Chapter 288: You’re Very Lucky! (1/2)
Chapter 288: You’re Very Lucky!
Translator: Novel Saga Editor: Novel Saga
The sounds of two coughs were heard Then, the old and decrepit teacher of the Wenxing Heavenly literature Institute —Mei Gao Jie— stood up His body seehs He faced the Emperor, and cupped his hands in salute Then, he turned around and greeted the rest of the crowd in the same manner, “Your Majesty; respected seniors… this Golden Scholarly Talent Feast is the finest arrangement this humble man had ever seen This old e the best of fortunes on behalf of the Wenxing Heavenly Literature Institute May the heavens watch over His Majesty andMay the people of the nation always prosper! May the military sweep over the entire continent and unify the land under Tian Xiang’s banners May the entire land prosper under His Majesty’s grace! We thank His Majesty’s vast and unbounded benevolence to rise above the norms of Imperial Examination and allow scholars likebreath to speak this entire passage in one shot However, it sounded like it was only the beginning of his speech He was about to get to thevoice was heard, “How can you eat so much at such a majestic I belly But you have to realize that there are more people around You’ve finished an entire table worth of food on your own in such a short period of time…”
The sound of this voice was very low In fact, it had seemed as if the speaker had deliberately lowered his volume However, the entire hall had solemnly silenced to listen to Mei Gao Jie’s speech; there was pin-drop silence in the hall Therefore, everyone heard these remarks rather clearly, and their faces started to reveal a queer complexion…
The speaker was none other than Jun Mo Xie The Young Master Jun had his heart set on disrupting matters He obviously wouldn’t have allowed this opportunity to pass-by As far as the accused was concerned — Tang Yuan azed back at him with a stupefied yet innocent expression on his face He held half-a-crab in his hand [Who eats st the two of us Elder Brother? That’s obviously me I do eat a lot, but did I touch your half of the dish? So… ould you accusea veryspeech However, he was suddenly interrupted He obviously couldn’t help but becory Moreover, the disturbance had been caused by an utterly shameless person, and for an utterly shaer as he turned However, another gong-like voice sounded; it had a disdainful tone to it, “I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen someone this shameless The person who tries to devour the best dishes by himself has the nerve to falsely accuse the others… what’s happened to people…”
This voice belonged to Dugu Ying Dugu Ying had been fighting over the bear paw frory Therefore, he deliberately raised his voice to express his dissatisfaction However, he was farMaster Jun This was e person’s shouting-volued to cause more mischief since everyone in the crowd had heard this ruckus The event’s proceedings were getting disrupted, but Jun Mo Xie’s plan was only finding more success
Jun Mo Xie’s spirits were lifted to see that soly lent him a hand He twitched his mouth, “And now I can’t eat fast, huh? Nonsense! Your faht more people than any other fary one bankrupt And now you sit your plump butts on this table I reckon I wouldn’t even be able to taste the soup if I didn’t eat quickly enough…”
Tang Yuan stood-up to resolve the dispute, “Third Young Master… his reaction is understandable You see… he knows he doesn’t have to pay for this food”
Even the Ehter as he heard these words He issued a strange “Pfff” sound as he hter The faces of the other oldexpressions as they atte stared at the Fatty; it see Yuan whole
The solemnly silence hall was suddenly overcome with ‘pfff’ sounds as everyone clutched their hter
Old Man Mei Gao Jie had started to treer He was about to speak-up when a peculiar voice ant, ah Its reputation is fully justified!” Everyone turned their gazes to follow the source of the sound The speaker was a white clothed youngster seated around the table that was reserved for the feast’s guests of honor — the Silver Blizzard City’s Xiao Feng Wu
Xiao Feng Wu are of the matter between his Uncle Xiao Han and Jun Fa hadn’t stopped gloating about having a nephew ever since she had returned fro Master Xiao very uncomfortable Therefore, he had taken the initiative and spoken such ironic words
“And who are you?” Jun Mo Xie pretended as if he didn’t recognize the man he had beaten-up
“I’ Wu fro Wu eyebrows shot-up He pulled out a folding fan from his bosom, and started to sway it in a confident and easy ood name!” Li You Ran was quick to speak-up, “Elder Brother Xiao has a very refined name! It feels like a breath of fresh air!” The enemy’s enemy is a friend The Jun and the Xiao Family hated each other How on earth could Li You Ran not exploit this?
“He he… now that you’ve in ofawfully pleased with himself Li You Ran had scratched his itch Therefore, he started to explain, “Mybefore I was to be born… in the dream she saw a beautiful phoenix in the sky The phoenix landed on a Parasol tree Therefore, she na Wu”[1]
“Your name is indeed bestowed by the heavens,” Li You Ran applauded There was a look of admiration on his face
“Ha ha…” Jun Mo Xie burst into laughter
“Why are you laughing?” Xiao Feng Wu see a moment of pride How could he allow interruptions?
“Nothing I was just wondering… you mother must be very talented She dreamt of a phoenix land on a parasol tree, and then na Wu…”
It seehter He swayed back and forth for a moment, and then continued, “Your mother dreamt of a phoenix land on a Parasol tree… but ould you’ve been named if she had instead dreaine that! She dreaood dream at the appropriate time You’re very lucky!”