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Chapter 200 Choosing Livestock
Jiang Yan personally saw Bai Hu Yaoyao off at the door. "Thank you for coming all this way, Princess. Thank you for saving my life. I will never forget it."

She was very grateful.

Since her mother passed away, no one has cared for her like this.

Even her biological father doesn't care about her.

Now, she feels a sense of kinship with a girl she has only met once.

This girl was also her savior.

Bai Hu Yaoyao helped her up. She came to help her today simply because she found Jiang Yan pleasing to the eye.

Although she was a woman, I saw a tenacious and unyielding character in her.

This kind of woman is not the kind who is confined to the inner quarters of the house.

What she admired most was actually her embroidery skills.

The embroidery on that fan was the most exquisite she had ever seen.

"Sister Yan, I've only been in Manchester for a short time. From now on, we'll be best friends. We can go shopping together whenever we have free time."

It would be nice to have a female friend to talk to.

She has almost no female friends, and her two senior female classmates don't even have time to hang out with her.

It's not easy to find a good friend these days.

Jiang Yan smiled gently, "Okay! You can come find me anytime you want to go somewhere, and I'll accompany you."

"Okay." Bai Hu Yaoyao got into the carriage and left.

Today is a palace banquet hosted by the Empress Dowager, and Baihu Yaoyao was pulled up early by Shiliu to wash and dress up.

Everyone in Manchester knew why the Queen Mother was holding the palace banquet.

It was all for the purpose of selecting a wife for her grandson.

All the ministers knew that the Empress Dowager had her eye on the princess of the Regent's Palace, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

At the very least, their daughter won't be selected.

To put it bluntly, today's banquet is for the princes to choose their consorts. Besides Xiao Yuheng, there are several other princes who also need to choose consorts.

The crown prince also needs to choose a principal wife.

Those young ladies from prominent families all got up early to start getting ready.

White Fox Yaoyao sat in front of the mirror, her eyes barely open. "Pomegranate, do we really need to get up this early?"

Last night, Hua Chengzhou kept pestering her to come several times, and she was completely exhausted.

As her strength increased, so did her sexual desires, and she still couldn't resist the demands of these filthy men.

I still need to improve my skills!
Otherwise, how could she satisfy her husbands?

"Oh my! Princess, you're the star of the show today, of course you have to dress up nicely!" Shiliu combed her smooth long hair, secretly filled with envy.

The princess's hair is so beautiful!

White Fox Yaoyao closed her eyes and said, "I'm just here to watch the fun, I don't want to be the main character."

She wasn't going to marry Xiao Yuheng; she was going to see Xiao Yuheng's anger when he didn't follow the Empress Dowager's instructions.

At the banquet, the Empress Dowager instructed Xiao Yuheng to curry favor with her, and ideally, to defile her.

Bai Hu Yaoyao sneered. The Empress Dowager had lived for so many years in vain, actually using such petty tricks to deal with her.

No matter what kind of poison or aphrodisiac it was, it had no effect on her, and the Empress Dowager's plan was likely to fail.

"Princess, I heard that Cui Baozhu from the Prime Minister's residence will also be going. You must be careful, as he is determined to have Prince Xiao." Shi Liu looked at her worriedly.

The white fox Yaoyao smiled lazily, "You mean that arrogant and domineering Princess Baozhu?"

"Yes! It's her." Shi Liu seemed to have a lot of opinions about that Princess Baozhu.

"It's alright, let's go!" White Fox Yaoyao got up and went out. Speaking of that Princess Baozhu, she was quite the devoted lover.

Xiao Yuheng has a hidden illness, yet there are actually people who are so fond of him that they are dying for him.

The woman who liked her was Cui Baozhu, a young lady from the Empress Dowager's family, who was also Xiao Yuheng's cousin.

This cousin of the Cui family was determined to marry no one but Xiao Yuheng, and she even killed many women who wanted to marry him. She was a ruthless person.

Logically, it should have been a good thing that the Cui family was willing to marry Xiao Yuheng, but the Empress Dowager was unwilling.

The root cause was that the Empress Dowager feared that the woman from the Cui family also had this hereditary disease, and that any children she gave birth to would be doomed.

Over the years, the Empress Dowager has been looking for women with good family backgrounds and no illnesses to marry Xiao Yuheng.

Unfortunately, the Cui family woman secretly killed quite a few people, which infuriated the Empress Dowager, who was helpless against her niece.

She was able to maintain her position as Empress Dowager in the harem because of the military power of the Cui family.

The Empress Dowager dared not offend her own brother, the current Prime Minister.

This time, the Empress Dowager focused her attention on Bai Hu Yaoyao because she was certain that the Regent would protect his daughter and would never allow Cui Baozhu to harm Bai Hu Yaoyao again.

Another point is that Bai Hu Yaoyao comes from a small place and doesn't know anything, so she should be easy to handle.

The Empress Dowager could not have imagined that Bai Hu Yaoyao's banquet was actually a way to bring together the Cui family girl and Xiao Yuheng.

Since the two of them have already pledged their lives to each other, why should she be the villain who breaks them up?
It would be best to grant their wish!
White Fox Yaoyao rode in a carriage, following her father directly into the palace.

The banquet was held in the Imperial Garden, with the women's table in the center of the garden and the men's table around it.

The men's section was positioned around the women's section in the center, specifically to allow the men to better see the women's appearances.

White Fox Yaoyao pouted. Was this a selection of livestock?
Imagine a group of women in the center, with men standing around looking and choosing whatever they want?
Who came up with this bizarre idea?
What Bai Hu Yaoyao didn't know was that in the Mantuo Empire, flower-viewing banquets were always held in this way, and it was stipulated by the founding emperor.

The white fox Yaoyao didn't want to be watched like a monkey, so she went to sit in the pavilion.

"Princess." Jiang Yan had just arrived when she saw Bai Hu Yaoyao.

Why is she all alone in the pavilion?
Just then, Baihu Yaoyao was feeling bored when she saw Jiang Yan arrive.

"Sister Yan, you're here. Quickly, sit down next to me."

The white fox Yaoyao invited her to sit down.

Her father and brother had both gone to the Imperial Study, so she could only play in the backyard by herself.

Meeting Jiang Yan was just right.

They'll go over together in a bit.

“Princess, why don’t you go over there? It must be so boring here by yourself.” Jiang Yan sat down next to her.

The white fox Yaoyao pointed at the women and asked, "Would you like to go there and be watched by those men?"

Jiang Yan quickly shook her head, "I'm not going! I grew up in the countryside and have never attended any banquets. I only found out here that these flower-viewing banquets are all like this."

"Princess, isn't this just like choosing livestock?"

Phew!

Bai Hu Yaoyao burst out laughing. This Jiang Yan certainly didn't disappoint her; her mouth was truly venomous.

"You're right, these women in the middle are there for the men to choose from, aren't they?"

"I heard your father wants you to choose a husband at this banquet? Is there anyone you like?"

"They want to pick on us, so why can't we pick on them? In my eyes, these men are just animals."

Jiang Yan also laughed out loud, "Princess, you're absolutely right! In our eyes, they're just livestock!"

Remembering something, she pouted again, "Princess, what should I do? My father insists that I choose a husband here, but I already have someone I like."

After spending a few days together, the two have become close friends who can talk about anything. This is the first time Jiang Yan has ever mentioned that she has someone she likes!

(End of this chapter)