If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

For Han Li, climbing a tree to steal bird eggs was a simple matter, especially for a level five martial artist. However, as a princess, and the only princess of the Luen Empire at that, climbing trees was considered quite indecent. If word got out, it could become the subject of ridicule!

But for some reason, Hanli would personally fulfill any request Zongze made, no matter the cost. However, getting Zongze to make a request was incredibly difficult, leading Princess Hanli to grumble about it quite a bit in her room. She even broke a few vases because of it!

Han Li didn't know why, but she and Zong Ze had met frequently since childhood. She remembered clearly that when she was four years old and began practicing martial arts, she often mocked Zong Ze because she knew he couldn't practice martial arts or learn magic. Zong Ze thus carried the reputation of being an idiot throughout the capital!

This situation continued until Zongze was nine years old, two and a half years ago. Just when everyone was tired of talking about Zongze's idiocy, he did something astonishing. This action caused the most powerful prime minister in the Rune Empire to resign in shame and indignation, and he even walked barefoot from his home to the Marshal's Mansion to apologize to Zongze!

The situation was as follows: While Marshal Zong's daughter-in-law was pregnant, Chancellor Flort's granddaughter was born. To demonstrate unity between the military and the government, Chancellor Flort's son, Young Flort, and Marshal Zong's son, General Zong, were betrothed at birth. It was said that if Zong was born a girl, she and the Chancellor's granddaughter would be sisters; if he was a boy, their future marriage would be arranged!

Later, Zongze was born, and it turned out to be a boy. The two families then arranged the marriage. They even held an engagement ceremony and exchanged engagement tokens.

But as time went by, Zong Ze's reputation as an idiot gradually spread. Little Flot began to regret his decision. But this was understandable; who would want their precious daughter to marry an idiot? While being a "magic and martial arts failure" wasn't exactly idiotic, in thousands of years, the continent had only produced one genius with such a dislike—the Soaring Cloud Saint!

Regret aside, annuling the engagement was out of the question. There were many political factors involved. Moreover, this marriage was arranged by His Majesty the Emperor himself! Young Flor and the Emperor were childhood friends, and he was destined to succeed his father as Prime Minister. He knew very well that the Emperor wanted to use his daughter to keep the imperial family in check, preventing them from becoming too powerful and harboring rebellious intentions!

If His Majesty the Emperor hadn't been without a son, and Princess Hanli were likely to become Empress in the future, His Majesty the Emperor would definitely have used Hanli to win over the imperial clan!

Knowing all this, young Florent naturally wouldn't call off the engagement. But he couldn't tell his daughter, after all, she was still young, and if she accidentally let something slip, it would be a big deal! This contributed to his daughter's eccentric personality!

On the other hand, Munenori's reputation as an idiot and his daughter's constant pleas finally spurred the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Flort to plot against him. Later, with Prince Fuye's youngest son taking a liking to his daughter and constantly fanning the flames with malicious schemes, the Prime Minister's daughter-in-law and granddaughter secretly began plotting against Munenori behind the backs of the two men in their household!