Chapter 36 (1/2)

Chapter 36

Chapter 36 The Princess’s Heart

The huge lanterns represented eight petals . Eight maidens carefully supported them, and when the eight petals folded together, they created a ma.s.sive lotus .

Suddenly the lotus bloomed and the flower center shook slightly . Only now did people realize that at the center was a beautiful woman .

The entire crowd cheered when she appeared . That was the Phoenix Cry Empire’s first princess . Long Chen found that she really was pretty good and worthy of praise .

Raising her hand, two lines of poetry appeared . The top one: the Heavens protect Phoenix Cry; the bottom one: let the Nation prosper, it’s People at peace . The entire crowd burst into cheers .

Long Chen smiled slightly . Being a nation’s princess was also pretty sorrowful . It was like living your whole life as a cricket in a jar .

That was a life of fighting all day and night . But thinking about himself, he had also ended up in a life like that .

If you didn’t suppress others then you would simply be trampled on . Being stepped on was whatever, but more importantly, they would crush you firmly into death .

Whether this had to do with enmity, right and wrong, etc . , didn’t matter; perhaps this struggle was just the most primitive of man’s nature .

As Long Chen was sighing over this, the second princess appeared . Due to his absent-mindedness, he ended up not catching a glimpse of her, something he regretted .

But the next was Chu Yao’s lantern . He kept his eyes open wide, afraid to miss a single detail .

First, a couple fireworks lit up the sky, accompanied by cheering .

Then immediately after, a huge dragon kite whistled through the air .

At the same time, beside the huge dragon was a colorful phoenix with gorgeous wings . Golden powder sprinkled from its wings, just as if a real phoenix had descended upon the earth .

“Wow, how beautiful!”

Along with the scattering powder, the dragon and phoenix s.h.i.+ned, making it seem as if everyone had entered a world of legends .

They slowly fluttered down to the earth . From the dragon’s mouth came a huge white light . That light burst open, sending streamers flying .

From those ribbons, a beautiful woman dressed in ancient costume slowly appeared, shapely and leisurely, a beauty that made you never want to stop looking at her .

The entire crowd erupted in acclaim when the third princess appeared . Many of the young men had heard of the third princess’s beauty before . Hers was a beauty that could cause the downfall of an empire . Today they finally got to see her in person, and for a moment, all that could be heard were fanatic screams .

Long Chen was also struck foolish for a moment upon seeing her . This was the first time Long Chen had seen her dressed up so beautifully .

Her eyes wandered over the crowd . Suddenly her eyes brightened and she tossed a small ball which slowly flew out towards Long Chen .

Long Chen reached out his hand to catch it and found that the ball had a small tag on it .

The entire crown immediately went silent, all of them staring at Long Chen . The Empress Dowager was also startled, but she didn’t say anything .

But the person whose expression was most unsightly was most definitely the Grand Xia’s Xia Changfeng . Although he tried to appear natural and at ease, his uncontrollable anger turned his face green .

The Empress Dowager had already decided to marry off Chu Yao to Xia Changfeng, but her display today of the dragon and phoenix had obvious significance . Moreover that ball was thrown directly towards Long Chen .

Normally a ball didn’t have any special meaning, but that was not the same when added with the display of the lanterns . It was the exact same as in ancient times when maidens threw embroidered b.a.l.l.s to pick their husband .

Despite doing his best to control himself, Xia Changfeng could not stop his body from trembling and his veins popping .

“Changfeng, endure it . ” Wei Cang glanced at Xia Changfeng .

“Don’t worry grandmaster, Changfeng will restrain himself . ” Xia Changfeng nodded, but his voice still trembled in a way that couldn’t be concealed .

Xia Changfeng wished for Long Chen to die more than anything right now . Long Chen also felt everyone’s peculiar gazes .

Amongst the people present, grandmaster Yun Qi was the only one present to smile slightly here . Everyone else had either complicated or jealous gazes .

Long Chen looked at Chu Yao and her beautiful leisurely smile . She gestured towards the ball in his hand .

Long Chen realized it was actually a firework, so he pulled its tag and threw it high into the sky .

A gorgeous light lit up the entire plaza . When the light rays faded, two phrases appeared in the sky .

“The Dragon swims across the four oceans; the Phoenix flies throughout the nine lands . ”

Xia Changfeng was no longer able to control himself at all and ended up crus.h.i.+ng the teacup in his hand .

“Long Chen, if I don’t crush you into a thousand pieces then I won’t be Xia Changfeng! As for you Chu Yao, I’ll make you live a life worse than death you s.l.u.t!”

Chu Yao’s actions humiliated him even more than if she had viciously slapped him in the face .

The Empress Dowager’s expression was also extremely ugly . She had never expected Chu Yao to actually be so bold and express affection for a man in such a public manner .

Long Chen was also speechless as he looked at the distant Chu Yao . Her pretty face was completely red, but it was still filled with determination .