Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

Chapter 313 I Want to Be in a Relationship

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The young emperor was hopelessly enamored with the adulation he received. He relied solely on his status as a prince, Chu Quan, who paid little attention to outside affairs. He spent most of his time in his palace, sometimes processing memorials, sometimes simply daydreaming and passing the time. This lifestyle was something the young emperor would find utterly daunting, yet it provided him with an advantage in his impersonation. By not paying attention to the outside world, he couldn't keep up with real-time events, preventing the true regent from learning of his impersonation. Furthermore, without revealing his identity, no one would enter the palace to report to the real regent—that a "regent" had appeared in the First Estate.

No one would be foolish enough to report their whereabouts to the regent.

This is why the young emperor was so fearless. But he never expected that he had chosen a bad time. If it were any other time, his plan might have succeeded. But just when he was impersonating the regent, the real regent happened to be out shopping and even came to the First Manor to join in the fun.

The young emperor picked up his wine cup, slowly took a sip from the rim, and didn't drink much. His deliberate action seemed melancholy to outsiders, drawing pitying glances from the common people.

He felt a mixture of pain and joy. The pain stemmed from his clear understanding that all the people's love and respect were for the regent, while the joy came from finally enjoying the same treatment he had received as the regent.

Wang Sun Chuquan chuckled inwardly; this little emperor was getting better and better at pretending. He nodded slightly, concealed among the crowd. The bodyguard dressed as a martial artist flipped his right hand, revealing a small silver needle in his palm. With a slight flick of his wrist, the silver needle flew out of his hand, aimed directly at the little emperor above.

The young emperor was completely unprepared when the silver needle struck the celadon cup in his hand with tremendous force.

"Ding--"

With a crisp clang, the celadon cup shattered into countless fragments, which, along with the wine inside, fell from the young emperor's hand, one of the shards even cutting his hand.

The young emperor was truly startled, and a wave of fear washed over him. If that hidden weapon aimed at the celadon cup had been aimed at his head, he might have really lost his life, after all, he didn't have his uncle's abilities.

He trembled as he looked at the Grand Eunuch beside him, who was also startled by the turn of events and was now looking at him helplessly.

"Help! Someone come quick!"

Just as the young emperor was about to call for protection, the terrified chief eunuch suddenly realized what was happening and stopped him from summoning the secret guards: "Your Majesty, you cannot call the secret guards. Do not forget your current status. The Regent is the number one expert in our Great Xia Dynasty. Under these circumstances, he will not allow anyone to protect him!"

Upon hearing the Grand Eunuch's explanation, the young emperor clenched his fists, extremely nervous. He suddenly regretted his actions of impersonating the Regent and enjoying the other party's treatment. If he had called for his personal guards for protection at this moment, it would have been completely inconsistent with the behavior of a Regent. Everyone knew that Wangsun Chuquan, that old codger, relied on his superior martial arts skills and usually didn't have anyone with him. He resolved matters by force himself. He hesitated for a moment, unsure whether exposing himself as a fake Regent was more important than his life.

However, the guards would not give him a chance to hesitate.

The somewhat thin guard lightly touched the ground with his toes, and after a few undulations, landed on a building next to the First Manor.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the young emperor, and calmly said amidst the stares of the crowd, "This humble subject pays respects to the Regent. I have offended you greatly in the past, and I have a favor to ask of you. I wonder if the Regent would be willing to grant my request?"

He directly admitted that he had thrown the hidden weapon earlier. The onlookers did not show any anger, because in their minds, such a small hidden weapon could not possibly harm the Regent, so they were not worried. And without worry, where would anger come from? The people's mentality was more like watching a show, waiting to see this skinny guy who stepped forward be tortured to death by the Regent.

After all, this wasn't the first or second time such a thing had happened. The Regent was known as the number one martial arts master in the Great Xia Dynasty, a title that his rivals in the Great Xia Dynasty held in high esteem. However, there was a group of people who didn't share this view: the江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world) figures, brimming with banditry. 江湖人士 (jianghu figures) generally didn't align themselves with the imperial court, and many in the court looked down on them. Naturally, they were also unconvinced by the Regent's title as the number one martial arts master in the Great Xia Dynasty. Therefore, occasionally, the people of the capital would see highly skilled jianghu figures ostentatiously challenging the Regent. The bored Regent would always accept the challenge, then beat his opponent black and blue, before leisurely leaving amidst the cheers of the crowd.

Although the skinny little fellow who jumped out didn't say what his request was, the young emperor and the people knew perfectly well that this was probably another person who wanted to challenge the regent.

Sure enough, the next second, the man clasped his hands in a fist salute to the young emperor: "I acknowledge the title of the Regent as the number one expert in the Great Xia Dynasty. However, I am more interested in knowing where my martial arts are lacking. That is why I acted rashly. But this one move has made me realize that the Regent's martial arts are nothing special. You couldn't even catch a small silver needle. You truly do not deserve the title of the number one expert in the Great Xia Dynasty!"

He first praised and then criticized, yet he managed to leave everyone speechless, since his silver needle did indeed break the celadon cup in the regent's hand, and the regent did not dodge or catch the flying silver needle at the time.

"This humble subject dares to challenge Your Highness to a duel. If Your Highness is truly so powerful, please do not hold back and let this humble subject witness the power of the number one expert in the Great Xia Dynasty, what do you say?"

After the guard finished speaking, he didn't give the young emperor a chance to react. He leaped up and quickly approached the young emperor. With a flick of his right wrist, three silver needles appeared at his fingertips and were quickly released.

This time, the rapidly approaching silver needles made the young emperor see them clearly. He could no longer pretend. In a panic, he stood up from his seat, stumbled, and used a nearby table as a shield to block the flying silver needles, shouting, "Guards! Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!!!"

The voice was clear and bright like a young man's, not at all the deep, magnetic voice of the Regent.

The people who were very familiar with the Regent were all very astonished. Looking at the person on the fourth floor of the First Manor who was hiding behind the table in fear and shouting incessantly, they felt a sense of absurdity.

"That person is a fake! He's not the Regent at all!!"

"He's impersonating a prince!!!"