Bang! Bang!
As the knocking sounded, Li Tianming spoke as well. "Your Highnesses, Tianming requests an audience."
The moment his words fell, the pearl-and-jade palace doors burst open. After opening the door, the Seventeenth Prince glared at Li Tianming. "You little scum! You disappeared for fifty years without even saying hello. What the hell were you doing?"
Li Tianming's expression remained calm. "I suddenly gained an insight, so naturally I went into seclusion to make a breakthrough."
"A breakthrough?" The Seventeenth Prince sized Li Tianming up and seemed to notice that Li Tianming had indeed improved in strength. Only then did his expression ease slightly. "Though that's a legitimate reason, you should at least have said something before going into seclusion. We're still guests at the place where you got married, aren't we? My Eighteenth Sister came here for you. It doesn't make sense for you not to see her off, does it?"
"That's true." Li Tianming said, "Is the Eighteenth Princess inside?"
"Go soothe her already. She's been fuming herself sick," the Seventeenth Prince secretly whispered into Li Tianming's ear.
"Alright."
Li Tianming was actually beginning to feel a little annoyed. Between the golden and silver girls, Jiang Meng was indeed far more lovable than this Eighteenth Princess by comparison. At the very least, she didn't give Li Tianming a headache.
This Eighteenth Princess, on the other hand, seemed far more willful and unruly.
Li Tianming stepped into the guest hall and headed deeper inside. In a pavilion, he found the Eighteenth Princess seated within, her legs pressed tightly together and her hands resting on her knees. Tears glimmered in her eyes as she gazed at Li Tianming mournfully.
"Greetings, Your Highness." After greeting her, Li Tianming explained his reason once more. It was indeed a sufficient reason. Fifty