"What's going on? Why is he there?!"
Nangong Suxin was very puzzled, and their military strategist was also confused. Only Miss Mo Yu wasn't puzzled, because she didn't have time to be confused right now. She walked straight toward Xiaoyao, even ignoring Ning Zhiyuan in front of her.
At this moment, some people wanted to stop the Young Miss's behavior, because she was walking toward Ning Zhiyuan in full battle armor, which felt very dangerous. In front of the emperor, this was simply treasonous behavior.
However, no one ultimately stopped her, because Ning Zhiyuan prevented these people from acting.
"Xiaoyao, how did you end up mixed in here? Don't tell me you came to work as a servant in the palace again," the Young Miss said, walking directly up to Xiaoyao.
"I have before, but not now," Xiaoyao replied.
"Then how are you here?" the Young Miss was very curious. She could understand Xiaoyao's words and knew he must have worked in the palace before, just not anymore. If that's the case, then why was he here now?
"I came to welcome you all. I was wondering who it could be earlier, turns out it was you. Not bad, after more than a year of not seeing each other, you've actually become female war gods. And that mysterious female military strategist should be Third Miss, right?" Xiaoyao answered while also asking.
...
"Ah, how did you know? Even people within the army unit don't know this," The Young Miss was very surprised, and her response confirmed one thing, that the female military strategist beside them was indeed the Nangong family's Third Miss.
"This was easy to guess. I've heard about your exploits. Some of those strategies are beyond your intelligence level and shouldn't have been used by you. If it was Third Miss, then it would be normal," Xiaoyao said seriously with a very earnest expression.
"What the hell! What do you mean by that? Don't you believe in my intelligence?" Miss Mo Yu was furious.
"It's not that I don't believe, I understand!" Xiaoyao corrected.
"..." the Young Miss fell silent. Was there a difference? The meaning was still the same.
"Mo Yu, don't get sidetracked. Xiaoyao still hasn't said why he's here. Don't let him fool you," Nangong Suxin said, walking over with Third Miss. Third Miss looked at Xiaoyao and smiled, seeming to confirm Xiaoyao's understanding of her.
"Didn't I say? I'm here to welcome you all. Otherwise, what would I be standing here for," Xiaoyao said again.
"..." Nangong Suxin was silent for a moment. This seemed like a reason, but what she wanted to know wasn't this aspect.
"We want to know why you're qualified to be here. This is the royal family's area. Are you standing in the wrong place?"
"This isn't really the wrong place. I'm now also considered..."
"What? You are! Damn, kid, did you seduce some princess in this past year? Is it her?" the Young Miss immediately questioned loudly, and her suspicion fell on a girl beside Xiaoyao. What a coincidence, this was a girl Xiaoyao had met several times, and the reason he came to this palace was because of this girl in front of him.
That's right, this girl was Ning Xin'er. Xiaoyao had come to the palace because Le Youran had dragged him here to treat Ning Xin'er's injuries.
"Ah, no, I'm not..." Ning Xin'er was stunned, then immediately shook her head in denial.
"Looking at you, you're definitely not. You're too plain," the Young Miss said very directly. "If you were prettier, there might be a possibility,"
"..." Ning Xin'er fell silent.
"Young Miss, you shouldn't talk like that. How can you speak the truth so directly," Xiaoyao said seriously.
"..." Ning Xin'er wanted to crouch down and draw circles.
"Ahem, you all stop talking nonsense. If you want to catch up, go inside first. I'll grant you special permission to go ahead," Ning Zhiyuan couldn't stand these people anymore, but each of them was so special that he couldn't get angry.
Needless to say about Xiaoyao, and the Young Miss and Nangong Suxin were the Twin Female War Gods, currently hot commodities that even Ning Zhiyuan had to treat politely.
"That's good, let's go inside and talk," Xiaoyao felt Ning Zhiyuan's decision was absolutely correct. He actually didn't want to welcome them here either, but the Eldest Princess had asked him to represent her, so he had no choice.
As for the Eldest Princess herself, she felt that since Xiaoyao was representing her, there was nothing for her to do, so she wouldn't attend. This was probably also to prevent her from suddenly going crazy, which she couldn't guarantee wouldn't happen. Because of this, she basically wouldn't appear at any public occasions.
The Young Miss didn't care about anything else. This was just her nature, and after getting used to being the boss and acting independently in the army, she paid even less attention to occasions and etiquette.
Nangong Suxin shook her head, expressed apologies to Ning Zhiyuan, then followed the Young Miss inside. The third Miss was similar, she first took leave from Ning Zhiyuan. Both sisters were very thorough with such courtesies.
After Xiaoyao and the others left, Ning Zhiyuan began hosting a reception for the other soldiers. These were all formalities that most people understood. Actually, Ning Zhiyuan valued the two Young Misses more, whom he didn't host a reception for. It was precisely because he valued them that he felt formalities were useless for them.
He felt that as long as Xiaoyao was there, these two wouldn't be interested in listening to his words anyway, so he might as well fulfill their wishes and let them understand his special care for them.
On the other side, the Young Miss was chasing after Xiaoyao asking—
"Xiaoyao, you still haven't said how you became part of the royal family faction. Did you really seduce a princess?"
Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "I didn't seduce a princess. Rather, I was abducted by a princess. She insists on recognizing family relationships randomly, and there's nothing I can do about it..."
"No way! What's the situation?" the Young Miss didn't understand, and the two Nangong sisters who had caught up were also confused. What princess randomly recognizes relatives?
Just then, something even more shocking happened. When Xiaoyao passed through a door, the guards beside it suddenly stood at attention and called out:
"Young Prince!!"
"..."
Damn, Young Prince? Who were they talking about? Could they mean this little servant in front of them?
"Little servant, what's this about?" Nangong Suxin couldn't help asking.
"What? That princess is crazy, and because she's crazy, it's troublesome. I temporarily can't shake her off, and since I don't have anywhere to stay recently, I'm lodging here," Xiaoyao replied.
"Crazy princess?" the three girls looked at each other. They found they couldn't understand the situation at all. What exactly had happened during the time they were away?
"Never mind the crazy princess for now, why are others calling you Young Prince?" At this moment, Nangong Suxin was more concerned about how the guards addressed him.
"Young Prince? Did they? They were calling someone else," Xiaoyao replied, shaking his head. Obviously, he didn't pay attention to this title at all.
"Calling someone else? How is that possible? There's no one else around here. How could they be calling someone else," Nangong Suxin rejected Xiaoyao's explanation.
"I don't know either. Maybe they mistook me for someone else. I've encountered this several times before, they call me Young Prince when there's no one beside me, but they're definitely not calling me. How could I possibly be a Young Prince? Do you think it's possible?" Xiaoyao said indifferently, completely attributing this to the guards mistaking him for someone else.
"These guards mistaking someone would be strange, but you couldn't possibly be a Young Prince either. Combining both factors, it's more credible that they made a mistake," the Young Miss thought and said.
"Exactly! Whether I'm a Young Prince or not, wouldn't I know myself? They really did make a mistake. Maybe when another person comes by, they'll also call..."
Before Xiaoyao could finish speaking, an interesting situation occurred.
"Young Prince!" At this moment, the guards called out again as a young noble gentleman passed by.
"See, didn't I tell you," Xiaoyao winked, gesturing for them to look over there, wasn't it just as he said?
"..."
The three girls had nothing to say. They shook their heads, also feeling these guards were really too negligent in their duties to actually mistake people. These were guards of the Great Tang Palace, if they encountered people with ill intentions, wouldn't this palace be in danger?
"Alright, now let's talk about the crazy princess. Who is she?" Nangong Suxin asked.
"Little girl, you're quite bold. Who are you calling a crazy princess?" A voice suddenly appeared beside Xiaoyao, startling all the girls because the voice appeared too suddenly, giving them no advance warning.
What surprised them even more was that almost simultaneously with the voice's appearance, Nangong Suxin was grabbed by a hand and thrown several meters away. Fortunately, Nangong Suxin reacted quickly and straightened her body in mid-air, allowing her to land steadily.
What? I was just thrown like that?
When Nangong Suxin landed, she still couldn't believe it, because she hadn't even seen a person's shadow before being thrown out, and this was in an open area.
What level of martial artist was she now? Even in the past, she was a King-level martial artist. There were very few people on this continent who could throw her out like this. But now she was no longer just a King-level martial artist, she had successfully advanced to become Emperor-level. On the battlefield, between life and death, her realm had broken through very quickly. Even Le Youran might not be much stronger than her now.
And like her, the Young Miss had also become Emperor-level.
Many people knew about this, but they also knew their method was very difficult to replicate, because they had both wandered between life and death. One careless moment could mean death - it was too dangerous, and some people simply couldn't bear such risk.
(End of Chapter)