The general's eldest daughter has a spatial ability

Li Liuyun approached Nangong Li, gently turned Nangong Li's face to the right with both hands, and lightly lifted Nangong Li's chin with one hand: "Does the Crown Prince not think that the Prince's face is absolutely beautiful? Has the Crown Prince ever seen a woman more beautiful than my Prince?"

Chu Huainan saw Li Liuyun pinching Nangong Li's face and asking a serious question, while the Prince of Pingnan looked at the Princess of Huainan with a doting expression.

Chu Huainan wondered if these two were imposters. Rumor had it that the Prince of Pingnan was ruthless and decisive, and was known in Beili as the Jade-Faced Yama.

Is this man with the doting expression and a hint of shyness really the Prince of Pingnan? And the Princess of Huainan looks like she's flirting with an innocent young man. Yet, these two seem like a perfect match to everyone!

Chu Huainan nodded: "The prince's appearance is indeed superior to that of the princess, but the prince is a real man, while the Flower Goddess Festival is for women! How can this be?"

Li Liuyun smiled and said, "Your Highness, you only need to help us get identities. As for the rest, leave it to me. I guarantee that no one will be able to tell!"

Chu Huainan was still a little hesitant, but seeing that Li Liuyun and Nangong Li seemed confident, he nodded: "Very well, I will send someone to arrange your identities. Oh, Princess, would you like to rest for a while, or see your senior brother?"

Li Liuyun glanced at Nangong Li: "Shall we see our senior brother first, and then go to Huichuntang?"

Nangong Li smiled indulgently: "I'll do whatever you say."

Watching the interaction between the two, Chu Huainan smiled and said, "Princess and Your Highness, please make yourselves at home. I will send someone to invite your senior brother over. By the way, I need to go and greet Xing'er first, so as not to give anything away later. I also need to inform my father and father-in-law that you have arrived. I will arrange a welcome banquet for Your Highness and Princess later."

Nangong Li smiled and replied, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Watching Chu Huainan walk out, Li Liuyun put his arm around Nangong Li's neck and kissed him on the cheek: "Oh my, I'm so happy! Such a beautiful woman is mine!"

Nangong Li chuckled and playfully pinched Li Liuyun's nose: "Don't be naughty, or you'll scare your senior brother!"

Li Liuyun thought for a moment, then quickly released Nangong Li: "That's right! It's our first meeting, I can't let my senior brother think I'm a lecherous man, that would scare him! What kind of gift do you think I should give my senior brother?"

Nangong Li smiled and shook his head: "Seventeen, your things are all excellent. I'm sure your senior brother will like them all. Why don't we see what he needs later?"

Li Liuyun thought for a moment, then whispered to Nangong Li, "I wonder if the spiritual spring water helps with intelligence. You know, my senior brother is so stupid, always getting tricked. I'm ashamed of myself!"

Nangong Li smiled and nodded: "I think it should be somewhat effective. Haven't you seen the animals in your space? That horse and the fox are practically becoming spirits!"

Li Liuyun thought for a moment and said, "How about I take him back after the trouble in the southern border is resolved? That way, he will have a companion when he is with Master. Also, I want to go back and see Senior Brother. I wonder how Master is treating Senior Brother's leg."

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, there was a knock at the door.

Nangong Li said, "Please come in."

A moment later, a servant opened the door, and a man in his mid-twenties walked in. He was wearing a light blue robe, and his gentle face was full of smiles: "You must be my master's last disciple, our seventeenth junior sister?"

Li Liuyun stood up with a smile, took a step forward and bowed: "Seventeen greets Eighth Senior Brother".

Zhang Nanfeng smiled and said, "Junior sister, no need for formalities, please rise."

Upon seeing this, Nangong Li cleared his throat, and Zhang Nanfeng then noticed Nangong Li standing behind Li Liuyun.

Li Liuyun quickly pulled Nangong Li over: "Senior brother, this is my fiancé, Mu Yun!"

Li Liuyun thought about it and decided not to tell Zhang Nanfeng about Nangong Li's identity. His senior brother was a notorious blockhead. If he were to reveal Nangong Li's name, wouldn't that ruin everything?

Nangong Li smiled and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother!"

Zhang Nanfeng quickly said, "Brother Mu, there's no need for such formalities!"

After saying that, Zhang Nanfeng took out a brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Li Liuyun: "Junior sister, this is a gift for you when we meet. See if you like it. If you don't like it, your senior brother will buy you a better one when he earns more money in the future!"

Li Liuyun and Nangong Li exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat curious. Didn't the Crown Prince say that their senior brother received a monthly allowance, but it was all swindled away as soon as he left the manor? How come he still has money to buy things?

Li Liuyun tentatively asked, "Senior Brother, you haven't left the Crown Prince's residence for several months?"

After listening to Li Liuyun's words, Zhang Nanfeng thought about it seriously: "I haven't left the manor for two months! A while ago, Master sent us a message saying that you, Junior Sister, are coming to Southern Xinjiang soon, so I dared not leave the manor. Uncle Rong said that there are too many swindlers outside, and told me to have a servant do things for me and not to go out of the manor alone."

I asked Uncle Rong to buy this gift for me. I was thinking that if my junior sister came someday, I couldn't just come without a gift, could I? Junior sister, please open it and see if you like it.

Li Liuyun and Nangong Li were both suppressing their laughter. Although this senior brother was a bit simple-minded, he was sincere. He didn't dare to leave the Crown Prince's residence to buy a gift for his junior sister whom he had never met before, for fear that he would be cheated out of his money if he went out. He was really quite adorable.

Seeing the expectant look in the other person's eyes, Li Liuyun opened the brocade box. Inside was a necklace with a bright red silk thread threading through a delicate pink peony pendant. Below the peony was a small light bead the size of a fingernail.

Li Liuyun took the pendant out of the box and held it in his hand. It was warm and smooth to the touch, and turned out to be a rare piece of warm jade. The carving was exquisite and lifelike, and it was obviously not an ordinary item.

Li Liuyun smiled and asked, "I wonder how much silver you spent to buy this necklace, Senior Brother?"

Zhang Nanfeng thought for a moment and said, "Last time when Uncle Rong left the manor, I asked him to buy me a gift for a woman. Uncle Rong asked me who I wanted to give it to, and I said it was for my junior sister as a gift to greet her."

Then he brought this back to me. I thought it was small and exquisite, and a rare piece of warm jade. I asked the price, and Rongbo said that the shopkeeper who sold it to me didn't know its value and only charged me forty taels!

Li Liuyun smiled and held the pendant in his hand: "Thank you, Senior Brother. I like this pendant very much. I wonder what your plans are next? After things are settled in the Southern Frontier, Master will return to Beili with me to live for a long time. Would you be willing to go to Beili with Master?"