The Blessed (Book 5)

511. Palace Banquet (9)-Old Lady Zheng

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Any woman, especially women in the palace, caring about their appearances had nearly turned into a part of their life. Even if one grew old and her husband might have passed away, they still extra cared about their age and appearance. Usually, when they called themselves old or what, that was just a joke, no one should take it seriously. Especially a woman like Her Empress Dowager. Who wouldn't try to flatter her in every possible way? Sometimes when she called herself an old woman, actually she was only trying to let others compliment her by saying she was still young. Anyway, under any circumstances, it wouldn't come out of one's heart. But now, Ling Jingxuan just called her old woman this and old woman that in her face, but wore such a filial appearances and made no one able to pick a hole, at most, one would say he was being rude. But who dare stand out to say that the way he took the initiative to get closer to thoughtfully let her see clearly wrong?

All concubines, secondary concubines and wives of those officials all gasped. No one knew if he was really stupid or just faking it. If you said he is stupid, except being a bit straightforward, he didn't lose his manner at all as Crown Princess Sheng. And if you said he was faking it, he acted so naturally, totally unlike he was faking it. Who there wasn't sophisticated enough? They still had this confidence on reading people. And on thinking of his farm's background, they were more affirmative of their thought.

Her Empress Dowager instantly got mad in the heart, even the corner of her mouth twitching uncontrollably. Looking at that Ling Jingxuan wearing such a concerned expression before her, he only wished to push him down the steps. Son of a b*tch! Except saying he was old, he even indirectly cursed that she'd turn blind some day, and in front of some many people! But she shouldn't lose her temper now, otherwise, her virtuous name she had accumulated for her whole life would be ruined.

On the other side, Chun Yunhan still wore that cold and proud appearance there, but only he himself knew that he nearly had internal injuries for trying to hold himself from laughing too hard. That was Ling Jingxuan. With only a few words, Her Empress Dowager already shook all over out of anger. Things next should be funnier, right?

Crown Princess Hua, who was also on the side of Her Empress Dowager, for the first time, looked straight at Ling Jingxuan. How could he now know the famous Crown Princess Sheng? Not only out there, these days, inside his mansion also spread things about him. At first, he thought he was only a vulgar farmer. Seen from today, except being too straightforward, he totally didn't look like a vulgar farmer at all!

"My Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you? Why the muscles at the corner of your mouth keep twitching? Feeling uncomfortable? I know some medical skills. How about I check it out for you? You know, old people are easy to get cerebral hemorrhage or stiff limbs. Judging from your symptoms, I guess it's like epilepsy at early stage."

As if he was afraid she was not mad enough, Ling Jingxuan drew closer while showing his 'concerns'. Apparently it was all because of him, but he put the blame on epilepsy? Her Empress Dowager was so mad that she nearly couldn't catch up with her breaths, but the other side still wore such a filial and caring appearance that made you unable to pick any hole out of it. After quite a while, she pushed him aside and snapped, "I'm fine! You can go down. I already saw clearly."

Her Empress Dowager was still wearing that graceful and noble smile, but every word seemed be to squeezed through the gap of her teeth. In case they'd put the blame on him if something really happened to her, Ling Jingxuan thought it was enough, so he clapped his hands and turned to walk back to his own seat. The atmosphere was kind of suffocating now. Her Empress Dowager was so mad that she just couldn't utter one word for quite some time. For others, some were mad at Ling Jingxuan like Her Empress Dowager, some were curious about him, but more only showed their disdain. But Ling Jingxuan just ignored all of them. Since no one spoke, he also stayed silent. Seeing that the snacks on the table were not bad, he directly started to binge, also did not forget to stuff some to Ye Ruyun behind him.

"Pff!"

Suddenly a silvery laugh came from up there, and then under every one's shocking eyes, Crown Princess Hua strode down towards Ling Jingxuan, "You are quite like my family. I like you."

There came another unscrupulous one. Others only felt a huge headache, only wishing that someone could subdue them, in cause they'd do harm to this world.

"Oh? You are Crown Princess Hua, right? I heard that we are neighbors. As the saying goes, a distant relative may not be as helpful as a near neighbor. My gate is always open for you. I got a few cute things at home. I guess you'd like them."

Ling Jingxuan, who still had no idea how to find an opportunity to make friends with him, decisively sent an invitation. Hearing that, Crown Princess Hua asked the eunuch to move a chair over to sit next to him, pulled his hands while chirping, "Oh? Then I guess I have to go. What kind of cute things?" For ordinary people, who would still try to associate with him under the condition that Her Empress Dowager didn't like him? Except our devil-may-care Crown Princess Hua, you couldn't find a second one. One should know, his action was obviously trying to tell everyone there that he'd take on Ling Jingxuan's side. Let alone others, even Chu Yunan couldn't help feeling curious. Of course, what he was curious about was not the attitude of Crown Princess Hua, but Ling Jingxuan's. He was not someone who would easily associate with others, especially that the other side was such a big trouble. His intuition told him that Ling Jingxuan should have some untold purpose.

"Actually it's just my kids' pets-a few adult giant wolves and two cute pandas. I know, Xi Kingdom is barren and has a lot of grassland, abound in wolf packs. And you are from there, I guess you'd like them."

He had long studied the geography of this world. Qing Kingdom was similar to the coastal areas in ancient times, abundant in crops. It was just that the resources they had reclaimed were still little, so their national strength was weaker than Dong Kingdom. While Dong Kingdom was more like those warm-weather areas in the southeast, comparatively mature in industries like agriculture. As for the Xi Kingdom, the western area, compared with the northern nomads who lived on boundless grassland and desert, most of their land was grassland, abundant in a lot of special delicious food, and the weather there was mild. As long as they climbed onto the horseback, the civilians could be taken as soldiers, and after getting off the horseback, they were common civilians. Except planting and doing business, they were also born hunters. Since wolf packs often appeared on the grassland, almost everyone there was a good hunter, and wolves were more like their friends. Their totem was a fierce-looking wolf. And that was also why he thought Crown Princess Hua should like wolf daddy and Dahei and Xiaohei.