PRECIOUS PRINCESS

SEVENTEEN

"Let it be, a brash man should have uncle's teaching. If he is hungry he will ask for himself, look he is still silent means he is full" Xiao Lan said while eating his food while the others just stared concernedly at the general,

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After he finished eating everyone out of the room and the arrogant general was still silent when he was very hungry, he looked at the dining table turned out there was not a grain of rice on the table. He let out a rough sigh, as he wanted to stand up he was surprised instead of playing because Xiao Lan was already in front of him and carrying a plate of food, he said,

"Eat, I don't want you to faint and trouble me and my family" Xiao Lan said flatly and placed the plate beside the general and left, the general gawked he thought the little girl would torture him by not feeding him dinner it was beyond his expectations even though the girl's words were a little painful he then ate a plate of rice and side dishes earlier devouringly.

Currently Xiao Lan was training alone because her aunt was too tired to cook food for many people while uncle Tae and uncle Tao were not wanting to practice because they were still in mourning over the death of the healer Bao. Xiao Lan only focused on practicing he was unaware that many eyes were watching him,

"Hey you I want to fight you. What's yourname?" ask someone who is none other than the crown prince of the Li empire,

"Xuan Lan" he said that because it was impossible for him to divulge his identity as Xiao Lan, what the world said if Xiao Lan was being exiled whereas in his empire he was said to be in a severe pain, he was in a terrible state,

Without Xiao Lan's cue to attack the imperial crown prince Li, the crown prince was shocked but could still control himself from falling over,

"You cheated!" the crown prince was upset,

"There's no cheating word in the match, crown prince"

They continued their fight. If seen they are equally strong even though the princes of the Li empire are predicted as the strongest princes in the entire empire. One more step and the brugg crown prince Li Xian collapsed due to Xiao Lan's attack. The one who saw them gaping could not believe how a little girl could defeat the most powerful crown prince Li Xian. Xiao Lan immediately went from that place towards his bath he felt quite the practice when defeating the Li Xian prince due to their almost equal exertion.

At night they all gathered in front of the hut and started a fire. It was because of the idea of Xiao Lan wanting to eat the burnt food. He had also told his uncle and aunt that for the time being his name was Xuan Lan they also understood the reason while the general and his men were confused because they had heard uncle Tae calling a little girl it was called Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan dodged the reason if they still thought of him as a child because the word 'Xiao' means small in Chinese, they also understood Xiao Lan's explanation.

Xiao Lan was burning bamboo which in it already contained rice as well as side dishes. He misses the grilled rice he once ate while eating at a restaurant. The smoke billowing over his head the smell of burnt bamboo increased with the fragrance of the spices present in it made anyone drool. After it was considered ripe Xiao Lan split the bamboo earlier and opened the banana leaves that were used as a cover for rice and side dishes. They ate with the full moon and the stars scattered in the beautiful sky that night,

"It's so delicious Lan'er, where did you get the idea of cooking food like this?" asked the emperor Li curiously,

Casually Xiao Lan replied, "Either uncle of the emperor, I just dabbled in it. But do you know what makes this better?" they all shook their heads not knowing the answer to Xiao Lan's question,

"What makes this even more palatable and special is the togetherness" Xiao Lan said smilingly, they realized that they were eating together without being separated by status, the emperor who heard him was also stunned he had only first eaten with this kind of comfort probably because he gave up his status for a moment as emperor and ate with the soldiers as well as people he did not know, perhaps because he gave up his status for a while as emperor,

Xiao Lan poked her lips, "Don't want you to be able to practice by yourself, I also practice by myself every day"

"You are the stingy master of Xuan Lan" said Prince Li Xian,

"No I have never been stingy to anyone" Xiao Lan said, dismissing the crown prince's remarks,

"really?"

"Of course"

"What if you renege on what you say?"

"No way" Xiao Lan said confidently before she regretted and wanted to pull her words back,

"Well then you will teach me tomorrow because you are not stingy" he said and left them all inside,

Xiao Lan almost choked on how could he be fooled by that cunning prince Li Xian,

"Syly base" Xiao Lan said in her heart.

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