The Flower Of War
Chapter 38: Comparable Opponents
Yiu chose to quietly listen to the interaction between Prince Liu Yu and Emperor Wang who continued to discuss things, with a cold face mixed with annoyance and the view remained straight forward.
Only because his father had greater power until he was treated with so much respect that even his position was considered equal to the Emperor. This world is just as strange!
Emperor Wang, "I will take care of everything as soon as possible and also this wedding party will be very luxurious and held three days and three nights, Prince!"
Yiu instantly choked on the air ...
Prince Liu Yu pulled both of his lips and lowered his head while lowering his eyelashes slightly, "There's no need to rush, Your Majesty, please, the most important thing is that the preparation of this marriage must be mature and the scenario is detailed so as not to be mistaken for anything and all this must be carefully thought out, sorry if this is very troublesome Your Majesty. But if I can be honest, I think the most important thing is the closeness that must be created between us."
Prince Liu Yu turned his head gently to look at the annoyed face of Yiu who still had not looked back at him not even listening to what they had been talking about since then and was busy with his own thoughts.
Either got the feeling in the face from where Yiu finally turned his head and his manic met with Liu Yu's bead, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?!"
Emperor Wang immediately interrupted, "A-Ying! Don't be disrespectful!"
Liu Yu turned his head to face Emperor Wang, "What's wrong .. we're not too close. I'm the one who's too presumptuous."
Emperor Wang, "No no! My daughter has been too sensitive lately. Ah yes, for just now it was not at all troublesome .... Anyway I did it with pleasure hahaha .... Sorry, but Prince. I have to go take care of everything else so I can't stay here for long and have to leave you. A-Ying please accompany Prince Liu Yu to talk and also take him around."
Once again Yiu choked on the air ...
Emperor Wang stood in follow with Prince Liu Yu and Yiu who then bowed respectfully to Emperor Wang who nodded briefly before stepping out of Shanliang Hall.
Yiu was still staring blankly at the place where Emperor Wang's shadow had already disappeared behind the wall, still hoping all this was just his wild imagination before a low voice belonging to Prince Liu Yu pulled himself back to the bitter reality.
Prince Li Yiu smiled then lowered his head slightly with his open left hand pointing forward-letting Yiu walk first-.
"Daughter Ying? Let's." Let's."
Yiu nodded slowly and walked hand in hand with Prince Liu Yu towards the exit of Shanliang Hall and turned towards the corridor which on his left right side was a bed of plants of various types of flowers that were soothing to the eyes.
"I heard the princess is very fond of martial arts and adept at using weapons, is that true?"
Yiu turned his head slightly still with his flat face, "I'm not proficient just I like it."
Prince Liu Yu's gaze softened then smiled and revealed his dimples before opening one of his palms closer towards Yiu, "We like the same thing, Princess ... So will the princess sword fight with me?"
Yiu only glanced at the open palm coldly and smiled stiffly as he lowered his head slowly as if unwillingly welcoming Prince Liu Yu's hand, "Happyly, Prince."
Prince Liu Yu smiled again as he pulled his right hand and opened his left hand towards the front with his body slightly lowered, "Let's Princess."
Yiu who was still expressionless again walked hand in hand with Prince Liu Yu towards the warrior training field.
Now Yiu had changed his clothes into clothes that he always wore while practicing - a pair of light armor and with arms tied by a bundle of rope. Then he walked to the middle of the training field with his sword from his father which he named the blood river sword.
In the middle of the field, Prince Liu Yu was already standing full of elegance with both hands in front resting on his sword that stuck on the ground.
She looked very graceful under the scorching sun with her sweet smile that somehow could not ignore her appearance and the bead that stared gently at Yiu.
The tip of her clothes and dark black hair wagoned gently in the afternoon breeze, making her look like a true beauty that was enough to make everyone secretly admire her majestic look.
Yiu and Prince Liu Yu stood face to face with a considerable distance between the two, the beads of the two met and fell silent for quite a while until a firm and vigorous voice interrupted the movements of the two.
Yiu always chose to attack first, he moved forward and unsheathed his sword skillfully towards Prince Liu Yu, the swords the two met creating a loud sound of fierce iron clashing.
"Your sword skills turned out to be quite remarkable, Princess. I'm so not so surprised to hear you got the title of Nine Heavens Goddess."
Prince Liu Yu spoke as he continued to launch his attacks towards Yiu at a speed that had deceived Yiu's eyes.
"Huh ... You're too much in praise, Prince."
It was only this first time that he met a swordsman who was as strong and tough as Prince Liu Yu.
His movements were fast and killing, making Yiu briefly overwhelmed for a moment. If Yiu lost his focus for just a second maybe he would already get some deep scratches.
The clangs of the sword continued to sound nonstop until the entire corner of the field could probably hear the noise.
The two fought quite fiercely on the training field with the dominant Yiu feeling cornered and taking a few steps back even he almost hit the tree behind him if he did not immediately realize the existence of the tree.
Yiu's right foot quickly retraced onto the tree trunk and in a single move he did a back flip making his second position now turn around with Prince Liu Yu now cornered on the sizable tree.
Yiu launched a slash rapidly towards the stomach but his movements quickly read Prince Liu Yu.
The same second Prince Liu Yu lowered his head and immediately stepped forward into the gap on Yiu's left side then was about to attack from close range.
Yiu who realized Prince Liu Yu escaped his attack without a second thought immediately turned around and subconsciously his body clasped with Prince Liu Yu's right shoulder and his tripping leg at the same time made Yiu lost balance and fell to the left.
But before his back touched the ground, a hand that turned out to be the left hand of Prince Liu Yu had swiftly caught his back first.
Yiu was still not aware of the situation now, the beads of the two met each other long enough in silence that accompanied the two who were now both in a sculpting position without them noticing, immersed in a single chaotic thought.
Not long after a loud applause and cheerful cheers rang out from the distance making Yiu and Prince Liu Yu wake up from their respective daydreams and immediately stand up straight to look in the direction sound source.
Across the training field stood a few men and women who looked like they were engrossed in watching Yiu and Prince Liu Yu fight.
In the front row is seen a servant who is engrossed in applause while occasionally cheering 'great' or 'daughter and prince is really amazing!' yiu and Prince Liu Yu.
The servant's face was very familiar to Yiu, who else if not Chichi.
Yiu looks like he wants to strangle this one 'beloved' servant and intends to go to him first to immediately scold him all out for making him lose face.
Just a step away he walked Prince Liu Yu to call him and the call successfully made Yiu stop his movement leaving him with no other choice but to turn to face Prince Liu Yu with an expression that was hard to decipher.
"Daughter Ying ... Please calm down, don't scold them, they just want to see us fight. That doesn't hurt, does it? You better rest first you must be tired now after fighting."
Yiu smiled slightly forcefully as he scratched the back of his non-itchy neck, "Alright then I say goodbye, Prince."
After that Yiu walked out of the field with his usual cold face, before long Chichi followed him silently behind him.
Arriving at Yiu in his pavilion he immediately sat himself with a 'bruck' voice on the chair with his tired face.
"You must be tired, Princess .... I'll serve you some tea soon."
Chichi poured the tea into a small cup on the table and was quickly drunk by Yiu before returning to pour tea from the teapot in his hand while speaking, "Daughter can I ask? Was the prince you fought with earlier Prince Liu Yu? Princess master's fiancee?"
Yiu leaned his back on the back of the chair while turning his panted eyeballs and replied 'hm' lazily. Chichi's smile grew more and more and he seemed to look more and more pleased and spoke longer, "Right, Princess? Wahh you are so lucky to get a handsome fiancee Prince Liu Yu, Princess! He was very handsome and also very skilled in sword even almost all the servants in the palace secretly admired his good looks, ahh you are very lucky and you guys are very suitable especially when Prince Liu Yu caught your body that will fall earlier aaa he is very attentive to the princess and also very romantic, ahhh you're so lucky princess survived!"
Yiu sipped the tea with one gulp and tossed his cup onto the table with a loud 'no' sound made Chichi immediately speechless in surprise.
"You're so noisy, aren't you?! Can't you just keep your duck's mouth shut for a second?! My head is so dizzy to hear your rant you know!"
Chi chi immediately lowered his head in lethargy, the smile that had momentarily expanded so clearly now in the blink of an eye disappeared replaced with a sullen face tending to fear, "I'm sorry, Princess. I was too happy when I knew the princess would marry a very handsome prince and come from a big kingdom, that's all."
Yiu's heart softened, he immediately let out a long rough breath, "Huhhh forget that now I'm so tired and sweaty quickly prepare my bath water."
Chichi looked up and smiled again as he nodded quickly and excitedly before going to prepare the bath water for Yiu, leaving Yiu sitting while massaging his temple, "Huh why do I keep making mistakes today."
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