Reborn as an abandoned daughter, she became a stunning genius

Chapter 178 No Fire Lotus Seeds

"Speaking of which, why don't you see Miss Zuo? Aren't you usually together?" Su Nanxin asked.

"Senior Sister Zuo has something to do and can't come today." Jiang Ning replied.

"Princess Le'an has arrived!" A voice outside the garden interrupted the three people's chat.

"I have met Her Highness the Princess." People in the garden stood up and saluted.

"Ping Shen." Dong Ling's voice sounded.

I saw Dong Ling walking into the garden surrounded by the palace maids. As soon as she entered the garden, Dong Ling's eyes immediately scanned the entire garden and found Jiang Ning's location.

Jiang Ning had just finished his salute, raised his head, and looked at Dong Ling.

Dong Ling winked at Jiang Ning, indicating that the matter was done.

Since she was in public, Dong Ling was His Majesty's favorite princess, and every move she made symbolized the royal family, so she couldn't be as lively as usual and had to remain elegant and dignified at all times.

After receiving Dong Ling's look, Jiang Ning nodded almost imperceptibly.

Now that she has determined that the prize for this competition is the Millennium Fire Lotus Seed, she can start preparing for the next competition.

Su Nanxin chatted with the two of them for a while, then returned to her seat.

In the following time, family members of various officials arrived one after another to congratulate them on their birthdays.

When the birthday banquet was about to begin, another announcement from the Zhou family came from the door.

"People from the Zhou family are here too," Jiang Ning said.

Seeing King Yu go out to greet him in person, Mei Zixi couldn't help but wonder, "Junior brother Jiang, what's the background of the Zhou family this time? To be able to be personally greeted by His Highness King Yu?"

"The Zhou family, like the Qin family and the Su family, is a big family." Jiang Ning explained to Mei Zixi, "Generally, a family that has been prosperous for more than 500 years is called a big family. These big families have a profound heritage, which is beyond imagination. An existence independent of the royal family.”

"Independent from the royal family?" Mei Zixi looked puzzled.

Jiang Ning continued to explain, "In other words, no matter what problems arise within these big families, even if someone rebels, they will ultimately be punished by the clan rules and the head of the family. The royal family has no right to interfere in the internal management of the big families. Chu Xia has been a country for thousands of years. , so the Qin and Zhou families respect the royal family, but if it were another small country, these big families might not even look at them."

Mei Zixi was surprised, "Can they not even listen to His Majesty's words?"

"Theoretically, the royal family has no right to interfere with the family affairs of the big family. But after all, the Qin and Zhou families settled in Luo City and formed a three-legged relationship with the royal family. They still have to give each other face," Jiang Ning said.

"It's actually like this." Mei Zixi sighed repeatedly.

After a while, at the gate of the garden, King Yu led Zhou Hong into the banquet.

To show their importance, the Zhou family and Qin family had their banquets on both sides of King Yu, closest to him.

The banquet started soon, and dozens of maids took turns serving food and pouring wine.

First came the toasting and drinking session. Jiang Ning was not interested in this session and didn't pay much attention to it.

After the officials from all the major families took turns to toast, they could finally start eating.

While eating the food, a dancer performed a few dances in the empty seats in the middle of the banquet.

After the dance, it was finally time for the competition.

King Yu stood up with a glass of wine and said to everyone, "Everyone, welcome everyone to come to celebrate my birthday today. I am very happy. Just now I saw that everyone seems to be less interested in dancing, so why not let me take the lead and give it to you?" Let’s have some fun.”

With that said, King Yu waved his hand, and the boy behind him brought up a tray.

The contents in the tray were covered with a brocade handkerchief and looked to be about the size of a fist.

"I have always liked watching martial arts competitions. Today there are so many young talents here. It is a pity not to have a competition. Of course, I will not let everyone's work be in vain. This is the bonus I have prepared for you." King Yu looked aside. The boy.

The boy received the signal, held the tray with one hand, and lifted the brocade handkerchief covering it with the other.

In the tray, there was a round and clear ice-blue fruit.

Seeing the things in the tray, Jiang Ning's expression changed slightly and he looked in Dong Ling's direction doubtfully.

I found that Dong Ling also looked surprised and confused.

"This is the glacier fruit, which contains rich spiritual power. After taking it, the cultivation level below the spiritual realm can be improved by at least two levels without any sequelae." King Yu introduced.

As soon as the glacier fruit came out, exclamations came from the crowd from time to time. Everyone couldn't help but imagine that if this treasure came into their own hands...

Compared with the exclamation and anticipation of others, Jiang Ning's expression was a bit complicated.

Dong Ling looked in the direction of Jiang Ning and moved her mouth. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't convey it because of the distance.

So, he pulled the maid next to him, and after giving instructions in her ear, the maid walked around the crowd and walked towards Jiang Ning.

"His Highness said that she didn't know why she turned into a glacier fruit. Yesterday, she clearly convinced His Highness King Yu." the palace maid relayed.

Jiang Ning frowned and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Sure enough, we can't have too much expectations for things that haven't happened yet. Now that the lottery has been changed from Millennium Fire Lotus Seeds to Glacier Fruit for some unknown reason, Jiang Ning can only find another way to get the Fire Lotus Seeds.

But how to find these fire lotus seeds?

Just as Jiang Ning was thinking about it, the maid who poured the wine suddenly stuffed a letter over her.

Jiang Ning looked at the maid who was pouring wine, and saw that her expression was as usual, nothing unusual.

The envelope in his hand was unsigned, and he didn't know who had sent it.

Jiang Ning opened the envelope and took out a few pieces of letter paper inside.

There was only one short sentence on the first piece of paper.

The thousand-year fire lotus seeds were given to Zhou Hong by King Yu before the banquet began.

The next few sheets of paper introduced in detail what kind of person Zhou Hong was, his strengths, weaknesses, and weaknesses. They couldn't be more detailed.It was also mentioned that a few days ago, King Yu and Zhou Hong had blocked Jiang Ning's path underground.

After reading the letter, a plan quickly took shape in Jiang Ning's mind.

As for this letter, although it was not signed, Jiang Ning knew who sent it as soon as he read the content.

Looking at Qin Huaizhou, he saw that he was wearing a thick cloak, his face was pale, and he seemed to be very weak, and he would fall down if the wind blew.

But Jiang Ning knew that these were all his disguises, and the letter just now was sent by Qin Huaizhou.

Whether it was medical skills or cultivation, the other party never seemed to deliberately hide anything in front of her.

What is Qin Huaizhou's purpose?

Jiang Ning had a headache when he thought that Qin Huaizhou might have something to do with Xun Xi Lou underground. If such a person were to be an enemy, it would be very difficult to deal with him.

While thinking about it, the competition in Prince Yu's Mansion has begun.

"It's too boring to follow the rules of previous martial arts competitions. So, let me make a new rule today, Wang Jiu." King Yu said loudly.

As soon as King Yu finished speaking, a burly man stepped forward.

"Wang Jiu is the guard of Prince Yu's Mansion. His strength is at the first level of Lingdi and his defense power is excellent. Next, you can come up to the stage one by one to attack Wang Jiu."