TPITWOHEF

Chapter 188

Inside a private room of a hot pot restaurant, Xiao Yunzhou invited Princess Yun Wu to sit down next to Liu Chaniang. He hadn’t forgotten what his daughter had shared: Princess Yun Wu wished to become close friends with Chaniang.

Indeed, no sooner had they sat down than their heads were already leaning in together.

"Chaniang, I am not as good as you. If you had been born in my Chu State's royal palace, you would be an admirable emperor, I believe," Princess Yun Wu admitted.

Liu Chaniang shook her head, "Each person has their own specialty." This was a principle her daughter had taught her.

"I only know the common Four Books and Five Classics, how to sew, and now, a little bit of medical suturing technique," she modestly confessed.

"But this suturing technique can only save one or two people, not all the people in the world."

Liu Chaniang admired the princess’s ambition and courage, "Unlike you, who were trained in the king's way since childhood, meant to heal all the citizens."

Yun Wu waved a hand, "If only you and I were born in the same country. Together, we would leave such bothersome men far behind!"

Xiao. the bothersome man. Yunzhou: "......."

"Hahaha, oh my, I'm superfluous indeed," laughed Xiao Yunzhou.

His daughter, Xiao Chuchu, teased him. "A sister's alliance indeed leaves no room for men."

Xiao Yunzhou's mouth twitched.

Yet he soon laughed it off, reminiscing how he used to be keen on spiritual cultivation and wished nothing more than to delegate all political affairs to his ministers.

However, the ministers couldn't manage, and he had to review reports, didn't he?

"Chaniang, if you were competent enough, I'd let you review the reports instead," Xiao Yunzhou jested, preferring to spend his time playing with his precious daughter.

Liu Chaniang choked, instantly falling silent.

"This is how Chuchu inherited her laziness, I see," Xiao Yunzhou observed, hiding a smile back. Their lovely daughter taking after him, how delightful!

"S.O.S. I don't want to be like my dad. I want to be like my mom so I can be a beauty in the future," Xiao Chuchu pouted in mock disgust.

Finally, Princess Yun Wu, after sharing plenty with her newly befriended Liu Chaniang, remembered Xiao Yunzhou sitting beside them and turned to look at him.

She raised her sour plum soup, toasting in his direction, "Since we meet in the common world, let me still address you as Brother Xiao."

"Brother Xiao and Chaniang, your willingness to assist me with the power of Jing Country brings me great joy," she appreciated.

"However, the situation is complex."

"Presently, my younger brother, who is the crown prince, five years my junior, not only indulges in disgraceful customs but is also ignorant. My mother, however, protects him," Yun Wu confessed frustratingly.

"Even if I wished to expose his misdeeds to my father or accuse him of knowingly condoning his associates' wicked deeds, my mother would obstruct me."

Yun Wu sighed, "My mother is aware of all his misdeeds, but since she failed to discipline him, she began to protect him from our father's discovery instead."

"Additionally, my mother seems to have speculated about my ambition in the past two years, suspecting my dissatisfaction with the crown prince," Yun Wu drank her sour plum soup in irritation. "Two years ago, she forbade me from entering the palace at will so that I couldn't lodge any complaints to our father!"