We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? - Chapter 330: This Girl Hasn't Even Married Out Yet, But Her Elbows Are Already Turning Outward
In the evening, Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao together arrived at the Second Prince’s residence.
To be honest, Xiao Mo wasn’t particularly eager to attend this banquet, but previously in the Iron Tiger Army, Xiao Mo had indeed received quite a bit of favor from the Second Prince.
Even if he hadn’t actively sought those favors, he had genuinely benefited from the Second Prince’s kindness.
So if he didn’t go, it would indeed be somewhat improper. However, Xiao Mo still stuck to his principles, resolutely refusing to get involved in the succession struggle between him and the First Prince.
He absolutely could not take sides.
Otherwise, it would become very troublesome.
The reasoning was simple, he could be loyal to the current ruler of the Qin Kingdom, loyal to the future ruler of the Qin Kingdom, but he couldn’t be loyal to the future crown prince.
Qin Siyao walked beside Xiao Mo, raised her delicate head, stole a glance at him, then withdrew her gaze, her eyes carrying a hint of thoughtfulness.
Before long, the two arrived at the entrance to the main hall of the Second Prince’s residence and heard the majestic “Breaking Through Shuanghong Array.”
At the same time, the Second Prince Qin Jingyuan had already come to greet Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao.
“My apologies for not coming out to meet you sooner, I hope the Frost Prince will forgive me,” Qin Jingyuan said enthusiastically as he walked up to Xiao Mo, then very cordially took Xiao Mo’s hand.
“Second Brother only asks Xiao Mo for forgiveness, but doesn’t need mine?” Qin Siyao teased from the side.
“What are you saying, Third Sister? You and I are siblings who see each other often, what’s there to forgive or not forgive? But the Frost Prince is a rare guest indeed,” Qin Jingyuan said.
With that, Qin Jingyuan pulled Xiao Mo’s hand and quickly walked into the main hall.
“Come, come, come, Frost Prince, look at the program I’ve prepared. I’m sure you’ll like it.”
Xiao Mo was led by Qin Jingyuan into the main hall to sit down.
Qin Jingyuan clapped his hands, and dancers came forward one by one, dancing gracefully to the “Breaking Through Shuanghong Array,” as if performing the great battle Xiao Mo had fought at Shuanghong City. However, since this was a dance, it naturally lacked the killing atmosphere of the battlefield and instead had more aesthetic beauty.
In Xiao Mo’s view, this dance was definitely not something rehearsed on short notice. Qin Jingyuan must have prepared it long ago, just waiting for him to attend the banquet, and the dancers he selected were all first-rate beauties.
Even the dancers looked at Xiao Mo with seductive charm in their eyes, as if ready to be favored by him at any moment.
Qin Siyao, sitting beside Xiao Mo, sipped her tea in small mouthfuls while constantly observing Xiao Mo’s gaze.
Qin Siyao saw that Xiao Mo sat upright and proper, looking like an upstanding gentleman, his eyes not lingering too long on those women.
She couldn’t help feeling a little happy inside.
“I wonder what the Frost Prince thinks?” After one dance ended, Qin Jingyuan asked Xiao Mo with a smile.
“This dance is indeed excellent. Thank you for your trouble, Your Highness,” Xiao Mo naturally gave him full face. “However, Your Highness need not call me Frost Prince. Just call me Xiao Mo.”
“Hahaha, very well,” Qin Jingyuan nodded. “You and I have known each other for a long time. There’s indeed no need to be so formal.”
Qin Jingyuan drank a cup of wine. “Xiao Mo, on this expedition to the Wei Kingdom, you captured twenty-one cities in succession. That was truly remarkable. Today, as you return in triumph, I don’t have much to give, but I happen to have a snow-white horse that treads through snow. As they say, a fine horse for a hero. I hope Xiao Mo won’t disdain it.”
As soon as Qin Jingyuan finished speaking, he gestured to his attendants.
The attendants immediately understood and led in a warhorse they had prepared earlier.
This warhorse was entirely snow-white, exceptionally majestic, and every part of its body looked so robust. Just standing there, it gave off a tremendous sense of presence.
“What a fine horse!” Xiao Mo praised from the heart.
During his years in the army, Xiao Mo had ridden quite a few good horses but compared to this one, they really fell short.
“As long as Xiao Mo likes it, this snow-treading horse is now yours,” Qin Jingyuan said, very pleased to see Xiao Mo satisfied.
“Your Highness, this is too valuable,” Xiao Mo shook his head. “How can I accept this?”
“What’s so valuable about it?” Qin Jingyuan said with a smile. “For this snow-treading horse to fight on the battlefield alongside Xiao Mo and leave its name in history is its honor. If it became someone else’s mount, I’d feel it wasn’t worth it!”
“But…” Xiao Mo still wanted to decline politely but just then, a servant entered the hall and said, “Your Highness, the First Prince has arrived.”
Hearing that his elder brother had come, a flash of displeasure crossed Qin Jingyuan’s eyes, but he quickly suppressed his emotions, stood up and said, “Why don’t you hurry and invite my elder brother in? Never mind, never mind, I’ll go greet him myself.”
“No need to trouble Second Brother. Big Brother has already arrived uninvited,” came a voice.
As the voice fell, the First Prince Qin Jingsu walked into the hall.
“Big Brother.”
“Greetings to the First Prince.”
Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao stood up to greet him.
“Greetings to the Frost Prince. I didn’t expect Third Sister to be here as well,” Qin Jingsu said.
Qin Jingsu returned the courtesy with a bow, then looked at his second brother with a smile.
“Hahaha, Second Brother, this isn’t right of you. You invited Third Sister and the Frost Prince to drink, but didn’t invite me. Big Brother is going to be hurt.”
“What are you saying, Big Brother?” Qin Jingyuan explained. “Big Brother handles ten thousand affairs daily and is extremely busy. Unlike me, Second Brother, who has such leisure. Wasn’t Second Brother just afraid of disturbing Big Brother?”
“Hahaha, no matter how busy I am, I must spend time with my brothers and sisters. Otherwise, won’t we grow distant over time?” Qin Jingsu said.
Qin Jingsu clapped his hands, and attendants beside him brought forward several jugs of wine.
“These jugs of wine were personally brewed by the Wine Immortal. Father Emperor bestowed them on me previously, and I’ve been reluctant to drink them. But today, as we siblings gather and the Frost Prince is here, we won’t return until we’re drunk.”
“Since Big Brother has said so, then we won’t return until we’re drunk!” Qin Jingyuan also laughed heartily. The two brothers seemed to have an excellent relationship. “Big Brother, please be seated!”
“Good.” After Qin Jingsu took his seat, he glanced at the snow-treading horse in the hall and praised, “This snow-treading horse is truly excellent! Even I’m tempted.”
“My apologies, Big Brother,” Qin Jingyuan said with a smile. “This snow-treading horse has just found its owner, which is the Frost Prince. When Second Brother next encounters such a fine horse, I’ll send it to Big Brother’s residence.”
“No matter, no matter,” Qin Jingsu glanced at Xiao Mo. “In my hands, this horse would be wasted. Only under the Frost Prince’s command can it leave its name in history. However, Second Brother, since you’re giving such a precious gift to the Frost Prince, if I, as the elder brother, don’t show something, that wouldn’t be good either.”
Qin Jingsu said to Xiao Mo, “I’ve long heard of Xiao Mo’s great reputation on the battlefield, how you’ve devoted yourself wholeheartedly to our Qin Kingdom. I don’t have much to give either, but please, Xiao Mo, you must accept this.”
Before Xiao Mo could refuse, Qin Jingsu waved his hand.
Several attendants brought a stand before Xiao Mo.
When the red cloth was lifted, the stand held a complete set of snow-white dragon scale armor.
“This armor was made using the scales of a true dragon as material, supplemented with Heaven-Mending Black Iron and Thousand True Gold Threads to connect them, then forged with Chaos Fire. It came from the hands of our Qin Kingdom’s most skilled craftsman,” Qin Jingsu said.
Qin Jingsu drank a cup of wine.
“Second Brother gives Xiao Mo a precious horse, and I give Xiao Mo armor. For no other reason than to hope the Frost Prince can achieve great merit for our Qin Kingdom and spread our Qin Kingdom’s prestige!”
“…”
Xiao Mo sat upright and proper in his seat, his expression calm, but inwardly his thoughts were racing.
How could Xiao Mo not know that these two were actually trying to win him over?
After all, he had been granted a princely title by His Majesty, which could be considered exceptional favor, to the point that even his mother had been granted an official title.
In the eyes of others, everyone would think that he would be heavily relied upon by His Majesty in the future but the problem was, Xiao Mo didn’t want to get involved with either of them.
However, if he directly refused, it would be equivalent to publicly embarrassing them and just as Xiao Mo was thinking of a suitable reason, Qin Siyao, sitting beside him, lowered her delicate head, her eyes turning.
After a moment, Qin Siyao raised her head and said to her two brothers with a smile, “Big Brother and Second Brother really are something. Xiao Mo just returned to the capital, and he’s barely spoken a few words with you two brothers before, yet you give him such valuable gifts. But I’m still your sister, you know. How come you two brothers haven’t shown me anything?”
“What are you saying, Siyao? Whatever you want, won’t Father Emperor give it to you? Even if we wanted to give you something, we wouldn’t have the opportunity,” Qin Jingsu said with a smile.
“Who says there’s no opportunity? Siyao also has things she wants. I just don’t know if my two brothers are willing to give them or not.”
Qin Siyao pouted her lips and turned her little head away, looking a bit upset.
“Alright then, what does Siyao want?” Qin Jingsu asked, looking at his sister indulgently.
“Can Siyao have anything she wants?” Qin Siyao blinked and asked expectantly.
“Of course,” Qin Jingsu nodded. “As long as your Second Brother and I can give it, naturally you can have anything. Right, Jingyuan?”
Qin Jingyuan also nodded with a smile.
“Big Brother and Second Brother, you mustn’t lie!” Qin Siyao’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
“We won’t lie,” Qin Jingyuan and Qin Jingsu said in unison.
“I want Big Brother’s armor and Second Brother’s white horse,” Qin Siyao said, pointing at the white horse and armor in the hall.
“This…”
Qin Jingyuan and Qin Jingsu both looked somewhat troubled.
“Big Brother, Second Brother, you said that as long as I liked something, you’d give it to me,” Qin Siyao stood up. “Then it’s settled. These two things are mine now~”
Qin Jingsu shook his head helplessly. “Siyao, you’re not going to the battlefield. What do you need this armor and white horse for?”
“Of course to give them away.”
Qin Siyao gracefully turned around to face Xiao Mo.
“Xiao Mo, you came back this time, and I don’t have anything good to give you. Just now, my Big Brother and Second Brother gave me a snow-treading horse and a set of armor. I’d like to give them to you, is that okay?”
Hearing Qin Siyao’s words, Xiao Mo was slightly stunned, then smiled and nodded. “Since Her Highness the Princess has said so, how could I waste Her Highness the Princess’s kind intentions? Thank you, Her Highness the Princess.”
“You little girl, taking our things to give away,” Qin Jingsu said with a smile. “You really thought of that.”
“This girl hasn’t even married out yet, but her elbows are already turning outward,” Qin Jingyuan also shook his head helplessly.
“What are Big Brother and Second Brother saying?” Qin Siyao said “domineeringly” with her hands on her slender waist. “Since you gave the white horse and armor to Siyao, then if Siyao gives them to someone else, that’s not wrong either~”
“Fine, not wrong, not wrong at all.”
Qin Jingsu drank a cup of wine with a smile and didn’t argue further with his sister.
Weren’t both Qin Jingsu and Qin Jingyuan clear that the reason Siyao did this was because she saw Xiao Mo’s difficulty, knew that Xiao Mo didn’t want to accept their favors but couldn’t afford to offend them?
So this girl simply took the favor upon herself.
“Xiao Mo, my brother and I have nothing left to give you. We can only ask you to drink more wine and eat more food. Tonight, we truly won’t return until we’re drunk,” Qin Jingsu said, raising his wine cup.
“Naturally,” Xiao Mo also raised his wine cup. “I toast to both Your Highnesses!”
With that, Xiao Mo drained his cup.
Xiao Mo kept drinking with the two princes.
The two princes asked Xiao Mo about matters on the battlefield, and Xiao Mo naturally answered truthfully.
As for his undeserved reputation, Xiao Mo just smiled without speaking, feeling that everything was because of the “Breaking Through Shuanghong Array” created by that musician cultivator from the Le family, which led people to exaggerate about him.
After three rounds of wine, all three were somewhat drunk.
Seeing Xiao Mo swaying unsteadily with a hazy drunkenness, Qin Siyao stood up again and complained to her Big Brother and Second Brother, “Big Brother, Second Brother, stop drinking. Look at how drunk Xiao Mo has become.”
“It’s fine, Siyao. I can still drink,” Xiao Mo said, pouring himself another cup.
“Don’t drink anymore,” Qin Siyao took away Xiao Mo’s wine cup and bowed to her Big Brother and Second Brother. “Big Brother, Second Brother, I’ll take Xiao Mo and leave first.”
With that, Qin Siyao didn’t wait for her two brothers to say anything and helped Xiao Mo leave the hall.
“Usually, Third Sister looks like a little girl, but in front of Xiao Mo, she’s like a wife. Girls really can’t be kept at home once they grow up…” Qin Jingyuan said.
Qin Jingyuan drank another cup of wine.
In the main hall, only Qin Jingsu and Qin Jingyuan remained.
“Third Sister isn’t young anymore either. It’s about time she got married,” Qin Jingsu said with a smile as he stood up. “But tell me, is Xiao Mo really drunk, or is he pretending?”
Qin Jingyuan said with a smile, “Even if Xiao Mo isn’t drunk, if Third Sister says he’s drunk, then he’s drunk.”
“Hahaha, this girl has never been so considerate toward us.”
Qin Jingsu stood up and said to his second brother, “I’m leaving now. Thank you for your hospitality, Second Brother. Today’s banquet, I was very happy. It seems like it’s been a long time since we brothers have had such a hearty drink.”
“If Big Brother wants, it can be anytime,” Qin Jingyuan said.
“Can it really be anytime?” Qin Jingsu looked at his younger brother with a smile.
Qin Jingyuan was momentarily at a loss for words.
“I’m leaving.”
Qin Jingsu took a deep breath, said no more, turned and left.
Watching his elder brother’s figure walk out of the hall and disappear into the night, Qin Jingyuan sat back down in his seat, drinking cup after cup of wine.
Qin Jingyuan didn’t know how long he drank. He lay on the soft couch, looking at the ceiling, and suddenly burst out laughing.
He didn’t even know what he was laughing at.
Perhaps he was laughing at why Father Emperor still hadn’t designated an heir.
Laughing at why he was born into an imperial family.
Laughing at why he couldn’t let go of that position no matter what…
