Chapter 431 Chongyang Secret Treasure

"The third son of the Qin family, born with supernatural powers?"

Li Xuan silently memorized this information in his mind.

Judging from the appearance of the two young men, they should be of the same generation as the Eighth Prince, and most likely the young talents of the Qin family.

In this way, the Qin family has such a genius, and it is definitely not that there is no successor.

I don't know why Qin Zongyong cares so much about the Eighth Prince.

If the Eighth Prince wants to play badly, just let him play badly.

But now it seems that Qin Zongyong still has some expectations for the Eighth Prince, otherwise he would not have pulled him to whisper.

Princess Ankang sat in her seat with Li Xuan in her arms, and gradually felt a little bored.

Everyone around her went to deal with those family members, and only she seemed to have nothing to do.

If it weren't for Yu'er accompanying Princess Ankang, I'm afraid she would be even more lonely in this lively Chongyang banquet.

Li Xuan didn't feel bored at all.

He pricked up his ears and listened to all kinds of gossip at the banquet, enjoying it.

When these people gathered together, they mostly talked about family matters, but this family expanded to become a "family" of the family.

At first, they were just some light-hearted topics, such as which young man in which family was extraordinary, which head of which family made further progress, got promoted, broke through the level, and so on...

But gradually their topic turned to government affairs.

When talking about government affairs, whether it was the family of civil officials or the family of nobles, they all mentioned the Desert Wolf Court.

Li Xuan knew about the country of Desert.

He had heard many people mention the name of this country in the West Market of the capital.

Desert is located in the northwest of Daxing, and part of its territory occupies the border of the Western Regions, and most of the remaining territory is in a desert in the northern border.

With such a geographical environment, Desert is naturally not very rich.

The people of Desert are mainly nomadic, driving cattle and sheep to travel in one oasis after another in the desert.

When Li Xuan first heard about the lifestyle of the desert people, he was very surprised.

Nomadic people in the desert, no matter how you think about it, it is against common sense, right?

But the desert people seem to have been living like this for a long, long time.

And the Desert Wolf Court is their most powerful tribe, occupying the largest and most fertile oasis in the desert.

But the Desert Wolf Court is just a name. Whoever is the most powerful tribe in the desert is the Desert Wolf Court.

The Desert Wolf Court has changed owners several times, and the oasis known as the Pearl of the Desert has also changed owners one after another.

But in recent years, there seems to be no news of the Desert Wolf Court changing its owner, and it has turned into frequent conflicts between the borders of the two countries, and even has a tendency to intensify.

In the court, the attitude towards the Desert Wolf Court is divided into two distinct parties.

Most civil officials advocate appeasing the Desert Wolf Court and focusing on the self-development of Daxing. They believe that war is not an acceptable solution. Anyway, according to the system of the Desert Wolf Court, sooner or later, it will be chaotic again.

The nobles did not think so. Instead, they wanted to suppress the signs of instability in the Desert Wolf Court and let them know that the majesty of Daxing cannot be violated.

Otherwise, it will inevitably lead to disasters in the long run.

In response to this issue, the civil officials and nobles in the court have been drifting apart because of the deepening contradictions, and have now reached the point where they are incompatible with each other.

But until now, no conclusion has been made.

It is just that the people on the border have suffered from the invasion of war for many years.

"So they are arguing about this matter."

After listening for a long time, Li Xuan has already understood what the contradiction between the two sides is.

And listening to these people's remarks, it seems that the Desert Wolf Court is becoming more and more unstable.

This situation makes the original ideas of the civil officials more and more untenable.

The nobles even bluntly called them weak traitors on occasions like tonight.

In this seemingly free dinner exchange time, they actually stood on two sides clearly.

Seeing such a scene, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"Ah Xuan, it's a bit boring, let's go for a walk."

Princess Ankang stood up from her seat holding Li Xuan.

Li Xuan meowed in response.

But he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Although Princess Ankang was so glorious in the Cuju competition before, no one cared about her at this time.

Privately, there were many people who were curious about Princess Ankang and asked about her, but no one took the initiative to greet Princess Ankang.

Even Qin Zongyong said hello to Princess Ankang on the way to the eighth prince.

For these royal heirs, Emperor Yongyuan has always adopted a cold attitude, so the family power of their mother has become extremely important.

But Princess Ankang's situation is a bit special. Concubine Xiao and Concubine Xiao's hometown Beiliang have passed away.

Princess Ankang can be said to be truly helpless.

Li Xuan felt Princess Ankang's lost mood, and licked her cheeks with his tongue.

Princess Ankang smiled.

"I don't know if the starling can come back, let's find some fun ourselves."

Princess Ankang cheered up, avoided the adults, and walked towards the direction where the children gathered.

Along the way, Princess Ankang attracted a lot of people's attention.

Her performance on the Cuju field today was enough to impress everyone.

Curious, wary, fearful...

All kinds of complicated eyes were cast on Princess Ankang.

But Princess Ankang just ignored these rude eyes and kept walking towards the direction where the children's laughter came from.

In a corner of the banquet venue, there was a large lawn.

After dinner, most of the children were free from their parents' control and came here to kill time.

The older teenagers were not far away, but they disdained to hang out with these little brats. They gathered together pretending to be reserved, imitating the adults not far away, pretending to be calm, and playing a slightly clumsy imitation game.

On the contrary, the little brats were much more straightforward, playing happily on the lawn one by one. It was obvious that they were in a good mood and energetic after just having a full meal.

Princess Ankang brought Li Xuan and Yu'er to the lawn as soon as they came here, and they caused quite a commotion.

The boys and girls whispered to each other, their eyes fixed on Princess Ankang.

The little brats were just going crazy.

"Wow, it's the princess sister who is good at playing football!"

A little girl exclaimed, and the little brats on the lawn looked up in the direction of Princess Ankang like a group of curious groundhogs.

The little brats blinked their big eyes and stared at Princess Ankang blankly, wanting to get closer to talk, but no one dared.

Princess Ankang couldn't help but smile when she saw their reaction, and then asked:

"What are you playing? Can you take me with you?"

Seeing that Princess Ankang seemed to be easy to talk to, the little girl who exclaimed earlier said timidly:

"We are playing pitching pots. Princess sister, do you want to play with us?"

The little girl stepped aside, revealing a small copper pot, and they each had a few arrows without arrowheads in their hands.

Princess Ankang took the arrows from the little girl's hand, played with them for a while, and looked up again. She found that there were many small objects that could be used for games. I don't know if they were brought by the little brats themselves or specially prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But no matter what, for Princess Ankang, who was bored at the moment, it was a rare good pastime.

Princess Ankang nodded to the little girl with a smile, and then said:

"Well, I want to play too, take me with you."

"Yeah!"

The little brats cheered and seemed to welcome Princess Ankang.

The other little brats noticed the movement here and could no longer hold back, and gathered around.

Compared with the game in their hands, they were more curious about Princess Ankang.

Seeing that Princess Ankang accepted the little girl's invitation so easily, some people couldn't help but regret not speaking up.

Obviously, Princess Ankang's previous Cuju game left a deep impression on these little brats.

They put down their games and gathered to watch the excitement of Princess Ankang.

There were not many children playing pitching pots, only six, and now with Princess Ankang, there were only seven people in total.

They took turns pitching pots to see who could throw the most.

Princess Ankang waited for her turn on the side.

At this time, the little girl who invited Princess Ankang looked at her for a long time before she said shyly:

"Princess sister, can I touch your cat?"

"Xiao An, you have to call her Princess, not Sister!"

Before Princess Ankang answered, another little girl took Xiao An's hand and corrected her.

"Can't I call you Princess Sister?"

Xiao An scratched her head and asked in confusion.

Her friend nodded seriously, looking like a little adult:

"My mother said that we must observe etiquette, otherwise we will be spanked."

Xiao An was really nervous when she heard that she was going to be spanked. She blinked her eyes and said to Princess Ankang:

"Princess Sister, can you not spank me?"

Princess Ankang couldn't help but be amused by the two little guys, and then said to Xiao An seriously:

"That depends on Xiao An's performance. If you are a good child in the future, naturally no one will spank you."

"But if you are a bad child..."

Speaking of this, Princess Ankang paused with ill intentions.

Just when she was thinking about how to tease Xiao An, a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Have you seen Princess Sister playing football today?"

"If you don't listen in the future, I will kick you into the goal as a ball."

Hearing this, Xiao An and her friend were frightened and burst into tears on the spot.

"Hey, don't cry."

"I won't kick you like a ball!"

Princess Ankang hurriedly explained and wiped the tears of the two little girls.

She just wanted to tease the two little girls, but she didn't want to be bullied by them and cry.

People kindly invited her to play, but she made their children cry. If this gets out, will Princess Ankang still attend the Chongyang Banquet next year?

Princess Ankang turned back angrily and found that it was indeed the Eighth Prince who was taken away by Qin Zongyong.

"Ankang, you know how to find a place. You played with them before I brought you here."

The Eighth Prince scared the two little girls, but he didn't feel guilty at all and was still smiling.

"My dear, I think you are a bad boy now. It just so happens that I didn't play Cuju enough today, so why not play another round."

Princess Ankang said coldly while comforting the two little girls.

The Eighth Prince's heart tightened immediately. He didn't expect that the boomerang he threw out would pierce his butt instead.

"An, Ankang, I was just joking with them."

"They are just children. Just coax them."

The Eighth Prince hurried over and took the two little girls from Princess Ankang, and comforted them with coaxing and deception.

It can be said that the Eighth Prince is really good at dealing with children. After a while, the two little girls burst into laughter.

What's more outrageous is that these two little girls actually know the Eighth Prince.

"Why are you here just now? Didn't we agree to meet here today?"

The Eighth Prince used his sleeves to wipe the two little girls' faces full of snot and tears, and smiled:

"Isn't I here?"

"Have you brought everything?"

Li Xuan and Princess Ankang didn't expect that the Eighth Prince actually knew these two little girls.

"This guy's child king has moved outside the palace?"

Li Xuan lay on Princess Ankang's shoulder, acting as a scarf.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince was also quite familiar with the two little girls, I couldn't help but exclaim.

Then, the two little girls nodded cutely and took off the small pouches hanging around their necks.

They each emptied their pouches and poured out a lot of snacks, toys, and even a few pebbles.

The Eighth Prince carefully identified them and nodded:

"Okay, okay, this year's goods are much more reliable than last year's."

"Of course, Xiao An and I have been searching for treasures this year." Xiao An's friend puffed out his chest and said proudly.

Xiao An on the side grinned and laughed.

If it weren't for the snot marks on their faces, they would really be two cute porcelain dolls.

"Then there's no time to lose, gather everyone!"

The Eighth Prince waved his hand and commanded the little kid.

But the two little girls shook their heads and waved their hands mercilessly:

"No, no, I have to see your stuff first."

"Hey, you are still questioning me?" The Eighth Prince was speechless for a while, then took out a large bundle from his arms and shook it gently in front of them.

The little brats at the banquet had gathered here, because Princess Ankang and the Eighth Prince had arrived, and they were all gathered together.

At this time, seeing the Eighth Prince take out the legendary bundle, the little brats exclaimed, giving enough emotional value.

"You are too supportive, aren't you?"

Looking at their innocent reactions, Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.

"Old rules, come on!"

The Eighth Prince unfolded his bundle, which was full of exquisite toys and some small ornaments.

The gems on the ornaments were not big, and they were considered scraps. Although they were not valuable, the design was quite bold, and they were as gorgeous as they could be, which was very eye-catching.

Once the Eighth Prince opened this bundle, it was like opening the legendary treasure in front of the little brats.

The exclamations of the little kids that followed further confirmed Li Xuan's guess.

"The legendary Chongyang secret treasure!!!"