Chapter 641: Chapter 641: Playing This Big?
The doorman looked flabbergasted and had no idea what to say.
Soon after, a group of people ran up, pinning the doorman down and taking him away.
Jiang Xiaobai found the whole dramatic scene amusing.
This guy was the worst prince he had ever seen.
Even Xiao Wuwei of the Thousand Yuan Dynasty was better than this.
“Little sister, come here, let’s go in and talk,” Ning Luo grinned, waving to the inside, “Go, prepare the best accommodations; my little sister is visiting today.”
“If you dare to neglect, this prince will take your lives!”
Such grandstanding made him seem a bit foolish.
But what lay behind such foolishness, who knew?
Jiang Xiaobai narrowed his eyes, glancing at Huo Shuyu beside him.
He suddenly felt that princeling Ning Luo didn’t invite him over intentionally, but instead purposely invited Huo Shuyu.
Huo Shuyu, on the other hand, was indifferent and followed Ning Luo inside.
“Sir, shall we… go in too?”
“Isn’t this place like a den of dragons and tigers?”
Sun Gangniang voiced her worries.
Jiang Xiaobai snorted, “What den of dragons and tigers? Where haven’t I been?.”
“Such a small gathering, what’s there to fear?”
With that, he waved his hand and led the others inside.
The mansion was indeed unique, with beautiful scenery, greatly different from the Tianxuan Continent. At least, many of the plants here were not found in Tianxuan.
Upon entering, indeed, a grand banquet was underway.
Many of the city’s prominent aristocrats were present, feasting and frolicking, with dancing girls and singing women.
Young masters holding women in their arms, laughing arrogantly; young ladies gathered together whispering private words.
When Ning Luo brought everyone in, all eyes turned towards Jiang Xiaobai and his group.
Among them, Gu Yulin’s eyes widened!
“How did this guy get here!” Gu Yulin hissed through gritted teeth.
She couldn’t understand how such a useless piece of trash could qualify to appear at Prince Ning Luo’s banquet.
It was simply ridiculous!
“Sister, come and sit here.”
After Ning Luo had settled himself comfortably in the main seat, he beckoned to Huo Shuyu.
That remark startled the crowd.
Good heavens, could this be the rumored princess of the Great Goose Dynasty?
The gem in the emperor’s palm?
Everyone cast sidelong glances, indeed finding Huo Shuyu too beautiful for words.
Immediately, several young masters’ hearts raced.
They didn’t know the real situation, but they understood that she was indeed the princess of the Great Goose Dynasty!
If they could develop a good relationship with this young princess, wouldn’t they soar high in the future?
What’s more, if they could woo Huo Shuyu, their future status would be unimaginable!
In fact, this was Huo Shuyu’s first public outing as a princess.
In the crowd, Gu Yulin listened to the buzzing gossip and looked at Huo Shuyu with envy.
Why wasn’t she a princess?
But despite her envy, Gu Yulin wouldn’t do any outlandish acts. After all, the other party was a princess; her own status was simply the lowest in the entire banquet.
No, there was another one!
That white-faced guy.
“You dog! I wondered how you qualified to appear here. Turned out you hooked up with the princess!”
“You shameless dreg, all you know is to mooch off women!”
Thinking bitterly, Gu Yulin decided to look for a chance to expose this guy’s pretty-boy façade!
When that happens, it would surely be exciting.
Jiang Xiaobai, however, was oblivious to Gu Yulin’s secret plans. After he and Huo Shuyu settled down, he began to eat.
Having hardly eaten all day, the food at the banquet finally seemed to offer something decent.
For a while, Jiang Xiaobai, paying no heed to his surroundings, ate voraciously, attracting many astonished looks.
Good heavens, they were all here to socialize, to curry favor with Ning Luo.
Exactly how ignorant must one be to come here to eat, really?
Ning Luo’s eyelids twitched too.
He had never seen someone before.
But soon, he paid no more attention. Instead, he kindly turned to Huo Shuyu with a smile.
“I didn’t expect you to be here, sister, planning on going into the secret realm for some fun?”
“No problem, when the time comes, just give me a heads up. I’ll make sure you have the best time.”
Hearing Ning Luo’s indulgent and fawning words, Huo Shuyu remained completely unfazed. Instead, she propped one foot on the stool, meat in one hand and a cup of wine in the other.
This pose made her look like a true martial hero!
The crowd was dumbfounded.
Was the princess really so wild?
“Sister, you should pay a little attention to…”
Before Ning Luo could finish his sentence, Huo Shuyu aloofly interrupted, “If you came here to lecture me, you needn’t bother.”
“Are you implying that, with my status, I also need to abide by some rules when entering the secret realm?”
Her words were extremely indifferent and distant.
It gave people the impression that she was quite disdainful of Ning Luo.
This made Ning Luo’s face twitch, his heart filled with anger.
But in the end, he held his temper, laughed it off with a few polite words, and then ignored Huo Shuyu, indulging instead in conversation with the various young masters and maidens.
Jiang Xiaobai was eating and listening, and understood that these young masters were planning to follow Ning Luo into the secret realm tomorrow.
The banquet tonight was just a warm-up for the wilder times tomorrow.
Jiang Xiaobai also noticed Gu Yulin in the crowd, who was watching him with a sarcastic and derisive smile.
He indifferently glanced at her and continued to eat and drink.
“Sir, are we just going to sit here eating and drinking?”
“I feel like my butt’s starting to hurt, I can’t sit still…” Sun Gangniang murmured.
Normally, she seemed to have an aura of command about her. How come she became a coward here?
“No problem, just wait a while longer; there should be a good show soon.”
“This banquet isn’t as simple as it seems.”
From his initial encounters, Jiang Xiaobai understood that Ning Luo’s target today was indeed Huo Shuyu.
He had no part in it, save perhaps that he was with Huo Shuyu.
Anyway, Jiang Xiaobai didn’t believe that Ning Luo would target him for the sake of Gu Yulin.
Moreover, he was here this time just for resources. If it’s none of his business, he’d rather stay out of it, just watch the excitement first.
Sure enough, not long after, Ning Luo brought over two young men.
“Sister, let me introduce you. This is the eldest son of Lord Wang, Wang Zicun. And this is from Master Liu’s family, Liu Gao.”
“These are my good brothers. They’ve always wanted to meet you but never had a chance. Today, I brought them here to get to know you.”
As Ning Luo finished speaking, the two stepped forward and bowed to Huo Shuyu.
At this point, Jiang Xiaobai stopped his eating and drinking, wiped his mouth, and prepared to watch the fun.
But he never anticipated that Huo Shuyu would play this big!
She lifted her leg and put it on Jiang Xiaobai’s lap, right in front of everyone.
“Give me a massage and send these two flies away.”
“I don’t want to see them.”