The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  Good, very good. What 'definitely would be chosen'! What 'seducing shouldn't be a problem'!

  Baili Jia Jue's long and slender sensuous eyes dangerously squinted, flashing an unknown light, "How did you perceive that the Third Prince has homos.e.x.u.a.l tendencies?"

  "Everybody in the world knows that the Third Prince had never approached beautiful women. Allegedly, even the Ghost Palace only had male servants, and all of them are young and handsome lads. If he wasn't gay, and he was a man full of vigour and vitality, at the very least, he should have a servant girl to warm his bed, right?" Wei Wei's suspicion was also not unfounded.

  However, the conclusion still made Baili Jia Jue laugh coldly in his heart. Inevitably, there'll be a day when he'll make her personally thoroughly experience his 'homos.e.x.u.a.l tendencies'!

  Seeing that the young man didn't talk, Wei Wei even thought that he was dumbfounded by the secret that he'd just heard from her.

  Ah, sure enough, no matter if it's ancient times or in modern times, or whether it's a man or woman.

  In regards to these gossipy kinds of things, one would never get tired of enjoying it.

  Wei Wei had on an expression of 'I understand' as she patted Baili Jia Jue's shoulder, "You shouldn't be too surprised. If you feel that you can no longer keep quiet after hearing this news, you can also tell other people."

  "Don't worry...." Baili Jia Jue indifferently glanced at the hand she placed on his shoulder as his thin lips curved up half way, arched into an arc that was a smile yet not a smile, "I will find a suitable time to tell someone." However, that someone wouldn't be anyone else, but rather...you!

  When she heard a muffled laugh coming from a small door on the left side.

  Wei Wei turned towards Nangong Lie standing at the doorway with his eyebrows raised.

  Nangong Lie lifted his hand. It wasn't easy to swallow the laugh in his throat back down, his voice was distinct, "You guys continue with your discussion. Ha, continue, ha. Ignore me. You can completely treat me as if I don't exist!" Ha ha ha Ha. Fortunately he came back early, otherwise, he would've missed such a good scene. It's simply too funny. He's got to turn his head and personally ask Ah Jue what he felt when he heard someone talk about him having homos.e.x.u.a.l tendencies, ha Ha ha, "Pffff!" Oh no, he couldn't stop laughing again!

  "What in the world are you laughing about?" Wei Wei really didn't get it.

  Baili Jia Jue appeared apathetic as he glanced at Nangong Lie, raised the teacup in his hand, lightly sipped a mouthful as he said, "Laugh again at the time of your death."

  Nangong Lie's body abruptly stiffened.

  "However." Baili Jia Jue paused a bit, then suddenly smiled, "In regards to what you were saying, I think the Third Prince would, be, very, interested."

  "How could I be so stupid as to say these things in front of him, unless I don't value my life."

  Wei Wei didn't pay anymore attention as she bit into the newly arrived roasted lamb ribs.

  Nangong Lie and Shadow simultaneously 'huh huh'd twice. [Then what are you doing right now? It's already too late, OK?! You absolutely! Totally! Absolutely will die for sure!]

  Yet, Baili Jia Jue surprisingly actually curved up his pale lips. That kind of smile, arrogant and demonically charming, seemed as if he'd found a fun plaything...

  Chapter 55 - Prior To The Consort Selection

  A smart hunter, when treating his prey with care, always had extraordinary patience.

  This point is displayed vividly and thoroughly on Baili Jia Jue's body.

  He absolutely didn't do anything to Helian Wei Wei. As the two people finished eating, they just simply respectively went and took care of their own business.

  The difference was displayed at the time after Wei Wei left.

  Baili Jia Jue turned the black jade ring on his finger. The tone of his words was demonically cold as he instructed Shadow kneeling on the ground, "Follow her. See who she comes in contact with for the next couple of days."

  "Yes." Shadow accepted the order and withdrew.

  Nangong Lie rubbed the bridge of his nose as he turned and strode forward. He hadn't entered the Inferior Compound when he saw that at a remote junction of two walls, Eunuch Sun seemed to be like and ant placed on top of a hot pot. He was walking back and forth while holding a horsetail whisk. Sweat drenched his collar at the back. It's clear he'd been guarding this place for no short amount of time.

  After seeing them, Eunuch Sun's eyes shined. With a 'putt' he kneeled down on the ground, "Your Highness."

  Baili Jia Jue indifferently said, "Eunuch Sun certainly is the brightest shining person before the Third Prince, how can you kneel so easily."

  After hearing that, Eunuch Sun almost broke down, "Your Highness….." His master must be making fun of him. He's already almost scared enough to die, ok? !

  "Stand up." Baili Jia Jue casually faced forward and took two steps. Even from far away, one could hear four very cold words, "Not to be repeated."

  The skin on Eunuch Sun's scalp tightened while he promptly swallowed his saliva and answered respectfully, "Yes."

  Nangong Lie saw that the crisis had been averted, and easily resumed his casual and slovenly appearance, "Eunuch Sun, long time no see. How did you provoke your master again?"

  "Young Master Lie." Eunuch Sun greeted him with proper etiquette, and glanced again at the clothes he was wearing.

  Nangong Lie naturally noticed his gaze, and devilishly smiled as he pulled at his own black clothes and white outer robe, "Do I look handsome wearing these clothes? It's your master's idea to disguise as regular students. It's also easier to seduce those young ladies from distinguished families this way."

  "Humph, humph." Eunuch Sun silently admonished in his heart. The one who wanted to seduce young ladies from distinguished families obviously was you.

  Nangong Lie let out a very long sigh, "Being too handsome is also a problem. Ah, I am already dressed like this, yet I still have to repeatedly hold back those ladies who fell in love at first sight everyday."

  The corners of Eunuch Sun's mouth twitched fiercely. The old face managed to raise a fake smile, "This servant remembered that Retired Emperor said that this year, White Academy's Vice President should be Young Master Lie, you, right?"

  "Cough!" Nangong Lie fiercely coughed, "Nevertheless, I should first get a bit more familiar with the academy's environment, in addition to protecting your master well. You don't know at all how much hostility had been provoked ever since Ah Jue came. Those people at the Superior Compound early on already found Ah Jue to be displeasing to their eyes. I'm now putting in quite a bit of effort to rectify the situation. How could I abandon His Highness at a time like this, hmm?"

  When Eunuch Sun heard this, he didn't get worried, but was angry instead, "Who, who dares to look at His Highness unfavorably! I'll go look for them right now. A bunch of son of a **tches want to rebel, is that right?!"

  Nangong Lie rubbed his chin, "That Minister Jing who accompanied you to lunch today is their ring leader."

  Eunuch Sun retracted his neck and observed the gaze His Highness was looking at him with. His forehead was again covered in cold sweat, "Your Highness, this old servant swears, this old servant really am not familiar with him at all!" After speaking, he glanced again at Nangong Lie, [Young Master Lie, mm, you're actually in the process of pushing me towards the fiery pit of hell.] They've been winding around in a big circle like this just for the sake of burying him alive!

  "How could that be." Nangong Lie extended one of his hands and placed it on his shoulder, full of wickedness as he winked his left eye,"You should relax. Your master's heart knows everything very clearly. He doesn't need anyone to push him."

  Eunuch Sun's entire body became rigid!

  His master's pair of eyes were mystical and unfathomable. They really, truly make a person's pair of legs go weak.

  "All right. Don't waste anymore time. Your master still needs you do do some things." Nangong Lie wantonly and unrestrainedly
withdrew his hand.

  Baili Jia Jue's tone was as before, nonchalant and indifferent, "Under what pretext did you come from the Superior Compound?"

  "I said that I've eaten much and needs to go to the toilet." Eunuch Sun hastily answered, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. Even if I've been given a hundred gallbladders, I still wouldn't reveal your identity!"

  Baili Jia Jue glanced at him, "The time it took for you to go to the toilet has been long enough. You can return."

  Eunuch Sun opened and reopened his mouth. Finally, he clenched his teeth, "Your Highness, the consort selection matter, you...you." He originally was going to say you and Retired Emperor played hide and seek for such a long time, when are you going to end it. The royal troops already waited at the base of the mountain for two days. If they keep waiting, sooner or later, people will discover them."

  Ah, hello! Please forgive him, but he really didn't have the courage to open his mouth!

  "At dusk, I'll go down the mountain."

  After he heard that, Eunuch Sun unbelievably managed to raise his head, but only had enough time to see the sleeves fluttering away in the wind...

  An elderly man sat upright aloft, contentedly looking at Wei Wei completing her meditation. He extended his hand and stroked his beard.

  Since her qi channels were previously damaged, everytime Wei Wei advanced, she would feel so much pain that her face turned pale. This time was no different. Her forehead was covered in sweat.

  "Girl, if you're too tired, then rest a bit." Huan Ming Xiang had never seen any family's daughter like this child, intelligent, and so willing to bear hardsh.i.p.s.

  Wei Wei smiled a bit, then jumped up and reclined on an imperial concubine chair as she lazily stretched her waist "I'll take a nap here, so I can have energy to cadge a free meal when night comes."

  "Cadge a free meal." Huan Ming Xiang's white brows creased. He then seemingly unintentionally asked, "I heard that Third Prince will be coming to White Academy. The girls from other families are all thinking about how to succeed in the selection. What, are you not on the namelist for the consort selection?

  Wei Wei yawned and answered vaguely, "I am. However, I'm not very interested in getting married. Moreover, the kind of person that the Third Prince is, is also totally not my cup of tea."

  "Good. Girl, if you can think this way, then it can't be any better!" Huan Ming Xiang immediately stood up and as if he'd found his lifetime's one true friend and said, "That person of his is actually quite good looking, but he is just too hard to argue with! You certainly can forget about counting on him having any logic in the way he thinks. No matter what you say, he could still treat it as if he didn't hear a thing. After staying with him for awhile, he's going to make you angry enough to die!"

  After Wei Wei heard this, she touched her chin and sighed with emotion as she declared, "So it seems that the Third Prince, apart from a good looking face, really has no other redeeming qualities."

  "It's good that you understand." Huan Ming Xiang was rather gratified as he patted her shoulder, "Be sure not to let that face of his confuse your senses."

  Wei Wei smiled, "One really couldn't tell that Third Prince is a pretty boy."

  After having heard these last few words, Shadow's foot, more or less almost slipped from the tree branch. He simply didn't dare to believe his own ears. What the heck did he just hear!

  Pretty boy?

  They said that His Highness was a pretty boy! ! ! !

  Not good. He needed to fly back and report to His Highness!

  After a period of time...

  At a corner of the Inferior Compound. The smell of sandalwood lingered in the room. One could only make out a blurry figure in the middle of getting dressed by a servant.

  It seemed like he'd just woken up. His voice carried a distinctive magnetism and was husky, "Pretty boy?"

  Chapter 56 - Consort Selection Starts

  "Highness, Your Highness, your subordinate didn't say this. I'm only reporting it." Shadow wiped at the cold sweat forming on his forehead.

  Baili Jia Jue unhurriedly straightened out his sleeves. He was sitting as leisurely as before and gave people the impression of a dignified monarch who ruled the land. "So those two people are actually birds of a feather."

  "Yes,..." While Shadow replied. He was also lowering his head, really not knowing how to open his mouth. Basically, those two people didn't talk much before, but after His Highness was mentioned, they then acted as if they found a common language.

  Your Highness, what kind of enmity did you actually have with Huan Ming Xiang, to make him vilify you, heavens!

  "Continue to observe. If there's a problem, then come report to me again." Baili Jia Jue's posture was graceful as he propped up the side of his face. He was just like a rare breed of Persian cat. There wasn't a single movement in his every gesture that wasn't obviously noble.

  Shadow lowered his eyes. He originally faced outside and already walked a few steps, yet he turned and returned again. He'd endured and endured again, yet in the end couldn't endure anymore and finally asked, "Your Highness, that year Minister Huan asked you to join Battle Spirit Forces, why did you refuse the old person."

  Baili Jia Jue yawned again, then said in an indifferent tone, "Because if I consented, I will have to wake up early."

  Because if I consented, I will have to wake up early...

  Because if I consented, I will have to wake up early?

  Because if I consented, I will have to wake up early! ! !

  Your Highness, so because of this kind of reason, you offended Huan Ming Xiang, a minister who'd served three emperors.

  Shadow's face stiffened. On his forehead, three threads of sweat streamed down.

  The other shadows concealed in covert places glanced at each other confused. They were clearly speechless...

  Sure enough, their mighty highness was exceptional in everything he did!

  Baili Jia Jue certainly didn't take these things seriously. He shut the ancient book in his hands and stood up from the wood chair, "It's time. Let's leave the academy."

  "Yes." Getting to the main business now, all of the shadows' expressions became serious. Like ghosts, they scattered and hid at every nook and corner of the academy.

  At the foot of the mountain, a leading purple-gold phoenix style palanquin overshadowed all others in glory. Luxurious and resplendent, it was stationed beneath the shade of trees.

  That palanquin's size was exceptional. Tassels floated around its perimeter.

  Beside the palanquin stood all of eight shadow guards dressed in dark clothes, their hands grasping curved swords. The fur capes dr.a.p.ed over their bodies were billowing, indescribably gravely and sternly.

  The palanquin servants were dressed even more perfectly. Not one bit like an ordinary official was journeying, yet they were even more low-keyed than one can imagine.

  However, their every movement revealed a kind of precision that any regular person certainly would not be able to accomplish.

  That was an imposing manner that only the imperial family's people could maintain.

  Suddenly, a fine steed sounded a long neigh. Everyone simultaneously stood up.

  That person casually came from from the mountain. One hand was indolently and carelessly inserted into a pocket. One hand was twirling a silver mask at the fingertips. The side of his face was as handsome as if was carved with a blade. Filled with purity and nobleness that's impossible to describe, as pure and refined as fragments of crystals, features that no one can compare with.

  With a muted swish sound!

  Shadow guards in dark clothes simultaneously kneeled on the ground in salute. Such a scene was indescribably soul stirring, "Your Highness."

  Baili Jia Jue glanced levelly at the various people as his hand raised and turned the silver mask over his face and said only three words, "Enter the academy."

  "Yes!"

  Again with a muted swish sound, the darkly dressed shadow guards resumed their
previous positions, hands holding curved swords. They mounted the horses from the side, smashing all of the fallen leaves on the ground.

  Evening lights were lit. A bustling night scene. Probably only White Academy could have this kind of liveliness.

  For the sake of welcoming honored guests, the elders from Superior Academy already arranged everything early on.

  Servant girls and boys shuttled back and forth among them. Their hands were holding fruit bowls as they hastily became neat and orderly again.

  Each of the distinguished ladies' belt sashes were fluttering, their bearing as graceful as willows, as if they appeared from a painting. They were located within another red walled, green glazed tile courtyard. Each was like a blooming flower bud.

  Amongst them, only Wei Wei was not made up. She was even wearing the school uniform of black robe over white clothes. Only the student's hat was not worn. She was holding a book in her hand, and even yawned often.

  Unlike Wei Wei, all of the other young ladies' hearts were racing. They held handkerchiefs in their hands with tightened grips and had coy looks on their faces. The light within their lowered eyes jumped about from impatience.

  Because of today, there were already no small number of people who had already done their utmost in secret.

  Even though nothing could be seen from the surface, but beneath the surface, hidden waves were brewing.

  A banquet like this actually helped give them opportunities to make connections.

  All of the clever people were mutually exchanging greetings, whispering smilingly.

  Many young ladies from distinguished families were encircling Helian Jiao Er, facing her as she sounded out something that the elders had said, her clear and melodious voice was very easy on the ear.