***Tu Heavenly Clan...Tubao Martial Arts Headquarters*****
By evening, lanterns around Prince Tubao's martial arts headquarters are alight... and manly laughter echoes around one of the tables...
Cups rise to the top shouting: Congratulations to the headquarters of Teacher Tubawo
He bowed Prince Tubao's right arm in congratulations: May your headquarters grow and increase, sir
Assistant Jian Hao: Toast to the Second Prince's dream come true. Please contact me whenever you need it
"Sorry, I haven't retired yet," my assistant whispered
- Their laughter rose amid Assistant Li's dissatisfaction with the free services provided by Assistant Jian Hao, until the store owner raised his hands in announcement -
Well, well, your presence with me on this happy occasion has filled my heart with complete contentment. Come on, come on, eat what you want, and remember to hand out those cards to anyone interested in learning the arts.
My assistant: If you allow me, my prince, I would like to attend your first lesson. I can't wait to see what you learn from that land.
Prince Ghao Gui's comments: The summary of what he learned from that land is to scream, haha :))))
Prince Tu Bao: Don't you know that screaming is the first instinctive defense? Some animals are afraid of him :))))
Twins Kong and Fong standing with kitchen aprons: Gentlemen, the turkey is ready, please
Prince Tubao greets her with thanks: Greetings, come and sit
One of the assistants approached and whispered in his ear:
This is not permissible, my prince. they...
Prince Tu Bao continues: They are my apprentices. Of course they are allowed to eat with us. Come on, sit down
The twins happily rush to take their place next to the princes of the major kingdoms, and the assistant stops eating and asks one of them:
There is something difficult for me to understand, Assistant Jian Hao. Why did you say that princes became sacrifices to demons?
Silence suddenly filled the noisy atmosphere, as cryptic glances were exchanged between them.
Until Prince Tubao resumed the scene: Come on, come on, eat. Talking about that land suppresses the appetite.
Assistant Jian Hao: Didn't you say that Princess Yan Xi was coming?
He waves his chopsticks in response (tubao) : "I think she's busy with *Liarin Sai...that race that girls participate in every year," Tubao replied while waving his chopsticks.
Prince Jaogui exhales: she will not attend because of customs. Entering the land of another kingdom means her marriage to one of its kings, so she does not violate customs on any occasion.
Then the son of the heavenly family got up, complaine about what was happening around him: How I hate these borders. It does not regulate interactions between classes, but rather prevents any relationships that may exist between people. What's wrong with Princess Yan Xi coming to our party? Why shouldn't I visit the Shi Hua Kingdom and invite him? What prevents a mutual friend from sharing our joy?
Courtier Jian Hao couldn't control himself, so he began to reveal his forbidden thoughts: Honestly, before ...I set out on a journey to heaven. I viewed customs as mere laws that prevented commoners, as lesser creatures than ourselves, from contacting the royal family and causing chaos. But now my outlook has completely changed. The position of women in our customs...the position of the noble and the uninitiated...the position of the clans...has become unbearable...
The son of the Emerald family (Ghaogui) smiled faintly at what he heard:
There is no hope from this dissatisfaction, as it will not change reality.
Moments of distress and distraction stole the minds of those present until Jian Hao remembered an important matter, which prompted him to put his chopsticks aside:
On my way back, I passed by the coastal city of Huan...
He added with regret: I met Haechan's brother, and I told him that his brother would not return. Do you think Haechan might change his mind?
His question plunged them once again into the whirlpool of questioning about what happened to the emaciated boy after the disappearance of his only brother.
Prince Ghao Gwi: Haechan's decisions are difficult to predict...
Prince Bao: Speaking of that young man, I have never met someone with his cunning. If he were a successor to a throne, he would have stormed the gates of the earth with him.
Prince Gao Gui said with a sigh: Unfortunately, his cunning and desires were buried under the mud of baselessness.
Assistant Lee bursts into the scene: Sir, who is Haechan?
Prince Tubao: eat eat the meat, fill your mouth..
**Pavilion of the Fourth Princess (Yan Shi).... Kingdom of (Yan) **
The maid enters hurriedly: My princess, my princess. The names of the participants in the lovers' race have been revealed
Princess Yan: Tell me quickly, who are they?
The maid counted her fingers: Two princes from the Shi clan, 20 nobles from the Yan clan, 15 nobles from the Gao clan, and...
The princess stopped her in shock: Slow down, slow down, who from the Gao clan participated?
Maid: 15 noble
The princess's shoulders relax: Only noble? No princes?
*** The bank of the river separating the lands of the Tu and Yan clans **
The next morning, the horses of the Yan Clan guards neighed, blocking the Tu Clan's security apparatus.
Chief of the Yan Army: The land of Yan welcomes the Son of Heaven
Prince Cheol responded with a noble bow: We are grateful for the King's understanding of our urgent request
The chief of Yan's armies responds with a question that reveals a lot: If the two of us do not secure the borders, who will?
With a glance at the army equipped with more than fifty fighters behind the iron axe mounted on the back of the chief of the Yan armies, the Heavenly Prince reassures them:
It was not necessary for you to be present, brave knight. We came on a mission of inspection, not war
The commander's horse sways left and right with determination: As commander-in-chief of the armies of the Kingdom of Yan, we must be prepared for any unknown movement.
The prince found no escape from the state of alert in which the King of Yan was experiencing their sudden visit. So he ordered his squad of 10 unarmored men to advance, had it not been for the sound of a trumpet echoing from the northern side of the river, where the oars of a huge ship were parting the Black Sea, to anchor on the bank of the river. Then the army chief noticed something on its mast, and saliva froze in his throat.
The impact of the huge board connecting the ship's high edge to Yan's land enabled eight horses of Arab origin to dismount with their owners and join the game of hunting sacred things.
Prince Cheol: Prince Shi Hwa? Personally on our territory?
Yan Army Chief: With all due respect to the Prince of the Xi Kingdom, do you have official permission to enter the Kingdom's territory?
Prince Shi Hua: We have permission from heaven to seize any holy sites located on any land.
-A sour sentence filled with arrogance and arrogance that provoked the army chief in an attempt to keep them away from this mission.
Army Chief: In this case, I and my soldiers will not follow in silence
With a gesture from the hand of the young leader (Shihua), seven of the most brilliant fighters of the Kingdom of (Shi) brandish their swords in the face of fifty armored soldiers. Their gazes tremble at what will happen to them when they quarrel with the sons of the fiery blood, had it not been for a warning from the prince of the third clan (Tu) -
Maybe what I'm about to say might shake your resolve, Prince Shi, but we're looking for spies, not sacred things.
Prince Shi Hua: No harm in checking
Prince Cheol: As if you intend to rob others in public?
Prince Shi Hua: Those sacred things do not belong to anyone...except the one who touches them first
Army Chief (Yan): Get ready...
- As a spear with a green band flung itself at the feet of the head of the army of the Kingdom of Yan, preventing him from clashing, the army of the Fourth Kingdom (Ghao) emerged from the foot of the hill -
Jian Hao: Commander, you should receive your guests with musical instruments, not swords.
The other snatched the spear from the ground annoyed: Unwelcome guests, and so are you
Jian Hao held up a yellow wooden card, used as a transit visa at that time, which silenced the talkative army chief. While the late guest advanced, strutting on his spotted horse with a group of soldiers.
Jian Hao: Why don't we cooperate until we get to those thieves, then decide what to do next.. :)))
Both Princes Shi and Tu stared at him awhile the army chief decided without thinking:
The presence of the Shi clan is unauthorized. It is a security risk that I must eliminate. Attack!
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