Nangong Suxin was her partner. Although they still fought and argued endlessly every day, that was limited to just between themselves. If it was someone else making a move against the other, they would both be the first to strike down that person.
Moreover, their bodies had developed this habit on the battlefield. They had fought side by side more than once, entrusting their backs to each other. Anyone who posed a danger to the other, they would eliminate.
However, even Nangong Suxin had been defeated in a single exchange, so even if this was a sneak attack, it was clearly someone with absolutely overwhelming strength.
When the Young Miss made her move, a hand was already at her throat. With just a light squeeze, the Young Miss could go meet some of her comrades, well, comrades who had already become heroic spirits.
"Stop! Everyone stop!! We're all on the same side, don't fight!" Xiaoyao shouted at this moment.
"What? Same side?" The Young Miss stopped. She trusted Xiaoyao's words unconditionally. Only then did she have time to clearly see the newcomer, a noble and incomparably beautiful mature lady.
"Who are you?" the Young Miss asked, looking at the suddenly appeared mature lady.
"I'm his aunt!" the mature lady said, pulling Xiaoyao close very affectionately.
...
"Aunt?! Damn, you woman are actually taking advantage of him! Get away, don't pull him like that!" The Young Miss was immediately furious. Who was she? Xiaoyao's Young Miss. She had never known Xiaoyao had an aunt.
And this mature lady was actually pulling Xiaoyao so affectionately, she felt even more displeased, with a ball of fire about to explode in her heart.
"Haha, Xiaoyao, who is this little girl? Your lover? She seems to be jealous," the mature lady laughed upon seeing the Young Miss like this, and also released her grip on Xiaoyao.
"Bullshit! Who's his lover? I'm his Young Miss. I'm not jealous, I just don't like him being taken advantage of by a woman like you!!" the Young Miss said very roughly, seemingly even rougher than before. This should be a habit from the military camp.
"You should maintain dignity when speaking. Looking at you, you should be a young lady from a great family. Don't be so crude, or I won't let my nephew marry you," the mature lady said with a smile.
"Who knows what kind of character your nephew has, he still wants to marry me!! Xiaoyao, who is she really?" the Young Miss asked Xiaoyao directly.
"She's that crazy princess, Great Tang Empire's Eldest Princess Ning Xiyue. Also, the nephew she mentioned is me, because I look somewhat like her sister..." Xiaoyao explained.
"Ah..." The three girls opened their mouths wide, seeming to find this matter very unbelievable.
"Also, although she's crazy, she's an peerless expert. Don't think about revenge, or you'll die miserably," Xiaoyao added, because he saw a hint of revenge in the Young Miss's eyes. With his understanding of her, he knew she would definitely seek revenge unless he made her understand it wasn't feasible.
"Peerless expert? Damn, really? Then I can't get revenge," the Young Miss said somewhat unwillingly.
"..." The Eldest Princess, seeing this situation, could only say this girl really had character. Although it didn't match nobility, there was something adorable about her.
"Are you Saint-level or God-level?" the Young Miss suddenly asked the Eldest Princess.
"Saint-level. I'm not that strong yet. To become God-level, maybe in a few more decades there might be a possibility," the Eldest Princess replied with a smile.
"Saint-level, then it's only one level difference. Let me tell you, I will get revenge. I'll definitely hit you back in the future," the Young Miss said to the Eldest Princess very seriously.
"..."
You make it sound easy, just one level, but do you know how many people are stuck at this level? Do you know why only those who reach Saint-level are called peerless experts? Because they're really too rare. In the same era, there are only a few such people, sometimes not even one.
However, the Eldest Princess quite liked this aspect of the Young Miss, daring to act, daring to speak.
"By the time you reach Saint-level, I might have already become God-level, and you still won't be able to beat me," the Eldest Princess said with a smile.
"... How old are you? Let me see if I can catch up," the Young Miss asked.
"I'm already over fifty now. You're still young, you can catch up to where I am now," the Eldest Princess said with a smile.
"Ah, over fifty? Impossible! You look like you're only in your thirties," the Young Miss and Nangong Suxin said almost simultaneously, while Third Miss also looked at the Eldest Princess with disbelief.
The current Eldest Princess looked even younger than when Xiaoyao first met her. Before, she looked like a mature woman in her thirties, now she was a mature lady in her early thirties. Although this was only a few years' difference, the feeling was very different.
This was because the Eldest Princess's Eternal Youth Evergreen Technique had improved again. As for the reason for the improvement, it had more or less something to do with Xiaoyao.
Perhaps because Xiaoyao felt a bit embarrassed living in Clear Moon Palace, or perhaps because he didn't want to see the Eldest Princess acting crazy, he used his incredibly rich martial arts knowledge to slightly modify the Eternal Youth Evergreen Technique, making this cultivation method more perfect, with fewer side effects and greater efficacy.
"After becoming an peerless expert, one doesn't age easily," the Eldest Princess said with a smile. Her words seemed to encourage the Young Miss and the others, giving them more motivation to advance.
The Eldest Princess's words weren't false either. People who become peerless experts can often extend their lives. Some have even lived over three hundred years. They don't age easily, and to put it dramatically, they can even return to youth.
However, this was also an exaggerated statement. It's impossible to return to childhood, or even to teenage or young adult years, only to middle age at most.
The Eldest Princess's situation wasn't just due to being an peerless expert, the greatest credit went to the effects of her cultivation method.
"Really? Then I want to become a peerless expert too, I want to preserve my youth forever, I want to become a monster!!" the Young Miss said loudly, looking very excited.
"..." Only she would describe herself like that - a monster...
"Hehe, Xiaoyao, this little girl is really good. You all chat slowly, I'll go back and rest for a bit," After the Eldest Princess finished speaking, she disappeared, just as suddenly as she had appeared.
"..." Xiaoyao was silent. What was that about? Why did you come and go like that? Could it be just to look at the Young Miss and the others?
Xiaoyao guessed correctly. The Eldest Princess had only appeared suddenly because she discovered Xiaoyao with several girls and wanted to see who these girls were. After the conversation just now, she already knew who the Young Miss and the others were. She had also investigated Xiaoyao's affairs and knew there was a Young Miss around Xiaoyao, and that he had good relationships with the two sisters from the Nangong family.
"This Eldest Princess is really strange, but very strong," the Young Miss said very directly, though she didn't seem to consider that sometimes she was much stranger than this Eldest Princess.
"She is a bit strange, but she's a good person. At least she's been very good to me," Xiaoyao nodded and said.
"Where were we just now? How do you resemble her sister? Which sister of hers? Do you have any relationship with her?" the Young Miss asked a series of questions.
"I look very much like Princess Zhuyue, but supposedly she died two years before I was born, so there shouldn't be much relationship between us," Xiaoyao replied. "It's just that the Eldest Princess insists I'm Princess Zhuyue's child. There's nothing I can do about it, she's already crazy. Don't provoke her. When she goes crazy, she can do anything."
"So that's how it is. Don't worry, we won't provoke her. She's the Eldest Princess after all, how dare we," the Young Miss said casually, then suddenly changed her tone, "Quick, tell me what Princess Zhuyue was like, how she resembled you. I bet she definitely wasn't too good-looking!"
"Damn, are you questioning my appearance?" Xiaoyao was angry.
"Hmph, I'm just understanding you," the Young Miss threw the phrase back at him.
"..."
Xiaoyao stopped talking and just led the Young Miss and the others to the palace square where this celebration was being held, right in front of the great hall. The positions had already been arranged, the emperor would be at the entrance of the great hall, while everyone else would naturally be below.
When Xiaoyao arrived, they were still setting up inside. Palace maids and servants were all busy making final preparations. Some things had to be prepared at the last moment to stay fresh...
When Xiaoyao and the others arrived, those servants and maids paid them no attention, just treating Xiaoyao's group as unrelated personnel or early-arriving royalty.
"There are already names up there. Hey, Young Miss, your name is here, quite high up too. It seems His Majesty values you highly," Xiaoyao found the Young Miss's name in the front seating area. This kind of seating arrangement was very particular, the higher one's status, the higher up they sat. This was something everyone understood.
"Doesn't matter, as long as I'm higher than a certain someone," the Young Miss said indifferently, looking for the name of that certain someone she mentioned.
"No need to look, I'm beside you. Unfortunately, I'm a little bit above you. Who told me to be the legion commander!! Haha..." Nangong Suxin pointed to the seat above the Young Miss, saying very proudly.
"Hmph! You were just lucky that day when you beat me. If I had won that day, I would be the legion commander," the Young Miss said somewhat unwillingly. She was depressed, how did she lose that day? Originally, she and Nangong Suxin had been winning and losing equally, with wins and losses split fifty-fifty.
"A loss is a loss. Actually, even if you hadn't lost, you couldn't have done it for many days. With so much military affairs to handle every day, would you be willing? The military affairs for your deputy legion commander position are all handled by me and Third Sister. Which day have you ever lifted a finger?" Nangong Suxin asked very directly.
(End of Chapter)