#85 - Slap the whole audience
Ji Yinlan descended the nine steps, her every move watched intently.
No one knew what she intended to do; all eyes were fixed upon her.
Upon reaching the bottom, she gracefully turned, facing Jun Wuxie.
“What do you say?”
She smiled, a subtle curve of her lips, yet the impact it had on everyone present was unparalleled!
The Seventh Princess was smiling at Jun Wuxie!
People were dumbfounded.
Chu Zhongtian’s face instantly turned ashen, the veins in his neck throbbing visibly.
Jun Wuxie also smiled, a warm and radiant expression.
Amidst the gazes of the crowd, he stood up, left his seat, and walked towards Ji Yinlan.
At that moment, among the hundreds of people present, only the two of them became the sole focus.
He finally stopped before Ji Yinlan, a mere half-meter separating them.
The expressions on the faces of the crowd were fascinating, their lips twitching slightly.
They saw in Ji Yinlan's eyes a light they had never witnessed before – a joy, an anticipation.
When had the legendary commander of the Great Zhou army ever revealed such emotion in public?
She was composed, calm, collected, and wise.
Yet, at this moment, she seemed like a young girl experiencing the first stirrings of love.
Although she was indeed still a maiden, she had already accumulated a maturity beyond her years.
Chu Zhongtian’s eyes were bloodshot, his fists clenched, the veins in his neck bulging, his entire being radiating a murderous aura, the true energy within him beginning to overflow.
The Zhenguan General beside him tightly gripped his arm, signaling him to remain calm with his eyes.
“I am about to present my gift. If it is not to your liking, you must not dislike it,”
Jun Wuxie said with a smile, his words bringing people back to reality, reminding them of the gifts, and a look of mockery returned to their faces.
“Why are you dawdling? Quickly present your third-grade, middle-tier earrings and let us feast our eyes!”
Chu Zhongtian forcibly suppressed the raging flames of jealousy in his heart, speaking in a sarcastic tone.
Jun Wuxie ignored him, simply looking down at Ji Yinlan, a jade box appearing in his hand with a flash of light.
Many people's faces were filled with ridicule.
A pair of third-grade, middle-tier earrings, making such a grand display, as if it were something extremely rare.
The gifts presented by everyone today were all rare and precious items.
At that moment, Jun Wuxie slowly opened the box.
Instantly, a pink mist swirled, slowly rising and spreading.
Within the mist, petals of pink and white flowers, condensed from spiritual energy, danced and fluttered, enveloping him and Ji Yinlan in a shower of petals.
A refreshing fragrance permeated the air, making people feel refreshed and intoxicated.
“What is that?”
Someone exclaimed, realizing that something was amiss; the box definitely did not contain earrings.
Pairs of eyes became tense, staring intently at the jade box in Jun Wuxie’s hand.
Ji Yinlan looked down at the box, the faint smile on her face gradually turning into one of surprise, her alluring red lips slightly parted, her beautiful and bright eyes sparkling like stars.
When the jade box was completely opened, a pink and white flower bud was revealed before everyone’s eyes.
“That is…”
Someone's pupils constricted, their face filled with shock, seemingly unable to believe it.
Chu Zhongtian’s expression at that moment was as if he had licked a toilet, utterly indescribable.
The moment he saw the flower bud, he had a certain suspicion!
At that moment, Jun Wuxie took the flower bud out of the jade box.
The flower bud was very small, only the size of a thumb, the stem on the calyx only an inch long.
He picked up the flower bud, held it in front of Ji Yinlan, and gently blew on it.
Instantly, the flower bud bloomed against the wind, its petals unfurling.
As the petals bloomed, the overflowing mist became several times denser than before, and the number of spiritual energy flower petals within the mist also increased several times.
The rain of light mist flower petals quickly spread, enveloping the entire floating platform.
And Jun Wuxie and Ji Yinlan were standing in the center of the rain of light mist flower petals, where the rain of petals was the most beautiful.
“That is… a Rouge Bloom!”
Someone finally recognized it completely.
Instantly, there was a chorus of exclamations.
The Rouge Bloom that Jubaosai had put up for auction a few days ago!
The Rouge Bloom, which was sold for as much as 4.5 billion, was taken away by a mysterious person at the time.
No one had thought that this mysterious person would be Jun Wuxie!
At this moment, those who had ridiculed him before had their facial muscles twitching violently, and they all felt a burning sensation, as if they had been slapped hard in public.
“Impossible! How could it be?! It’s you! So it was you!” Chu Zhongtian instantly lost his composure, stood up abruptly, his face twisted, his body trembling with anger, and said in a cold voice, “It’s you! It was you!”
But no one paid attention to his hysteria; everyone’s eyes were focused on Jun Wuxie and Ji Yinlan.
This scene was truly too beautiful, so beautiful that it inexplicably gave people the feeling that they were a golden couple, a match made in heaven.
Although many people present were unwilling to admit it and unwilling to accept it, at this moment, facing such a scene, they subconsciously felt this way.
“Do you like it?”
Jun Wuxie held the Rouge Bloom and asked Ji Yinlan with a smile.
“I like it.”
Ji Yinlan smiled, her smile very sweet and radiant.
At that moment, Jun Wuxie glanced at Chu Zhongtian, who was in a state of rage, and said to Ji Yinlan, “A few days ago, Crown Prince Chu said that what you send doesn’t really matter, it depends on who sent it. Even if I give you the Rouge Bloom, you won’t even look at me.”
Upon hearing this, Chu Zhongtian was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
With a snap.
He crushed the wine glass in his hand into powder!
Jun Wuxie directly ignored the vomiting Chu Zhongtian, stared at Ji Yinlan and said, “Now, two gifts, you can only like one, is it the Xuanyin Flowing Glow Bracelet or this Rouge Bloom?”
“You really are angry.”
Ji Yinlan covered her mouth and chuckled.
At this moment, the palace maid who received the gifts glanced at Chu Zhongtian, whose face had turned liver-colored and whose eyes were bloodshot, secretly gritted her teeth, stepped forward, and reached out to take the box in Jun Wuxie’s hand, meaning that the gift had been viewed and should be put away so that the banquet could continue.
As soon as she approached, Jun Wuxie stretched out his finger and pressed it against her forehead, not even looking at her, casually pushing her aside and saying, “That bracelet…”
“I originally planned to give it to the subordinates in the army.”
“Then, shall I put the Rouge Bloom on for you?”
“Yes.”
Ji Yinlan nodded, a faint blush slowly appearing on her peerless face.
Jun Wuxie’s lips curled up slightly, carefully inserting the pink and white Rouge Bloom into her hair on the left side, making her look a bit more charming.
The crowd opened their mouths wide, their eyeballs almost falling to the ground.
“Brother-in-law, so the fellow in Box Two was you! You really tricked me!”
The Eighth Prince arrived late, just in time to see this scene.
The words “brother-in-law” were shocking, causing everyone to be stunned and amazed.
Even the Emperor Ji Liufeng on the high platform was dumbfounded.
When Ji Yinlan heard her younger brother address Jun Wuxie in this way, her beautiful cheeks instantly flushed red, and she bit her lip and glared at the Eighth Prince.
Her heart was beating fast.
This was the second time in eighteen years that she had experienced this wonderful feeling of panic and confusion.
The first time was by the Maple Lake.
Over the years, she had never given men any kind words, but she also harbored the longing of a maiden in her heart.
She had also fantasized about the scenes that every girl would fantasize about.
Today, this young man, who was a year younger than her, fulfilled her maiden dream.
At the moment when the Rouge Bloom rain was falling.
She knew that she had completely fallen, completely defenseless.
Without knowing when, this young man had quietly left a shadow in her heart.
His confidence, his strength, his resilience, his talent, his fearlessness, all made her admire him from the bottom of her heart.
Until this moment, this young man had taken root in her world, and from then on, her heart and eyes were filled with him.
Like his eyes at this moment, reflected in his pupils, she was the only scenery.
“Jun Wuxie! I hereby challenge you, do you dare to accept?!”
An angry roar interrupted the beautiful atmosphere.
Chu Zhongtian was like a beast about to go berserk, his cold eyes staring fixedly at Jun Wuxie, his murderous intent rolling, causing the temperature on the entire floating platform to plummet.
