Jiang Kingdom.
Capital City.
Imperial Mandarin Duck Palace.
A figure sat barefoot on the bridge over the courtyard's water channel, her tender white feet bare.
Her face was exquisitely pretty, her eyes seeming able to speak, glittering with impish cleverness.
From time to time, her lips curved into an unforgettable smile.
She was Princess Wencheng of Jiang Kingdom.
The younger sister of the reigning Empress Gu Xiangnan of Jiang State.
She held a box of fish food in her hand and, smiling brightly, stretched out her fair fingers to pinch some up and scatter it into the pond before her.
The goldfish in the pond surged desperately toward the surface, each scrambling to be first.
"Fishies, fishies, hurry up and swim over for dinner."
The girl's voice was exceptionally pleasant, like tinkling bells.
From afar, one could only see her pair of jade feet swinging back and forth in the gap between the wooden bridge and the water.
"Hehe."
Seeing the fish swim over.
A hint of mischief surfaced in the impish little girl's smile.
She held her breath and reached behind herself with her other hand.
The next moment, she drew out a net on a bamboo pole from behind her.
"Hehe!!"
The little girl's smug, tinkling laughter rang out.
As the net in her hand scooped into the water.
It steadily caught a fish that had failed to escape.
"Haha!!"
The little girl gave a long laugh and reached out to seize the red fish in her hand.
Its scales looked especially scarlet beneath the sunlight rippling across the water.
She hurriedly rose to her feet and held up the fish. "Caught it!!"
As she rose and ran.
Her soft little feet stepped across the ground, leaving behind a string of lovely wet footprints.
Before long.
The girl