"Wasn't it the tribute that lured you down here? I searched the vast worlds high and low before I found this immortal beast! They say its meat is delicious—one bite and you'll be intoxicated with bliss. Senior Brother, don't tell me you've never seen one either?" Zhang Xiaofei asked hurriedly.
"That's not the point! You brat, all you think about day in and day out is eating! Your children and grandchildren are all kneeling here, and this is what you have to say to me? If you won't talk, I'm leaving!" I waved my hand.
Zhang Xiaofei hurriedly grabbed my arm and wailed, "Senior Brother, don't go! I really do have something to say!"
"Tell me, what do you mean by 'four, and only you remain'?" I shook off his hand with a speechless look, then reached out and helped up the two noblewomen kneeling in front of me. "Wan Hua, Susu, get up first. Why are you two kneeling here? And what's with Xiaofei kneeling alone? Where's Qinghe?"
The two noblewomen were no strangers. One was Cheng Wan Hua, daughter of Emperor Cheng Qing. In those days, she had been married off to Zhang Xiaofei. Though I hadn't arranged the match myself, it had still been a fine marriage.
Zhang Xiaofei had probably taken several concubines afterward, but a principal wife was a principal wife. Even now, the concubines had not been given a place to speak with me.
As for Ouyang Su, she was Ouyang Shou's daughter. After I saved her family back then, they came to seek refuge with me. Under my arrangement, she married Li Qinghe as his principal wife. She was here, while Li Qinghe was not—that was a serious problem.
Zhang Xiaofei was always incoherent, and I had long since grown used to it.