Chapter 601: Who in the World Doesn't Know?

Bai Boluo looked troubled.

Xiao Ningxun smiled: "Your Majesty, could you get some pastries, mutton, and cheese for Xiao Dan Dan?"

He paused: "He has a big appetite; please prepare more, make sure he is full."

Bai Boluo nodded: "Hurry up and get it! Get more meat!"

"Yes!" Several black-clothed people turned and left.

Xiao Ningyuan shouted at his sister: "Tuan Tuan! Your Majesty, please let Xiao Dan Dan have a good meal! Okay?"

"Their royal palace is for people to live in; the rooms are too small—even if Xiao Dan Dan went, he couldn't get in!"

Tuan Tuan thought it over and reluctantly nodded: "Alright."

Soon, several boxes of food were brought over.

Tuan Tuan was very satisfied, pointing at the box: "Xiao Dan Dan, yours, eat."

Xiao Dan Dan pointed at himself; Kang An nodded firmly: "Yours, eat!"

Xiao Dan Dan was happy, stretched out his big hand, grabbed the mutton, and ate it in big bites.

Tuan Tuan stroked the long fur on his leg and suddenly asked: "Right, Turtle Great King, why did you shoot Xiao Dan Dan with an arrow?"

"Did he bully you?"

Bai Boluo startled: "I, the king, didn't!"

"Before today, I, the king, have never seen him."

Tuan Tuan pointed at the blanket on Xiao Dan Dan's left arm: "It's right here!"

"That arrowhead has a leopard head—don't even think of denying it!"

"When I met Xiao Dan Dan, his wound was festering; if it weren't for my master, he'd still be in pain."

Xue Tong held up the half-arrow pulled from Xiao Dan Dan's arm and shook it: "My disciple said correctly—the arrow is still here."

The crown prince hurried over: "Please, Old Sir, let me have a look."

He took the arrow from Xue Tong's hand, nodded: "It's the father king's arrow."

He thought: "Father King, about a month ago you went out of the city to hunt once—could this be that arrow?"

Bai Boluo suddenly realized: "Little miss, when I went hunting that day, for some reason there were no animal tracks, so I went farther and farther."

The crown prince nodded: "Indeed, I was beside Father King then, saw branches and leaves shaking wildly in a valley, and Father King shot an arrow there."

"But we didn't see any beast run out, so we returned to the city, and we didn't know that arrow had hit your… Xiao Dan Dan."

"'Oh!' Tuan Tuan understood and said: 'From now on, don't shoot arrows randomly—you can't see anything, why shoot blindly?'"

Bai Boluo and the crown prince: "……"

Xiao Ningxun suppressed a laugh: "Alright, Tuan Tuan, the king didn't mean it—Xiao Dan Dan has finished eating. You and Kang An come down; let's go to the royal palace, okay?"

Tuan Tuan lowered his head and saw that the several big boxes were empty.

She turned and looked at Xiao Dan Dan licking his lips, patted her own belly: "Are you full?"

Xiao Dan Dan imitated her, patted his belly and nodded.

Tuan Tuan pulled Kang An up, pointed at the ground: "Put us down."

Xiao Dan Dan understood, lifted his two big hands, and gently placed the two small ones on the ground.

Tuan Tuan pointed at the city gate: "Wait for me outside the gate!"

"This place is too small—really, why not build it bigger?"

Bai Boluo: "……"

The crown prince muttered: "Who would have thought we'd have a day to entertain Sharden!"

Xiao Dan Dan stood up and walked step by step toward the outside of the city.

Bai Boluo ordered: "Go, tell the troops outside the city—do not harm this Sharden."

"Yes!"

The entourage followed Bai Boluo and the crown prince to Qiuci Royal Palace.

Everyone sat down; Bai Boluo ordered the best food served for hospitality and had the crown prince keep them company.

He then went to change into a robe, simply bandaged the wound on his neck, before appearing again before everyone.

He raised his wine cup: "Your fine horses and white camels—I have already had them brought to the palace, and your companion Sa Dike is also in the palace now."

"The Grand Sacrifice Festival is still two days away—please stay at ease in the royal palace."

"The goods you brought need not seek buyers—I'll buy them all; just enjoy yourselves."

Xiao Ningyuan was startled: "This king is indeed swift and decisive—so quickly he's probing our background."

Xiao Ningxun smiled faintly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but we didn't come just for these."

"'How blunt and straightforward,' Bai Boluo laughed, set down his cup: 'Speak freely.'"

Xiao Ningxun pondered a moment, still not speaking, as Tuan Tuan lifted his head from the yogurt bowl, a ring of milk moustache still on his mouth:

"'Just give us those two bad guys—Yuchi Guang and Gulihuan!'"

Kang An lifted his head and stared at Bai Boluo.

Bai Boluo was startled: "They've already been locked up by me in the Great Prison—what do you want them for?"

Xue Tong rubbed Kang An's head: "This child's parents died miserably at the hands of Gulihuan."

Bai Boluo nodded: "I see, child—do you have the courage to go now?"

Kang An slowly stood up, clenched his fists: "I dare."

Tuan Tuan hurriedly stood up: "Xiao An'an, I'll go with you!"

Xiao Ningxun hurriedly said: "Tuan Tuan, you can't go."

Lu Qi stood up: "Miss, I'll accompany him—just let him go; that kind of place, the Great Prison, you shouldn't go."

"But..." Tuan Tuan hesitated a bit.

Xiao Er also stood up: "I'll go with him too; with both of us there, Miss, you can relax."

Kang An looked at Tuan Tuan, eyes gentle: "I'll go myself."

"Alright," Tuan Tuan sat back down, "then hurry back, Second Uncle, Seventh Uncle—don't let that bastard bully Xiao An'an!"

"Okay."

Bai Buluo said: "Someone, take these three to the big jail."

"Yes!"

Xiao Er and Lu Qi accompanied Kang An as they went out.

Bai Buluo asked: "What about Wei Chi Guang? Does he also bear a grudge against you?"

Xiao Ningxun did not conceal anything, briefly recounting his dealings with Wei Chi Ming.

Bai Buluo laughed: "A petty man who's good with words actually managed to make Wei Chi Ming so uneasy; he underestimated me too much."

"I kept him, never intending to one day attack Yutian."

Xiao Ningxun startled: "With your wise insight, Your Highness, you must have long seen through Wei Chi Guang's nature; if not for this, why keep him?"

Bai Buluo's gaze was piercing: "Those in high positions often fail to see what's below."

"I kept him precisely to test how many of those who daily call themselves loyal ministers before me are actually hypocritical."

"But I was indeed careless; I never expected him to do what he did today."

"The one who trains hawks almost had his eyes pecked by the hawk—what a joke."

"Take him away; he's of no use to me anymore."

Xiao Ningxun secretly felt astonished—this is the way of emperors!

He showed no change in expression: "I see; then Your Highness, by relocating those destroyed small states to the borders and willingly bearing the name of a tyrant, you're also doing it to establish prestige, right?"

Bai Buluo sized up Xiao Ningxun with a few glances: "You lot in Zhongyuan surely aren't ordinary commoners, are you?"

Tuan Tuan interjected: "Exactly! My father is Prince Ning!"

Bai Buluo exclaimed in surprise: "Prince Ning Xiao Yuanhang? That War God of Lie Kingdom?"

Tuan Tuan nodded: "Exactly! You also know my father, right?"

Bai Buluo laughed: "Who doesn't know the name of the War God of Lie Kingdom?"

Tuan Tuan proudly shook her little head.

Bai Buluo took a sip of wine: "I wonder how Prince Ning is faring in Xibei nowadays?"