Chapter 20: Soft and Gentle (Seeking Collection and Votes)

  Tie Tou carefully brought over a chair and placed it directly on top of Mr. Fox's plump body, saying: "Young Master Wu, you must be tired too, take a rest."

  Qī Běi sat down with a thud, and Mr. Fox's eyes rolled back as he fainted away.

  At this time, many onlookers had also gathered in the luxurious hall, and those who came here to have fun were all influential people. They saw that Fox's young master, who was usually arrogant, was being abused like this, and they excitedly discussed it among themselves.

  "Who is this? I'm afraid we've offended the Fox family quite badly."

  "Look at his arrogant appearance, does he seem afraid of the Fox family?"

  "Those two beside him look like soldiers who have been through blood and fire; could they be young masters of the Helong family?"

  ……

  ……

  In the distance, a pair of veiled girls were also watching this scene.

  "Sister, guess what identity this person is, he's quite arrogant." A little girl of about twelve or thirteen years old asked, her body was still not fully developed, but the pair of emerald green eyes exposed outside were exceptionally charming.

  "The legitimate son of the Nuo De family, it seems that the Fu Ke family is finished." The sister next to him replied, her figure was much better than the little girl next to her, with a prominent front and back, even if you couldn't see her face, you could guess that she must be a stunning beauty.

  "How did sister know?" asked Xiaoyutou.

  "Because the two beside him are soldiers of the Black Armor Army, who is in command of the Black Armor Army, no need for me to say." The sister beside him had brown eyes that shone with wisdom.

  The little girl pouted her mouth, how couldn't she see?

  At this time, the leader of the guards at Drunken Moon Tower stepped forward and said stiffly: "Young master, can you let go of Mr. Fox? We are all people with heads and faces, whatever the matter is, we can discuss it properly, why make everyone lose face?"

  "Get out, and let your master come." Qi Bei coldly shouted, his gaze swept over the leader of the guards with a hint of anger.

  The guardian leader only felt a chill all over his body, this kind of gaze, if not through long-term killing is impossible to have, and what made him even more frightened was the deathly stillness contained in the murderous aura brought by this gaze, at a glance, as if being taken to the underworld.

  "This young master may not know, Zuiyue Garden is the property of the Seventh Prince." The leader of the guards reported his master's identity under pressure, and this young master from who-knows-which family probably wouldn't bother them again.

  "Seventh Young Master? That McFadden guy, he's the best, I, Young Master, had already booked the Azure Water Pavilion, but you Drunken Moon Garden gave it to this stupid pig. If you don't give me an explanation for this, I'll smash your Drunken Moon Garden." Qi Bei said calmly, McFadden, he remembered, had bullied him in the past, and was later beaten by his older brother until he cried out for his father and mother, after that, whenever he saw the two brothers, he would take a detour.

  The leader of the guards was taken aback, this kid actually didn't even give the Seventh Prince any face, looks like big trouble.

  "Haha, Qi Bei is here, why didn't you say a word?" A young man wearing a magnificent long gown walked over with a smile, his tone extremely warm and intimate, as if he had a very close relationship with Qi Bei.

  "McPherson, how do you plan to handle this?" asked Qi Bei calmly, his tone indicating that he wasn't surprised at all to see himself alive after coming out of the Mountains of the Dead, apparently having already received the news.

  "You, get out of Zuiyue Garden, don't come back again." The young man pointed at Linda and said coldly, his face changing as quickly as a well-done stir-fry.

  Linda's pretty face turned deathly pale, and she retreated with a bow.

  Zhi Bei didn't bother with that woman. From her perspective, the decision she made was justifiable, but since she misjudged and made a mistake, she should be punished for it.

  "Zi Bei, today I owe you an apology. The banquet at Bi Shui Lou is already prepared." McFadden had publicly apologized to Zi Bei, and as a royal son, he had lost enough face.

  Qī Běi raised an eyebrow, seemingly still dissatisfied.

  McFadden approached, saying in a low voice: "Qi Bei, your elder brother also has a share in this Drunken Moon Garden. If you ruin the scene of the Drunken Moon Garden, it's equivalent to ruining your own scene. Don't be disbelieving, otherwise, do you think my industry can enter the Star City?"

  Although Zhi Bei was surprised in his heart, he believed it. McFadden had no need to deceive him. The Starry City was the territory of the Norden family, and the royal family's industry wanted to take root here, but without the permission of the Norden family, it was impossible.

  Qī Běi stood up and kicked the unconscious Fox Young Master towards the group of nobles he had brought with him.

  The onlookers all knew that this commotion was over now.

  But McFadden's yielding to Qi Bei would inevitably become the topic of conversation for everyone after dinner, some people had already guessed Qi Bei's background, but most people still had no idea about Qi Bei's identity.

  Inside the Azure Water Pavilion, a large table of wine and food had only McFadden, Qi Bei, Jīn Gāng, and Phantom.

  Huoli and Tiedou claimed they were still on guard duty and refused to take their seats.

  Jin Gang couldn't care less, he just buried his head and ate fiercely. His appetite was truly astonishing, while Qi Bei and McFadden had only taken a few bites of food, more than half of the dishes were already empty.

  "Come on, McFadden, have a taste of this fine wine brought by the elves. Only when a hundred flowers are blended together can we get such a good wine." McFadden raised his cup, and the fragrance of the wine overflowed from it, rich but not greasy, condensed but not scattered.

  "Although a hundred flowers blend into one, there is still primary and secondary. If the primary and secondary of the hundred flowers are not distinguished, what is brewed will not be wine, it may be poison." Qi Bei drank it in one gulp, savored it for a while before smiling.

  McPherson's eyes flashed, and he really didn't expect that the fifth young master of the Nuo De family could come out alive from the Mountains of the Dead, and his whole person was transformed as if reborn. What he said just now was a veiled attack, but unexpectedly, he understood it, and counterattacked fiercely.

  As a member of the royal family, McPherson was all too aware of the contradictions between imperial power and aristocratic privilege.

  Any over-concentration of power will lead to contradictions. What he said represents the imperial family, hoping that the aristocratic families will no longer be dominated by one family, but rather have their powers evenly distributed.

  While Qi Bei's response indicated that the division of power was impossible, his words were also a veiled attack on imperial authority. If power is divided equally under imperial rule, then who will check and balance imperial power?

  "It won't be long before we might really become a family." McFadden said, changing the subject.

  "This is not necessarily the case, our Nuo De family's dirty water can't summon a crane." Qi Bei shrugged his shoulders, and his infatuation with Ming Yue princess had long disappeared along with the change in his soul.

  "It's not what you say, nor is it what Mingyue says," McFadden said.

  Zi Bei didn't pick up on the topic and said: "There are a thousand flowers competing in beauty inside Zui Yue Garden, how about I take you to see it?"

  In his heart, Ziqi was itching to take action. He didn't know if there were any top-grade yuan yin women in this Drunken Moon Garden. If there were, he would simply take them away directly.

  McPherson burst out laughing and was about to order someone to bring over a few stunning beauties when a tiger's roar echoed from afar, instantly arriving in front of the Azure Water Tower.