Evening descended.
The entire Royal Palace was brightly lit, with countless maids arranging the immaculately polished, exquisite tableware in perfect order.
Meanwhile, at the palace’s parking area, carriages of the city’s elite guests had already filled the space early on, arriving for the banquet.
These well-dressed men and women, in small groups, chatted leisurely, discussing tonight’s dinner banquet.
"I’ve heard that His Majesty the King and Lord Li Zun went to the border to welcome an important guest."
"I’ve also heard that news, but who could this guest be with such a background that would cause His Majesty and the Martial Saint to make such a grand gesture?"
"Could it be a visiting king from another country?"
"I don’t think so! Even the most distinguished kings wouldn’t make our King this anxious!"
"Alright, we could guess all day and still not figure it out, better to just wait until His Majesty returns. The answer will naturally become clear then."
"Exactly!"
The crowd nodded in agreement.
Then someone said with a laugh, "However, there’s another rare event today. I don’t know if everyone has heard! Our Princess Lina killed a gluttonous behemoth from the Poisonous Mist Swamp, completing her coming-of-age feat!"
Many of the less well-informed guests were taken aback upon hearing this.
"I really hadn’t heard about that, but it’s not too surprising that our Princess Lina, at such a young age and already a Magician controlling mysterious powers, completed her coming-of-age feat!"
"That’s secondary, the key point is our Princess Lina also brought back a powerful Samurai from the Poisonous Mist Swamp!" a middle-aged man with meticulously slicked-back hair, dressed in a tailcoat, said with a tone of ridicule.
"Brought back a powerful Samurai?" The surrounding crowd was somewhat astonished.
"That’s right! I heard that upon his return, this so-called powerful Samurai encountered Lord Yage and he actually had the audacity to boast in front of him, saying something like the Martial Saint wasn’t even worthy to carry his shoes!"
As soon as these words were spoken,
everyone around was stunned, then burst into snickering laughter.
"What arrogance!"
"Exactly, such remarks can only come from bumpkins who know nothing of the world!"
"To speak like that in front of Lord Yage, the beloved disciple of the Martial Saint Li Zun—it’s like asking for death!"
"What happened next?" someone inquired.
The well-groomed nobleman sneered, "If it weren’t for the arrival of the Crown Princess in the nick of time, I reckon Lord Yage would have taught this so-called warrior a lesson right then and there!"
The crowd nodded their heads in agreement, then someone couldn’t help but lament.
"Our Princess Lina is usually so capable, just sometimes too naive! Surely she’s been hoodwinked by someone with ulterior motives!"
"Indeed! Compared with the Crown Princess, our Princess Lina still has some growing up to do!"
As everyone was sharing their thoughts,
Princess Lina, now dressed in an evening gown, appeared in the banquet hall.
Her arrival immediately caused a slight stir in the room.
The young men all showed a hint of excitement and then approached, wanting to offer her the customary hand-kiss greeting.
But today, Lina declined this greeting ritual, and then slightly turned to the side, as if waiting for someone’s appearance.
All the nobles couldn’t help but turn their gaze towards her.
Soon,
a young man with extraordinary poise, wearing incredibly unique clothing, black pupils, and black hair, walked in through the parted curtains.
The appearance of this youth caused a momentary stir among the attendees.
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