and charging at Jiang Feng. However, if he caused trouble at this moment, not only would he die, he might be in a worse situation for Lan Yunxi and Huaiyuan Palace. When he thought about Lan Yunxi who was alone in the prince's mansion and Huaiyuan Palace which was in a storm, Elder Muyu could only grit his teeth and clench his fists as he swallowed his anger.
The side hall was in a deserted place. After entering the side hall, Elder Muyu stood by the window of the side hall and watched those sparrows hiding under the eaves outside the side hall as he felt both sad and angry. After the maid served him a cup of tea and left, Elder Muyu's qi and blood that had been suppressed just now started to roll again. Finally, Elder Muyu couldn't stand it anymore as he spurted out a mouthful of blood, which fell onto the snow ground in the garden outside the side hall.
The sparrows under the eaves were startled as they flapped their wings and flew away, leaving a dazzling crimson mark on the snowy ground …
Elder Muyu didn't notice that after those sparrows flew away, one of them hovered in the garden outside the side parlor for a few circles as it gazed at the crimson blood stains on the ground for a short while before flying away …
…
Lan Yunxi was led to a bathroom by Feng Shangyi, where some maids in imperial robes had long been waiting for her.
The women in the prince's residence were all chosen from a million. Even if it was just a few maids, in terms of figure and appearance, they would not lose to Lan Yunxi's stunning beauty.
The moment Lan Yunxi arrived, Feng Shangyi had cast a glance at those maids. After exchanging a glance with each other, those maids walked over and took off all of Lan Yunxi's clothes. After that, they asked Lan Yunxi to take a bath in the bathtub. After taking a bath, Lan Yunxi came out. Those maids checked every inch of Lan Yunxi's skin carefully while wiping the water off Lan Yunxi's body.
In this process, Feng Shangyi just stood aside and inspected Lan Yunxi's body inch by inch like an examiner. Not until those maids cleaned the water off Lan Yunxi's body did Feng Shangyi nod as she commented in a rigid tone, "Your skin is as smooth as cream. No birthmark or scar. Your body has a special fragrance. Your hair is soft but not messy. After putting your legs together, there's no gap between your legs. Even paper can't be inserted into your body. Your breasts are firm but not wide. If they are wide, they'll be prostitutes. You can't serve His Highness in bed. Your waist is soft but not thin. You can have children. You don't have any of the 36 unlucky moles on your body. However, one of the 36 lucky moles is on your abdomen.
Not bad, not bad … "At this moment, nobody knew what Lan Yunxi was thinking about. After Feng Shangyi finished her words, she asked coldly," Is it okay now? "
"The virginity mark on your arm is still there. However, I still need to check it. As a woman who will serve His Highness in the future, she has to be clean. Where's the bed? Lie down and open your legs. I want to check it …"
After Lan Yunxi lay down, Feng Shangyi walked over here. After checking her body carefully, she had Lan Yunxi put on her clothes.
In this process, Lan Yunxi just looked at the ceiling of the room with her eyes wide open.
After dressing up, Lan Yunxi saw Xuanyuan Wuji.
…
In the costume of a prince, Xuanyuan Wuji was sitting on the main seat of the room. The moment Feng Shangyi led Lan Yunxi in, Xuanyuan Wuji had looked at Lan Yunxi from her head to toe with gleaming eyes. When Feng Shangyi came to his side and whispered something to him, Xuanyuan Wuji revealed a bizarre smile.
"I've not imagined that Zhang Taixuan could have such a beautiful daughter. Not bad, not bad …" Xuanyuan Wuji burst out into laughter.
Under the extremely aggressive eye light of Xuanyuan Wuji, Lan Yunxi sat solemnly with a calm and inviolable look. "I'm flattered, Your Highness. I'm sure that you've known my purpose!"
"Go ahead, what's your condition?" Xuanyuan Wuji asked casually as he watched Lan Yunxi. Besides a bit presumptuous look, he didn't look lustful at all. He behaved like a prince. As for princes, they didn't lack women at all.
"If I marry you, Your Highness, please confer my father Zhang Taixuan as a duke!"
"Hahaha, that's easy!" Xuanyuan Wuji agreed without demur. It was hard to confer honor to living people; however, as long as a dead person married into the imperial household and became the relative of the emperor, it would be easy for him to confer the title of a duke. "What else?"
"A tower of time for a kid. It's my compensation for continuing the bloodline of Your Highness …" Lan Yunxi said calmly. It should be shameful for her to bargain with others on this occasion; however, Lan Yunxi looked terrifyingly calm.
"Hahaha, don't you think it's a bit too high?" Xuanyuan Wuji asked with a smile in an icy tone.
"Of course, it's a bit high for others; however, it's not high for Your Highness. If that kid could completely inherit Your Highness's ancestral bloodline and make a breakthrough, Your Highness's offspring would be more powerful than the crown prince's offspring. Isn't it God's will? Shouldn't the throne of Taixia Country be inherited by the one who could continue the most powerful bloodline? "
Xuanyuan Wuji's eyes turned shrewd as he gazed at Lan Yunxi. Lan Yunxi also looked straight into Xuanyuan Wuji's eyes. After half a minute, Xuanyuan Wuji's eye light turned mild as he said, "You're really audacious!"
"If I'm not audacious, how could I marry into an emperor's clan?"
"Fine, I agree. It's just some towers of time. Any other conditions?"
"Long Wind Business Group wants to become an imperial merchant group!"
"No problem! Anything else? "
After thinking for a short while, Lan Yunxi finally shook her head. Not knowing why, after achieving all the objectives, she felt empty inside.
"Fine, that's a deal. I will notice you after fixing the wedding date. It should be within this year!" Watching Lan Yunxi, Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly revealed a smile as he changed the topic, "You're my fiancée now. You'd better stay in Datang City for a couple more days. On the 29th, accompany me to winter hunting!"
'On the 29th, winter hunting' — — Lan Yunxi became slightly stunned. Lan Yunxi always tried her best to avoid this day; however, she had not imagined that Xuanyuan Wuji would go winter hunting on this day.
"It's a good day. It's the last winter hunting this year. I like to see those beasts with sharp claws and teeth struggling in vain in the snow …" Xuanyuan Wuji said with a smile, revealing his snow-white teeth …
…
After meeting Xuanyuan Wuji for less than 10 minutes, Lan Yunxi had finished the "trade".
After leaving Xuanyuan Wuji, Lan Yunxi felt empty. Although everything had been settled, Lan Yunxi didn't feel pleasant at all. She felt like losing something instead of gaining something.
When she saw Elder Muyu again, Lan Yunxi found that Elder Muyu looked a bit bad.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Elder Muyu shook his head silently. Because in Elder Muyu's eyes, Lan Yunxi didn't look good either. "Let's go back …"
"Hmm!"
The two people then got in the car and drove towards the hotel that they had booked. In the car, Lan Yunxi told Elder Muyu about the process of the meeting just now. She even told him that Xuanyuan Wuji invited her to hunt in winter two days later.
Not knowing why, Elder Muyu felt a bit awkward after hearing this news.
"Miss, if you don't want to go there, we can go back to Youzhou Province …"
"It's just hunting. Why not …" Lan Yunxi said gloomily as she watched the scenery outside the window, "Perhaps, time would fly faster in this way!"
After being silent for a while, Elder Muyu opened his mouth gloomily, "Elder Muyuan and Elder Muray should have arrived at Yinhai, Gobi Desert and watched the battle. If there's any news, they would notice me right away …"
Tilting her head, Lan Yunxi tightly pursed her lips as she watched the snowy scenery of Datang City outside the window silently. However, her face turned pale at once like the snowflakes outside …
(To be continued.)
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