Chapter 36: Princess Haya (1/2)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

If there wasn’t anything wrong with his eyes, there was only one girl clad in red at the tower.

Staring at the girl wearing a cherry dress made of Yanluo silk in infatuation, Zeyan apologized to Peiyuan, “Peiyuan, I have to confess to you that I can’t marry your little sister anymore. Have you ever heard of falling in love with someone at the first sight?”

Lu Peiyuan, who couldn’t help shivering in surprise, nodded after a while. He made up his mind not to reveal Mingyue’s identity.

“I heard that girls from Dongyi Kingdom are good at hunting on horseback. It’s beyond my expectation that they are such glamorous beauties,” An Rushuang came up and said.

Haya stared at her blankly with her eyes wide open before she asked An Rushuang in surprise, “How did you know I come from Dongyi Kingdom?”

An Rushuang pointed at Haya’s slightly revealed wrist in smile. As Haya raised her hand, the little tinge of cyan on her wrist gradually developed into a wolf paw.

“In Dongyi Kingdom, all the people at the age of eight must get a tattoo, the so-called wolf print, on their left wrists, the nearest place to the heart,” An Rushuang smiled sweetly, “The girls’ wolf prints are good-looking, too.”

Wearing the traditional clothes of Nanqi Kingdom, Haya had never been recognized as a foreigner. But this girl, born and growing up at the aristocratic families who never allowed their daughters to show up in public, actually deduced that the cyan on her left wrist was the wolf print.

Haya raised her head, catching An Rushuang’s sparkling eyes. “Your eyes are so beautiful, just like the twinkling stars at the night I used to observe on the prairie!” Her praise was candid enough.

An Rushuang couldn’t help smiling.

Haya, with a tinge of grievance on her face, asked, “May I enjoy the peonies at a close distance? Your guards look so brutal...”

An Rushuang turned to look at Princess Anyang. There was a glimmer of smile on the their faces.

“Your Grace, since it’s the peonies enjoyment with all the citizens, we might as well withdraw the guards,” An Rushuang suggested.

“This is exactly what I thought.” Princess Anyang nodded.

As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Anyang commanded most of the guards to leave, only appointing several to protect the most valuable peonies.

The Flower Tower was very large, where emperor Shengzu used to enjoy flowers. Besides the places for flowers, the tower could still accommodate about a thousand people, a real wonder in the capital city.

Now, all the citizens gathering around were entering the tower one by one, including common people, noble princes, children, as well as seniors, all of whom would enjoy a feast for the eyes.

Stepping onto the stairs, Haya said in smile, “What a magnificent tower. I have watched a lot of attractive things in Nanqi Kingdom, especially the peonies, with the white ones like the blooms above the Tianshan Mountain, the red ones seeming to grow in fire, the purple ones impressing me most. How beautiful they are...”