The Story of a Stroppy Princess

Hua Yueling revealed a sly grin to Nangong Yixuan who expected detailed plan from her. It was obvious that she prepared to take this opportunity to revenge herself on the Third Prince. She would not let him off so lightly.

Nangong Yixuan found his palm sweating just by looking at her wicked grin.

"Brother Yixuan," Hua Yueling peered at the Fourth prince, "From tomorrow on, how about the idea of my joining you to investigate the spy?" The man in front of her appeared much more agreeable than Nangong Lieye. And he was single right now. Besides, Ping’er said that he was by no means a lecher. You see it was so rare in the ancient times when men enjoyed more superiority than women did.

In great astonishment, Nangong Yixuan shook his head immediately and said, "No, no, you must be kidding? You are a female and know nothing about martial arts. And investigating itself is too dangerous. What’s worse, if your father knows, he is sure to blame me!"

"What? You are despising me? Do you really think we women are really weaker than you men? All right, since you don’t need my help, please don’t turn to me if you have any problem in the future! Hum! I’m going to sleep. Please show yourself out and I don’t have time to see you off." Hearing this, Hua Yueling immediately snorted at him with rage and stepped to her bedroom angrily.

Nangong Yixuan right away blushed out of embarrassment. After quite a moment, he came to himself, and responded to her, "Good night, Ling’er. It’s time for me to go home." Seeing that Hua Yueling didn’t have any intention to come out, he forced a smile and left. How could he take her life at risks?

The moment he came out of the main house, he went to Ye You, who was standing in the pavilion and looking at the stars.

"Ye You," Nangong Yixuan said with a smile, "How is it going?"

Turning around and looking at the Fourth Prince with his deep set eyes, Ye You replied, "My lady is very friendly to me." Hua Yueling offered him the best lodging with everything furnished. Never did she treat him as a server.

"That’s great. By the way, I heard you beat up the two kids of the chief Minister of Rites...?"

"It was the order of my lady." Thinking of their confounded images, he curled a smile.

"Ye You," Nangong Yixuan felt it amazing, "seldom do I see you smile."

"I’ve just done some exercise, feeling refreshed now. " Ye You smiled more happily.

"Ha-ha, it seems that you are suited to the job here. But do remember, sometimes, her willfulness may invite some unpleasantness." Nangong Yixuan said prudently.

"Your Highness, you can rest assured. I think the Miss possesses herself with an extraordinary intelligence so she will not do anything stupid." Just one short afternoon allowed him to hold a submissive admiration for her. Right now, the chief Minister of Rites was offering an apology to the Prime Minister with his two badly injured children.

Hearing that, Nangong Yixuan was very amazed, "It’s rare to see you praising others, especially a lady."

"My lady said, never underestimate any women." Looking askance at Nangong Yixuan, Ye You answered.

"Well, all right. You have to take good care of her. She changed too much this time. I’m afraid her impulsion may bring her some fatal disaster." Nangong Yixuan frowned.

"I know." Ye You nodded discreetly.

In her delicately decorated room, Hua Yueling pouted in annoyance. Why women cannot do it? What a pedantry!

Looking at the Soft Gold Vest on the table, Hua Yueling smiled and put it on quickly. The vest fitted her well, which was just like the modern body armor that protected all the vital parts of her body; but what was amazing was that it was too light to feel its weight.

"Ping’er." Hua Yueling put on her nightgown and called.

Ping’er hurried into the room, "May I help you, my lady?"

"Stab me with this! Exert all your strength!" Hua Yueling gave the sharp hairpin to Ping’er.

"No! No way! What do you want to do, Miss? You’ll die!" The color drained from Ping’er’s face.

"I’m wearing the Soft Gold Vest, I want to see whether it’s that magical. Don’t be afraid." Hua Yueling rolled her eyes reluctantly.

"Uh, I’d better ask Ye You to come." Ping’er ran away in fear. She didn’t dare to do that. How could so thin a vest be so invulnerable?

Hua Yueling rolled her eyes again. Fine, Ye You was much more obedient than this girl.

With a sullen look, Ye You held the hairpin hesitantly. Hua Yueling roared, "Do what you are told!"

"Why don’t you take it off and let me wear it, and you stab me. It’s the same." Ye You thought for a moment.

"How can it be the same? You have inner energy, but I don’t. So I need to know where the protection lies to save myself from unnecessary risks of death," said Hua Yueling, who was in a rather irritated tone.

"I can do without inner energy." Ye You said instantly.

"But I’m not as durable as you are." Hua Yueling replied quickly.

Ye You frowned with his mouth twitching. Suddenly he raised the hairpin and stabbed her belly.

Instinctively she ducked and began to fight back. They fought in the room. Ye You relied entirely on his moves, not on any inner energy.

Ye You was shocked, for he didn’t even have any advantages in such close combat. And Hua Yueling nearly hit him several times. His face burned slightly. It was really humiliating.

"Scudding!" shouted Hua Yueling. She jumped onto the table with her slender leg sweeping sideways at his head.

Ye You raised his arm to stop her leg and smiled. However, Hua Yueling’s other foot went straight off and hit hard on his shoulder. Then she flipped over and fell behind him, knocking Ye You with her ass. Ye You stood unsteady and took two steps forward. He leaned his hands on the table and turned in disbelief to look at Hua Yueling’s smiling face.

"See, my Kong Fu is really good, isn’t it?" said Hua Yueling proudly. "If I have inner energy, I am sure to be perfect."

Ye You stared at her and couldn’t believe that he had been defeated by this woman.

"All right, stop staring at me blankly. It’s not humiliating to be defeated by a woman. You see, women are not necessarily inferior to men," said Hua Yueling. Looking at his sullen face, she knew he was wrecked by his failure.

"Miss, it’s impossible to acquire inner energy without ten-year practice even if you begin to learn at your age now," said Ye You. He came to himself and sat down on the stool, kneading his shoulder which was sore because of her hit.

"Well... what you said really hurt me. Is there any panacea that can suddenly make me have inner energy?" asked Hua Yueling. She knew there were miracles from books.

"Yes, there is. It’s called the Internal Elixir (an elixir that helps people have a high level of inner energy in a short time). One elixir can increase energy that needs ten years practice. But there’s only one person who has this elixir in the world," said Ye You after thinking for a while.

"Who?" asked Hua Yueling in surprise.

"The Third Prince," replied Ye You, glancing at her with a queer look.

"Damn it!" Hua Yueling jumped to her feet with great shock, "Why him?"

"The Third Prince is the wealthiest person. Two years ago, a skilled master sold the Internal Elixir publicly in the capital city for the highest bidder. Finally, the Third Prince bought all of the five for five million in total." Ye You said slowly and took a glance at Hua Yueling’s increasingly colder face from time to time.

"Bastard! He’s too ignorant, isn’t he? However, I don’t think that he excels in martial arts. Am I right?" Hua Yueling asked cautiously.

"My lady, don’t look down on the Third Prince. He already has possessed twenty years’ practice of inner energy and increased to thirty years after he ate one of the elixirs. So to speak, few people could defeat him. Strangely, The Internal Elixir doesn’t work for those who already has thirty years’ practice of inner energy. Therefore, if the Third Prince didn’t give the rest to others, he still has four elixirs. If Miss can have three of them, you are bound to beat the Third Prince."

"Are people very powerful with thirty years’ practice of inner energy?" Hua Yueling raised her eyebrow.

Ye You twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Basically, the younger ones’ inner energy cannot exceed that of twenty years’ practice. The one who has thirty years’ practice of inner energy is the highly-enlightened monk who is few and far between."

"How many years do you have?" Hua Yueling asked out of curiosity.

"About thirty years, but I am not supposed to be able to beat the Third Prince." Ye You answered honestly.

"You have thirty years’ practice of inner energy? How did you get it?" Hua Yueling said with astonishment.

"I have no idea." He had lost his memory, so he couldn’t recall anything that happened five years ago.

"Hum, well, but does that guy have such strong inner power? No wonder he is so arrogant, but he is a little bit stupid! I have to be careful later in case Ifall miserably someday." Hua Yueling admonished herself secretly, but how could she get his Internal Elixirs?

Ye You was speechless. The Third Prince was stupid? She might be the only one who would say that.

"I see. Now you fight against me with your inner power!" Hua Yueling wanted to know about the ancient martial arts and cultivate her body at the same time.

"Okay!" Ye You said without hesitation because this woman’s skill in martial arts had already intrigued his strong curiosity.