If he was nervous about the Peerless Sword, then this matter became amusing and even more ironic.
"I hadn't finished speaking yet. I chose you, Young Prince, because your sword gives people a feeling of having no desires or demands, very natural. I like it very much," Princess Wen Ya continued.
"No desires or demands..." Xiaoyao fell silent for a moment. That was because when I forged this sword, I was just making it casually, never thinking about what I wanted to accomplish.
"Princess Wen Ya, this is just an accident. I'm not without desires or demands. I just never thought I would win. This is just your illusion," Xiaoyao immediately said.
"You don't need to be modest. Even if you never thought you would win, it's impossible to achieve having not even a trace of desire. What you made casually reveals your heart even more." Princess Wen Ya said with a smile.
"Come on, how could anyone in the world be without desires or demands? I admit I can't do it myself, so this must be your illusion," Xiaoyao replied directly. Regarding being without desires or demands, Xiaoyao really hadn't achieved this and felt it was impossible for him to do so.
"That's right, indeed no one has achieved this. Therefore, when I speak of 'no desires or demands,' it's not pure absence of desire, but compared to people in this world, your desires can already be called 'no desires or demands'!" Princess Wen Ya said.
"Wrong! My desires are very high. I want to read all the books in the world, including all the martial arts manuals that people treasure and the sword forging secrets you're familiar with. My desires are very high, impossible to be without desires or demands. This is just one aspect, so what you said must be wrong. You should choose again," Xiaoyao shook his head.
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"Impossible! I have never been wrong about a sword smith's heart," Princess Wen Ya shook her head.
"Perhaps I'm just the exception," Xiaoyao said indifferently.
"..."
Who could guarantee 100% accuracy, especially with such a mystical feeling? Therefore, when Xiaoyao directly questioned that he was an exception, Princess Wen Ya couldn't find any words to continue insisting she was correct.
However, Princess Wen Ya could seize on one of Xiaoyao's issues to speak.
"From your words, it seems you're not very willing to marry me? Wasn't your purpose in participating in the marriage competition to marry me?" Princess Wen Ya questioned.
"Of course... not! I came to join the excitement," Xiaoyao said very straightforwardly. At this point, if Xiaoyao said he came for the marriage competition, he might be entangled by Princess Wen Ya, which wasn't what he wanted to see.
He would rather be scolded now than carry a burden later.
"..."
Princess Wen Ya hadn't expected Xiaoyao to refuse so straightforwardly. This also showed that he didn't want even the slightest chance, he truly didn't want to marry her.
Although she had considered this possibility, this was too straightforward. Could you give her some face.
"Boy, what do you mean by this? Do you think Princess Wen Ya isn't worthy of you? Who do you think you are? Do you really think you're a Young Prince? Don't be ridiculous, you're just a commoner."
Although Princess Wen Ya wasn't angry and the King hadn't spoken, others weren't necessarily silent. For instance, Young Master Dong, who was speaking now. Although he had been eliminated, he didn't want to see Xiaoyao being smug and wanted to embarrass him.
"I never said Princess Wen Ya wasn't worthy of me, I'm not worthy of her. Do you think it's appropriate for me to marry Princess Wen Ya?" Xiaoyao said.
"Not appropriate, absolutely not appropriate," Young Master Dong immediately shook his head.
"Then what are you objecting to?" Xiaoyao said very directly.
"..." Young Master Dong fell silent. He realized it seemed to be this way, but felt something wasn't quite right. He was just attacking him, it could be unrelated to the princess matter.
"You're not suitable, but your words are insulting Princess Wen Ya. You're completely unworthy of Princess Wen Ya. You don't even deserve to be here," Young Master Dong continued.
"Please watch your words, or you'll regret it."
If this sentence had come from Xiaoyao's mouth, perhaps no one would find it strange and would think it very normal. But this sentence came from the Great Tang Empire's delegation, which surprised everyone present, except for people from the Great Tang Empire and Greedy Wolf Empire.
"I'm talking about this commoner, mind your own business," Young Master Dong still didn't understand. He thought the person standing up for Xiaoyao must be some inexplicable person without any status. Even if they had status, he felt that as a young master of the Dong family, he wasn't afraid.
"Dong Yong, watch your words, they are honored guests of the Great Tang Empire," This time it was the King's turn to speak.
"Great Tang Empire?" Young Master Dong was stunned, then continued: "So what if it's the Great Tang Empire? Does that give them the right to meddle?" When saying this, Young Master Dong's voice became very quiet, obviously weakening somewhat.
"Meddling? Do you think we'd be so bored as to meddle in your affairs?" the Great Tang Empire official said coldly.
Although Xiaoyao had indicated not to reveal his identity, now that Xiaoyao was being insulted, it was equivalent to the Great Tang Empire being insulted. They couldn't let this matter pass, they had to correct it.
"If not meddling, then... is he one of yours? Even so, he's just a lowly commoner. Is it worth you saying such things?" Young Master Dong said somewhat displeased. He seemed not to realize that something was wrong with this situation.
"Lowly commoner? Haha, how ridiculous! Never mind you, a young master from a minor family, even your Princess Wen Ya doesn't have sufficient status to stand as his equal. Low status, are you talking about yourself?" the Great Tang Empire official said coldly.
Although the official didn't directly state that Princess Wen Ya was somewhat unworthy of Xiaoyao, everyone seemed to sense this meaning.
At this moment, except for the Greedy Wolf Empire knowing Xiaoyao's identity, everyone else was completely ignorant. They all wondered why the Great Tang Empire would say such things. Could this young man before them have a different identity?
"What do you mean by that?" Young Master Dong was somewhat confused.
"You still don't understand? Your intelligence is truly low. Then I'll say it plainly, his status is higher than yours. He is a Young Prince of our Great Tang Empire," the official continued coldly.
"Great Tang Empire's... Young Prince? Isn't his name Young Prince?"
At this moment, whether it was Young Master Dong, Princess Wen Ya, or the King, they were all stunned. The King knew that a Young Prince from the Great Tang Empire had come, but he had never appeared.
At this moment, both the King and Princess Wen Ya were puzzled. If he really was the Great Tang Empire's Young Prince, why was his signature also "Young Prince"? The Great Tang Empire's Young Prince should be surnamed Ning, it was impossible for him to be surnamed Little.
"Impossible! Isn't he called Young Prince?" Young Master Dong shook his head, looking at Xiaoyao in disbelief. At this moment, he seemed to see a kind of royal aura from Xiaoyao, no longer a commoner. This was his psychological effect.
At this moment, many people had the same psychological effect. Combined with Xiaoyao's own calm, indifferent aura, he now seemed unlike an ordinary person, no longer like a commoner.
"Can't someone called Young Prince be a Young Prince?" Xiaoyao smiled and said.
"..."
At this moment, almost everyone was thinking about this question. It seemed there really was no such restriction, except for one small doubt, shouldn't the Great Tang Empire's Young Prince be surnamed Ning?
"But you're the Great Tang Empire's Young Prince, which means you're Great Tang Empire royalty and should be surnamed Ning." Young Master Dong still knew a bit about this.
"Who says the Great Tang Empire's Young Prince must be royalty and must be surnamed Ning? Sorry, I'm just not surnamed Ning, but I happen to be treated as a Young Prince." Xiaoyao smiled. He indeed wasn't surnamed Ning. Even if saying he was surnamed Young was false, his surname still wouldn't be Ning.
Everyone fell silent again. At this point, no one bothered to investigate further. Regardless of Xiaoyao's situation, the Great Tang Empire had already declared him their Young Prince, and he had acknowledged this himself. This identity was absolutely certain, no need for further doubt.
People just didn't understand why Xiaoyao, this Young Prince, hadn't revealed his identity. If not for Young Master Dong's incident just now, perhaps no one would know Xiaoyao was the Great Tang Empire's Young Prince.
Was it necessary to conceal this? This Young Prince name was probably also fake, they really didn't believe there was such a domineering name in the world, which just happened to belong to a Young Prince.
"Aren't you a commoner?" Princess Wen Ya asked at this moment.
"Did I ever say I was a commoner?" Xiaoyao asked back.
"..."
Princess Wen Ya fell silent. Xiaoyao seemed to have never said he was a commoner from beginning to end, nor had he said he wasn't a Young Prince. Everything seemed to be their own speculation, they felt it was so, and then it was.
The reason they thought Xiaoyao was a commoner was because of his clothes, very ordinary. There was also another point that Princess Wen Ya cared about, which she could ask about using this opportunity.
"Your clothes, on the day of the competition, why were you wearing the previous day's?"
Are you not concerned about this marriage competition? Princess Wen Ya wanted to ask, but feared Xiaoyao's answer would be yes, which would be very embarrassing for her. From the current situation, Xiaoyao indeed didn't care much.
"Oh that, my change of clothes wasn't dry yet, so I had to wear the previous day's. It had only been worn for one day anyway, so it wasn't dirty," Xiaoyao patted his clothes, seemingly realizing at this moment that he was also wearing yesterday's clothes.
(End of Chapter)