Li Xianghan sat obediently on the bed like a duck, while the mouse at the head of the bed lowered its head along with her.
Heaven Centipede raised its upper body high, standing on the screen. Its two jointed limbs crossed into an X as it folded its arms and assumed a scolding posture.
"Hmph. The dignified Saintess of Green Pattern Valley, and scratching someone else's Natal Gu once makes you this happy? What a pathetic showing!"
Li Xianghan trembled as she said:
"King of Huai struck the Red Barbarians in the north, resisted the Nine Forts in the south, campaigned against the Great Marsh in the east, and subdued the Foreign Buddha in the west. Unmatched beneath heaven, you are a figure renowned across the world. I am merely the Saintess of one fort, not yet thirty years old. Relying on my innate spirit body, I was fortunate enough to disgracefully rank among them. Naturally, I neither dare nor can compare to your momentum of swallowing the world."
"Oh? Not bad with words."
"Not at all..."
"Are you arguing with me?"
Li Xianghan shuddered, let out a mournful sigh, pulled at the corners of her mouth, and forced out a smile. "I wouldn't dare. It came from the bottom of my heart..."
"Enough. I have much state business to attend to. Where is the gift money from the banquet?"
"Here, it's all here! I didn't dare touch a single trace of so much money. I was only waiting for King of Huai to come collect it." Li Xianghan jumped off the bed, turned in a circle, and pointed around at the large riveted chests one after another. "Grandmother invited the Nine Forts. Every acquaintance who could come did come. The Tusi also sent people to offer congratulations, so the