It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Lid dipped his hand in the tea and said as he wrote:

"This is the City Lord's Mansion. Your home is here. Look, it's only one street away. Do you know what this is? This is the housing price in the city center. The house you live in is a three-courtyard house. You probably can't afford it without two or three hundred gold coins. What does two or three hundred gold coins mean? My monthly pocket money is only a few gold coins, at most a dozen gold coins. Two or three hundred gold coins are enough for me to spend for two years. Isn't that good enough?"

"Speaking of this white horse, although it's not as exaggerated as people say, it is indeed a good horse. This is a new nobleman named Hantu in Yuxi City who bought it from outside at a high price to please me. I haven't used it yet, so it's a bargain for you. Even if you can't ride a horse, you can use the salary to prepare a carriage. Who in Yuxi City dares to bump into your carriage?"

"And this dress, don't be fooled by the rough material, the workmanship is actually very delicate. It was embroidered stitch by stitch by the hardworking and simple girls in Yuxi City. It is definitely not worse than those fake ones. At least it is very comfortable when worn next to the skin. In life, there are many things to pursue, but what outsiders think is not that important. Although clothes make the man, but with your aura, even if you don't wear...hiss, even if you wear rough clothes, it can't cover up your own brilliance. You have to have this confidence."

Delis felt dizzy, but seeing that Lid had been admiring her for a long time, she couldn't help but feel vain. She snorted and said:

"Of course. I look good in anything I wear."

At this point, Delis frowned again and said:

"What about carrots and potatoes? What do you say to that?"

After saying that, she turned her gaze to Reed, wanting to see what other profound truths Reed could come up with.

Unexpectedly, Lid kicked his legs and collapsed, and replied weakly:

"Don't ask me anymore. To be honest, stewing carrots with potatoes is really not good."

Seeing Reed's miserable face, Delis couldn't help laughing out loud.

Now that she was laughing, it was no longer possible to keep a straight face. Delis jumped down from the table and said:

"Can't you hire a better cook? Don't let that Alayya mess around in the kitchen again."

Lid shook his head and said with emotion:

"It's much better now. You didn't see the dish she cooked at the beginning. It was all burnt and black. I would have believed it if she said it was some mysterious formation to revive the evil god. After taking a bite, I stared at the ceiling like a fool. All I could see were past memories. My life has been a revolving lantern, you know? It's so scary."

Delis asked sympathetically:

"Then you're not afraid?"

"I am afraid. I am afraid that I will die before I can fulfill my ambition of slacking off, which will make the hero shed tears. But I am more afraid that she will be hit hard and never dare to cook again. I have always believed that the road to becoming the god of food is right under her feet. As long as she does not stop, the road will continue to extend! So I asked her not to stop, so that one day I will burst my clothes after eating her food, and that is the feeling of happiness."

Lid raised his head and smiled unconsciously.

Delis turned her head away, no longer looking at him, and suddenly said:

"Come to think of it, I've been eating this kind of unnutritious and unpalatable food for a while now, and I feel like I've become significantly lighter."

At first, Lid didn't understand what Delis wanted to say, so he just echoed:

"That's a good thing. It would be best if you can lose weight. When I was in the demon tribe, I felt that you..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and quickly closed his mouth. But it was too late. Delis turned her head, with a kind smile on her face, and said word by word:

"You still remember. Then you should also remember what I said to you at that time."

Reed shrank his neck, and Delis's roar at that time automatically echoed in his mind.

——"I am sinking? How am I sinking? When I get back, I will have you hug me for the whole day. If you dare to say sinking again, I will tear your mouth apart!"

11. Her Wish

In the end, Reed only held her for half a day.

In order to prevent boredom, Delis brought a small package with two books and some rare toys, which she bought in Yuxi City some time ago. After Lid picked her up in a princess hug, Delis lay on his arms and opened the book to read.

But Delis was not the type to be able to concentrate on reading. In the past, a specially selected maid with a pleasant voice would read to her. So after reading for a while, she would secretly look at Reed's expression from the edge of the page. Every time Reed could sense it, he would turn his eyes away from a distance and meet hers. After doing this over and over again, Delis felt guilty and used the book to cover her face and stopped looking at him.

After a while, Delis began to feel something was wrong. She had never been hugged by the opposite sex before, and when she heard that this kind of hug was called a princess hug, she felt that only a little princess like herself was qualified to experience it, and it was a symbol of the superior dominating the inferior. But after being hugged by Lid for a whole morning, her body couldn't help but feel a little hot and her head was dizzy.

After noticing the changes in her body, Delis' heart started beating fast for no reason.

Could it be that this is what it feels like to be in love?

At this moment, she heard Lid say:

"I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you've been reading for the whole morning with your neck tilted back and your head facing down. Aren't you dizzy?"

Delis immediately rolled off him with an expressionless face, covering her forehead, feeling dizzy and black in front of her eyes, and it took her a while to recover. The heart-thumping feeling just now disappeared completely, and Delis said with a calm heart and a frosty face:

"Do you think I am as weak as you humans? Humph, how is that possible? But you, you know how powerful I am now, let's see if you dare to chew my tongue again in the future."

Lid wanted to ask Delis to stop using strange expressions, but after thinking about it, he gave up. This person is unreasonable. If you persuade her to change her expression, she will ask you why. If you explain to her why, she will say that you are a hooligan, have dirty thoughts and are completely rotten.

However, Lid finally realized why there were so many mysterious picture books about the elves circulating in the world. After all this time, the reason was actually due to them themselves...

Reed gave up struggling and sat back in his chair, answering weakly:

"I don't dare anymore. I don't dare anymore."

Then, without waiting for Delis to answer, Lid quickly changed the subject:

"By the way, do you have any ideas about the future?"

"The future?"

“It’s your own future.”

Lid explained to her:

"In Yuxi City, basically everyone has their own wishes. For example, He Yue wants to save the people of Tiancheng, Fang Shisan wants to be the general of Tiance Mansion, Shuang wants to be a leader of the Anbu who will not be traded away easily, Fileta wants to be recognized by humans, and Alaiya wants to protect me... What do you want to do?"

Delis was stunned for a moment and replied:

"I don't know."

She was silent for a moment, then repeated:

"I don't know. I want to go back to the elves and ask my father what he really thinks. Ask him if I am really that unimportant in his heart. But I know that even if I go back, what awaits me is nothing more than a secret execution... My father won't allow me to go back, and he won't even allow me to survive."

Delis' voice was somewhat miserable, but after she finished speaking, she immediately raised her head, stared at Lid, and said:

"But this does not mean that you can do whatever you want to me. Although I no longer have my father as my backer, there are still many people who want to get me! I live in Yuxi City... well... I give you face. It's an honor for you."

Lid smiled and said that he understood, and then said:

"The medical conditions in Yuxi City have always been relatively backward. In fact, it's not just Yuxi City. Most poor people in the world can't afford to see a doctor. If you get sick, you just have to endure it. If you can't endure it, you die. This is the norm in this world. He Yue has promoted medical popularization in Yuxi City several times, and found some doctors from outside. People can only pay 20% of the fees when they see them, and the rest is shared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This has barely reduced the mortality rate. But unfortunately, the world's top medical resources are still monopolized by the nobles, and those so-called famous doctors are simply unwilling to come to our Yuxi City."

Lid stood up and bowed solemnly:

"So I'm glad you're willing to help. Although I had this in mind when I brought you back, if you feel that doing so is not in line with your status as a princess after you come here, then I won't force you. I heard that you saved a lot of people, I want to thank you on their behalf, it is indeed my honor to have you live in Yuxi City."

Delis snorted, but her eyes softened when she looked at Lid. She turned her head and said:

"It's just a small favor. Besides, you don't need to thank them on their behalf. They have already been grateful to me."

She looked at the book on the table, sighed and said:

"You asked me where I want to go in the future. After thinking about it, I decided to go back to the elves. Of course, not now, but maybe five years later, ten years later, or even decades or hundreds of years later. But no matter how far in the future, I will eventually go back. Because I am the princess of the elves, and since I know that my father has done something wrong, I have the responsibility to correct his mistakes."

Lid nodded:

"Although I don't think you have such a responsibility, I support your choice."

Delis raised her eyebrows and asked:

"You don't object?"

Lid smiled and said:

"From your previous description, I can't see the future of the elves. I think it's like a luxurious and exquisite but slow carriage. When the world is peaceful, the people inside can enjoy the scenery outside leisurely, but once the wolves come, the heavy and slow carriage has no chance of survival. Only when you go back, they will have a chance of survival."

Delis still has some doubts:

"If I leave, there will be no one to help you save people."

Lid took a sip of tea and said simply:

"But this is what you want to do, isn't it? Her Royal Highness's idea must be given priority. The biggest problem of the elves is that they over-trust the system they have established. It may be useful in the old era, but it can't keep up in the new era... You can talk more about these things with He Yue. Anyway, I'm waiting for the day when I can cling to your thighs. Maybe in the future, I can brag to others when we are drinking that the new queen of the elves was also from my Yuxi City."

"That day will come."

Delis lifted her hair and said firmly:

"Then I can appoint you to be... well... you can do whatever you want then."

12. Try it first

Yunyang Territory Lingyun City

Lid's safe return from the demon clan is good news for Yuxi City, but it seems not to be good news for Lingyun City.

For Li Yi, who has already received the title of Yunyang Prince, leading the army to help his third brother recover the four cities that originally belonged to him was originally a great opportunity to win people's hearts. Unexpectedly, he encountered quite stubborn resistance in the four cities of Lieyang, Tiebi, Zhenmo, and Tianqi, and failed to take them down. Li Yi wanted to personally command the demon army to quickly capture Yuxi City, and at the same time, he seized the opportunity to fan the flames in the rear of Yuxi City, which was originally safe and stable, so that the troops stationed in these four cities could not return to defend Xicheng.

In Li Yi's eyes, as long as Yuxi City fell, there would be no more troops to resist in these four cities. So he just had to delay Luger's army and create opportunities for the demons. Unexpectedly, the demons made a lot of noise but did little. They fought for a long time but failed to take down Yuxi City. Instead, they delayed the support of bounty hunters for Yuxi City.

As soon as hundreds of powerful bounty hunters arrived, Li Yi led his army back to Lingyun City. Not only was he very disappointed with the demons, he also hated Fang Yuan from the Zhaochen family. Originally, they had planned to attack from the west, north, and east, but Fang Yuan sent out a few troops to test the situation, and then he just ran away with the excuse of a war in his territory.

Li Yi was quite depressed after returning to Lingyun City, but fortunately, news came from the west that Li De was still in the Demon Tribe territory, and his life or death was unknown. If Li De died in the Demon Tribe, it would also be a good thing for Li Yi, so this news made him feel like eating an iced watermelon in the hot summer, refreshing from head to toe, and then from toe to head. Things seemed to be developing as Li Yi expected. When the Demon Tribe retreated for seven days, there was still no news of Li De. Li Yi was almost certain that Li De died in the Demon Tribe.

So Li Yi happily opened a bottle of fine wine from more than ten years ago, and ate two more bowls of rice every day than usual. After a few days of happy life, news came from the west that Li De had returned safely.

"The demons haven't killed him yet. The fourth brother is really too lucky..."

Inside the room, Li Yi and Li Neng were sitting at the table, and next to them was a beautiful woman in gorgeous dress, who was carefully applying nail polish on her nails. When she was almost done, she did not forget to admire the light from the window, and then blew it to her mouth.

"Yes, if I had known that he could come back alive, I would have taken those cities back before anyone else this time."

Li Yi echoed Li Neng's words, and then said with a hint of apology:

"Third brother, it's not that I didn't help you before. You know the situation. I led the troops over, but they were well prepared, and I couldn't defeat them."

Li Neng gritted his teeth and said bitterly:

"Of course I don't blame you, big brother. I've already found out everything. It was all the work of that woman named Fang Shisan! She had long guessed that we might send troops, and she had left a backup plan there in advance. I've already bribed several assassins, and they will definitely kill this woman!"

Li Yi nodded and said:

"Well... Fang Shisan... that's fine too."

He originally wanted to say that Fang Shisan was Zhaochen's man and had to join Lide's army, so he might as well send someone to persuade her to rebel. But since Li Neng had already found a killer, he could only swallow this idea back. He thought that no matter how powerful Fang Shisan was, she would be powerless once the support from Prince Huai and Qiming arrived.

It's just a pity that such a beautiful and talented girl cannot be used for one's own benefit.

If I had known that she would betray Zhaochen so easily, I would have sent her a letter long ago, revealed my identity as the Prince of Yunyang, and promised her a high position and generous salary. Would I have been afraid that she would not come? But that good-for-nothing Fourth Brother got there first. He was obviously extremely poor and couldn't make much money out of his body, but I don't know how he managed to trick Fang Shisan into coming. Just thinking about it makes me feel upset.

Thinking about it this way, it was as if Fang Shisan's thing was supposed to belong to Li Yi, but was snatched away by Li De first.

After a moment of confusion, I heard Li Neng say:

"Brother, I have something to ask of you, you must agree to it."

Li Yi sobered up a little and answered cautiously:

"You said we are brothers, I will definitely do my best to help you if I can."

Li Neng gritted his teeth and said:

"I would like to ask big brother to lend me 300 soldiers. To be honest, I have plundered a lot of property over the years and hid it in several underground secret rooms in Rivet City. This time I took it all out, recruited a total of 1,200 people, and equipped them all with weapons. Not only that, I also used the connections I have accumulated over the years to attract nearly 30 masters above the fifth level. Big brother, please lend me another 300 soldiers, so that I can get 1,500 people. Together with those masters, I want to attack Yuxi City again."

Li Yi was surprised. He didn't expect that Li Neng could organize such an armed force. However, he couldn't be willing to give 300 of his men to Li Neng. He could only say:

"This... Third brother, why don't you ask Second sister what she says?"

As he spoke, his eyes shifted to the woman sitting next to him.

Li Xin, the second young lady of Yunyang, was a well-known savage young lady in Lingyun City before she got married. She was known for her cruel and harsh methods. It is said that she often carried an iron whip with sharp barbs, which would often cause people to be shattered into pieces. If any servant did not do what she wanted, she would directly use the whip in her hand to beat him. It is said that she beat no less than ten people to death in the street. However, Li Xin married to another territory when she was fifteen years old. She had not returned to Yunyang for many years, and her reputation for cruelty had faded a lot.

Li Xin put away the nail polish, crossed her legs, blew on her bright red nails, and said:

"You want me to say? You want me to say that the men in Yunyang are useless. If they can't even handle such a small matter, what else can I expect from you? Fortunately, I'm married. If I found someone like you in Yunyang, I wouldn't be able to live like this. It's really frustrating."

After finishing the instructions, Li Xin leaned back in his chair, touched the back of his hand that had been rubbed with pearl powder, and stroked his fingers over the ring inlaid with precious gems, sneering and saying:

"It's just 300 people, right? Why are you so stingy? It's better to give it a try, so that you low-level male creatures won't make any progress in your lifetime."

Li Yi frowned and said:

"But I have already sent people to talk to Kaia, Noren and the others..."

"You rely on others all day long. Don't you have any brains yourself?"

The tone of Li Xin's scolding didn't sound like he was disappointed with someone, but more like a kind of contempt from the bottom of his heart:

"Kaia, Noren and the others helped you for no reason? Really, what's wrong with this territory? All the men from top to bottom look like idiots. It turned out that I was right not to stay here... Even if Noren, Kaia and the others help you kill the fourth brother and take back the five cities including Yuxi City, they will definitely take other good things from you, such as money! It's better to let Li Neng try first."

13. Forget about the advice