"There's delicious food over there. They've prepared a lot, whatever you want to eat, they have it," Lingling said while pulling Xiaoyao along, not looking back.

"I want to eat dragon meat. Do they have that?" Xiaoyao asked.

Lingling was silent for a while, then said: "Well... pick something else. Don't choose things that don't exist..."

"Then they should at least have phoenix claws," Xiaoyao asked. Of course, these phoenix claws weren't actually phoenix talons, just ordinary chicken feet.

"They don't have that either..." Lingling shook her head. That was too common, how could such an occasion possibly serve phoenix claws?

"Didn't you just say they had everything?" Xiaoyao looked at Lingling.

"Brother, I was wrong, okay?" Lingling said with a somewhat bitter smile.

"Mm, good girl!" Xiaoyao nodded, seeming very satisfied with Lingling's attitude.

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Xiaoyao followed Lingling to the royal palace plaza. Although they weren't qualified to enter the VIP seating and had no seats, they could stand on the city wall to observe the ceremony.

The VIP seating was generally for people with status and position, some were specially invited by Luo Yunqing. Although the time was short, some with close relationships still came. Others were from within Flowing Stone Kingdom, some toward whom they needed to show friendly attitudes, such as the former king.

Xiaoyao looked at those people and discovered there were actually acquaintances among them. However, he didn't really want to see the other party, so he pretended not to notice and went to find something to eat.

"Xiaoyao, come here. There's good food here," Luo Baochai called to Xiaoyao. Of course, this call was relatively quiet, at this occasion, they couldn't make too much commotion.

After hearing Luo Baochai's call, Xiaoyao went over with Lingling. Actually, it wasn't bringing Lingling along, Lingling followed Xiaoyao on her own.

"Xiaoyao, hello!" Luo Baochai had several of her young lady friends beside her, who greeted Xiaoyao somewhat unnaturally.

After that incident, they might not have known Xiaoyao's capabilities yet, but now they understood that Xiaoyao's status in the Luo family wasn't simple, he could directly influence the family head. He was a good prospect that they had actually missed.

Now she believed that those who had gone on the spring outing with her would all feel deep regret. They understood one saying: you can't judge a person by appearance.

"Oh, hello!" Xiaoyao didn't mind these young ladies' attitudes. He directly picked up one of the pastries and began eating, as if in his eyes, the most important thing wasn't people, but this food.

"What a foolish brother. Looking at these girls' intentions, they're interested in you, yet you completely ignore them," Lingling thought to herself. However, she didn't feel it was a pity, because she looked down on these people and didn't think they could fulfill the role of sister-in-law.

While Xiaoyao was eating, people around him greeted him one by one. Those nearby seemed to all be people from the spring outing, but now their way of looking at Xiaoyao had completely changed. Their attitudes had also changed, not dislike but flattery.

As long as someone greeted him, Xiaoyao would respond, speaking very politely, making people feel as if he had a good relationship with them. From a social ability perspective, Xiaoyao was undoubtedly outstanding.

This made Lingling feel like she had discovered a new continent, she found it very magical. She hadn't known Xiaoyao could have such social abilities. From past performances, she had thought Xiaoyao's social abilities should be quite poor.

She didn't know that this was just how Xiaoyao treated people. If others were good to him, he would also be good. If others looked down on him, he would also look down on them.

Now everyone wanted to build closer relationships with him, and he showed the same in return. He wouldn't act arrogant at this time, that would only offend people and earn their resentment, which didn't align with his life philosophy.

Lingling followed Xiaoyao, feeling somewhat bored. She wasn't very suited to this kind of socializing. Just then, Lingling noticed a very beautiful young lady walking toward them. She didn't think this young lady was coming to find her or her brother, she should also be coming to get food.

Because this beautiful young lady was different from those wealthy young misses just now. She had an aura of someone in power, even Third Master didn't have her presence. She should be one of the VIP guests from before.

How could such a young lady come talk to them? She didn't know her, and as for her brother, that was even more unlikely. Being able to know Wang Yanyu was already amazing, where could he know another one?

But she soon discovered she seemed to be wrong. This young lady went directly toward Xiaoyao, looked at him for a while, and said: "It really is you. How did you, this little servant, run here?"

People who knew Xiaoyao were all surprised. No way, this noble and beautiful young lady also knew him? What had he done before? A servant? This sounded somewhat impossible.

Those paying attention to this young lady were puzzled about why she would go find such a young man.

"Oh, Miss Leiting, you're here too," Xiaoyao said as if just discovering her, looking at that young lady with great surprise. That is, Miss Leiting. Among people Xiaoyao knew, there was only one called Leiting, and in the world there was only one girl with this name.

She was Zhuque Leiting!

Xiaoyao hadn't expected that the Zhuque family actually had some dealings with the Luo family. Zhuque Leiting appearing here meant exactly that.

"You indeed saw me before..." Zhuque Leiting frowned. From Xiaoyao's reaction, her guess was correct, the person who had glanced at her before was indeed Xiaoyao. This kid had indeed pretended not to see her.

"I did see you," Xiaoyao smiled. There was no need to lie to her, it wasn't anything shameful, and it wasn't something requiring punishment.

"Since you saw me, why didn't you greet me? Were you afraid I'd eat you?" Zhuque Leiting said with a smile, making it impossible to tell what she meant.

"Not at all. It's just that you're an honored guest now and were chatting with others, so I didn't want to disturb you," Xiaoyao also replied with a smile, equally making it impossible to tell if his words were true or false.

"Alright, I won't banter with you, kid. I'm asking you, why did you suddenly leave without saying goodbye? When I asked Xuanwu Lingxiao, she just hemmed and hawed without saying anything," Zhuque Leiting said. This made Xiaoyao feel somewhat flattered, she had actually asked about his whereabouts.

"Don't misunderstand, I just asked casually when I occasionally thought of it," Zhuque Leiting seemed to see through Xiaoyao's psychology and immediately added a sentence.

"I was kicked out by the Xuanwu family. The specifics aren't good to talk about. You can ask Xuanwu Lingxiao yourself, or ask others," Xiaoyao replied.

The Xuanwu family? People nearby all shuddered upon hearing this name. They hadn't expected Xiaoyao to also have connections with the Xuanwu family. This Xiaoyao was becoming more and more interesting.

At this time, Luo Baochai's young lady friends were practically dying of regret. If they had known, they would have taken advantage of their proximity. Even if they couldn't become his woman, at least they could have become his friends and gained many benefits.

"I'm too lazy to ask. It's best that you were kicked out. I think you're quite good, why don't you follow me?" Zhuque Leiting was poaching talent. She valued Xiaoyao's insights into martial arts.

"No, I'm not interested. Besides, I still have things to do here and won't follow you," Xiaoyao shook his head.

"Right, what are you doing here? I haven't asked you yet, how are you here?" Zhuque Leiting asked.

Xiaoyao organized his thoughts and said: "I actually have Luo family bloodline. You should understand this. I can be here because I'm a Luo family person."

"A Luo family person? Then we might have opportunities to cooperate in the future. Our Zhuque family and your Luo family are allies," Zhuque Leiting said, revealing the reason she was here. It turned out the Zhuque family and Luo family had cooperation and were in an alliance relationship. Of course, the current Luo family felt somewhat subordinate.

"So that's why you're here," Xiaoyao understood.

"I haven't congratulated you yet. Now you've escaped the servant profession and become a prince. That Prince Xiaoyao is you, right?" Zhuque Leiting said with a smile. She had seen this list, it wasn't really a secret.

"Yes, I'm a prince. Envious?" Xiaoyao replied with a smile.

"Envious my foot. Why don't you take the Luo surname? It says you're still Le Xiaoyao up there. Don't you want inheritance rights?" Zhuque Leiting asked somewhat strangely.

Xiaoyao smiled and shook his head: "I only know I'm surnamed Le and called Le Xiaoyao. Even if I have Luo family bloodline, it still can't change this fact."

"Very good, you have character. I like it!" Zhuque Leiting said with a smile, patting Xiaoyao's shoulder in a very straightforward manner. This made many people's jaws drop.

They had always thought Zhuque Leiting should be a refined young lady whose words and actions were elegant and noble. But they hadn't expected that in front of Xiaoyao, she completely changed. Anyone could see that this was her true personality.

"I think so too. I only like doing things I enjoy," Xiaoyao also smiled. He didn't really dislike Zhuque Leiting, he just didn't want to cause trouble, so he didn't get close to her. After all, beautiful women brought disaster, and she wasn't ordinary disaster.

"Later at the enthronement ceremony, sit with me."

"No thanks. I'll just stand here. There are too many VIP guests over there, I don't want to disturb them," Xiaoyao shook his head.

"Would you care about others? If you don't want to accompany me, just say so directly. But just because you won't accompany me doesn't mean I can't accompany you. Later I'll watch together with you," Zhuque Leiting said irritably. Although she hadn't interacted much with Xiaoyao, she still understood his personality somewhat and felt Xiaoyao simply wouldn't care about others' status. Back then, he had never taken her status to heart.

(End of Chapter)