54: Chapter 54: Marry a princess?

King Chu regained his senses and looked at Chu Yue, his eyes full of paternal love. "Yue'er, do you like that boy Jiang Xuan?"

Hearing this, a trace of panic flashed in Chu Yue's tear-stained eyes. "Do I like him?" She didn't know. It was just that Jiang Xuan's figure often appeared in her mind.

She didn't answer King Chu, lowered her head, and tightly clutched the corner of her clothes, at a loss.

Seeing her daughter's appearance, King Chu understood. Then he smiled bitterly in his heart, "Alas, it seems the flowers are willing, but the stream is unfeeling."

He knew Jiang Xuan quite well; he was single-minded in his Cultivation and had no thoughts of romantic love.

"Never mind, no matter what, I have to try."

Thinking of this, he shouted towards outside the main hall, "Someone!" Immediately, a eunuch walked in.

"Go and invite Jiang Xuan. Tell him this King has important matters to discuss."

"Yes!"

When Chu Yue heard that Jiang Xuan was to be called, her heart immediately tensed. "Father, why are you calling Jiang Xuan? It can't be...?"

Her small Face flushed, and she dared not think further.

Chu Junlin stepped forward, "Father, are you placing your hope on Jiang Xuan?"

King Chu nodded, "Besides this, there is no other way."

Chu Junlin understood. "Yes, this is the only way." With Jiang Xuan's Genius, he would surely be chosen by the Holy Land. By then, Xia Wudao, constrained by the Holy Land's prestige, would not dare to act recklessly.

If Jiang Xuan was fortunate enough to be valued by the Holy Land's high-ranking officials, then the Dynasty's current predicament would be no issue at all.

They would no longer have to fear Xia Wudao's retaliation.

"It's just..." Chu Junlin hesitated.

"Are you trying to say that Jiang Xuan might not be willing to help?"

Chu Junlin nodded. The other party was an Imperial Dynasty after all, and it was understandable if Jiang Xuan didn't want to offend him.

Moreover, the relationship between their Great Li Dynasty royal family and Jiang Xuan didn't seem to be at a point where he would rather offend Great Xia to help Great Li.

"At this point, we can only take it one step at a time. If Jiang Xuan agrees, that's for the best. If he doesn't, then it is the fate of our Great Li."

"By then... even if we fight until the last person of the royal family, no one will be allowed to force Yue'er to do what she doesn't want to do!" King Chu's expression was resolute, displaying his kingly Qi.

Chu Junlin's eyes were filled with admiration. "This is my father, the King of Great Li!" He secretly vowed in his heart, "Don't worry, Father. If that day truly comes, your son will fight alongside you!"

At the Wang family's separate courtyard, Jiang Xuan's residence, as soon as he returned, Jiang Xuan saw a person dressed as a eunuch waiting for him at the door.

Seeing Jiang Xuan return, the eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Young Master Jiang, His Majesty has summoned you to the palace."

In front of Jiang Xuan, he dared not put on any airs. This person before him was now a celebrity of Great Li, a unique existence.

If he were to become a Holy Land Disciple in the future, his status would be above Great Li.

Hearing the eunuch's words, Jiang Xuan was puzzled. "Two mysterious people just went to the capital. Now I'm being called into the palace. Is there some connection?"

Jiang Xuan looked at the eunuch, "Do you know why His Majesty has called me, Eunuch?"

The eunuch hurriedly replied, "This subordinate does not know, but it seems to be related to the Princess."

"The Princess?" Jiang Xuan was even more confused. He didn't know any Princess. Suddenly, he remembered King Chu asking him if he had anyone he liked last time. His heart skipped a beat. "No way, is King Chu really going to sell his daughter?"

"Never mind, I'll go and see first. If it's as I suspect, I'll just refuse then." Thinking this, he asked the eunuch to lead the way to the royal palace.

Before long, Jiang Xuan arrived at the main hall. Upon entering, he immediately frowned. He felt the atmosphere was a bit off.

Seeing Jiang Xuan arrive, King Chu hurriedly stepped forward, and to the shocked gazes of everyone, he knelt down with a thud... This scene not only stunned Jiang Xuan but also left Chu Junlin and Chu Yue with blank expressions.

"No, Father, you're a monarch of a country, right? You just knelt down like that. Where's your kingly Qi from earlier?" Chu Junlin muttered in his heart.

If King Chu had heard Chu Junlin's thoughts, he would have severely reprimanded him. "The country is almost gone; why bother with Qi or not Qi? Is Face that important?"

Jiang Xuan looked at King Chu kneeling on the ground and only regained his senses after a long while. "King Chu, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

King Chu ignored Jiang Xuan, his eyes teary, looking wronged. "I won't get up, Jiang Xuan, unless you agree to one request of mine."

Jiang Xuan was speechless. "You're a King, yet you're acting like a scoundrel."

He never expected King Chu to be such a person, completely different from a few days ago.

Jiang Xuan held his head. "First, tell me what the request is."

"Marry my daughter!"

"What?!" Jiang Xuan was once again stunned by King Chu.

"Damn it, you sly old fox, as expected, you had no good intentions. You really want to sell your daughter!" Jiang Xuan shouted in his heart.

Jiang Xuan's expression turned cold, and he said indifferently, "I refuse."

As soon as these words came out, King Chu's body stiffened abruptly. He slumped to the ground, his expression bitter. "As expected, he refused."

He looked up at Jiang Xuan and smiled bitterly, "Can you tell me why?"

Just as Jiang Xuan was about to answer, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, bringing with it a faint fragrance.

Jiang Xuan was startled and saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl standing before him, her large eyes filled with tears, and her small Face stubbornly looking at him. However, her cheeks were flushed, indicating that the girl's heart was not calm.

"Why are you unwilling to marry me?" Chu Yue didn't know how she managed to say this sentence. She just wanted to know why Jiang Xuan was unwilling to marry her.

"This is the Princess?" Jiang Xuan was utterly speechless. "What kind of thought process does this family have?"

His tone was cold and showed no mercy. "Why should I marry you? This is our first meeting today, isn't it?"

Jiang Xuan hated people who used marriage as a bargaining chip the most.

"And King Chu, if you are trying to tie me to Great Li by selling your daughter today, then I shall take my leave!"

Chu Junlin hurriedly stepped forward, "Brother Jiang, you've misunderstood. It's not what you think." He then recounted the previous events to Jiang Xuan.

"Xuan-Yin Physique?" After listening to Chu Junlin's narration, Jiang Xuan looked at Chu Yue. "I didn't expect the Princess of Great Li to have such a Physique."

"Were those two people from the Great Li Dynasty?" Regaining his composure, Jiang Xuan's tone softened slightly, "Although it's understandable, I still refuse."

"Princess Chu Yue and I have only met a few times and don't understand each other. This doesn't align with my intentions. Furthermore, I only want to Cultivate right now, and I won't consider anything else for the time being."

As for the oppression from the Great Xia Imperial Dynasty... Before Jiang Xuan could finish speaking, a figure flew in from the doorway, falling to the ground and spitting blood. It was the eunuch who had brought Jiang Xuan.

Then, an arrogant voice entered the main hall, "Hmph, a mere dog slave dares to block this Crown Prince's path? You're courting death!"