PDLP Chapter 233: Don’t Covet the Dragon’s Pearl 1
Chapter 233: Don’t Covet the Dragon’s Pearl 1
[A long, long time ago, on that mysterious western continent——]
Mingnan said unhappily: [Speak to the point! ]
205 paused, and then spoke quickly: [There is a kingdom called the Kingdom of Sith, there is an evil dragon whose name is unknown, and there is a princess named Mingnan. Yes, that's you.]
Ming Nan: [……]
It's as if you said nothing. You are really amazing.
She slowly opened her eyes and sat up from the old wooden bed. At first glance, the house was bare.
A row of question marks slowly appeared on Mingnan's head, [Are you sure I'm a princess? ]
205: [Well... a princess who lives among the common people is still a princess. ]
Mingnan held his forehead with his hand: [Don't tell me, I got the script of Huanzhu. ]
Before 205 could explain, someone knocked on the door.
"Boom boom boom——"
The old wooden door shook fragilely, shaking off some wood chips that floated down slowly under Mingnan's gaze.
Mingnan: "..."
She finally understood that she was not living among the people, but in the slums.
She looked down and made sure she was dressed properly before opening the door.
Standing outside the door was a group of people dressed in gorgeous and even somewhat ostentatious clothes.
The leader was a middle-aged woman in her thirties. She had her hands clasped in front of her, her back straight, her aura extraordinary, her lips tightly pursed, and she looked very serious.
She first looked at Mingnan without any hesitation, then frowned and looked past her at the room. The wrinkles between her eyebrows deepened, showing her disgust at all.
Mingnan raised his eyebrows and asked coldly, "What's wrong with you?"
The woman glanced at her and moved her lips as if she wanted to say something, but then she suppressed her words because of some concerns.
She lifted the hem of her skirt and bowed slightly, saluted to Mingnan, "Hello, I'm Salia, the head maid of the queen."
The guards behind her saluted one after another.
But his actions were perfunctory, and it was obvious that he didn't take her seriously at all.
Mingnan just watched their performance quietly without saying a word.
Salia stared at her for a while, wanting to wait for her to ask before continuing, but Mingnan refused to speak and left her there.
After staring at each other for a long time, Mingnan yawned and said, "If you have nothing else to do, I'll close the door~"
205: [Host, take it easy. Don’t make me angry like a pufferfish. Hehe, I won’t explode if I poke it, right? ]
Mingnan: [I hate people who pretend to be powerful because of their superiors. I'd rather die of anger than be angry. Hehe~]
Salia's expression kept changing, and from the look in her eyes, it was obvious that she wanted to curse.
As the chief maid beside the queen, she was flattered wherever she went. Even the ministers had to give her some face when they saw her. But today, she was given a cold shoulder by a little girl!
She couldn't swallow this breath, and her tone was even colder when she spoke again, "You are Mingnan, right?"
"I don't know why you are knocking on the door?" Mingnan asked back.
Salia: “…”
The guards behind took a breath, looked at each other and dared not say a word.
Salia took a deep breath and gritted her teeth and said, “Okay, Miss Mingnan, I am here to take you back to the palace on the orders of the king and queen. Please come with me.”
Mingnan asked knowingly: "Take me back to the palace?"
Salia: “Yes.”
"I see. I thought you were here to confiscate my property. You scared me. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
She walked straight to Salia, who was stunned for a moment and stepped back subconsciously. Mingnan brushed past her and ordered, "Lead the way."
Salia: “???”
No, why is she so crazy?
……
The group of people entered the palace in a carriage.
The palace was magnificent, with a red carpet stretching from the entrance to the throne in the front.
Salia led Mingnan in, and reminded him sarcastically as they walked, "Remember to bow when you meet the king and queen. Don't leave them with a bad impression of being rude and uneducated."
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, and don't interrupt the king and queen when they are talking, or you will be punished."
Although it was just a reminder, from her tone, it seemed that she was expecting Mingnan to recklessly offend the king and queen so that she could be severely punished by them and vent her anger.
Mingnan didn't bother to pay attention to her, his eyes were fixed on the two people sitting at the top.
One on the left and one on the right, one man and one woman.
The man looked to be in his forties and the woman in her early thirties.
Both of them wore exquisite golden crowns on their heads, and had the same aloof temperament. They looked at everyone with lowered brows and a bit of indifference.
Next to the woman stood a pretty and delicate girl with clear and clean eyes, like a lively little deer, looking at the gray Mingnan curiously.
"King, Queen, Princess El, Mingnan is here."
Salia stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
Mingnan stood behind her, not moving.
The king frowned and asked, "Why don't you bow?"
The queen pursed her lips, turned away her eyes, and looked displeased.
Mingnan smiled and asked in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I don't know what kind of etiquette should I perform. Should I perform a full etiquette like ordinary people, or a half etiquette like the people in the palace?"
When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned and looked over in unison.
Mingnan did not dodge or evade, just let them watch.
The king moved his lips and waved his hand, "Never mind, forget it this time."
Mingnan smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"You come closer."
The king raised his chin towards her.
Mingnan walked closer obediently. The king looked at her for a moment with a complicated expression, "You look a lot like your mother."
"Your Majesty knows my mother?"
"Of course I know you. You are Her Majesty and her daughter."
The queen suddenly interrupted, with a false smile on her face, and said, "Didn't Salia tell you?"
Salia said awkwardly: "I didn't have time. The princess...left in a hurry."
The queen raised her delicately painted eyebrows and said, "Then let me tell you. Your Majesty didn't know of your existence before. It was only under the guidance of the wizard that he found you a few days ago..."
Mingnan raised his hand to interrupt her and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, I don't want to know how you found me. Just tell me why you are looking for me."
queen:"……"
This was the first time she had met someone so direct, and she couldn't handle it.
She glanced at the king awkwardly.
The king took a deep breath, frowned and was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "There is indeed something wrong. The dragon in the Endless Forest in the west has awakened, and we need to send a princess to appease the dragon."
Mingnan understood instantly that what she had in her hand was not the script of Return of the Condor Heroes, but the script of Substitute Marriage.
She looked at Al who was standing next to the queen and asked deliberately, "Isn't there one?"
The queen's expression changed drastically. "Eir is the treasure of your majesty and me. How can we give it to the dragon?"
"Oh - so you thought of me, a rag-and-bone fellow, at this time?"
Mingnan sneered, "What if I don't agree?"
The king stroked the armrest of the throne and said coldly, "Then there is only one way to go, death."
He thought Mingnan would be scared, question him, and collapse. He even thought about how to deal with it. Unexpectedly, Mingnan just looked at him and nodded, "Oh, go ahead."
king:"???"
No, your reaction is a little too calm, isn't it? You agree now?