Chapter 14 - Crown Prince, have mercyWith a low shout from Xiang Yun, he gathered all the strength in his body into his palm and suddenly slammed it down onto the surface of the table made of Pear Blossom Tree!
"Bam!"
There was only the sound of a solid thud, and Xiang Yun"s originally solemn expression suddenly froze. His straight body shook as though he had been electrocuted, and the expression on his face instantly became marvelous. His expression started to turn red, his cheeks bulging like a frog in a field!"Wow!"
Even at the end, Xiang Yun was still unable to endure the excruciating pain in his hands. He retracted his hand from the table and hugged it, gasping for air as he jumped up and down the room like a monkey whose hand had been burned.
"Prince, Prince, what"s wrong?" At this time, the two maids that were waiting outside heard the commotion and hurriedly ran out of the room to ask.
"Ouch!"What replied them was still Xiang Yun"s uncontrollable, blood-curdling scream.
"Crown Prince!"
The two maidservants thought that Xiang Yun had met with some danger, but could not care that much, and pushed open the door to enter. The two maidservants thought that Xiang Yun had encountered some danger, and could not care that much, and pushed open the door to enter.
"Prince, what happened to you? Was there an a.s.sa.s.sin in the room?" The two maids cautiously scanned the Crown Prince"s room, but didn"t find any a.s.sa.s.sins. After all, there were many masters within the Crown Prince"s Palace. It wouldn"t be easy for an a.s.sa.s.sin to sneak in.
At this time, Xiang Yun had finally eased the pain in his hand. Looking at his red, slightly swollen hand, and then looking at the motionless square table, a sense of ill will rose in his heart!
"Hurry up and get someone to bring out this broken table and smash it!" Xiang Yun pointed at the long table and instructed the two maidservants!
"What?" The two maidservants had clearly yet to react as they turned to look at Xiang Yun, thinking that they had heard wrongly."Crown Prince, are you saying that you want to throw this table away?"
"Hmph, not throw it away, just take it out and smash it!" What a c.r.a.ppy thing! The quality is too poor! "This square table had caused him so much suffering that it would be hard for him to quell the hatred in his heart if he did not smash it.
However, the two maidservants were somewhat puzzled by Xiang Yun"s words.
One of them, who had two ponytails on her head and seemed to be an honest looking maid, murmured submissively, "This table is made of iron and pear wood from the country of Lu Ban in the north. It"s of good quality, how is it broken?"This maidservant was clearly mumbling to herself, not intending to let Xiang Yun hear her, not daring to do so. However, for some reason, Heir Xiang, who used to be in a state where he was out of body and his eyes and nose were abnormally dull, had an exceptionally good ear today.
"What were you talking about?" Xiang Yun suddenly said as he stared at the maidservant.
"I …" The maidservant had not expected that the Crown Prince would hear her say something so casually, thinking that Xiang Yun was going to hold her accountable. The maidservant was so frightened that her legs instantly went limp, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing as if she was pounding garlic. "Your servant didn"t say anything, she didn"t. Please, please have mercy on her!"
Master Xiang"s popinjay was known throughout the entire Wind Cloud Country, not to mention the servants he spent most of their time with. This maid was well aware of his strange temper.
If Heir Xiang was in a bad mood, he would have to punish her. Beautiful maidservants could be punished slightly, but pretty maidservants like her would inevitably be whipped a dozen times and suffer quite a bit of physical pain. Thus, this maidservant was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
However, the maid"s actions caused Xiang Yun to jump in fright. The latter looked at the maid who was kowtowing on the ground and quickly stopped her with a bitter smile, "What are you doing? You didn"t do anything wrong, how could I have taken your life?"When Xiang Yun said this, he wore a harmless expression, afraid that he would scare this young maid who did not seem to be more than fifteen or sixteen years old. In his previous life, the latter had been a high school student cared for by her parents.
However, the moment Xiang Yun"s harmless, benevolent expression and soft words left his mouth, the maidservant who had been kowtowing slightly paused for a moment before stopping in her tracks. She then raised her head and looked Xiang Yun in the eye.The servant girl"s body suddenly stiffened as a look of extreme fear appeared on her face. Her face was pale as she tremblingly spoke.
"Crown Prince, I am only fifteen years old, and I haven"t even gone through my teens yet. Please do me a favor and let me go. Leave me a clean body!" An ancient woman at the age of sixteen was called the jade-green age, which meant that she had broken through the jade-green age and was also known as the initial division of the character of a melon.
Hearing the maid"s words, Xiang Yun almost fell headfirst onto the floor, fainting. He was a young man of great development in the 21st century, but he was actually kind enough to comfort a young lady. The young lady had actually taken his friendly expression to be a disguise of a wolf, thinking that he was going to sully her innocence.
Although Xiang Yun was extremely speechless, he also knew that the reason for this misunderstanding was due to Master Xiang"s unbridled actions of a popinjay. These maids were all afraid of him, afraid that he would taint them and throw them outside the residence.
When the maidservant saw that Xiang Yun had a very good temperament and did not punish her, and had even revealed a friendly expression, she immediately felt that the latter had evil intentions. It was probably because he wanted to sully her body that she had been frightened into incoherent speech.
In the end, he could only frown and feign a fierce expression as he said, "d.a.m.ned girl, I"ve said that I would not take your life. If you dare to cry and make a ruckus again, I"ll sell you to the Phoenix Pavilion and have you become a little courtesan."
Upon hearing that Xiang Yun was going to sell her to the brothel, the young maid was so frightened that her heart immediately trembled. How could she dare to cry? With a speed that shocked Xiang Yun, she wiped the tears from her eyes and knelt down, staring at Xiang Yun with an obedient expression, as if she was waiting for her master to decide her fate.
"Little girl, I"m asking you. You were talking about the origins of the table just now. What Lu Ban Country? Ironstone Wood? I didn"t hear it clearly. Tell me more about it." Xiang Yun saw that the maid"s emotions had stabilized, so he asked.When the servant girl heard this, she carefully replied, "Reporting to the crown prince, Lu Ban is one of the thirteen Subordinate Countries of our Wind and Cloud Country, and all of us are skilled in wood carving and stone inscriptions, and each of them is a master craftsman. Their family"s special product is iron and pear wood, and this kind of wood is hard like iron and beautiful, and it also has a faint fragrance, making it very magical for one to calm down."
"Lu Ban"s people use "Iron Pear Wood" to make good wooden tools, and even weapons. Since there are very few Iron Pear Wood, almost all of the people who can use the equipment made by Iron Pear Wood in Lu Ban Country are royals and n.o.bles of their country."
"Oh, you"re saying that the table in my room was made from Luban Country"s iron pear wood?" Xiang Yun asked, pointing at the square table."Yes, Your Highness. The "Golden Silk Iron Pear Wood" in your room is the highest quality wood in the country of Ruban. Ordinary people would not be damaged even if they were to smash it with all their might. Only warriors can leave their marks on it."
As the servant girl of the crown prince"s residence, she actually had some knowledge and was able to clearly understand the origins of this table.
Hearing the maid"s words, Xiang Yun immediately understood in his heart. No wonder a moment ago, with a single slap of his own, he had actually swollen his hand. This wooden table was even harder than steel.
"Your Highness, since you don"t like this table, let"s get someone to bring him out and smash him." When the maidservant saw Xiang Yun"s expression change, her heart began beating frantically like a drum. She was afraid that this crown prince would flare up, so she wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Who knew that as soon as he said this, Xiang Yun would wave his hand to stop the two maidservants, "Hey, why are you smashing it? Isn"t it a pity to smash such a good thing?" "My Crown Prince"s Palace is very prosperous, and has so many people to support. It"s best to save some money."Hearing Xiang Yun"s words, the two maidservants were stunned into a daze, unable to react for some time. The two of them looked at Xiang Yun as if they had seen the greatest miracle in the world!
"Heavens, Master Xiang actually said that he had to be careful. Am I dreaming!?" These were the thoughts in the two maids" hearts!
As long as he was willing, even if he offered ten thousand taels of gold to buy a handkerchief and gift it to the Courtesan Belle of the Exquisite Pavilion, he would still smile and toss it away, as if he had thrown out a sack of straw.
A wandering poet who had once come to Qin Feng City in the prime of his youth had personally witnessed Master Xiang"s spirit of throwing away ten thousand taels of gold. He had even written a poem specifically for him.That was, to rise high in the air and lead the waters from a distance. Dung as gold, or not extravagant ". What he was talking about was how rich and powerful this Master Xiang was, and how rough he was! This poem was once praised by the people of Windy City or even the Windy Nation.
However, this poem had not been praised by anyone since half a year ago, when Master Xiang had left for Dragon City. It wasn"t that he had changed, but rather that this poem could no longer describe his extravagant bearing.
This was because Xiang Yun had done something that shook the entire nation in Dragon City. That was, he had encountered Jin Wanjin, the only son of Jin Yuqing, who was known as the number one brothel in the world, the number one tyc.o.o.n in the entire Wind Cloud Country!
One was the son of the richest man in the world, the other was the son of the number one margravine king in the world, both of them had extremely high statuses. The two of them had met in the Drunken Life Tower in order to compete for the chance to be the guest of the number one courtesan, Feng Luan.
However, Master Xiang gave a faint smile and waved his hand, saying, "This method is too vulgar. Someone is ordered to bring in two thousand pound cauldrons, fill the cauldrons with ice, and set up a fire brazier with a radius of ten meters beneath it!"
Then he turned to Jin Wanzhong and said, "Water has no fire, and it"s difficult to find wood here. How about we use a thousand taels of silver as the minimum limit and light it as firewood to see who will first burn these ice cubes into boiling water, and who will be Miss Luan"s guest for the show?"As a result, a world-shocking event had occurred at the Drunken Life Tower. No one knew how much of the banknotes Master Xiang and Young Master Jin had burned that day, or whether it was tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver!
They only knew that the Wind Cloud Bank, known as the Imperial Capital"s Second National Treasury that day, had actually emptied all of the stored banknotes. In the end, Master Xiang had taken the lead and boiled the boiling water in the cauldron, becoming the guest of entry for Miss Feng Luan, while the son of the wealthiest, Jin Wanzhong, had dejectedly left Dragon City.
He had been prepared to pluck the fruits of his victory and move to Lady Luan Feng"s side room. Unexpectedly, the Prince personally sent someone to escort him back to Silver City, but before the latter could even touch Lady Luan Feng"s hand, he was sent back to Silver City bound by all sorts of restrictions. This truly broke everyone"s gla.s.ses!
Although the latter didn"t manage to bring back a beauty, his" burning money to cook the cauldron "feat had shaken the entire Windcloud Nation. The t.i.tle of the most extravagant playboy under the heavens, Master Xiang, had spread throughout the entire nation!It was also because of this that the two maidservants thought they had been hallucinating when Xiang Yun suddenly said something about saving money. Obediently, Master Xiang would actually save. It would be more accurate to say that the old sow would be able to climb the tree.