Chapter 115: Need a Reason to Beat Them?

Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Need a Reason to Beat Them?

Su Han looked at the resolute Emperor Jing and blinked. "Uncle, is that what you mean as well?"

Emperor Jing nodded without the slightest hesitation, his face a mask of righteous integrity. "Of course. What did you think?"

"Oh!"

Su Han nodded. "Good. I’ll go find Sister now and relay your message, Uncle."

Emperor Jing waved his hand grandly. "Go on!"

Watching Su Han’s departing figure, Emperor Jing grew thoughtful.

’Was I... just tricked?’

’No!’

’Impossible!’

’It can’t be!’

’I am the divinely martial Great Emperor of the Jing Country! Even Old Eleventh lost the fight for the throne to me, so how could his son possibly get the better of me!’

’Trying to trick me?’

’Hmph!’

’That’s right!’

’That’s exactly it!’

...

"That’s right... that’s what happened."

Xiushu Palace was the residence of Emperor Jing’s only daughter, Her Highness the Eldest Princess of the empire.

After Su Han relayed their Uncle’s message to his Sister, Su Muyan looked at him, a thoughtful expression in her eyes.

"Did you trick Father again?"

Su Han: "..."

’You... How can you slander an innocent person out of thin air!’

’What do you mean, "again"?’

’Shouldn’t the word be "again, and again, and again, and again"?’

’Can this really be summed up with a single "again"?’

Though he was grumbling internally, Su Han nodded. "That’s right!"

Sister: "..."

’So... when exactly did you become so shameless?’

’Oh!’

’My mistake!’

’You’ve been this shameless from the very beginning!’

"This is... a bit tricky!"

Looking at Su Han, Sister frowned slightly, indicating the difficulty of the matter.

Su Han shot her a disdainful look. "It’s not like this is the first or second time we’ve beaten them up. What’s so tricky about it?"

Sister shook her head. "You don’t understand. Back then, we were all kids. It’s no big deal when kids get into fights."

"But now we’re all adults. Adults can’t just go around beating people up for no reason."

Su Han thought about it and realized she had a point.

He nodded in agreement. "So, we just need to find a reason to get everyone together, then pick a fight and beat them all up?"

Sister thought for a moment. "That... could work. The question is, how do we pick a fight?"

Su Han thought for a moment, then looked up at the scorching sun. An idea instantly came to him.

"Well... how about because they’re not wearing hats?"

Su Muyan frowned and shook her head. "We’ve used that reason before."

’Have we?’

Su Han thought back. It seemed they had. Wasn’t that the reason they used last time they beat up that idiot Prince Run?

"Then... how about you ask them a simple question, Sister."

"If they can’t answer, you beat them up because they’re too stupid."

"If they can answer, you beat them up because they’re too smart."

Sister’s eyes lit up, but then she shook her head again. "That’s why Prince Huai and Prince Qin got beaten up."

Su Han scratched his head. It seemed that was true, too.

’Is it really this hard to find a reason to beat someone up these days?’

’Sigh... I miss being a kid. We didn’t even need a reason to beat them up back then.’

He tilted his head in thought for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Sister, I’ve thought of the perfect reason."

Sister’s eyes sparkled as she looked at him. "Let’s hear it."

"Sister, do you think you’re pretty?"

Sister rolled her eyes at him. "What do you think?"

"Exactly."

Su Han nodded. "I remember that Chancellor Wang’s daughter, General Sun’s daughter, and you, Sister, are privately hailed by gossips as the Three Beauties of the Capital City."

"When the time comes, Sister, you just ask those guys: between Miss Wang and Miss Sun, who is the most beautiful in the Imperial City."

Sister frowned, her gaze turning somewhat unfriendly as she looked at Su Han.

"That’s the expression."

Su Han pointed at his Sister, his face alight with excitement. "After they pick an answer to this two-choice question, you go and beat them up one by one."

Sister: "...???"

"Think about it, Sister! You’re clearly prettier than the Wang Family’s daughter and the Sun Family’s daughter, yet they’ll name one of those two as the most beautiful, completely ignoring you."

"They show no respect for you, the Imperial Princess. Isn’t that a good enough reason to beat them up?"

Sister nodded...

’That’s right!’

’Makes perfect sense!’

’If their answer isn’t me, I’ll beat their human brains into dog brains.’

As she thought this viciously, Sister looked at Su Han, a glint flashing in her eyes.

"Little Han, in that case... between me, the Wang Family’s daughter, and the Sun Family’s daughter, who is the most beautiful in the Imperial City?"

Su Han: "..."

’Holy shit!’

’Can I please not answer this question?’

"Well... uh..."

Feeling the gazes of both his Sister and Su Yi fall upon him, Su Han really wanted to ask... ’Can I choose to go die?’

However, looking at his Sister’s smiling eyes, Su Han gritted his teeth and spoke decisively.

"Does that question even need to be asked?"

"Back when we were still in Lingzhou, you, Sister, were already the publicly acknowledged number one beauty of the Imperial City!"

Sister glanced at him. Her face was expressionless, but a flash of satisfaction crossed her eyes.

"Alright, I’ll help you with this."

Su Han secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Su Yi and sent a message with his Divine Thought.

"Before we came to the Imperial City, Sister really was the number one beauty."

Su Yi glanced at him but didn’t comment.

*Phew~*

Having successfully survived the ordeal, Su Han let out a long sigh of relief.

"So... it’s a deal then, Sister. I’ll have Su Xiao’Er go spread the word and invite all our royal brothers and sisters to a gathering."

The Eldest Princess stopped him. "Are you sure... if you invite them in your name, they’ll actually come?"

Su Han thought for a moment. ’Probably... maybe... perhaps... they definitely won’t come, will they?’

’In that case...’

"Should you be the one to invite them, Sister?"

Sister looked at him as if she were pitying a 275-pound simpleton.

"Heh."

Su Han: "..."

’That "Heh,"’ he thought. ’Truly profound. It says everything without saying anything at all!’

"Well... someone has to be the one to gather everyone."

After thinking for a long time, the two of them looked at each other, having thought of the same person at the same time.

Su Han looked at his Sister. "Xiaosanzi is in the Imperial City recently, isn’t he?"

Sister nodded. "That’s right. Xiaosanzi is staying at the Separate Garden."

"Then..."

The two looked at each other again. It had to be him!

He turned to Su Xiao’Er. "Su Xiao’Er, we’re going to the Separate Garden to deliver a decree from my Uncle, the Emperor."

Su Xiao’Er: "..."

Su Xiao’Er led the way, with Su Han, Su Yi, and Su Muyan following behind.

As they were heading out, Su Muyan suddenly tilted her head to look at Su Han.

"Little Han," she began, "Sister just thought of a question... you want them to help you find that girl who has the... marriage contract signed by the ancestor."

"Since we’re asking for help, couldn’t we just say so?"

"Our brothers and sisters are all kind-hearted and happy to help. They definitely wouldn’t refuse you."

"So... why do we have to find a reason to beat them up first?"

Su Han stopped in his tracks. He paused, looked at his Sister, and pondered for two seconds.

"Beating them up... does that require a reason?"

Sister was taken aback. "It doesn’t?"

"Does it?"

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