The Bet of the Thousand-Leaf Guanyin

"This lord did absolutely nothing. For this question, I'm afraid you must ask Xiao Xing!" a voice echoed from outside the restroom.

These words made Dantai Huang roll her eyes. Was there any difference between him doing it and his pet doing it?

Xiao Xing had just lost its Tianshan Holy Fruit as a snack, so its mood was indeed gloomy. It raised its wolf head to look at the sky. *What did Lord Xing do? She has diarrhea because her stomach is too good and her digestive function is too strong. It has nothing to do with Lord Xing! Hmph...*

Seeing her remain silent, Jun Qinglan's narrow eyes swept over her as he asked: "What is the Princess thinking about?"

Dan Tai Huang snorted coldly. Because of exhaustion, her legs felt weak! She gnashed her teeth and said: "Everyone says the Beiming Crown Prince is highly resourceful, knows everything, and can do anything. Can't you guess what I'm thinking?"

What else could she want? She wanted to torment this man and wolf to death, or hoped that heaven would strike them dead after forty-nine days of prayers.

"Are you thinking about how to take revenge on this Crown Prince?" His words carried a hint of a smile, his mood very good.

Dantai Huang snorted coldly, not speaking, but her meaning was clear!

Jun Qinglan laughed again, the interest in his eyes deepening. Taking a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, he said to Dantai Huang: "Come out, this lord has the antidote!"

Dantai Huang was silent for a moment, not wanting to pay attention to that bastard! But if she didn't take the antidote, she would probably die. A wise person submits to circumstances! Wanting to quickly resolve the issue, she adjusted her clothes and stepped out of the door. But as she reached the threshold, her legs gave way, and she almost fell!

"Fuck!" a low curse escaped her. She raised her head to look at his cold demeanor, stretched out her hand, and barked: "Hand over the antidote!"

Seeing that she could barely stand and was so pale she had almost no color, Jun Qinglan frowned slightly. He tossed the porcelain bottle over and cast a stern look down at Xiao Xing!

Xiao Xing was playing with its claws, pretending not to see his gaze! But the corner of its eye secretly watched the porcelain bottle in Dantai Huang's hand, its wolf mouth unconsciously revealing a smile...

Dantai Huang opened the porcelain bottle, and a white pill rolled out. Just as she was about to swallow it...

Jun Qinglan suddenly caught a whiff of something unusual! "Wait!"

Xiao Xing's heart skipped a beat. *Oh no, caught again!* This medicine clearly had the effects of a laxative added, yet it looked and smelled exactly like the Hundred Flowers Jade Dew Pill. How could the master actually tell! The Tianshan Holy Fruit was already gone. To ensure it could still eat the Glazed Jade Fruit this year, it had better slip away! Thinking of this, it quietly turned around, lifted its paws, and prepared to sneak away...

"What's wrong?" Dantai Huang looked at him strangely. Was he reluctant to let her eat it?

Jun Qinglan let out a cold laugh, filled with chill: "Xiao Xing, shouldn't you explain to this lord what exactly is going on here?"

Xiao Xing, having run halfway, turned around with an awkward smile. Behaving like a madam waving a handkerchief to call customers, it coyly shook its paws at Jun Qinglan with a bashful expression. *Oh, master, I'm just a wolf! How can I explain, how annoying!*

It felt tears stream down its face! Although it had a grudge against this woman, Lord Xing was not petty, so it could choose not to bicker with her! But it carried the mission of ruining the relationship between its master and her. Its master's taste was so unusual, so it had to rack its brains to help them build hatred, making them enemies to the bone so nothing would happen! Why was it that every time it made a move, the master immediately knew it did it?

"I'll give you the time of half a cup of tea to hand over the antidote, otherwise..."

Before he could finish, Xiao Xing quickly leaped into the air, its figure fast as lightning! Two streams of tears flowed down. *Master, I know what you want to say. You want to say that if I'm slow, the Glazed Jade Fruit will also be gone, right? I'll go get the antidote now. I'll fulfill your wishes, just let me be a lonely wolf for the rest of my life! Wuuu...*

Dantai Huang watched it speechlessly, finally unable to resist asking the question that had troubled her for a long time: "Is Xiao Xing female?" Looking at how it behaved toward Jun Qinglan, it really looked like a lover...

"It's male!"

"..." Alright, she admitted Jun Qinglan was charming! Not only to human males and females, but even to animals, regardless of gender.

His narrow eyes swept toward her, looking at the pill. "Throw it away!"

Dantai Huang smiled, looking extremely mischievous. She put the pill back into the bottle and slid it into her sleeve. She now believed this matter had nothing to do with Jun Qinglan, but as for Xiao Xing... she would remember this!

Seeing this, Jun Qinglan roughly guessed what she wanted to do. His lips curled into a faint smile as he watched the show. Stroking his chin, he kindly advised: "As for the upcoming poetry gathering, the Princess had better not go!"

"Why?" What did her going or not going have to do with him?

"If you go, tonight the Princess will only have half a life left. At that time, this Crown Prince will have to go up to the roof to watch the show again!" he said with a faint smile, sounding mysterious.

Dan Tai Huang said disdainfully: "Do you think you're a fortune teller? Is the feng shui of that place bad?"

Being looked down upon, Jun Qinglan was startled at first, then laughed. "A fortune teller? This Crown Prince cannot calculate heavenly fate, I only know human hearts!"

Dantai Huang frowned, about to ask further. A silver flash flickered, and Xiao Xing returned with a porcelain bottle in its mouth. It waved it at Dantai Huang, then turned around to show her its butt!

She looked at it speechlessly and swallowed the antidote! As soon as the medicine entered her stomach, it worked like a miracle drug. Her stomach stopped churning, and her complexion improved significantly. At this time, without even glancing at Jun Qinglan, she walked toward the grand hall, saying loudly: "You're probably just afraid this princess will compose a great poem and make others jealous! This princess just won't write poetry after returning..."

Jun Qinglan looked at her retreating figure, shook his head with a smile, and followed. Her temper was indeed quite stubborn!

Arriving at the grand hall, a palace maid and accompanying guards happened to walk in, carrying a tray. Upon it was a golden seat, and on the golden seat lay a jade pendant. The jade was translucent green, looking as if it were formed from thousands of leaves, shaping a Guanyin lotus seat.

Seeing the two of them, the palace maids curtsied: "Greetings to the Beiming Crown Prince and the Mobei Third Princess!"

Jun Qinglan nodded slightly, and they stood up, carrying the tray into the grand hall.

But Dantai Huang froze completely! Stunned in place, she couldn't speak for a long time, her eyes turning red in an instant. This jade pendant was identical to the one she had worn around her neck since childhood in her past life—a relic left behind by her mother. She had thought she would never see it again in this life, but who knew it would be here?

The beautiful man beside her swept a glance over her. Seeing her look at the jade with nostalgia and even red eyes, he instantly guessed something. He chuckled and teased: "Princess, it's just a jade pendant. Does it actually make you so envious that your eyes turn red?"

The nostalgia was instantly shattered. Dantai Huang sneered in disdain: "You are truly a talkative woodpecker!"

The Crown Prince's smile stiffened, realizing this woman truly didn't know what was good for her! He said casually: "It's just a jade pendant. This Crown Prince can help you win it!"

"In your dreams!" Winning the poetry gathering would grant the Thousand-Leaf Guanyin. Even if he was the judge, he couldn't openly show favoritism.

"Then let's make a bet! If this Crown Prince wins, the Princess will marry me, how about it?" He curled his lips into a mischievous smile, his words hard to distinguish as true or false.

She was speechless: "If you lose?"

As Jun Qinglan walked into the grand hall, he muttered to himself: "This Crown Prince has never lost a bet! If I truly lose today, then this Crown Prince will marry you..."

His figure was proud, disdainful, and elegantly peerless.

"..." Dantai Huang wanted to take off her shoe and throw it at him again! If he lost, he would marry her? Hmph: "If you lose, will you wear a bridal veil?"

The man ahead paused slightly, then smiled helplessly: "I will!"