Fierce Consort

Chapter 125

He himself was also racking his brains. His plan had been to act terrified and admit defeat, but the tragic howl of the crown prince startled him awake.

The crown prince didn't suffer any serious injury. His arm was merely sliced by the person from Fusang he was sparring with. They were merely sparring and sought victory, not lives.

The daimyo had given them instructions previously to win beautifully. It was best if they could viciously slap the Grand Xi's face. However, they cannot kill. Therefore, this Fusang samurai spent quite a lot of effort to obtain this sort of victory.

As for why the crown prince had howled tragically, it was because he had been frightened by the samurai.

The crown prince had never experienced such a scene when he sparred with others in the past. Those guards did all they could to let the crown prince win, and they had to do so inconspicuously. This couldn't be done without some skill. Therefore, the crown prince had always assumed his skills were pretty good, merely a little worse than the second and third princes. Otherwise, he wouldn't take the initiative to challenge the people from Fusang.

Only when he sparred for real did he feel the difference.

First there was a lot of pressure. He felt it was very difficult for him to receive the moves and his opponent's momentum gradually started increasing. He was clearly a shorty, but somehow the crown prince felt like he was facing an eight foot tall tough guy. His opponent's gaze became fiercer and more ferocious, as though he wanted to eat him up....

The crown prince's will gradually collapsed under this pressure and fear. He had seen a silver light flash across his eyes and felt it shooting towards his neck. He had felt his death looming....

The crown prince fell to the floor. It was clearly winter but his body was covered in cold sweat, soaking his thick royal outfit. He panted loudly and remained out of it for a long time. Only when someone came to help him up did he understand what sort of embarrassing things he had just done....

The hall was completely silent before an uproar sounded out. No one expected the crown prince to lose so tragically, and more importantly, so embarrassingly!

Emperor Xi's expression was dark. He scolded: "Why aren't you helping the crown prince off!?"
Several eunuchs crowded over and hurriedly helped the crown prince down.

Daimyo Kana looked aloof but he couldn't conceal his smug smile. He cupped his hands towards Emperor Xi who was on his dragon throne: "Your noble nation's crown prince is too modest. Our victory was just a fluke."

"Your noble nation's samurais are truly fierce. This son of mine says he knows martial arts, but merely dabbles in it."

Hearing this, Daimyo Kana's smile became even more satisfied.

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The crown prince's tragic cry naturally wasn't kept from Empress Xiao. Many people in the hall had heard it.

Yan Yan saw the empress's body turn rigid as though she were about to stand up before steadying herself. Soon, a eunuch hurried over and whispered a few things in the empress's ear.

Empress Xiao's expression was extremely ugly.
Something had undoubtedly happened to the crown prince.

Yan Yan also felt restless. She looked over at her grandmother. Second Madam Shen gave her a calming look before saying a few things to the palace maid next to her. That palace maid quietly took her leave.

Personal palace maids couldn't be brought along to this sort of banquet. Yan Yan didn't know why her aunt could command that palace maid. She could only force herself to sit still.