Chapter 166 - 30: The Most Beautiful Woman in Great Qian? Who Lets Their Subordinates Pay for the Meal? (Part 2)

"Let’s just go with this one!"

Ye Liuyun looked toward a nicely decorated restaurant.

Since they’ve never been here anyway, anywhere to eat is about the same, so naturally, he’d pick a place that looks decent enough.

There were private rooms on the restaurant’s second floor as well.

From the windows here, you could see the lakeside not far away, with quite a few people bustling about on the shore—who knows what they’re doing.

"Is there some festival going on?"

When the waiter came over, Ye Liuyun took the chance to ask casually.

He couldn’t really tell what was going on, but all those strips of red cloth—surely something joyful was up?

"I can tell at a glance you all are from out of town, so of course you wouldn’t know!"

The waiter smiled knowingly at Ye Liuyun’s question.

Looking at the way these folks were glancing around, not knowing the situation in Prince Jin City was totally expected.

"In a couple of days, it’s Her Highness the Princess Consort’s birthday. Every year at this time, Prince Jin throws a big celebration by the lake to honor her birthday."

That day is pretty much the liveliest day in the whole city.

The whole city’s atmosphere gets festive just because of the day approaching.

"The princess consort’s birthday?"

The only one called that here would, of course, be Prince Jin’s consort.

Though Liuyun himself hadn’t known, Qi Yuanliang probably did—seeing how unsurprised he looked, he clearly planned their visit accordingly.

Ye Liuyun quietly drew back his thoughts.

He chuckled and said,

"Didn’t expect it—Prince Jin is actually a pretty devoted guy."

After all—

In times like these, Ye Liuyun really hadn’t seen many men who’d go all out to celebrate their wife’s birthday.

"Haha! Sir, you got that right!"

Hearing this, the waiter laughed in agreement.

"Everyone in our city knows Prince Jin loves his princess consort most dearly."

It’s already an open secret in Prince Jin City.

Many women in the city are crazy envious of the princess consort precisely because of this.

Honestly, what woman doesn’t wish for her husband to love her and only her with all his heart?

Ye Liuyun just chuckled, not adding anything, simply listening to the gossip for fun.

But off to the side, Si Nan—

Suddenly recalled a bit of hearsay he’d dug up earlier about Prince Jin, though he wasn’t sure if it was true, which is why he hadn’t mentioned it until now.

"My lord, I think I once heard someone say that the Princess Consort Jin is rumored to be the most beautiful woman in all of the Great Qian Dynasty."

"The most beautiful? Isn’t that a bit much?"

Not to mention—

Ye Liuyun himself had seen women like Xie Ling’Er of the Xie Trading House and Shu Fan of the Illusion Sound Sect—absolute top-tier beauties.

The kind of women who could steal your very soul at a glance.

So is Princess Consort Jin supposed to be even more stunning than them?

"I’m not so sure myself."

Si Nan shrugged and spread his hands helplessly.

"That’s just what I heard, no idea if it’s true, so I didn’t mention it to you, my lord."

Hearing all this—

The group fell silent for a moment, then all turned in unison to look at the restaurant waiter.

After all, they might not know the local gossip, but this waiter, as a local, surely does.

Sure enough, no one can resist a bit of juicy gossip.

"Heh heh, that’s why you guys came at just the right time!"

The waiter was quite the talker himself. With a mysterious grin, he went on,

"Her Highness usually stays inside the prince’s manor. Ordinary folks like us never get to see her—it’s only on her annual birthday celebration that we get a rare glimpse."

"I can only say, I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman in my whole life."

"She’s practically like a fairy descended from the heavens. Prince Jin truly has heavenly luck!"

The ladies in town may envy the princess consort, but as for the men? They’re all jealous of Prince Jin. I mean, who wouldn’t be? The princess consort is just that beautiful.

"..."

They thought Si Nan’s statement was already exaggerating it,

but listening to the waiter, it sounded even more over the top than Si Nan’s version.

Normal folks might never get into the prince’s manor, but as Embroidered Uniform Guards, they actually had that sort of access.

"Is she really that stunning?"

Ye Liuyun was still a bit skeptical.

But he was getting a little interested now. If there’s a chance, he’d honestly like to see for himself, no hidden agenda—just pure curiosity to check out the so-called number one beauty in Great Qian Dynasty.

"Didn’t expect Brother Ye to be so sentimental too!"

As for anything related to the princess consort, Qi Yuanliang didn’t really care much.

But seeing this side of Ye Liuyun, he was kind of surprised. Never thought Ye Liuyun would be into this sort of thing.

"What’s so strange about it?"

At that,

Ye Liuyun shrugged indifferently, thoughts pulled back to the present.

"In this lifetime, you’ve got to have dreams—if you actually want nothing, what’s the point of training so hard?"

If there’s nothing you desire,

why not just find a quiet spot and retire from the world?

Working hard to become stronger, striving to rise above others—it’s all because of desire, right?

"Don’t tell me Brother Qi has no ambitions?"

"Ha, that’s me asking the silly questions!"

Ye Liuyun’s counter left Qi Yuanliang chuckling. After all, working as Embroidered Uniform Guards, who among them could really claim to be without desire, even Shi Sheng, who lives for martial arts alone?

Without a certain amount of want, you wouldn’t have the drive to get stronger in the first place.

"Uh..."

Suddenly the mood in the room grew a little too quiet.