Chapter 668: Are You a Monkey Someone Invited? (3)
No one was allowed to criticize Shen Yanxiao in front of him and at that moment, killing intent surged in his heart.
But suddenly, Shen Yanxiao held onto Lan Fengli’s hand and pulled him back.
“Sister?” Lan Fengli looked at her in confusion.
Shen Yanxiao shook her head.
“It’s getting late. I believe the envoy, Your Highness and the state teacher must be tired from the long journey. I’ll send someone to prepare some food. You can take a rest inside,” Shen Yanxiao smiled and said.
Li Qi was satisfied with Shen Yanxiao’s obedience. Only an obedient city lord would allow the Emperor’s plan to proceed smoothly.
He nodded and immediately changed his att.i.tude to a follower as he spoke to Long Yue and Pei Yuan in a fawning tone, “Your Highness, the state teacher, let’s go inside and rest.”
Long Yue seemed to be in a trance as he did not hear what Li Qi said. He merely nodded at random.
Pei Yuan had no objections and merely looked at Shen Yanxiao thoughtfully. She was different from the stupid Li Qi. Shen Yanxiao’s concession gave Pei Yuan an impression that she was not simple.
Regardless of her own abilities, her composure was already far beyond people her age.
Pei Yuan had heard Li Qi’s earlier words. Even though he was being unreasonable, Pei Yuan did not find that to be a problem as Li Qi was someone on the Emperor’s side. However, when Li Qi irresponsibly criticized her lack of upbringing, he had involved her parents.
In the case of an ordinary youth, they would have already flown into a fit of rage regardless of how good of a temper they had. Even if they did not answer back, it was absolutely impossible for them to respond with a smile.
However, Shen Yanxiao had been very calm throughout the entire exchange. No matter how ugly Li Qi’s words were, she did not respond aggressively in the slightest, and a faint smile could always be seen on her face that made it hard to see through her.
Pei Yuan was surprised by her calm composure. He had observed countless people in the court, and there were few who he could not see through. Yet, he was unable to determine if she indeed possessed a weak temperament or there was something else going on.
When Shen Yanxiao mentioned that she would prepare food, it was merely some ordinary dry rations. These rations were the easiest to store and fill one’s stomach. Before she came to the city, she had very realistically decided what food to bring, and as for those chicken, duck or fish, there were definitely no such things here.
When he saw a table filled with buns, Li Qi’s lips twitched uncontrollably.
That little kid dared to make a fool of him?
Was the food on the table even fit for human consumption?
“Go and get your city lord!” Li Qi’s expression was extremely ugly. It seemed like he had to teach that brat a lesson and tell her what was required to serve people of high status!
The one who attended Li Qi’s group was a high-ranked demon in human form. This demon had finally accepted humans after great difficulty but even then, he disliked the group of humans who had just entered the city.
But due to Shen Yanxiao’s orders, he could not act rashly and merely clicked his touch and left.
However, Pei Yuan’s gaze revealed traces of doubt.
“What is this trash? Are they even fit for human consumption? Shen Yanxiao is ultimately someone of the Vermilion Bird Family and yet she dares to make fun of us like this? I can bear this anger, but can Your Highness bear with such disrespect?” Li Qi could not possibly dare to be too arrogant before Long Yue and Pei Yuan and so, he could only push it on Long Yue.
Long Yue blanked out momentarily. When he looked at Li Qi’s ugly expression, he was baffled.
“What did you say?”
The prince had been in a daze since the moment they met Shen Yanxiao, so he had not heard a single word Li Qi had said!