My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Qi Ye has fetched the spring water.

He blew the fire stick to light the tea stove and placed the teapot on it.

Then the old scholar Si waved his hand and said:

"The princess has been a Buddhist for many years. In fact, she rarely cares about the affairs of the bank, let alone a bank in such a remote Xiling City."

"She probably doesn't even know about the emperor's decree."

"If she knew, she would have stopped it... because few people in the court are as wise as she is!"

"She definitely doesn't want the emperor to treat the Zhenxi Palace in this way. She also knows the importance of the Zhenxi Palace better than many ministers in the court!"

"As for the Emperor... he probably has no time to care about the affairs of the Zhenxi Palace right now."

"Even if he is really dissatisfied with the Zhenxi Palace, there is no need to use such despicable means."

"The Ninth Princess arrived at Shangling Academy a few days ago... Changying, you know that the eldest princess likes the Ninth Princess."

"If the Ninth Princess shows up, how can the manager Qian of Jubao Bank resist?"

Dongfang Changying nodded, his expression becoming more worried:

"She and I are like sisters. Why would she do such a thing to humiliate me?"

The elder scholar Si looked up at Dongfang Changying:

"What if she didn't mean to humiliate you?"

Dongfang Changying was stunned: "...Then what is her intention?"

Si Lao Daru grinned and said, "All you think about is Bai Shaoqiu losing and how much money Jubao Bank will lose."

"Have you ever considered how much money Jubao Bank would earn if Bai Shaoqiu really won the Zhuxi Literary Competition?"

As soon as Mr. Si said this, the place suddenly became silent.

Jiuye opened his mouth wide, thinking that his ten taels of silver had been wasted.

If this is true, half of the silver in the entire Xiling City will probably go into the pocket of Jubao Money House!

If this is a game...

How many people must have been killed in this game?!

Qi Ye was a little confused. He didn't understand what happened, but he heard that Bai Shaoqiu won the first prize in the Zhuxi Literary Competition...

He looked at Princess Changying in astonishment, his eyes full of doubts——

Bai Shaoqiu?

Isn’t he the loser from Xiling City?

It was because of him that my junior sister became unhappy!

The junior sister is unhappy, and he, as her senior brother, is also unhappy.

He absolutely did not believe that Bai Shaoqiu could win the first prize at the Zhuxi Literary Competition—

That's like saying the waterfall will flow backwards!

Dongfang Changying was also speechless at this time.

She could guess that all the people in Xiling City would bet on Bai Shaoqiu to lose!

Even she herself would bet on Bai Shaoqiu to lose!

But what the gentleman said made some sense. If Bai Shaoqiu could really win the championship, she would of course be very happy.

This clearly shows that everything Shaoqiu did in the past was done intentionally to show off to others!

This shows that he is a man with profound knowledge, who knows how to be patient and who may accomplish great things!

If so...

"Sir, do you mean that the Ninth Princess has met him and knows him well?"

"Of course!"

"This couplet was copied by the Ninth Princess on the Wall of Knowledge!"

"It just so happened that Bai Shaoqiu came up with this couplet while reading in the library... Given the Nineth Princess's relationship with you, she naturally wants to know how Bai Shaoqiu came up with this couplet."

“I was curious at the time!”

“So contact!”

"Go deeper!"

"So I understand!"

"Think about it, if he was really that incompetent, would he go to the library to read?"

"I thought he was feeling guilty about your departure, and that he went to the library to review his past and learn new things, also to prove to you that he wasn't what the world said he was."

"Of course, I, the Master, cannot guess why he has been hiding his abilities for over a decade... Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that his father once ran a bookstore in Kyoto."

Dongfang Changying asked at this time:

"Did you offend someone?"

The old scholar Si pondered for three breaths and nodded, but did not say who he had offended.

With Dongfang Changying's intelligence, she could roughly guess something -

If you open a bookstore, you will basically offend your peers.

The most famous and powerful bookstore in Kyoto is Longxing Bookstore!

And behind Longxing Bookstore is an existence that the Bai family cannot afford to offend!

The elder Si said again:

"When the Ninth Princess truly understood Bai Shaoqiu's talent, she believed that Bai Shaoqiu's talent far surpassed Song Zigui's!"

"So she went to Jubao Money House and used her identity as the Ninth Princess to force Qian Sheng to pay her back... Of course, she could also have been acting as a guarantor."

"Anyway, Qian Sheng accepted her request and made this seemingly bizarre bet, but it's actually even deeper than this cold pond!"

"Look, does this explain it?"

"Changying,"

"You haven't even seen him yet... I still need to see for myself whether he is as I say."

Dongfang Changying's eyes lit up, "Sir, then...why don't we go to Chunman Cottage?"

"I will try to get him here. Please, sir, give me some advice. What do you think?"

Mr. Si smiled slightly:

"good!"

The three of them left Zhuxi, and Jiuye pulled a carriage towards the eastern suburbs of Xiling City.

……

……

The setting sun is already hanging in the western hills.

Bai Shaoqiu was standing in the huge martial arts arena behind the palace, looking at his father-in-law who was waving a big sword in the middle of the arena!

His expression changed slightly, but he was already extremely shocked in his heart!

The King of Zhenxi is about fifty years old!

I don’t know how heavy the big knife in his hand is, but it definitely looks heavy!

But the knife seemed as light as a feather in his hand!

He swung the knife so tightly that it was impenetrable!

The knife is sharp!

The sword is full of intent!

At the other end of the martial arts arena, there was a table, and sitting beside the table was a wealthy lady. That was his mother-in-law, Princess Zhenxi!

Behind the Princess of Zhenxi were two maids, and beside her stood a young man as strong as an iron tower!

That was his brother-in-law, Princess Changying’s younger brother Dongfang Meng!

Bai Shaoqiu didn't quite understand why his mother-in-law wanted to meet him in this place.

He had been here for a while, but his mother-in-law did not invite him over.

He didn't care, but was attracted by the King of Zhenxi's kung fu.

Just as he was watching with great interest,

"Hey...!"

The King of Zhenxi in the field suddenly roared, and his body rose from the ground and flew into the sky!

Qinggong!

See the Qinggong again!

The King of Zhenxi in the sky raised the long sword in his hand!

Bai Shaoqiu narrowed his eyes slightly, and the long sword was a little dazzling under the setting sun.

at this time……

His pupils suddenly shrank!

The King of Zhenxi turned around in the air and looked at him!

That look was as cold as a knife!

Then,

King Zhenxi took a step in the air!

One step... ten feet!

The knife's light was even colder!

Suddenly the wind blew.

At first it was as bleak as the autumn wind.

Then it was as biting as a cold wind!

Bai Shaoqiu was enveloped by the murderous sword intent!

His eyes seemed to be filled with a dead and cold winter!

But he didn't take a single step back!

He didn't look at the knife coming towards him!

His eyes fell on the face of King Zhenxi!

The two looked at each other!

The knife hasn't arrived yet, but their eyes have already collided.

King Zhenxi felt a little moved!

With his powerful authority, he didn't even see any fear in the eyes of this useless son-in-law!

What he saw was...

calm!

Calm!

And two points of jokes!

It seems to be saying, come and chop me if you dare!

The long knife fell.

The wind from the knife messed up Bai Shaoqiu's long hair.

The tip of the knife just passed his face!

The King of Zhenxi landed.

Holding a long knife in his hand, he suddenly threw it.

The long sword flew out and pierced into the sword holder with a clang.

He stood in front of Bai Shaoqiu!

The tiger's eyes narrowed slightly.

I was extremely surprised——

Bai Shaoqiu's eyes didn't tremble at all!