PRECIOUS PRINCESS

SEVENTY FOUR

"Damn, if this is how I can lose" he growled at himself.

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The next day after breakfast with the whole crowd then entered the main hall. Xiao Xi felt that she had already lost because she only had about twenty-five people backing her yesterday yet Xuan Lan still hadn't discussed about the bet yesterday.

Prince Xian who was so fed up with Xiao Xi that he had always made trouble with his beloved sister directly asked Xuan Lan yesterday's bet before the entire crowd.

"Lan'er, how about yesterday?" prince Xian asked the point.

Xuan Lan looked at prince Xian, he smiled at him before answering the question given to him.

"What if it's after the emperor's birthday party? I don't want to ruin Emperor Xiao's happy day because his beloved daughter fought with me" he said.

The whispers from Xiao Xi's supporters began to spew.

"Most he's buying time to get more people together"

"True, always making it up"

"Princess Xuan Lan seems to want to cheat"

Such were the whispers of Xiao Xi's supporters. They were even already very confident that Xiao Xi would win this bet because Xiao Xi was the emperor's favorite daughter and Xuan Lan's daughter was the emperor's unwanted daughter, so the emperor would definitely do anything to win over Xiao Xi right?

While Xiao Xi felt a breath of fresh air. He still had the chance to meet the person he was looking for yesterday and he was sure that his mother could definitely help him find people so that he could win over Xuan Lan.

Today's show is a talent show by the princesses. The princesses were very excited because in this way they could attract the attention of the princes as well as the ministers and the young generals. A golden opportunity like this should be done as well as possible.

The princesses who showed their talent would get a reward from emperor Xiao, the, the minimum they would get was ten gold coins and the maximum was a hundred gold coins depending on emperor Xiao who liked their show or not.

The first talent show was performed by the crown princess of the Zhong empire. It dances weakly which makes the dance even more beautiful. Emperor Xiao liked it, he gave fifty gold coins to imperial crown princess Zhong.

"Thank you Emperor, may you live a long life" said Zhong Mei's daughter.

"Yes, Zhen thanked you for your prayers" said emperor Xiao with a smile.

His next talent appearance was from a princess in the Tang empire. He chose to sing with his distinctive clutch that made anyone would be amazed by his voice. Emperor Xiao gave seventy gold coins to Tang Wei's daughter. Princess Tang Wei then thanked him and did not forget to give happiness words to the emperor.

The princess's appearance continued until it finally came to a close when Xiao Xi showed her talent. He chose to show his dancing talent. It is recognized by everyone that Xiao Xi dance is indeed very beautiful, it is all because of the descendants of her mother, Empress Juan who was once the greatest dancer of her time.

Empress Juan looked at her daughter with a fluffy smile, she was so proud of her daughter that she inherited her talent as a dancer. Emperor Xiao was already unable to hold back his smile anymore, he was extremely proud of Xiao Xi let alone the gaze of admiration given to Xiao Xi further delighted him.

Emperor Xiao then gave ninety gold coins to Xiao Xi.

"Thank you, may the emperor live a long life" Xiao Xi said, made as sweet as possible.

"Yes, thank you my daughter" Emperor Xiao said with a smile.

"Emperor, but there are three princesses who have yet to show their talent. I heard that the three of them are very good at collaborating" Xiao Xi said as she glanced at the three people who were eating without paying attention to their surroundings.

"really?" emperor Xiao asked following Xiao Xi's gaze. It turned out that what Xiao Xi meant was Xuan Lan, Wang Yu Yan and Jiang Yuan. Emperor Xiao knew that the three of them could not dance or sing like the girls. They preferred fighting and martial arts, the emperor did not want to humiliate them.

"Not per-" the emperor's words were cut off when Xiao Xi had already summoned the three people.

The one who was summoned only raised his head while eating his food.

"What?" wang Yu Yan asked.

"You guys!" it was Xiao Xi who felt disrespected.

"Today is a talent show by the princesses and you must show your talent" Xiao Xi said with a haughty smile.

"You said we'd look really good if we collaborated, right?" xuan Lan asked as she pointed at Xiao Xi with her chopsticks.

"Yes" Xiao Xi said briefly.

"Where do you know if we'd look great collaborating when we haven't collaborated?" asked Xuan Lan while frowning.

Xiao Xi became stammered. From his body shows if he is thinking something very hard so as not to be embarrassed.

"Because you look very compact when together especially if you only show talent like this" said Xiao Xi.

Xuan Lan, Jiang Yuan and Wang Yu Yan only smiled faintly upon hearing Xiao Xi's remark.

"Do you know if we can't dance or sing?" jiang Yuan asked while raising one of his eyebrows.

"Don't make things up. I don't even know anything about you guys" Xiao Xi denied.

"You admit yourself that if you don't know anything about us then why can you say that we'll look great when we collaborate?" w.a.n.g Yu Yan asked with a cynical smile.

"I-I don't-no" Xiao Xi said, she couldn't dodge the fact that Wang Yu Yan had already revealed.

"It's Xiao Xi. If you want to humiliate people, see who that person is. If he is smarter than you should be you better be quiet and not look for trouble with him" Xuan Lan said with a mocking smile.

"You're saying I'm stupid?" xiao Xi asked emotion.

"I'm just saying if there's someone smarter than you, you yourself saying you're stupid isn't me" Xuan Lan said.

"You can't force us to show our talent either" he added.

"Why? This is Emperor Xiao's birthday, you must respect him" Xiao Xi said.

"Yes, it is indeed Emperor Xiao's birthday but you guys still can't force us to show our talent" Xuan Lan said.

"Why?" snarled Xiao Xi.

"Because you know that if I was the first princess of the Li empire, Yu Yan was the first princess of the Wang empire and Jiang Yuan was the only daughter of the general Jiang Cheng. Don't let it be just because a small matter like this becomes a big war, Xiao Xi" Xuan Lan said with a grin.

Xiao Xi clenched her hands holding back the anger that was bubbling within her body. He then turned around leaving the three of them with a sense of shame that spread throughout his body.

Xuan Lan, Wang Yu Yan and Jiang Yuan only smiled faintly. There was no way their father would do such a crazy thing just because of a trivial matter. They would choose to settle this matter properly with emperor Xiao so that he would not force his daughters to show their talent.

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